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 | "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything" [2006] by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams Kindle Edition from Portfolio Hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $13.93 Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $18.45 |
 | "The Survival Hot List: Conquering The Seven Deadly Trends" [2006] by Joseph A. Bagnall iUniverse 9x6 pb [1/2006] for $13.95 author's website |
 | "Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle" [2006] Foreword by R.K. Stratman, essays by Steven E. Alford, Randall E. Auxier, Craig Bourne, Fred Feldman, Jonathan Goldstein, Graham Harman, David Jones, Gary L. Kieffner, Alan R. Pratt, Graham Priest & Bernard E. Rollin Open Court Publng 8¾x6 pb [2/2006] for $13.46 |
 | "Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire" [2006] by Morris Berman "Whatever crimes this book may be charged with, its worst offense is stating the plain truth." Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton [2/2011] for $9.99 W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [2007] for $13.76 W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2006] out of print/50+ used author website |
 | "The Politics of Small Things: The Power of The Powerless In Dark Times" [2006] by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb Univ Chicago Press hardcover [4/2006] for $29.00 |
 | "Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life and Business" [2006] by Sir Richard Branson Virgin Books 7½x5 expanded edition pb [3/2007] for $15.67 Virgin Books 7½x5 pb [5/2006] for $6.99 |
 | "The Hegemony of Common Sense: Wisdom & Mystification In Everyday Life" [2006] by Dean Wolfe Manders examines how deeply embedded 'class' is in American society, thru paroemiology, the study of popular sayings Peter Lang Publg pb [8/2006] for $34.95 |
 | "Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved" [2006] by Frans de Waal refutes the common 'veneer theory' of morality and explains how evolution works to produce both Machiavellian survival and natural empathy Princeton Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $15.61 author entry at Wikipedia • author homepage at Emory Univ. |
 | "Power and Powerlessness" [2006] by Susan Rosenthal Trafford 10¾x8¼ pb [9/2006] for $12.40 official booksite |
 | "The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our Behavior, and Set The Course of History" [2006] by Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan & Jeremy Salter Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [10/2009] for $8.00 William Morrow 8x5½ pb [10/2006] for $11.00 |
 | "Make The Impossible Possible: One Man's Crusade To Inspire Others To Dream Bigger & Achieve The Extraordinary" [2007] by Bill Strickland, with Vince Rause Broadway Business 8x5 pb [10/2009] for $10.08 Broadway Business 9x6½ hardcover [12/2007] for $16.29 Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild website |
 | "10 Books That Screwed Up The World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help" [2008] by Benjamin Wiker, PhD Books from publisher Regnery always skew conservative (slash) right-wing; this book offers fifteen well-known works that they disapprove of; the list itself is telling, and Wiker's opinions are often off-base, but they still make for interesting discussion or thought. Books/chapters include "Machiavelli's The Prince" [1532]; "Discourse On Method" [1637] by René Descartes [1596-1650]; "Leviathan" [1651] by Thomas Hobbes [1588-1679]; "Discourse On The Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men" [1755] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau [1712-78]; "The Communist Manifesto" [1848] by Karl Marx [1818-83] & Friedrich Engels [1820-95]; "Utilitarianism" [1861 essays] by John Stuart Mill [1806-73]; "The Descent of Man" [1871] by Charles Darwin [1809-82]; "Beyond Good and Evil" [1886] by Friedrich Nietzsche [1844-1900]; "The State and Revolution" [1917] by Vladimir Lenin [1870-1924]; "The Pivot of Civilization" [1922] by Margaret Higgins Sanger [1879-1966]; "Mein Kampf (My Battle)" [1925-26] by Adolf Hitler [1889-1945]; "The Future of An Illusion" [1927] by Sigmund Freud [1856-1939]; "Coming of Age In Samoa" [1928] by Margaret Mead [1901-78]; "Sexual Behavior In The Human Male" [1948] by Kinsey, Pomeroy & Martin; and "The Feminine Mystique" [1963] by Betty Friedan [1921-2006] Kindle Edition from Regnery Publng [5/2008] for $9.99 Regnery Publng 8½x5½ pb [2/2021] for $16.99 Regnery Publng 9x6 hardcover [4/2008] for $38.23 |
