Book: All the Light We Cannot See Author: Anthony Doerr Review by: William De Baets, Consul General of Belgium to the Southeast U.S. My wife gave me Anthony Doerr’s All the […]
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Books 2019: Lessons, but No Simple Answers, From History’s Great Leaders
Title: Leaders: Myth and Reality Author: General Stanley McChrystal Review by: Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University What drew me to this book is the subtitle, not the title. Gen. […]
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Books 2019: ‘Nickel Boys’ Unearths Buried Evidence of Slavery’s Lasting Legacy
Book: The Nickel Boys Author: Colson Whitehead Review by: Cedric L. Suzman, retired co-founder and director of programming, World Affairs Council of Atlanta The Nickel Boys is a lot more […]
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Books 2019: Truman’s State Department and the Man Who Managed a Volatile Period
Book: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department Author: Dean Acheson Review by: Shelby Grubbs, managing member, Miller & Martin PLLC’s Atlanta office Dean Acheson was perhaps […]
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Books 2019: A Reminder From Moscow on Appreciating Life’s Bounty
Book: A Gentleman in Moscow Author: Amor Towles Review by: Jim Reed, President, YKK Corp. of America When I picked up A Gentleman in Moscow at a friend’s recommendation, I […]
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India Becoming a Top Tourism Target for Georgia
Delta Air Lines Inc.’s revived nonstop flight to India Dec. 22 may not be taking off from Atlanta, but it is helping spur some hopeful conversation about the future of […]
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Atlanta’s German Christmas Market Grows With New Centennial Park Location
The Atlanta Christkindl Market is back and bigger than ever, and what it may have sacrificed in quaintness it makes up for in an enlarged footprint worthy of the holiday […]
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Atlanta’s Dragon Boat Races on Course While Hong Kong Violence Erupts
The announcement that the 1996 Summer Olympics would be held in Atlanta got Gene Hanratty’s attention as it did many others around the world. The former Green Beret had spent […]
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CARE Brings the Global Fight for Girls’ Empowerment Home to Atlanta
This year, the international nonprofit CARE will for the first time conduct poverty-alleviation work in Atlanta, instituting a savings program for women based on a model that took off first in Niger. […]
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European Consulates Team Up for Atlanta Pride March
For the first time, the consulates of the European Union in Atlanta will march together at the Atlanta Pride Festival Oct. 13. The diplomatic offices of Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, […]