pigstyle's audiobook

How to Listen to and Understand Great Music - Professor Robert Greenberg

dongwons — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:36:15 +0900

http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=700

The Modern Scholar: Winston Churchill: Man of the Century - Professor John Ramsden

dongwons — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:10:53 +0900

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey

dongwons — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:02:16 +0900

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

dongwons — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:55:30 +0900

Hegemony or Survival - Naom Chomsky

dongwons — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:07:34 +0900

Amazon.com Review
Noam Chomsky is considered the father of modern linguistics. In this richly detailed criticism of American foreign policy, he seeks to redefine many of the terms commonly used in the ongoing American war on terrorism. Surveying U.S. actions in Cuba, Nicaragua, Turkey, the Far East and elsewhere over the past half a century along with the modern American war in Iraq, Chomsky indicates that America is just as much a terrorist state as any other government or rogue organization. George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq drew worldwide criticism, in part because it seemed to present a new philosophy of pre-emptive war and an appearance of global empire building. But according to Chomsky, such has been the operating philosophy of American foreign policy for decades. Opponents of the Bush administration's tactics consistently point out how the American government supported Saddam Hussein for many years prior to the 1990 invasion of Kuwait (pictures of Donald Rumsfeld shaking Saddam's hand are easy to come by) as a means of pointing out how the United States is happy to fund despots when it's in American interests. But Chomsky, armed with extensive historical notation, takes this notion further, arguing how the repression of other nations' citizenry is, in fact, the very reason Americans support certain foreign leaders. The charges made throughout the book are severe, as are the dire consequences he posits if current trends are not reversed, and Chomsky is no more likely to make friends or gain supporters from the mainstream now than he's ever been. But Hegemony or Survival is relatively dispassionate. Instead of relying on camp or shock value or personal attacks as some of his contemporaries have done, Chomsky drives his well-supported points steadily forward in an earnest and highly readable style. --John Moe
http://www.amazon.com/Hegemony-Survival-Americas-Dominance-American/dp/0805074007
http://contemporarylit.about.com/cs/currentreviews/fr/hegemony.htm

Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman

dongwons — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:53:23 +0900

Amazon.com Review
There was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and behavioral research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ-idolizing view of intelligence is far too narrow. Instead, Goleman makes the case for "emotional intelligence" being the strongest indicator of human success. He defines emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness, altruism, personal motivation, empathy, and the ability to love and be loved by friends, partners, and family members. People who possess high emotional intelligence are the people who truly succeed in work as well as play, building flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful relationships. Because emotional intelligence isn't fixed at birth, Goleman outlines how adults as well as parents of young children can sow the seeds.
http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-Matter-More-Than/dp/0553375067

Dreamcatcher - Stephen King

dongwons — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:53:35 +0900

http://www.amazon.com/Dreamcatcher-Stephen-King/dp/0743211383

77 Laws Of Success With Women And Dating - David DeAngelo

dongwons — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:39:16 +0900

Eben W. Pagan,^[1] born December 5, 1971,better known by his stage name David DeAngelo, is an American entrepreneur, author and dating consultant. He is a member of the Seduction community^[2]^[3] and founder of "Double Your Dating", a company providing dating advice to men and marketed primarily over the Internet. Within the community he has been referred to as a guru.^[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_DeAngelo

Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy

dongwons — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:19:55 +0900

The novel Rainbow Six describes Rainbow as an international counter-terrorism operation hosted by NATO and funded by money funneled through the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The base of operations for Rainbow is located in Hereford (home to SAS), due to the United Kingdom being one of the most accessible countries in the world and also due to the press constraints that would not be possible to impose in the United States. Most of the characters in Rainbow are American or British, however, the NATO countries of France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Spain, plus Israel have at least one representative each.

Clancy describes the structure of Rainbow as having one Director, who oversees the entire operation, and one Deputy Director, who is second in command. The name Rainbow Six depicts the corroboration between the counter-terrorist unit "Rainbow" and the British intelligence unit "MI-6". Rainbow is portrayed as the "blackest of black" operations, and it works off of its very own intelligence service which has intelligence contacts all over the world. In the book, when Rainbow is called upon for help from another country's government to deal with a terrorist situation, usually only one of the two teams will be sent, but in some situations both will be sent. Both teams have an officer as team leader and a senior NCO as second in command. Not including the team leader, each team is made up of eleven men. Rainbow also has a standard-issue weapons kit, consisting of a Beretta 8045 Cougar pistol and a suppressed H&K MP5/10 sub-machine gun (mislabeled as MP-10) for each soldier and a M60 for each team's support gunner. Each team also has two snipers, each with a rifle of own choosing.

In the games, Rainbow is portrayed differently. John Clark is still the leader for most of the series, but he is supported by a set of other key staff and advisors who vary from game to game. As of Rogue Spear, there are around 30 Rainbow operatives. This includes members from NATO countries and from non-NATO countries, along with six female operatives. For each mission, a maximum eight operatives can be deployed and can be split into a maximum of four teams. Weapons, uniforms and equipment are less standardized, and are instead chosen to suit the operative and the mission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Six

2001 A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke

dongwons — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:23:41 +0900

When an enigmatic monolith is found buried on the moon, scientists are amazed to discover that it's at least 3 million years old. Even more amazing, after it's unearthed the artifact releases a powerful signal aimed at Saturn. What sort of alarm has been triggered? To find out, a manned spacecraft, the Discovery, is sent to investigate. Its crew is highly trained--the best--and they are assisted by a self-aware computer, the ultra-capable HAL 9000. But HAL's programming has been patterned after the human mind a little too well. He is capable of guilt, neurosis, even murder, and he controls every single one of Discovery's components. The crew must overthrow this digital psychotic if they hope to make their rendezvous with the entities that are responsible not just for the monolith, but maybe even for human civilization. Clarke wrote this novel while Stanley Kubrick created the film, the two collaborating on both projects. The novel is much more detailed and intimate, and definitely easier to comprehend. Even though history has disproved its "predictions," it's still loaded with exciting and awe-inspiring science fiction. --Brooks Peck --This text refers to the Paperback edition.