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Great book, just finished it. Recommended. ;-) Michael Tonello's Bringing Home the Birkin is not like any of the other books I have recently read/reviewed. It's definitely non-fiction, but more of whimsical and personal tale of a man who fell into a business unexpectedly. Prior to his...

Great book! I recently ... finished it and reviewed it here. ;-) Amateur Economist: Book Review: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

I've been meaning to read about this for some time and a question on another forum piqued my curiosity. Can you recommend a book that covers say, the North Africa campaign of WWII, Rommel, and the British? I've been reading Amazon reviews but I'm interested in opinions here too. Thanks in...

That is rather disappointing.

Three titles come to mind that my kids loved. The Invention of Hugo Cabret http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Hugo-Cabret-Brian-Selznick/dp/0439813786 http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/index.htm Whatever Happened to Penny Candy...

Fooled By Randomness book update "I just began reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Black Swan. But first I wanted to go back and reread Fooled By Randomness, which I looked at a little over a year ago." http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/fooled-by-randomness-book-update.html Quick Book...

No big surprises with the little one, she's tearing through the Harry Potter series. The 11 year old daughter enjoys historical fiction. My 10 year old son loves Hardy Boys books. ;-)

I thoroughly enjoyed these two books on Lincoln. Lincoln Unmasked and The Real Lincoln.

Thanks, sounds interesting, but kind of disappointing in the end. ;-( Too bad it was done the way it was, would have been a greaty opportunity to get inside the mind of a true genius.

I've read statistics that say around 1 million people die each year from malaria, many of which could be prevented by reasonable use of DDT. Take a good look at anything by the late great Julian Simon.

I'll keep an eye on this thread as I'm interested in the topic too. Over the last few years it sounds like the good and bad guys in this conflict may not have been as clear cut as we were originally lead to believe. So much disinformation ... it would be nice to see what is thought of it 10...

Wow, creepy, good review though, thanks!

Thanks for posting this. I heard about the book and put it in my queue. My one (significant) reservation is that I think I saw it was endorsed by Paul Ehrlich.

Looks very interesting, thanks! :)

Nice to meet you!

Me too. Good to see so many other new members here. :)

I recently read Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley and loved it. I would also recommend When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession.

That does look good, might stick it in the book queue. ;-)

Right now I'm reading two books ... Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush by Thomas E. Woods Jr and a book of letters written by Robert E. Lee.

Thanks for the heads-up on this book. I haven't read it, but have read some of the author's comments over the last couple of years. I think he misunderstands economics and how trade works.