a real renaissance man.
first it was his art, now it’s his book, mein kampf. business students in india consider hitler’s manifesto a ”success story where one man can have a vision, work out a plan on how to implement it and then successfully complete it.”* the book has come into favor because of “the mutual influence of india and hitler’s nazis [...]
j.r.r. tolkien does it again
known best for the lord of the rings series, j.r.r. tolkien has probably published just about as many books posthumously as while he was alive. his last one, published in 2007 36 years after his death, the children of hurin, is listed as one of the best books of 2007 on amazon.com
the new book just [...]
economic stimulus
here we go again, making oil-rich countries and their leaders central to the health of our economy. the would-be 4th member of the axis of evil and anti-american hugo chavez gave retail sales a boost over the weekend when he gave president obama a little reading materials for the ride back home–a book called “open veins [...]
it’s always better when there are pretty pictures
due to the fact that we’re a nation of lazy readers and because the obama/spidey issue did so well in sales, bluewater productions has started a new comic series based on real women. described by bluewater as a “continuing series designed to examine influential women who are making and shaping modern history”, female force is biographical [...]
in the footloose remake, will they burn books or melt kindles?
the electronic book, version 2.0 debuted today and flaunted new features — it lost weight, got a slicker front end (screen) and back-end (storage) and has extended go-time (battery), “the new kindle 2 is just 0.36 inches wide–25% thinner than the iphone–and has dropped the last version’s asymmetric, clunky design, oversized page-turning buttons, off-white color [...]
you are what you eat
men’s health’s “eat this, not that” series is the gift that keeps on giving. even though the magazine’s publisher, dave zincenko doesn’t take his own advice (see dave with his girlfriend to the left, and a recent post on fameballer julia allison’s blog here)–we think his detailed analysis of gross foods is right on the money. the [...]
something for nothing
january is the time to settle down and get serious about the things you have vowed to get serious about (your weight, your education, your finances). if you want to get serious about your finances, but you don’t want to spend money on a financial advisor, you can get a copy of suze orman’s [...]
