http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress Timely, colorful, thought-provoking and concise Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27508328 http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27508328#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:04:02 +0000 wfzimmerman's reviews from LibraryThing tag:www.librarything.com://9847c2a81429c7f302b00007df5fd1b5 wfzimmerman's review: "Disappointing -- a potted version of modern financial history. No unique sources or perspectives."
PublicAffairs (2008), Hardcover, 256 pages]]> wfzimmerman's review: "Disappointing -- a potted version of modern financial history. No unique sources or perspectives."
PublicAffairs (2008), Hardcover, 256 pages]]> http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27508328/feed/ http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505846 http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505846#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:01:12 +0000 wfzimmerman's reviews from LibraryThing tag:www.librarything.com://9951a81e96c6595b7438b9dbea751140 wfzimmerman's review: "A Valentine's present from Cheryl, very much appreciated. I started with re-reading "Nightfall...""
Broadway (1990), Edition: 1st ed, Paperback, 624 pages]]> wfzimmerman's review: "A Valentine's present from Cheryl, very much appreciated. I started with re-reading "Nightfall...""
Broadway (1990), Edition: 1st ed, Paperback, 624 pages]]> http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505846/feed/ http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505826 http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505826#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:00:49 +0000 wfzimmerman's reviews from LibraryThing tag:www.librarything.com://de1abe60d6c91ffdcaf30a0d0c146412 wfzimmerman's review: "I'm a few chapters into this and it is terrific so far. Big Smart Objects, astroarchaeology, credible science -- this is what SF is all about. I immediately rushed off to order his other book, [[Star Dragon]]]."
Tor Books (2008), Hardcover, 448 pages
tags: science fiction, sf]]> wfzimmerman's review: "I'm a few chapters into this and it is terrific so far. Big Smart Objects, astroarchaeology, credible science -- this is what SF is all about. I immediately rushed off to order his other book, [[Star Dragon]]]."
Tor Books (2008), Hardcover, 448 pages
tags: science fiction, sf]]> http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505826/feed/ http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505733 http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505733#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:58:37 +0000 wfzimmerman's reviews from LibraryThing tag:www.librarything.com://02ffbe26e3c36061bae07ce17e9ebea1 wfzimmerman's review: "I don't usually read books about baseball, but this is a pretty good one. I enjoyed learning why there are no left-handed catchers ..."
Plume (2008), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 352 pages
tags: baseball, sabermetrics]]> wfzimmerman's review: "I don't usually read books about baseball, but this is a pretty good one. I enjoyed learning why there are no left-handed catchers ..."
Plume (2008), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 352 pages
tags: baseball, sabermetrics]]> http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505733/feed/ http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505703 http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505703#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:57:59 +0000 wfzimmerman's reviews from LibraryThing tag:www.librarything.com://872ed6a148885e928585d3f794a46e42 wfzimmerman's review: "State of the art stuff. A convincing meditation on what "matters" when all your material needs are met."
Orbit (2008), Hardcover, 608 pages]]> wfzimmerman's review: "State of the art stuff. A convincing meditation on what "matters" when all your material needs are met."
Orbit (2008), Hardcover, 608 pages]]> http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505703/feed/ http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505638 http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505638#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:56:33 +0000 wfzimmerman's reviews from LibraryThing tag:www.librarything.com://ec0a63ec90a2f47f234a6e6c898a2fcb wfzimmerman's review: "An impressive debut novel. The multiplexing clones who are the protagonists are creepy at first, but at the end of the book there is a convincing explanation for their existence. One minor nit is that practically every character has a self-descriptive name (is there a word for that? autonym?) Ultimately, a tough-minded meditation on what might lead us to a Singularity and what might happen after it."
Tor Books (2008), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 320 pages
tags: science fiction, sf]]> wfzimmerman's review: "An impressive debut novel. The multiplexing clones who are the protagonists are creepy at first, but at the end of the book there is a convincing explanation for their existence. One minor nit is that practically every character has a self-descriptive name (is there a word for that? autonym?) Ultimately, a tough-minded meditation on what might lead us to a Singularity and what might happen after it."
Tor Books (2008), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 320 pages
tags: science fiction, sf]]> http://www.librarything.com/work/book/27505638/feed/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:48:59 +0000 admin urn:amazon-com-atom:PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today This is one of my favorites in the ever-growing Nimble Books list. The cover looks terrific--very realistic, just as if the Navy had really built the U.S.S. Montana! The interior of the book includes:

• pictures and information about the various design concepts that were explored
• the specifications of the final Montana design
• color pictures of a beautiful 1:700 scale model of Montana by Imre Somogyi
• a beautiful color painting of Montana by author and artist Wayne Scarpaci
• a picture of her never-built 1920's predecessor, BB-51 Montana
• an essay on "Why She Matters Today"; and
• a discussion of Senator Jon Tester's efforts to get the U.S. Navy to name a capital ship after his home state of Montana.

In short, this presents a unique package of art and text devoted exclusively to one of the most interesting hypothetical ships ever designed. I'm very happy to see that this book is selling well. I hope you enjoy it. Cordially yours, Fred Zimmerman Publisher, Nimble Books LLC P.S. if you are interested in reading other stuff about Montana, I recommend two major studies of U.S. battleships: U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman and Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 (Battleships) by Garzke. Both of these books rely on archival sources to give a highly technical history of the ten or twenty different designs that were considered for Montana. My book's different in that I tackle the issue of "why do we care about this today" head-on. [gallery=3]]]> http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD/feed/