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|  | In the Beginning...was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson
Originally written as an essay, this book is simultaneously a history of operating systems, an indictment of various corporate policies (on the parts of both Microsoft and Apple), and a look to the future of computing. Known primarily as a science fiction author, Stephenson continues his style of providing plenty of tangential technical (and personal) data here, but has written the book to be accessible to all audiences, from hard-core hackers all the way down to computer neophytes. AUTHOR: Neal Stephenson
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor 
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 | Ego Trips Book of Rap Lists
Hip hop is huge, and it's time someone wrote it all down. And got it all right. With more than 25 aggregate years of interviews, and virtually every hip hop single, remix, and album ever recorded at their disposal, the highly respected EGO TRIP staff are the ones to do it. Their BOOK OF RAP LIST runs the gamut of hip hop information, breaking it down into chapters on Art, Lyrics, Production, Fashion, Names, Performances, etc. This is an exhaustive, indispensable and completely irreverent bible of true hip hip knowledge.
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Superman by Hilary Barta, John F. Moore, Kieron Dwyer
/Alan Moore /Curt Swan, George Perez, and /Kurt Schaffenberger, illustrators Written by the author of WATCHMEN and BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE. This acclaimed story projects the final fate of The M AUTHOR: Hilary Barta, John F. Moore, Kieron Dwyer
PUBLISHER: DC Comics
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | The Little Giant Book of Riddles by Joseph Rosenbloom
It's dangerous to find over 1,750 riddles in one place, and the filly cartoons throughout this collection only make it harder to stop turning the pages. They're organized into 20 categories to keep you from getting lost. Still, you can't stop turning the pages as you fiddle yourself over money, getting sick, hurling insults, thinking up comebacks, enjoying nature, driving, playing, using computers. Just in time, the last riddle appears: What do joggers say when they leave you? So long -- gotta run. AUTHOR: Joseph Rosenbloom
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Streets of Fire by John Shannon, Otto Penzler
After a run-in with a racist motorcycle gang, the son of one of Los Angeles's most prominent African-American activists disappears, along with his white girlfriend. Detective Jack Liffey investigates. AUTHOR: John Shannon, Otto Penzler
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Mystery & Thrillers
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 | Will McBride by Guy Davenport, William Simon
Will McBride, an American who has spent his adult life in Germany, has made one of the great extended photographic portraits of male adolescence, created over the course of his forty-year career as a photographer. In his studio work and in his reportage for such magazines as Twen, McBride has focused on young men as they come to terms with their inner and outer development. McBride creates a portrait of the young male that is more revealing than those avaiLabLe in countless books, plays, movies, and television shows. In his work, young men discover the power of their own sexuality, fall in love, suffer the imposition of the regimentation of study and religion, seek comfort, flaunt their courage, and play with the unfettered, goofy energy of boys. Clearly made in collaboration with his subjects, McBride's photographs are as telling and sensual as they are unforgettable. AUTHOR: Guy Davenport, William Simon
PUBLISHER: Aperture Foundation, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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