I can't rate this book because my library refuses to add it to the catalog, which is very odd. I recommend probably 50-100 books a year to the library for purchase (part of my effort to kick my book-buying jones and live more sustainably by promoting libraries). Almost every book I recommend, they buy. In fact, I have had exactly two books rejected. One was because it was more of a pamphlet. The other was "Crossing the Rubicon," which a number of friends have read and raved about. When I told one friend of this, his comment was "They probably don't want any more FBI visits than they already get, and the FBI would definitely be looking for the names of people who check out this book."
So I may have to buy a copy and I can amend this review; meanwhile, the hearsay review is that this is a very important book on a very ugly subject--how our addiction to oil gets us into geopolitical trouble.
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If, like most lawyers today, you do not have a trusted older colleague who will take you to a bar and tell you stories about wins and losses and the reasons for them, this is probably the best available substitute. McElhaney, Boswell to the made-up "Angus," the seasoned, all-knowing litigation pro, beguiles you into reading story after story, managing to turn what could be a grim slog through powerpoint-ish "tips for litigators" into a pleasurable grad school in litigation.
Humans evolved and advanced by transmitting knowledge in the form of stories. McElhaney continues the tradition admirably.
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Crossing the Rubicon: 9/11 and the Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael Ruppert
JMG, September 14, 2006
I can't rate this book because my library refuses to add it to the catalog, which is very odd. I recommend probably 50-100 books a year to the library for purchase (part of my effort to kick my book-buying jones and live more sustainably by promoting libraries). Almost every book I recommend, they buy. In fact, I have had exactly two books rejected. One was because it was more of a pamphlet. The other was "Crossing the Rubicon," which a number of friends have read and raved about. When I told one friend of this, his comment was "They probably don't want any more FBI visits than they already get, and the FBI would definitely be looking for the names of people who check out this book."So I may have to buy a copy and I can amend this review; meanwhile, the hearsay review is that this is a very important book on a very ugly subject--how our addiction to oil gets us into geopolitical trouble.
(3 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
McElhaney's Litigation by James W. Mcelhaney
JMG, September 14, 2006
If, like most lawyers today, you do not have a trusted older colleague who will take you to a bar and tell you stories about wins and losses and the reasons for them, this is probably the best available substitute. McElhaney, Boswell to the made-up "Angus," the seasoned, all-knowing litigation pro, beguiles you into reading story after story, managing to turn what could be a grim slog through powerpoint-ish "tips for litigators" into a pleasurable grad school in litigation.Humans evolved and advanced by transmitting knowledge in the form of stories. McElhaney continues the tradition admirably.