Just finished Truman Capote’s classic true-crimeIn Cold Blood, showing both the perspectives of the victims (some family in Kansas) and the killers. It’s from ’66, but it doesn’t feel dated at all (well, the time it describes is, of course). Really enjoyed the book, even though I’m not too much into the genre.
Now reading Edward de Bono’s Think!, which seems to be a bit of an overview of his other books. In general, I like his ideas, and they help me at times to come up with creative solutions to problems, to step outside the normal neural pathways. Having said that, in Think! DeBono spends way too much time promoting himself - and a specific chapter about bad journalism, which has, as a prime example of that, a less-than praising review of one of his earlier books… So, I wouldn’t recommend this book.
Just finished Truman Capote’s classic true-crime In Cold Blood, showing both the perspectives of the victims (some family in Kansas) and the killers. It’s from ’66, but it doesn’t feel dated at all (well, the time it describes is, of course). Really enjoyed the book, even though I’m not too much into the genre.
Now reading Edward de Bono’s Think!, which seems to be a bit of an overview of his other books. In general, I like his ideas, and they help me at times to come up with creative solutions to problems, to step outside the normal neural pathways. Having said that, in Think! DeBono spends way too much time promoting himself - and a specific chapter about bad journalism, which has, as a prime example of that, a less-than praising review of one of his earlier books… So, I wouldn’t recommend this book.