Steve Gross

Disappointing. The author cannot hardly go a chapter without mentioning 1) Steve Jobs (subject of his last biography) and 2) how teamwork only creates innovation, despite many examples to the contrary. Often repetitive as well.

A thankfully slim booked packed with data and statistics showing that liberal policies have hurt, not helped blacks. AN eye-opener.

An interesting book on the intersection of science and sociology. Very reminiscent of The Bell Curve by Murray and Hernstein. The three basic contentions are that there are distinct races, that evolution has operated up to modern times over relatively short time spans (500 years) and that culture and institutions affect genes and vice-versa. Great except for the middle chapter,. which makes all kind of hand-waving assertions without proof.

This is an interesting story, but poorly edited. It switches from biography of Stoker to psychological and quite unconvincing proofs of Stoker's influences.

The title of the book purports it to be about English crime fiction, but the first two thirds of the book is largely about famous Victorian murders and the reactions to them. The author tends to repeat her points over and over. And she commits the unforgivable sin of revealing whodunit for several murder mysteries. Shame!

Excellent behind-the-scenes thirty years later of the negotiations in Iceland. What I learned was that negotiations are a very human endeavor; lots of unexpected human, policy and personal aspects that cannot be planned for. Recommended reading.

Magnificent, terrible, grand, fascinating.. This account of early American polar exploration is wonderfully written and told. Great adventure!

I listened to the audiobook and the performance was incredible. It's a terrific story but very long.

A real nuts and bolts understanding of the LHC and its detectors.

Macintyre is a good writer but his material here feels a little thin. Rather than a conventional biography, this is more a biography of relationships. It also feels like most of the information has been developed from few sources.

An economist explores how economics explains many areas of life. Two startling facts: 1) shopping cart sizes have accurately reflected the state of the economy by growing and 2) parents of girls are more likely to divorce than parents of boys. The title is a stupid attention grabber which even the author's parents asked him not to use.

Fun

A decent mystery, heavily centered on economics.

Anything by the great Charles Murray is worth reading. Give this book to your college kid; no, better yet, give this book instead of sending them to college. Lots of great life advice.

Well-written, smart thriller, almost novel-like at times.

Slightly better than average, but too long.

Charles Krauthammer is the smartest man in America. This is a book filled with something we rarely see today - not just facts, but wisdom. Written with felicity and clarity. This book is easily worth more than two years of a typical college education.

The writing is uneven - long parts that don't seem to mean anything. It would have been passable except for the huge amount of profanity, 99% of it unnecessary. Harvey is not a nice person.

Standard Ike Schwartz mystery.

As good as any other in this series

I wanted to give this four stars - it's excellently written, genuinely interesting despite its four hundred pages. However, there were two major problems that were not evident until the end. This is not a spoiler: one, the author continually hinted at deeper revelations but they never came; two, he doesn't know the answer to the mystery but only gives his theory. This is disappointing as I'm sure other students of the crime have equally plausible conclusions.

Typical Carmon thriller - intricate and lengthy incomprehensible plotting, some cool tradecraft.

Outstanding in-depth analysis of the deeper and often surprising meaning of the Ten Commandments. Good shul reading.

A mystery set at Harvard. Not very puzzling but you'll learn a lot about economics.

Poundstone tries a Malcolm Gladwell-like attempt to start off each chapter with a clever anecdote and then go into the science, but it doesn't work.