Archive for August, 2008
Andrew Carnegie
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Another book I picked up on holiday was Andrew Carnegie’s autobiography ‘My Own Story’. What a remarkable story of the man born in Dunfermline in 1835 of ‘poor but honest parents, of good kith and kin’ who becomes one of the richest people in history (a good story in itself) and then gives it all […]
Posted: August 10th, 2008 under Books, People.
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The Audacity of Hope
One of the books I read on holiday was Barack Obama’s ‘The Audacity of Hope - Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream’. It is well written, especially for a politician, and an easy read.
By the end of the book I had gained some insights into the constraints (self?) imposed on a mainstream US politician and […]
Posted: August 10th, 2008 under Books.
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