David Halberstam on His Family Through the Years, ...
This happened in the final months of the last year of the previous century. I was on a flight to Los Angeles, scheduled to lecture there the next day, all of which means that I was a very modern working man, flying first-class, with my portable ... [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
What happened to Itsik Fefer?: An article from: Midstream
Author: Century I. Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 8 Publication Date: 2004-07-01 Release Date: 2005-08-01 [... more]
$5.95
Amazon.com |
A Home for Herbs
Fresh herbs dried at home are incomparably better than store bought dried herbs! Some practical how-to's and a tangent or two on the delights of home-dried herbs. I like to imagine that in a different century I lived in a cottage just outside a ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Now Let Him Enforce It
Before rejoining the 21st century, I want to take y'all on a little detour to the 19th. Specifically, I want to talk about one of the sorriest, most evil chapters in Georgian history, the forcible removal of the Cherokee people from their land in ... [... more]
ClickZ |
Why Rothbard Makes Sense
Murray Newton Rothbard (1926 - 1995) was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. I choose the somewhat vague term thinker because Rothbard's interests were so diverse that they defy conventional classification. Yes, Rothbard ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
The House of Eliott: frocks and feuds make for great ...
The classic series, House of Eliott, originally aired on the BBC from 1991-1994. You'll know, if you've been reading any of my other articles on the site, that I have a real soft spot for series set during the early twentieth century. I have some ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Upanishads for the Modern World
 Addressing the spiritual needs of the 21st century: If I could study with Dr. G.K. Pillai the matters of the Universal Energy, the soul, and the wisdoms of the ages, I would do so in a heartbeat. The next best thing was reading his book "Upanishads [... more]
$19.00
Amazon.com |
Husband-ry 101, How to Train Your Husband to Be the ...
Don't waste your money: This book was TERRIBLE. I mean really terrible. The title says it's about how to train your husband to be the husband you want him to be. It is actually the author's view on what he wants WIVES to be for their husbands. And even [... more]
$9.99
Amazon.com |
Great Possessions: A New Series of Adventures
Glad to see this is back in print - 1900's: David Grayson (Ray Stannard Baker) was a writer at the turn of the last century (I mean early 1900's). I came across a book on a library "for sale" shelf and purchased this priceless gem for $1.00. If [... more]
$14.95
Amazon.com |
The Modern Garden
A Textbook Study of 20th Century Modern Landscape Design: This book was a Christmas gift from my wish list. I did not have a chance to look through it before requesting it, but had seen an enthusiastic blurb in one of my favorite shelter magazines. I was [... more]
$45.00
Amazon.com |
Churchill: A Life
Amazon.com Review: It is impossible to understand the Second World War without understanding Winston Churchill, the bold British Prime Minister who showed himself to be one of the greatest statesmen any nation has ever known. This lengthy biography is a [... more]
$35.00
Amazon.com |
A New Brand of Expertise, How Independent Consultants, ...
Not bad, but there are better books out there: While there is good information here I would strongly recommend some other titles. For anyone who is considering a free agent / consulting career, "Free Agent Nation" by Daniel Pink provides a good [... more]
$40.95
Amazon.com |
