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Humanities
Jul/Aug 2009
Kenneth Fields
A Recollection of Wallace Stegner When I came to Stanford in 1963 as a graduate student in English, Wallace Stegner ruled the roost. mark for My Articles
Humanities
Jul/Aug 2009
David Skinner
Webster's Third Dictionaary The most controversial dictionary in the English language. mark for My Articles similar articles
Humanities
Jul/Aug 2009
Meredith Hindley
Who Said It? Man has been enchanted, challenged, and humbled by the sea. In this edition of Who Said It?, we ride the waves of literature and history to see what secrets the tides reveal. mark for My Articles
Humanities
Jul/Aug 2009
Meredith Hindley
Impertinent Questions with Alan Houston Alan Houston's latest book, Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement, tackles the Founding Father who has confounded generations with his varied opinions and multiple careers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Tim Cavanaugh
Dickens Is Back. Watch Your Wallet. If you want to understand the economy, don't turn to the author of Oliver Twist for answers. Acolytes of the Victorian novelist have recently arisen to champion his rescue from imaginary obscurity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Tim Cavanaugh
Sympathy for the Investment Banker Who killed Bear Stearns? If you want a compelling rendition of the fall of a once-proud investment bank, Bear Trap and House of Cards are both worth reading. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum
Briefly Noted: Downsize Me "I don't like what you're proving here," Tom Naughton's doctor tells him toward the end of Fat Head, his sharp, funny rejoinder to Morgan Spurlock's 2004 fast food expose Super Size Me. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Nick Gillespie
The Prehistory of Porn Prosecution How "licentious Gotham" gave rise to today's obscenity laws is explained in a new book by Donna Dennis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Tim Cavanaugh
Briefly Noted: We Often Dream of Trains Robert S. Schleicher's coffee table history The Lionel Legend: An American Icon suggests why industries grow more politically potent as they become less important to the economy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Joanne McNeil
Death of a Dystopian The life and legacy of J.G. Ballard mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Clark Stooksbury
Briefly Noted: A Foreign Policy They Can't Refuse With The Godfather Doctrine, John C. Hulsman and A. Wess Mitchell have applied the differing views of mob boss Don Corleone's three sons to differing schools of American foreign policy. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Paul Barrett
Going Great Guns with Fear Marketing Whatever your views on gun control, there are lessons to be learned from the firearm industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
The BusinessWeek Best Seller List "Outliers" tops this week's list of hardcover business bestsellers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
July 2009
Jennifer Wang
5 (More) Great Books on Entrepreneurship Once you've read the first 100, check out these other works of entrepreneurial wisdom. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
June 22, 2009
Chris Anderson
Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It's Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity From the author's new book entitled "Free: The Future of a Radical Price." When scarce resources become abundant, smart people treat them differently, exploiting them rather than conserving them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
June 22, 2009
Steven Levy
Salon Cofounder and Blogger Gives His Short-Form Medium the Long-Form Treatment Salon cofounder Scott Rosenberg has written a new book, Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters. mark for My Articles similar articles
Science News
July 4, 2009
Sid Perkins
Book Review: Flotsametrics And The Floating World By Curtis Ebbesmeyer And Eric Scigliano Today, scientists recognize flotsam as a tremendous source of scientific data. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
Barry Maggs
Come Back from the Beach a Bit Savvier This summer reading roundup spotlights a rake's guide to success, outsourced espionage, and a delicious wine caper, among other books. mark for My Articles similar articles
TIME Europe
June 17, 2009
Lev Grossman
Chef Lit: Kitchen Writing Even bad chef memoirs have a certain mesmerizing quality. mark for My Articles similar articles
CRM
June 1, 2009
Clara Shih
Sales in the Facebook Era In this excerpt from her new book, "The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach New Audiences, and Sell More Stuff," the head of social media alliances and product strategy at Salesforce.com provides her take on the future of CRM and social media. mark for My Articles similar articles
Scientific American
July 2009
Kate Wong
Scientific American recommends 3 books about the moon Also: Becoming Human, and Amazing Animals mark for My Articles similar articles
Inc.
