Here are three items that have given me great stimulation, education and entertainment in recent weeks. How about sharing your suggestions as a comment to this entry? CCB
- Lewis & Clark: the Journey of the Corps of Discovery written by Walpole’s Dayton Duncan. This Ken Burns produced video was aired on PBS again in the America’s Stories series earlier this week, and we were reminded what a wonderful program it is! Television just doesn’t get any better than this one! And it’s available for rental at Real to Reel. Dayton also appears in a key role on the program. Well done!
- The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century by Thomas L. Friedman. I’m listening to this on a download from www.audible.com, and it’s GREAT! Friedman looks at a wide range of technologies and ties them all together in this very practical interpretation of where our world has gone in business, communications, and social change in recent years and where we’re going in the next few years. Fascinating stuff that every American should understand.
- A Short History of Almost Everything by Bill Bryson. Bryson recognized that his knowledge of modern scientific understanding was woefully shallow. Can you relate to that? I could! Well, Bryson has written a highly readable history of science and up-to-date description of all the key areas of scientific understanding that I—and others I have discovered here and there—have found just terrific! It’s in paperback and at the Town Library.