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Books (& Articles of Note) Read in 2024


updated: 2024-04-14

Subject Categories/Key-Words

Computers/Computing:

H4.0, E3.0, R4.0; mmm

see other computer books jgo has read


Economics

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5; Andrew H. Browning 2019-04-01 _The Panic of 1819: The First Great Depression_ (1819; 439-450 pages; 1.3MB; ISBN 9780826221834; OCLC ; LCCN 2018043079; LCC HB3717 1819 .B76 2019; DDC 330.973/054; U of MO; 330.973054 Bro; Main; due 2024-01-25)

see separate page of economics books jgo has read


Science:

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Alex Berenson 2021-11-30 _Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives_ (350-400-454-464 pages; ISBN 9781684512485; OCLC 1273914484; Regnery; St.Johns/St.Augustine, Lee/Lehigh Acres, WPB, Alachua, Bradford/Starke, West Florida/Pensacola, Pasco-Hernando, Volusia, Seminole, Orange, Sarasota, Brevard, Collier/Naples, North Palm Beach, Rats Mouth, Miami-Dade; 320 Ber; Main+Woodville; due 2024-03-07)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: John Freely 2012 _Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe_ (348 pages; ISBN 9781590206072/ 9780715645109; OCLC ; Overlook Duckworth; 509.40902 Fre; Main; due 2024-04-15)

H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Hal Hellman 1998 _Great Feuds in Science: 10 of the Liveliest Disputes Ever_ (240 pages; ISBN 0471169803 ; OCLC ; Wiley; libraries; 509.22 Hel; Main; due 2024-05-22; did fine up to last 2 chapters, then fell flat)

H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Rhonda Huettenmueller 2012 _PreCalculus DeMystified_ (pg343: define what makes this matrix operation "useful"; Why? What's the history?; 534 pages; ISBN 9780071778497/ 9780071439275; OCLC 1027899455/ 748333156; LCCN 2011042119; McGraw-Hill; Jax, FL State College Jax, Clay county, Marion, Pasco, Pensacola State, Lake, Flagler, Saint Petersburg, Volusia, Valencia, Seminole, Lakeland; 515.2 Hue; Main; ILL request 214317; due 2024-01-31)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Jim Ottaviani, Leland Myrick & Hilary Sycamore 2011 _Feynman_ (266 pages; biography Richard Feynman; due 2024-03-14)

H4.0, E3.0, R2.5: Stephen M. Stigler 2016 _The 7 Pillars of Statistical Wisdom_ (203 pages; ISBN 9780674088917; OCLC ; HarvardU; libraries; 519.5 Sti; Main; due 2024-02-08)

H4.5, E4.0, R4.2: Jaime Uribarri 2017, 2018 _Dietary AGEs and Their Role in Health and Disease_ (disease; advanced glycosylation end-products [enzyme-controlled during protein synthesis] vs. advanced glycation end-products [not regulated by enzymes]; arteriosclerosis, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer, Parkinsonism, retinopathy, kidney failure, arthritis, cross-linking of collagen creating inflexibility & wrinkling; 390 pages; 4 editions; ISBN 1498721516/ 9781498721516; OCLC 1148218713/ 987439835; CRC/ Taylor& Francis/ Informa at RatsMouth; FAU/RatsMouth, Palm Beach Atlantic/WPB, FIU/Miami, Georgia Tech/Atlanta, Emory/Atlanta, UGa/Athens, UNC/Greensboro, VMI, Indiana U SE/New Albany, Indiana U/Bloomington, Indiana U East/Richmond, Christopher Newport U, WPAFB/Dayton-Fairborn-Huber Heights, Ohio State U, Purdue, UIUC, Temple U/Philadelphia, Princeton U; QP 606 .G6 2018; ILL request #217746; due 2024-06-10)

H4.0, E3.0, R4.2: Naomi Wolf, Ph.D. 2022-05-31 _The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, Covid-19, and the War Against the Human_ (336 pages; ISBN 9781737478560; OCLC ; All Seasons; libraries; on order 2022-08-03; 362.19624 Wol; Main+Jax; due 2024-02-08)

see separate page of other science books jgo has read


Ethics/ Constitution/ Criminology/ History/ Law:

