Really more about soccer than globalization. Nonetheless, provides a good feel for how soccer is regarded around the world and what an outlet it is for political, religious and general tensions.
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Rich Campoamor rated Explorer's guide to the Semantic Web: 4 stars

Explorer's guide to the Semantic Web by Thomas B. Passin
An introduction to the Semantic Web and related knowledge modeling technologies, including RDF, Topic Maps, Ontologies, agents, and semantically-focused search.
Rich Campoamor rated Beginning XML: 4 stars
Rich Campoamor reviewed How soccer explains the world by Franklin Foer
Review of 'How soccer explains the world' on 'LibraryThing'
4 stars
Really more about soccer than globalization. Nonetheless, provides a good feel for how soccer is regarded around the world and what an outlet it is for political, religious and general tensions.
Rich Campoamor rated An instance of the fingerpost: 5 stars

An instance of the fingerpost by Iain Pears
This book is set in the 1660's, and tells the story of Sarah Blundy who is accused of murder. The …
Rich Campoamor reviewed Shaping things by Bruce Sterling
Review of 'Shaping things' on 'LibraryThing'
1 star
Rich Campoamor rated You Are Here: 3 stars
Rich Campoamor reviewed The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
Review of 'The Areas of My Expertise' on 'LibraryThing'
5 stars
This is absolutely one of funniest things that I have read recently. If you like the humor on the Daily Show, you'll love this book -- in fact, John Hodgman periodically does guest reports on the Daily Show.
This is absolutely one of funniest things that I have read recently. If you like the humor on the Daily Show, you'll love this book -- in fact, John Hodgman periodically does guest reports on the Daily Show.
Rich Campoamor rated Walden: 5 stars

Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Henry Thoreau's "Walden" is a book about escaping from civilization in order to embrace your spiritual life
Rich Campoamor reviewed Crimes against logic by Jamie Whyte
Review of 'Crimes against logic' on 'LibraryThing'
5 stars
This should be required reading for everyone, especially the current Nintendo/talk radio generation who don't seem to have even a modicum of critical thinking skills and would prefer to have someone else tell them what to think. returnreturnThis book has both a humorous and very pointed, yet concise way of walking the user through the various logic breakdowns and falacies that are encountered in the current spin filled 'news' of the day.
This should be required reading for everyone, especially the current Nintendo/talk radio generation who don't seem to have even a modicum of critical thinking skills and would prefer to have someone else tell them what to think. returnreturnThis book has both a humorous and very pointed, yet concise way of walking the user through the various logic breakdowns and falacies that are encountered in the current spin filled 'news' of the day.















