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What the Dormouse Said Reviews
Author: John Markoff Edition: Reprint Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0143036769 Price: You Save: 70%
What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
Most histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business.What the Dormouse Said review. John Markoff’s landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture being counter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It’s a brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and ’70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into a means for freeing minds and information. In these pages one encounters Ken Kesey and the phone hacker Cap’n Crunch, est and LSD, The Whole Earth Catalog and the Homebrew Computer Lab. What the Dormouse Said is a poignant, funny, and inspiring book by one of the smartest technology writers aroundRead full reviews of what the dormouse said: lessons for grown-ups from children's books, , acceptabl.
Read What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-Ups from Children's Books reviews by
This one-of-a-kind collection reminds weary adults not to lose sight of the values and virtues they learned as kids. Here are over three hundred quotations from over two hundred well-loved children's books, such as 'Charlotte's Web,' 'Peter Pan,' 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,' 'Eloise,' 'Sounder,' 'Number the Stars,' and 'Goodnight Moon,' organized by topic, among them Acceptance, Goodness, Family Woes, and Growing Old. On Silence: 'I assure you that you can pick up more information when you are listening than when you are talking.'--EBWhite, 'The Trumpet of the Swan.' On Reverence:
Workman Pub Co 9781565124516 What The Dormouse Said By Gash, Amy (COM)/ Le-Tan, Pierre (ILT)/ Viorst, Judith (FRW) Description A collection of words of wisdom features incisive quotations from childrens books--including Charlottes Web , Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone , Sounder , and Goodnight Moon --all arranged by topic, including faith, imagination, character, acceptance, sadness, goodness, greed, wisdom, and growing old. Reprint. *Author: Gash, Amy (COM)/ Le-Tan, Pierre (ILT)/ Viorst,
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John Markoff’s landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture being counter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It’s a brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and ’70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into a means for freeing minds and information. In these pages one encounters Ken Kesey and the phone hacker Cap’n Crunch, est and LSD, The Whole Earth Catalog and the Homebrew Computer Lab. What the Dormouse Said is a poignant, funny, and inspiring book by one of the smartest technology writers around.
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