May 23, 2007
by donkasprzak
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My latest shipment from Amazon arrived today… I’m looking forward to Joseph Stiglitz’s new really new Making Globalization Work. His first book on the subject Globalization and Its Discontents…seemed maybe a bit hostile? Also received feedback from MIAD grad Matt … Continue reading
May 6, 2007
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Lawrence Wright has written an amazing book that helps us understand al-Qaeda. His book The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 is very well written and as a result, very upsetting. Would you be surprised to learn foundations … Continue reading
April 24, 2007
by donkasprzak
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Mr. Halberstam, Your writing is a true gift. I cannot recall how many times professors would talk about your work and the impact of your writing. The highlight for me was also one of my favorite classes in college: The … Continue reading
April 24, 2007
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“It loves blood, the Russian earth.” Did you think I forgot all my interest in Russian and Soviet studies? I received a wonderful birthday gift from my brother Chris. Three books about Stalin, war with Germany and ultimately about sadness. … Continue reading
April 21, 2007
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With a lot of anticipation I read Robert Scoble’s Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers. For some time I had been skimming his blog Scoblizer since he became Microsoft’s first official blogger and rose … Continue reading
April 7, 2007
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I read about Chris Anderson’s Long Tail in Wired Magazine back in the day (2004 – wow how time really flies) and immediately recognized the Amazon story. How many books can you tap into at a local reseller? Two or … Continue reading
April 2, 2007
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X+Y does NOT equal Z. Students enter high school thinking X of the world. In college they should better be exposed to Y because by the time they graduate, the real world will be Z. And there is nothing worse … Continue reading
March 22, 2007
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So I reached the finish line of Bob Woodward’s three part series on Bush at War. State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III is hard hitting to say the least. Not sure why I could not get through it … Continue reading
February 17, 2007
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It was great to see David Lynch’s new book Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity with a eye catching cover to match. As a fan of his work going back to Blue Velvet (Special Edition) and Twin Peaks…I … Continue reading
February 1, 2007
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I’m not sure why this title The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956 came to my reading list…other than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as author. In college August 1914: The Red Wheel 1: A Narrative in Discrete Periods of Time was on my reading list. … Continue reading