Book: AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Author: Kai-Fu Lee Review by: Al Hodge, president of Hodge Consulting Services Artificial intelligence is a fascination of mine, […]
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Books 2019: Restoring Technology’s Ability to Serve Human Aims
Book: Team Human Author: Douglas Rushkoff Review by: Lee Foster, Executive Director, Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University Although I have been working in the performing arts […]
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Books 2019: Rethinking the European Origins of American Tolerance
Book: The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America Author: Russell Shorto Review by: Trevor Williams, Managing […]
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Books 2019: How and Why ‘My Fellow Americans’ Resounds Across the Pacific
Book: How to Hide an Empire: A History of The Greater United States Author: Daniel Immerwahr Reviewed by: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law and Honorary Consul of the Kingdom […]
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Books 2019: Are the United States and China Destined for War?
Book: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? Author: Graham Allison Review by: Bruce Allen, honorary consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Georgia As described by […]
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Books 2019: Understanding Latin America Through the Magic of Historical Fiction
Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien Años de Soledad) Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Review by: Jorge Fernandez, former vice president of global commerce at the Metro Atlanta Chamber, consultant […]
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Books 2019: Shedding New Light on an Old CIA and Mafia Plot to Kill Castro
Book: Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro Author: Thomas Maier Reviewed by Paul Varian, retired CNN executive producer Gangsters Sam Giancana and Johnny Roselli, […]
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Books 2019: The Dangers of Not Talking to Strangers
Book: Talking to Strangers:What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know Author: Malcolm Gladwell Review by: Soumaya Khalifa, president, Khalifa Consulting and founder of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of […]
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Books 2019: Colonialism or Philanthropy? Blurred Lines in King Leopold’s Congo
Book: King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Author: Adam Hochschild Review by: Kirk Bowman, Jon R. Wilcox Professor of Soccer and Global Politics, […]
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Books 2019: A Decade Later, Revisiting the Ramifications of a Warmer Planet
Book: Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet Author: Mark Lynas Reviewed by: Michael Manely, CEO of The Manely Firm, P.C., International Family Law — a Global Atlanta sponsor […]