Category: Book Report

The HEAD Game: HighEfficiency Analytic Decision-Making and the Art of Solving Complex Problems Quickly. Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center, and FBI National Security Branch, and now CNN Commentator, offers his approach to coming to a decision in an age when problems are complex, and we are overwhelmed by an avalanche of data. In…

If you have followed the news since the election of the Trump administration, you will likely not find anything new in this book. While that might be disappointing, I found that the concentrated report of all the unethical behaviour left me despondent. The call to action is directed towards Republicans and more broadly, the American…

I recently had the chance to visit a gallery show presenting the work of Italian photographer Franco Fontana (1933 -present), which had me add his book Skyline to my Christmas wish list. While many of the images are of natural landscapes, he includes urban landscapes as well. This wider interpretation of the genre suites my…

Shinzo Maeda (1922 – 1998) was a Japanese photographer known for his landscapes images. The poet Kenkichi Kusumoto introduces the book and the photographer by stating: I am a poet not a photographer, but I feel that photography and haiku have the same origins, and I am deeply touched by each of the photos of…

Presented square, shot in black and white, the physicality of the photographs engender a sense of the past. Although most of the photographs are from the 1970s, 80s, 90s, they have a feel from 1960’s; a sense of that period’s naïveté, but also the presumption, entitlement, and hope are seen in the eyes some; resignation,…