Nimble Books LLC http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress An innovative, idiosyncratic independent publisher Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:16:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en W. Frederick Zimmerman gave 1 star to: A Dictionary of Modern English Usage W. Frederick Zimmerman reviewed:

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition (Oxford World's Classics) by H. W. Fowler
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The Essential P. G. Wodehouse Collection (96 works) by P. G. Wodehouse
 
1.0 out of 5 stars Five dead fishes to Oxford U. Press: book printed upside down!, February 28, 2010
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When my copy arrived, I discovered it is literally printed upside down. The text on the binding points one way, the text on the interior pages points the other way.

Nice in a way to know that even the boffins at Oxford University Press can miss an enormous book-sized typo. Makes the rest of us feel a little better.

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Keller in Dallas by Lawrence Block
 
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4.0 out of 5 stars Essential? No. "Long", yes., February 16, 2010
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These are most of the Wodehouse works published before 1922 which, sadly, leaves out most of his best stuff and includes primarily juvenilia.

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Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake
 
5.0 out of 5 stars Hitherto unpublished Keller novella, February 16, 2010
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I was thrilled to find this novella, which is not available in printed form, at all, on the Kindle.

the Kindle formatting needs a careful proofing.

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Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake
 
5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected gem from Westlake's early years, February 8, 2010
This early Westlake novel has been reissued from the terrific Hard Case Crime imprint. Flashes of Westlake's LOL-funny style shine through more frequently than I expected. Up to the standard of some of the Dortmunder novels.

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the ampersand… stands for the word “and”, which if I were a symbol and I had to stand for something, would be a pretty damn good choice. Very optimistic and inclusive

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5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected gem from Westlake's early years, February 8, 2010
This early Westlake novel has been reissued from the terrific Hard Case Crime imprint. Flashes of Westlake's LOL-funny style shine through more frequently than I expected. Up to the standard of some of the Dortmunder novels.