Review:Preston is a genius when it comes to his writing. The demon in the freezer is extremely thought-provoking. Is one of those books that puts you on the edge of your seat and it is one you want to share with your friends. It would be awesome for book club. Read more

Review:Melissa Harris Perry is one of the most prolific and thorough writers and she nailed the presentation of what black women in america think, what they have experienced and how they must be more appreciated in our country and our world. Read more

Review:If you’re interested in social sciences and how people relate with government, this is a great read for you. This was one of the sources I used to write my college thesis.

Easy to read through and has a great political background. The authors tend to place themselves as observers without trying to influence the reader to a certain ideology. Read more

Review:Provocatively written with a rich reference of data and research, this book is a great example of a neo-Keynesian assessment and critique of the economy.

The central theme of The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Engenders Our Future, written by Colombia professor, winner of the Nobel Prize of Economics, and overall economic wizard, is that political and economic forces have shaped and reinforced the extent to which concentration of income at the top is created and protecte... Read more

Review:Is American democracy dying? This is the question that Harvard government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt set out to answer in How Democracies Die. Drawing on decades of research in comparative politics around in Europe and Latin America, they review the conditions of today's fractured American polity with Donald Trump in the White House.
Four Indicators of Authoritarian Behavior
The principal contribution Levitsky and Ziblatt bring to their topic are the Four Indicators of A... Read more

Review:Clearly written and packed with good things to know, specifics and detail backing up broad ideas and concepts. Different approaches to working against poverty presented, with the need to determine what policies and programs are effective always emphasized. Read more

Review:An excellent analysis of political order and the structural processes required to provide a society with an effective government. Lamentably, it is also depressing for those from countries which have already ingrained noxious processes which are very difficult to remove. Read more

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Review:This book is an interesting read covering a large amount of historical societies. Unfortunately, the two societies covered the most extensively were to me the least interesting. Still worth reading in hopes of learning from past mistakes. Read more

Review:This week I've reviewed two very different yet very good books...this one and Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights
By: David Kinley. Both are exceptionally well written. Both present unique perspectives on the current state of affairs and both bring up compelling points for the reader to carefully consider. it's the solutions that are so incredibly diverse and that lends credence to the idea that these are incredibly challenging circumstances with equally divisive perspec... Read more