Book reviews and more!

Posts tagged with ‘Public Policy’

JUNKYARD PLANET by Adam Minter

December 25, 2013

THE GLOBAL RECYCLING INDUSTRY, explored in unexpectedly entertaining depth. Informative, but never dry! B PLUS

JUNKYARD PLANET: TRAVELS IN THE BILLION-DOLLAR TRASH TRADE
Bloomsbury Press
2013

Grade: B PLUS

Tags: , , , , ,

SEX AND THE CITADEL by Shereen El Feki

December 23, 2013

SEXUAL POLITICS IN the Arab world, presented in depth (via years of interviews), with compassion, with wit. B PLUS

SEX AND THE CITADEL
Pantheon
2013

Grade: B PLUS

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

MY FIRST COUP D’ETAT, by John Dramani Mahama

February 7, 2013

GHANA’S PRESIDENT DELIGHTS, educates with a charming, insightful memoir about his country and its changes.

Grade: B PLUS

MY FIRST COUP D'ETAT: AND OTHER TRUE STORIES FROM THE LOST DECADES OF AFRICA
Bloomsbury USA
2012

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

EMMA GOLDMAN: REVOLUTION AS A WAY OF LIFE, by Vivian Gornick

March 29, 2012

VIVID PICTURES OF the revolutionary Emma Goldman shine in a short, beautifully-crafted bio by Vivian Gornick.

Grade: SOLID B

EMMA GOLDMAN: REVOLUTION AS A WAY OF LIFE
Yale University Press
2011

Tags: , , , , ,

THE RIPPLE EFFECT, by Alex Prud’homme

March 22, 2012

SURPRISINGLY ENGROSSING STUDY of the history of water rights policy and the challenges of freshwater access.

Grade: SOLID B

THE RIPPLE EFFECT: THE FATE OF FRESHWATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Simon and Schuster
2011

Tags: , , , , , ,

SPACE CHRONICLES, by Neil deGrasse Tyson

March 1, 2012

CHARISMATIC U. S.  ASTROPHYSICIST Neil deGrasse Tyson delivers an impassioned pro-space exploration argument.

Grade: B PLUS

SPACE CHRONICLES: FACING THE ULTIMATE FRONTIER
W. W. Norton and Company
2012

Tags: , , , ,