David Schatsky Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

David Schatsky

@DaveEvansPhD @MicheleJGelfand Great thread. One from me: Getting Things Done, personal productivity, by David Allen.

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"By choosing the date of Pakistan’s independence day...and by carefully referring to those denied 'cremation,' Modi framed it as an occasion to mourn only Hindu and Sikh victims, and to single out Muslims as aggressors." What's a good read on partition? https://t.co/mMHFb1lVfp

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"The book goes deeper than it goes wide." ‘Butts: A Backstory’ Tells Us to Take Them Seriously https://t.co/VHDxQv7bfo

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At the Summit of the Americas: "The sessions this week regularly rang out to U.S. composer's John Philip Sousa's 'The Liberty Bell' march, popularized by the classic British comedy show 'Monty Python's Flying Circus.'" https://t.co/20TbLxLXzI

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"It also pulls off a resolution that feels both surprising and inevitable, and that compels you back to the opening of the book with a head-shake of admiration at the Swiss-watchery of its construction." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/books/review/anthony-doerr-cloud-cuckoo-land.html

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It's easy to be original if you don't read. The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most https://t.co/KjosJ2CVPy Cc @STS_News https://t.co/eeRN3C4877

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Each day, he performed a 15-minute exercise routine, and he irritated his tablemates by fastidiously “Fletcherizing” his food—chewing it until it had liquefied, per the system pioneered by the health faddist Horace Fletcher, a.k.a. “the Great Masticator.” https://t.co/kNMWeTUizn

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@mikedolanny The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology, by Horace Freeland Judson

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@snarkbat @DianeTurnshek Ron Chernow's biography of George Washington.