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a historical analysis of the stiletto heel. interesting, no?

life and love set to a soundtrack. anything with good compilations catches my eye (and ear).

the title is enough to get me to read this book.

travel writing + grasping for happiness + a cynic's point of view = a book that's right up my alley.

the author of this book argues that melancholia is essential for any culture and its art. while i consider myself a generally happy person, i think i agree with him. this would be an interesting read.

i love memoirs, and i seem to be drawn to the ones with some sort of addiction involved. this book sounds like one i'd enjoy.

i picked up this book in anthropologie and it's very interesting, indeed -- little tidbits of advice from an experienced ad-man. it's small and very well designed. (and a lot better than what i'm making it out to be, lol.)

i picked up this book a couple days ago (out of frustration for my own 'overachiever'-ness, but that's a different story), and i am fully engrossed in it. a journalist followed a group of high school seniors and junors caught in the frenzy of APs, SATs, GPAs, and college admissions, and it's written in such a way that makes you really empathize with these kids and what they're going through. plus, the book is slightly personally relevant -- these kids go to walt whitman high school located in bethesda, MD, which is fairly close to where i attend college.

this book was used in my persuasion and propaganda class today. with its tongue-in-cheek chapter titles and numerous citations, it's an entertaining, interesting, and informative read...essential for my plan to take over the world. buahahaha. :)

stargirl by jerry spinelli is one of my favorite books, and he has just written a sort of sequel to it. i am anticipating its release.