books about: century     books:     Picador   American Progressi...   Bombshells   Century      On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System Henry M. Paulson Business Plus, 2010 Enlightening This book is a very interesting and well written account of an economy in collapse and the people in both public and private positions nearest to the center of the unfolding debacle, and their efforts to stop the collapse. At dead center was Secretary Paulson, and his ...             Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime John Heilemann, Mark Halperin Harper, 2010 Bogus 1-star reviews If Amazon had not (wisely) put the short headliner reviews in the editorial review section I might have passed on this book. I am not a conspiracy theory guy but I have to believe some of the bad customer reviews were created at the request of some of the principles in ...             Just Kids Patti Smith Ecco, 2010 Patti and Robert I have two books about Robert Maplethorpe and this is by far the best one. Beautiful writing, full of wonderful moments. I was blown away in 1975 when I first heard "Horses" and wondered who took the cover photo. I've been a Maplethorpe (and Patti Smith fan) ever ...             Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility David M. Walker Random House, 2010 Not an easy "read" but incredibly important for every citizen Ok, the subject matter is dry, but this book is so important that it should be required reading for every citizen. If you can't bring yourself to read it, then at least watch the documentary film I.O.U.S.A., which prominently features the author and at least reveals ...             This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff Princeton University Press, 2009 A good place to start It is very rare these days to find a book that does not engage in wild hype regarding the causes of the current financial difficulties. Many of these books blame financial modeling for causing what some have characterized as a "meltdown", or "bloodbath", while others ...             Pirate Latitudes: A Novel Michael Crichton Harper, 2009 love it there is nothing that michael crichton has done that isn't wonderful-will miss this great author             Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour Lynne Olson Random House, 2010 Dark Time in History Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the dark time for Britain during WW2. A better understanding of the powerful men (Churchill, Stalin & FDR). How naive FDR's view of Stalin seemed and how cruel his mockery of Churchill that left a bad taste in many ...             Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and ... Andrew Ross Sorkin Viking Adult, 2009 Too Big to Fail This was an enjoyable read and I was left with wanting more pages to read. As someone who lived the crisis, albeit outside of New York, it puts into context what we all thought at the time. People were trying to do anything and everything to keep the system from ...             The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr Ken Gormley Crown, 2010 Notes from an angry Kindle user... Shame, shame, shame on you, Amazon. What are you THINKING? Or ARE you thinking? I was going to buy the Kindle version after the NPR program I listened to last week, but I am NOT going to pay this kind of price for a Kindle version. You folks need to find that map ...             Going Rogue: An American Life Sarah Palin HarperCollins, 2009 Excellent Read Enjoyed this book very much and highly recommend it. Sarah is such a fine person with good basic personal values and this book truely reveals that which makes her a beneficial asset and true inspiration for all.             American Progressivism: A Reader Lexington Books, 2008 a must to understanding the Progressives objectives A very good read on the progressives ideology. Boring to to read but very informative and a must so as to understand what is really going on in politics in our country. It's not the Dems or the Repubs we have to worry about but, the progressive movement and it ...             Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change Jonah Goldberg Broadway, 2009 paradigm shifter As a history teacher, I've always struggled to explain fascism to my students, and I have been guilty of the old "liberal = left, fascism = right" mantra, even though it seemed to be a strange fit. Goldberg's book made everything click and provides an excellent ...             The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Erik Larson Vintage, 2004 Can't put it down Devil in the White City is a page turner. If you like history and mystery - this is your book.             Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism (American Intellectual Culture) Ronald J. Pestritto Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005 folly is old The title of the book tells all: Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism. Dr Pestritto does not say that `Liberalism is a good thing'. Nor does he say that it is a bad thing. He merely states that it is, and shows how it came to be in these States, largely ...             Point Omega: A Novel Don DeLillo Scribner, 2010 An engaging, mysterious, haunting and beautifully written gem I found this to be a mesmerizing book, DeLillo's best, I think, since Underworld. I was disappointed by his last three efforts: Falling Man, The Body Artist, and Cosmopolis, although the latter had its moments. But here he sharpens his sentences with a laser and ...          products you might be interested in search for books intellectual, liberalism, progressivism, responsibility, themselves, washington      toavi.com    web we recommend READ IT!!!!! randomly chosen music: Baida