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My book reviews

I am trying to do something different from just more general book reviews. I want to talk about the subject of the book, or make my own comments on the subject or just talk about a particular aspect or section of a book. However, I will give you a link to a normal book review.

I will also provide links to such things as biographical information on the author, the author’s website, and interviews with the author or YouTube items on the author, the book or talks by the author. I will also provide other links, if I feel they are pertinent.

For my book review blog, see www.spbrunner2.blogspot.com and for my investing blog review blog, see www.spbrunner.blogspot.com

Investment and Economics

Art of Risk, The by Kayt Sukel   
Age of Turbulence, Alan Greenspan  Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson 
Black Swan, The Nassim Nicholas Taleb  Boom and Bust by Quinn and Turner 
Bottom Billion, Paul Collier  Brief History of Doom, A by Richard Vague 
   
Capital Compounders by Robin Speziale  Capitalism, The Myth of. :by Jonathan Tepper 
Crashed by Adam Tooze  Common Wealth, Jeffrey Sachs 
Double Entry,Jane Gleeson-White   
Economics of Good and Evil, Thomas Sedlacek  Elmer's Investment Approach, Ryan Goldsman 
False Economy, Alan Beattie  Giving, Bill Clinton 
   
Great Degeneration,The by Niall Ferguson   
Great Reflation, The by Anthony Boeckh  Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman   
Identity Economics by Akerlof and Kranton  IOU by John Lanchester 
   
Journey of Humanity by Oded Galor   
Lords of Finance, Liaquat Ahamed  Money Changes Everything, William Goetzmann 
Mystery of Capital, The by Hernando De Soto   
   
Panic by Michael Lewis   
Risk, Dan Gardner  Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki 
Seeking Virtue in Finance by JC de Swaan   
Stocks for the Long Run, Jeremy Siegel  Superfusion, Zachary Karabell 
   
This Time is Different,Reinhart & Rogoff  Undercover Economist Strikes Back, Tim Harford 
Wars, Guns and Votes, Paul Collier  Wealthy Renter,The, by Alex Avery 
Zero Marginal Cost Society, The, Jeremy Rifkin   
   

History

1177 BC by Eric Cline 21 Lessons for 21st Century, Yuval Harari
100 Mistakes That Changed History Fawcett Alps, The- Andrew Beattie
After the Reich, Giles MacDonogh America by Robert Goodwin
Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer  
Ashoka by Charles Allen Asia's Cauldron, Robert Kaplan
   
Barbarous Years, The by Bernard Bailyn Beward the Dragon, Erik Durschmied
Bush Runner by Mark Bourrie  
   
Canada in Ten Maps, A History, Adam Shoalts  
Champlain’s Dream by David Hackett Fischer Churchill, Hitler, Unnecessary War, Buchanan
City, The, by Joel Kotkin Civilization by Niall Ferguson
Colder War,The by Marin Katusa Conquest of the Ocean, The by Brian Lavery
   
Darius by Pierre Briant Dangerous Melodies by Jonathan Rosenberg<
Debt by David Graeber Doomed to Repeat by Bill Fawcett
   
Edward III by Richard Barber  
Empires of Food by Fraser and Rimas Ends of the World, The by Peter Brannen
Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil Evangelicals, The by Frances Fitzgerald
   
Fate of the West, The by Bill Emmott  
Father of Us All, The by Victor Hanson Feeding the People by Rebecca Earle
Flash Points by George Friedman Fortunes of Africa, The by Martin Meredith
   
From the Ruins of Empire, Pankaj Mishra Flight of the Eagle by Conrad Black
Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr Forge of Empires, Michael Knox Beran
Freedom in the Ancient World, Muller Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier
   
Going Dutch, Jardine Golden Age Shtetl by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Great Rupture, The by Viktor Shvets  
   
Hammer & The Cross,The by Robert Ferguson  
Heroes of Empire by Edward Berenson  
History of the World, Richard Overy History of the World in 12 Maps, Jerry Brotton
Horse, Wheel, Language, David Anthony How Civilizations Die by David Goldman
How Europe is Indebted to the Sikhs, Singh The Human Web, McNeill & McNeill
   
A History of Iran by Michael Axworthy In Ishmael's House by Martin Gilbert
India by Stanley Wolper The Intimate Bond by Brian Fagan
Invisible Armies by Max Boot  
   
Leadership & Rise of Great Powers, Xuetong  
Let Eastern Bastards Freeze, Janigan Lost History of Christianity, Philip Jenkins
   
Making of Asian America,The by Erika Lee Maximum Canada by Doug Saunders
Measure of Civilization,The by Ian Morris Medieval World by Susan Wise Bauer
Mexico and the US, W. Dirk Raat  
Money Plot, The by Frederick Kaufman Mosquito, The by Timothy Winegard
Mystery of Ancient Seafarers,Robert Ballard Next Decade, The by George Friedman 
   
Origins of Political Order, The, Fukuyama  Ottoman Centuries,The by Lord Kinross 
Ottoman Endgame, The by Sean McMeekin.   
   
