A review of Pharmacy on a Bicycle: Innovative Solutions for Global Health and Poverty, by Eric C. Bing and Marc J. Epstein. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A leading global health authority and an eminent management professor explain how recent developments make it possible to deliver effective healthcare to the billions of the world’s poor now living in often-remote rural areas.
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A review of The Shadow Patrol, by Alex Berenson. @@@@ (4 out of 5). Soldier-spy John Wells returns to the CIA to uncover a mole in the agency’s Kabul station.
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A review of Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown, by Chuck McFadden. @@@ (3 out of 5). The contradiction-filled story of California Governor Jerry Brown in less than 200 pages.
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A review of Maya’s Notebook, by Isabel Allende. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). A 19-year-old Berkeley woman hides out on a Chilean island from the FBI and the Las Vegas criminal gang pursuing her.
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A review of The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth, by Mark Mazzetti. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A Pulitzer-winning reporter’s inquiry into the profound shift in the CIA’s strategy since 2001, from intelligence-gathering to enhanced interrogation to targeted murder using drones.
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.