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    How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

    How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
     Author: Franklin Foer
    Who knew you could learn so much about globalization, economics and politics from soccer? Great read.

    Artist\'s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

    Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
     Author: Julia Cameron
    One possible path to re-discovering the creativity you never knew you had.

    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition

    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition
     Author: Jared Diamond
    An admirable crack at explaining why the world is the way it is by way of an anthropological macro-history. This book probably comes up the most in conversation as we travel.

    The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back

    The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back
     Author: Bill Shore
    Inspiring profiles of social entrepreneurs and projects we all can learn from and hopefully replicate to give back to community.

    Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

    Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
     Author: John Carlin
    Although the storyline is built around the South African rugby team and the 1995 World Cup, this book is more about Nelson Mandela and how he was able to unite a divided country. Inspiring.

    Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown

    Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
     Author: Paul Theroux
    The author re-visits Africa and re-assesses the place he once knew... and judges it once and for all. Well written, poignant observations of the thumbprints left by career politicians, aid workers, and everyday people.

    Outliers: The Story of Success

    Outliers: The Story of Success
     Author: Malcolm Gladwell
    A look at the internal and external factors of how extraordinary people got to be, well, extraordinary. One of those books that challenges assumptions and makes you think differently.

    Shantaram: A Novel

    Shantaram: A Novel
     Author: Gregory David Roberts
    Administering first aid in a Bombay slum, selling fake passports and running guns to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Technically a novel, but closely linked to the Author's own experiences. Fantastic read.

Category Archive: NAST

Making the Call: A Mosaic

What is it?

SIM Cards of the World Unite
Continue Reading »

 Filed Under:  NAST, Technology, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
12 Comments   |   16 November 2008

A Wife for a Goat?

While sifting through papers tonight, I found this Kolkata (Calcutta) newspaper clipping from our time there in April 2008. I couldn’t have made this up if I tried.

Man swaps wife for goat

A Bulgarian farmer has swapped his wife for a goat – because she couldn’t give him kids. Stoil Panayotov exchanged his third wife with Elena, the eight-year-old goat at a livestock market. The extraordinary deal was concluded in front of a stunned crowd in the market town of Plovdiv, central Bulgaria. “The day before, a friend told me that he has had no luck with women and that he really liked my wife,” says the 54-year-old. “The deal was reached when my wife gave her approval. The goat has given birth to three kids and my wife to none. So this deal was more profitable to the goat owner, I got a secondhand goat and he got a brand new wife.”

 Filed Under:  Europe, Humor, India, NAST by: Audrey Scott
1 Comment   |   20 August 2008

When Georgians and Beer Mix

Toasting with Beer in Georgia When you toast someone or something in Georgia with a beer, it’s more like a curse than a traditional toast for good health and prosperity.

I wonder, How many Georgians are drinking beers and clinking to Russia, Putin, and Medvedev right now?

Find out what happens when Vladimir Putin’s nickname sounds like the English word for a part of the female anatomy… Continue Reading »

 Filed Under:  Caucasus, Georgia, NAST by: Audrey Scott
No Comments   |   15 August 2008

A New Breed of Dog?

A New Breed: Tiger Striped Dogs in Urumqi, China
Dogs with tiger stripes? Continue Reading »

 Filed Under:  China, NAST by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
115 Comments   |   7 August 2008

NAST: A New Kind of Blog Post

Double Take“What is NAST?” you ask.

It might just save your life. It may even make you think.

Until then, it’s an acronym that stands for Nano Attention Span Theater (NAST), a new category of blog post we’ll be throwing up on Uncornered Market. Continue Reading »

 Filed Under:  NAST by: Audrey Scott
No Comments   |   7 August 2008

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