[lbo-talk] popularizing philosophy

[Andy]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:53 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
> Awhile back, James Heartfield made an interesting observation about the
> publishing industry, noting that there was a rash of books that focused on
> just one thing, tracing history and culture through, say, the use of salt or
> cultivation of broccoli (or somesuch).

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> Anyway, curious about these books and if they are good, bad, meh?

I liked Cod by Kurlanski  (author of Salt and something about
Basques).  It jibed with what I was learning from fishery biologists.

I think the trend is herd behavior in marketing.

Been wanting to read stuff by Mary Roach (Stiff, Bonk, Spook).

-- 
Andy