Amazon book editors’ “100 Books To Read In A Lifetime.” Many of the books are 20th century classics or recent bestsellers — the oldest book on the list is Jane Austen’s 1813 masterpiece “Pride and Prejudice.” Read More
In his review of The Triple Package by Amy Chua, Richard Kim gives us a witty and engaging look at yet another shocker from the famous (notorious?) husband and wife team of Chua and Rubenfeld. She and husband Jed Rubenfeld are back again with another book about success in today’s socioeconomically Darwinian America. Read More
The business of picking a winning book can be dicey, demanding the sensibility of a professional gambler along with a thoroughgoing knowledge of this or that literary genre. Read More
Are money and wealth two different things? When writing on money and wealth – and the relation thereof – we sooner or later may ask the following question: are money and wealth two different things? Most of us identify wealth with money. Read More
In Memoriam…Douglas Adams…March 11th, 2022, was the 21st anniversary of the death of the creator of Marvin the manic-depressive robot, Zaphod Beeblebrox and other unforgettable characters. Read More
Christopher Hitchens’ prescription for an ailing planet
When discussing Christopher Hitchens’ prescription – or more accurately, prescriptions – for an ailing planet – the uniqueness of the thinker and author is almost impossible to ignore. Christopher Hitchens was one of a kind. Read More
Meet author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Ms. Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is from Abba, in Anambra State, but grew up in the university town of Nsukka where she attended primary and secondary schools and briefly studied Medicine and Pharmacy. Read More
Anatole Broyard and Passing for White…born into the rigid racial caste system of the nineteen-twenties Deep South, the gifted New York Times literary critic Anatole Broyard died a country squire in Connecticut in 1990. His secret – that he was “passing” for white in an utterly race-conscious America – was disclosed to his daughter only at the end of his life. Read More
