2021 Books From Exclusive WWSG Speakers
2021 certainly gave us productivity and fresh perspectives from our thought leaders! Here are some of the best new titles, published this year from our exclusive speakers.
Keep Sharp by Sanjay GuptaChief Medical Correspondent, CNN; Multiple Award-Winning Journalist, Author and Neurosurgeon
Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
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Renowned Political Leader; National Security Expert; Human Rights Advocate and Islam Reformist; Author of the International Bestseller, Infidel
Prey uncovers a sexual assault and harassment crisis in Europe, in the wake of mass migration, that is turning the clock back on women’s rights. Deeply researched and featuring fresh and often shocking revelations, Prey uncovers a sexual assault and harassment crisis in Europe that is turning the clock on women’s rights much further back than the #MeToo movement is advancing it.
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DOOM: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Senior Faculty Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard; Historian; Visionary; Author; Emmy-Winning Filmmaker, The Ascent of Money; One of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People of the World
Drawing from multiple disciplines, including economics, cliodynamics, and network science, Doom offers not just a history but a general theory of disasters, showing why our ever more bureaucratic and complex systems are getting worse at handling them.
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Seasons at Highclere by Lady Fiona Carnarvon
The Countess of Carnarvon of Highclere Castle; Author, Lady Almina And The Real Downton Abbey, Christmas At Highclere, New York Times Best-seller Lady Catherine, The Earl, And The Real Downton Abbey, and Seasons at Highclere
Beautifully illustrated with full-colour photography, Seasons at Highclere is full of gastronomical delights, the stories of the treasures within Highclere Castle’s grounds, untold secrets from the castle’s archives and much more. This is the perfect gift or keepsake, and a book to be cherished for years to come.
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Billy the Borrowing Blue-Footed Booby & Princess Persephone Loses the Castle by Sheila Bair
Chairman, Fannie Mae; President of Washington College (2015-2017); Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2006-2011); Senior Advisor, Pew Charitable Trusts (2011-2015); Preeminent Financial Reform and Policy Innovator
The Money Tales collection of children’s books focus on financial lessons. You want your kids to have a healthy financial life, yet knowing how to help make that happen may leave you stumped. Teaching them as early as possible can make a difference. “There’s a lot of misinformation out there that they will be exposed to later,” said Sheila Bair.
Uncontrolled Spread by Scott Gottlieb
Physician; Former Commissioner Food and Drug Administration (2017-2019); Former Senior Advisor, CMS; Contributor, CNBC; Contributor, CBS’s Face the Nation; New York Times Best-Selling Author, Uncontrolled Spread
In Uncontrolled Spread, a New York Times Best Seller, Dr. Scott Gottlieb identifies the reasons why the US was caught unprepared for the pandemic and how the country can improve its strategic planning to prepare for future viral threats.
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Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN; Multiple Award-Winning Journalist, Author and Neurosurgeon
CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, offers an accessible, data-packed answer to our biggest questions about Covid-19: What have we learned about this pandemic and how can we prepare for—or prevent—the next one?
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Beyond Biden by Newt Gingrich2012 Republican Presidential Candidate; Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Best-selling Author
In Beyond Biden, bestselling author Newt Gingrich investigates the driving forces behind an America based upon combined power of government and social acceptance versus the historic values-based America.
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Iconic American Photographer
“Looking back at my work, I see that fashion has always been there,” Annie Leibovitz observes in the preface to her new book, Wonderland. “Fashion plays a part in the scheme of everything, but photography always comes first for me. The photograph is the most important part. And photography is so big that it can encompass journalism, portraiture, reportage, family photographs, fashion… My work for Vogue fueled the fire for a kind of photography that I might not otherwise have explored.”