The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything60 reviews Stephen M.R. Covey Free Press, 2006 A Hard Look at Ourselves...Needed !!!!! + The Speed of Trust + Buy one for each of your staff members! + This IS the ONE Thing that changes everything             The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century113 reviews Thomas P.M. Barnett, 2005 Must Read Book for the 21st Century + An Interesting Take on the Future of Threats to America + ONE WORD: GLOBALIZATION Dr Barnett is one of those true geniuses with the ability to explain a complex global environment in terms anyone can understand. He clearly describes the current role of the US in global politics and the path we must take to ensure the future for all the peoples with whom we co-inhabit this ...             Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations21 reviews Christopher Lasch W. W. Norton & Company, 1991 Superbly Written and Incisive Critique + Powerful Indictment of U.S. Culture + by Hammer and Hand do all things stand... Christopher Lasch is intellect, you sense it as you read a flowing description of well-structured prose. He develops arguments, marshals facts, and presents his critique of so much that is debilitating modern society - American - and through ill-thought out emulation, British and other Western ...             Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West1490 reviews Gregory Maguire Harper Paperbacks, 1996 Perfect for the Thinking, Intelligent Reader! Incredibly imaginative and fanciful. Highly literary and tailored to the intelligent, philosophical reader. Not for the immature thinker or someone just looking for light reading. Entertaining, but disturbing. Loved it!             Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror176 reviews Michael Scheuer Potomac Books Inc., 2004 required reading + Everyone Should Read This Book! + Imperial Hubris + The Bitter Truth + A must read.             In Cold Blood421 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 Wow, Great Read! + A True-Crime Thriller + Capote brings the 60s alive + Crime, punishment, and more + The reputation is well-deserved...             Tough Choices: A Memoir83 reviews Carly Fiorina Portfolio Hardcover, 2006 A Female Executive in the Technology World + FANTASTIC book! It is a well-written book about a female Executive in the technology world, who climbed the ladder in technology sector with hard-work, tenacity, risk taking and high intellect (ironically, with little or no understanding of technology). Carly may have made big mistakes during her tenure at HP as a ...             The Battle for God124 reviews Karen Armstrong Ballantine Books, 2001 Outstanding, Lucid, most helpful + A manual on the rise of fundamentalism for the religious and irreligious alike This is the Go-To text on Fundamentalism in religions. Very insightful, very well written, very understandable. Characteristic performance by a good author.             Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye67 reviews Michael R. LeGault Threshold Editions, 2006 Think Before You Blink + Enhance creativity and improve reasoning In light of the present housing crisis and pending recession, this book could not have been written at a better time. Obviously upset at the flawed, subjectivist logic of Malcolm Gladwell, Michael LeGault has responded in kind with this well-written book. Essentially, LeGault believes that the ...             The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the ...98 reviews Charles Fishman Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Is Walmart Good or Bad? Answer: It's both!! + A highly fascinating book + A whole new perspective of looking at Walmart + mind-boggling facts and figures             Out of the Blue: A Narrative of September 11, 200110 reviews Richard Bernstein, The New York Times Times Books, 2003 "Once it has happened,it has happened forever." + Definatly worth the time to read + The story of 09/11/2001. This is,without doubt,the best book I've come across about that dastardly act committed on 9/11.We have all watched many hours of televised newscasts and specials covering this event;but what this book does is put human faces on the people who were involved. The perpetrators of this act were ...             State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration81 reviews James Risen Free Press, 2006 Turf Wars,Tunnel Vision and Neocon Warhawks. + outstanding + Excellent Book...Foreigners Even Steal it to get a copy! + Very informative + I could not put it down once I started reading it.             The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists569 reviews Neil Strauss William Morrow, 2005 Enlightening and Surprising + Very interesting book + fantastic + Loved the story and characters + Outstanding storyline             102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers162 reviews Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn Times Books, 2006 The view behind the smoke and fire. + A One-Sitting Read + Terrifyingly Addictive + Hard to rate at 5 stars + 102 minutes of sheer terror..             Interpreter of Maladies462 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 1999 One of the best books I've ever read + Excellent collection of stories + Lovely stories + Dark and macabre + Some great stories, others not memorable             The Outsider28 reviews Colin Wilson Tarcher, 1987 A wonderful journey through the wonder of alienation + Explores the theme of The Outsider, a much misunderstood term + A stimulating journey; time spent but certainly not wasted. Colin Wilson probably didn't know exactly what he was doing as he wrote 'The Outsider', it seems to be the way that great writers are guided by instinct rather than detached planning. Wilson was obvoiusly passionate about his topic and his later works certainly attest to this. The idea of this ...             Salt: A World History102 reviews Mark Kurlansky Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 Indiana Jones, this IS history + Prepare to be A"salt"ed :-) + Salt to Taste + Salt Crystal Lamps from The Black Tai Salt Company             Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam & the Future of America19 reviews Michael Scheuer Potomac Books Inc., 2003 Frightening Assessment + Something to keep in mind + How radical Islam operates I titled this review "Frightening Assessment" because if the author is correct, which I tend to agree he is, the war on terror is going to last a lot longer than any of us have imagined, or else end in quick defeat when the liberals completely sell us out to the enemy. The author makes the point ...             Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival11 reviews Jen Marlowe Nation Books, 2006 After 4 years of crisis in Darfur, this book is a must-read + Excellent book + "flattened... against the scarce shadow of a mud-brick wall" + Darfurians speak for themselves + Brings humanity to faceless statistics             What Is Life Worth?: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Fund and Its Effort to Compensate the Victims of September ...10 reviews Kenneth Feinberg PublicAffairs, 2006 great book + Mr. Feinberg Reports + Clear and Moving Overall i felt the book accomplished most of what it was after. after seeing mr feinberg on television i was moved by him and how the experience made him more "humanistic" but upon reading the novel i felt it missed the point It gave a very raw reason unto why the fund was established. It ...