Book: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Author: Mohsin Hamid Review by: Doug Shipman, CEO, National Center for Civil and Human Rights About 10 years ago my wife...
Category: Culture
Books 2013: Tackling the World’s Toughest Peak
Book Title: K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain Author(s): Ed Visteurs with David Roberts Review by: Mark Becker, president of Georgia State University This book is...
Books 2013: ‘Man in Black’ Brought to Life in Biography
Book: Johnny Cash: The Life Author: Robert Hilburn Reviewed by: Chris Carr, commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development I am a big fan of music. I have been fortunate to see many of...
Books 2013: Don Keough’s Rules for Business Failure
Book: The Ten Commandments for Business Failure Author: Don Keough, former Coca-Cola Co. chairman Review: Kevin Conboy, retired partner from Paul Hastings and president of the Irish Chamber of Atlanta Anyone...
Books 2013: Are America’s Best Days Over or Ahead?
Book: The Coming Jobs War Author: Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO, Gallup Review by: John Hope Bryant, founder and CEO, Operation HOPE This is simply the best book I have read, not...
Books 2013: Rise and Fall of a Wall Street Swindler
Book: The Wolf of Wall Street Author: Jordan Belfort Review by: Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President & CEO, AGCO Corporation “The Wolf of Wall Street” is not your run-of-the-mill memoir. It tells the story...
Books 2013: A Tale of Two Presidents, the Press and a Polarized Nation
Book: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and The Golden Age of Journalism Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin Review by: Bruce Allen, honorary consul of Liechtenstein in Georgia I...
Books 2013: ‘We Are More Than Our Job Titles’
Book: Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife Author: Dr. Eben Alexander Review by: Anisa Telwar, founder and CEO of makeup brush manufacturer Anisa International, which has a...
Books 2013: Connecting, not Creating, Innovative Leaders
Book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t Author: Jim Collins Review by: Faruq Hunter, CEO of GeniusCorps and founder of Geeks Gone Global, which leads innovation...
Books 2013: Assessing Our Powers of Prediction
Book: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – but Some Don’t Author: Nate Silver Review by: Paul Gleeson, Irish consul general in Atlanta Nate Silver came to national and international...