December 30, 2006
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Don’t judge this book The Life of Mozart by its cover — especially if this book was published in 1845. It was a real joy to read Edward Holmes work based around a series of letters by the Mozarts. This … Continue reading
December 16, 2006
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“Giddy sugarplum or calculating bitch?” –Did I miss author Juliet Waldron on Springer? After a long period of time (maybe a year) when I spent more time listening to Mozart ‘s music than reading about his interesting life…the bug to … Continue reading
December 2, 2006
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As a fan of his music this book by Peter Gay Mozart (A Penguin Life) has proved to be of a surprise. It was not until I was almost half way through before everything began to get interesting in new … Continue reading
December 1, 2006
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Well after seeing this when I awoke this morning at 5:30am… It was time to clear the driveway and start packing for my trip to Chicago Sunday for the Fall Internet2 conference. MIAD was closed — no surprise — due … Continue reading
November 1, 2006
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Was looking forward to Monica Crowley’s Nixon in Winter : His Final Revelations about Diplomacy, Watergate, and Life out of the Arena for any Watergate insight but failed to learn anything new outside of Nixon’s predictable thought and opinions on … Continue reading
October 19, 2006
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This book Kent State: What Happened and Why was a very personal, private reading experience. Raised and educated in Ohio, my father was an MP in the Ohio National Guard. My father’s twin brother was also a member. During that … Continue reading
September 21, 2006
by donkasprzak
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Tom Friedman’s book The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization has a couple of great chapters and “The Electronic Herd” is one that fits right into how web2.0 entrepreneurs have been able to move social networks into powerful forces. … Continue reading
September 4, 2006
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Daniel Ellsberg‘s Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers is about his direct experience in Vietnam and more importantly his role in leaking The Pentagon Papers. Daniel’s lessons in both academic research and military battlefields helped me learn … Continue reading
August 9, 2006
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One lesson: Abu Ghraib and Photography…just don’t mix. Seymour Hersh has provided the details and background to this scandal in great depth in the pages of Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. As one who learned … Continue reading
July 10, 2006
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Reading this book … its difficult to put down. For some reason I picked up Richard Clarke’s book Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror and left it on my shelf. Decided to read Woodward’s Bush at War instead. … Continue reading