Sunday, July 27, 2014

The first book written about Millennials made a lot of terrible predictions - Vox




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The first book written about Millennials made a lot of terrible predictions - Vox




The first book written about Millennials made a lot of terrible predictions
Vox
The first book on Millennials, Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation, was published in 2000. And it contains a sentence that in hindsight is darkly, hilariously wrong: "For Millennials, the Dow Jones only goes up, people only get wealthier, and ...

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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Children's Books: Literate Beasts - Wall Street Journal




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Children's Books: Literate Beasts - Wall Street Journal




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Children's Books: Literate Beasts
Wall Street Journal
Of all the didactic messages that find their way into children's picture books, surely the most harmless and endearing is the one that exhorts children to read picture books. Who can argue with that? It's a blameless pastime that can liberate a child ...








Book Review: 'The Nixon Tapes' by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter - Wall Street Journal




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Book Review: 'The Nixon Tapes' by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter - Wall Street Journal




Book Review: 'The Nixon Tapes' by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter
Wall Street Journal
The book's proportions are generous. This is the largest set of transcripts yet published, and the editors claim to have prepared most of them, which seems a Herculean effort. But it's still a fraction of the 3,000 hours of conversations now available ...