Book: James Monroe: A Life Author: Tim McGrath Review by: John Parkerson, attorney at Hall Booth Smith and honorary consul general of Hungary in Georgia A visit this past summer […]
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Books 2022: Going Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes
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Books 2022: Men Planting Trees and Saving the World
Book: The Man Who Planted Trees Author: Jean Giono Review by: Phil Bolton, founder and publisher emeritus, Global Atlanta In 2006 Wangari Maathai encouraged members of the Association of Kenyan […]
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Books 2022: Novel Cuts Georgia’s Heartland Open on a Journey of Slavery, Displacement and Identity
Book: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Author: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Review by: Michel Gerebtzoff, consul general of Belgium in Atlanta One of my great joys is immersing myself […]
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Books 2022: Benjamin Franklin’s Civic Contributions
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Books 2022: Small Talk — An Art That Can Be Learned Or Sharpened to Smooth Networking
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Books 2022: In Fighting Cancer, the Music Never Stops
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Metro Atlanta Firm Named One of EXIM’s Exporters of the Year
The hits just keep on coming for Atlanta-based airplane parts supplier Aventure Aviation, whose latest award shows a continued focus on exporting as a core aspect of its business. The […]
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Georgia Tech MBA Cracks Top 25 in Global List of International Trade Programs
Georgia Tech’s business school ranked No. 25 in the world when it comes to preparing students for the realities of global trade through a master’s of business administration, according a […]
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Atlanta as a Global Platform: International Lessons for Atlanta’s Transportation System
Editor’s note: This commentary by Jorge Fernandez, consultant at The Pendleton Group, is published as part of the firm’s annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta and is the third in the […]