 | "Back To Basics: A Complete Guide To Traditional Skills" [2008] by Abigail R. Gehring Kindle Edition from Skyhorse Publng [4/2008 3rd edition] for $14.82 Skyhorse Publng 3rd edition 8¾x10¾ hardcover [4/2008] for $16.47 |
 | "The Politically Incorrect Guide To Western Civilization" [2008] by Anthony Esolen Wide-ranging coverage of Western history since the Greeks & Romans that several Amazon reviewers praise highly; HOWEVER: author is biased against Chinese & Arabic & other cul-tures, against liberal and multicultural concepts per se, and for Catholic/Christian history as the source of our entire civilization. (Book probably interesting, but the premise is invalid.) Kindle Edition from Perseus Distrbn [2008 edition] for $9.99 Regnery 9x7¼ pb [5/2008] for $13.57 Regnery 9x6 hardcover [5/2008] out of print/used |
 | "Uncommon Sense In Self Development: Striving To Be The Best You Can Be!" [2008] by C. William Salm AuthorHouse 8¾x5¾ pb [6/2008] for $14.49 AuthorHouse 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $24.99 |
 | "13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time" [2008] by Michael Brooks "Science starts to get interesting when things don’t make sense." Topics include anomalies in research into homeopathic remedies, carbon-based life forms on Mars, cold fusion, dark matter, free will, creation of life, and sexual reproduction. Amazon reviewers point out that 'failing to prove negatives does not constitute scientific mystery', yet the book appears to be an interesting read. Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [8/2008] for $11.99 Vintage 8x5¼ pb [8/2009] for $12.98 Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2008] for $16.19 |
 | "Lies, Damned Lies, and Science: How To Sort Through The Noise Around Global Warming, The Latest Health Claims, and Other Scientific Contro-versies" [2009] by Sherry Seethaler F.T. Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2009] for $15.74 |
 | "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" [2009] by Sir Ken Robinson, with Lou Aronica Penguin 7½x5 pb [12/2009] for $10.20 Viking 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2009] for $17.13 author's official website |
 | "2045: A Story of Our Future" [2009] by Peter Seidel A dystopian novel describing what life will be like when eight dominant mega-companies rule every aspect of the planet: commerce, politics, and even the internet. Prometheus Books 9x6 pb [3/2009] for $12.92 |
 | "Heroes and Villains: Inside The Minds of The Greatest Warriors In History" [2009] by Frank McLynn The focus is on the psychology of six able tacticians, whose military acumen is brought forth as evidence of what motivated them: Spartacus [c.109–71 B.C.E.], Attila the Hun [406-453 C.E.], England’s Crusader King Richard the Lionheart [1157-99], Hernán Cortés of Spain [1485-1547], Tokugawa Ieyasu of Japan [1543-1616], and Napoléon Bonaparte [1769-1821] Pegasus Books 8½x5½ pb Pegasus Books [6/2010] for $10.07 Pegasus Books 9x6 hardcover [4/2009] for $20.48 |
 | "In Pursuit of Elegance: Why The Best Ideas Have Something Missing" [2009] by Matthew E. May, Foreword by Guy Kawasaki Broadway Business hardcover [5/2009] for $16.29 Blackstone Audio UNABR library edition audio CD [5/2009] for $50.37 |
 | "The Case For Rational Optimism" [2009] by Frank S. Robinson Transaction 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2009] for $32.54 |
 | "You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto" [2010] by Jaron Lanier "Encapsulation is what allows for the possibility of testing and feedback that enables a quest for excellence. To be constantly diffused in a global mush is to embrace mundanity." — Jaron Lanier Knopf hardcover [1/2010] for $14.97 author's official website |
 | "LIFE 100 People Who Changed The World" [2010] by the Editors of LIFE Magazine Time-Life Books 11x8½ hardcover [4/2010] for $19.77 |
 | "The Pursuit of Nobility: Living A Life That Matters" [2010] by Tim Daniel Health Communications, Inc. 8¾x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $17.12 official book site |
 | "On The Grid: A Plot of Land, An Average Neighborhood, and The Systems That Make Our World Work" [2010] by Scott Huler
Rodale Books 9x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $16.49 |
 | "Being Wrong: Adventures In The Margin of Error" [2010] by Kathryn Schulz Ecco Books 10x6¾ hardcover [6/2010] for $17.81 |
