tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53892007038599048202012-01-01T15:01:57.156-08:00On The Night TableChess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389200703859904820.post-20177095133551128192012-01-01T15:01:00.000-08:002012-01-01T15:01:57.163-08:00StellicktricityStellicktricity<br /><br />Gord Stellick, current broadcaster, and a former insider at the GM level in the NHL, provides dozens of hockey anecdotes from his personal experience, and others he has picked up along the way. Most of these stories are two to four pages or so; thus it's a great book to pick up and read when you have just a few minutes<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm-ca.amazon.ca/e/cm?t=sprascheswi09-20&o=15&p=8&l=as1&asins=1118076109&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389200703859904820-2017709513355112819?l=onthenighttable.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389200703859904820.post-22706223258142162302012-01-01T14:53:00.000-08:002012-01-01T14:55:58.027-08:00Ticketmasters<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Ticket Masters</span><br /><br />The level of detail in this book astounded me, and reads as a business school case study of the (primarily) concert ticket business industry. A must read for those those that are curious about service charges, convenience charges, VIP seating, etc. I would like quote a blurb from the back cover that summarizse my thoughts more succinctly that I could muster:<br /><br /><i><span style="color: #999999;">"For anyone who's ever suffered rock concert sticker shock - and we all have - Ticket Masters is the best seat seat in the house to the show behind the show</span></i>" - Fred Goodman , author of <i>Fortune's Fool</i> and <i>The The Mansion on the Hill</i><br /><br />Canada<br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm-ca.amazon.ca/e/cm?t=sprascheswi09-20&o=15&p=8&l=as1&asins=1550229494&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389200703859904820-2270622325814216230?l=onthenighttable.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0