Robert Kaplan, an American writer, was rated by the Foreign Policy Magazine in both 2011 and 2012 as one of the world's "top 100 global thinkers." A prolific author, his books include “Revenge of Geography” and “The Coming Anarchy.” Kaplan was also on the Defense Policy Board in 2009. In “Asia’s Cauldron”, Kaplan lays out … Continue reading Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the end of a stable Pacific – Robert Kaplan
Month: April 2020
The Narrows – Michael Connelly
Detective Rachel Walling of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is woken up from her sleep in the dead of the night. The caller is her protégé Cherie Dei. The mentor has been rudely jolted out of her sleep because “he is back.” Robert Backus or Bob, was at one point in time one of the … Continue reading The Narrows – Michael Connelly
Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer – Stephanie Capparell and Margot Morrell
The famed British explorer Ernest Shackleton now joins the burgeoning ranks of leadership models as Margot Morrell, a financial representative with Fidelity Investments and Stephanie Capparell, a Wall Street Journal writer resurrect the Antarctic hero with encomiums and paeans. For the unsuspecting, Shackleton is the very stuff of legends. An indefatigable man of the sea, … Continue reading Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer – Stephanie Capparell and Margot Morrell
The Last Sunrise – Robert Ryan
Dogfights in P-40s, dalliances with exotic women and wrestling with the controls of a C-47 all make for some riveting reading in Robert Ryan’s thriller, “The Last Sunrise.” The book alternates between the years 1941-1948 and the characters mostly find themselves traversing the terrains that cut across Burma (currently Myanmar), India, China and Singapore. The … Continue reading The Last Sunrise – Robert Ryan
I Teach Religiousness Not Religion – Osho
Warning: For those of you who are deeply religious and nurse steadfast beliefs, read no further. This book will leave you not merely nonplussed, but downright incensed. Trenchant, provocative, irreverent and radical, “I Teach Religiousness Not Religion” (the book) provides a more than just a sneak peek into the philosophy which made the self-proclaimed Godman … Continue reading I Teach Religiousness Not Religion – Osho
The Extinction Event – David Black
A lawyer, a hooker and a drug experiment gone wrong in a seedy motel sets the tone for David Black’s racy thriller “The Extinction Event.” Jack Slidell an irascible lawyer and a former street fighter is roused out of his sleep by a late night call in Mycenae, New York. The cryptic call leads Jack … Continue reading The Extinction Event – David Black
No Man’s Land – G.M. Ford
I guess the lockdown has really got to me! My most recent choice of books seems to be veering from the intolerable to the indigestible. The most recent example being G.M. Ford’ s “No Man’s Land.” 388 pages of illogical derring-do, irrational heists and infuriating punch lines. Timothy Driver an ex US Navy veteran with … Continue reading No Man’s Land – G.M. Ford