books by Times Books     books:     Times Books      Zachary Taylor: The 12th President, 1849-1850 (The American Presidents) John S. D. Eisenhower, Arthur M. Schlesinger Times Books, 2008 Super American Another home run in the superb American President's series. John Eisenhower paints a picture of Zachary Taylor that leaves us wishing he was among today's candidates for President. Had he lived, he may have been able to head off the Civil War, we will never know. In ...             Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953 (The American Presidents ... Robert Dallek Times Books, 2008 Nice brief bio of Harry Truman Harry S. Truman's life story in a short, accessible biography. That's the premise of The American Presidents Series, and this is one of the most recent entrants in the stable. The late Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was the series editor. In his introduction to each book in ...             Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion Dalai Lama, Paul Ekman Times Books, 2008 A serious investigation of mindfulness and mood Emotional Awareness is a book made from the transcript of a near forty hours of conversation between the Dalai Lama and Ekman (a psychologist). They discuss a variety of issues pertaining to psychology and mental focus, including mindfulness, meditation, and ...             Class Matters The New York Times Times Books, 2005 We are not a classless society I read two of the articles in this book when they originally came out in the NY Times and I'm glad they are out in a book form so that they can be read by everyone. The sociologist James Loewen in his book, Lies My Teacher Taught Me, said that the way history is ...             Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future Bill McKibben Times Books, 2007 Changed the way I see the world I must admit, I wasn't particularly enthused about "Deep Economy" when I picked it up... it was one of several shorter texts required for my senior seminar class as a business major. I'm so glad I stuck with it... because it's had a lasting impression upon me. I won't ...             Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Times Books, 2007 "They Hate Us For Our Freedoms!" If you believe Bush's pithy statement above, then you really need to buy & read this book. I remember growing up in the 70's, when the Iranian Islamic revolution happened, and hearing all the "Death to America, the Great Satan" chanting, and like most Americans ...             Retire on Less Than You Think, Revised Edition: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future Fred Brock Times Books, 2007 Retirement 101 This is a great beginners book for people looking to begin there plans for retirement. It is very basic advice with the biggest angle it uses is if you own a large house in a metropolitin area then sell that house and by a small one in a place with a lower cost of ...             The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World Larry Diamond Times Books, 2008 Insightful and engaging The author opens this extremely interesting book by asking whether it will be possible for the entire world to become democratic and asserts that the answer is yes. What follows in the book is an explanation of why he believes this is the case and what can be done to ...             The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics Michael Shermer Times Books, 2007 Why Evolution Is Sound Economics Michael Shermer's "The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics" is yet another insightful, and provocative book from him, making the best, most persuasive case why accepting evolutionary theory ought to be ...             Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live ... Anahad O'Connor Times Books, 2007 Great Fun and Most Informative This book was great fun to read. Many myths, legends, sayings, old wives' tales, etc., all related in some way to health and life, are either debunked or confirmed - and rationales are provided. The author appears to have researched each topic quite exhaustively - not ...             James Madison: (The American Presidents Series) Garry Wills Times Books, 2002 Well written addition to the series Garry Wills, eminent author on the American mind, writes a literate and compelling political biography of James Madison, "Jemmy" as he was called earlier in his life. Here was someone whose resume seems made to become president. Yet this man, "the Father of the ...             On Intelligence Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee Times Books, 2004 Bigger, Faster, Stronger All of human intelligence exists in a 2ml. six sheet layered region of the brain called the neo-cortex as large as a dinner napkin when laid out side to side. This region processes information regardless of sensory form, and is present in all mammals to varying sizes; ...             Grover Cleveland: (The American Presidents Series) Henry F. Graff, Arthur M. Schlesinger Times Books, 2002 Solid, short biography of Grover Cleveland If you want great detail on the presidents, this book series, "The American Presidents," will not be for you. If, however, you would like to get better introduced to some of the Presidents with some quick reads, this series could be very attractive. "Grover ...             Abraham Lincoln: The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865 (The American Presidents) George S. McGovern Times Books, 2008 America?s greatest president, who rose to power in the country?s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president?the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation?s wounds. His presidency is the hinge on ...             Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder David Weinberger Times Books, 2007 Valuable Overview I totally disagree with the reviewers that pontificate against this book. It is not a techno-geek book, or a philosophy book, it is simply a common sense overview that I personally consider to be educated, helpful to the point of essential. At $16, with the Amazon ...          products you might be interested in search for books compassionate, evolutionary, intelligence, miscellaneous, psychological, thunderstorm      geepe.com    web we recommend "They Hate Us For Our Freedoms!" randomly chosen DVD: Sensory Processing Disorder: Simulations and Solutions for Parents, ...