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Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters
Richard A. Clarke
Ecco, 2008
A Lot to Think About!
America's government spends $1 trillion/year on national security, yet fails to provide security for its citizens. Clarke's latest book reviews several key areas and identifies both problems and potential improvements.
The Iraq War is the first topic reviewed. ...
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A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
Jim Webb
Broadway, 2008
A man who thinks for himself
In his refreshingly good A Time to Fight, Jim Webb, junior senator from Virginia confesses that he once spent a few years as a boxer and that sometimes when he enters the Senate Chamber he thinks, "This is the ring. The American people can see us here, and listen to ...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
Absolute classic
I cannot say enough about this series. I am 50 years old, have always been extremely into children's literature- most of the children in my life receive classics from me for birthdays and holidays. The Harry Potter series is one of the best I have read. Each book is ...
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The Post-American World
Fareed Zakaria
W. W. Norton, 2008
A Perspective Deserving Thoughtful Consideration
The Post-American World
Fareed Zacharia's fact-filled book provides a broad overview of current and future developments worldwide, which are likely to affect America's superpower status...politically, economically, and culturally. The facts supporting his arguments ...
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The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American ...
Matt Taibbi
Spiegel & Grau, 2008
A Compilmentary Read ... Matt Gets You Thinking
What Taibbi does, is GET YOU Thinking!
So, to his critics, you too should THINK about what he writes.
He took on Thomas Friedman's neoliberal account of Globalization with candor, wit and a line of reasoning even the critics couldn't ignore ... one of the ...
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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
A Book for Readers and Non-Readers
You know how there are classical music compilations that are marketed towards people who don't normally listen to classical music? They choose popular pieces for these types of cd's with rich melodies that anyone can enjoy and that can lead people to explore more ...
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Kevin Phillips
Viking Adult, 2008
Bad Money, Bad Writing
Phillips' book contains much information on our 21st Century economy that is not easily available elsewhere. There are some startling statements on the connection between Wall Street and the Democratic Party that I have found nowhere else. I think it is an important ...
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The Whole Truth
David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Great Book
I really liked this book. When I first saw the title of the book I thought it might be the next book in the Camel Club series (which I LOVE). At first I was a bit disappointed when I realized it was not part of the Camel Club series but my disappointment was short ...
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman
Picador, 2007
flatenning but biased
The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman
"What else but sensationalism could you expect from an American Journalist" My friend commented when I told him I was on a most sensational book by New York Times' Thomas Friedman. I thank my friend and my kids favorite 4th Grade ...
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What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
Scott McClellan
PublicAffairs, 2008
An intrguing glimpse...
I'll admit up front that I'm not a G. W. Bush fan in the least. I didn't vote for him twice, and consider myself a true blue Democrat. So, you might be saying, "Of course, he's going to give the book five stars" because of his political beliefs. In actuality, as I will ...
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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who ...
Ron Hall, Denver Moore
Thomas Nelson, 2008
Amazing book
There are few books that I'd call life-changing, but this is one of them. An absolute must read!
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Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Fred Burton
Random House, 2008
Not just another "Confessions of a(n): XXXXX" by any stretch.
I tried to resist after the first chapter...but after chapter two I couldn't.
The book's not only interesting -- it's so well written. The fact that it's written in the present tense somehow gives it a clarity, and you can imagine Fred Burton relating his story -- ...
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Thomas L. Friedman’s no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument ...
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The Noble Wilds
The Supreme Master Ching Hai
Love Ocean Creative International Company, Ltd., 2008
Marvelous book!
The Noble Wilds touches my heart to see how our feathery animal friends can be so lovely, considerate and protective towards their partner and children; such a humanly behavior. It also makes me treasure our Mother Nature magnificent works even more! Great book with ...
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The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
Vincent Bugliosi
Vanguard Press, 2008
Finally an answer to the question: what is the penalty for lying us into war?
As I write this review, there are only 16 other reviews so it is easy to read them all. I was anxious to read a well argued rebuttal to Bugliosi's challenging thesis, but there are none.
There are a few negative "reviews" that are worthless as they provide no ...
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