All Consuming : Mar

Consumed "Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:08:04 GMT

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

by P.G. Wodehouse

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Wise Words and Country Ways"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:07:41 GMT

Wise Words and Country Ways

by Ruth Binney

Consumed "Get Your War On II"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:07:11 GMT

Get Your War On II

by David Rees

Consumed "ACME Novelty Library #17 (Acme Novelty Library)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:06:21 GMT

ACME Novelty Library #17 (Acme Novelty Library)

by Chris Ware

Consuming "We All Die Alone"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:05:31 GMT

We All Die Alone

by Mark Newgarden

Consumed "Gothic and Lolita"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:05:00 GMT

Gothic and Lolita

by Masayuki Yoshinaga

Consumed "Much Obliged, Jeeves"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:21:58 GMT

Much Obliged, Jeeves

by P.G. Wodehouse

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete First Season"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:21:18 GMT

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete First Season

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Jail Bait/Glen & Glenda"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:20:47 GMT

Jail Bait/Glen & Glenda

Consuming "Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:37:35 GMT

Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)

by Kenneth C. Davis

Consuming "Ordinary Americans: U.S. History Through the Eyes of Everyday People"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:37:13 GMT

Ordinary Americans: U.S. History Through the Eyes of Everyday People

Consuming "Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:36:26 GMT

Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity

by David Hurst Thomas

Consuming "Genie: a Scientific Tragedy"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:35:59 GMT

Genie: a Scientific Tragedy

by Russ Rymer

Consuming "The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:35:51 GMT

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)

by Jared M. Diamond

Consumed "The Blue Bird"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:33:50 GMT

The Blue Bird

by Maurice Tourneur

WORTH IT!

Consuming "The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology (Everyman's Library (Cloth))"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:33:19 GMT

The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

by P.G. Wodehouse

Consuming "Plum Sauce"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:24:25 GMT

Plum Sauce

by Richard Usborne

Consumed "Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Fourth Season"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:35:03 GMT

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Fourth Season

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Pirate's Promise"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:34:23 GMT

Pirate's Promise

by Bobbi Smith

NOT WORTH IT!

Consuming "The Virtue of Selfishness"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:36:53 GMT

The Virtue of Selfishness

by Ayn Rand

A review of "U.S. Presidents for Dummies"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mar) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:34:34 GMT

U.S. Presidents for Dummies

by Marcus Stadelmann

I picked this up to get a better understanding of U.S. history and politics, and I was also hoping for interesting anecdotes. While there were a lot of cold hard facts about dates and laws and firsts and wars, the anecdotes and little details that help you see our presidents as real people were few and far between.

I was also annoyed by what I see as a major omission. There is no mention of the one day gap between Presidents Polk and Taylor, which caused all sorts of confusion about whether or not David Rice Atchison was president for a day. I mean, c’mon- that at least deserved a sidebar.