Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than ...73 reviews Jean M. Twenge Free Press, 2007 I am very grateful for the book + Everyone needs to read this book! I was born in 1959 and my son in 1984. The book helped me to see myself as a member of my generation. I was born and spend first 30 years of my life in Russia and would never expect to fit description of American baby boomers. Never-the-less a lot of things are pretty true for me. The book ...             Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News851 reviews Bernard Goldberg Harper Paperbacks, 2003 The Other Side of the Story You're Not Getting + Interesting Message Gets Lost In Details of Author's Personal Story + Goldberg is a Whistleblower On the Left-Wing Media + Bias - a must read for politically engaged American citizens!             Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial ...104 reviews Jamie Whyte McGraw-Hill, 2004 Excellent Book + Good Concise Expose of Invalid Reasoning + Logic as a way of life After reading this book and then noticing some of the negative reviews, I was perplexed as to why. So I clicked on the lower reviews and noticed a common theme; they're all upset about Whyte's attempt to diminish Christianity and religion as a whole. So for readers who are very sensitive about ...             Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed399 reviews Jared Diamond Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Warms up after the first couple chapters + Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics + Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...             The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             On Bullshit174 reviews Harry G. Frankfurt Princeton University Press, 2005 Reference guide to business ethics + Two Key Points -- No BS + Thin and Expensive but interesting Quirky and very small (67 pages in a pocket-sized hardback format), this purports to be an academic consideration of the meaning of the titular word. And in fact it does give serious thought to the distinction between lying and BS-ing. Intriguing is the best review I can think of for this book, ...             God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything805 reviews Christopher Hitchens Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007 essential DISCLAIMER + logical, but superficial to some extent Staffers for an organization called Campus Crusade for Christ are responsible for allegations that I (Lucifer) and Christopher Hitchens are in cahoots; and that no one -- not even a born-again evangelical Christian -- can read either Hitchens' GOD IS NOT GREAT or Lucifer's TRUE HISTORY OF ...             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews Jared Diamond W. W. Norton, 2005 A profound and lasting classic + History; It's What's for Dinner + Fascinating! + Great subject and treatment - shakey science             The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace40 reviews Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills Amber-Allen Publishing, 2004 A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THOSE WHO ADVISE OTHERS! + This book really is great for finding your inner peace + A Must Buy and Read!! + A book to lift the spirits + The Voice of Knowledge, Ruiz             The Prince (Bantam Classics)284 reviews Niccolo Machiavelli Bantam Classics, 1984 The Recipe of the American Corporate State + The Giant of the Self-Help Genre + mc review Machiavelli's "The Prince" is a guide of morality-void techniques for acquiring and maintaining political power and ultimately, political fortune. Written nearly 500 years ago, this blueprint for tyranny is just as relevant today. As his compass, Machiavelli uses history, both ancient and ...             The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time116 reviews Jeffrey Sachs Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Inspiring, Intriguing, Engrossing + Insightful and inspiring perspective on one of the great opportunities of our generation If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in ...             The Assault on Reason341 reviews Al Gore Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 Excellent condition + Spot-on Analysis, Sometimes Cumbersome Prose + A Reminder of What True Democracy is Based Upon + Al Gore at his best + a well written book on the state of american democracy             The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace40 reviews Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills Amber-Allen Publishing, 2004 A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THOSE WHO ADVISE OTHERS! + This book really is great for finding your inner peace + A Must Buy and Read!! + A book to lift the spirits + The Voice of Knowledge, Ruiz             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews Jared Diamond W. W. Norton, 2005 A profound and lasting classic + History; It's What's for Dinner + Fascinating! + Great subject and treatment - shakey science             Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than ...73 reviews Jean M. Twenge Free Press, 2007 I am very grateful for the book + Everyone needs to read this book! I was born in 1959 and my son in 1984. The book helped me to see myself as a member of my generation. I was born and spend first 30 years of my life in Russia and would never expect to fit description of American baby boomers. Never-the-less a lot of things are pretty true for me. The book ...             God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything805 reviews Christopher Hitchens Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007 essential DISCLAIMER + logical, but superficial to some extent Staffers for an organization called Campus Crusade for Christ are responsible for allegations that I (Lucifer) and Christopher Hitchens are in cahoots; and that no one -- not even a born-again evangelical Christian -- can read either Hitchens' GOD IS NOT GREAT or Lucifer's TRUE HISTORY OF ...             The Assault on Reason341 reviews Al Gore Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 Excellent condition + Spot-on Analysis, Sometimes Cumbersome Prose + A Reminder of What True Democracy is Based Upon + Al Gore at his best + a well written book on the state of american democracy             On Bullshit174 reviews Harry G. Frankfurt Princeton University Press, 2005 Reference guide to business ethics + Two Key Points -- No BS + Thin and Expensive but interesting Quirky and very small (67 pages in a pocket-sized hardback format), this purports to be an academic consideration of the meaning of the titular word. And in fact it does give serious thought to the distinction between lying and BS-ing. Intriguing is the best review I can think of for this book, ...             Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News851 reviews Bernard Goldberg Harper Paperbacks, 2003 The Other Side of the Story You're Not Getting + Interesting Message Gets Lost In Details of Author's Personal Story + Goldberg is a Whistleblower On the Left-Wing Media + Bias - a must read for politically engaged American citizens!             The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time116 reviews Jeffrey Sachs Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Inspiring, Intriguing, Engrossing + Insightful and inspiring perspective on one of the great opportunities of our generation If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in ...