), and one for 'fun' (Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything
).The former was written as an 'answer' to the call by previous writers (King, Keohane, and Verba) for a focus on quantitative methods. Brady and Collier call for an equal focus on qualitative methods, with which I wholeheartedly agree. In fact, I would not be surprised if something from this book found its way into one of the articles that I am currently trying to complete. Checking the used prices, I see that I would not have been able to pick this one up online for less than $5 above what I paid today (not counting shipping).
The latter book has no practical or research value for me, but it is interesting. As one who feels the difference in life at the increasing pace of 'internet time', not to mention a borderline Luddite in some areas, I can sympathize with the message in the book. Unfortunately, it may not be written so well (according to the reviews), but we'll see. Equally unfortunately, I could have picked up a copy of this book for $0.01, which is $4.97 more than I paid.
All in all I got the books for what I would have paid online, but that isn't such a good bargain. I guess it is fortunate that I'm not in this for the profit, because today would have been a loss.
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