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Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog @ LeadershipNow: Alan Greenspan: The Age of Turbulence

eric — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:39:43 GMT

A collection of many interesting quotes from Alan Greenspan's new book, "The Age of Turbulence."

Quoted: Venice, I realized, is the antithesis of creative destruction. It exists to conserve and appreciate the past, not create a future. But that, I realized, is exactly the point. The city caters to a deep human need for stability and permanence as well as beauty and romance. Venice’s popularity represents one pole of a conflict in human nature: the struggle between the desire to increase material well-being and the desire to ward off change and its attendant stress.”

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The Definitive Drucker

eric — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:41:12 GMT

A website and blog in support of a new book on the well known manager, Peter Drucker.

Quoted: Delivers keen insights into business in the twenty-first century, while distilling Drucker's advice to management into interrogative guidance on how to strategize and triumph in this new environment

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800-CEO-READ Blog: Best Business Books via U.S. News and World Report

eric — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:39:06 GMT

A great collection of "top 5 business books" lists from noted authors and business leaders.

Quoted: Hundreds of business books are published each year. Chances are at least one has the answers you're looking for. But how to find it? U.S. News spoke with 14 leaders from all walks of business life—from academics to entrepreneurs to corporate execs—about the five books they consider indispensable reading for managers.

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Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - books: Artwork-work balance: how to write novels and cheques

eric — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:37:28 GMT

An interesting question which is not fully-explored by the article. It's something I'd like to write mroe about in the future as I've always felt that the way I write at my job has indeed changed the way I write creatively, and usually not in ways that make my writing better.

Quoted: Making a living from novels or poetry isn't always possible. Do the paying jobs authors take affect their books?

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Bookninja » Blog Archive » CBC vs. Hitler

eric — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:37:30 GMT

A Canadian writer, the author of "Life of Pi," was asked not to read from Mein Kampf on CBC Radio during "Freedom to Read" week.

Quoted: “It’s a horrible book, but a horribly important book, because you get in the brain of one of the monsters of the 20th century,” Martel said.

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William T. Vollmann releases “Poor People”

eric — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:40:31 GMT

Quoted: Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Perhaps it's not the right tone to be so giddy for what I'm sure will be a sobering reading experience, but who cares? I was very happy this morning to discover via the "Amazon Newsstand" Plog that William T. Vollmann has released a new book, this time going where others truly fear to tread, into the heart of poverty.

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CrunchGear » Blog Archive » Cambridge Geniuses Invent Practical Digital Scroll

eric — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:59:17 GMT

Sony finally announces that their reader is coming and all of a sudden you start seeing the next-gen. We're going back to the old school for this one folks! Scrolls!

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