This book’s full title is The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe. I found this book quite fascinating. I do know much about Ancient Greek but not its more modern history and certainly not about them and the Ottoman Empire. I found it a gripping tale of the chaos of this Greek Revolution.
There is a very short review at Foreign Affairs by Andrew Moravcsik. . This times review starts off well at the Times Literary Supplement, but unfortunately, you cannot see the full review without signing up to this supplement. Project Muse has a very good review of this book. This site of Literary Hub has a number of short vivid reviews of this book .
Roderick Beaton interviews Mark Mazower at British School at Athens. There is an interesting short film by Mark Mazower on Greece at American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Friday, October 23, 2026
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
The World According to China by Elizabeth Economy
This book’s title is The World According to China. I found this book interesting. China does look at life very differently than the western world. China does seem to have a long term strategy for world domination. Throughout history, China has bullied its neighbors. It considered itself the Middle Kingdom, the land between heaven and earth. Look how quickly Vietnam made friends with the Americans after the Vietnam war. They did it as soon as they could because of their history of being bullied by China.
Peter TY Cheung of University of Hong Kong review of this book is critical and interesting on the Pacific Affairs of the University of British Columbia site. There is another long review by John West of the Australian Institute of International Affairs . The Council on Foreign Relations gives a short review of this book and a number of other short reviews.
Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge of the Hoover Institution interviews Elizabeth Economy on this book. It is a very interesting interview. For the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Steve Orlins interviews Elizabeth Economy about her book and her thoughts on China.
World Affairs Councils of America has Bill Clifford interviewing Elizabeth Economy. I wanted to listen to Elizabeth Economy that is more recent. Here Elizabeth Economy interviews Logan Wright in 2026.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Peter TY Cheung of University of Hong Kong review of this book is critical and interesting on the Pacific Affairs of the University of British Columbia site. There is another long review by John West of the Australian Institute of International Affairs . The Council on Foreign Relations gives a short review of this book and a number of other short reviews.
Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge of the Hoover Institution interviews Elizabeth Economy on this book. It is a very interesting interview. For the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Steve Orlins interviews Elizabeth Economy about her book and her thoughts on China.
World Affairs Councils of America has Bill Clifford interviewing Elizabeth Economy. I wanted to listen to Elizabeth Economy that is more recent. Here Elizabeth Economy interviews Logan Wright in 2026.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Friday, September 4, 2026
Beyond the Trees by Adam Shoalts
This book’s full title is Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic. This is another interesting adventure story by Adam Shoalts who takes his canoe across the northern part of Canada. This is such forbiting and rugged terrain he travels across. I have read all of Adam Shoalts books and I have also just bought but have not yet read his latest of Vanished Beyond the map.
I really liked the pictures in the book. They show what the far Canadian north is really like. It is quite wild and very beautiful.
There is a great review at Atlantic Books by Martin Bauman. Lisa Schuyler on her Lisa Blog has an interesting review of this book. And another interesting review on Australian Hiker.
An interesting little video on YouTube about this book with great pictures. There is a YouTube video called Alone Across the Arctic showing this trip of Adam Shoalts. The scenery is wonderful. You seldom get a chance to see what the north of Canada looks like.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
I really liked the pictures in the book. They show what the far Canadian north is really like. It is quite wild and very beautiful.
There is a great review at Atlantic Books by Martin Bauman. Lisa Schuyler on her Lisa Blog has an interesting review of this book. And another interesting review on Australian Hiker.
An interesting little video on YouTube about this book with great pictures. There is a YouTube video called Alone Across the Arctic showing this trip of Adam Shoalts. The scenery is wonderful. You seldom get a chance to see what the north of Canada looks like.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Friday, August 21, 2026
Waste Land by Robert Kaplan
This book’s full title is Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis. This a rather depressing book. I have a more positive view of the future. There is a lot of problems and conflicts. See what is going on with Russian/Ukrainian war, I think that Taiwan, even if China attacks can survive. I think as a Canadian, even with Tramp currently in charge, we are lucky to be next to the US than Russia or China. However, no one knows the future and Robert Kaplan is always interesting to listen to.
Colin Robertson writes an interesting and positive review of Waste Land at Canadian politics and Public Policy . The Good Reads site has lots of reviews of this book with various opinions. Frank Diana on Inside the Next Transition writes an interesting review of this book. Matthew Rapaport review on Rumination Blog is interesting, but he has his own agenda that shows clearly.
