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Down the Up Escalator: How the 99 Percent Live in the Great Recession by Barbara Garson

On April 28, 2013, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Political, Social Studies, by Editor

The Great Recession has thrown huge economic challenges at almost all Americans save the super-affluent few, and we are only now beginning to reckon up the human toll it is taking. Down the Up Escalator is an urgent dispatch from the front lines of our vast collective struggle to keep our heads above water and maybe even—someday—get ahead.

The Interestings: A Novel About Bright and Talented Kids of the 1970′s by Meg Wolitzer

On March 28, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

From bestselling author Meg Wolitzer comes a dazzling, panoramic novel about what becomes of early talent, and the roles that art, money, and even envy can play in close friendships. Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life.

Ghostman, A Slick And Gritty Mystery Novel by Roger Hobbs

On February 11, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

From its riveting opening pages, Ghostman effortlessly pulls the reader into Jack’s refined and peculiar world—and the sophisticated shadowboxing grows ever more intense as he moves, hour by hour, toward a constantly reimprovised solution. With a quicksilver plot, gripping prose and masterly expertise, Roger Hobbs has given us a novel that will immediately place him in the company of our most esteemed crime writers.

Ship It Holla Ballas!: How a Bunch of 19-Year-Old College Dropouts Used the Internet to Become Poker’s Loudest, Craziest, and Richest Crew by Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback

On January 28, 2013, in Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Editor

In Ship It Holla Ballas!, Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback trace the rise and fall of Internet poker through the eyes of its most unlikely stars: A group of teenage college dropouts, united by social media, who bluffed their way to the top of the game.

Vengeance: A Quirke Mystery Novel by Dublin Novelist Benjamin Black

On August 3, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

A bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as one of our most brilliant crime novelists reveals a world where money and sex trump everything. Why did Victor Delahaye kill himself, and who is intent upon wreaking vengeance on so many of those who knew him?

The Bellwether Revivals: A Novel of Pastoral Cambridge and the Upper British Crust by Benjamin Wood

On July 31, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

A masterful work of psychological suspense and emotional resonance from a brilliant young talent, The Bellwether Revivals will hold readers spellbound until its breathtaking conclusion.

Capital: An Elegant Novel About London Life by John Lanchester

On June 11, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

Celebrated novelist John Lanchester (“an elegant and wonderfully witty writer”—New York Times) returns with an epic novel that captures the obsessions of our time. It’s 2008 and things are falling apart: Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers are going under, and the residents of Pepys Road, London—a banker and his shopaholic wife, an old woman dying of a brain tumor and her graffiti-artist grandson, Pakistani shop owners and a shadowy refugee who works as the meter maid, the young soccer star from Senegal and his minder—are receiving anonymous postcards reading “We Want What You Have.”

More Than You Know: A Novel About British Life in Post-World War II London by Penny Vincenzi

On April 23, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

It all comes down to love or money in a harrowing custody battle over a little girl, set against the glossy backdrop of the magazine and advertising worlds in 1960s London. A privileged girl from a privileged class, Eliza has a dazzling career in the magazine world of the 1960s. But when she falls deeply in love with Matt, an edgy working-class boy, she gives up her ritzy, fast-paced lifestyle to get married.

The Myth About Starting Your Own Internet Business

On March 30, 2012, in Blogging, Blogging Aspects, Business, Making Money from Home, Professional Blogging, Scammers, by Editor

One of the biggest crimes in the Internet world has not been identified as such for a simple reason: It is legal to scam unemployed or low-income residents and make them believe they can start their own Internet-based business.

Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order by Philip Coggan

On February 8, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

In Paper Promises, Economist columnist Philip Coggan helps us to understand the origins of this mess and how it will affect the new global economy by explaining how our attitudes towards debt have changed throughout history, and how they may be about to change again.