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Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build ...
Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston
Yale University Press, 2006
Must read
Excellent breakdown of the drivers for companies to go green. Also excellent analyses of strategies used by the corporate world to achieve their goals with green programs. Many examples of what worked and what didn't work.
Great reading!
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A Little History of the World
E. H. Gombrich
Yale University Press, 2005
Without "cult" there is no culture
Since other reviewers have hit most of the high points of this book -- its comprehensiveness, its accessible style, its suitability for reading aloud, etc. -- I'll focus on one little-discussed aspect: its respect for religion. Gombrich has no interest in ...
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The Library at Night
Alberto Manguel
Yale University Press, 2008
The Romance of Reading
Alberto Manguel has produced a romantic history of libraries which incorporates their best feature: the ability to wander down hitherto unsuspected byways and make new discoveries, often winding up far from your original objective but still satisfied by what you have ...
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The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
James Gustave Speth
Yale University Press, 2008
The Bridge at the Edge of the World YOUTUBE VIDEO
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R227HOY1RAP1LO This is a quick introduction to the book. The video is on YouTube at [...]. Enjoy!
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1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
Benny Morris
Yale University Press, 2008
A Vital Work on the 1948 Israeli-Arab War
In 1948 Benny Morris shows himself to be a first-rate historian with an accurate and detailed command of the events leading up to the first Arab Israeli War and the war itself. The book is primarily the military history of the conflict, and Morris is a well informed ...
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The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
Jonathan Zittrain
Yale University Press, 2008
Compelling and thought-provoking
Someone once said, "The plural of anecdote is data." Zittrain's new book is a delightful illustration of this principle, engaging the reader with fascinating observations and stories, then weaving them together to present a powerful narrative. Whether or not you share ...
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The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation
Marwan Muasher
Yale University Press, 2008
The reference to read on modern Middle East politics
A reference of authority on Middle East Politics, terrorism, and hope through modernization.
This book is by far the best of what has been written about Modern Middle East Politics and current affairs. It takes the reader through a journey of the most important ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By Himself
Frederick Douglass
Yale University Press, 2001
Essential
"I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death." Frederic Douglass
Frederic Douglass tells us the REAL story about slavery in early America. From the first ...
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Yale University Press, 2008
Designing Choice Architecture
This book provides insights to those who need to move people to make good decisions and if they cannot, then the default would do them the least harm. Many of the examples that they have provided are not new, e.g. Singapore has adopted the opt-out model for organ ...
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The Craftsman
Richard Sennett
Yale University Press, 2008
'Why are we just getting-by?'-An Anthology on the Craftsman (not Tradesman)
First of all, it is exceedingly unfair to write a short, impressionistic review for a book that is meant to be the first of a three volume critique and analysis on material culture intended by Richard Sennett.
But being one of the rare books out there--and I can ...
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Long Day's Journey into Night
Eugene O'Neill
Yale University Press, 2002
Great play, not for light reading
Eugene O'Neill's classic play, "Long Day's Journey into Night," is an autobiographical work that makes you feel immense pity for his family life. It's a great read, and wonderful to analyze! Just don't think that this will be a playful romp through the theater. ...
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Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination
Paul Freedman
Yale University Press, 2008
New Perspectives
Professor Freedman examines Medieval Europe and its metamorphosis into Modern Europe from the perspective of spices...as condiments, as medicine, as perfumes, and as stimulants to world exploration. This fascinating book provides some novel historical perspectives - ...
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Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Adrian Goldsworthy
Yale University Press, 2008
Excellent new biography of Caesar
Ever since the great German historian Theodor Mommsen portrayed Caius Julius Caesar as Rome's "perfect man," the dictator has been the subject of many biographies. There are some excellent scholarly materials on the general, such as Mattias Gelzer's translated Caesar: ...
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Calder Jewelry
Yale University Press, 2007
Calder
An absolutely wonderful book! The jewelry Calder designed and constructed is without compare. Top quality photography!
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Jacob's Legacy: A Genetic View of Jewish History
David B. Goldstein
Yale University Press, 2008
Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today’s Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? These questions stand at the heart of this engaging book. Geneticist David Goldstein analyzes modern DNA studies of Jewish populations and examines the intersections of ...
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