Nonfiction

“. . . the one book needed to guide us all through the upcoming election year.”

“David Lesch’s Syria is timely, relevant, and to the point, providing the educated reader with everything needed to make sense of what is happening in that country.”

“. . . that rarest of things: a book that moves the heart and mind equally and concurrently. . . . never been another book like it.”

“. . . full of sly, scholarly challenges to the common wisdom peddled as dharma, karma, and nirvana.”

“. . . a coffee table book that deserves to be read and studied. . . . beautiful and engaging . . .”

“. . . a good case study of what happens . . . when politics and science use each other and the media to advance their own agendas rather than public policy.”

“By 2013 it is projected that a skyscraper will be completed in China every five days.”

“. . . provides a brief introduction to an important subject with vast significance.”

“Ms. Baranick contrives one cringe-worthy analogy after another.”

“. . . needed to be more about the who and why, but instead it got stuck in the how and what.”

“. . . encapsulates the major ideas of Western thought into a simple and honest narrative.”

“. . . the contents of these diaries do nothing to fill in gaps of knowledge about the man, his work, or his beliefs. A cypher he was. A cypher he remains.”