Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:05:17 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: book recommendations
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

> dalek_cag at yahoo.com 09/19/02 09:23AM
>Since people on this list have no problems giving
>advice/expressing their opinions,

Really?

I figured this would
>be as good a place as any to ask the following:
>
>My dad's birthday is next month.  When he's not
>reading for business reasons, he likes biographies,
>history, and science stuff as long as it's not too
>dumbed down but is meant for a general audience. Books
>I've gotten him recently that he's liked include a
>recent biography of Learned Hand, and "Water for
>Gotham" which was about the building of the NY
>resevoir system and the development and maintaining of
>NYC's water supply.
>
>I'm currently at a loss as to what to get him, since
>nothing in the book review sections of the NYTimes or
>the Washington Post has jumped out at me as a "wow,
>that would be perfect for dad" kind of book.
>
>Therefore, I welcome all suggestions.

Amazon has a wonderful feature that shows what other books folks have =
bought who bought book X.  It's a start.

mjw

>
>--cathy green
>
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