The Federal Courts and the Federal System
Civil Procedure Modern Cases
Bro you don't read law books, you read law outlines.
I just finished the gunslinger, about to start the second book of the dark tower series. I've read most of Kings other work so I figure I'll get the references sprinkled throughout now, so its time to finish off this bad boy series.
I recently read Our Friends Beneath the Sands; a history of the french foreign legion, Carrie, and Day by Day Armageddon .... all very good reads
the gunslinger was awesome. but for some reason two or three books later i really lost steam and couldn't finish. i'm not sure why but king annoys me sometimes. i hate a lot of his characters.
the gunslinger was awesome. but for some reason two or three books later i really lost steam and couldn't finish. i'm not sure why but king annoys me sometimes. i hate a lot of his characters.
All of Kings stories are written the entirely same way, 1st half of every book is characterization, then a triggering event-or that event becomes public, then **** hits the fan. The Gunslinger was written....different somehow, you could tell it was the voice of a much younger man who didn't understand how the masses enjoy their fiction. It was more... complicated.
All of Kings stories are written the entirely same way, 1st half of every book is characterization, then a triggering event-or that event becomes public, then **** hits the fan.
Well, that's how storytelling usually works: exposition, rising action, climax.
All of Kings stories are written the entirely same way, 1st half of every book is characterization, then a triggering event-or that event becomes public, then **** hits the fan.
Well, that's how storytelling usually works: exposition, rising action, climax.
Understood, but there are variations. Look at Tolkien for example, his Lord of the Rings is written ass backwards according to the norm, or Shakespeare's Macbeth, King Duncan dies rather early on in the play. For better or worse, in a King novel we follow events as they happen.....
Though I am an unabashed King fan, sometimes KISS is the best strategy
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Just started "Topgun Days", by Dave "Bio" Baranek. He's one of the few ex F-14 RIOs to have a degree of fame outside of the Tomcat community, and his book is an autobiography of his career as a Topgun instructor and of his contributions to the making of the movie "Top Gun". So far it's a pretty fun read.... and it turns out that Bio is a friend of a friend, so I got myself a free copy complete with an autograph from ye author.
I just finished the gunslinger, about to start the second book of the dark tower series. I've read most of Kings other work so I figure I'll get the references sprinkled throughout now, so its time to finish off this bad boy series.
finishing up Angels and Demons. Thought it was pretty good, easy funread. Finally got my wife to start reading Game of Thrones, she must really like it because she just about finished it all yesterday. Either Crime and Punishment or the fairy tale detectives up next, but I'm really going through Song of Fire and Ice withdrawl, so I may get the 4th book or go back and reread the first 3 again...
The Federal Courts and the Federal System
Civil Procedure Modern Cases
Oy, good luck with that. I once fell asleep in Civil Procedure while sitting in the front row. Apparently there was snoring. Not a high point of my time at law school.
I just finished Towers of Midnight, the penultimate book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, now being finished by Brandon Sanderson. Next up is Glenn Beck’s Broke.
has anyone read the smartest guys in the room? we are looking at some of the sarbanes-oxley issues and i think reading about enron more could be interesting
Finished the Peter F. Hamilton Void trilogy last night. God did I love it. Hamilton is the best living sci-fi author.
These books sound awesome, might have to pick them up. Are they really detailed and more for science/astrophysics minded people or could anyone get into them?
Finished the Peter F. Hamilton Void trilogy last night. God did I love it. Hamilton is the best living sci-fi author.
These books sound awesome, might have to pick them up. Are they really detailed and more for science/astrophysics minded people or could anyone get into them?
Probably medium level. It is not a "hard" science fiction book, but it isn't "soft" like Ursula le Guin. It is somewhere in the middle. If you are familiar with the conventions of the genre you should have little problem. And while he talks about a lot of technology, most of it is just filler and you only need to get the idea of what it does.
However, unlike many sci-fi writers, he does focus on character development and traditional story telling, so they are approachable in that regard. He is also not preachy about pushing a political agenda with contrived circumstances (i.e. Ian M. Banks). In his books the story is the most important thing.
I highly recommend it, especially if you get the audio version which is read by John Lee who is great. Start with Pandora's Star.
graphic novel type book. the two combined to give me a mini flash of normal life in iran over the 80s and 90s, which is a culture i know nearly nothing about.
just finished malcolm gladwell's outliers. terrible ending. first 100 or so pages were pretty interesting and then it was just struggle city and the final chapter seemed somewhat off topic and could be deemed self serving. i am disappoint
just finished malcolm gladwell's outliers. terrible ending. first 100 or so pages were pretty interesting and then it was just struggle city and the final chapter seemed somewhat off topic and could be deemed self serving. i am disappoint
I am disappoint with Gladwell, in general.
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has anyone read the smartest guys in the room? we are looking at some of the sarbanes-oxley issues and i think reading about enron more could be interesting
Had to read it in law school. Its pretty fascinating.
has anyone read the smartest guys in the room? we are looking at some of the sarbanes-oxley issues and i think reading about enron more could be interesting
Had to read it in law school. Its pretty fascinating.
Edit: your post is old.
i was getting ready to buy it before christmas and i received don berwick's escape fire, covey's speed of trust, and studer's hardwiring excellence as presents (books for christmas!!?) so smartest guys in the room got bumped down the queue
Since my last post, I finished Glenn Beck’s Broke and read Where Keynes Went Wrong by Hunter Lewis. Both are excellent books. Beck carries a certain amount of baggage, I know, but he’s really starting to come around when it comes to economics. Broke has a surprising number of cites to Hayek and Mises, and Beck really seems to be “getting it.”
Where Keynes Went Wrong pulls aside wizard’s curtain that surrounds Keynesian economics and shows just how much of Keynesianism—the biggest influence in “mainstream” economics—is based on unsupported arguments and utter speculation. Many of the basic tenets of Keynesianism are based only on Keynes’ say-so. Trillions of dollars are being spent today on prescriptions laid down by Keynes, and this book shows just how lacking those prescriptions really are.
I'm re-reading the GRRM books in anticipation of the show in April. I'm halfway through book 2, in audio form.
how is the audio form of these? I was thinking about going back and rereading them before I got to the 4th, but I have too many other books I want to get in to. I went back and read the chapter summaries at the tower of the hand which was pretty good, but did contemplate the audio.
