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The Many Lives of Andrew Young Ernie Suggs NewSouth Books, ISBN: 978-1-58838-474-4 U.S. Ambassador Andrew J. Young’s high-profile career in public service is not quickly nor easily summed up. Nonetheless, The Many Lives of Andrew Young, by Atlanta writer Ernie Suggs, has delivered an important, celebratory touchstone while preparations are underway to celebrate Andrew Young’s 90th … Continue reading Celebrating a Man of Many Lives
Yes, when it comes to Bob Woodward’s Rage, (paid link) there are matters to be mad about, such as why didn’t Woodward let us know what he knew regarding Trump downplaying COVID-19’s dangers when he first knew it? And there are basic questions to be asked, such as: why has Woodward’s book been timed for … Continue reading Enraged about Bob Woodward’s ‘Rage’?
End This Depression Now! Paul Krugman (Norton, hardback, list price $24.95; Kindle edition, list price $24.95) If you’d like to watch some ultra-right conservatives break out in hives, do a St. Vitus Dance or just spontaneously combust, ask them to read End This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman. Most of them won’t read it, of course. They … Continue reading Mitt Romney, Secret Keynesian? Read Paul Krugman’s ‘End This Depression Now!’ – #bookreview #in #economics #politics
Privacy and Big Data By Terence Craig and Mary E. Ludloff (O’Reilly Media, $19.99, paperback; $16.99, Kindle) Worried about the safety of your personal data? That genie, unfortunately is long out of the bottle—and very likely spread all over the planet now. In Privacy and Big Data, authors Terence Craig and Mary E. Ludloff provide an … Continue reading Privacy and Big Data – #bookreview #nonfiction
Apricot Jam and Other Stories By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Counterpoint, $28.00) A major literary work is now available for readers who relish the works of modern Russian writers, particularly the ones who rebelled against communism’s restrictive censorship and social, legal and economic rigidities and achieved international acclaim during the final decades of the Soviet Union. Apricot Jam and Other Stories, an engrossing collection of eight short stories … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Apricot Jam and Other Stories’ – #bookreview #fiction #Russia – updated
Apricot Jam and Other Stories By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Counterpoint, $28.00) A major literary work is now available for readers who relish the works of modern Russian writers, particularly the ones who rebelled against communism’s restrictive censorship and social, legal and economic rigidities and achieved international acclaim during the final decades of the Soviet Union. Apricot Jam and Other Stories, an engrossing collection of eight short … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Apricot Jam and Other Stories’ – #bookreview
Will Rogers: A Political Life By Richard D. White Jr. (Texas Tech University Press, $29.95) Oklahoma’s Will Rogers was at the peak of his international fame as an entertainer when he and pilot Wiley Post were killed in a 1935 Alaska plane crash. Yet, as this intriguing political biography shows, Rogers was much more than a … Continue reading Will Rogers: A Political Life
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