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Bookviews - March 2011

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthOf all the themes of literature I like, history is my top choice. This is greatly enhanced when the author can write well. This is the case of James Carroll’s...

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Bookviews - April 2011

By Alan Caruba My Picks of the MonthFor anyone struggling to understand the actions of the present administration with its 32 “czars” advising the President, but free of congressional oversight as they...

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Bookviews - May 2011

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the Month; To Your Health; People (biographies and memoirs); Marriage and Parenting; Business books; Children’s and Younger Reader’s books; and new NovelsMy Picks of the...

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Bookviews - June 2011

By Alan Caruba My Picks of the Month ~ Advice Books (Mostly) for Woman ~ The Story of America ~ Dogs of War ~ Books for Kids and Young Adults ~ NovelsMy Picks of the MonthIn 1984 I created a very...

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Bookviews - July 2011

By Alan CarubaA founding Member of the National Book Critics CircleBiographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs ~ Lots of Advice ~ Business Books ~ Summer Reading for Kids & Teens ~ NovelsMy Picks of...

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Bookviews - August 2011

By Alan CarubaFounding Member of the National Book Critics CircleMy Picks of the MonthOccasionally one receives a book for review that is simply astonishing for its lack of candor and common sense....

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Bookviews - September 2011

By Alan CarubaFounding member of the National Book Critics CircleMy Picks of the MonthFive Stars! If you want to learn how the U.S. got into the financial mess we’re in, I recommend you pick up a copy...

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Bookviews - October 2011

By Alan CarubaFounding member of the National Book Critics CircleMy Picks of the MonthIf you want to understand why there is so much unemployment in America these days or why Red China has the ability...

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Bookviews - November 2011

By Alan CarubaFounding member of the National Book Critics CircleMy Picks of the MonthWith the headlines filled with news about the financial crisis in Europe, Dr. Johan Van Overtveldt has written The...

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Bookviews - December 2011

By Alan CarubaFounding Member, National Book Critics CircleMy Picks of the MonthAs the European Union totters on collapse as several member nations face default and as the U.S. fails to address and...

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Bookviews - January 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthA book that has proven so provocative that even Congress is currently trying to fashion a re-write of laws applying to its members is Throw Them All Out: How...

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Bookviews - February 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIn my parent’s home, the living room was a library. One wall was floor to ceiling shelves and among the books was the complete set of the Harvard Classics, the books...

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Bookviews - March 2012

By Alan Caruba My Picks of the MonthCharles Murray, a scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has written a number of books that have garnered both recognition and controversy. He’s back with...

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Bookviews - April 2012

by Alan Caruba My Picks of the MonthI love reading history and for anyone trying to figure out the trends occurring worldwide there is no better way of understanding what is occurring now. Why Nations...

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Bookviews - May 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthI have known Brian Sussman from the years when he and I would get together on the radio in his hometown of San Francisco on KFSO to discuss the events of the day. A...

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Bookviews - June 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthBy far the greatest scandal of the Obama administration has been the revelations about the Department of Justice gun-running operation to Mexican drug cartels called...

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Bookviews - July 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIt is rare to read a book written to dispute and dismember another author, but in the case of Martin Sieff’s That Should Still Be Us: How Thomas Friedman’s Flat World...

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Bookviews - August 2012

By Alan Caruba My Picks of the MonthAs America heads over the fiscal cliff toward financial collapse, there’s a book that does a great job of explaining the federal budget and the politics that...

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Bookviews - September 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIf there is one book a voter should read before they go to the polls in November, it is Dr. Paul Kengor’s The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis—The Untold Story of...

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Bookviews - October 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThere are a number of new books that address major issues that were published last month and they are worthy of your attention.  The Great Oil Conspiracy ($22.95, Sky...

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