The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love15 reviews Matthew Miller PublicAffairs, 2005 Matt Miller for President! + Worth the read + Sensible and Perhaps Do-Able but Probably Unlikely + Ambitious? Definitely. Too Ambitious? Probably.             What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception186 reviews Scott McClellan PublicAffairs, 2008 What Happened + Good look into the underbelly of an administration + Scott McClellan - What Happened The book is much better than any of the political commentaries made when it was first released. Strongly suggest reading it -- whether one is a confirmed Democrat (as I am) or a devoted Republican.             Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues22 reviews Frank Ryan Back Bay Books, 1998 Non-Fiction Horror + Fascinating + loaded with information + One of the best Germ books I've read + Not just another doomsday book             The Monster of Florence80 reviews Douglas Preston Grand Central Publishing, 2008 From S. Krishna's Books + True is Stranger... + Jack the Ripper, take two? I am ashamed to admit that I have never read anything by Douglas Preston until this novel. I've been meaning to read his Pendergast series, and I have the entire thing for my Sony Reader, but I haven't gotten around to it quite yet. Since this is a non-fiction book, I wondered if my lack of Preston ...             Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire37 reviews David Remnick Vintage, 1994 IT'S A KNOCKOUT !! + Fascinating tour of the times leading up to and after the fall of the Soviet Union + Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A Classic on the Unraveling of USSR + Great Book             A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-194530 reviews Vasily Grossman Vintage, 2007 Stalingrad, Kursk, Treblinka and More + Great book + The Real War + Historic document             Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land38 reviews Nina Burleigh Collins, 2008 Proof, lies, and antiquities... + One word unravels beliefs - and more - in the Holy Land + Journalist reports on Fakers of the Lost Ark During my twenty-four years as an evangelical Christian I devoured anything remotely validating the Bible's authenticity, such as the Noah's Ark expeditions and other key archaeological findings in the Middle East like the Dead Sea Scrolls. Two recent discoveries came to light as I was leaving my ...             Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory12 reviews Lawrence Wright Vintage, 1995 Remembering Satan + fascinating modern history + Wonderful analysis! + Fascinating, thorough and utterly convincing book.             The City of Falling Angels208 reviews John Berendt The Penguin Press, 2005 Berendt has a talent for finding interesting people whearever he goes + From S. Krishna's Books + Loved it. I am almost done with this book, and have not been able to put it down. Berendt has a talent for finding interesting, unique people who make up the fabric of a society. This book gives you a real view of what Venice is like behind all the tourist attraction edifices. If you are interested in ...             Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections19 reviews Madeline Drexler Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 A very thoughtful and thought provoking read + Very informative introduction to this subject + Easy to read and interesting. As a neophyte in the understanding of bacteria and infectious desease I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Knowing how fine a line we walk in our symbiotic relationship with bacteria is as frightening as it is fascinating. I belive this book should be required reading in schools.             A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide187 reviews Samantha Power Harper Perennial, 2003 Thorough Study of Genocide History + An important book to read + What About America's own Age of its Genocide? Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...             China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic1 review Karl Taro Greenfeld Penguin Books Ltd, 2006 Very interesting look at the outbreak of SARS This is a very interesting look at the outbreak of SARS, told in a journalistic narrative voice by the editor of Asia's Time Magazine. It takes you through the eyes of many of the doctors and victims involved, and gives a strong sense of the feel of the time, the various cover ups, and how the ...             The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation35 reviews Philip Shenon Twelve, 2008 Fantastic. Read it! + SHENON BOOK VERY GOOD, BUT HE CHICKENS OUT + interesting account of the goings-on behind the 9/11 Commission + What the 9/11 Commission Report Forgot to Tell Us + Fascinating             When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge44 reviews Chanrithy Him W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 A Trek to the Past + moving + A sad experience but wonderfully written. + When broken glass floats + Every page kept my interest.             Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street56 reviews William Poundstone Hill and Wang, 2005 Entertaining + It takes exceptionally smart people to make truly massive blunders + Interesting review of the systems of the past + Any investor or gambler needs this book!             Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love5 reviews Lara Vapnyar Pantheon, 2008 Elegant Gems + Fun but not fantastic + A Tasty Short Story Collection + Excellent! + A marvelous collection of gripping, witty, charming, and entertaining stories tinged with sadness too.             Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)7 reviews William Poundstone Hill and Wang, 2008 A joy to read + Best in Class! + Fascinating and fun + Revolutionary ideas that are worth pondering             Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections19 reviews Madeline Drexler Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 A very thoughtful and thought provoking read + Very informative introduction to this subject + Easy to read and interesting. As a neophyte in the understanding of bacteria and infectious desease I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Knowing how fine a line we walk in our symbiotic relationship with bacteria is as frightening as it is fascinating. I belive this book should be required reading in schools.             Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land38 reviews Nina Burleigh Collins, 2008 Proof, lies, and antiquities... + One word unravels beliefs - and more - in the Holy Land + Journalist reports on Fakers of the Lost Ark During my twenty-four years as an evangelical Christian I devoured anything remotely validating the Bible's authenticity, such as the Noah's Ark expeditions and other key archaeological findings in the Middle East like the Dead Sea Scrolls. Two recent discoveries came to light as I was leaving my ...             What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception186 reviews Scott McClellan PublicAffairs, 2008 What Happened + Good look into the underbelly of an administration + Scott McClellan - What Happened The book is much better than any of the political commentaries made when it was first released. Strongly suggest reading it -- whether one is a confirmed Democrat (as I am) or a devoted Republican.