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Shiv, Go for emergence first and then human zoo. Cheers, Mayank

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On Thursday 15 Jan 2009 10:01:54 am Mayank Dhingra wrote: > 1) Emergence - Steven Johnson > Is about how various and sometimes complex patterns evolve out of seemingly > simple things/beings. The book delves into how ants operate and how their > colonies get sophisticated over time, with proper pla

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1) Emergence - Steven Johnson Is about how various and sometimes complex patterns evolve out of seemingly simple things/beings. The book delves into how ants operate and how their colonies get sophisticated over time, with proper planning for space(for ex: their colonies have graveyards and dust bi

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Vinayak Hegde wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: * Peopleware --Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister +1 for Peopleware. I think it is in the same league as 'The Mythical Man-month' by Fred Brooks. Peopleware is an awesome book. Sadly, my copy was lent to a

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Has anyone here read Roberto Bolano's 2666? If yes, what did you think of it? - Ingrid

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On Wednesday 14 Jan 2009 2:33:01 pm Mayank Dhingra wrote: > 1) Emergence - Steven > Johnson > 2) The human zoo - Desmond Morris These two appear promising to me. What are they about? shiv

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:39 PM, ss wrote: > On Wednesday 14 Jan 2009 11:15:17 am Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Er...Ramachandra Guha is the new Arundhati Roy? :))) > > Deepa, it's like this: > > Do you know the difference betwen a bad marksman and a constipated owl? > > Ans: The bad marksman shoots, b

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I liked reading 1) Emergence - Steven Johnson http://www.amazon.com/Emergence-Connected-Brains-Cities-Software/dp/0684868768 2) The human zoo - Desmo

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On Wednesday 14 Jan 2009 11:15:17 am Deepa Mohan wrote: > Er...Ramachandra Guha is the new Arundhati Roy? :))) Deepa, it's like this: Do you know the difference betwen a bad marksman and a constipated owl? Ans: The bad marksman shoots, but never hits. A constipated owl hoots but never shits. A

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Do you have The Hacker Ethic & Peopleware? If you could lend them, I'd be grateful. I'm quite willing to buy them off you, but not sure someone who owned these would ever agree. - Mo On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > * Peopleware --Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister +1 for Peopleware. I think it is in the same league as 'The Mythical Man-month' by Fred Brooks. -- Vinayak

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? My list: Non-fiction: * The Hacker Ethic --Pekka Himanen * What Management Is --Joan

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Bonobashi wrote: > Ram Guha is utterly boring to read, and he seems to come out with terse, > brief 150,000 words on any and every subject with fairly little provocation. > Er...Ramachandra Guha is the new Arundhati Roy? :))) Deepa.

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instance, are un-putdownable. From: ss To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Wednesday, 14 January, 2009 8:19:15 AM Subject: Re: [silk] Favourite books read in 2008 On Monday 12 Jan 2009 10:29:35 pm Bonobashi wrote: > Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age - Rich

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Ram Guha is utterly boring to read, and he seems to come out with terse, brief 150,000 words on any and every subject with fairly little provocation. From: ss To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Wednesday, 14 January, 2009 8:17:45 AM Subject: Re: [silk] Favourite books read in 2008 On Monday

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On Monday 12 Jan 2009 10:29:35 pm Bonobashi wrote: > Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age - Richard Rudgley/Arrow Books > A 'Must-Read'; don't miss it. Shiv, this recommendation is for you. I > really can't recommend this sufficiently. Will ceertainly get it IG. Do you know if it is available in Be

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On Monday 12 Jan 2009 7:27:02 pm Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? > > Udhay 1) The Shadow of the Great Game - the untold story of India's partition - Naren

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>Is this list restricted to only books in English? I have been looking for >good books in Tamizh, but I only got to re-read "Ponniyin Selan" and >"Sivakamiyan Sabatham" (the latter after seeing Gowri Ramnarayan's >play)...so I would like to know if anyone has a list, or even a book >Sin

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Madhu Kurup wrote: > Thaths wrote: > >> * In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India >> > > +1 for In Spite of the Gods. > > Cheerio, > M > -- Is this list restricted to only books in English? I have been looking for good books in Tamizh, but I only

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Thaths wrote: * In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India +1 for In Spite of the Gods. Cheerio, M -- Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ mmk222 at cornell dt edu

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> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance >> of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? >> > These are my favourites from what I read last year: 1. Kitchen by Banana Yosh

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lming. From: Udhay Shankar N To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Monday, 12 January, 2009 7:27:02 PM Subject: [silk] Favourite books read in 2008 I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? > Here are are my favorites from last year (in no particular order) * The Omnivore's Dil

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2009/1/12 Udhay Shankar N > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? > > Udhay > -- Top 10 Fiction in descending order: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz Beethoven was

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? Looking through my Goodreads updates, here is what I liked in 2008: * India After Gandhi

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 21:57, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? Non-fiction: India After Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha: A thrilling and *very* educational read

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? > > Udhay > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) Fooled B

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I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))