tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post1930102418245302658..comments2024-03-28T00:23:22.838+00:00Comments on Macro Man: Summer ReadingMacro Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-75965514212391332202007-06-16T16:58:00.000+01:002007-06-16T16:58:00.000+01:00But Tim, with the three volumes you get three time...But Tim, with the three volumes you get three times as much of those kinds of stories!Macro Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-54485858134751984592007-06-16T02:00:00.000+01:002007-06-16T02:00:00.000+01:00norwich is the best. you a brave man for talking a...norwich is the best. you a brave man for talking all three volumes. i only managed the "short history" combining them in doing some reading before a trip to turkey. i still like to pick it up and randomly flip to a page because you never know what kind of soap opera you'll get. page 140: there was an attempt to force patriarch methodius to resign by bribing a woman to accuse him of seduction. "At the ensuing inquiry, Methodius is said to have proved his innocence by producing for inspection those parts which might have been thought most directly responsible for the alleged offence, explaining the shrivelled remnants of his manhood with a story of how, years before in Rome, a prayer to St. Peter for deliverance from lustful thoughts had been answered with distressing efficency. Not surprisingly, he won his case." Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-83104857131493428172007-06-15T20:46:00.000+01:002007-06-15T20:46:00.000+01:00Since you mention the Norwich books, you might als...Since you mention the Norwich books, you might also be interested in Runciman's History of the Crusades (the three volume version). His 'Fall of Constantinople' is also spectacular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-28956736866326357792007-06-15T20:44:00.000+01:002007-06-15T20:44:00.000+01:00And if you haven't, A Demon of our own Design is p...And if you haven't, A Demon of our own Design is pretty much required reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-79621279520500044812007-06-15T19:01:00.000+01:002007-06-15T19:01:00.000+01:00here are two finance related selections:Fortune's ...here are two finance related selections:<BR/><BR/>Fortune's Formula by William Poundstone<BR/><BR/>A very entertaining book that traces the surprisingly close historical links between gambling systems and quantitative finance.<BR/><BR/>Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance by Perry Mehrling<BR/><BR/>A faithful account of one of the few truly independent thinkers in academic finance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com