The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Oddities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oddities. Show all posts
Sunday, December 14, 2014

An Anthropologist on Mars

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Sacks, Oliver.  An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales . New York: Vintage. 1995. Print. First Sentences: Early in M...
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Monday, October 6, 2014

Quirkology

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Wiseman, Richard.  Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things . New York: Macmillan. 2007. Print First Sentences: ...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

A Curious Man

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Thompson, Neal.  A Curious Man: The Strange & Brilliant life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley . New York: Crown Archetype...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Here Is Where

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Carroll, Andrew.   Here Is Where:  Discovering America's Great Forgotten History . New York: Crown Archetype. 2013. Print First S...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Packing for Mars

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Roach, Mary.  Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void . New York: Norton. 2011. Print First Sentences: To the rocke...
Friday, May 10, 2013

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession

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Grann, David.  The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession . New York: Doubleday. 2010. Print First Sentence...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Drop Dead Healthy

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Jacobs, A.J.  Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. Print ...
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Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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