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"Fairly disappointing. More of a chronology than a real look into the history of Lehman. More for people that need a start in understanding the mess we are in." — Aug 05, 2010 08:35pm
"Fairly disappointing. More of a chronology than a real look into the history of Lehman. More for people that need a start in understanding the mess we are in." — Aug 05, 2010 08:35pm
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Uwe Hook
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| `Frances and Bernard' is a novel that consists of letters written, mostly between the two of them between 1957 and 1968. The two meet at a writers' workshop. The letters somehow lack depth, even though they explore mental illness and their feelings t...more | |
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Uwe Hook
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| The author's self-absorbed dense prose makes this read a tough slog. How it earned as positive review as it did in the NYTimes is a real puzzle. | |
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| I love short stories, particulary the literary variety, and this was a great set. They're playful, bizarre, fun--from zombies to werewolves to shrinking wives--I know what you're thinking (wait, that's not lit fiction), but the prose are superb and n...more | |
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| This is a nice contribution to the subject of leadership, which often glosses over the role of creativity and empathy (as informed and nurtured by art/design) in creating effective leaders. The book just scratches the surface on the subject, floating...more | |
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Uwe Hook
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| The book seems endless and yet it reveals a history of the US prior to the civil war that is not really known to most of us. In some ways (but only some) it is like the present period of US history where the underlying struggle is not clear but is cl...more | |
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Uwe Hook
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| Instead of playing baseball and crushing on girls in his class, eleven year-old Jonny Valentine is in the middle of a cross country tour, promoting his new album. Jonny made a name for himself through YouTube and his career skyrocketed with help from...more | |
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Uwe Hook
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| I read this in a few hours, unable to put it down. The narrator, Paul, is a man who is obviously mentally disturbed, but what struck me was how he and the other characters in this novel are not so different from many people that you encounter on the...more | |
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| Schroder, the first person narrator of this terrific book, is a complex, complicated, sometimes sympathetic character who takes his six year old daughter on a brief trip from Albany through Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Schroder views the...more | |
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Uwe Hook
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| The author places the reader firmly within the thought processes of her characters and we fully inhabit one of those individuals per chapter. They are each as "firm" and "supple" as real human beings are. Actually, we know more about them than we act...more | |
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Uwe Hook
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After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
"True dat"
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