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February 18, 2006
Outbound Flight, Timothy Zahn
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Another piece of the Star Wars puzzle, as characters/situations in previous books are finally brought to the forefront in their own novels. This is the story of Outbound Flight, an ill-fated journey to explore galaxies beyond their own. Filled with intrigue from all corners, and all bound together by a mad Jedi turned to the dark side, this space voyage could only be doomed. This is also the story of the discovery of the Chiss, a blue skinned race whose combat skills are legendary. Honor and rules bound, they nevertheless find ways to break those rules in pursuit of keeping their borders safe... |
Posted by dshen at 04:18 PM
Undercover Economist, Tim Harford
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I never really liked my Economics course in college. It was full of really dry graphs that I never really came to grips with and I was amazed I got through that class.
But now reading Undercover Economist, I am finding that economics is much more interesting than my idiotic textbook made it to be. So many real world applications, and so many ways to make the world better if people really understood the underlying motivations and drivers as they set policy for society. It's always nice to have people explain supposedly dry subjects in a more interesting way and in a way that one can relate to. One can't help but think on how education as a whole couldn't be transformed if teachers could teach like how this author brings economics to life? |
Posted by dshen at 04:10 PM
