There are some resons to read the book "Age of Greed" written by Jeff Madrick
09 Jun 2011 05:20:29
Trouble is, complains author Jeff Madrick in "Age of Greed," for almost half a century some extremely clever and occasionally unscrupulous people have concentrated so much on the first motive, they've forgotten the second. He sums up that process in a subtitle: "The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present."
Oddly, Bernard Madoff doesn't appear in the book's index. Maybe his fraud was too simple. All he did to deserve a 150-year sentence was to take in money from invest... Read Full Story
A classic novel "State of Wonder" written by Ann Patchett
09 Jun 2011 05:18:57
When her amiable office mate, Anders Eckman, an avid bird-watcher and happily married father of three, is presumed dead on an expedition to the Amazon to report back on the progress of the drug's development, Singh is dispatched by the CEO — with whom she's having an affair — to find out what happened and bring Anders' body home to his grieving wife. While there, Marina encounters a brilliant, obsessed and possibly unhinged former medical school professor who is running the research project in t... Read Full Story
What is about new book "Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead"
09 Jun 2011 05:18:03
"The client already knows the solution to his mystery," Claire declares. "But he doesn't want to know. He doesn't hire the detective to solve his mystery. He hires a detective to prove that his mystery can't be solved."
The opening of the novel, the first in a new series by Sara Gran, finds Claire closing in on 40 and recovering from a nervous breakdown. She is a devotee of dead French Detective Jacques Silette, author of "Detection," a strange and obscure book she discovered in childhood. Silet... Read Full Story
Real life in the Frank Sinatra's family in the memoir written by his wife
07 Jun 2011 03:56:51
Little love notes and rather large jewels were part of the good times with Sinatra. While she tends to excuse the darker moments in their three decades together, Barbara accepts that Frank's inner demons came with the glitter and glamour.
When Sinatra hurled a brass clock into a wall during a game of charades, she considered it part of his "dangerous" charm. He berated a female columnist who brought up their adultery — for good measure he stuffed two dollar bills in the woman's glass — but Barba... Read Full Story
Strange sybles on the bookpaper of the "The Ancient Guide to Modern Life"? Don't scared, read book!
07 Jun 2011 03:54:13
Author Natalie Haynes was struck in her preteens with a crush on the old accounts. She pursued an education in classical languages and literature that took her through Cambridge University. That's a better way to become expert. It enables "The Ancient Guide to Modern Life" to cover history from the oldest known Greek philosophers to the collapse of the Roman empire.
When she was 12, Haynes was touched by the story of a couple who enjoyed their house and garden in Pompeii. The couple didn't know ... Read Full Story
Do you know that 1970 year is famous for? All answers in the book "Fire and Rain"
07 Jun 2011 03:51:51
David Browne's "Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970" is a worthy addition to anyone's collection of such music histories. As the account of a single year in music, Browne weaves the narratives of four bands and artists who each released an album of lasting influence in 1970: The Beatles' "Let It Be"; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Deja Vu"; James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James"; and my favorite, Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Wa... Read Full Story
"Lost on Treasure Island" from the author Steve Friedman
03 Jun 2011 05:20:23
Steve Friedman does just that in his new book, "Lost on Treasure Island: A Memoir of Longing, Love, and Lousy Choices in New York City." Raised in the Midwest, the memoir begins when he's already an adult and moving to Manhattan for an editing job at GQ. What follows is an often funny but always depressing chronicle of his efforts to find "Mrs. F." Nothing seems beneath him. He sleeps with the "high-heeled, silky-haired public relations junior powerhouses" who want their product mentioned in the... Read Full Story
Even old writers are in jail
03 Jun 2011 05:19:32
Alan Shadrake, who wrote about the use of hanging to execute drug traffickers and murderers in the city-state, turned himself in at the High Court.
On Friday he lost his appeal against a six-week sentence, the toughest ever imposed in Singapore for contempt.
Shadrake could not afford to pay a Sg$20,000 ($16,200) fine on top of the prison term, resulting in another two weeks in jail, taking the term to eight weeks in total. He could be released earlier for good behaviour.
He was allowed to underg... Read Full Story
"Wonder Girl" written by on Van Natta Jr
03 Jun 2011 05:17:33
Born a century ago to penniless Norwegian immigrants in Port Arthur, Texas, Didrikson came of age at a time when professional sports opportunities for women were almost nonexistent. To make matters worse, she was subjected to vicious attacks because of her boyish appearance and brash manner.
Through an almost pathological degree of hard work and a genius for intimidating competitors, Didrikson shone at virtually every sport she tried, including baseball, boxing, swimming, diving and bowling. She... Read Full Story
Everybody, let's drink tea!!!
28 May 2011 03:59:42
The Tea Party Patriots, Georgia-based but claiming 1,000 chapters nationally, are instructing members to remind teachers that a 2004 federal law requires public schools to teach Constitution lessons the week of Sept. 17, commemorating the day the document was signed. And they'd like the teachers to use material from the Malta, Idaho-based National Center for Constitutional Studies, which promotes the Constitution as a divinely-inspired document.
The center's founder, W. Cleon Skousen, once calle... Read Full Story
David McCullough wrote his new book in a famous city
28 May 2011 03:58:56
"This has a nice story. Edison came to the World's Fair in Paris in 1889. That was the fair that introduced the Eiffel Tower to the world. He had some 400 of his inventions on display and was a sensation. The crowds followed him everywhere. The electric light was already transforming Paris, let alone the world. So he hid to get away from the paparazzi and the crowds. He stayed with a friend of his (Anderson), and Anderson painted this portrait of him while he was in the studio."
He points out Ge... Read Full Story
It will be interesting for all e-reader lovers
28 May 2011 03:57:23
Your Android may not be the ideal e-reader device, but it's an on-hand convenience that can't be beaten. If you don't mind reading your e-books on the smaller screen, you can have instant access to hundreds of titles whether you're on the go, or settling into bed for the night. For many, it's no longer a question of whether or not they read e-books via their mobile device, but which app do they prefer? Here's a listing of some of the better e-reader applications currently available in the Androi... Read Full Story
