Getting Older Stinks » books http://www.gettingolderstinks.com/blog Grey, fat and middle aged is no way to go through life. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:31:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Book Friday: The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniv http://www.gettingolderstinks.com/blog/2012/02/03/book-friday-the-art-of-pixar-25th-anniv/ http://www.gettingolderstinks.com/blog/2012/02/03/book-friday-the-art-of-pixar-25th-anniv/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:00:12 +0000 dlumerman http://www.gettingolderstinks.com/blog/?p=1809 The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniv.
From classics such as Toy Story and A Bug s Life to recent masterpieces such as Up, Toy Story 3, and Cars 2, this comprehensive collection offers a behind-the-scenes tour of every Pixar film to date.

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Al Jaffee s fold-ins, on the inside back cover of virtually every issue of MAD Magazine since 1964, have become an icon of American humor.

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Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself

You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you’re as deluded as the rest of us.

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Dark Side reveals all of the tips, tricks, scams, and stories that THEY don’t want you to know about!

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Not only can the man rant, he can write. From the larger, louder half of the world-famous magic duo Penn & Teller comes a scathingly funny reinterpretation of The Ten Commandments.

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In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets.

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The Heath brothers address motivating employees, family members, and ourselves in their analysis of why we too often fear change.

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In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman introduces the “machinery of the mind.” He argues that two systems drive the way we think and make choices. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.

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“Mark Steyn is a modern day Jeremiah with a quiverful of devastating one-liners, nailing what the liberals have done to our country. He presents an alarming—and frighteningly convincing—prophecy of where we’re headed.

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Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues.

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