Showing posts with label Nonfiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nonfiction. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Bob Woodward: Obama's Wars

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Lyndon B. Johnson,  South Vietnam, 1966 In December 2009, Michael Lindenberger wrote “Obama's Afghanistan decision evokes LBJ's 1...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

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In January 2011, Janet Maslin wrote “But Will It All Make ‘Tiger Mom’ Happy?” for The New York Times. “There are all these new books out th...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Seth Mnookin: The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear

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The MMR vaccine controversy refers to claims that autism spectrum disorders are a direct result to having the MMR vaccine administered. MMR ...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) is a 2005 non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Joe Flood: The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City-and Determined the Future of Cities

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In the interview and article for the Atlantic monthly magazine, "The Fires This Time: Joe Flood on Managing New York City" Joe Flo...

Sarah Palin: America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag

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America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag is the second book by Sarah Palin. It was released on November 23, 2010, and has b...
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Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

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Product description : “The revolution will be Twittered!” declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted in Iran in June 2009. Y...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Simon Winchester: Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

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Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, returns to the natural world with his epic new book, a "biography"...

Daniel Callahan: Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System

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Daniel Callahan is Senior Research Scholar and President Emeritus of the Center. He was its cofounder in 1969 and served as its president be...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Bill O'Reilly: Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama

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Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama is a political commentary by American political commentator Bill O'Reilly, pu...