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5. Novels : Knut Hamsun was a fascist, still Hunger holds the reader’s attention.  My favorite is Sigrid Undset ; Kristin Lavransdatter is long but a must-read.  Ole Rolvaag’s tales of the American frontier often have interesting property rights themes.

5. Novels : Knut Hamsun was a fascist, still Hunger holds the reader’s attention.  My favorite is Sigrid Undset ; Kristin Lavransdatter is long but a must-read.  Ole Rolvaag’s tales of the American frontier often have interesting property rights themes.

4. Playwright : Almost everything by Ibsen is superb, and yes it does repay a rereading.  Too many smart people had A Doll’s House forced on them in high school and then take him for granted.  His fantasy piece Peer Gynt is one of the most imaginative literary creations, period.

3. Jazz : Norway is now a world leader in this field ; start with the Tord Gustavsen Trio, Changing Places .  Here are more resources .  That said, Jan Garbarek has never thrilled me.

2. Classical music .  My favorite Grieg recording is Lyric Pieces , by Emil Gilels.  Mostly the composer bores me, but if you get the piano concerto try Dinu Lipatti . Peer Gynt reminds me of a bad coffee commercial, which in fact it once was.  For contemporary composers, Arne Nordheim is consistently interesting.

2. Classical music .  My favorite Grieg recording is Lyric Pieces , by Emil Gilels.  Mostly the composer bores me, but if you get the piano concerto try Dinu Lipatti . Peer Gynt reminds me of a bad coffee commercial, which in fact it once was.  For contemporary composers, Arne Nordheim is consistently interesting.

1. Film : The 1989 Pathfinder is one of the best "unknown" movies, why is there no DVD reissue?

That is again Kierkegaard , from Prefaces .

Here , and on another topic don’t forget wunderkind Ben Casnocha’s new book .

My Danish host, Nicolai Foss, has a blog on archtop jazz guitar .  Here are his posts on the best of jazz guitar .  I’ll nominate Joe Pass’s Virtuoso album , any number of Django Reinhardt collections, the Jim Hall-Sonny Rollins album , and the Wes Montgomery live album Smokin’ at the Half Note as my top picks.  George van Eps and the old Kress and McDonough recordings are particular favorites as well.  John McLaughlin is not to be neglected, and there is also the incomparable Bola Sete from Bra...

My Danish host, Nicolai Foss, has a blog on archtop jazz guitar .  Here are his posts on the best of jazz guitar .  I’ll nominate Joe Pass’s Virtuoso album , any number of Django Reinhardt collections, the Jim Hall-Sonny Rollins album , and the Wes Montgomery live album Smokin’ at the Half Note as my top picks.  George van Eps and the old Kress and McDonough recordings are particular favorites as well.  John McLaughlin is not to be neglected, and there is also the incomparable Bola Sete from Bra...

My Danish host, Nicolai Foss, has a blog on archtop jazz guitar .  Here are his posts on the best of jazz guitar .  I’ll nominate Joe Pass’s Virtuoso album , any number of Django Reinhardt collections, the Jim Hall-Sonny Rollins album , and the Wes Montgomery live album Smokin’ at the Half Note as my top picks.  George van Eps and the old Kress and McDonough recordings are particular favorites as well.  John McLaughlin is not to be neglected, and there is also the incomparable Bola Sete from Bra...

My Danish host, Nicolai Foss, has a blog on archtop jazz guitar .  Here are his posts on the best of jazz guitar .  I’ll nominate Joe Pass’s Virtuoso album , any number of Django Reinhardt collections, the Jim Hall-Sonny Rollins album , and the Wes Montgomery live album Smokin’ at the Half Note as my top picks.  George van Eps and the old Kress and McDonough recordings are particular favorites as well.  John McLaughlin is not to be neglected, and there is also the incomparable Bola Sete from Bra...

1. Esther Boserup : A female economist from the 1970s, she revised Malthus and her book argued that population pressures stimulated technological progress in agriculture.  She was a precursor of Julian Simon and also a pioneer of work on economics and gender .

3. Novel : Smilla’s Sense of Snow , by Peter Hoeg; lovely and mysterious, yet driven by plot.  His History of Danish Dreams I find too baroque.

3. Novel : Smilla’s Sense of Snow , by Peter Hoeg; lovely and mysterious, yet driven by plot.  His History of Danish Dreams I find too baroque.

2. Short story : "The Caryatids, An Unfinished Tale," by Karen Blixen [Isak Dinesen], in Last Tales .  This one shows the influence of the now-sadly-taken-for-granted Hans Christian Andersen; read it.

1. Movie : A strong category for this country. Babette’s Feast used to be one of my favorite movies, though it now strikes me as sentimental.  I much prefer The Celebration , or the recent After the Wedding . The Best Intentions , with a Bergman screenplay, is directed by Dane Billie August.  Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc is technically a French movie but the director is Danish, in any case it is one of cinema’s greatest achievements. Ordet has splendid shots but I can’t bear the ending.  ...

1. Movie : A strong category for this country. Babette’s Feast used to be one of my favorite movies, though it now strikes me as sentimental.  I much prefer The Celebration , or the recent After the Wedding . The Best Intentions , with a Bergman screenplay, is directed by Dane Billie August.  Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc is technically a French movie but the director is Danish, in any case it is one of cinema’s greatest achievements. Ordet has splendid shots but I can’t bear the ending.  ...

1. Movie : A strong category for this country. Babette’s Feast used to be one of my favorite movies, though it now strikes me as sentimental.  I much prefer The Celebration , or the recent After the Wedding . The Best Intentions , with a Bergman screenplay, is directed by Dane Billie August.  Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc is technically a French movie but the director is Danish, in any case it is one of cinema’s greatest achievements. Ordet has splendid shots but I can’t bear the ending.  ...

1. Movie : A strong category for this country. Babette’s Feast used to be one of my favorite movies, though it now strikes me as sentimental.  I much prefer The Celebration , or the recent After the Wedding . The Best Intentions , with a Bergman screenplay, is directed by Dane Billie August.  Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc is technically a French movie but the director is Danish, in any case it is one of cinema’s greatest achievements. Ordet has splendid shots but I can’t bear the ending.  ...

1. Movie : A strong category for this country. Babette’s Feast used to be one of my favorite movies, though it now strikes me as sentimental.  I much prefer The Celebration , or the recent After the Wedding . The Best Intentions , with a Bergman screenplay, is directed by Dane Billie August.  Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc is technically a French movie but the director is Danish, in any case it is one of cinema’s greatest achievements. Ordet has splendid shots but I can’t bear the ending.  ...

1. Movie : A strong category for this country. Babette’s Feast used to be one of my favorite movies, though it now strikes me as sentimental.  I much prefer The Celebration , or the recent After the Wedding . The Best Intentions , with a Bergman screenplay, is directed by Dane Billie August.  Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc is technically a French movie but the director is Danish, in any case it is one of cinema’s greatest achievements. Ordet has splendid shots but I can’t bear the ending.  ...

It is a must for all lovers of Bombay.  Here is information on the author , who was an anarchist, escaped criminal, and heroin dealer before hitting it big.  Most of this tale draws upon his life.  Buy it here ; if you think you might like it you will.

Here are obituaries .  Chandler’s The Visible Hand filled in the historical boxes of how large firms developed by learning to control their immediate economic environments.  He was a father of modern business history.  His writings were sometimes dry but he had an extraordinary sense of the newness of large-scale corporate organization and the importance of new preconditions for its emergence.  His Strategy and Structure integrated managerial theory and economics.  Much of his work brought toget...