A review of The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public, by Lynn Stout. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). A business law professor argues that “maximizing shareholder value” is a mistaken and dangerous concept — and is not required under the law.
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A review of So Much Pretty, by Cara Hoffman. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). A novel of suspense of great literary merit, built around the childhood and adolescence of a remarkable girl named Alice Piper.
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A review of Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupi. @@@@ (4 out of 5). Set in the 22nd Century after a disastrous shift in climate, the story of a teenage boy, employed in salvaging metals from derelict oil tankers on the Gulf Coast, who flees a homicidal father and sets out with three companions on a cross-country adventure in search of a secure new life.
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A review of Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin III. @@@@ (4 out of 5). An in-depth study of the revolutionary African-American organization that flourished from 1967 to 1971.
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A review of The Sound of Broken Glass, by Deborah Crombie. @@@ (3 out of 5). Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid, Gemma James, and Melody Talbot unravel the brutal murder of a prominent London lawyer.
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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.