Political Order and Political Decay, Fukuyama  Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall 
   
Reflections - Revolution in Europe, Caldwell  Restless Empire, Odd Arne Westad 
Return of History, The by Robert Kagan  Return of History, The by Jennifer Welsh 
Revenge of Georgraphy, The by Robert Kaplan   
   
Rise and Fall by Paul Strathern  Rise, Fall of American Growth, Robert Gordon 
Rise and Fall of Communism, Archie Brown  Rise, Fall of Ancient Egypt, Wilkinson 
Rise to Greatness by Conrad Black  Russia by Martin Sixsmith 
   
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari  Sea and Civilization,The by Lincoln Paine 
Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan  Six-Day War, The by Guy Laron 
Social Conquest of Earth,The by E. O. Wilson  SPQR by Mary Beard 
   
Square and the Tower, The, by Niall Ferguson  Story of the Jews, The by Simon Schama 
Storm Before the Calm, The by George Friedman   
Superpower by Ian Bremmer  Swerve, The by Stephen Greenblatt 
   
Thinking the Twentieth Century, Judt, Snyder  Upheaval by Jared Diamond 
Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies   
   
Wake, The by Linden MacIntyre  War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat 
War, Definitive Visual History, DK  Why The West Rules, Ian Morris 
World in Disarray, by Richard Haass  World Order by Henry Kissinger 
World until Yesterday, The Jared Diamond  Written Word, The, Martin Puchner 
   

Human Interests

100 Million Years of Food by Stephen Le  100 Year Old Man, The by Jonas Jonasson 
Age-Proof by Chatzky and Roizen   
Almost Nearly Perfect People,Michael Booth  The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin 
Adbundance, Diamandis, Kotler  Advance Civilizations of Prehistoric America, Joseph 
   
Better Angels of our Nature, Pinker  Big Shift, The by Bricker, Ibbitson 
Blink, Malcolm Gladwell  Bonobo and the Atheist, The by Frans de Waal 
Bootlegger Blues by Drew Hayden Taylor  Cooked by Michael Pollan 
Cowkeeper's Wish by Kasaboski and Hartog  David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell 
Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book  Dictator's Learning Curve,William Dobson 
   
Eat Well Age Better by Mason and Stoffman  End of Illness, The by David Agus 
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker  Exodua, Paul Collier 
Geography of Bliss, The by Eric Weiner  Geography of Genius, The by Eric Weiner 
Great Leaders by Michael Brody-Waite  Gutbliss by Robynne Chutkan 
   
Heart, Breath, Mind by Leah Lagos   
Hidden Half of Nature by Montgomery, Bikle  Happiness Advantage, The by Shawn Achor 
   
In-Between Days by Teva Harrison  Inheritors of the Earth by Chris Thomas 
Insectopedia by Hugh Raffles  Islamic Exceptionalism by Shadi Hamid 
   
Knowledge, The by Lewis Dartnell  Language Animal, The by Charles Taylor 
Life, A New History by Ward, Kirschvink  Life Ascending, Nick Lane 
Life at the Bottom, Theodore Dalrymple   
   
Machine Platform Crowd by McAfee and Brynjolfsson   
Memory Illusion, The by Dr. Julia Shaw  Mindware by Richard E. Nisbett 
Moral Landscape, The Harris  Murdered Midas by Charlotte Gray 
Natural History by Smithsonian  Not With a Bang But a Whimper, Dalrymple 
   
Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan  On God, Norman Mailer 
Origins of a Journey by Daniel Grogan   
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell  Power of Why, The by Amanda Lang 
Reality Bubble, The by Ziya Tong   
   
7 Laws of Magical Thinking, Matthew Hutson  The Smart Swarm, Peter Miller 
Smarter by Dan Hurley   
   
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell  Thinner This year by Crowley and Sacheck 
Tribe by Sebastian Junger  Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman 
Triple Package, The by Chua and Rubenfeld  Three Stones Make a Wall by Eric Cline 
Upright Thinkers, The; Leonard Mlodinow   
   
Wait, Frank Partnoy  Water, Steven Solomon 
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, R. Sapolsky   
The Wisdom of Psychopaths, Kevin Dutton  Wired for Culture by Mark Pagel 
   
You Could Live a Long Time, Lyndsay Green  Younger Next Year by Crowley and Lodge