H4.0, E3.0, R2.3: Paul Kelly, Rob Dacombe, John Farndon et al. 2013 _The Politics Book_ (political philosophy; 800BCE-; Kung Fu Tzu, Sun Tzu, Mozi, Plato, Aristotle, Chanakya, Han Fei Tzu, Marcus Tullius Cicero, St.Augustine, Mohammed, al-Farabi, king John i of England, St.Thomas Aquinas, Giles of Rome, Marsilius of Padua, ibn Khaldun, Machiavelli, Hugo Grotius, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Montesquieu, Benjamin Fraklin, Thomas Jefferson, Jeremy Bentham, James Madison, Georg Hegel, John C. Calhoun, Abraham Lincoln, Max Weber...; 352 pages; ISBN 9781465402141; OCLC 795010944; DK; libraries; 320.01 POL; Main; due 2024-04-07)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: James O'Keefe 2018 _American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News_ (310 pages; 2.9MB; ISBN 9781250154644; OCLC 1015269769; All Points/ St.Martin's; Jax, Dunedin, Hillsborough, Polk State College/Winter Haven, Lee/Lehigh Acres, WPB, Broward/Ft.Lauderdale; 070.43 OKe; NE; due 2024-01-30)

H4.0, E3.0, R4.5: Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner 2008-04-28, 2009 _Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges_ (245 pages; ISBN 9780314184719; OCLC 220331221; LCCN 2008277152; Thomson/ West; Florida supremes, Felonious State, TCC, UF/HogTown, Alachua, NW FL State College, Crestview, Citrus, FL State College Jax, Jax, Marion, Florida Coastal, Oconee/Laurens, Hernando, Pasco, Pensacola State, UWF, Lake, Flagler; 340.0711; NE; ILL request #219755; due 2024-05-02)

H4.0, E3.0, R4.4: Thomas G. West, Ph.D. 2017-04-03, 2018 _The Political Theory of the American Founding_/_The Political Theory of the USA Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, and the Moral Conditions of Freedom_ (Enlightenment; AmRev; 400-420 pages; 2MB; ISBN 1316506037/ 9781316506035; OCLC 1105538968/ 964377674; LCCN 2017304618; CambridgeU; FIU, Alachua, UCF, Sarasota, Collier/Naples, Palm Beach State/Lake Worth, Palm Beach Atlantic U/WPB, Miami-Dade, U of Miami, Emory, Indiana U SE/New Albany, Liberty Fund/Indianapolis, Northern KentuckyU/Highland Heights, Wright State U/Dayton, CWRU/Cleveland, Notre Dame, UMich, Princeton, Hillsdale, Penn State U, KU/Lawrence; due 2024-01-31)

H4.0, E3.0, R4.2: Naomi Wolf, Ph.D. 2022-05-31 _The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, Covid-19, and the War Against the Human_ (336 pages; ISBN 9781737478560; OCLC ; All Seasons; libraries; on order 2022-08-03; 362.19624 Wol; Main+Jax; due 2024-02-08)

see other Ethics/ Constitution/ Criminology/ History/ Law books jgo has read
 


Engineering/ Making/ Manufacturing/ Building/ Designing:

H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: mmm


History:

H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Robert A. Caro 1982, 1990, 2012 _The Years of Lyndon Johnson: vol2 Means of Ascent_ (LBJ; 412 pages; ISBN 0394499735/ 0394528352/ 9780679405078/ 9780394528366/ 9780394528359/ 9780394499734/ 9780679729457/ 9780679733713/ 9780394720951/ 9780375713255/ 9780394716541; OCLC 8590268; Knopf; Felonious State U, Leon, R.A.Gray, Thomas U/Thomasville, Florida GateWay College/Lake City, Jefferson/Monticello, Southwest Georgia Regional/Bainbridge, Calhoun/Blountstown, North Florida College/Madison, Jackson/Marianna, Franklin/Eastpoint, Valdosta State U, Albany State U, Washington/Chipley, LvMI/Auburn, Lake/Tavares, Dunedin, Jackson County/Medford,OR, U of Miami, U of Cincinnati, CHPL/Cincinnati, Kenton/Erlanger, Xavier U/Cincinnati, Miami U/Hamilton, Miami U/Oxford; 973.9230924 CAR V.2 MEANS; Main; due 2024-02-08; ext 2024-02-29)

H4.0, E3.0, R2.6: Brian Murray Fagan 2007 _The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850_ (1300-1870; 246 pages; 4.2MB; ISBN 9780465022724; OCLC ; Basic; libraries; 551.694 Fag; Main; due 2024-02-21)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: John Freely 2012 _Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe_ (348 pages; ISBN 9781590206072/ 9780715645109; OCLC ; Overlook Duckworth; 509.40902 Fre; Main; due 2024-04-15)

H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Hal Hellman 1998 _Great Feuds in Science: 10 of the Liveliest Disputes Ever_ (240 pages; ISBN 0471169803 ; OCLC ; Wiley; libraries; 509.22 Hel; Main; due 2024-05-22; did fine up to last 2 chapters, then fell flat)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Robert Lacey 2003, 2004 _Great Tales from English History: The Truth about King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the LionHeart, & More_ (55BCE-; 254 pages; ISBN ; OCLC ; publisher; libraries; 942.01 Lac; Main; due 2024-05-22; 10%-25% fiction, 75%-90% history)

