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  1. 08-01-2008, 05:24 PM #21
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    The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander: http://www.benjaminzander.com/book/

    Good Stuff.


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    Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver

    Collection of short stories in the minimalist mode of Hemingway or Chekhov, good stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tblackj View Post
    Twelve Ordinary Men

    It's about the twelve Apostles and how they were just regular people like we are yet they were called to follow Jesus.
    sounds pretty cool. let me know how you like it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbology View Post
    Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver

    Collection of short stories in the minimalist mode of Hemingway or Chekhov, good stuff.
    i never liked hemingway's sparse style; but after devouring the Cormac McCarthy book (The Road), i need to give it another whirl. did you get that Borges book yet?

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    Minutes to Burn - Gregg Hurwitz
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    The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
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    I just finished Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose.

    Recent books that I've read this year and would recomend:
    All the Sundays yet to come by Kathryn Bertine (This was written by a close friend of ours)
    Complications by Atul Gawande
    The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
    Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
    I know this much is true by Wally Lamb
    The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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    Reading - Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
    It is vital that we work to a few golden rules. Always work in a small team. Keep a very low profile. Only deal with people who come recommended. And it's like selling anything else: washing machines, hand made shoes, blowjobs. As long as you don't take the piss people will always come back for more. And that is not to say we don't have that special kind of magic that makes two kilos into three. But never be too greedy.
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    Not necessarily the last book I read, but The Long Tail by Chris Anderson is a really interesting book about how smart technologies like Amazon etc. are using - which keeps track of your purchases and recommends similar items - are helping to aid the growth of niche markets. Since the internet allows for unlimited "shelf space", people can find niche items that they might not normally come across in a Brick and Mortar store.
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    Quote Originally Posted by carendt242 View Post
    i never liked hemingway's sparse style; but after devouring the Cormac McCarthy book (The Road), i need to give it another whirl. did you get that Borges book yet?

    - chuck
    Agreed, the only Hemingway I could get through was The Sun Also Rises.

    Right now I'm working on a light mystery, James Lee Burke "Swan Peak", but I'm sorta loosing interest.
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