Biography & Memoir of a Professional or Academic

With Einstein the universe changed. It became more dynamic, less mechanical, and somewhat un-understandable to our common, logical minds. Time and space became integrated as never before.

If you want to learn about Albert Einstein, I...
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Having read some of the more significant biographies of Albert Einstein, including those written by Robert Clark, Max Jammer, Pais, among others it is clear that Isaacson contributes only insofar as he is the most recent of a long line of works...
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This book fills in many gaps in the Einstein hagiography but compounds some of the illusions about him as well. The author fails to fully confront the implications of Einstein's role in advocating the building of weapons of mass destruction, and...
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I've thought about Mitch and Morrie every day since I read this book. Morrie's wisdom puts all of life's worries in perspective. I think of Morrie every time I am driving and screaming at people to go faster or move out of my way. I wonder...
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Superficial and soporific, Albom's book is strong on sentiment but weak on substance. Riddled with ridiculous aphorisms such as "When you're in bed, you're dead," this book left me feeling like I had just read a high school student's unstructured...
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I am a psychoanalyst and one of my patients gave the book to me, strongly urging me to read it. Since it would facilitate the therapy, I read it, in a two hour gulp. My guess is that to my patient, I am Morrie and he is Mitch. He is in business...
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If you care what happens to our world read this groundbreaking book. John Perkins tells, as only an insider can, the truths about our goverment system. His courage and insight is truely heroic.
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The author claims we built infrastructure for countries who couldn't/didn't pay us for them. Doesn't sound like a great idea to me. I don't doubt that there are social and environmental problems associated with oil production and these should be...
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From 1963 to 1981 Perkins worked for an international consulting firm where his main job was to convince third world countries to finance infrastructure improvements by taking out loans from the US government. Basically Perkins and his colleagues...
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This is an outstanding book. I highly recommend it
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Although the theme is interesting and instructive, the book is rather repetitive. Live below your means. Be frugal to accumulate wealth. The book could have been condensed into a 20 page essay. If you want to live the lesson, do what I...
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The authors take about 30,000 words to say the following: save your money, don't spend like an idiot on dumb ass consumer items, and invest like a maddog, and you, too, can have a whole bunch of money when you die. The problem is, you end up with...
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After reading Liar's Poker, you'll feel as I do that you have lived through the '80s on Wall Street with Lewis.
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This book is tremendously overrated. Lewis' writing style, while amusing, is also quite amateurish. Plus he seems to have a major superiority complex - is he really the only honest guy on Wall Street? Puh-leease.
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Hilarious book, pretty insightful to the machinations of bond trading and the excess of the'80s. A definite recommendation for avid business readers and all other readers alike. The story however is reads like a tale versus other typical...
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Beautifully written and masterfully researched, Flynn Siler tells the inside story of one of America's most influential families. The Mondavis reinvented the way we eat and drink in this country. This book chronicles that amazing achievement and...
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If you like the wine industry, you'll enjoy this book. I found it a bit tedious to read. Too much wine not enough interpersonal relationships.
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I dove into this book learning a lot about the history of California wine and just why exactly the Mondavi name had come to prominence. The first part of the book which follows the life and the two sons of the patriach and particularly the bon...
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In his first book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, John Perkins lifted the veil on a world rarely seen by most people. He took us on a tour of the costs and consequences of American corporate hegemony, dispelling myths of the `free market',...
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John Perkins' The Secret History of the American Empire is not scholarly "history". History here is just the backdrop. It is the frame story for a lyrical ballad on global corporatism. Perkins commences: "More than half the world's population...
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Once again James Cramer allows us a look at a life he certainly loves living. From the days as a kid reviewing the stock quotes to his decision to give up the money management game....From the troubling first days of Thestreet.com to it's...
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This book is more about his autobiography, and albiet amusing at times, isn't a real investing book. His other one: Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World is much better.
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I'll first admit I haven't read the book but I would like to offer a perspective into Cramer's personality. I had the displeasure of being on the periphery in Cramer's last days at the hedge fund. I had always respected him and his opinion, but...
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