Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing
 The financial crisis part 1: This is a must read for the financially trying times we currently live thru.Even though the book is a couple of years old it is still current. Reccommended to me by a financial analyst during a flight layover afer telling a [... more]
$24.95
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Colossus: The Price of America's Empire
Amazon.com Review: "The United States today is an empire—but a peculiar kind of empire," writes Niall Ferguson. Despite overwhelming military, economic, and cultural dominance, America has had a difficult time imposing its will on other nations, [... more]
$25.95
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A Terrible Love of War
A Terrible Love of Himself: This incoherent ramble of a "book" succeeds only as a personal statement. The main text is incoherent rambling, with little context either within or beyond the book's subject. Here's a random paragraph: "The [... more]
$23.95
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, ...
Amazon.com Review: Steve Coll's Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 offers revealing details of the CIA's involvement in the evolution of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the [... more]
$29.95
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The Coming of the Third Reich
Original and Revealing in Detail and Analysis: Being one of those kids raised with an disturbing interest in the rise of the Nazis and the causes and consequences of WWII I have read hundreds of books in my 40 plus years on the subject of the Nazis. For [... more]
$34.95
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Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law ...
essential for 21st century: our culture is becoming increasingly digitized and intellectual property is an oft-disputed domain. this book is absolutely essential if you have any concern towards media and policy regarding said media. Free Mickey: This is [... more]
$24.95
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The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret Place
This is not worthy to read: I just started to read this book but found that this guy is getting involved in smuglling rare animals in Nepal. Read all the follwing news about this writer. And lets boycot his book!! 1) Police recover illegal treasure trove [... more]
$27.95
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The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial ...
A story of burning ambition: A story of burning ambition. Make no mistake about it, James Wolfensohn wanted to be head of the World Bank. He desired it from the late 1970s until 1995 when he finally achieved his ambition, becoming an American citizen in [... more]
$29.95
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The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel
The Shadow of The Wind/La sombra del viento: Fictional but historical. It is the story of a book within a book. Parallel stories between characters. It is a great book, hard to put down, full of mistery, supense and witty humor. One of the best books I [... more]
$24.95
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Working Fire: The Making of an Accidental Fireman
what the job is today: As a fireman, I have been looking for the contemporary replacement for the 1970s tome "Report from Engine Co. 82" since I first read Dennis Smith's account of the FDNY. I read and reread Smith's book, checking it out of [... more]
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The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
eminently readable: The author does an excellent job of placing Franklin in the context of his time, and explaining his motives. There is an interesting account of what it meant to be a gentleman in the eighteenth century, and its significance to [... more]
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The Pacific and Other Stories
A writer Like No Other: If I were to meet Mr. Helprin and could ask him one question, it would be, "What writers have influenced your work?" For his writing, his style, his tone, are like no other writer's. His style is aesthetically exquisite. [... more]
$25.95
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