“What could be more instructive for the traveller – and more fun! – than to see a country through the eyes of its own most imaginative writers?” Jan Morris Contents: Preface by Paul Wilson Prologue: I see a Great City… by Daniela Hodrova Petrin: Bells by Jiri Karasek ze Lvovic Hradcany: The First Vision by [...]
Why do Czech men love sandals and white socks, and why do Czech women practice extramarital sex with greater gusto than women in most other European countries? Did you know that Czech Euroscepticism has its roots in 1620? That Czech society is in reality an undercover matriarchy? Or that some Czechs have names like Hippopotamus, [...]
Notes: This is easily the best macroeconomics book I have -ever- read, and it neatly summarizes and adequately explains its points in all of 195 pages, including appendices. I have decided to keep a copy of this and Fooled By Randomness with me instead of discarding them as usual, and will gladly loan it out [...]
Repost of my original column at BeatTheGMAT.com hi guys, I’m currently applying for MBA progs (Wharton Lauder R2 fyi) and discovered this forum. after browsing through some of your posts (esp. the stickies) I realized that I was really fortunate to get the score I did considering my relative lack of preparation. So I’m not [...]
Notes: Richard Branson is a terrible speaker. See Link (http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_branson_s_life_at_30_000_feet.html) He is reckless, irrational, and not above breaking the law. He shoots from the gut and never thinks twice. However he is undoubtedly principled, daring, honorable, and, even if he successful because he is lucky, entirely responsible to his employees and customers as he is [...]
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