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James Donaldson’s Book Review – China’s Century: The Awakening of the Next Economic Powerhouse by Lawrence Brahm

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  • May 22, 2015

Yet another in a great lineup of books about the upcoming economic superpower, China. This […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – New York: The Ageless City: 1947 to 1963 by Deaver Brown

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  • May 17, 2015

The author, details throughout this book about his experiences in growing up in New York […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – Meltdown Iceland: How the Global Financial Crisis Bankrupted an Entire Country by Roger Boynes

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  • May 14, 2015

In this book, “Iceland Meltdown”, it is described about the global economic crisis, especially the […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – The Rise and Fall of the Ethiopian Empire: The Lost Tribe of Israel by Mr. Henry Harrison Epps Jr.

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  • May 4, 2015

I read this book because I was interested in some of the history of Ethiopia.  […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – America’s Nuclear Wasteland: Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup by Max Singleton Power

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  • May 1, 2015

Well, this book was a little outside of my scope of interest for the most […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – The Rise of Isis: A Terror We Can’t Ignore by Jay Sekulow

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  • April 28, 2015

A quick but relatively insightful look at the “Rise of Isis”.  The terrorist group that […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – Make It In America: The Case For Re-Inventing The Economy by Andrew Liveris

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  • December 20, 2014

The author, former CEO for Dow Chemical, stresses the importance of manufacturing and the value […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – Never Give In! – Winston Churchill’s Greatest Speeches by Sir Winston Churchill

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  • December 4, 2014

This was really an enjoyable collection of speeches made by Sir Winston Churchill. He was […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James Loewen

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  • November 22, 2014

“Sundown towns” refer to cities and towns throughout America’s 20th century (to current) where racial […]

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James Donaldson’s Book Review – The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road To 9/11 by Lawrence Wright

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  • November 11, 2014

          http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_newreleas_tseft?advsearchKeywords=the+looming+tower&filterby=field-keywords&x=0&y=0&sprefixRefmarker=nb_sb_ss_i_0_11&sprefix=the+looming A fascinating look at life in Afghanistan under the […]

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