aerius Posted January 28, 2009 Report 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
ingwe Posted January 28, 2009 Report 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
acidbasement Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen, the most personable science writer I've had the pleasure to read. Quote
Sherwood Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson Just finished, actually, but I enjoyed it. Quote
ingwe Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 Great book--ending typical for Stephenson. Quote
faust3d Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 Decided to read The Golem (Der Golem) by Gustav Meyrink again. What a great book. Quote
Salt Peanuts Posted February 7, 2009 Report Posted February 7, 2009 Started re-reading/listening to the Dark Tower series for the second time. Quote
The Monkey Posted February 7, 2009 Report Posted February 7, 2009 Dark Tower was an awesome game. Quote
riceboy Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 "American sphinx the character of thomas jefferson" by Joseph J. Ellis Quote
en480c4 Posted February 26, 2009 Report 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
Chekhonte Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 I'm currently reading Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard Quote
MoonShine Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Years Best SF 11 Some really great short science fiction. Great series. Quote
penger Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Paper on Probabilistic Diffusion Tractography. Quote
Duggeh Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Alfred Gell - Art And Agency: An Anthropological Theory. Again. Quote
postjack Posted March 1, 2009 Report 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
Chekhonte Posted March 10, 2009 Report 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
postjack Posted March 10, 2009 Report 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
luvdunhill Posted March 10, 2009 Report 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
Chekhonte Posted March 10, 2009 Report 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
pabbi1 Posted March 18, 2009 Report 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
aardvark baguette Posted April 20, 2009 Report 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
Dreadhead Posted April 20, 2009 Report 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
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