Robert Kaplan speaks at London School of Economics (LSE) about this book. It starts with the moderator asking questions and then round 42.16, the moderator opens up for question. Robert Kaplan speaks at a university in Madrid Spain. He starts to talk around 17:51 mark. Great speech and well worth listening too. Robert Kaplan on Intelligence Squared is interviewed.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Colin Robertson writes an interesting and positive review of Waste Land at Canadian politics and Public Policy . The Good Reads site has lots of reviews of this book with various opinions. Frank Diana on Inside the Next Transition writes an interesting review of this book. Matthew Rapaport review on Rumination Blog is interesting, but he has his own agenda that shows clearly.
Robert Kaplan speaks at London School of Economics (LSE) about this book. It starts with the moderator asking questions and then round 42.16, the moderator opens up for question. Robert Kaplan speaks at a university in Madrid Spain. He starts to talk around 17:51 mark. Great speech and well worth listening too. Robert Kaplan on Intelligence Squared is interviewed.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Thursday, July 30, 2026
The Golden Road by William Dalrymple
This book’s full title is The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the world. I knew the basic outline of the history he talks about already, but this is such a wonderful book. The book is clear and a delight to read.
I was attracted to this book because I knew little of Indian history. I did know that what we called Arabic numerals actually came from India. I knew India had developed all sort of things in math. I also knew a bit about the British East Indian company and their time in India. So, I knew very little about Indian history.
Ken Powell writes a review on his Blog called Write Out Loud Blog. The review of this book on Medium is quite long but interesting. The review is sort of negative, but it includes a reply from William Dalrymple and a response from Kiran Kumbhar who wrote the initial review. There is also an interesting and very readable review in the Guardian.
Will Dalrymple talks at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. His speech starts around the 3.22 minute mark. It is a very interesting lecture. William Dalrymple speaks at the British Library about his book. William Dalrymple speaks at Commonwealth Club of World Affairs of California about an Empire of Ideas: How Ancient India Transformed the World. Great interview.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
I was attracted to this book because I knew little of Indian history. I did know that what we called Arabic numerals actually came from India. I knew India had developed all sort of things in math. I also knew a bit about the British East Indian company and their time in India. So, I knew very little about Indian history.
Ken Powell writes a review on his Blog called Write Out Loud Blog. The review of this book on Medium is quite long but interesting. The review is sort of negative, but it includes a reply from William Dalrymple and a response from Kiran Kumbhar who wrote the initial review. There is also an interesting and very readable review in the Guardian.
Will Dalrymple talks at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. His speech starts around the 3.22 minute mark. It is a very interesting lecture. William Dalrymple speaks at the British Library about his book. William Dalrymple speaks at Commonwealth Club of World Affairs of California about an Empire of Ideas: How Ancient India Transformed the World. Great interview.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Earning the Rockies by Robert Kaplan
This book’s full title is Earning the Rockies: Howe Geography Shapes America’s Role in the World. Robert Kaplan is certainly worth reading because of his views on geography and how geography shapes our world and how it works. I have also bought, but no yet read his latest book of Waste Land.
Nick Hough on Plateroom 28 writes a great review of this book. Tyrell Mayfield on a site called The Strategy Bridge Org does another great review.
On this YouTube from PBS News Hour we have people asking questions of Robert Kaplan. This is a short but interesting video. David Ignatius interviews Robert Kaplan. There is also an interesting talk by Robert Kaplan calledMaps Make US at the Brain Bar.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Nick Hough on Plateroom 28 writes a great review of this book. Tyrell Mayfield on a site called The Strategy Bridge Org does another great review.
On this YouTube from PBS News Hour we have people asking questions of Robert Kaplan. This is a short but interesting video. David Ignatius interviews Robert Kaplan. There is also an interesting talk by Robert Kaplan calledMaps Make US at the Brain Bar.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
Friday, June 26, 2026
Recession by Tyler Goodspeed
This book’s full title is Recession: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to do About it. I quite enjoyed this book. So many people today believe in cycles. Tyler Goodspeed does not. He thinks that recessions are the results of shocks to the economy. He looks at both the US economy and the UK economy over time. Tyler Goodspeed shows a lot of data in this book. I really enjoyed reading this book.
There is a really good review of this book at Works in Progress by Mark Koyama. There is another interesting review by Joel Kotkin on Quillette.
Tyler Goodspeed discusses his book in an interview at Cato Institute. There is a discussion and presentation by Tyler Goodspeed at the Hoover Institution. This is a long but very interesting discussion.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
There is a really good review of this book at Works in Progress by Mark Koyama. There is another interesting review by Joel Kotkin on Quillette.
Tyler Goodspeed discusses his book in an interview at Cato Institute. There is a discussion and presentation by Tyler Goodspeed at the Hoover Institution. This is a long but very interesting discussion.
An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.
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