books about: 1938

books about: 1938

books:

1938

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

Amity Shlaes

Harper Perennial, 2008

A potential history textbook
This excellent, well-written, well-researched book by Amity Shlaes should be mandatory in college courses on American history. It balances the extravagant claims of New Deal enthusiasts with the reality of the Great Depression, clearly showing how FDR's experimental ...

The Great Crash 1929

John Kenneth Galbraith

Mariner Books, 1997

4.5 Stars-Galbraith could have gotten 5 stars if he had integrated the ancient wisdom of Adam Smith into his book.
Galbraith does an excellent job in demonstrating how the private sector commercial bankers' unregulated short run,short sighted, penny wise ,pound foolish profit and sales maximizing behavior provided the financing and leverage for the real estate and stock market ...

We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love

Robert A. Johnson

HarperOne, 1985

Excellent book about love!
It gives a great perspective as to how we humans experience love. It also gives a good explanation of what is the difference between romatic love and, true and mature love. It talks about expectations, desires, passion, commitment, fears, etc. It helped me to ...

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

Mariner Books, 2006

One of the best
I read a lot of non-fiction and history, and this is one of the best I've ever read. It's beautifully and powerfully written, sets the context for the dust bowl, and then describes the dust bowl itself in powerful and gripping imagery. My only tiny quibble is that I ...

Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968

Heda Margolius Kovaly

Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1997

Its the story that plays in my head whenever tragedy befalls me & gives me the strength to get through it.
I read this about 6 years ago when it was assigned in one of my undergrad classes. There are enough online reviews for you to read about the plot and like. Rather I want to tell you how her voice has stuck with me. I think of her ability to see the slivering when ...

Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography
Tommy Chong

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008

Dave's Not Here, Man But America's favorite stoner comedian, Tommy Chong, is back and funnier than ever as he takes us on a nostalgic trip through his career with partner Richard "Cheech" Marin. Over the course of their decades-long partnership, Cheech and Chong performed to sold-out crowds across the country, made nine hit albums, starred in ...

Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

Yvon Chouinard

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

The Ultimate Company to work for
Yvon Chouinard began his foray into business as a way to create a product for himself and his climbing colleagues. His desire to life an unconventional lifestyle, along with his mother's philanthropic influence, led him to create what Patagonia is today: a socially ...

Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression

Bantam, 2007

LOVE this book!
This book was so comforting to read. I'd fix a cupof tea, grab the book and go hide in a quiet room to read. With all the hardships she faced on the farm, I still am envious. What a wonderful way to remember your childhood. I'd recommend this to anyone!

Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (Mass market version): Divine Mercy in My Soul

Saint Maria Faustina Kowalaska

Marian Press, 2005

Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
This book has helped me to grow so much in my spirituality. I highly recommend it!

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression

Studs Terkel

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

gives voices to those who lived through the Depression
As a former grad student in History, I found this book fascinating. Author Studs Terkel interviews people who lived through the Depression and gets their takes on that difficult period. We hear the experiences and memories of those who lived through it from multiple ...

Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s

Donald Worster

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

"Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s"
Donald Worster contends that the destruction of the southern plains was one of the most terrible ecological disasters in human history. Human beings, not nature, heaven, or hell, created this ecological tragedy. It was the result of unbridled greed and arrogance on ...

Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times

Susan Quinn

Walker & Company, 2008

Passionately written wonderful read
There are writers who can give us an accurate account of a time in history, and then there are those rare and gifted ones who can take us by the hand and deliver us to the sights, sounds, politics and emotions of another time. Susan Quinn is such an author, and it is ...

Nureyev: The Life

Julie Kavanagh

Pantheon, 2007

INSIGHTFUL COMMENTARY IN THIS STUNNING BIO
He was born on a train as his mother and sisters journeyed to be with his soldier father. Of this unusual entrance into the world, Nureyev was to say "...it was the most romantic event of his life, symbolic of his future statelessness and nomadic existence." His ...

Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness

Dennis N. Griffin, Frank Cullotta

Huntington Press, 2007

Chilling and Exciting glimpse into the life of Frank Cullotta
Intense, graphic, and action-packed, "CULLOTTA" by Dennis N. Griffin is a must read for all fans of true crime. In this no-holds barred biography of Chicago criminal and Las Vegas Mobster Frank Cullotta, Dennis Griffin delivers a powerful and detailed account of ...

A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method

Lee Strasberg

Plume, 1988

WHAT A GREAT BOOK!
This book is absoulutly grreat! If you want to get into acting, you must read this book. I gauruntee it :)