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Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett

16-Aug-10

I’ve always been interested in learning languages. That’s why I was interested in this Dr. Everett‘s book when I saw his talk on FORA.tv. The linguistic details on this obscure Amazonian language was a bit too much for me, but the whole process of how he tried to learn the language and the culture was [...]

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The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen

14-May-10

Another book I was made aware of through “Authors@Google” talks… This book gives a pretty good idea of what was wrong about the initial approach of the U.S. in Iraq and how and why the “Surge” worked. I think it was somewhat long since it’s a mixture of Mr. Kilcullen‘s personal accounts and field studies [...]

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