MC2 Post 1637 Two and a Half Must-Read Books for the Summer

Wingman's Picks:

 

1:  “The Greater Journey” by  David McCullough.

2:  "The Unwinding"  by George Packer.

1/2  "Snow Crash"  by Neal Stephenson.

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From number 1:  “The Greater Journey” by  David McCullough.

Morse, Cooper in the Louvre, friendship in the 1830's.

James Fenimore Cooper and Samuel F. B. Morse, 

“constantly together” in Paris in the 1830s.

Gallery of the Louvre

Link:  http://blog.loa.org/2011/06/james-fenimore-cooper-and-samuel-f-b.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/oolg75f

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From number 2:  "The Unwinding"  by George Packer.


A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation.

 The Daily Show

George Packer on The Unwinding

American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives.

Link:  http://us.macmillan.com/theunwinding/GeorgePacker

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/qx9pay9

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From number 1/2:   "Snow Crash"  by Neal Stephenson.

Book Cover:

In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. 

Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous…you’ll recognize it immediately.

Link:   http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/599zwk

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Peter Thiel is a German-born American entrepreneur,
venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager.

Somehow, Snow Crash may have been the impetus
that convinced Peter Thiel to invest in something
called Facebook.

Link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel ===================================

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