Category Archives: Books & Reviews

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ISBN: 006073132X Pub. Date: April 2005 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers I am now a Steven Levitt wannabe. So much. Have an observation. Develop a theory. … Continue reading →

The Wisdom of Crowds James Surowiecki ISBN: 0385721706 Pub. Date: August 2005 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group I was trained and am proud to be analytical. Give me a problem, I will analyze it and come up with a plan of … Continue reading →

Mr. China: A Memoir Tim Clissold ISBN: 0060761407 Pub. Date: February 2006 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers What do you expect? Tim and his partner, Pat, made few hundred investments each thousands times the average annual income of an individual. They did … Continue reading →

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jarred Diamond ISBN: 0393317552 Pub. Date: April 1999 Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. History is never the same again. Now I think of history geographically. The book, recommended by … Continue reading →

I am the least smart person in the family and proud of it. Both daughters are bright, smart, intelligent, personable, and, I am unbiased saying this, drop-dead pretty. They read in very different styles. Younger one “binge read.” She attacks … Continue reading →

China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World Ted C. Fishman ISBN: 0743257529 Pub. Date: February 2005 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Those who do not play with China will lose out … Continue reading →

Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 0316172324 Pub. Date: January 2005 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Since Tipping Point was enjoyable, I picked this one up at Hong Kong airport. Malcom Gladwell explores a very different … Continue reading →

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 0316346624 Pub. Date: January 2002 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Malcolm Gladwell demystifies an important biological and social phenomenon – the underneath forces to make things … Continue reading →

Am I a computer that is running a digitally written program called genome? No. I am a battlefield where genes fight for their own propagation. These genes do not really care for my well-being, they are cold and ruthless collections … Continue reading →

I get this withdrawal feeling putting down Dune6 (Chapterhouse).  This is the similar feeling when I finished Lord of the Rings trilogy.  It was the drive to finish that kept me going.  The books themselves became dull and repetitive. But … Continue reading →