Roger Gathman, Author at Book and Film Globe

Opium’s murderous brood

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Macy, oxycontin, Purdue Pharma, Quinones

The United States of Oxycontin

Has Twitter Killed the Long Read?

September 2, 2018September 1, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Jonathan Crary, long read, Matthew Arnold, N+1, Partisan Review, twitter

Attention span as luxury item

CREATORS Writers

The Avital Ronell Case: Culture Wars in the Twilight of Humanities Departments

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Roger Gathman 1 Comment Allan Bloom, Avital Ronell, Brian Leiter, Jane Gallop, John Searle, Leo Strauss, NYU, philosophy, Richard Rorty, sexual harassment

Brian Leiter, the Matt Drudge of the philosophy world, sheds light on a dark period in higher ed

CREATORS Writers

Germany Is Abuzz, Literally

August 21, 2018August 20, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Berlin, Peter Wortsman, Robert Musil

Tourism Lit: the summer of wasps in Berlin

CREATORS Writers

Dreaming of Walter Benjamin on Walter Benjamin Platz

August 12, 2018August 12, 2018 Roger Gathman 1 Comment Berlin, Eugene Delacroix, Walter Benjamin

Tourism Lit: A tortured seer’s lost metropolis in Berlin

CREATORS Writers

Standing By the Wall (By the Wall)

July 26, 2018July 30, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Checkpoint Charlie, Flannery O’Connor, Klaus von Stauffenberg, The Berlin Wall Museum

Tourism Lit: The Berlin Wall Museum

Business NON-FICTION

The History of Work

March 13, 2001August 13, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Aristotle, Arnhem Land aborigines, Joanne B. Ciulla, Marshall Sahlins, Tom Peters, University of Richmond

The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work by Joanne B. Ciulla

GiG

Business NON-FICTION

What Work Is

June 16, 2000July 17, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Henry Mayhew, Hite Report, John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, Roger Gathman, Sabin C. Streeter, Shere Hite, Studs Terkel

Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium

Business NON-FICTION

1995, the year the Net broke: An insider’s look at the early days of Internet culture

December 12, 1999July 19, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars, Bill Gates, Charles H. Ferguson, Cryptonomicon, FrontPage, High Stakes, Jim Barksdale, Judge Richard A. Posner, Vermeer Technologies

Money, Greed and Risk: Why Financial Crises and Crashes Happen by Charles R. Morris

High Stakes, No Prisoners

1995 = 1492

December 10, 1999July 13, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Bill Gates, Charles H. Ferguson, Cryptonomicon, FrontPage, High Stakes, Jim Barksdale, Judge Richard A. Posner, No Prisoners, Roger Gathman, Vermeer Technologies

High Stakes, No Prisoners by Charles H. Ferguson

Business NON-FICTION

From Bucknell to Boiler Room

November 14, 1999July 17, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments License to Steal, Roger Gathman, Timothy Harper

License to Steal by Anonymous and Timothy Harper (HarperBusiness)

The Internet Bubble

Business NON-FICTION

A Nation of Greater Fools?

November 3, 1999July 13, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Anthony Perkins, High-Tech Stocks, Michael Perkins, The Internet Bubble

The Internet Bubble: Inside the Overvalued World of High-Tech Stocks–and What You Need to Know to Avoid the Coming Shakeout

Business NON-FICTION

You Say You Want a Revolution

June 4, 1999July 22, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Andrew L. Shapiro, James Burnham, Public Affairs, Roger Gathman, The Control Revolution

The Control Revolution by Andrew L. Shapiro

Business NON-FICTION

The Secret Lives of Day Traders

February 8, 1999July 25, 2018 Roger Gathman 0 Comments Electronic Day Traders' Secrets, George West, Gregory J. Millman, Mark Friedfertig, The Day Traders

Double review: The Day Traders and Electronic Day Traders’ Secrets