bookshelf

1491 by Charles C. Mann

New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
465 pgs (c) 2005, Knopf
Broward Library 970.911 MA Read: 01/01/06

When you’re ready to learn something new, this book on the pre-Columbian Americas has surprising information and insightful observations that can change the way you see the world around you. The writing is lively and witty and never bogs down.

Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

ISBN 0553585975
First published in 1776. Narrated: Michael Edwards, 35 hrs.
Purchased from Audible, Read 01/14/08

This fascinating and entertaining book is the granddaddy of capitalist free market thought. Fully fleshed out with examples, observations and conclusions, it provides unique insight not only into our current economic system; but also a window into the revolutionary era of the 18C. Free audio downloads are available at Librivox.com.

Lost White Tribes by Riccardo Orizio

The End of Privilege and the Laser Colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe
270 pgs (c) 2000, Secker & Warburg, (c) 2001, Free Press, NY
Broward Library # 909.090869OR Read: 01/08/08

This is a fascinating little book of colonialism, emigration, assimilation and cultural separation. It answers such questions as: Whatever became of the expatriate U.S. Confederates who settled in Brazil? the Poles in Haiti? the Dutch Burghers in Indonesia? the Germans in Jamaica?