Frederick

Sans Souci Palace on Frederich Engels Strasse

Style and manner

 In Eastern Europe where i grew up, the  flower bouquet offered to a young lady   was supposed to have an  odd number of stems,. In the US you need even number of stems. Wonder if this is a marketing trick to force one to buy more flowers. Capitalism, HA.

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century:

 New York Times publishes this list same day  it has an obit for  Leonardo Riggio who built the Barnes and Noble chain. Does the list mean much? Premature? Did Riggio helped sell  books or destroyed bookstores?

I was recently in a B&N store in Florida and the Personal growth section had books like For You I Am Dead, Shackled Forever or the Guide to Divorce.

Read only a few of the books on the NYT list, but is the mix similar to the Personal Growth? Are these books "best" books following a cannon?