aerius Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Structured Finance and Collateralized Debt Obligations: New Developments in Cash and Synthetic Securitization by Janet Tavakoli And now I know why ETFs have so much slippage, and why counterparties go kaboom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Read Stephen King's "On Writing". Required reading for anyone who ever writes anything OR reads. Or just loves reading Stephen King when he writes in his first person normal voice (his review of Ryan Adams' "Easy Tiger" is one of my favorite bits of writing). QFT. Read that a couple weeks ago (ebook on my iphone). As mentioned in other thread, I have all seven Dark Tower books on my iPhone's eReader. Currently in middle of second book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen, the most personable science writer I've had the pleasure to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson Just finished, actually, but I enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Great book--ending typical for Stephenson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faust3d Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Decided to read The Golem (Der Golem) by Gustav Meyrink again. What a great book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Started re-reading/listening to the Dark Tower series for the second time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Dark Tower was an awesome game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceboy Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 "American sphinx the character of thomas jefferson" by Joseph J. Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 OMG. Not reading it, but will when it comes out. Amazon.com: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!: Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith: Books And a brief write-up here: 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' author talks about his literary monster mash-up | PopWatch Blog | EW.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'm currently reading Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShine Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Years Best SF 11 Some really great short science fiction. Great series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penger Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Paper on Probabilistic Diffusion Tractography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Alfred Gell - Art And Agency: An Anthropological Theory. Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 A Game of Thrones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 A Game of Thrones Sweet. I'm waiting for Dance to come out this Fall, then I'll read Dance and Feast back to back. I might need to reread Storm to refresh my memory, or maybe find a summary of the series online I can read through. I just finished Neal Stephenson's Confusion, and can't see any reason not to go right on to System of the World. I think Stephenson might be the king of modern speculative fiction, a title I previously attributed to Jeff Vandermeer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm taking a class that is focusing on the ancient Greek theme of death and rebirth and has a ton of reading. I'm trying to get a large part of it done during the 3 week break in classes. I'm reading Euripides' bachhea and medea, virgil's Aeneid, Homer's Iliad, and Hesiod's Theogony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Finishing up Stephenson's absolutely awesome Baroque Cycle, with System of the World. I really just want to buy Anathem and read it right after this. I just can't seem to get tired of this guy, or Enoch, or the Waterhouses, or Shaftoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm taking a class that is focusing on the ancient Greek theme of death and rebirth ... I'm reading Euripides' bachhea and medea, virgil's Aeneid, Homer's Iliad, and Hesiod's Theogony. Which of these does not belong? heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 ha, yeah the Aeneid is roman and it's the last book on the list. I'm sure that we're transitioning into roman thought at the end of the quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Bluetooth spec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Stephen King - Duma Key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabbi1 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 My company's 2007 Transfer Pricing Report - sweet Jesus, kill me. For fun, 'The Sand Pebbles' - picked it up (along with another 10 books) at an estate sale - just ten more first editions to go with the other 800 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Started reading The 5,000 Year Leap yesterday. I'm absolutely adoring the Amazon Kindle. I could stare at it all day with zero eye strain. The long battery life is just comical, really. I do feel a bit more comfortable buying from the computer though, the toggle switch navigation can be a bit squirrley. Thankfully its a non-issue during reading. I just glanced through this thread and have gotten some great new ebooks for it. Many for $1 or less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm currently working on A Stranger in A Strange Land. The longer "original" version. I haven't been making much headway but I am enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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