Books Bought By Big Picture Readers (June, 2011)
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I always find it interesting to see what books TBP readers are buying. In addition to throwing off a few shekels, the Amazon code embedded in links lets me track your collective purchases. Its anonymous — I don’t know who bought what — but I can tell what everyone who clicked on a given book bought.
These are the most popular books purchased in June:
Go the F**k to Sleep (Adam Mansback)
The Other Side of Wall Street (Todd Harrison)
Bailout Nation (Barry Ritholtz)
Boomerang (Michael Lewis)
This Time Is Different (Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth S. Rogoff)
Stock Market Wizards (Jack D. Schwager)
Dog Sense (John Bradshaw)
A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
The Big Short (Michael Lewis)
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Too Big To Fail (Andrew Ross Sorkin)
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June 30th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Looks like F##king readers have gotten cheap.
We’ll be getting weight loss banner ads for a week.
BTW I was one of those cheapskates having a F##king laugh, thanks.
June 30th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
The Black Swan (finally)
Griftopia
June 30th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
…OK,
Black Swan fas fun…
TBTF was kiss ass drivel, sorry Andrew Ross…surprised you fell for it…hmm…
The Big Short was pretty good, not his best…enjoyed the tale of the three protagonists…
This Time is Different – was a challenge for me…i get many of the concepts, but it was a difficult read……
…now, down to the essence of the post – Bailout Nation – have to say, I totally dug it and understood it…
end of story, my friends…
June 30th, 2011 at 9:19 pm
BR,
given some of those Titles, maybe, the Readership would be interested in..
“…SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Enter Sandman. Unfortunately for many Americans, sleep and relaxation do not come so easily. Enter Quick Beverages, the leader in better-for-you, functional shots innovation.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110216/NY49568 )
As the nation prepares to mark National Sleep Awareness Week in March, Quick Beverages, part of the ViVa Beverages LLC portfolio of products, today announced the national launch of Quick Beverages SLEEP™ and Quick Beverages RELAX™, new 2oz. liquid sleep and relaxation aids made from a proprietary blend of all-natural, time-tested botanical ingredients in a zero calorie, sugar-free, berry flavor formula that works in only minutes. Quick Beverages SLEEP and Quick Beverages RELAX are available nationwide at Vitamin World, via Amazon.com and continues to expand distribution at drug stores and convenience stores throughout the country. Suggested retail price is $2.99 per bottle. Learn more at http://www.QuickBeverages.com .
The company’s founders developed Quick Beverages SLEEP and RELAX because they understand that nobody is immune from tension in today’s fast-paced world…”
http://www.pharmiweb.com/pressreleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=36073#ixzz1QoKSDmmI
here .. http://www.amazon.com/Pack-Bottles-Quick-Beverages-Sleep/dp/B004G7VL88/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1309483050&sr=8-2
one can “Sign up to be notified when this item becomes available.”
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maybe, next Week?, Soma ?
July 1st, 2011 at 12:15 am
If you had kids, Barry, you’d get “Go the F*&^k to Sleep…”
It has huge appeal. I wish I’d thought of it…God knows I yelled it enough…
July 1st, 2011 at 6:26 am
i finished Pygmy by Chuck (“WTF”) Palahniak and can’t wait to read more of his writing (funny and quick).
Now i’m re-reading an old Aldous Huxley book called Island which makes one think about alternatives.
i have a bag full of Preacher graphing novels(quick 1/2 hour reads) to go through after that (my nephew loaned them out to me).
This morning i was greeted with this interesting development:
http://news.yahoo.com/case-against-strauss-kahn-near-collapse-report-013823812.html
which the site Cryptogon predicted when it was first reported (that it was a “set up” by the powers that be to remove and replace him).
and ya gotta hear Stewart in this segment, Broke Bank Mounting:
http://www.financialarmageddon.com/
July 1st, 2011 at 7:18 am
Lost Horizon????
July 1st, 2011 at 7:33 am
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/06/30/258388/corporate-profits-recovery/
Yessiree boys and girls – recovery any day now, any day . . . . .
July 1st, 2011 at 9:18 am
Just finished Zeitoun. I could not put the book down. Unreal that can happen in modern day America.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:56 am
You like ideas. Have you checked out “Sum” by David Eagleman? Very short. Dry sense of humor.
July 1st, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Jeremy Rifkin: The hydrogen economy