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The Dark Tower and Other Stories, by C.S. Lewis If you want to complete your collection of C.S. Lewis fiction, this volume will do that. (Note that about 1/3 of it overlaps with the stories included in Of Other Worlds by the Continue reading Review- The Dark Tower and Other Stories
Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques. Chris Gane and Trish Sarson. Prentice Hall, 1979. This is one of the classic books on systems analysis: data flow diagrams, data dictionary, and so on appear. It does a decent job explaining these Continue reading Review – Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques
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The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development, by Donald Reinertsen. Celeritas Publishing, 2009. Lean product development can be looked at as flow-based product development. Reinertsen draws on a variety of areas (economics, queue theory, control theory, Continue reading Review – The Principles of Product Development Flow (Reinertsen)
The Legends of Dune series: The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade, and The Battle of Corrin (or the Box Set), by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson. Tor Books, 2003-2005. This series is called “Legends of Dune.” It’s set thousands of years before “Dune,” when people Continue reading Review – Legends of Dune (series)
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. (3-volume set) By Phillip Pullman. Laurel Leaf (pub.), 2003. It’s hard to review this series without giving away too much, but here goes: The Golden Compass:This story is set Continue reading Review – The Golden Compass series
Food Matters, by Mark Bittman. Simon & Schuster, 2009. Mark Bittman mixes statistics on the consequences of eating meat with diet advice, a rant on big food, and 75 recipes. His advice: eat less meat and more plants, fewer refined carbohydrates, and Continue reading Review – Food Matters, by Mark Bittman
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, by Art Spiegelman. Pantheon, 1987/1992. Maus I – My Father Bleeds History Maus II – And Here My Troubles Began This is a graphic novel – the first one I became aware of, though there Continue reading Review – Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
Transformation: Understanding the Three Levels of Masculine Consciousness, Robert A. Johnson, HarperOne, 1993. Johnson uses three myths to talk about masculinity: Don Quixote represents simple consciousness, living in the inner mythical world; Hamlet represents “modern existential life”; and Faust represents Continue reading Review – Transformation, by Robert A. Johnson
Six Thinking Hats, by Edward De Bono. It’s easy to fall into a particular pattern of thinking. De Bono proposes a method where various thinking styles are associated with hats of different colors: white (data), red (intuition/emotion), black (pessimistic), yellow (optimistic), green (new Continue reading Review – Six Thinking Hats, by De Bono