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Pot, Inc.: Inside Medical Marijuana, America’s Most Outlaw Industry by Greg Campbell

On May 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction, by Editor

Greg Campbell, coauthor of the bestselling Flawless and Blood Diamonds, presents a compelling, close-up investigation of a hot-button topic: America’s schizophrenic attitude to the legalization of pot.

Publishing: Hardcover, Paperback, or In Between?

On May 15, 2012, in Guest Writers, Reader Views, by Reader Views

Whenever a book is published, the author has to decide whether to print a hard cover, a paperback, or both, and in recent years, a hybrid version—the French flaps cover—has appeared. Deciding which cover to use depends on an author’s budget, the type of book, and the book’s audience.

A Disposition to Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor’s Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States by Geoffrey C. Ward

On May 14, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Business & Investing, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

Ferdinand Ward was the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age. Through his unapologetic villainy, he bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and ran roughshod over the entire world of finance. Now, his compelling, behind-the-scenes story is told—told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward.

Net Smart: How to Thrive Online and Use Social Media Intelligently by Howard Rheingold

On May 12, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, Technology, by Editor

Rheingold points out that there is a bigger social issue at work in digital literacy, one that goes beyond personal empowerment. If we combine our individual efforts wisely, it could produce a more thoughtful society: countless small acts like publishing a Web page or sharing a link could add up to a public good that enriches everybody.

How to Be Richer, Smarter, and Better-Looking Than Your Parents by Zac Bissonnette

On May 6, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Editor

Striking out on your own for the first time is exhilarating. But in a culture full of bad advice, predatory banks, and splurge-now-pay-later temptations, it can also be extremely dangerous–leading you to make financial decisions that could hurt you for years to come. Combine this with a slumped economy, mounds of student loans, and dubious examples from reality TV stars to politicians to your own parents, and it’s no wonder so many twenty-somethings are struggling.

The Art of the Sale: Learning from the Masters About the Business of Life by Philip Delves Broughton

On April 30, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Editor

Though sales is the engine of commerce and industry—more Americans work in sales than in manufacturing, marketing, or finance—it remains shrouded in myth. The Art of the Sale is a powerful beam of light onto the field, a wise and winning tour of the best in show of this endeavor which is nothing less than the means by which all of us, one way or another, get our way in the world.

The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It by Timothy Noah

On April 29, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Editor

For the past three decades, America has steadily become a nation of haves and have-nots. Our incomes are increasingly drastically unequal: the top 1% of Americans collect almost 20% of the nation’s income—more than double their share in 1973. We have less equality of income than Venezuela, Kenya, or Yemen.

All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending by Laura Vanderkam

On April 28, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Editor

How happy would you be if you had all the money in the world? The universal lament about money is that there is never enough. We spend endless hours obsessing over our budgets and investments, trying to figure out ways to stretch every dollar. We try to follow the advice of money gurus and financial planners, then kick ourselves whenever we spend too much or save too little. For all of the stress and effort we put into every choice, why are most of us unhappy about our finances?

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, a Study of Big Oil by Steve Coll

On April 27, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Editor

The first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil, Private Empire is the masterful result of Coll’s indefatigable reporting. He draws here on more than four hundred interviews; field reporting from the halls of Congress to the oil-laden swamps of the Niger Delta; more than one thousand pages of previously classified U.S. documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act; heretofore unexamined court records; and many other sources. A penetrating, newsbreaking study, Private Empire is a defining portrait of ExxonMobil and the place of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.

The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food by Josh Schonwald

On April 23, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Cooking, Food & Wine, Nonfiction, by Editor

In The Taste of Tomorrow, journalist Josh Schonwald sets out on a journey to investigate the future of food. His quest takes him across the country and into farms and labs around the globe. From Alice Waters’ microfarm to a Pentagon facility that has quietly shaped American supermarkets, The Taste of Tomorrow is a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse at what we eat today—and what we’ll be eating tomorrow.