Nowadays I usually buy beautiful books in hard cover, hard copy, but when my old eyes have hundreds of pages to read, the Kindle is what makes it possible.
I wouldn't have you think that I'm just an esthete or just a someone studying houses. I do read lots of books that I really OUGHT to read. I always have read them, and some periodicals, if they seem to be worthwhile. I'll even download a complete Shakespeare when I realize that I know absolutely nothing about Richard II, and Holinshed for good measure.
Economics, however, has next to no pictorial interest! I don't count statistical charts as pictorial.
So this post occurred to me. Politics is mind-boggling, but economics, whether in the first age of monetization or today, is fundamental and interesting.
Besides, with a writer so good that the book is a leading contender for the National Book Award, I usually try to read the books. So this one.
And I really am glad that the famous Bull is staying where he is; I like that statue.
Phew, i know you Teegee as someone with a vast array of interests other than houses, but i was beginning to wonder when ! I could guess the book-cover easy but not the subject-matter. Kindle's great, especially the freebies, but they can also be old or discredited translations of literature too. Enlarging font-size a big bonus with Kindle. I do hope there is not a second age of monetization though.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's easier for those this side of the Pond, but the three Labels provide: non-fiction Econ, current nominees for National Book Awards, and the author name, Packer. By the time wrote the post I was reading the chapter on the Wall Street demonstrations, but the book covers from the '60s to 2013. I think you'd love it. The structure was partly inspired by John dos Passos; I did finish it last night. Why not Search 'National Book Award'?
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