Book: The Ministry for the Future Author: Kim Stanley Robinson Review by: Jim Reed, president, YKK Corp. of America How will we save the planet from the ravages of climate […]
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Books 2022: A Surprisingly Constructive Take on Climate Catastrophe and Global Collaboration
Book: The Ministry for the Future Author: Kim Stanley Robinson Review by: Penelope Prime, retired professor of business and economics and founder and director of Atlanta’s China Research Center The […]
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Books 2022: Small Talk — An Art That Can Be Learned Or Sharpened to Smooth Networking
Book: Better Small Talk: Talk to Anyone, Avoid Awkwardness, Generate Deep Conversations, and Make Real Friends Author: Patrick King Review by: Soumaya Khalifa, president of intercultural and DEI consultancy Khalifa […]
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Books 2022: In Fighting Cancer, the Music Never Stops
Book: The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee Review by: Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center I’ve been a […]
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Tech Exec Recounts Leadership Journey from India to Atlanta
For Lalit Dhingra, coming to the United States in 25 years ago was not a clear-cut choice. In 1997, before the new millennium, the path to the U.S. for Indian […]
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Books 2021: Becoming Financially Literate in Four Minutes a Day
Book: The 4 Minute Millionaire Author: Niklas Goke Review by: Jim Reed, president of YKK Corp. of America Do not let the title fool you; this book is NOT a […]
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Books 2021: It’s Time for Us All to Unlearn and Rethink
Book: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know Author: Adam Grant Review by: Soumaya Khalifa, president, Khalifa Consulting and founder of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta We’ve […]
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Books 2021: In 1776, Seeing the Glimmer of Hope Against the Odds
Book: 1776 Author: David McCullough Review by: John Parkerson, international attorney at Hall Booth Smith and honorary consul general of Hungary in Georgia Most of us, I would wager, have […]
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Books 2021: A White Journalist Crosses the Racial Divide
Book: Black Like Me Author: John Howard Griffin Review by: Trevor Williams, managing editor, Global Atlanta and publisher, Grounded Global Media. If 2020 was a year to reflect on white […]
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Books 2021: Rethinking the ‘Barbarians’ by Critiquing Our Cultural Arrogance
Book: Fuimos Muy Peores en Vicios: Barbarie Propia y Ajena entre la Caída de Constantinopla y La Ilustración Author: Nicolás Kwiatkowski Review by: Pablo Palomino, assistant professor of Latin American […]