books about: discontent

books about: discontent

books:

Discontent

Jose Ortega y Gasset

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

Ortega's Revolt of the Masses
This is an important book, perhaps the most important, of an author who has been unjustly ignored. Ortega is the forgotten existentialist and one of the best of the bunch. Anybody with even a passing interest in the continental tradition in philosophy should read ...

The Winter of Her Discontent: A Rosie Winter Mystery (Rosie Winter Mysteries)

Kathryn Miller Haines

Harper Paperbacks, 2008

Spunky heroine does it again
The second installment in the Rosie Winter mystery series offers more details on all fronts -- on Rosie, spunky actress and accidental private investigator, on life during WWII, as well as a backstage look at the NYC theatre scene. A great read for those who love ...

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

Samantha Power

Harper Perennial, 2003

Thorough Study of Genocide History
Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely ...

Holy Discontent: Fueling the Fire That Ignites Personal Vision

Bill Hybels

Zondervan, 2007

It Only Takes a Spark
When it comes to articulating a passion, few do it better than Bill Hybels. It was with anticipation that I ordered Holy Discontent - I needed to hear someone like Hybels both give me direction and inspire me to fuel the fire. The book is a good combination of ...

Globalization and Its Discontents

Joseph E. Stiglitz

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

must read!
Joseph Stiglitz thoroughly disects the brain dead institution called the IMF. Read this book and you will clearly see why African countries and other 3rd world countries are as poor as they are. it's not simply because of corruption and mismangement by their government ...

The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse

Gregg Easterbrook

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

Even-handed look at where we were and where we've come
Easterbrook shows the disparity between our collective societal unhappiness and contrasts it with how much better we really have it now. His take appears unclouded by either conservative or liberal agendas. The reader walks away unsure of his politics, but uplifted by ...

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud, Peter Gay

W. W. Norton & Company, 1989

Freud's Politics
Freud gives his pessimistic take on human nature and expands this formula to society as a whole. I am not sure if his argument is sound based on the fact that he went from the micro-individual to a macro view of society, but his argument was quite convincing based upon ...

Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium

Dick Meyer

Crown, 2008

Shallow as a kiddie pool, then deep as an ocean
Inconsistent little book here. Dick Meyer starts out with what is basically a hundred or more pages of whining about American culture. He whines about peoples' attitudes and the press and politicians and what's on TV. It gets old quickly and it's ironic, because ...

American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us

Steven Emerson

Free Press, 2003

Understanding the presence of Terrorists With us
An awesome very up to date information. An easy reed, well writtten book explaining in detail of how JIHAD works within our (USA) borders. It brings to light what is actualy happening right now!

The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Classics)

John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 2008

One way or another, you pay
In "The Winter of Our Discontent", Steinbeck has us step into the shoes of an individual that I would guess is of a pretty rare breed: someone whose immediate ancestors had wealth, significance, & pedigree but all of which was recently lost, reducing this person to ...

Seeds of Discontent: The Deep Roots of the American Revolution, 1650-1750

J. Revell Carr

Walker & Company, 2008

Americans are patient, but . . . .
This book is marvelous. As a Canadian, raised in a "loyalist" province settled by Tories who were driven out of the United States after the War of Independence, it's always been a puzzle why rational people would rebel against the King. This book gave me a much ...

Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents
Mikal Gilmore

Free Press, 2008

The 1960s and 1970s represent a rare moment in our cultural history -- music was exploring unprecedented territories, literature was undergoing a radical reinvention, politics polarized the nation, and youth culture was at the zenith of its influence. There has never been, nor is there likely to be, another generation that matches the ...

Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror

Rohan Gunaratna

Berkley Trade, 2003

I had a class with Rohan Gunaratna...
Of course we had to read this book for the class, but for those of you who doubt his knowledge, let me just say this. There is no, and I mean no American who has the knowledge about Al Qaeda as Dr. Gunaratna has. That is why he was a debriefer for the CIA, he ...

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

Jim Defede

Harper Paperbacks, 2003

The Day he World Came to Town:9/11 in Gander, Newfoundlan
Most amazing book I've read. Most Americans were unaware that all of incomming flights at the time of the bombings were diverted to the nearest airports not within USA borders. This story is wonderful and shows how the human race really cares about one another. It ...

Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe
Gerard Prunier

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a sweeping and disastrous upheaval. ...