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Helpful votes received on reviews: 76% (97 of 127)
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The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter
The description of Washington politics and society is entertaining, readable and credible. It is reminiscent of Gore Vidal's history of empire series, including his own "Lincoln". Many of the same real characters appear, and there is similar cynicism (or realism) about how politics, politicians and the law work. There is even similar use of an amalgam of language of the time and anachronism. The invented characters and conspiracy plot itself never quite convinced me. It is in a way odd that the real characters were more interesting and entertaining than the fictional ones, with whom the novelist had freer rein. But that was a minor issue until the end, and the revelation and explanation of… Read more
Enron: The Anatomy of Greed The Unshredded Truth f&hellip by Brian Cruver
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
In many ways this as a very poor book, badly written and structured and full of strange, inane diversions. Yet in revealing so much about himself Cruver does actually give a good insight into the Enron psyche, and indeed that of many in other companies involved in the great gas deregulation trading boom. I knew a number of what Cruver calls "Enronites", dealt with Enron as a business, even visited Houston and a gas trading floor (of Natural Gas Clearing House, which bacame Dynegy, when it was ahead of Enron in the game). The egotism, self centred-ness, short-sightedness, childish humour, sexism (of the self-termed big swinging dick traders), short attention spans, false-ness and yes, greed,… Read more
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
3.0 out of 5 stars Elementary Tales, 21 Mar 2013
Like others I wondered what happened to periodicity. The main point of the Periodic Table is surely the relationship between the properties of the elements as you move across and up and down the table, but this is barely touched on. I suppose the fact that the book doesn't even contain a representation of the Periodic Table beyond the initial sketchy Mendeleev version was a warning that the title was to prove misleading. It is a pleasant enough, rather unstructured, collection of essays about the discovery and uses of the elements but you will have to look elsewhere for an understanding of the Periodic Table.
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