Neall Alcott

America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II)
By William J. Bennett

America: The Last Best Hope (Vol II) is a very good American history book by William Bennett. Vol II covers American history during the 20th century (from World War I up to the end of Reagan’s second term).
I enjoyed it for two (2) primary reasons:
First, being […]

1776
by David McCullough
This book describes the state of the American Revolution during the year 1776. In grammar / high school, you are only taught about the signing of the Declaration of Independence during that year. This book tells about the trials and tribulations that the Founding Fathers and the Continental Army went through. In particular, […]

Songwriters on Songwriting
By Paul Zollo
Paul Zollo interviews about 30 or so songwriters and gets them talking about their songwriting processes and how they go about it. Very interesting and shows you that everyone has a different way of doing it. Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Brian Wilson, Dylan, Lindsey Buckingham and many others are in there.
If […]

Watch This, Listen Up, Click Here
By David Verklin
This is a pretty good book that discusses how the “new media” has affected marketing.
In particular, the author, David Verklin, discusses blogs, podcasting, Tivo, YouTube, Wikipedia, Google and others. He provides a lot of statistics and some historical perspective to highlight the impact of new media.
While high on […]

Over the weekend I added Neall’s Reading Library to the site. This is powered by a cool plug-in called Now Reading. It keeps track of books I’m reading, read, or plan to read.
As you can see from the list, I love history and music. I also love keeping up on the latest trends in technology […]