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Book Reviews
Believe it or not,
some of us can actually read. Some of these books don't
even have pictures!
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Book Review: "See No Evil" by Robert
Baer
(Crown Publishers - 284 pages) (Luke Brown)
"The true story of a ground soldier in the CIA's war
on terrorism." Read
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Book Review: "Shah of Shahs" by
Ryszard Kapuscinski
(Vintage Books - 152 pages)
Reviewer - Luke Brown
Describes the events leading to the fall of the last Shah
of Iran and the bringing in of the Islamic Revolution. A
timeless work of literary journalism. Read
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"The Mystery of Capital" by Hernando de
Soto
(Bantam Press - 243 pages) Reviewer - Luke Brown
Hernando de Soto asks the question, "Why Capitalism
triumphs in the West and fails everywhere else?" He
has come up with a persuasive answer. Read
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"Crimes Against Humanity" by
Geoffrey Robertson.(2000) (Penguin - 512 pages) Reviewer -
Rob Wood
Attempts to document and explain the progress of the attempts
to adopt human rights standards throughout the world. Highly
recommended.
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"With Lawrence in Arabia"
by Lowell Thomas (1924) (Hutchinson & Co. - 317 pages)
Reviewer - Rob Wood
The author travelled with the English adventurer and soldier,
Colonel T.E. Lawrence, to help "stimulate enthusiasm"
for the Allied cause in War World One. What emerges is a
fascinating portrait of a most intriguing figure from history.
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Book Review: "India: A History"
by John Keay
(HarperCollins - 576 pages)
Reviewer - Luke Brown
5,000 years of history in one book. And some of the names
of people are really long. Read
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Book Review: "Pakistan: A Modern History"
by Ian Talbot
(Hurst & Company, London - 432 pages)
Reviewer - Luke Brown
Did someone say something about a coup? Read
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Book Review: "Caucasus" by Nicholas
Griffin
(Review - 240 pages)
Reviewer - Luke Brown
"Mountain Men and Holy Wars" Read
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Book Review: Route 66 AD by Tony Perrottet
Reviewer: Angie Morton.
Following the route of ancient generals from Pompeii to
Egypt. Read More.
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