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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future46 reviews
Bill McKibben

Times Books, 2007

Changed the way I see the world
I must admit, I wasn't particularly enthused about "Deep Economy" when I picked it up... it was one of several shorter texts required for my senior seminar class as a business major. I'm so glad I stuck with it... because it's had a lasting impression upon me. I won't give all the details about the book... several reviewers have already done a great job with that. All I will say is that the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics24 reviews
Michael Shermer

Times Books, 2007

Why Evolution Is Sound Economics
Michael Shermer's "The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics" is yet another insightful, and provocative book from him, making the best, most persuasive case why accepting evolutionary theory ought to be sound economics for my fellow conservatives. Shermer persuasively argues that Charles Darwin and Adam Smith were essentially ... 		  
  







  
  
The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World4 reviews
Larry Diamond

Times Books, 2008

Insightful and engaging
The author opens this extremely interesting book by asking whether it will be possible for the entire world to become democratic and asserts that the answer is yes. What follows in the book is an explanation of why he believes this is the case and what can be done to help expedite the process. The book is extremely impressive in both its breadth and its depth. The author has detailed ... 		  
  







  
  
Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live ...7 reviews
Anahad O'Connor

Times Books, 2007

Great Fun and Most Informative
This book was great fun to read. Many myths, legends, sayings, old wives' tales, etc., all related in some way to health and life, are either debunked or confirmed - and rationales are provided. The author appears to have researched each topic quite exhaustively - not only through reviewing published papers in the scientific and medical literature but also through interviewing acknowledged ... 		  
  







  
  
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq107 reviews
Stephen Kinzer

Times Books, 2007

It Didn't Start With Iraq
This is an excellent overview of the attempts by the United States government to change the leadership of other countries over the last century or so. Its a timely book which includes much information about the current Iraqi quagmire, helping Americans recognize that, sadly, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are not aberrations but culminations of a long prevailing mindset. Administration after ... 		  
  







  
  
Class Matters6 reviews
The New York Times

Times Books, 2005

Everyone should read this
If you're like me and you live in a community that is pretty much isolated from truly interacting with the lower-classes in any meaningful way, this book is educative to the extreme. It takes truths that we know about, but haven't experienced ourselves, like not having health insurance or living in modern-day tenament housing, and allows the reader to examine the social and cultural forces that ... 		  
  







  
  
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance271 reviews
Barack Obama

Times Books, 1995

Inspired...Hopeful...Daring to dream...Desperate for change
America is desperate for change. I fear how far the country will continue to spiral downward without it. Collectively, let us bless this man (and his family) with our thoughts, prayers and good intentions. 		  
  







  
  
Retire on Less Than You Think, Revised Edition: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future28 reviews
Fred Brock

Times Books, 2007

Retirement 101
This is a great beginners book for people looking to begin there plans for retirement. It is very basic advice with the biggest angle it uses is if you own a large house in a metropolitin area then sell that house and by a small one in a place with a lower cost of living. A retiree could sell their large house in the state of New York and move to Okalahoma City and live like a king off the equity ... 		  
  







  
  
Zachary Taylor: The 12th President, 1849-1850 (The American Presidents)3 reviews
John S. D. Eisenhower, Arthur M. Schlesinger

Times Books, 2008

Super American
Another home run in the superb American President's series. John Eisenhower paints a picture of Zachary Taylor that leaves us wishing he was among today's candidates for President. Had he lived, he may have been able to head off the Civil War, we will never know. In short, a great biography of a great man. 		  
  







  
  
James Madison: (The American Presidents Series)26 reviews
Garry Wills

Times Books, 2002

Well written addition to the series
Garry Wills, eminent author on the American mind, writes a literate and compelling political biography of James Madison, "Jemmy" as he was called earlier in his life. Here was someone whose resume seems made to become president. Yet this man, "the Father of the Constitution," was not near the success that one might have guessed from his background. His pedigree includes: key figure in the ... 		  
  







  
  
China's Great Train: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet2 reviews
Abrahm Lustgarten

Times Books, 2008

An Excellent Insight into China and Tibet
As a recent visitor to China where I took several trains I look for books about this fascinating country. This book is really a mix of the political history of Tibet and China and the building of the train line. The author gets into the background through the lives of some Tibetan people, by far the best way to help understand the impact on ordinary people. But he doesn't get lost in the details. ... 		  
  







  
  
Woodrow Wilson7 reviews
H. W. Brands, Arthur M. Schlesinger

Times Books, 2003

Good Insight Into Wilson
H.W. Brands has written ambitious biographies of American historical figures, including a major work on the life of Andrew Jackson. Here, in keeping within the format of the American Presidents Series, Brands has writtten a shorter, but nontheless, insightful work. Wilson might have been a great president but, he was flawed. He was stubborn and uncompromising. Although he suffered a major stroke ... 		  
  







  
  
Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families53 reviews
Pamela Paul

Times Books, 2005

Oh, the things you shouldn't see
"Pornified" is Pamela Paul's riveting and disturbing collection of first-hand accounts, sprinkled with statistics, chronicling the pervasiveness of pornography in our culture, and attesting to porn's effect on the men and women and children who are exposed it. "Pornified" is also a book about self-deception -- the kind that human beings use to justify practices they know to be wrong or harmful -- ... 		  
  







  
  
Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey31 reviews
Linda Greenhouse

Times Books, 2006

Great Book
A great book that shows insight into the mind of one of the most powerful men that has sat on the most powerful court in the country. Becoming Justice Blackmun does a wonderful job in giving a full picture of Harry Blackmun the man and how his life influenced his decision both on the court and everyday. Becoming Justice Blackmun is a great and interesting read. 		  
  







  
  
How Race Is Lived in America: Pulling Together, Pulling Apart8 reviews
Correspondents of The New York Times

Times Books, 2002

Relevant, important, and a pleasure to read
I had the opportunity to read some of the testimonials and accounts that appear in this book when they were first published as a series in the New York Times. When I read the book, I had the chance to enjoy a few narratives that I had missed. This book makes a great effort to put into focus the dynamic of race relations in America. All the stories are touching and beautifully written. The ... 		  
  







  
  
Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953 (The American Presidents ...
Robert Dallek

Times Books, 2008

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the job, but Harry S. Truman would surprise them all. Few chief executives have had so lasting an impact. ... 		  
  







  
  
Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder22 reviews
David Weinberger

Times Books, 2007

Valuable Overview
I totally disagree with the reviewers that pontificate against this book. It is not a techno-geek book, or a philosophy book, it is simply a common sense overview that I personally consider to be educated, helpful to the point of essential. At $16, with the Amazon discount, this book is a bargain. I started with the index, and immediately discovered Meta-Data had 18 lines. The book opens ... 		  
  







  
  
Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand21 reviews
James Barron

Times Books, 2007

Story of a Steinway Concert Grand Piano
Excellently and diligently written, this little book tells the story of one Steinway concert grand piano from conception to adolescence. Barron loves the piano, respects the Company, and is dilgent in showing the evolution of Steinway, as well as the creation of one, new opus - a 9 foot concert piano. Barron introduces us to the barons of Steinway and the individual craftsmen who hand make these ... 		  
  







  
  
The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-197712 reviews
Gershom Gorenberg

Times Books, 2006

Full, in depth, information
The Accidental Empire is a wide ranging book, but a wonderfully focused and well researched account aftermath of the Six Days War, the capture of the Golan Heights, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. TAE appears to be a wider treatment of Gorenberg's far less successful (though very interesting) first book, The End of Days, about the growing power of religious Zionists. Instead of focusing on ... 		  
  







  




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