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Homemade Herodotus
Homemade HerodotusBruce Upbin 01.29.07http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0129/068.htmlIt took a feisty amateur to wrest the classics from the grip of professional historians. Robert B. Strassler calls himself a “scholar without credentials.” He… Continue reading
Questions for 1st reading group call: The Ultimate Question
I look forward to our first call on Thursday, June 14th at Noon Eastern time: The Ultimate Question Chapters 1 – 3 1-218-339-7800, passcode 345345# To help prepare you for the call, I have developed these three questions to guide your reading – 1…. Continue reading
Books 8 and 9 Herodotus – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for Herodotus Books 8 & 9 and our special guest scholar, Robert Strassler, editor of the forthcoming “Landmark Herodotus.” Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Herod… Continue reading
Mark Casey (RO2)
I live in San Francisco with my wife Carrie, to whom I got married in January 2007. For the last 7 years I have been working as an investment analyst at Capital Research and Management, a mutual fund management company. I follow Internet and media… Continue reading
Questions for final Herodotus call – Monday, June 4
Folks, I look forward to our final call with our special guest Robert Strassler, editor of the forthcoming “Landmark Herodotus.” Strassler has spent many years developing this new edition – he commissioned a new translation, wrote more than 100 ma… Continue reading
World War II in Africa and Xerxes?
Rick Atkinson, author of “An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 19042-1943”, spends many pages at the beginning of the book making the point that this was one of the largest amphibious operations ever attempted. The combined American and Briti… Continue reading
Nancy Miller (TOR)
In my position as VP, Internet & Technology for Woodcraft Supply Corp., I am responsible for the Online Division, Database Marketing Group and Information Technology Department. I have worked for the company since 1992 and over that period have tr… Continue reading
Brandt McKee (RO2)
Brandt McKee – Brandt is a member of TPG Capital’s Operating Group. Prior to joining TPG in 2005 and between 2001 and 2005, Brandt worked at AlixPartners, LLC, a premier crisis management and turnaround services firm, where he focused on middle ma… Continue reading
Christina Koukkos (TOR)
Christina Koukkos serves as head of product development at Meetup, a company that uses the Internet to bring people with shared interests together face to face. She (and Meetup) believe that a global resurgence in local community will make the wor… Continue reading
Gratias
Dear all, I just wanted to say once more that it has been a pleasure reading through Herodotus with you. Thank you for keeping me accountable with great questions, insights and comments. I know we learned a lot together through this experience. Th… Continue reading →
05. June 2007 by readingodysseyauthor
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