false 30362 5085676 0307456242 9780307456243 23 <![CDATA[Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5085676.Postcards_from_Tomorrow_Square_Reports_from_China 3.92 75 —from “China Makes, the World Takes”

Since December 2006, The Atlantic Magazine's James Fallows has been writing some of the most discerning accounts of the economic and political transformation occurring in China. The ten essays collected here cover a wide-range of topics: from visionary tycoons and TV-battling entrepreneurs, to environmental pollution and how China subsidizes our economy. Fallows expertly and lucidly explains the economic, political, social, and cultural forces at work turning China into a world superpower at breakneck speed. This eye-opening and cautionary account is essential reading for all concerned not only with China's but America's future role in the world.]]> 30362 3.90 171 43 2009 152982 0679758569 9780679758563 9 <![CDATA[Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247349m/152982.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247349s/152982.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152982.Breaking_The_News_How_the_Media_Undermine_American_Democracy 3.82 44 New York Times op-ed page and the New Yorker took pains to excoriate the book and its author--pretty good hints that Fallows is onto something. His point is that greed and intellectual sloth have fostered a political media elite that increasingly focuses on spin and ignores substance at the very time when solving the country's real problems requires all possible nuance.]]> 30362 3.90 171 43 1996 53635 0307277968 9780307277961 7 <![CDATA[Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170428050m/53635.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170428050s/53635.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53635.Blind_Into_Baghdad_America_s_War_in_Iraq 4.08 26 Atlantic Monthly national correspondent James Fallows wrote an article predicting many of the problems America would face if it invaded Iraq. After events confirmed many of his predictions, Fallows went on to write some of the most acclaimed, award-winning journalism on the planning and execution of the war, much of which has been assigned as required reading within the U.S. military.

In Blind Into Baghdad, Fallows takes us from the planning of the war through the struggles of reconstruction. With unparalleled access and incisive analysis, he shows us how many of the difficulties were anticipated by experts whom the administration ignored. Fallows examines how the war in Iraq undercut the larger ”war on terror” and why Iraq still had no army two years after the invasion. In a sobering conclusion, he interviews soldiers, spies, and diplomats to imagine how a war in Iran might play out. This is an important and essential book to understand where and how the war went wrong, and what it means for America.]]> 30362 3.90 171 43 2006 152984 1586481401 9781586481407 1 <![CDATA[Free Flight: Inventing the Future of Travel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247349m/152984.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247349s/152984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152984.Free_Flight_Inventing_the_Future_of_Travel 3.67 9 In Free Flight, Fallows details an "impending, potentially broad change" in how we travel--one that he compares to the introduction of the car. This shift involves the use of small planes that "offer much of the speed, and as much as possible of the safety, of the big airlines, but at a small fraction of the cost of today's corporate jets." In this new world, people would either buy their own planes or hire piloted air-taxi services for no more than current coach fares. These planes would fly as directly as possible from one destination to another, taking advantage of the 18,000 small airports and landing strips currently available across the country.

Focusing on the colorful personalities and visionary designers leading this nascent transportation revolution, Fallows looks at the opportunities and obstacles small-plane manufacturers are likely to face. A national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and a recreational pilot, Fallows is both knowledgeable and passionate about the subject. Portions of the book will appeal mainly to flight enthusiasts and venture capitalists, but the bulk is interesting enough to hold the attention of those who are neither. And it's short enough that you can read it cover-to-cover the next time you're stuck at a hub. --Shawn Carkonen

]]> 88489 3.57 14 2 30362 3.90 171 43 2002 91054 0679761624 9780679761624 1 <![CDATA[Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223646578m/91054.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223646578s/91054.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91054.Looking_at_the_Sun_The_Rise_of_the_New_East_Asian_Economic_and_Political_System 4.14 7 30362 3.90 171 43 1994 1558449 0394518241 9780394518244 0 <![CDATA[National Defense]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1558449.National_Defense 4.00 3 30362 3.90 171 43 1981 2232187 1586480405 9781586480400 1 <![CDATA[Free Flight: From Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2232187.Free_Flight_From_Airline_Hell_to_a_New_Age_of_Travel 3.50 2 In Free Flight, Fallows details an "impending, potentially broad change" in how we travel--one that he compares to the introduction of the car. This shift involves the use of small planes that "offer much of the speed, and as much as possible of the safety, of the big airlines, but at a small fraction of the cost of today's corporate jets." In this new world, people would either buy their own planes or hire piloted air-taxi services for no more than current coach fares. These planes would fly as directly as possible from one destination to another, taking advantage of the 18,000 small airports and landing strips currently available across the country.

Focusing on the colorful personalities and visionary designers leading this nascent transportation revolution, Fallows looks at the opportunities and obstacles small-plane manufacturers are likely to face. A national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and a recreational pilot, Fallows is both knowledgeable and passionate about the subject. Portions of the book will appeal mainly to flight enthusiasts and venture capitalists, but the bulk is interesting enough to hold the attention of those who are neither. And it's short enough that you can read it cover-to-cover the next time you're stuck at a hub. --Shawn Carkonen

]]> 88489 3.57 14 2 30362 3.90 171 43 2001 152985 4484891239 9784484891231 0 <![CDATA[Containing Japan More Like Us]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152985.Containing_Japan_More_Like_Us 0.0 0 30362 3.90 171 43 0