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Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

Michel Onfray

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Worth the reading
As an atheist, I was interested and learned a lot supporting my long distaste for the three monotheistic religions. I think Onfray missed something by not addressing the question of the "God" gene, the thought that humans have evolved to need and accept the idea of ...

Wise Thoughts for Every Day: On God, Love, Spirit, and Living a Good Life

Leo Tolstoy

Arcade Publishing, 2005

Wisdom that changes its reader
I had the fortunate job of proof reading and minor editing of this book, for translater Peter Sekerin. As I spent the many hours doing so, I found that Tolstoy's thoughts and wisdom, as you continue to read him over and over, almost permeates your thoguhts and come ...

Penny Arcade Volume 5: The Case Of The Mummy's Gold (Penny Arcade)

Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik

Dark Horse, 2008

More PA goodness
If you read the brilliant webcomic Penny Arcade, then you need to buy this book. It's as simple as that.

Spring Flowers, Spring Frost: A Novel

Ismail Kadare

Arcade Publishing, 2002

What is real?
After 40 years of Enver Hohxa's totalitarian rule the new democracy came in many fits and starts to Albania. Ismail Kadare explores the conflicts and contradictions left over from the old regime in a remote mountain town. People are still disappearing never to be heard ...

What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues

Jessamyn Conrad

Arcade Publishing, 2008

An excellent guide for people who know nothing about politics and still vote
This book is a first-rate primer for the majority of Americans who know little about politics and policy making, or tend to get their information from less than reputable sources. Far too many people take dangerous, rash, and uneducated stands on important issues, or ...

Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine

John St. Clair

Wiley, 2004

Excellent help and source of ideas
This book covered so much more than what I was expecting. If you have never built an arcade cabinet before then I would recommend this book if only to see how many different ways it can be done.

The Arcades Project

Walter Benjamin

Belknap Press, 2002

NY Times Review
Herbert Muschamp, the NY Times architectural critic, has written an interesting article about Benjamin and his Paris project which appears in the Arts & Leisure section on January 16, 2000. While not strictly speaking a book review it nevertheless offers some ...

Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account

Arcade Publishing, 1993

Gripping Horrific Account of Life in the Auschwitz Death Camp
Dr. Miklos Nyiszli has written (1960) a graphic, gruesome, first-hand account of his time working as a doctor in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Due to his previous medical training in medicine and pathology, Dr. Nyiszli was spared by the hideously inhuman Dr. Josef ...

Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir

Scott Pomfret

Arcade Publishing, 2008

I don't think I'm QUITE who...
this book is aimed for, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it! I'm a straight Jewish woman and I found the book at the O'Hare airport bookstore recently. Hey, why not take a chance and learn about gay Catholic lawyers? I'm glad I took that chance as Pomfret is a wonderful ...

The Three-Arched Bridge

Ismail Kadare

Arcade Publishing, 2005

A Riveting Read that Will Engage Your Mind
Taken at face value, The Three-Arched Bridge is a story about the building of a strategically important bridge in 1377 as the Ottoman Empire expanded into southeastern Europe in the dying days of the Byzantine Empire. The local people do not welcome the change, in ...

Penny Arcade Volume 3: The Warsun Prophecies

Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik

Dark Horse, 2007

Another Great Collection!
Love these collections from penny arcade, if you like these you should also check out pvponline too!

Max Factor: The Man Who Changed the Faces of the World

Fred E. Basten

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Basten Has a Winnr
MAX FACTOR The Man Who Changed the Faces of the World Fred C. Basten Arcade Publishing Inc. Hachette Book Group ISBN: 978-1-55970-875-3 $24.95 184 pages Reviewer: Annie Slessman Max Factor, a name known throughout the world as one of the leading ...

The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language

Melvyn Bragg

Arcade Publishing, 2006

A nice story of a remarkable character, told by a very talented storyteller
I learnt of this book through the results of a search on English language history books, and I bought it along with Professor's David Crystal's The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. This may sound naïve, but the moment I unwrapped the parcel I kinda felt ...

The Freemasons: A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society

Jasper Ridley

Arcade Publishing, 2002

A Very Learned, Historical Book
Jasper Ridley's Freemasons is probably the most objective and fairly written historical account of the history of Freemasonry. The book starts with the likely origins of the Freemasons and their original lodges and traces the organization all the way to present-day ...

The Palace of Dreams

Ismail Kadare

Arcade Publishing, 1998

A dangerous ghost state
In Kadare's hallucinatory novel, the most important ministry in the country is the one where the dreams of all its citizens are interpreted. A monstrous bureaucratic organization collects those dreams and a monstrous herd of employees classifies and analyzes them. The ...