As time goes by and as the list of books you ever wanted to read is shortening, one starts to turn to the latest bestsellers only to get disappointed, by often meaningless or poorly researched books. In German literature, most so called “newcomers” on the hot topic lists are B-rated translations on unknown American authors, [...]
Archive for the ‘Literature’ Category
Finished “Frankenstein”
Posted in Literature, tagged Books, Frankstein, Literatur, Mary Shelley, Penguin Classics on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finished reading The Terror
Posted in Literature, tagged Book review on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just finished reading a very interesting book called “The Terror” (Amazon) by Dan Simmons. It topiced the failed Franklin Expedition on search for the North-West-Passage in the Arctic Ocean north of Canada.
Standing out as a historical fiction book, The Terror displays a large amount of historical correctness and stars Francis Cozier as the book’s hero, [...]
Understanding economics
Posted in Literature, tagged Economics on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A great way of that what each and every one of us can see in this world is happening due to the simple game of demand and supply. Not only stock markets and financial institutes are playing that game, but every person that has ever enacted as a consumer has somehow taken part in that [...]
Culture’s Consequences
Posted in Literature, tagged Culture, Society on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A book to read: “Culture’s Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations” (Amazon link) by Geert Hofstede is one of the basic books regarding intercultural understanding. Based on a study in the 60s / 70s, Hofstede has layed down a principle categorization for differences in cultures.
This theory had not only been featured in [...]
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Posted in Literature, tagged Ecology, Economy on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new book is going to be out soon by Thomas L. Friedman, called “Hot, Flat, and Crowded”.
Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of [...]
