61. The author clearly has a gift of integrating facts with the human element, while at the same time asking tough questions and throwing in veiled critique. 62. The author had to have been there. 63. The author has a knack for knowing when to pull back from clinical psychological terminology to keep the book accessible to the general reader. 64. The author has an explanation for that. 65. The author has trouble reconciling his trashing of the environmental doom-and-gloom crowd with his conclusion that the environmental policies they have won are just fine. 66. The author himself has a sharp eye for his female characters, especially Renu. 67. The authors have a timely premise and identify a group that may be down the hall just waiting for a chance to light a fire under your organization. 68. The Pennsylvania author has an exquisitely perceptive eye, and her short, simple novel glows. 69. The question, says the latest Civilization magazine, is whether the author has the right to include real people in what may be a work of fiction. 70. Those early English authors certainly had a way with words. |