Monday, January 10, 2011

the prize - daniel yergin (2009)





the most splendidly satisfying account of modern history i have read since thomas friedman's the world is flat, and this surpasses that. it describes a commodity i did not know i was so dependent on as it traverses times and spaces i was unaware of being part of, and weaves together events that previously lingered at the very periphery of my awareness. at the end of it i feel newly engaged in and freshly informed about my world. it's magnificent.

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