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The Mac subculture’s WSJ, People Magazine, and TIME: Macworld magazine

Posted in reseña, tagged , on August 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Macworld’s glossy monthly has been around for about as long as Apple has been making Macs. I’ve been a subscriber for most of that time and—if I had saved past issues—could probably paper Cupertino’s main streets with this periodical’s pages. (more…)

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another Heartland surprise: Indianapolis magazine

Posted in reseña, tagged , on August 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »

A little over two years ago I moved from an exotic, beautiful, international location to take a superb job in what I took to be the boring city of Indianapolis. Friends and strangers routinely asked ‘What were you smoking?’ or some variant of that question. (more…)

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the premier style guide for published American English: The Chicago Manual of Style

Posted in reseña, tagged , on August 23, 2007| 1 Comment »

It is perhaps time to worry if you feel particulary warm and affectionate towards a book like The Chicago Manual of Style. (more…)

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You’re loaded: Pocket World in Figures – 2005 Edition

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If you travel internationally or carry out your international business with this diminutive annual reference tucked in your coat pocket, you’re loaded. (more…)

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Nicely done: Hammond New Century World Atlas

Posted in reseña, tagged , , , on August 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Hammond style themselves ‘mapmakers for the 21st century’ and not without justice. If they take this vocation seriously, they’d better prepare for frequent new editions, as it is as difficult now to speak of nation-states and national boundaries without saying ‘at this moment’ as it has been at any time since the breakup of the great European colonial realms. (more…)

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Gordon Wenham, ‘Descifrando el código bíblico’; traducido por David Baer

Posted in denkschrift, tagged , on August 23, 2007| 1 Comment »

Durante el transcurso de este mes, un libro sobre el texto hebreo del Antiguo Testamento ha ocupado el primer lugar de la lista de los libros más vendidos en Gran Bretania. El éxito extraordinario de El Código Bíblico, por Michael Drosnin, requiere una explicación. (more…)

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designed for survival: Proverbs 9, 1 Corinthians 15

Posted in textures, tagged , , , on August 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Human beings are designed for eternity. Whether by procreation or resurrection, our longing for eternality surpasses our desire to return to the dust from whence we came. (more…)

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Boeing 1, Airbus 0: Michael Haenggi, Boeing Widebodies (Enthusiast Color Series)

Posted in reseña on August 22, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Full product information for this item, together with my review, my ranking of the product, and any reader comments, can be found at http://www.amazon.com.

The world is full of people who would never imagine that a book about a company that makes commercial airplanes could be riveting. I was one of them until I read Michael Haenggi’s elegantly written (can this man be an engineer?) tale of Boeing’s back-to-the-wall fight for market share against the likes of Lockheed, Douglas, McDonnell-Douglas and the latter-day Hercules, Airbus. (more…)

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Now we’re talkin’!: Reuben Alcalay, Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Enlarged Edition

Posted in denkschrift, reseña on August 22, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Full product information for this item, together with my review, my ranking of the product, and any reader comments, can be found at http://www.amazon.com.

As a poor graduate student, I once inquired of the principal lecturer in modern Hebrew whether I could get away with snagging a mid-priced Hebrew-English dictionary.

I will never forget the condescending—not to say disdainful—look with which she said, ‘Well, I suppose you could … But as a PhD student in Hebrew, I can’t imagine that you can get away without owning the Alcalay.’ (more…)

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the blood of one’s brothers: Gods and Generals (DVD)

Posted in reseña, tagged , , , on August 22, 2007| Leave a Comment »

An almost endearing stiltedness undergirds this fine film’s narrative, as though set pieces have been prepared in order to allow the characters to deliver solemn speeches Though this may appear artificial and even insincere to modern movie-viewers, it is a dramatic technique at least as old as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. What Gods and Generals shares with those ancient poetic ballads is the celebration of the fighting man’s nobility, his rage, and the juxtaposition of profoundly ordinary human sentiment alongside the most inhumane deeds one can imagine. (more…)

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