Monday, May 09, 2011

Lonely Zombie, Tacos, Royal Wedding, Barefott Running

Non Fiction

McGraw-Hill's ACT, 2011 edition. Practice.

Gruber's Complete SAT Guide 2011. Practice some more.

Bossypants by Tina Fey. No co-author listed but as busy as this gal must be she surely had someone lending a hand.

Acoustic Guitar Handbook by Paul Balmer. How to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and repair your guitar. Lots of nice photos.

Wireless Network Administration: a beginner's guide by Wale Soyinka. Read and pretend you know everything.

Quicken 2011 by Marty Matthews and Bobbi Sandberg. Another computer guide.

How to Read a Balance Sheet by Rick J. Makoujy, Jr. The first two payments of $1 million each (on the first and second anniversaries of the balance sheet date) may be valued as follows.

A Woman's Guide to Successful Negotiating, 2nd Edition by Lee E. Miller and Jessica Miller. "How to convince, collaborate, and create your way to agreement."

Quickbooks 2011 by Leslie Capachietti. "The Time & Expenses Preferences dialog has an option for setting a default markup percentage."

Illinois Curiosities by Richard Moreno. Included: 1- Nelson, the world's largest sock monkey. 2- BEER NUTS factory. 3- The fire breathing mechanical dragon of Vandalia. Not Included: 1- My parents' garage.

300 Best Taco Recipes by Kelley Cleary Coffeen. Anthony Neil Smith just had an excitement induced stroke. (Smith has kindly agreed to host a writing workshop for us this Fall. I need to contact him about a date. Smith teaches writing for a living so it should be a very good event.)

The Littlest Zombie by Fred Perry. He's just an inquisitive chap filled with curiosity about the world on fire around him. Pushed around by his fellow undead (who always get to the brains first), and positively frowned upon by the remaining living citizens, the poor little guy just wants a friend. An maybe something to chew on. Like your face.

Above the Fold: understanding the principles of successful web site design by Brian Miller. Looks kinda neat.

Royal Romance: the love story of William and Kate. Photobook of bio of Prince Willaim and Kate Middleton. I'll need to buy a photo book about the wedding.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running by Dr. Craig Richards and Thomas Hollowell. I spoke to a guy who wears these. I've thought about trying them out.

1 comment:

Rich Moreno said...

Thanks for mentioning my new book, "Illinois Curiosities." Sorry about leaving your parents' garage out of the book. I'll try to be more inclusive next time...

Rich Moreno