http://finotto.org/books What I read... Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:42:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bar Sport by Stefano Benni is a great book, which unfortunately I wasn’t able to find in a translated version, so I presume it’s only available in Italian. In this book the author tries to portray in a comic way the Italian society, what really happens in small towns. And let ... http://finotto.org/books/2007/03/bar-sport/ The Art of the Start was more on a technical point-of-view, The Big Moo, instead wants to be an inspirational kind of book. It features 33 articles of a variable length written by some of the smartest people in the business world. Instead, of telling you how to have success by imitating ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/12/the-big-moo/ In July I incorporated my first company so I felt the need to read about start-ups and how to properly start a business. This book was great! Guy Kawasaki definitely knows what he’s talking about, so I found most of his tips brilliant. It’s not enough to read a book to build a ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/12/the-art-of-the-start/ I wanted a good book on atheism, and there it was. Bertrand Russell is a great thinker and this book provides a very good starting point for everyone interested in atheism and religions in general. Throughout the book, Russell tries to confute the more common explanations Christian usually use to explain the ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/12/why-i-am-not-christian/ Camera Lucida is Barthes’s study on photography’s nature and essence. Throughout the book, Barthes tries to dissect photography, ending up with the discovery of two fundamentals characteristics a photograph should have: studium, being the social and cultural aspect of a photo, and punctum, being the detail that connects the spectator, not ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/12/camera-lucida/ This was the first book by Kerouac I’d ever read and I absolutely loved it.The book, which is almost an autobiography as most — all? — of Kerouac’s books, narrates the story of Sal’s journeys around the States and inside his soul, and his friendship with a very weird and ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/12/on-the-road/ Max Barry is, IMHO, one of the best young authors around. I mean, it doesn’t talk about rocket science or write deep and long philosophical dissertations, but his books are very funny and make a great read for when you’d just like to sit down and enjoy a good read for ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/12/company/ Since buying Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection, I’ve been amazed by the work of Robert Capa. So I started looking for books about him and found Slightly Out of Focus, Capa’s WWII chronicle. The book gave me another perspective on WWII. Most accounts are from soldiers, historians or regular people, which ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/12/slightly-out-of-focus/ I wanted a good book on photography. One that talked about different kinds of cameras, lenses, filters, accessories. One that would introduce me to various concepts of visualization, development, printing and archiving. One that would basically talk about Photography. Unfortunately, nowadays it’s difficult to get a good photography manual. More are just ... http://finotto.org/books/2006/05/the-ansel-adams-guide-basic-techniques-of-photography/ Silvano Agosti is an Italian movie director, writer and thinker in general. This book is an attempt at imagining his perfect society. A society where everyone is important, where everyone can live in piece, where everyone can Live. And when I say Live I mean it in the deepest meaning you can ... http://finotto.org/books/2005/12/letters-from-kirghisia/