 | "Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality" [2010] by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jethá HarperCollins 9x6½ hardcover [6/2010] for $17.15 |
 | "Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light" [2010] by Jane Brox Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 8½x5½ hardcover [7/2010] for $15.00 |
 | "Honeybee Democracy" [2010] by Thomas D. Seeley "an intriguing look at how social insects arrive at a consensus" Princeton Univ Press hardcover [9/2010] for $18.99 |
 | "At Home: A Short History of Private Life" [2010] by Bill Bryson "Houses are really quite odd things," says Bryson: Each basic room becomes a starting point for a free-ranging discussion of rarely-noticed but foundational aspects of ancient-to-modern social life. Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2010] for $14.48 |
 | "Golden Years My Ass: Adventures In Geriatric Indignity" [2010] by Roger Welsch "Anyone who is thinking about getting older will profit from reading this book" LULU.com 9x6 pb [11/2010] for $16.16 |
 | "TIME: 100 Ideas That Changed The World: History's Greatest Breakthroughs, Inventions, and Theories" [2011] by the Editors of TIME Magazine Time-Life Books 10¾x8 pb [5/2011] out of print/used Time-Life Books 11¼x8½ hardcover [5/2011] for $18.79 |
 | "TIME: The 100 Most Influential People of All Time" [2012] by the Editors of TIME Magazine, Foreword by Douglas Brinkley Time-Life Books 11¼x8½ hardcover [7/2012] for $21.62 |
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"42 Fallacies" [2010] by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2010] for 99¢ {sic} "30 More Fallacies" [2011] by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2011] for 99¢ {sic} "76 Fallacies" [2012] by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2012] for 99¢ {sic} |
 | "Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle For The Soul of American Business" [2011] by Bob Lutz Portfolio 8¼x6 hardcover [6/2011] for $15.11 |
 | "The Swerve: How The World Became Modern" [2011] by Stephen Greenblatt - won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction Italian scholar Poggio Bracciolini discovered the last manuscript of the poem "On The Nature of Things" by the Roman philosopher Lucretius in 1417 and ordered copies made; author contends that that single action triggered the later Renaissance. Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton [9/2012] for $9.43 W.W. Norton & Co. 8x5½ pb [9/2012] for $11.53 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2011] for $17.76 |
 | "Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News" [2017] by Kevin Young Kindle Edition from Graywolf Press [11/2017] for $14.99 Graywolf Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2017] for $20.48 |
A Look At Language
"History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it."
— philosopher Theodor W. Adorno [1903-69]
Once started, this section 'grew like Topsy'; cut to its own page in November 2016.
Business Management Books
This section also grew so large that it was cut to its own page (mid-2012)
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movies & documentaries on management, Wall Street, the Corporate Wars, and the
G.O.P. Economic Meltdown are on Magic Lantern's 'Rat Race' Film Festival Page
 | "The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting The Future of Your Organization and Your Life" [2009] by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan
"This book - filled with insights, real-life encounters and experiences - shows us how we may do the work of transformation. Steve and David have written an inspiring, practical book, applicable in the corporate, labour, political and civil society sectors, that will assist all who seek to rewrite the future of our world." — Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate Kindle Edition from Jossey-Bass [2/2009] for $10.16 Jossey-Bass 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $11.29 Jossey-Bass 9x6½ hardcover [2/2009] for $15.21 official book site • official Landmark Worldwide website |
Physics & The Universe
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Stephen W. Hawking [1942-2018] Page
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Dr. Michio Kaku Page
Quantum Physics Page on Working Minds Philosophy website
 | "The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions & The Quest For The Ultimate Theory" [1999] by Brian Greene
Vintage 8x5 pb [2/2000] for $10.85 W.W. Norton 9¼x6¼ pb [2/99] out of print/used W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [2/99] for $13.57 |
