Book: The British Are Coming Author: Rick Atkinson Review by: Jim Reed, President, YKK Corp. of America “The regulars are coming out!” is what Paul Revere is actually reported to have cried when warning militia of the advance of a fast-moving British force coming to confiscate weapons in Concord. This is only one of hundreds […]
Books 2020: The Individualistic Human Condition
Book: Frost Author: Thomas Bernhard Review by: Oliver Gorf, executive director, Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta It required a pandemic to encourage enough soul searching to finally make me read this novel by the great Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. For decades I had kept my distance from his work, shying away from it for fear it could affect […]
Books 2020: Using Innovation to Tap Post-Corona Opportunities
Book: Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity Author: Scott Galloway Review by: Albert M. Hodge, Jr., retired economic development professional and president of Hodge Consulting Services Even within his subtitle, serial entrepreneur and NYU Business School Professor Scott Galloway hints that he will identify winners and losers as the U.S. economy prepares for the post-pandemic era. […]
Books 2020: A Family History of the Sugar Trade in Barbados and Beyond
Book: Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire Author: Andrea Stuart Review by: David Cutting, retired international banking executive and honorary consul of Barbados in Georgia This summer I completed my reading of this excellent pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial history of Barbados. It was written in the context of the origins […]
Books 2020: The Hibernation of Progressive Politics in Georgia
Book: The Three Governors Controversy: Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia’s Progressive Politics Authors: Charles S. Bullock III, Scott E. Buchanan & Ronald Keith Gaddie Reviewed by: Glenn P. Hendrix, Chair, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Gene Talmadge, nicknamed the “Wild Man from Sugar Creek,” won the Georgia governor’s race in 1946 but died before inauguration, […]
Books 2020: How to Understand Global Populism
Book: Populism: A Very Short Introduction Authors: Cas Mudde and Crístobal Rovira Kaltwasser Review by: Kirk Bowman, Rise Up & Care Professor of Global Development and Identity, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech; Founder and Director, Rise Up & Care “Populism” tends to pop up in political conversations these days, yet the concept […]
Book Review: Examining the Core Historical Conflict Plaguing Modern Arab Societies
Book: Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires Author: Tim Mackintosh-Smith Review by: John Mulholland, longtime manufacturing executive I lived over 20 years in the Arab world and have a degree in Arab history from Georgetown. I flatter myself that I know something about the people living in the region, as I’ve read […]
Books 2020: How the History of Bees Affects the Future of Humanity
Book: The History of Bees Author: Maja Lunde Review by: Martin Richenhagen, chairman, president and CEO of AGCO Corporation As someone who has spent the better part of his professional career in the agricultural industry, I have long understood the vital connection between honey bees and crop production. Honey bees pollinate much of the food […]
Books 2020: Examining Black American Soldiers’ Contributions to Italian Liberation
Book: Braided in Fire: Black GIs and Tuscan Villagers on the Gothic Line 1944 Author: Solace Wales Review by: John Mulholland, longtime manufacturing executive This book is a can’t-put-it-downer from the first page. Solace Wales, the author, fell in love with Italy while on a university sojourn in Siena. This led to eventually buying with […]
Books 2020: Practical Ways to Fight Post-Pandemic Economic Insecurity
Book: The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It Authors: M. Graetz and Ian Shapiro Review by: Professor Jeff Rosensweig, director, John Robson Program for Business, Public Policy, and Government at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School Written by two renowned academics with a rare talent for outlining detailed, practical solutions […]
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