This book's title is "The Power of Why" by Amanda Lang. On the cover David Chilton the author of The Wealthy Barer Returns says "The Power of Why changes the way you think.... This is truly a great book". She talks about we should not shrink from problems but treat them as intriguing challenges.
As usual there is some good reviews on this book at Amazon. You have to scroll down to the customer reviews half way down the page. There is also quite a good review of this book by Jay Robb.
There is an interview of Amanda Lang by Peter Mansbridge. This is an interview just over 20 minutes. There is a very short introduction at Rotman School by Amanda Lang.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Lang. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer
This book's full title is Champlain's Dream: The Visionary Adventurer who Made a New World in Canada. The author is David Hackett Fischer. I have read other histories of the French in Canada, but presented in an interesting and very different manner. French history in Canada has, of course, talked about Champlain, but I had never read a book just about him. He was a much more interesting character than I had imagined.
I read a paperback version, so there are no recent reviews. There was a good review in the G&M by Jeffrey Simpson in 2009. There is an early one praising the author in the New York Times by Max Boot.
There is an interview of David Hackett Fischer through Random House on YouTube. In this video David Hackett Fischer talks about what drew him to Champlain and his research experiences. This is short video of some 6 minutes. There is also a talk by Fischer at the College of the Atlantic of Maine. This video is 1 and one half hours. His talk starts just over 4 minutes into the video.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Fischer. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
I read a paperback version, so there are no recent reviews. There was a good review in the G&M by Jeffrey Simpson in 2009. There is an early one praising the author in the New York Times by Max Boot.
There is an interview of David Hackett Fischer through Random House on YouTube. In this video David Hackett Fischer talks about what drew him to Champlain and his research experiences. This is short video of some 6 minutes. There is also a talk by Fischer at the College of the Atlantic of Maine. This video is 1 and one half hours. His talk starts just over 4 minutes into the video.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Fischer. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Asia's Cauldron by Robert Kaplan
I have not been publishing much on this blog lately. It is not that I have not been reading or that I have not been making notes on what I have been reading; I just have not got around to publishing my notes. I have around 8 book reviews to publish ready, so I will try to get on to that.
This book's full title is Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific. The author is Robert Kaplan. This is another very interesting book by Robert Kaplan. If you have not read anything by Kaplan, you should. He presents history or an historical view of current interesting world developments. In this book he is taking about the South China Sea countries. I always learn something new and interesting about history from Kaplan.
There is a great review of this book at the NY Times. There is another great review at the Economist. The last review I want to mention is one in the Wall Street Journal. It is not only interesting, but a bit critical of Kaplan's writing, something you do not often see.
There is a talk by Kaplan at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). There is an introduction to Kaplan of just over 5 minutes. This is an interview by Steve Inskeep of Robert Kaplan. The video is some 55 minutes long altogether with Q&A starting at minute 33. There is also a video of Kaplan speaking at Global Ethics Forum. There is a very short introduction and the video is some 27 minutes long with Q&A starting at 19 minutes.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Kaplan. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
This book's full title is Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific. The author is Robert Kaplan. This is another very interesting book by Robert Kaplan. If you have not read anything by Kaplan, you should. He presents history or an historical view of current interesting world developments. In this book he is taking about the South China Sea countries. I always learn something new and interesting about history from Kaplan.
There is a great review of this book at the NY Times. There is another great review at the Economist. The last review I want to mention is one in the Wall Street Journal. It is not only interesting, but a bit critical of Kaplan's writing, something you do not often see.
There is a talk by Kaplan at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). There is an introduction to Kaplan of just over 5 minutes. This is an interview by Steve Inskeep of Robert Kaplan. The video is some 55 minutes long altogether with Q&A starting at minute 33. There is also a video of Kaplan speaking at Global Ethics Forum. There is a very short introduction and the video is some 27 minutes long with Q&A starting at 19 minutes.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Kaplan. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
Friday, November 21, 2014
The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jeremy Rifkin
This book's full title is "The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, The Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism". He has a web site here. He also has a short 10 minute video presentation on this site.
I found this book quite fascinating. He starts off describing the first two industrial revolution and then goes on to say why we are in a third industrial revolution. The first revolution had print for communication, coal for energy and the railway for transportation. The second had radio and TV for communication, oil for energy and the internal combustion engine for transportation. The third will have the internet for communication, renewal energy for energy and driver-less vehicles and drones for transportation.
On Integral World Edward Berge gives a chapter by chapter review of this book of Jeremy Rifkin. At the Financial TimesRichard Waters reviews this book. Waters calls this a thought provoking book and he is certainly right on that point. Another good article by Jeremy Rifkin is at the Guardian.
There is a speech by Jeremy Rifkin at Google. There is another speech by Jeremy Rifkin at Common Wealth Cub of California . Both these talks are about 1 hour long.
There is also a very interesting lecture by Jeremy Rifkin on Tuesday, 15 February 2005 in the European Parliament. This was about his book called The European Dream - America's nightmare?. Rifkin presented the core thesis of his book "The European Dream". According to him, the USA and Europe represent two different value systems and two conceptions of how to organize society.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Rifkin. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
I found this book quite fascinating. He starts off describing the first two industrial revolution and then goes on to say why we are in a third industrial revolution. The first revolution had print for communication, coal for energy and the railway for transportation. The second had radio and TV for communication, oil for energy and the internal combustion engine for transportation. The third will have the internet for communication, renewal energy for energy and driver-less vehicles and drones for transportation.