June 2009
Leigh Buchanan
Review: In Pursuit of Elegance Author Mathew E. May writes about the virtues of simplicity and symmetry in solving business problems. mark for My Articles
Outside
June 2009
Bruce Barcott
Survival Books Two new plane-crash memoirs hope to soar into the survival-narrative canon. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
June 4, 2009
Mike Allen
Questions for Matthew B. Crawford, Author of Shop Class as Soul Craft What possessed him to write this book that make the case for how much thinking goes on in the trade professions? mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
June 3, 2009
Harry Sawyers
Questions for Bill Gurstelle About the Art of Living Dangerously What kind of riskier-than-average activity does your book suggest? mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 2009
Philip Ball
Column: The crucible Scientific fraud highlights flaws in the way that scientists communicate with each other. Eugenie Samuel Reich's book Plastic fantastic, highlights a key element in what transpires. mark for My Articles similar articles
MyBusiness
Jun/Jul 2009
Megan Pacella
Management 101 Take a peek inside DK Publishing's Essential Managers series for answers to common employer questions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
June 2009
Michael C. Moynihan
What Caused the Crisis? In his new book, Getting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis, John B. Taylor argues that the government bears the most responsibility for creating and sustaining the current crisis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
June 2009
Brian Doherty
The Freaky Father of Fitness In Mark Adams' Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet, the largely forgotten pulp publishing magnate and fanatical physical training guru has his wild story told for the first time. mark for My Articles
Reason
June 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
Life in the Long Tail In The Enthusiast, the novel's protagonist, Henry Bay, explores the wild world of hobbyist publications, from Row! to Kite Buggy. mark for My Articles
Reason
June 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
Blackbeard Economics The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, by Peter T. Leeson, gives an insight into the surprising, and surprisingly tame, self-organization of pirates. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
June 2009
The Calm Before the Storm The Age of Anxiety, Andrea Tone's revelatory history of tranquilizers in America, shows that a drug's reputation is a function of culture as much as chemistry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Age
May 19, 2009
Kenny MacIver
Book Review: The Adventures of an IT Leader This novelization of a CIO's life is as entertaining and as it is informative. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Age
May 19, 2009
Book Review: The Human Factor David Lacey's analysis of the psychological factors of IT security is lucid and engaging. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
My 10 Favorite Mars Novels Renowned sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson reviews a century of Mars fiction mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
May 22, 2009
Clive Thompson
Clive Thompson on the Future of Reading in a Digital World Books are the only major medium that still hasn't embraced the digital age. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
May 22, 2009
Jeff Howe
The Guy Behind Flash Mobs Tackles His Frankenweb Monster Bill Wasik's new book, And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture, is a critical takedown of the Internet-Media Complex and our unhealthy obsession with memes of the moment. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2009
John Teresko
Bookshelf: JIT Implementation Manual: The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing, Second Edition Are you implementing a just-in-time strategy? The second edition of Hirano's JIT Implementation Manual offers step-by-step guidance. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2009
John Teresko
Bookshelf: Why New Systems Fail: Theory and Practice Collide In his new book, Why New Systems Fail: Theory and Practice Collide, software consultant and author Phil Simon evaluates why organizations routinely fail while attempting to implement and upgrade IT systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2009
John Teresko
Bookshelf: Management Rewired: Why Feedback Doesn't Work and Other Surprising Lessons From the Latest Brain Science Author Charles S. Jacobs takes a leap from the latest neuroscience to its implications for business-world competitiveness. mark for My Articles similar articles
Philanthropy
May 1, 2009
Bishop & Green
The Grantmaker's Guide to Excellence Paul Brest and Hal Harvey are the authors of the new book reviewed here mark for My Articles similar articles
Philanthropy
May 1, 2009
Lee Edwards
Right on the Money The indispensable role of the conservative philanthropists is revealed in Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement, a fascinating, fast-paced book by Nicole Hoplin and Ron Robinson. mark for My Articles similar articles
HHMI Bulletin
May 2009
Steve Olson
Outside the Box In his new book, The Art and Politics of Science, Harold Varmus describes his unusual route to science, his Nobel Prize-winning research, and his global goals for science policy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Skeptical Inquirer
Mar/Apr 2009
Greg Martinez
Bearing False Witness for Profit The author looks at a new book, Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. By Paul A. Offit. mark for My Articles similar articles
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