 | "The Elegant Universe" 3-hour tv special [P.B.S./Nova aired Oct 2003]
P.B.S./WGBH letterbox color DVD [1/2004] for $19.95 P.B.S./WGBH color VHS [1/2004] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • P.B.S. official program site "Physics: The Elegant Universe & Beyond": 3-hour P.B.S. program above, plus "Einstein Revealed" [1996] and "Einstein's Big Idea" [2005] P.B.S./WGBH color DVD box set [2/2006] 4 disks for $34.99 |
 | "The Fabric of The Cosmos: Space, Time & The Texture of Reality" [2004] by Brian Greene Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2004] for $19.69 Random House ABR audio CD [2/2004] for $20.37 Random House ABR audio [2/2004] for $17.65 |
 | "The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide To The Laws of The Universe" [2005] by Roger Penrose Vintage 9x6 pb [1/2007] for $16.50 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2005] for $26.40 |
 | "A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics From The Bottom Down" [2005] by Robert Laughlin Basic Books 9½x6&frac hardcover [3/2005] for $17.16 |
 | "From Clockwork To Crapshoot: A History of Physics" [2007] by Roger G. Newton Belknap Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2007] for $19.77 |
 | "Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr & The Struggle For The Soul of Science" [2007] by David Lindley
Anchor 8x5 pb [2/2008] for $10.17 Doubleday 8¼x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $17.16 |
 | "The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry" [2010] by Robert K. Logan A textbook on physics taught with very little mathematics that takes into account social impact and influences from the arts and society, thus combining physics, literature, history, and philosophy from the dawn of human life to the 21st century Kindle Edition from World Scientific Publng [6/2010] for $33.29 World Scientific Publng 9x6 pb [6/2010] for $38.99 World Scientific Publng 9x6 hardcover [6/2010] for $64.00 |
T.E.D. (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conferences
Founded in February 1984 and held annually since 1990; conference location was Long Beach, California until 2013; held at Vancouver, BC, Canada since 2014.
Official slogan is 'ideas worth spreading'. A video of each talk is posted online at both the T.E.D. YouTube Channel and the T.E.D. website for free viewing
or download (under Creative Commons rules). Annual TEDglobal conferences were held from 2005 to 2014.
official T.E.D. website •
T.E.D. entry at Wikipedia •
T.E.D. YouTube Channel [est. 2006]
recommended/popular talks by Dan Pallotta
recommended/popular talks by Sir Ken Robinson
Local independent 'TEDx' websites and conferences require a license; videos are included on the 'TEDx Talks' YouTube Channel and the T.E.D. website.
As-of 2014, there are 30,000 TEDx films available online; TEDx events include TEDxHarvard, TEDxWarsaw, TEDxStockholm, etc.
TEDx Programs official info pages •
'TEDx Talks' YouTube Channel [est. 2009]
TEDx in Albuquerque, New Mexico [est. 2010]
![T.E.D. Cinema Experience [est. 2017]](images/TEDcinema.jpg "T.E.D. Cinema Experience [est. 2017]")
T.E.D. Cinema Experience [launched April 2017]
Produced by Fathom Events and shown at local theater venues across the country (like they do for operas & concerts); first time will be three events
from the 2017 T.E.D. Conference in Vancouver, BC: Opening Night on April 24, TED Prize on April 25, Highlights on Sunday April 30.
| "T.E.D. Talks India: Nayi Soch" [Star Plus launched Dec 2017] Nayi soch means 'new ideas'; weekly Sunday-evening Hindi-language broadcast on India's Star Plus channel • hosted by Shah Rukh Khan not yet listed at IMDb • announcement on the TED blog |  |
4 free talks in Spanish:
TED en Español on iTunes
![logo for D.L.D. Conferences [est. 2005]](images/DLDconf.jpg "logo for D.L.D. Conferences [est. 2005]")
D.L.D. (Digital, Life, Design) Conferences
D.L.D. was founded in 2005 to explore how the digital age fundamentally changes our lives, society, and business; currently a division of Hubert Burda Media of Munich, Germany; the D.L.D. Munich Conference in January is considered the 'tentpole event'; other events, some called salons, are held around the globe: recent events took place in
Belgrade, Singapore, Tel Aviv, Bayreuth, Bruxelles, Karlsruhe, New York City, Berlin, and London.
D.L.D. official website •
D.L.D. Conferences Overview •
D.L.D. entry at Wikipedia
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