H4.0, E3.0, R4.0: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, Roger Lea MacBride & Abigail MacBride 2006 _A Little House Traveler_ (344 pages; ISBN 9780060724917; OCLC ; Harper; libraries; J B Wilder; Main)

see other Ethics/ Constitution/ Criminology/ History/ Law books jgo has read
 


Career

H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: mmmm

see career books
 


Screen-plays/ Movie-Making/ Writing

H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Doug Lipman 1999 _Improving Your StoryTelling: Beyond the Basics for All Who Tell Stories in Work or Play_ (219 pages; ISBN: 0874835305; OCLC ; August House; 808.543 Lip; Main; due 2024-04-15)

see writing/ movie-making books


Religion

H4.0, E3.0, R2.0: Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1908, 2001, 2022 _Orthodoxy_ (188 pages; ISBN 9781250828736; OCLC 1263342149; St.Martin's; on order 2023-06-23; Main; was 239; Main; due 2024-03-28)

see other Religion books jgo has read


Fiction

H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Keri Arthur 2016 _Winter Halo_ (outcast #2; 360 pages; paper; Main+Woodville)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: David Baldacci 2020 _Walk the Wire_ (AmosDecker Memory #6; 662 pages; LT F Bal; large; Main)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Ted Bell 2009 _Nick of Time_ (434 pages)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Dale Brown 2003 _Air Battle Force_ (Patrick McLanahan; 630 pages; PB F Bro; Main+NE; Harper)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Dale Brown 2003 _Air Battle Force_ (Patrick McLanahan; 630 pages; PB F Bro; Main+NE; Harper)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Ian Rankin 2016 _The Naming of the Dead_ (703 pages)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.3: Jenn McKinlay 2014 _On Borrowed Time_ (Library Lover's Mystery #5; 294 pages; PB F McK; Jax)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Jenn McKinlay 2017 _Death in the Stacks_ (Library Lover's Mystery #8; 280 pages; Berkley/ Penguin/ Random House)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.3: Jenn McKinlay 2018 _Hitting the Books_ (Library Lover's Mystery #9; 292 pages; F McK; Main+Jax)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.1: Jenn McKinlay 2019 _Word to the Wise_ (Library Lover's Mystery #10; 293 pages; F McK; Main+Jax)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.3: Margaret Mizushima 2015 _Killing Trail_ (Timber Creek K9 #1; 314 pages; F Miz; Main+FtBraden; due 2024-03-07)

H4.0, E3.0, R-4: A.K. Mulford 2023 _The EverGreen Heir_ (398 pages; F Mul; Jax+East; The title "evergreen" suggested a pleasant Winter tale. The protagonist bibliophile likewise. But the errors in grammar render it a waste of paper, ink, plastic, a terrible waste of time & skills of author(s), editors, compositors, plate-makers, press operators, binders [& computers, printing presses, press-makers, bindery equipment designers & manufacturers...], of marketeers, book-sellers, data-base designers & analysts, mass storage, & librarians. The propagandizing suggests, but does not prove, evil intent.)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Carla Neggers 2014 _Harbor Island_ (Sharpe & Donovan #4; 529 pages; LT F Neg; Main)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Carla Neggers 2015 _Keeper's Reach_ (Sharpe & Donovan #5; 313 pages; F Neg; Main+East+BLPerry+Jax)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Carla Neggers 2016 _Liar's Key_ (Sharpe & Donovan #6; 316 pages; F Neg; Main+East+NE+Jax)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Douglas J. Preston & Lincoln Child 218 _Verses for the Dead_ (Prendergast #18; 852 pages; Hachette; F Pre; Main)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5John Scalzi 2013, 2015 _The Human Division_ (Old Man's War #5; 431 pages)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Brad Thor 2010 _The Athena Project_ (AthenaProject #10; 475 pages; LT F Tho; Main+East+Jax+NE; due 2024-03-07)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Francis Paul Wilson 2011 _Jack: Secret Circles_ (287 pages; ISBN 9780765358127; OCLC ; Tom Doherty/Tor; libraries; YA F Wil; Main; hold request)

H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Jacqueline Winspear 2005 _Pardonable Lies_ (Maisie Dobbs #3; Picador; Main+NE+E+Jax)

see earlier read fiction


Other

H4.0, E3.0, R1.4: Robert Kanigel 1998 _Vintage Reading from Plato to Bradbury: A Personal Tour of some of the world's best (& worst) books (243 pages; 011 Kan; Main+Jax; due 2024-05-22)

H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Allan H. Ropper & Brian David Burrell 2019 _How the Brain Lost Its Mind_ (neurosyphilis?; 242 pages; ISBN ; OCLC ; publisher; libraries; 612.82 Rop; Main; due 2024-03-07; not the subject I expected (i.e. not neuro-anatomy+neuro-physiology)

see earlier read Other




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