Then Comes Marriage: United States V. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA, by Roberta Kaplan, Lisa Dickey W. W. Norton & Company, 978-0393248678 Copyright October 2015, Hardcover, 336 Pages The United States v. Windsor case—previously Edith Schlain Windsor v. United States of America—competently examined from a legal and anecdotal vantage point. Legal concepts and issues of the Windsor…
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REVIEW: “Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis” by Joe Dolce
Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis, by Joe Dolce Harper Wave, ISBN: 978-0062499912 Copyright October 2016, Hardcover, 288 Pages An absolutely entertaining and captivating book that keeps one glued to the pages from beginning to end. This book is a purposeful and solid blend of amazing storytelling, intriguing science, illuminating history, and dynamic personal…
REVIEW: “The Fix: How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline” by Jonathan Tepperman
The Fix: How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline, by Jonathan Tepperman Tim Duggan Books, 978-1101902981 Copyright September 2016, Hardcover, 320 Pages The Fix is immensely informative, tremendously engaging, and remarkably researched. The book makes for a synchronously enjoyable and educational read; the awe-inspiring narratives of nations successfully overcoming seemingly insurmountable trials are deeply inspiring….
REVIEW: “The Political System of Brazil” by Dana de la Fontaine, Thomas Stehnken
The Political System of Brazil, by Dana de la Fontaine, Thomas Stehnken Springer, ISBN: 978-3642400223 Copyright October 2015, Hardcover, 419 Pages The Political System of Brazil is incontestably intellectually-stimulating. The book very methodically and logically examines the Brazilian political system in its historical, political and socio-economic contexts. Customary of titles published by Springer, this book is unsurprisingly excellently…
REVIEW: “Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet” by Jennifer Homans
Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet, by Jennifer Homans Random House, ISBN: 978-1400060603 Copyright November 2010, Hardcover, 672 Pages Apollo’s Angels is a brilliantly written, astoundingly erudite, and unbelievably well-researched book expounding the wondrous and boundlessly fascinating history of ballet. Its extraordinary writing is beyond impressive. With its immensely educational quality, along with the highly captivating, engrossing, and…
REVIEW: “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race” by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly William Morrow, ISBN: 978-0062363596 Copyright September 2016, Hardcover, 368 Pages Hidden Figures is a book fiercely dedicated to foregrounding the exceptionally formidable faction of black female research mathematicians employed at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical…
REVIEW: “The Prometheus Bomb: The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark” by Neil J. Sullivan
The Prometheus Bomb: The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark, by Neil J. Sullivan Potomac Books, ISBN: 978-1612348155 Copyright December 2016, Hardcover, 296 Pages The Prometheus Bomb is a mostly well-written book on the Manhattan Project. Examination of the nuclear undertaking was aptly set against the political backdrop of the Roosevelt administration, and investigated in reference to…
REVIEW: “A Brief History of Entrepreneurship: The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World (Columbia Business School Publishing)” by Joe Carlen
A Brief History of Entrepreneurship: The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World (Columbia Business School Publishing), by Joe Carlen Columbia University Press, ISBN: 978-0231173049 Copyright October 2016, Hardcover, 256 Pages A Brief History of Entrepreneurship is an unbelievably enthralling and inspirational book, especially so for enthusiasts, practitioners and students of entrepreneurship and business. An inconceivably content-rich…
REVIEW: “Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South” by Christopher Dickey
Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South, by Christopher Dickey Broadway Books, ISBN: 978-0307887283 Copyright July 2016, Paperback, 400 Pages Our Man in Charleston is a principally engrossing narrative. The book offers an overwhelmingly compelling, poignant and vivid account of the African transatlantic slave trade within the context of the Secession climate under…
REVIEW: “From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR” by Louis Sell
From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR, by Louis Sell Duke University Press Books, ISBN: 978-0822361954 Copyright August 2016, Paperback, 416 Pages A masterfully written book, From Washington to Moscow offers a comprehensive, magnificent, and primarily chronological narrative of the USSR—the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—under the leadership of its General Secretaries—Leonid Brezhnev,…
REVIEW: “Europe Isn’t Working” by Larry Elliott, Dan Atkinson
Europe Isn’t Working, by Larry Elliott, Dan Atkinson Yale University Press, ISBN: 978-0300221923 Copyright August 2016, Hardcover, 320 Pages Europe Isn’t Working is a strikingly ingenious book. With its content constructed with extraordinarily penetrating analyses and strong arguments, and coupled with comprehensive explanations and lucid writing, the book adeptly furnishes a compelling case against the euro. Though an…
REVIEW: “Jefferson’s America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation” by Julie M. Fenster
Jefferson’s America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation, by Julie M. Fenster Crown, ISBN: 978-0307956484 Copyright May 2016, Hardcover, 432 Pages Jefferson’s America constitutes a rather transformative reading experience; it skillfully reenacts the grandeur and inspiring era of Jeffersonian exploration as it transports the reader through a time capsule to the administration of…
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