What's on your reading table?

Brian Mays

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Apr 1, 2006, 11:00:43 AM4/1/06

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What creative or thought-provoking books have you been reading lately?

I picked up one by one of our longtime posters here, The Savvy
Designer's Guide to Success by Jeff Fisher. I had to put it down in
February when the wedding came around, but I'm nearly ready to grab it
back up. Been doing 3 weeks of catching up!

Another one I need to pick back up is called "Creating a Life Worth
Living" that talks about finding your passion and making it part of your
life.

I've got "The Tipping Point" but haven't jumped into it yet, and I want
to read "Blink" as well.

Brian Mays

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Apr 1, 2006, 11:23:39 AM4/1/06

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Brian Mays wrote:

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> I've got "The Tipping Point" but haven't jumped into it yet, and I want
> to read "Blink" as well.
>

Blink is *very* good. I actually "read" that one as an audio book,
because I've been too busy (and have too many other half-finished books
lying about) to dedicate the time to site down with it. Just plugged it
into the iPod and finished it off in about a week during the drive to
and from the office. : )

As for other good books, I like Roy Williams' Wizard of Ads books.
They are collections of his Monday Morning Memo newsletters and are
very quick to read, but offer great insight.

-- Robert

James Douglas

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Apr 1, 2006, 6:41:43 PM4/1/06

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Univeral Principles Of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill
Butler

Connie Pierce

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Apr 1, 2006, 8:20:23 PM4/1/06

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In article <grednWYogqtekLLZ...@comcast.com>, James
Douglas <james....@genesis-software.com> wrote:

NO WAY, James!! I'm reading that one right now!! It's the book I use
most day-to-day!! I honestly don't know anyone else who has even heard
of this book, much less reading it!

What non-creative author do you read most (see if there's another
parallel)? For me, it's typically a toss-up between Clive Cussler (Kurt
Austin, can't stand Dirk Pitt) and Stephen King . . .

--
C Pierce

lime

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Apr 2, 2006, 5:11:06 AM4/2/06

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Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/081184241X/103-4596873-0535018

--
Helen, lime, et al.

James Douglas

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Apr 3, 2006, 4:21:14 AM4/3/06

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As I am new to graphic design and studying it I tried to read as much as
possible about it's rules, and one day at the bookstore there it was, a
whole book on rules. It's one of the best books on graphic design I have
read so far!

I don't tend to read alot of fiction but love history type books,
especially dealing with engineering and such, recently re-read the
making of the panama canal and the building of the brooklyn bridge.

Davémon

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Apr 3, 2006, 4:56:28 AM4/3/06

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Brian Mays arranged shapes to form:

> What creative or thought-provoking books have you been reading lately?
>

The Dynamics of Creation - Anthony Storr

Puts creative activity as a function of various psychoanalytical (mostly
freudian/kleinian - which is weird because the author is a Jungian) states,
and treats the works pretty much as symptoms of psychopathology. It's fun!

--

Davémon
http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/

Sally

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Apr 3, 2006, 11:57:17 AM4/3/06

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The best place I know of to get books is Powell's City of Books,
Portland, Oregon....Mostly used, the store covers several city blocks
with several stories each. They give you a map at the door...Their
computer books alone have an entire building...and their selection of
technical books is outstanding. If you know the title, or author,
chances are they have it..There's a great coffee shop inside and I can
spend an entire day there.http://www.powells.com/