When you have to wait with us for your vehicle’s repair it’s a mixed blessing. You’re know you’re going to be stuck in our marginally comfortable waiting room for an undefined period, but you also know you’ll have our ever-growing Book and Bumper Sticker library to keep you company! We always appreciate book suggestions from our clients, so this month we’d thought we pass along two client recommendations that made their way onto our shelves this month. Feel free to check out either or both on your next visit, or just click the link to be taken to the Powells.com site for each book.
Our first book comes to us from Andy. “Mad Science” has an impressive subtitle- “Einstein’s Fridge, Dewar’s Flask, Mach’s Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World” . Each day gives the story of a different scientific discovery or technological achievement. In a world where 28% of Americans are scientifically literate, where a member of the House Science Mommittee can be applauded for saying “All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell”, it’s easy to see why this book is so valuable. And, it’s fun!
“Hostile Takeover” by David Sirota
Hostile Takover” has another impressive subtitle- “How Big Money And Corruption Conquered Our Government And How We Take It Back”. From the publisher’s notes…
“In Hostile Takeover, David Sirota seeks to open the eyes of ordinary Americans to the fact that corporate interests have undermined democracy, aided and abetted by their lackeys in our allegedly representative government. At a time when more and more of Americas major political leaders are being indicted or investigated for corruption, Sirota takes readers on a journey that shows how all of this nefarious behavior happened right under our noses; and how the high-profile scandals are merely one product of a political system and debate wholly owned by Big Money interests. Sirota considers major public issues that feel intractable; like spiraling health care costs, the outsourcing of jobs, the inequities of the tax code, and out-of-control energy prices; and shows how in each case workable solutions are buried under the lies of lobbyists, the influence of campaign cash, and the ubiquitous spin machine financed by Big Business.”
