Category: books
Boston academic bookstore tour: Harvard
As I was saying in the previous post on visiting the MIT Press bookstore, we really crave visiting English language bookstores while living in continental Europe. This is the American Book Center we visited in Amsterdam. So, back to when I was in Boston, the other academic bookstore I visited was the Harvard Coop in Harvard…
Boston academic bookstore tour: Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Earlier this month, I (Chris) went on a business trip to Boston and had a half-day which was free of meetings. Having been to Boston many times before and I probably saw most of the major sights. What should I do with that free time in this city? Living in Lausanne, we are a bit…
Stanfords, the London mapseller
Stanfords on Long Acre, Covent Garden is one of my (Chris) favourite shops in London. The shop has been at that same location when I was a student in London in the 80’s. It seems to have expanded as it now has a coffee shop. I like this shop because 1) completeness in geographic coverage…
Micro by Michael Crichton
MICRO is probably Michael Crichton’s last book. It was the second book published after his death in 2008. Richard Preston was selected to complete it. I finished reading it in a weekend plus a few nights. It is a classic techno-thriller. I have not read his books before but saw movies based on his books…