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- Risk (29)
- The Science and Politics of Fear
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By Dan Gardner -
Reading since Feb 22, 2009
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- Exploiting Software (16)
- How to Break Code
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By Greg Hoglund, Gary McGraw -
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- Cuckoo's Egg (76)
- Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage
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By Clifford Stoll -
Finished on Aug 5, 2007 
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- Nineteen Eighty-four (8245)
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By George Orwell -
Finished in Jun 2007
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- Air Babylon (117)
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By Imogen Edwards-Jones -
Finished in Feb 2007
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- "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" (357)
- Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton
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By Ralph Leighton -
Finished in 2006
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- The Naked Trader (5)
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By Robbie Burns -
Finished in Nov 2006
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- Stealing the Network (15)
- How to Own the Box
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By Tim Mullen, Ryan Russell, Ido Dubrawsky, … -
Finished in Oct 2006
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- Beyond Fear (39)
- Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World
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By Bruce Schneier -
Finished in 2005
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- Perfume (934)
- The Story of a Murderer
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Finished in 2004
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- The Art of Deception (83)
- Controlling the Human Element of Security
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By William L. Simon, Steve Wozniak, Kevin D. Mitnick -
Finished in 2003
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- Foucault's Pendulum (322)
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By Umberto Eco -
Finished in 2002
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- Rebel Code (17)
- Linux and the Open Source Revolution
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By Glyn Moody -
Finished in 2001
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- Secrets and Lies (59)
- Digital Security in a Networked World
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By Bruce Schneier -
Finished in 2001
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- Life is tough and then you graduate (19)
- The second Piled Higher and Deeper Comic Strip Collection
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By Jorge Cham -
Finished
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Perfume
The power of the scent a tricky subject matter to convey on paper (at least verbally), yet Süskind sucessfully brings the reader to empathise with Grenouille, the protagnist and tragic hero, whose extraordinary olfactory sense made him France's greatest perfumer. In Grenouille's world, scents replac ... (continue)
The power of the scent a tricky subject matter to convey on paper (at least verbally), yet Süskind sucessfully brings the reader to empathise with Grenouille, the protagnist and tragic hero, whose extraordinary olfactory sense made him France's greatest perfumer. In Grenouille's world, scents replace sights and sounds, and the quest for the ultimate perfume leaves no room for moral and rationality.
The writing is unique in its highly descriptive style and the narrative delves into the mind of a lonely, unremarkable and objectionable young man. Yet through his acute sense of smell he brings masses to their knees. By no means a light read, but certainly a book for those who seek something out of the humdrum and ordinary.
I also recommend the movie based on the book with the same title, which successfully brings to the big screen the world as Grenouille experinces it.