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Enormously helpful introduction to opera. Enjoying so far. Includes many excerpts of famous arias and overtures.

Interesting so far. Loaded with fascinating anecdotes and insights on risk, process improvement and quality control. There are especially good lessons on why designers should be embedded with engineers, and why both should spend a good deal of time in the factories where their products are being manufactured to see why things go wrong on the production line.

A scathing hatchet job on liberal elitism and how the few have utterly failed the many, in part by the “progressive” abandonment of social, cultural, religious institutions — think church, marriage — which have benefited the working class. The author argues these disruptions have had harmful outcomes such as more single parent households, chronic addiction and erosion of community social supports.

I’m learning a lot more about the history, politics, government, law, culture, geography, etiquette and cuisine of Mongolia than I had ever planned to in my lifetime, but it’s all very well-written and quite interesting so far.

Excellent so far. Riveting blend of scientific research and personal experience.

Witty, incisive and enlightening, so far. Detailed and meticulously well-researched.