Book: The Soong Dynasty Author: Sterling Seagrave Review: Allen Judd I first read “The Soong Dynasty” in 1987. At the time, I was traveling often to Asia, and this was the best account...
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Books 2013: An African’s View on Being Black in America
Book: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Review: DeShawn Dominique Jenkins, managing director, Africa Atlanta 2014 “Americanah” is a colorful love story enveloped in observations on race and ethnicity, class status and mobility, social...
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Books 2013: Business Lessons From China’s Peasants
Book: Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China’s Peasants Author: Chen Guidi & Wu Chuntao Review: Jacobus Boers, international business lecturer, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Even more than 30...
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Books 2013: Love and Liberation on the Open Road in 1919
Book: Free Air Author: Sinclair Lewis Review: Miriam Bruns, executive director, Goethe-Zentrum (German Cultural Center) Atlanta Published in 1919, “Free Air” is the story of Claire Boltwood, an intrepid...
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Books 2013: Murder, Intrigue and Architecture at the Chicago World’s Fair
Book: The Devil in the White City Author: Erik Larson Review: Jorge Fernandez, Vice President for Global Commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber The tagline for this nonfiction page-turner on Chicago’s world’s...
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Books 2013: A Dreamy Portrayal of Portugal
Book: Night Train to Lisbon Author: Pascal Mercier Review: Kirk Bowman, associate professor of international affairs at Georgia Tech and author of “Peddling Paradise: The Politics of Tourism in Latin...
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Books 2013: Leading by Giving
Book: Give and Take Author: Adam Grant Review by: Senour Reed, director of community affairs at Jabian Consulting “Give and Take” by Adam Grant is a life changer. Leveraging 10 years of...
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Books 2013: Challenging Our Views on Race, Ethnicity
Book: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Nogzi Adichie, Nigerian writer Reviewed by: José A. Flores Velasco, consul of Argentina in Atlanta Most literature I come across deals with ethnicity and race from the labels...
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Books 2013: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Book: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Author: Mohsin Hamid Review by: Doug Shipman, CEO, National Center for Civil and Human Rights About 10 years ago my wife...
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Books 2013: Tackling the World’s Toughest Peak
Book Title: K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain Author(s): Ed Visteurs with David Roberts Review by: Mark Becker, president of Georgia State University This book is...