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The Complete Adventures of Curious George
H. A. Rey
Houghton Mifflin, 2001
George!
My youngest son likes monkeys a lot and George was a favorite of mine when i was little. He loves the book and read all of it by himself. It took him quite a while because it is a very long book and it is also well made.
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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Don Thompson
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Chandelier Bids
An excellent overview of the internal convoluted workings of the contemporary international art market. If you want to know what now goes into the pricing and marketing of big-time works of art, buy this book.
In the spirit of "Freakonomics", Don Thompson trains his ...
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Girl With Curious Hair
David Foster Wallace
W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
DFW, Fiction and DFW and Fiction
Okay, so here's the deal w/ DFW: the guy is extremely intelligent. he is also overtly aware of his intelligence and displays it all over the place. this bothers people. some things to remember and know about DFW: he was a philo. major as an undergrad; his first book ...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Curiously Interesting
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was an exciting and fun to read novel. Mark Haddon makes the story of a fifteen year old Christopher Boone with Asperger's (a form of autism) enjoyable to audiences young and old. Christopher must use deductive ...
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Curious George Four Board Book Set
H.A. Rey, Margret
Houghton Mifflin, 2001
Great books to help my son learn to read.
This book set is great for my 15 month old to carry around. We read a book, put it back and he loves to carry it around, with the other set of Curious George board books we got him. He feels like a big boy when he brings his box of books to us.
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Wow!
One of the best books I've read. Amazingly hilarious while talking about science, a very morbid one at that... I strongly recommend this book. If you are a physician, you will love it. If you are a medical examiner, go buy it right now!!
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Mason-Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters' Guide: Stories, Patterns, Advice, Opinions, Questions, Answers, ...
Kay Gardiner, Ann Meador Shayne
Potter Craft, 2006
Down Home Knittin'
There's a little something for everyone to knit in Mason-Dixon Knitting. I love the concept of two friends, from different regions of the country, sharing their knitting experiences. The patterns vary from simple to challenging and cover a multitude of household to ...
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton, 2008
4.5 Stars for a Humorous Quest on the Life of Sex Scientists
I read the British paperback edition of 2008. Mary Roach, who has tackled Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife in a popularly funny and fascinating way, now takes a close look at what scientists have indulged in, when it ...
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Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Chuck Klosterman
Scribner, 2007
This man is funny - no, I mean it. Really funny.
I picked up a copy of Mr. Klosterman's latest book on CD to listen to in my car as a commuter pick-me-up. I hadn't heard of him before and bought the CDs blindly. I needed some driving company and his work seemed as good as any in the store.
Let me say that this ...
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
Breezy and informative read for any scientist!
The reviews here claim that Feynman was an egotist and it stained the reading of this book. However, I disagree completely. Feynman never claims to be self-deprecating or modest. In fact, I appreciate his candidness!
I was afraid to read this book because it was ...
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Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
John R. Lott Jr.
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007
Informative
One thing I like about Prof. Lott is that he does not try and be funny. I've read other books by economists and they try to be cute or witty or funny, but jokes usually fall flat.
Prof. Lott sticks to the facts and draws conclusions, and I appreciate that.
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The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, Second Edition: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind
The New York Times
St. Martin's Press, 2007
Great Source For Information
The essential book of knowlege is an easy reference book and jam backed with useful information. It can answer those quirky questions that you forgot the answers to quickly and easily. When was the last time you read the Declaration of Independence? What are those ...
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Curious George Complete Adventures Deluxe Book and CD Gift Set
H.A. and Margret Rey
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
Curious George A Must Buy
I bought this set for my 4 year old boy. Little did I know that this would also be a mommy sanity saver gift as well. I gave this to my little boy with a cd player to enjoy. On the first day he opened it, I had forgotten that he was in the house beacause he was so ...
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Curious George in the Snow
H. A. Rey
Houghton Mifflin, 1998
My Whole Family Loves This Book
This story is delightful. We bought it because we were taking our 2.5 yr old along on a ski trip and wanted him to have a silly little story that related to the mountain and skiing (even though he's not on skis yet). Well, it is just that... and more. He's learned a ...
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Jorge el Curioso (Curious George)
H. A. Rey
Houghton Mifflin, 1976
Great book
There are so few of these, especially from an English original. Buy it for your kids to learn more Spanish.
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