| |
|
The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future
T. Boone Pickens
Crown Business, 2008
Good advice for America.
Which is the better businessman? First the guy that starts with nothing, makes a bundle, never loses any of his money and therefore doesn't have to do it twice, or the person who makes a bundle, loses it, and then does it all over again? I won't try to argue either ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Post-American World
Fareed Zakaria
W. W. Norton, 2008
a simple review...
simple concise, informative, accessible, and ultimately positive view of the United States in an ever growing global economy..
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Practical Guide For Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path To More Effective Problem Solving
Eugene Bardach
CQ Press, 2004
Bardach is Bodacious
Bardach is the essential policy analysis book. Apparently a student of his took avid notes in class; that combined with his own journals made for the most trunkated version of any specialized policy book. Written much like a reference manual with his own quips about ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Jonathan Kozol
Three Rivers Press, 2006
Fighting for America's Second Class Citizens
After his time spent as an educator, Jonathan Kozol devoted his career to that of an educational reform activist. He has visited what seems like thousands of schools throughout the United States and the communities that make up those schools to bear witness to the ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (Russell Sage Foundation Co-Pub)
Larry M. Bartels
Princeton University Press, 2008
Insightful!
"Unequal Democracy" presents the results of a six-year exploration of the political causes and consequences of economic inequality in America. It was inspired by the substantial escalation of this inequality in recent years. Total income going to the top 0.1% of ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Revolution: A Manifesto
Ron Paul
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
How is this man not our President?
You know that feeling you get right before a big election? The total and complete indifference that is akin to having tea or coffee with your meal perhaps? The apathy that I was once accustomed to experience when the conversation turned towards politics has since been ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Jane Mayer
Doubleday, 2008
Without Liberty and Justice for All
Without Liberty and Justice For All
History is supposed to teach us lessons from the past. The Alien and Sedition Act, the "Red Scare" of 1919, the detention of thousands of Americans during World War II because of their Japanese ancestry were supposed to teach us ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Bacevich Nails It!
In this critique of American citizens, Bacevich takes a hard look at the citizenry's role in the current economic, political, and military crisis. The author is a retired colonel, which means I give a lot more credence to what he has to say. In fact, the gravitas ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
Bing West
Random House, 2008
Best of the Best
All previous reviewers have rated the book 5 stars. There is little I can add to improve on their praise. "Ditto" to all the reviews! This is the "Best Book" of an overview of the war's best and worst from start to current. Our soldiers once again prove we have the ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
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 phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant, essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America’s surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; and ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach
Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh
Jones and Bartlett, 2007
Book order
Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach with Resource Guide (Purchased on 08/22/2007) was purchased. It was recieved in excellent condition and was a brand new book as stated in the original description. I am very satisfied with the service, especially ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
International Economics: Theory and Policy plus MyEconLab plus eText 1-semester Student Access Kit (8th ...
Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld
Addison Wesley, 2008
Renowned researchers Paul Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld set the standard for international economics courses with the text that remains the market leader in the U.S. and around the world. International Economics: Theory and Policy is a proven approach in which each half of the book leads with an intuitive introduction to theory and follows ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise
Three Rivers Press, 2008
At this defining moment in our history, Americans are hungry for change. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader–one who can bring people together, be honest about the challenges we face, and move this nation ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality
Charles Murray
Crown Forum, 2008
"Goodbye to Lake Wobegon"
Charles Murray has written a brilliant analysis of the shortcomings of current American education, both K-12 and postsecondary. First among the problems he singles out is the pervasiveness of a mind-set he calls "educational romanticism." Educational romanticism takes ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Return of History and the End of Dreams
Robert Kagan
Knopf, 2008
Failure of the EU and the end of dreams
Reading Kagan after Zakaria's The Post-American World is refreshing. It feels as though I'm returning to the real world. This is partly because Kagan is an Historical Realist. It is also because Zakaria is an idealist. He may deny that classification, but he has ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
