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04-08-2005, 10:41 PM
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Re: Need a Book
Memorize a random encyclopedia like M-N-L.
Oh. Wait, sorry. Was that really random? 
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#42
04-10-2005, 12:09 AM
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Re: Need a Book
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Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezreich (I think that's his name) [/ QUOTE ] That's a fun book.
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#43
04-10-2005, 12:10 AM
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Re: Need a Book
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has anyone read The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman [/ QUOTE ] Friedman, ugh, blowhard.
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#44
04-10-2005, 12:12 AM
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Re: Need a Book
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the selfish gene- richard dawkins a breakdown of evolutionary psychology/ evolution in general- good read. [/ QUOTE ] Dawkins is great. The Blind Watchmaker is another title of his and he has a new one out in the last year or two. I cannot remember the title.
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#45
04-10-2005, 12:18 AM
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Re: Need a Book
Interesting quirky histories, both by Simon Winchester:
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary
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#47
04-10-2005, 12:31 AM
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Re: Need a Book
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Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis Moneyball by Michael Lewis Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezreich (I think that's his name) [/ QUOTE ] liar's poker is excellent moneyball is a solid choice
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#50
04-10-2005, 04:53 PM
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Re: Need a Book
i'm thinking about liar's poker. it's definitely an area i'd like to learn more about. reading some reviews it got mainly good ones but a few that were very critical. one guy recommended these books too..
Barbarians at the Gate Market Wizards Money Machine how do they compare to liar's poker?
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