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Review: Half Price Books

Old hat to Austinites, but there’s a great little chain in town called Half Price Books. Indeed, every paperback they sell is for 50% off the cover price. Hardcovers are seemingly randomly priced. More interestingly, they also have a pretty … Continue reading

03. July 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Book Reviews

Looking to get on publisher lists – ideally IR and energy texts. Any help would be appreciated. (Would be used in analytical products that are seen by many important policy makers.) -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

07. August 2008 by Shlok Vaidya
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Terror and Consent

Cover art is in for Philip Bobbitt’s upcoming book titled Terror and Consent: The Battle for the Twenty-first Century. It comes out March 25. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

06. January 2008 by Shlok Vaidya
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India Reading

Barnett just finished a book I recommended this summer. If you want to know India proper, this is the book. If you want a nice foundation on Indian faultlines, M.J. Akbar’s The Siege Within . Just got back on-grid, will … Continue reading

30. December 2007 by Shlok Vaidya
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The Option of Urbanism

I’m hearing good things Christopher Leinberger’s The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream, in which he outlines the positive potential of embracing urbanism and building “walkable infrastructure” accordingly. More here. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

14. December 2007 by Shlok Vaidya
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