Published in March 4th, 2010
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime provides an inside view of the 2008 presidential campaign and all its personalities. If more than half of what is in the book is true, it is extraordinarily damning of the people involved in 2008. We should have all pulled [...]
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Published in May 14th, 2009
I have never been one to like novels based on historical facts. I like my fiction invented by the author and delivered with descriptions that make me feel like I am an anonymous witness to the action. “The Isle of Passion,” by Laura Restrepo, is a historical novel that is so well written and interesting [...]
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Published in May 7th, 2009
“Under the Influence” by James R. Milan, Ph.D and Katherine Ketcham is a unique book in that it presents alcohol abuse from every possible angle of study. It begins by addressing the myths and misconceptions about alcoholism. The first chapter presents a theoretical scenario which clearly means to draw the reader in and make him [...]
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Published in April 25th, 2009
“Magical Thinking” by Augusten Burroughs is a collection of short stories that are amusing or disturbing and often both. Burroughs is an accomplished author who knows how to draw in his reader and make him interested. Unfortunately, he is also an author who revels in shocking the reader with vivid, autobiographical descriptions of gay sex. [...]
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Published in November 11th, 2008
I have always loved Tom Wolfe’s writing. Years ago, I read The Bonfire of the Vanitiesand loved it. Then I read A Man in Fulland loved that more. I also read his more recent, I Am Charlotte Simmons,and liked it very much as well. All of Wolfe’s novels are well researched and give you the [...]
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Published in October 10th, 2008
With "Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution," T.J. English has delivered the most comprehensive look at mob influence in Cuba. He carefully uses history to create a story that you just can’t put down. If you read this book and follow it up with "Telex from Cuba" [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy
T.R. Reid
$25.95 (USD)
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This is an amazing book that dispels the notion that the United States is the only superpower left on the planet. It should be mandatory reading for the every elected official [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore
Brian Bagnall
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On The Edge is a well written and entertaining history of the early personal computer years as told by the engineers that created it. The book presents what is arguably an accurate view of the [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
The Google Story
David A. Vise and Mark Malseed
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This book is an easy-to-read look at the search giant. It gives you a time line view beginning with the founding of the company through its phenomenal growth and current ubiquity. The book discusses the “Google economy” and [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
The Source of Success
Peter Georgescu with David Dorsey $27.95
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This is a superb and inspirational book on the qualities that are required in today’s business environment to succeed. Mr. Georgescu writes the book in sections that correspond to his ideas. The first of these is that the world has changed [...]
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