Book Sparks
Saturday, February 26, 2005
I've Gotta Read This One...
Bob Dylan. Chronicles. Volume One.
After reading only a few passages, I'm hooked. This strange, interesting man can write prose too. ML 420 D98 A3 v.1 2004
What's Wrong With Dictatorship at the Office?
The Future of Work:How the New Order of Business Will Shape Your Organization, Your Management Style, and Your Life
"[Thomas W.] Malone argues that a convergence of technological and economic factors -- particularly the rapidly falling cost of communication -- is enabling a change in business organizations as profound as the shift to democracy in governments. " (flyleaf). HD 31 .M2867
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
American Commercialism Is a Gigantic, Socializing Force
Born to Buy : The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture
This from Barbara Ehrenreich. " We worry about so many dangers to our children --drugs, perverts, bullies-- but seldom notice the biggest menace of all: the multibillion-dollar marketing effort aimed at turning the kids into oversexed, status-obsessed, attention-deficient little consumers. Like her earlier books, Juliet Schor's Born to Buy is a brilliant expose' and call to action." HF 5415.33 U6 S355 2004
