Not so very long after beginning my university studies some many years ago, I became aware of a significant hole in my education. Despite being an “A” student all through my primary and secondary school years, I seemed to have graduated high school without ever having read much in the way of books that would […]
John E. Riutta
About John E. Riutta
Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Everybody’s Business
I nearly skipped over this RSA podcast of Lucy Parker and Jon Miller discussing their new book Everybody’s Business; The Unlikely Story of How Big Business Can Fix the World. Fortunately I didn’t; it was very interesting indeed. While I don’t agree with everything the authors said, I found the open and honest attitude in […]
Tony Judt: Disturbing the Peace
A video recording of Tony Judt’s complete Lowell Humanities series lecture “Disturbing the Peace: Intellectuals and Universities in an Illiberal Age” as delivered at Boston College on 6 February 2007.
Thompson Completes His Trilogy
The latest addition to the Peterson Field Guides Backyard Bird Guides series, Bill Thompson III’s Bird Homes and Habitats, has now been released from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.