One Hundred Word Book Reviews

Seth Godin wants you to use the Internet to communicate your passion to others. As the pace of change increases, the "rush from stabili...

Robert Greene has written a book in the tradition of Machiavelli. He illustrates his "laws" with historical examples of what happe...

Is there a secret cypher buried in the First Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays, or hidden on his epitaph? If such a cypher exist, doe...

Romeo is lovesick for Rosaline until Mercutio persuades him to gatecrash their enemy, Capulet's, party. Romeo promptly falls for Capulet...

Bunyan wrote his vivid Protestant allegory while imprisoned for unlicenced preaching. Christian, encumbered by sin, flees the City of Destru...

Stephen Covey's bestseller discusses how to integrate seven basic principles of effective living into your basic character to improve yo...

Hermann Knell was nineteen when his city was destroyed in an air-raid in March 1945. Knell wonders why Würzburg was destroyed beyond any mi...

As a culture, we often root for the underdog. We love to see teachers motivate students whose every word and gesture reek of defiance. After...

"Can Asians Think?” asks Mahbubani. If they can, what were they doing during the European Renaissance and the Enlightenment? Not much, ...

Matsumae argues that since historical materialism is based on Newtonian science, modern science renders Marxism redundant. Relativity, pr...