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100 Greatest Magazine Articles Ever

August 2, 2010 by kyle

The best compilation of magazine writing I’ve come across.

Categories Books, Featured, ListsTags david foster wallace, Esquire, magazines, Top 100Leave a comment

Animal Farm (1945)

May 13, 2010May 12, 2010 by kyle

Book #31 on Modern Library’s Top 100 List. Kid story or just Little Brother?

Categories Books, FeaturedTags george orwell, modern library, Top 10, Top 100, top projectLeave a comment

Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

April 29, 2010April 29, 2010 by kyle

#18 on Modern Library’s Top 100, Vonnegut’s most famous book rollicks the past, present, and future all at once.

Categories Books, FeaturedTags kurt vonnegut, modern library, Top 10, Top 100, top projectLeave a comment

David Foster Wallace’s Favorite Words

April 15, 2010April 15, 2010 by kyle

Take a look at some of the words the writer found fascinating. It’s important (or not).

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Darkness at Noon (1941)

April 28, 2010April 9, 2010 by kyle

Rated #8 on the Modern Library’s Top 100 List, Darkness at Noon is more than a political book.

Categories Books, FeaturedTags arthur koestler, modern library, top projectLeave a comment

The Little Book of String Theory (2010)

April 15, 2010April 7, 2010 by kyle

Can a book about the theoretical, nearly-impossible-to-understand notion of “everything” be translated to the non-expert reader?

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The Top Project

April 15, 2010March 27, 2010 by kyle

A project most likely too immense for me to finish. Let’s try it anyway.

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