Book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World and Why Things are Better Than You Think Author: Hans Rosling Review by: Jim Reed, president of YKK Corp. of America […]
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Books 2018: Fictional Underground Railroad, Real Descriptions of Suffering
Book: The Underground Railroad Author: Colson Whitehead Review by: William De Baets, consul general of Belgium for the Southeast U.S. I received Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad for my birthday […]
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Books 2018: President Carter’s Holistic, Global View on Faith
Book: Faith – A Journey for All Author: Jimmy Carter Review by: Jennie K. Lincoln, Director – Latin America and the Caribbean Program, The Carter Center Jimmy Carter, 39th President […]
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Books 2018: A Life of Exposing Atrocities, Abuses Through Journalism
Book: Reporter, a memoir Author: Seymour M. Hersh Reviewed by Paul Varian, retired CNN and UPI editor/ writer/reporter On Oct. 22, 1969, freelance Washington reporter Seymour Hersh got a vague […]
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Books 2018: Cultivating America’s Soul Through Struggle
Book: The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Author: Jon Meacham Review by: Jorge Fernandez, vice president of global commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber The essence of this […]
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Books 2018: Effects of the Newfound U.S. Energy Abundance on Nigeria and Beyond
Books 2018: Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power Author: Meghan L. O’Sullivan (2017) Review by: Kayode Laro, Consul General of Nigeria in Atlanta […]
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Books 2018: India’s Indictment of Unbridled Capitalism
Book: Capital: The Eruption of Delhi Author: Rana Dasgupta Review by: Trevor Williams, managing editor of Global Atlanta I’ve traveled to India once. It’s a pulsating place, loud with the […]
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Books 2018: Finding Comfort in the Untangling of Mystery
Book(s): Agatha Christie’s Poirot Mysteries Author: Agatha Christie Review by: Leslie Gordon, director of the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University Lately I have escaped the endlessly […]
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Books 2018: How an ‘Ungentlemanly’ British Unit Showed Creativity Amid WWII Conflict
Book: Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat Author: Giles Milton Reviewer: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark. “Operation […]
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Books 2018: Taming the ‘Unquiet Mind’
Book Title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Author: Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison Book Review by: Jim Whitcomb, global finance executive An Unquiet Mind is a fascinating […]