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1 review
Walter Isaacson

Simon and Schuster, 2007

Disappointed
I ordered this book (which was advertised as being signed by the author) as a gift for a friends birthday which was one month following the date of my order. The book took over 2 weeks to arrive and it was NOT SIGNED. Am frustrated and left without enough time to get the gift I intended to give.

Einstein: His Life and Universe

189 reviews
Walter Isaacson

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Insightful and wonderfully written: a page-turner
Walter Isaacson writes history so that it reads like an excellent, exciting novel. This biography is a page-turner. Moreover, the author writes with subtle humor and great insight. Isaacson's research is accurate and extensive, which makes it even more amazing that the book does not have the format of a history textbook. This biography of Albert Einstein is filled with stories of a ...

Kissinger: A Biography

17 reviews
Walter Isaacson

Simon & Schuster, 2005

Extraordinary Biography
This book has sat on my shelf unread for years - I think because I'm somewhat leery of "contemporary" biographies. Just another error in judgment on my part - this is an excellent book. (A back cover review describes it as "riveting" and that's not far off - I found it difficult to put this book down.) It's all here - the chronology - Kissinger's immediate family's escape from Nazi tyranny, ...

The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made

7 reviews
Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas

Simon & Schuster, 1997

Will Change Your View of the World
Not only kept me entertained, but completely changed my views on the post WWII era. A must read for anyone remotely interested in history or politics.

The Way to Wealth and Other Writings on Finance
Benjamin Franklin

Sterling, 2006

Presenting pearls of wisdom on wealth from Benjamin Franklin. Franklin compiled and self-published his own venerated advice and proverbs on personal finance from Poor Richard’s Almanack . Since its appearance as a pamphlet in 1758, it has been reprinted and translated countless times. This new edition includes not only his counsel on financial planning, investment, prudence, and retirement strategies, but also essays and annotations about ...

A Benjamin Franklin Reader

2 reviews
Walter Isaacson

Simon & Schuster, 2005

Excellent book.
This is a fine selection from Franklin's writings, including the entire 'Autobiography'. All texts have been judiciously chosen by the editor, arranged in chronological order and prefaced by intelligent, concise and well written introductory notes. Franklin's importance and permanence clearly emerge from the reading. I only wish there were more excerpts from Franklin's delightful 'Poor ...

Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Challenges ...

2 reviews
Reginald Van Lee, Mark Gerencser, ...

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Optimize versus Maximize - - - The Interdependence Imperative
The authors make a convincing case for how the prevailing paradigm in business, government, and the non-profit sector of "Winner Take All Competition" is being exposed as a dead end. The "MAXIMIZE returns for OUR constituents paradigm" just doesn't work when the job is to address large complex and interconnected challenges like - Sustainable Energy - Global Terrorism - Fair Trade Coffee. When ...

Creating the Good Life :Applying Aristotle's Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness

4 reviews
James O'Toole

Rodale Books, 2005

A contemporary as well as classical guide to happiness....
Perhaps you're now asking the same question I once did: "Given the fact that he lived almost 2,400 years ago, what could Aristotle possibly have to say that is directly relevant to me?" In fact, a great deal. So many of us today -- especially those at mid-life -- are engaged in a search to find meaning and happiness. We often ask, as Peggy Lee once did, "Is that all there is?" The purpose of this ...

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

195 reviews
Walter Isaacson

Thorndike Press, 2003

Wonderfully Written
Walter Isaacson writes history so that it reads like an excellent, exciting novel. This biography is a page-turner. Moreover, the author writes with subtle humor. Isaacson's research is accurate and extensive, which makes it even more amazing that the book does not have the format of a history textbook. This history of Benjamin Franklin is filled with stories of family feuds, ...

A Bus of My Own/Kissinger/The Happy Isles of Oceania/About the Authors/Marrying the Hangman (Reader's Digest ...
Jim Lehrer, Walter Isaacson, ...

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