Monthly Archives: April 2006

A Year in Provence

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle While I didn’t really consider this book as part of the “travel” genre when I first started it, it made me want to pick …

 

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

This film did a good job of following the excellent book it was based off of. The movie begins with the sale of little Chiyo …

 

The Wisdom of Crowds

The Wisdom of Crowds

James Surowiecki Continuing with my obsession with reading books in the sociology/economics genre, this seemed like a natural pick. The premise behind this book is that, …

 

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins Good to Great could have been a great book. I decided to listen to the unabridged audio version of the book, which is narrated …