Tag: book-review
The Hunger Games: A Book Review
The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world, in a country called Panem. Panem is a totalitarian society that exists where North America once stood. It is made up of the technologically-advanced Capitol and its subordinate Twelve Districts. »
Book Review: Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Hungary’s Opus Magnus of Despair Though Béla Tarr’s Satantango has been a success among cinephiles since its release in the nineties, the book upon which the film was based has remained shrouded in mystery. »
A Life as a Stock – Book Review
In a tale that captures both the realities of an ever increasing globally integrated economy and the instability of financial markets author C.M. Fields provides insight into what our future may look like 20 to 30 »
Book review: Consent of the Networked
I just finished Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom today. This title, of course, is a play on the idea of the consent of the governed; where governments are only able to govern with »
Green Washed – Book Review
As we plug along into the 21st century, somehow we’ve grown beyond the idea that science will inevitably provide the solution to all of our problems. Instead we now revel in the extremely fallacious belief »
Book Reviews: Taft 2012 + The Fat Years
Political Thriller/Historical Fiction Double Feature I’ve never attempted to do a “double feature” book review before, but I found it only appropriate for The Fat Years and Taft 2012 given their painful »
EcoChi: Book Review
When we look at designing sustainable buildings and spaces in a modern context, we often look at design paradigms like LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) as a means of lowering the human impact on the environment. While there may be some consideration of »
Book Review – Betterness: Economics For Humans
2011 was the deafening crescendo that started in 2008 when the markets initially collapsed and started the tsunami that eventually touched the entire global financial market. But the financial world has been completely »
Terrorists in Love: Book Review
During the past decade, “terrorist” and “jihad” have secured a prime spot within the popular vernacular. One of the major issues with this sudden awareness of vocabulary is the lack of awareness regarding the specific contexts and mentalities to who we apply »
‘The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.’ – Haruki Murakami’s ’1Q84′
Haruki Murakami‘s latest novel, ‘1Q84‘ is a ‘global event in itself’ according to Guardian’s Douglas Haddow. As my copy is being »
Why China Will Never Rule the World: Book Review
We’ve all been hearing about China’s rise to power and its emergence as a new leader on the world stage for years now. Honestly it’s difficult to tell to what extent any of those predictions have come to fruition. »Load more posts ▼