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The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

28 reviews
Parag Khanna

Random House, 2008

A Five Star Fraud
Since it appears that only four and five star reviews get prominent placement at Amazon, I have decided to recast my review of this miserable book as a five-star review. The Second World Parag Khanna, a Washington based foreign policy analyst, has written a book titled The Second World, part geo-political tome and part travelogue. Robert Kaplan describes it as "a savvy, streetwise primer ...

The Revolution: A Manifesto

673 reviews
Ron Paul

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

IMPORTANT American Document!!
REQUIRED READING: This book reveals the lies every American suspects of their government. Other than the Constitution which is being destroyed, this book is an education of protecting our liberties.

The Brothers Karamazov

109 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002

Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind
At the beginning of my freshman year at college, a girl told me to read this book, it would 'change my life'. She wouldn't elaborate further. Now that I've read it, maybe I shouldn't either. Read it. Odd, its one of the most painful books I have ever read, it left me a wreck when I finished it. But its...comforting. Not in the story, in my own life. That won't make any sense till you ...

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

25 reviews
Michael Dobbs

Knopf, 2008

No One's in Charge
Wow. Even though everybody knows how the Cuban Missile Crisis ended, this book had me sweating it out. The new info that Michael Dobbs turned up made me realize that no one really knew what was going to happen. The politicians, from Kennedy and Khrushchev on down, were kind of making it up as they went along. I had learned about the Cuban Missile Crisis in school, but this book brought it to life ...

The True Story of the Bilderberg Group

48 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 ...

Child 44

137 reviews
Tom Rob Smith

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

The best book I've read in a while
I've been reading a lot of thriller/mystery novels lately, and this one by Smith is the best of them all. It is a political thriller, crime mystery, character-development love story all wrapped up in to one. And, more importantly, none of the three "types" of genre represented in Smith's book suffer for being put together. As a political thriller, the book shines with its great portrayal of ...

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)

287 reviews
Michael Chabon

Harper Perennial, 2008

Bittersweet like woodsmoke
This is a book I am not allowed to read in bed, as my husband is opposed to books that make me cackle while he's trying to sleep. " According to doctors, therapists, and his ex-wife, Landsman drinks to medicate himself, tuning the tubes and crystals of his moods with the crude hammer of hundred-proof plum brandy. But the truth is that Landsman only has two moods: working and dead. ...He has ...

State of the Union: A Thriller

38 reviews
Brad Thor

Pocket, 2005

Great Read
If you like suspence and spies Brad Thor mixes both very well. One of my favorite authors and characters.

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century

61 reviews
Howard Blum

Crown, 2008

Forgotten news - and fascinating
Those who think (as I did) that the bombing of Wall Street was the only act of domestic terrorism in the US in the early 20th century are in for a surprise. This is an account, both of labor vs. business and of the events that caused, and to some extent, calmed the confrontation. I agree that D.W. Griffith's role in this is tangential but the detail that's expended on all three main ...

City of Thieves: A Novel

54 reviews
David Benioff

Viking Adult, 2008

I loved this book!
I fell in love with all of the characters and lived through their trials right along with them. I felt their cold, hunger, fear and despair but also their love for life and optimism. This is a book I could imagine reading again even though my pile of unread books is daunting. This one is a keeper.

Faberge's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire
Toby Faber

Random House, 2008

In Stradivari?s Genius , Toby Faber charted the fascinating course of some of the world?s most prized musical instruments. Now, in this enthralling new book, he tells the story of objects that are, to many, the pinnacle of the jeweler?s art: the Fabergé imperial eggs. The Easter presents that Russia?s last two czars gave to their czarinas have become synonymous with privilege, beauty, and an almost provocative uselessness. They are perhaps the ...

Life in the Balance: A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia

15 reviews
Thomas Graboys, Peter Zheutlin

Union Square Press, 2008

I know you, Tom Graboys.
Tom Graboys offers sensitive and poignant insight into a devastating disease that afflicts millions as patients, family and caregivers. Being married to a fellow academic physician, world renowned and respected, who suffers from Parkinsonism, I miss my spouse's wise counsel as the "go-to"- person described by Graboys, who continues to be a comforting, wise healer. This book fills that gap a bit ...

While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within

218 reviews
Bruce Bawer

Broadway, 2007

The Multi-cult Mess in Western Europe
Bawer is a homosexual who found out that gay rights and freedoms are being threatened by the Islamic minority in Western Europe. He also writes about how Islamicists are threatening other values of liberal democracy. Without really knowing Islamic culture very well, Western European leaders brought in Muslims who despise liberal democracy As they grow larger in numbers, they seek to take Europe ...

We the Living

133 reviews
Ayn Rand

Signet, 1996

Brutal, Sincere, and Maybe Rand's Best
Sometimes, after finishing a book, I feel deep within me that it is important that other people read it, too. I'm sure you feel the same way. We The Living is such a book. I can't say whether it is Rand's best fiction or not... certainly a better read than Atlas Shrugged or Anthem, but The Fountainhead looms large in my memory, and might still claim the throne. However, I wouldn't feel it ...

The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)

88 reviews
Peter Hopkirk

Kodansha International, 1992

Definitely history come alive...
I won't repeat too much of the praise already heaped upon this book, other than to say it is well deserved. Hopkirk has a very engaging writing style that makes it very difficult to put the book down. Just a few notes: - Hopkirk does a good job of staying on topic in a book that encompasses many regions and personalities. Often this means he has choosen to not take certain stories to ...

Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia

7 reviews
Marshall I. Goldman

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Excellent Background!
"Petrostate" provides good insights into Russia's comeback after its late 1990s nadir, as well as an understanding of its economic-political strategies. Russia regained its place as the world's largest oil producer in 2007; energy generates about 30% of Russia's GDP and 60% of its exports. Russia is a major energy provider to Europe and the U.S. The U.S. buys $10 billion of Russian ...

The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia

18 reviews
Tim Tzouliadis

Penguin Press HC, The, 2008

Whatt a sorry tale, pity it is not a tale, but reality.
Tzouliadis forces your eyes open, and relates a history most Americans never heard of. In some ways, it matches John McCain's terrible secrets about his actions as a POW, and his deliberate efforts to hide those still MIA. THOUSANDS of Americans, including WWII and Korea POWs were enslaved by Stalin, along with millions of Russians. Most died. Prior to 1941, the Russians themselves estimate that ...

The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service

10 reviews
Andrew Meier

W. W. Norton, 2008

THE LOST SPY
"The Lost Spy" by Andrew Meier is above all, a masterpiece of research, and story telling. The author takes the reader into a dark but fascinating labyrinth of idealism, espionage, and...murder. Jaded by labor disputes, union battles with striking workers, social unrest, anti-Semitism, and college politics mixed with America's entry into World War I, an intelligent young man named "Cy" ...

The Master and Margarita

341 reviews
Mikhail Bulgakov

Vintage, 1996

A extraordinary novel
There is little I can add to the many excellent reviews of this unique novel; it repays re-reading and study. Professor Kevin Moss at Middlebury College maintains an excellent site dedicated to this novel. There are illustrations from various editions, maps of places and a guide to the characters. Professor Moss describes the site: "These Master & Margarita pages are intended as a ...

The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar

59 reviews
Robert Alexander

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004

Mystery Solved?
I checked out this book on the recommendations of several bloggers. I have always been interested in the fate of Nicholas II and his family, so it seemed a natural choice. I was pleasantly surprised. The Kitchen Boy was a quick and very enjoyable read. Beginning as the Romanovs are in exile, Alexander traces their final days and the events leading to their execution. The story is told by ...

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