Book Reviews

Shakespeare Conquers America! Starring Ulysses S. Grant as Desdemona

January 24, 2021

Here is a brief excerpt from a review of James Shapiro‘s Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future by David Ives for The New York Times. To read the complete review, check…

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Getting It All Done: A book review by Bob Morris

January 24, 2021

Getting It All Done: The HBR Working Parents Series Daisy Dowling, Series Editor Harvard Business School Press (December 2020) “Until we can manage time and effort, we can manage nothing else.” Peter Drucker This is one of the volumes in…

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Ask Your Developer: A book review by Bob Morris

January 22, 2021

Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century Jeff Lawson HarperBusiness (January 2021) How and why software development has become a natural law of successful business In this book, Jeff Lawson…

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Redefining Possible: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2021

Redefining Possible: Proven Strategies to Break Belief Barriers and Create Your New Normal Ron Alford and Dustin Hillis SouthwesternBooks (January 2021) “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” Mark…

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Taking Care of Yourself: A book review by Bob Morris

January 19, 2021

Taking Care of Yourself: The HBR Working Parents Series Daisy Dowling, Series Editor Harvard Business School Press (December 2020) If you don’t care about your health, why should anyone else? This is one of the volumes in a new series…

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Stronger Through Adversity: A book review by Bob Morris

January 16, 2021

Stronger Through Adversity: World-Class Leaders Share Pandemic-Tested Lessons on Thriving During the Toughest Challenges Joseph A. Michelli McGraw-Hill (December 2020) “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” Friedrich Nietzsch Nietzsche’s observation (made in 1888) is somewhat relevant as…

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Social Chemistry: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2021

Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection Marissa King Dutton (January 2021) How the basic elements of social structure and their psychological tendencies shape our lives According to Marissa King, “Social scientists have spent the last four decades studying…

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Managing Your Career: A book review by Bob Morris

January 13, 2021

Managing Your Career: The HBR Working Parents Series Daisy Dowling, Series Editor Harvard Business School Press (December 2020) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.”  Oscar Wilde This is one of the volumes in a new series that consists of articles…

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Coronavirus: Leadership + Recovery…A book review by Bob Morris

January 12, 2021

Coronavirus: Leadership + Recovery Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (July 2020) “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” George S. Patton Here is one of the most valuable books in the HBR Insights Series. Cutting-edge thought…

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The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty

January 8, 2021

According to Amy S. Greenberg, David S. Brown new biography of Henry Adams “reveals how dynastic burden shaped the personality and career of the brilliant, bitter and thoroughly unlikable man who brought the prominence of the Adams family, and expectations…

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