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Loading... Born standing up : a comic's life... something I have not done in ages. Thus far my reading has covered:
May
#1 Getting Real by 37signals
#2 Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
#3 The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
June
#4 The Fall of Reach by Eric S. Nylund
#5 The Hunt for Red October by T ... Born Standing Up This month we met at Erin's house to talk about memoirs. Here's the list:
Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin
Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp, by Stephanie Klein
The Woman Who Can't Forget, by Jill Price and Bart Davis
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbra Kingsolver
Next month: books ... Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down Nicey
A Slipping-Down Life Anne Tyler
Onwards and Upwards Arabella Weir
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Steve Martin
Room at the Top John Braine Hooking Up by Tom Wolfe
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Complete Prose of Woody Allen by Woody Allen
Italian Without Words by Don Cangelosi
The West Highland White Terrier by Seymour Weiss
Finished Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin today. A short but very interesting read. ... Volume 1, Ken Akamatsu (Manga)
5-6. The Boat, Nam Le (Short stories)
5-7. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin (Memoir)
5-8. A Death in Belmont, Sebastian Junger (True crime!)
History
6-1. Franklin and Winston: ... ... Hands by Margalit Fox
4. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
5. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
6. Born Standing Up : a comic's life by Steve Martin
7. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
What's great about this group is that I can record books ... ... 2007. Here are some that impressed me, and some that disappointed me. In no particular order:
Recommended
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Everything a memoir should be. Short, to the point, without the flood of unnecessary details found in most biographies and autobiographies. ...
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