by Emileigh | Jul 28, 2018 | Career & Learning
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick © 2010 The images we usually see of North Korea are of goose-stepping, uniform-clad formations marching in front of highly decorated officials. Missiles. Tanks. Conformity. Mystery. “LONG LIVE KIM...
by Emileigh | Jan 27, 2018 | Career & Learning
The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam Andrew Weist © 2012, 376 pages Mourning and grief would have to be left until later. Living took precedence. As a person born in the Nineties, I didn’t know much about the Vietnam War. The little I...
by Emileigh | Jan 9, 2018 | Leadership
Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney © 2017, 368 pages “His was not the dramatic leadership of an era with bombs bursting in midair, but the wise course of a military strategist who rescued the world...
by Emileigh | Feb 7, 2017 | Career & Learning
A wise college professor once told me to treat great people of the past as mentors and to study their biographies as classrooms for life. I’ve taken this advice to heart and learned a lot as a result. When I discovered Vernon “Shorty” Keough, I felt an immediate...
