Das Kapital, Gateway Edition24 reviews Karl Marx Gateway Editions, 1999 Where Marxist Economics meets Realpolitik. I gave this book five stars,because it shows outright, that Marx had a layman's understanding of everyday economics.When Marx's social political theories needed economic validation,he unleashed the monetary-literary behemoth,"Das Kapital".This book was a successful seller among Wall Street ...             The Shield of Achilles27 reviews Philip Bobbitt Anchor, 2003 Excellent theory....well worth the read + The first volume of a three volume study. Volume 2 is Terror and Consent Third is in preparation. + Outstanding Intellectual Contribution + A frighteningly insightful explanation of a frighteningly complex topic             Globalization and Its Discontents109 reviews Joseph E. Stiglitz W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 must read! + an important mainstream critique Joseph Stiglitz thoroughly disects the brain dead institution called the IMF. Read this book and you will clearly see why African countries and other 3rd world countries are as poor as they are. it's not simply because of corruption and mismangement by their government as we all tend to believe. ...             The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World331 reviews Bjorn Lomborg Cambridge University Press, 2001 An Intellectually Honest Look at Environmental Impact + Suggested Reading for all those who ask "do you support clean water", etc + The Most Thoughtful Book on the Environment in Print + What is the REAL state of the environment and what should we do about it?             Joan of Arc55 reviews Mark Twain Ignatius Press, 1989 Beautiful and haunting + Never thought + historic romance honestly done + An Astounding Story + Mark Twain brings Saint Joan to life!             Shogun305 reviews James Clavell Dell, 1976 A Classic Epic of Breathtaking Scope + What every Japan lover wishes for... + Great Read + Good stuff + Loosen the Jesses on the Falcon of Your Soul!             Stranger in a Strange Land, New Edition7 reviews Christopher Hurt Robert A. Heinlein Blackstone Audiobooks, 2006 I Guess You Had To Be There + If all my friends were as clever and likeable as these characters I wouldn't need to read so much. LOL + Classic science fiction and a great production + stranger in a strange land             The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction7 reviews Sinclair B. Ferguson Banner of Truth, 1981 Excellent! + Doctrine Made Understandable + A Chapter a Week Keeps the Doctor Away + a spiritual nugget in every chapter + You have to read this!             Searching for God Knows What107 reviews Donald Miller Thomas Nelson, 2004 Eye opening! + Ridiculously Relevant + Compassionate Truth + Faith and You to Know and Understnd             Beach Music286 reviews Pat Conroy Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002 Beach Music + beach music + A Book To Always Remember + Beach Music + Beach Music is an ALL TIME BEST             Lonesome Dove390 reviews Larry McMurtry Pocket, 1988 IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS ONE, YOU ARE MISSING A READING TREAT! + Enduring novel and an enjoyable read + Lonesome Dove + Best Westerns             Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus48 reviews Robert D. Kaplan Vintage, 2001 Solid reading + A magnificient piece of work + interesting analysis over traveller's tales + Fascinating Observations             Mergers & Acquisitions27 reviews Dana Vachon Riverhead Hardcover, 2007 There's more going on here than you think. + A good satire Sort of like a modern day Great Gatsby in the setting of American Psycho (minus the murder) with a slight Salinger influence on a couple characters. Follow the philosophic bread crumbs, and you may find something substantial.             The Brothers Karamazov111 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind + The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky + A Literary Masterpiece + Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful             The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Dover Value Editions)36 reviews Leo Tolstoy Dover Publications, 2006 An Essential Text for All Those Interested in Peace Studies + A Classic of Christian Pacifism + Insightful I'm not a theist myself, but this is the book that I would want all theists to read because I sympathize with Tolstoy's views (insofar as I am quite fond of pacifism). Tolstoy, as I understand, is thought of as something of a maverick amongst the Christian community because of his 'extreme' ...             I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 ...160 reviews Robert Graves Vintage, 1989 Totally awesome + Good Read... + If you like your history lite then I, Claudius is your book. "I Claudius" was the first book that convinced me that history could be engrossing. Ridiculously fun to read - it delivers a thrill on a level with the first time you saw "The Mikado", heard the Saint-Saens cello concerto, Callas singing 'Casta Diva'. You get the picture. It is a stroke of ...             The Kite Runner2517 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Ki + Wonderful + Fantastic + powerful and moving + Could Not Put it Down             The Wapshot Chronicle (Perennial Classics)22 reviews John Cheever Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003 Memorable narrative. + Very Fine + Archetypal yet accessible + Unique story, quick read + Wapshot Chronicle             Diplomacy (A Touchstone book)88 reviews Henry Kissinger Simon & Schuster, 1995 Shows historical roots of Kissinger's brand of diplomacy + Simply the Best Book on Diplomacy in a Multi-Polar Environment + Re. GLBT "Speaking as someone who loathes Kissinger..." + The World According to Henry Kissinger + Absorbing account on the art of dealing and warring among nations             Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, (Vintage)139 reviews Robert A. Caro Vintage, 2003 johnson and more + Ambition and Narcissism + A Treatise on Leadership + When is the 4th volume coming out?