2 Books Like Fire Alarm

This is one of the most controversial, non-fiction books of 2021, written by a passionate and knowledgeable author. Published during the politically driven COVID pandemic, the author traces with detailed scientific references, the people and organizations involved in what is argued, was the most profound breakdown in public health policy in American and world history. Whether the reader believes the conclusions or not, it is hard to come up with a rebuttal to the citations and conclusions. The author posits that money, power, and hubris drives big pharma, the billionaire, and political elite to make policy and business decisions that are not in the best interests of the general population. Scathing commentary is leveled at household names for their alleged and egregious, decades long, abuses of human populations for personal gain.

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This book is as much about a love affair over the years as it is about the great classical artists, their work, and the New York art gallery scene. The attraction that Daniel had to the ambitious but less interested Lacey underpins the narrative which is written from his Point of View. As the story unfolds, the reader is given an appreciation of the referenced art through the use of full color reproductions embedded within the text. There are also evocative and memorable one liners peppered into the story. For example: “Sometimes money falls like light snow on open palms, sometimes it falls stinging and hard from ominous clouds.” “It’s harder to sell something that is for sale than it is to sell something that wasn’t.” “Objects of beauty are converted into objects of value.” “Art is a commodity held up by air.”

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