Sunday Book Review

Sunday Book Review

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Sunday Book Review episodes

  • May 14, 2023 - The Corruption Press Edition

    In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we look at books on corruption in a variety of disciplines and times:

    • Corruptible by Brian Klaas
    • The System by Robert Reich
    • Money For Nothing by Thomas Levenson
    • Devil in the Gallery by Noah Charney

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      7 min
    • May 7, 2023 - The Yale Press Edition

      In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we look at recent releases from the Yale University Press:

      ·      The Art of Walking by William Sharpe

      ·      The Sassoons by Meyer and Nashon

      ·      A Movement in Every Direction by Brown and Dennis

      ·      The Art of Colour by Kelly Grovier

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      6 min
    • April 30, 2023 the New Mind edition

      In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we begin a multipart blog post series considering some of the top on corruption. Today, new books from the Yale University Press:

      ·      Roe by Mary Ziegler

      ·      Mixed Signals by Uri Gneezy

      ·      Life by Paul Ehrlich

      ·      Tragic Mind by Robert Kaplan

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      6 min
    • April 23, 2023 – The Ideas Edition

      In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we begin a multipart blog post series considering books on ideas from university presses. Today it is the Princeton University Press.

      • Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales by Jack Zipes
      • The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University by Daniel A. Bell
      • The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World by Karl Schlögel
      • The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism by Lerone A. Martin

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        7 min
      • April 16, 2023 – The University of Chicago Press Travels Through Time and Space Edition

        In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox look at some books focusing on storytelling and history through space and time.

        • Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Mary-Jane Rubenstein
        • The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight (Historical Studies of Urban America) by Nicholas Dagen Bloom
        • Travels in the Americas Notes and Impressions of a New World by Albert Camus
        • Rome as a Guide to the Good Life A Philosophical Grand Tour by Scott Samuelson

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          6 min
        • April 9, 2023 – The Crime and History Edition

          In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, I look at books on the intersection of crime and history:

          ·      The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, by Erik Larson

          ·      Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep

          ·      The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: or The Murder at Road Hill House, by Kate Summerscale

          ·      American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI, by Kate Winkler Dawson

          ·      Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann

           Resource

          Five Non-Fiction Books that Mix Crime and History by Amit Katwala in Crime Reads

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          7 min
        • April 2, 2023 – The Books on Corruption, Part 2 Edition

          In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we conclude a multipart blog post series considering some of the tops on corruption:

          ·      The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope

          ·      Red Notice by Bill Browder

          ·      Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

          ·      All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

          ·      The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

          Resource

          Top 10 books about corruption by David Beckler in The Guardian

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          7 min
        • March 26, 2023 the Books on Corruption, Part 1 edition

          In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we begin a multipart blog post series considering some of the top on corruption:

          ·      It’s Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong

          ·      Dark Money by Jane Mayer

          ·      A The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis

          ·      The Border by Don Winslow

          ·      Thieves of State by Sarah Chayes

          Resource

          Top 10 books about corruption by David Beckler in The Guardian

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          6 min
        • March 19, 2023 the Russian Oligarch edition

          In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top recently released by about Russian oligarchs:

          ·       RICH RUSSIANS: From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie by Elisabeth Schimpflossl 

          ·       ALPHA CITY by Rowland Atkinson 

          ·       BUTLER TO THE WORLD by Oliver Bullough 

          ·       NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE by Peter Pomerantsev 

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          7 min
        • March 12, 2023 the UNC Press edition

          In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top recently released by the UNC Press:

          ·       The Southern Way of Life by Charles Reagan Wilson

          ·       C. Vann Woodward by James Cobb

          ·       Passion Plays by Randall Balmer

          ·       From Here to Equality by William Darity and Kirsten Mullen

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          6 min

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