“Fear and Greed” by Nicolas Sarkis
Charles Degar
Title: Fear and Greed: The Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath Author: Nicolas Sarkis Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 Book Review: “Fear and Greed” by Nicolas Sarkis Nicolas Sarkis, a renowned investment…
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Homosexuality and Civilization book by Louis Crompton
Margaret Fox
Last summer, the Reverend Gene Robinson became the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church. Though surrounded by a swirl of controversy, Bishop Robinson’s confirmation is remarkable in light…
Amplifying Average by Tim Schmidt
Review by Jullian Ephina Amplifying Average by Tim Schmidt is a story that will make you laugh, get you pumped up, and set you up for success if you take…
Payments Systems in the US | Benson and Loftesness
Peter Ibbetson
Review by Pierre Zarokian This is the kind of book most business owners wish they’d had when they started a decade or so ago. It offers a great deal of…
Motown: Money, Power, Sex, and Music book by Gerald Posner reviewed by Marisa Knox
Today, the sound of the Motor City’s name most readily connotes the rap soundtrack of Eminem and the bleak visuals of 8 Mile. In the late 70’s, KISS anointed the…
John Adams book by David McCullough
When David McCullough won the National Book Award in 1981 for Mornings on Horseback, his rendering of Theodore Roosevelt’s struggle to manhood, he said that his childhood in Pennsylvania amid…
A Guide to Inner and Outer Beauty: Book Review of Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin by Elizabeth TenHouten
Alison Brown
Released in 2009, Elizabeth TenHouten’s, ‘Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin’, is likely the first cookbook centered specifically on antioxidant-rich recipes. As evidenced by its title, Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin takes a…
Queries: an interview with Ha Jin
Ha Jin, the acclaimed Chinese American poet, novelist, and master of the short story, has been writing in English for a little over a decade. After serving in the Chinese…
Written in Wood at Yale 200 book by Janet Stimson
Yale sociologist Janet Stimson’s new book, Written in Wood: Yale at 200, gives an insightful if sparse account of the university and New Haven at the turn of the 20th…
Szycher’s Handbook of Polyurethanes, Second Edition by Michael Szycher
Review submitted by: Foam Factory, Inc. In this practical handbook, Szycher offers an easy-to-follow compilation of the newest information on polyurethane technology. This new edition is also a bestseller and…