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Yergin give a riveting history of the energy industry with emphasis on oil that explains many economic events and major political causes and effects over the past two centuries on a scale ranging from the collapse of the USSR to little Georgie Bush's 2001 war on Iraq. This is a big book but it is so well organized that it can be read in sections at time. This is the best and most practical history book of the this century. Yergin takes an objective approach that will educate even the most conservative or liberal mind that is open to new facts.
Discover how in the 1980s the collapse of the real estate market in Southeast Asia led to high prices for oil in the US.
Patchett's latest book is a complex of character studies, adventure, culture clashes and ethics that holds the readers interest in a vice-like grip. Competing very closely for best book is "Turn of Mind" by LaPlante. An absorbing novel of loss of memory mixed with a murder mystery.
A completely fascinating and seemingly realistic account of a man trying to manage four wives and their children whiling dealing with other personal and business problems. The efforts of the family to maintain their relationships internally and with the surrounding community are very revealing.
Perkins's description of the economic empire the United States has tried to build in the last half of the 20th Century goes a long way to explain the seeds of the current "Terrorism War" that we are engaged in. Without understanding our past and present empire building behavior and changing it, we are doomed to faced increased hostility and attacks from the underdeveloped nations that the US has been exploiting.
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This book is a classic. Following the activities of Ken Kesey and his friends, it describes the start of the LSD and related drugs culture in the 1960s. Hells Angels, writer Kesey, Neal Cassedy (famous from ON THE ROAD) and other characters are unforgettable. Kesey and his Merry Pranksters were a major influence on the hippie phenomenon. This book also answers the question of how LSD became popular--thanks to the US military when it used college students as test subjects, one of whom was Kesey.
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The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin
rodamu, January 1, 2012
Yergin give a riveting history of the energy industry with emphasis on oil that explains many economic events and major political causes and effects over the past two centuries on a scale ranging from the collapse of the USSR to little Georgie Bush's 2001 war on Iraq. This is a big book but it is so well organized that it can be read in sections at time. This is the best and most practical history book of the this century. Yergin takes an objective approach that will educate even the most conservative or liberal mind that is open to new facts.Discover how in the 1980s the collapse of the real estate market in Southeast Asia led to high prices for oil in the US.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
rodamu, September 1, 2011
Patchett's latest book is a complex of character studies, adventure, culture clashes and ethics that holds the readers interest in a vice-like grip. Competing very closely for best book is "Turn of Mind" by LaPlante. An absorbing novel of loss of memory mixed with a murder mystery.The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
rodamu, January 1, 2011
A completely fascinating and seemingly realistic account of a man trying to manage four wives and their children whiling dealing with other personal and business problems. The efforts of the family to maintain their relationships internally and with the surrounding community are very revealing.Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
rodamu, January 14, 2010
Perkins's description of the economic empire the United States has tried to build in the last half of the 20th Century goes a long way to explain the seeds of the current "Terrorism War" that we are engaged in. Without understanding our past and present empire building behavior and changing it, we are doomed to faced increased hostility and attacks from the underdeveloped nations that the US has been exploiting.(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
Die Aethiopische Uebersetzung Des Physiologus (1877)
rodamu, August 10, 2009
This book is a classic. Following the activities of Ken Kesey and his friends, it describes the start of the LSD and related drugs culture in the 1960s. Hells Angels, writer Kesey, Neal Cassedy (famous from ON THE ROAD) and other characters are unforgettable. Kesey and his Merry Pranksters were a major influence on the hippie phenomenon. This book also answers the question of how LSD became popular--thanks to the US military when it used college students as test subjects, one of whom was Kesey.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
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