On Integral World Edward Berge gives a chapter by chapter review of this book of Jeremy Rifkin. At the Financial TimesRichard Waters reviews this book. Waters calls this a thought provoking book and he is certainly right on that point. Another good article by Jeremy Rifkin is at the Guardian.
There is a speech by Jeremy Rifkin at Google. There is another speech by Jeremy Rifkin at Common Wealth Cub of California . Both these talks are about 1 hour long.
There is also a very interesting lecture by Jeremy Rifkin on Tuesday, 15 February 2005 in the European Parliament. This was about his book called The European Dream - America's nightmare?. Rifkin presented the core thesis of his book "The European Dream". According to him, the USA and Europe represent two different value systems and two conceptions of how to organize society.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Rifkin. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Exodus by Paul Collier
This book’s full title is Exodus; How Migration is Changing Our World. As always, this is another interesting book by Paul Collier. He talks about how migration affects no only the migrant, but the society that the migrants go to and the society the migrant leaves behind. This book was released with the title of Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century in the UK.
No matter what you think of Paul’s thesis, we do have a problem that there seems to be little rational arguments about immigration. The field is left wide open to demagogues. If Europe had allowed some rational discussions on the subject would there be so many anti-immigrant parties there now?
This review is interesting in that Michael Clemens and Justin Sandefur at Foreign Affairs completely pan Paul Collier’s book. They especially do not like Paul Collier’s thinking that immigrants came from socially dysfunctional societies. Balance this with the review from the Economist below. Ian Birrell at the guardian finds the book interesting and a valuable addition to the discussion on immigration.
The Economist review includes an interview with Paul Collier. They call Paul Collier is one of the world’s most thoughtful economists. Paul Collier gives a short talk in this video. The last video is a long one of 90 minutes by Paul Collier at the London School of Economics. Paul starts talking about 3 minutes into the video. His speech ends after just over an hour and then there is Q and A.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Collier. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
No matter what you think of Paul’s thesis, we do have a problem that there seems to be little rational arguments about immigration. The field is left wide open to demagogues. If Europe had allowed some rational discussions on the subject would there be so many anti-immigrant parties there now?
This review is interesting in that Michael Clemens and Justin Sandefur at Foreign Affairs completely pan Paul Collier’s book. They especially do not like Paul Collier’s thinking that immigrants came from socially dysfunctional societies. Balance this with the review from the Economist below. Ian Birrell at the guardian finds the book interesting and a valuable addition to the discussion on immigration.
The Economist review includes an interview with Paul Collier. They call Paul Collier is one of the world’s most thoughtful economists. Paul Collier gives a short talk in this video. The last video is a long one of 90 minutes by Paul Collier at the London School of Economics. Paul starts talking about 3 minutes into the video. His speech ends after just over an hour and then there is Q and A.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Collier. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
Monday, June 16, 2014
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back by Tim Harford
This book's full title is The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run or Ruin an Economy. This is an interesting book. It makes the economics and some economic concepts easy to understand. The book is also written in the form of a dialog. It is an interesting concept. I think that it makes the book accessible, especially do those who lack understanding of some economic concepts.
Tim Harford has his own web site here. On this site Tim Harford talks about his various books and recent and popular articles he has written. Tim Harford is also on twitter StockTwits. He is a Financial Times columnist.
There are some interesting reviews at Good Reads. Not everyone liked the dialog format. As always, the review at The Wall Street Journal is good. This particular review is by Roger Lowenstein.
Tim Harford speaks at the London School of Economics about this Book The Undercover Economist Strikes Back. The video is 1 hour with Q & A at the end. This is an interview hosted by Cato Institute. The video is 90 minutes and Tim Harford and Alex Tabarrok. Tim starts speaking at almost 8 minutes into the video.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See harford. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
Tim Harford has his own web site here. On this site Tim Harford talks about his various books and recent and popular articles he has written. Tim Harford is also on twitter StockTwits. He is a Financial Times columnist.
There are some interesting reviews at Good Reads. Not everyone liked the dialog format. As always, the review at The Wall Street Journal is good. This particular review is by Roger Lowenstein.
Tim Harford speaks at the London School of Economics about this Book The Undercover Economist Strikes Back. The video is 1 hour with Q & A at the end. This is an interview hosted by Cato Institute. The video is 90 minutes and Tim Harford and Alex Tabarrok. Tim starts speaking at almost 8 minutes into the video.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See harford. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
Monday, June 2, 2014
The Sea and Civilization by Lincoln Paine
This book's full title is The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World. The author of this book really knows his stuff. The book is well written and quite absorbing. He is well versed in the sea and ancient history as he is in what is happening on the seas today. Lincoln Paine has his own site.
There is a wonderful review of this book at The Wall Street Journal by John Darwin. There is also another very good review of this book at the Telegraph by Ben Wilson.
A Portland station in Maine has a short interview with Lincoln Paine. The US Naval College shows a lecture by Lincoln Paine on this book. Lecture is almost an hour long. The speech is around 37 minutes and there is a Q and A at the end. Here Lincoln Paine talks about Maritime History as human ecology.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Paine. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
There is a wonderful review of this book at The Wall Street Journal by John Darwin. There is also another very good review of this book at the Telegraph by Ben Wilson.
A Portland station in Maine has a short interview with Lincoln Paine. The US Naval College shows a lecture by Lincoln Paine on this book. Lecture is almost an hour long. The speech is around 37 minutes and there is a Q and A at the end. Here Lincoln Paine talks about Maritime History as human ecology.
On my website is how to find this book on Amazon if you care to purchase it. See Paine. Also, this book review and other books I have reviewed are on my website at Book Reviews.
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