By Walter Gratzer
Oxford University Press, $24.95, 254 Pages
Many reviewers will choose to focus on one or more of the various aspects of the book that Walter Gratzer has put forward. Gratzer has garnered a new category of 21st century scientists. The author reveals technological advances in synthetic structures and showcases their importance. The basis of [...]
By Strauss, Alix
Harper Paperbacks, $14.99, 325 pages
Looking for a grisly, gruesome, yet morbidly fascinating read? By its very nature dark and disturbing, Alix Strauss’s Death Becomes Them won’t appeal to everybody, but for those willing to come along for the ride, it’s a compelling and original book that explores the suicides of the rich, famous, [...]
By Tamara Erickson
Harvard Business Press, $19.95, 229 Pages
In this handbook, author Tamara Erickson presents a comprehensive look at the childhoods, mindset, culture, school environments, expectations, and habits of a large portion of Generation X in America. She also backs up her information with a well of statistical data and includes useful information to help X-ers [...]
By Garr Reynolds
New Riders Press, $34.99, 252 pages
PresentationZen Design is a graphic design book for non-designers who want to create more effective multi-media presentations. As Reynolds states, “We know what we like when we see it, but we lack the visual literacy to articulate our thoughts…” So he provides a nomenclature and a way to [...]
By John Enrenberg, J. Patrice McSherry, Jose Ramon Sanchez, Caroleen Marji Sayej
Oxford University Press, $24.95, 620 pages
The current conflict in Iraq has been fueled by passions from both sides: those who supported the war and those who were against the war. The editors of this book have brought together the major documents that chronicle the [...]
By Michael Fordham
It Books, $19.99, 288 pages
The Book of Surfing is nothing less than a Bible of surf lore. A historical treatise, a who’s-who of influential names, a how-to guide, a travelogue, a film retrospective, a surf lingo-to-English dictionary… it encompasses all of these and more, unified by one very simple ideal: the love of [...]
By Dominique Lapierre
Da Capo, $26.00, 270 pages
In 1652, Jan van Reibeeck headed a small group of farmers that landed on the cape of what is now South Africa. They were sent by the Dutch East India Company with strict orders to cultivate vegetables and fresh meat for the sailors who were dying by the hundreds [...]
By Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
University Press of Kansas, $39.95, 458 pages
The story of World War II in the Pacific has been told through the eyes of the Americans many times, from the bombing at Pearl Harbor to the dropping of the atomic bombs. Still, though, little attention has been given to the role the Allies played [...]
By Edward N. Luttack
Harvard University Press, $35.00, 498 pages
What can America learn about strategy from a vanished empire whose very name means “devious?” Almost everything, according to The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire, by Edward Luttwak. A leading strategic theorist and intellectual provocateur, Luttwak’s previous writings include the much praised “Strategy: the Logic of [...]
By Richard Archer
Oxford University Press, $24.95, 271 pages
Much of the American Revolution has been romanticized and elevated to near myth that we forget that how with minor changes it could have never happened. Thirteen colonies that had their own animosities toward one another coordinated rebellion against the most powerful empire in the world to eventually [...]
By Peter Baldwin
Oxford University Press, $24.95, 310 pages
This is an important book and an easy one to grasp. Baldwin uses concise language and clear data (over 200 very easy to read graphs) to make his point: differences between Europe and America in the areas of the economy, healthcare, welfare in general, crime, the environment, are [...]
By Andrew Mersmann
Frommer’s, $19.99, 471 pages
Travel for fun, sun, and a better planet! 500 Places where you can make a Difference is sure to change the way you view “vacation.” The book’s title is self-explanatory: it lists 500 service-based trips for every interest you might have in nearly every corner of the globe. Through these [...]
