Quentin Hardy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve BrusatteQuentin Hardy@Kantrowitz I'm bad at lists/superlatives, but among the memorable: Fiction: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson; A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Nonfiction: Scale by Geoffrey West; The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte Memoir: Generations by Lucille Clifton
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Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
Richard RhodesQuentin Hardy(BTW, Richard Rhodes' "Why They Kill" is very good on the process of manufacturing killers, which he terms "violentization.")
Paperback, 2000
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lottery
Shirley JacksonQuentin Hardy@Kantrowitz I'm bad at lists/superlatives, but among the memorable: Fiction: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson; A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Nonfiction: Scale by Geoffrey West; The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte Memoir: Generations by Lucille Clifton
Hardcover, 2008
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Penelope SkyQuentin Hardy@VictorWhite A classic. I recently caught "Vanilla Sky" (hey, I was on a long flight) and realized the song was being used to let me know that Penelope Cruz has a first-rate soul.
Paperback, 2020
$14.99Member price:$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Deep Learning with Python
Francois CholletQuentin HardyRT @Jeande_d: The second edition of Deep Learning with Python by @fchollet, one of the best comprehensive deep learning books was recently…
Paperback, 2017
$49.99Member price:$44.99 + Free shipping10% off
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Vaclav SmilQuentin HardyIn "How The World Really Works," Vaclav Smil makes a good case that vegans are also bigger carbon contributors, given the amount of petroleum used in modern agriculture. https://t.co/AE4NRsKbR8
Paperback, 2025
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Absalom, Absalom!
William FaulknerQuentin HardyTo clarify: Punctuation in Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (left) and in Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (right). No emoji in either, checked.
Paperback, 1991
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
Paul FussellQuentin Hardy@pkedrosky Ever read Paul Fussell’s”Class”? He brilliantly takes apart ever level of the American class system, and in the last chapter exempts people like himself. An incisive book, but. Was there the same lack of self awareness in this work from someone in admin-choked academia?
Paperback, 1992
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mrs. Bridge
Evan S. ConnellQuentin HardyRT @cscarroll222: Mrs. Bridge alone would have been enough to establish Evan Connell as one of the great novelists of the twentieth century…
Paperback, 2010
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lottery and Other Stories
Shirley JacksonQuentin Hardy@Kantrowitz I'm bad at lists/superlatives, but among the memorable: Fiction: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson; A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Nonfiction: Scale by Geoffrey West; The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte Memoir: Generations by Lucille Clifton
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