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The Return of History and the End of Dreams 27 reviews
Robert Kagan
Knopf, 2008
Failure of the EU and the end of dreams
Reading Kagan after Zakaria's The Post-American World is refreshing. It feels as though I'm returning to the real world. This is partly because Kagan is an Historical Realist. It is also because Zakaria is an idealist. He may deny that classification, but he has faith in his statistics, trends and economic forecasts. He looks toward the future confident in what his numbers tell him. He ...
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism31 reviews
Andrew Bacevich
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Bacevich Nails It!
In this critique of American citizens, Bacevich takes a hard look at the citizenry's role in the current economic, political, and military crisis. The author is a retired colonel, which means I give a lot more credence to what he has to say. In fact, the gravitas between his advice and that of many others is a world apart.
I was pleased to see that he believes our misguided strategies ...
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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead 360 reviews
Max Brooks
Three Rivers Press, 2003
MUST-HAVE FOR FANS OF THE LIVING DEAD
PURE GENIUS...IF YOU ARE A FAN OF ZOMBIE FILMS OR ANTICIPATING AN OUTBREAK OF LIVING DEAD IN YOUR AREA: YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK. IT IS VERY FUNNY AND YOU WILL FIND MANY CLEVER INSIGHTS TO ZOMBIE SURVIVAL.
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Temple At The Center Of Time: Newton's Bible Codex Finally Deciphered and the Year 2012
David Flynn
Prophecy Publications, 2008
A belief that the ancients held unusual scientific knowledge, of which only fragments remain today, was held by many great philosophers and scientists who participated in the "scientific revolution". Though research by these men led to great discovery, many were convinced that they were merely scratching the surface of an immense but lost pristine knowledge (prisca sapientia) somehow reflected in the architecture and remains of ancient ...
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Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future183 reviews
Joel C. Rosenberg
Tyndale House Publishers, 2008
Epicenter by Rosenberg
Excellent journalism. Joel is qualified to share his knowledge and opinions about the future in the middle east. Every American that is interested in the future of this country needs to digest this book from cover to cover.
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time115 reviews
Jeffrey Sachs
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Must Read for Those Interested in Development
You, being a smart person who is up on contemporary debates in economics and development and/or are a reader of Vanity Fair, probably already know all about Sachs and this book.
Sachs made his name giving "shock therapy" to various third world economies. He recommended they jack up interest rates, and pushed them towards neo-liberal free market structures. His career hit a bit of a bad patch ...
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World Without End389 reviews
Ken Follett
Dutton Adult, 2007
a wonderful read
This was even better than Pillars of the Earth. A gripping tale with well developed characters and plot. It's an interesting look into life in the 14th century.
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1530 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Scary, Supensful, Truly Unique Book
The Road is an excellent book. Through a unique writting style the author allows you to live the simply raw terrifying experience of a father care for his on a post apocalytpic america. It stirs and meddles in our most basic instincts of protection of our young vs. a scenario of complete dispair.
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War428 reviews
Max Brooks
Three Rivers Press, 2007
Interesting and very well done
To be cliche this book is thought provoking. I'll admit zombies are a far cry from reality, but then again you never know. But the subject matter does bring into sharp clarity the fact that we as a civilization are too complacent, slow to act and to reliant on the poor information and sensationalist reporting of the local and national media. But these are just a few of the examples that will ...
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America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It493 reviews
Mark Steyn
Regnery Publishing, 2008
Unlike statistics, hard numbers don't lie
I don't recommend reading this book as a night time reader - it is too scary! Unlike most books that use statistics to justify their point, Mr. Steyn presents numbers from various nations and demographic subsets that are revealing for the future of Western Europe and America. When in brief conversations on airplanes, airports, restaurants, etc. (all anecdotal) the stories are backed up by real ...
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The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs162 reviews
Patricia B. McConnell
Ballantine Books, 2003
It Was Great
Don't go into this book expecting a manual and you will not be disappointed. It's a conversationally delivered comparisson of primates and canid behaviors, and how they sometimes (often) conflict, with some stories that make it all seem more relevant to real life, mixed in. I enjoyed this book because I find this topic fascinating. The next time I trained a dog after reading this book, I was ...
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel 203 reviews
Joshua Ferris
Back Bay Books, 2008
Survival in a cutthroat business environment
Deanna Hurst powers Joshua Ferris' story THEN WE CAME TO THE END, with her firm songwriting and speaking skills adding drama to the story of coworkers fighting for jobs, perks, and survival in a cutthroat business environment.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings 69 reviews
HarperCollins, 2004
Sure to make ANYONE SMILE !
I bought Where the Sidewalk Ends for my boys when they were little.We had so much fun reading,laughing and talking about all the fabulous poems and drawings.My boys have passed Shel's books on to their children.I have bought so many copies of Where the Sidewalk Ends,as a gift for a new baby.I always get lots of smiles from the new parents.It's a great way to start baby's library.Little kids and ...
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The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember)399 reviews
Jeanne DuPrau
Yearling, 2004
almost...
Ok, so first i should say that I thought that the plot device of people living in total darkness and then discovering they were underground was brilliant, and that I thought the post apocalyptic setting and the use of technology was good, that said, Jeane DuPrau is a really bad writer who had a really good idea, sorry Jeane. I won't go into examples of inconsistent writing and childish plot ...
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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot175 reviews
Naomi Wolf
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007
Great read
Well organized, step-by-step explanation of how and why sovereign citizens forfeit their liberty to the government. Very, very good read. Highly recommended.
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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse18 reviews
Stephen King, Cory Doctorow, ...
Night Shade Books, 2008
Not Free SF Reader
Wastelands is pretty close to the perfect anthology, making just a touch over the magic 4.00 story average.
For an authoritative (the editor does say he is now an expert) look at the sub-genre, it is a bit light on for analytical non-fiction. For readers, less space taken thanking your mates, more time writing about the work would be appreciated, I think.
There is a fairly lengthy ...
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Day by Day Armageddon (A Zombie Novel)190 reviews
J. L. Bourne
Permuted Press, 2007
incredible read
My husband and I are big zombie-philes and we both loved this book. It ranks up there with World War Z and the Monster Island/Nation/Planet trilogy. Just be forewarned that the book abruptly ends because Bourne is not quite done writing it. We can't wait for the next installment to come out!
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Cat's Cradle370 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut
Dell Publishing, 1998
As relevant today as it was in the past
The 60's paranoia doesn't get more sharp, more funny and more smart than Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle". But, unfortunately, this portray is still somehow up to date than ever. Published early in that decade, this novel concerns on the fear of a chemical war and the end of the world. One of the characters is a scientist who fathered the Atomic Bomb and also developed something called `ice-nice' ...
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The Chosen309 reviews
Chaim Potok
Fawcett, 1987
Amazing book!
This book was amongst one of the very best books i have ever read. I honestly must say this books looks so well into the boys lives. The Choosen is amazingly insightful and Chaim Potok just has an amazing way with words. If you're looking for a book that will keep you drawn into the story, this is it. You will want to read it a million times.
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The True Story of the Bilderberg Group44 reviews
Daniel Estulin
Trine Day, 2007
'The Open Society and its Enemies' revisited
Sir K. Popper has always stressed that general conspiracy- and complot theories were pure imaginations of bogus historians and paralyzed politicians. He also stated that the only justification for taking up arms was to defend democracy.
Well, in this book Daniel Estulin unveils without any doubt the existence of an extremely serious secret cabal, for whom the democratic political process must be ...
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