Its depends on the definition of boring. The meta-analysis stuff I go through when I do consulting in the area (amazing how many research institutes and organizations now do that sort of analysis first). As for the Byzantine Empire books, I find there are a lot of parallels in Byzantine culture and history to the US.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > And I thought i read a lot of boring books. You should see my wife's > expression when I crack open a new math book. Pure disbelief that anyone > would read such material. > > J > > - > > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in > session. - Mark Twain > > The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and > provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson > > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> OK here goes - this is for the last 4 months or so: >> >> Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research >> Findings by John E. Hunter and Dr. Frank L. Schmidt. >> >> Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century by Eric >> McGeer >> >> CF9WACK - Vol.2 by Ben Forta (Skimming only). >> >> The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire by Edward N. Luttwak >> >> Door into Summer by RA Heinlein. >> >> The Road to Amber: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny (NESFA's >> Choice) by Roger Zelazny >> >> Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western >> Civilization by Lars Brownworth >> >> Factor Analysis by Richard L. Gorsuch >> >> Causality and Causal Modelling in the Social Sciences: Measuring >> Variations by Federica Russo >> >> CF 9 Developer Tutorial by John Farrar (very good book highly recommended) >> >> Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World by Colin Wells >> >> Cruel Zinc Melodies by Glen Cook >> >> Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > I forgot to add, if you are reading anything interesting, let us know. I >> > trust word of mouth much more than media reviews. >> > >> > >> > J >> > >> > - >> > >> > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in >> > session. - Mark Twain >> > >> > The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and >> > provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326364 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
