An essential subject, brilliantly executed.ģ. This book hits close to (my) home, but given the incidence of cancer in our population we will all be touched by this disease sooner or later. How can a working oncologist possess the talent to write so beautifully, and the energy to complete such a thorough and well-researched book? I happen to be married to a pediatric oncologist, and dinner table conversations often revolve around tumors and leukemia. Mukherjee is one of those people who make us crazy. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee What can the history of the telegraph, telephone, radio, TV, movies and Internet teach us about higher ed? This question is become more acute as education become increasingly delivered over the same platforms (wires and devices) as entertainment.Ģ. If you read this book, and I hope that you do, please let me know where you think education fits into the larger category of information businesses. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu My 10 Best Audio Nonfiction Books of 2010:ġ. By all means become an Audible Platinum listener (and get your books for under $10), but be sure to let Amazon know that the website is long past its sell-by-date.

is as slow and kludgy and sterile as is quick and robust and dynamic. Like spending time at the Walmart book aisle. Going to is an atrocious book browsing experience. A social experience, with excellent recommendations, reviews, and links to similar books. Going to is a terrific book browsing experience. Notice that in the list below for my 10 favorite audiobooks that I link to not to Audible (where I purchased the books), but to Audible's parent company Amazon. How often have we heard complaints that our students don't read enough? What if we figured out how to deliver all of the assigned readings in multiple formats - from paper to digital to audio? Why should education be exempt in an attention economy? Why do we think our students have any more time than we do?

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