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andyhavens


Reviews Published: 3     Average Rating Given: Excellent

Full Name: Andy Havens
Location: Columbus , Ohio
United States
E-mail Address: havensa@oclc.org
Occupation: OCLC: Manager of Branding and Creative Services
Marketing guy. Husband and father. I play lots of games, both real life ones (cards, boardgames) and video games. I play (and build) mountain dulcimers and (when provoked) the accordion. I'm a poet, and not ashamed to admit it in public. I'm an information junkie who is usually reading 4-6 books at any given time, though it might take me 6 weeks to finish any one of them. I write a lot. My favorite color is ambiguity.
Web Site: TinkerX... Creative flux for the Age of Content
MySpace: http://www.lulu.com/awhavens
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Interests: marketing, writing, poetry, library, libraries, blog, blogger, blogging, creativity, kids, toys, movies, music, games, MMO, xbox, wii
Reviews:

The Yiddish policeman's union : a novel

by Michael Chabon

 Book : Fiction

Alaskan Yiddish crime lords & messianic conspiracies; what's not to love?   (2008-05-14)

Excellent

Another great one from Chabon. Not quite as rich and chunky as "Cavalier and Clay," for which he won the Pulitzer... but truly great. Chabon is an author you have to read slowly, as his prose is dense with wonderful description, idiom and thoughtful insights. Like C&C, though, I did feel that the ending...
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Cryptonomicon

by Neal Stephenson

 Book : Fiction   |  1st ed

Fascinating, fun and... other good "f" words   (2008-05-14)

Excellent

Neal Stephenson's best, so far, in my opinion. While "Snow Crash" is undeniably important from a "let's talk about the metaverse and cyberstuff" perspective, I believe "Cryptonomicon" is simply a better novel. The parallels between WWII cryptography and the disguising of data related to war efforts and...
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Soap, sex, and cigarettes : a cultural history of American advertising

by Juliann Sivulka

 Book

A good, solid overview of American advertising for students and marketing folks   (2005-12-06)

Very Good

I've been using this text to teach a course on the history of advertising for five semesters now, and come away with something new each time.The book covers advertising concepts and campaigns, beginning with ads that lured colinists to America in the first place. It goes over the technology used to produce...
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