Several entries this week; I kept reading and reading. College Girls explored the evolution of women in higher education through the years. A little known fact about me: I love looking at old pictures. I really enjoyed seeing pictures from the early 1900s from universities, and I enjoyed seeing advertisements from magazines circa the 1920s-50s. Such interesting stuff, how times have changed. While the writing was good in this book, the pictures and visual history were incredibly interesting.
The Samaritan's Dilemma discussed how altruism is necessary and apparent in society. She tries to refute that altruism comes from self-interest. I certainly appreciate her whimsical attitude; however, I think I'm a bit too cynical to buy everything she says.
Orbane's Monopoly focuses on the early history of the patents for Monopoly the board game. The author worked for Parker Brothers, so he had some inside knowledge. A woman actually came up with the game concept, but Charles Darrow got his game to market in a better way (think Beta vs. VHS). The book was slightly interested but really dawdled at the beginning. The last chapter was about the national Monopoly championship that the author judged. I don't know, it was a weird ending. The book didn't really flow that well.
McQuillar's When Rap Music Had a Conscience focused on the "good" rap music from the late 80s to mid 90s. Of course, I personally listened to the "bad" rap music, so I didn't know most of the artists and music she talked about. There was a good discussion and it was a thought-provoking book.
Zacharias' Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide? talks about the common belief that believing in God and tithing will bring you material wealth. The book describes two general types of people: those who give for giving's sake and those who give primarily so they will get more material wealth themselves. My favorite quote from the book is: "To suggest that any of the material blessings we enjoy are the result of our merit or our faithfulness is outright foolishness."
Price and Jaffe's The Best Service Is No Service discusses having proactive customer service measures in place that allow the customer to get their needs met. The book talks about Amazon quite a bit and how they are the pillar of customer service because they give the customer a lot of control and simplify the customer service experience. I love the theory behind this book.
Frauenfelder's The World's Worst was an entertaining look at all of the "winners" for the various categories. An entertaining read, learned lots of odd things, as you might imagine. This book was written in the mid 2000s, so it was kind of sad to read that the worst scam was the Ponzi scheme knowing that it was far outdone by Madoff.
Orbane's Monopoly focuses on the early history of the patents for Monopoly the board game. The author worked for Parker Brothers, so he had some inside knowledge. A woman actually came up with the game concept, but Charles Darrow got his game to market in a better way (think Beta vs. VHS). The book was slightly interested but really dawdled at the beginning. The last chapter was about the national Monopoly championship that the author judged. I don't know, it was a weird ending. The book didn't really flow that well.
McQuillar's When Rap Music Had a Conscience focused on the "good" rap music from the late 80s to mid 90s. Of course, I personally listened to the "bad" rap music, so I didn't know most of the artists and music she talked about. There was a good discussion and it was a thought-provoking book.
Zacharias' Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide? talks about the common belief that believing in God and tithing will bring you material wealth. The book describes two general types of people: those who give for giving's sake and those who give primarily so they will get more material wealth themselves. My favorite quote from the book is: "To suggest that any of the material blessings we enjoy are the result of our merit or our faithfulness is outright foolishness."
Price and Jaffe's The Best Service Is No Service discusses having proactive customer service measures in place that allow the customer to get their needs met. The book talks about Amazon quite a bit and how they are the pillar of customer service because they give the customer a lot of control and simplify the customer service experience. I love the theory behind this book.
Frauenfelder's The World's Worst was an entertaining look at all of the "winners" for the various categories. An entertaining read, learned lots of odd things, as you might imagine. This book was written in the mid 2000s, so it was kind of sad to read that the worst scam was the Ponzi scheme knowing that it was far outdone by Madoff.
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177.7 Stone, Deborah. The Samaritan's Dilemma.
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248.845 Neumann, Connie. Parenting in the Home Stretch.
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261.850973 Zacharias, Karen Spears. Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?
277.3083 Meyers, Robin. Why the Christian Right Is Wrong.
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302.34082 Paul, Marla. The Friendship Crisis.
305.4092 Merrill, Wendy. Falling into Manholes.
305.4092 Merrill, Wendy. Falling into Manholes.
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750.11 Richardson, Joy. Looking at Pictures.
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794.000 Orbanes, Philip E. Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game.
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