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"I Eat Therefore I Am?"

Advantages: A lot of different topics to delve into
Disadvantages: None of them really held my attention

...Thinking about Eating I’ve worked in the food industry for nearly 15 years. I think I’m quite a thoughtful and philosophical soul. So the idea of a book on Food and Philosophy appealed to me. However, perhaps I’d been expecting something a bit ‘lighte ...

koshkha 08.12.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Food and Philosophy - Fritz Allhoff, Dave Monroe

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Many events, and many ways with words

Advantages: Fascinating insights into British events and culture from all points of the spectrum
Disadvantages: None, really

The editor Ruth Winstone, a former Senior Clerk at the House of Commons and editor of recently published diaries by Tony Benn and Chris Mullin, has compiled an impressive volume (nearly 700 pages) which brings together extracts from politicians and ...

JOHNV 05.01.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Events, Dear Boy, Events: A Political Diary of Britain from Woolf to Campbell - Ruth Winstone

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The Great Terror

Advantages: A very informative, up-to-date account of the purges.
Disadvantages: Not for everyone, requires some basic knowledge.

The Great Terror is an extensive book on Stalin's purges during the years 1934 and 1939. It not only focuses on why they happened but how Stalin was able to take power and then crush his opponents. The Great Terror was originally written in 1968, at ...

salem_witch 17.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Great Terror: A Reassessment - Robert Conquest

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Chomsky spits venom

Advantages: Information is presented in a concise, highly readable and informative fashion
Disadvantages: Given highly focused scope, not perhaps the best broad overview to international politics. It also deals exclusively with America that European readers may find irrelevant. Readers should also consider the days off work you'll need to attend mayday 2002.

In this book, Noam Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Chomsky develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to th ...

jezeres 28.06.2001 · Read full review
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Review of World Orders, Old and New - Noam Chomsky

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Forget SMART, Think Flow

Advantages: Clear insight into what is wrong
Disadvantages: The right people won't read it.

The usual ploy when you're a consultant is to come up with a snappy, buzzy, title for whatever it is you're doing. Or, as Seddon quotes David Hutchins: "Get an idea and give it a Japanese name". It might be a cynical notion, but I suspect it proba ...

hiker 28.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Systems Thinking in the Public Sector - John Seddon

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