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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2012-02-25 12:53 pm
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Inspiration fail

Are there any books (non-fiction or fiction) I should put on my birthday list?
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[identity profile] seth ellis (from livejournal.com) 2012-02-25 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Non-fiction: my own birthday haul included 1493, In The Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent, and The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum, all of which are fun so far.

[identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com 2012-02-25 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
1493! I knew I was forgetting something!

[identity profile] neowolf2.livejournal.com 2012-02-25 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I very much liked 1493. It's on my Kindle.
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[identity profile] le-trombone.livejournal.com 2012-02-26 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
If you haven't read it, I second the suggestion of The Poisoner's Handbook. Very good history of a specific science.
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