Book: The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder Author: Peter Zeihan Review by: Alex Gregory, Chairman and CEO, YKK Corporation of America Peter Zeihan’s […]
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Books 2017: Biden’s Pursuit of Purpose Despite Hardship
Book: Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose Author: Joe Biden Review by: Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President & CEO, AGCO Corporation Promise Me, Dad – A Year of […]
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Books 2017: Complex Family Histories After Fleeing Nazi Germany for the Americas
Book: La Niña Alemana/ The German Girl: A Novel Author: Armando Lucas Correa, 2016 Reviewed by: Jorge Fernandez, vice president of Global Commerce at the Metro Atlanta Chamber “You are […]
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Books 2017: The Artful Story of a Gentleman in Moscow
Book: A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel Author: Amor Towles, Copyright 2016, published by Viking/Penguin Random House LLC, NY Review by: Bruce Allen, honorary consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Georgia […]
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Books 2017: Paradoxes of Brazil’s Soccer Socrates
Book: Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend Author: Andrew Downie, published September 2017 by Simon & Schuster; 400 pages Review: Kirk Bowman, Jon R. Wilcox Chair in Soccer and Global Politics, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs […]
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Books 2017: Admiring the Diplomatic Skill of the First American Princess
Book: The Kaiser’s Confidante: Mary Lee, the First American-Born Princess Author: Richard Jay Hutto Reviewed by: Christopher N. Smith, honorary consul of Denmark in Georgia and a Macon attorney In The […]
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Books 2017: Concept of Getting Through Giving Inspires Nonprofits
Book: Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success Author: Adam Grant Review by: Miriam Bruns, former executive director of the Goethe-Zentrum in Atlanta. Give and Take was recommended to […]
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Books 2017: Detecting Society’s ‘Lies’ With Big Data
Book: Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are Author: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Published by Dey St., An Imprint of William […]
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Books 2017: Justice as a Bellwether of Human Well-Being
Book title : Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? Author : Michael J. Sandel Review by: Ahmet Bozer, former executive vice president of the Coca-Cola Co. and president of […]
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Books 2017: Lessons for Today From the Founders of Existentialism
Book: At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails Author: Sarah Bakewell Review: Alexandra Holland, immigration attorney at Ogletree Deakins This book may be one to which I return […]