by michaeld | Jun 27, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
How the Brain is Physically Changed by Winning and Losing By Ian H. Robertson Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99, 306 pages Why is someone who wins a showdown more likely to win again? This exciting and informational book is a compilation of the latest research...
by michaeld | Jun 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
From Top to Bottom By Timothy Noah Bloomsbury Press, $25.00, 263 pages “To accept that some inequality is a fact of life in a capitalistic economy is not to accept that ever-greater inequality is either necessary or desirable.” Journalist...
by michaeld | Jun 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Business & Investing
A Few Words Can Make a Difference By Paul Smith Amacom, $24.95, 280 pages People forget that sometimes a good manager also knows a good story or two. Lead With A Story challenges leaders to tell more tales, as those tales not only bring people together...
by michaeld | Jun 25, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
By Climate Central Pantheon, $22.95, 214 pages Much of what we read or see on TV seems geared to make us feel fearful or guilty. Before reading Global Weirdness, both negative emotions sat alongside the idea of humankind destroying the world at...
by michaeld | Jun 25, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion
Interesting But Long-Winded Read About the Unreligious in America By David Niose Palgrave Macmillan, $27.00, 254 pages The percentage of Americans that identify with no faith – the unreligious – is on the rise. Despite the claims of some, the United...