Jim Wawro: 5 books

Why do people drink wine? Throughout history people have extolled the virtues of wine, but what is it about wine that inspires an emotional response that other historical spirits, like beer, simply do not? Through forty years of experiencing and reading about the enjoyment of wine, I...

“How much is this going to cost me” — a question every client asks and every lawyer answers during the course of every litigated matter. Yet one of law’s persistent mysteries is how to accurately estimate the attorneys’ fees necessary to resolve a particular dispute.But accurate estimates...

What do I really want? And what’s the best way for me to get it? More and more people are asking themselves these questions every day. During my time as a senior partner in one of the world’s largest law firms, I began to notice that there were laws—unwritten, universal laws—that applied to...

As a thinking person, you may be one of millions who find themselves on the horns of a modern dilemma: what to eat? A growing body of research points to the health benefits of vegetable over animal protein; yet meat tastes so good! And, there’s the gnawing possibility that some of the animals may...

True, but strange: more than a million insect species have been catalogued, yet ten times that number may exist. Even the simplest of the six-leggeds employ bizarre technologies barely understood by Science. Some of the bugs are unobtrusive; others are pesky and downright dangerous. Yet paradoxically,...