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Books 2020: Finding Resiliency in India’s Slums 

Book: The Bridge Home Author: Padma Venkatraman Review by: Sucheta Rawal, an award-winning food and travel writer, author of the ‘Beato Goes To’ series of children’s books, and founder of Atlanta-based nonprofit Go Eat Give.  I met author Padma Venkatraman at a children’s book writers conference in New York in February 2020, just before the […]

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Books 2020: Confronting Racial Myths in Canada and Beyond

Book: The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power  Author: Desmond Cole  Review by: Kirk Duguid, Acting Consul General of Canada to the Southeast U.S.  I arrived in Atlanta in mid-December 2019, eager to start my new position managing the public affairs, consular and political sections of the Consulate General of Canada, and […]

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Books 2020: A Novel Explores the Universal Story of Trees

Book: The Overstory Author: Richard Powers Review by: Michael Manely, family law attorney at The Manely Firm P.C.  This is not a light read, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Powers’s writing is literary, moving and evocative, with the novel tracking an unusual protagonist over more than a century: trees.   The central characters of […]

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Books 2020: Fostering Active Government, Engaged Society in Our Post Corona Economic Future

Book: Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity Author: Scott Galloway Review by: Phil Bolton, founder and publisher emeritus, Global Atlanta How about Joe Gebbia Jr., the Atlanta native, Brookwood High graduate, who with two friends launched the hotel disrupter Airbnb Inc, which earlier this month went public and currently has a market cap of nearly […]

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Books 2020: Towering Figures of 20th Century History, from Selma to Iowa to London

Book(s):  Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham  Review by: Craig Lesser, founding partner, Pendleton Group, and former commissioner, […]

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Books 2020: Former Ex-Im Bank President’s Simple Defense of Trade 

Book: Trade Is Not A Four Letter Word: How Six Everyday Products Make the Case for Trade Author: Fred Hochberg Review by: Charles Shapiro, a native Atlantan and retired U.S. diplomat, is the president of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta and a senior lecturer at the Robinson College of Business. I am a trade […]

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Books 2020: Personal Stories Behind Churchill’s Stand During the Blitz

Book: The Splendid and the Vile Author: Erik Larson Review by: Dr. Bruce S. Allen, honorary consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Georgia Oh no, not another book about Winston Churchill and World War II.    Those who read these pages every year will not be surprised to see me review yet another book […]

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Books 2020: Who Signs the Guest Book? A Multi-generational Tale of Power and Prejudice

Book: The Guest Book Author: Sarah Blake Review by: Cedric Suzman, Retired Executive Vice President and Director of Programming at World Affairs Council of Atlanta This New York Times bestseller is a multi-generational story of a New England family in Maine. It starts with the purchase of a small island off the coast which provides […]

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Books 2020: A Deep Dive Into the Great College Admissions Scandal

Book: Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal Authors:  Melissa Korn & Jennifer Levitz Reviewer: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark The FBI’s “Operation Varsity Blues” made headlines from coast to coast in 2019.  The bribery scandal involved several of America’s leading colleges, […]

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Books 2020: Finding Mountains of Strength Amid Vietnam’s Conflict

Book: The Mountains Sing Author: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Review by: Penelope Prime, founding director, China Research Center This moving novel set in Vietnam was inspired by the author’s own family history. The description of how the conflict disrupted the lives of the Tran family, first with the French and then the Americans, is instructive […]

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