Books
Extraordinary Ordinary People
A Memoir Of A Family By Condoleezza Rice Born in the segregated South, Condoleezza Rice was fortunate to be the only child of educated upper class parents. She was fortunate to benefit from the Civil Rights movement with opportunity to choose … Continue reading
Gabby
A Story Of Courage And Hope Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly This is story of two remarkable people who found each other and struggled to survive an attack that had consequences far beyond anything anyone could imagine. On January 8, … Continue reading
Blind Allegiance To Sarah Palin
By Frank Bailey It was inevitable that someone who worked with Sarah Palin would write a revealing book. Nowadays it doesn’t even have to be a book. The story can go viral online and spread around the world with no … Continue reading
The War For Late Night
When Leno Went Early And Television Went Crazy By Bill Carter Carter reminds us that show business is a business. His previous book on late night talked about how Jay Leno maneuvered David Letterman out of the job that Johnny … Continue reading
Steve Jobs
By Walter Isaacson This is a hard review to write. There has been some discussion about if this is a good authorized biography. People seem to forget it will be the only authorized biography. I had an advanced copy but … Continue reading
The Dogs Of War
The Courage, Love, And Loyalty Of Military Working Dogs By Lisa Roga A simply written book about dogs in the military. This is book has useful references to other sources. You can learn how to interact with dogs used for … Continue reading
That Used To Be Us
How American Fell Behind In The World It Invented And How We Can Come Back By Thomas L. Friedman And Michael Mandelbaum To be great we need not to focus on another country’s strengths but on our own. We are … Continue reading
United 93
How does the old song go? I’m on a flight from Newark Please pick up the phone Something’s happened on the plane And I won’t be coming home. This is a shaky camera, minute-by-minute account of United Flight 93 on … Continue reading
Middle Eastern History Books
Here are some books on the the Middle East. Text from DJCline.com. The Rise And Fall Of Paradise: When Arabs And Jews Built A Kingdom In Spain By Elmer Bendiner For a brief period Christians, Muslims and Jews lived in … Continue reading
Lone Survivor
By Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson SEALs are remarkable people. They are tough soldiers who win through speed, stealth and endurance. They put up with a lot because they want it more. This is the story of a kid from … Continue reading
The Man Who Warned America
by Murray Weiss A biography of FBI agent John O’Neill killed in the World Trade Center. It turns out he was right about Osama Bin Laden. The book doesn’t pull any punches about his complicated personal life and gives a … Continue reading
Horse Soldiers
By Doug Stanton After September 11, 2001, a team of Army Special Forces and CIA operatives dropped into Afghanistan to assist local tribes in overthrowing the Taliban and Al Qaeda. They found themselves fighting a very new and very old … Continue reading
Breaking News
By Martin Fletcher There is more than one story in this book. There is the story about his dangerous journey around the world’s war zones. There is the story of how a BBC cameraman became an NBC Bureau Chief. There … Continue reading
Aboriginal Art
By Wally Caruana Need to know about the original Australianm art? I’ve seen this book on sale in museum gift shops all over the planet. It is well researched and I bought two copies just so I could loan one … Continue reading
On The Edge Of Magic
Petroglyphs And Rock Painting Of The Ancient Southwest By Salvatore Mancini Foreword By Eugenia Parry Janis Introduction By Polly Schaafsma A kind of spooky book about petroglyphs. Heed their advice. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
A Guide To The Rebirth Of An Ancient Culture By Susan McCulloch A nice book if you want to learn about art by living Australians. Useful if you are thinking about buying aboriginal art. It will help when you meet … Continue reading
Images In Ochre
The Art And Craft Of The Kunwinjku By Adrian Parker This is art from a particular Australian aboriginal group. Intense and intricate work. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Art Of Arnhem Land
By Alex Barlow And Marji Hill Arnhem land is in northern Australia. The photos are beautiful representations of the real thing. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
From The Dreaming
Dreaming Stories From Aboriginal Australia By Jean A. Ellis These are Australian aboriginal folk tales that are for older readers. A rich cultural heritage that was almost lost to history. There are probably some great ideas for some future writers … Continue reading
Scotland BC
By Anna Ritchie A light read about the Bronze Age in the bonny doons. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Viking Adventure
By Clyde Robert Bulla A book about Vikings for young people. Pretty sanitized. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
The Rites Of Odin
By Ed Fitch Things you never knew about Vikings. Did you know there was a ritual for divorce? I’m betting the guy got the boat and she got all the Ikea furniture. Apparently all was not well in the homes … Continue reading
The Lost Beliefs Of Northern Europe
By Hilda Ellis Davidson A great resource if you are a Scandinavian entrepreneur looking for names for a new start-up. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Jul. 20, 2011 ACM UI Jeff Johnson
On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Cupertino at HP, ACM hosted UI Wizard’s Jeff Johnson presentation “Designing With the Mind in Mind: The Psychological Basis for UI Design Rules.” Johnson compressed thirty years of user interface research into one accessible … Continue reading
A History Of Pagan Europe
By Prudence Jones and Angel Pennick Hard to get through. Induced drowsiness. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
The Civilization Of The Goddess
The World Of Old Europe By Marija Gimbutas An archaeological catalog of Bronze Age Europe with excellent maps and examples of female centric art. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia Of Eastern Philosophy And Religion
By Ingrid Fischer-Schrieber, Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Kurt Friedrichs and Michael Diener An excellent resource if you attend embassy events, cocktail parties or holiday events around the world. You’ll be able to listen and learn a little something about Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, … Continue reading
The Encyclopedia Of World Mythology
Edited By Arthur Cotterell A good reference for naming start-ups or missile systems. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Rock Art Symbols
The Easy Guide To Rock Art Symbols Of The Southwest By Rick Harris Take this hiking with you and see if you can figure out symbols you see. Personally I think a lot of it was graffiti buy bored teenagers. … Continue reading
We The Living
By Ayn Rand Soviet Russia and communism were bad. Rand was a very beautiful but boring woman. Copyright 2008 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Fallen Angels
By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle A shuttle trying to supply air to a limping space colony crashes in an America that has turned its back on space. The pilot is rescued and tries to outrun the authorities and glaciers. … Continue reading