Book Reviews
Book reviews are a type of literary criticism which is usually associated with the commercial industry of publishing and marketing novels. Book reviews are often used as marketing tools to promote new works of popular authors. This type of literary critique is also employed in various objective forums which allow the readership of an individual novel or book to voice their opinions on the work in the form of a brief review. These reviews are often accompanied by a scale or measuring system to signify what level of success that the reader/critic felt the author has achieved with their work.
Symbolism and Themes in the Grapes of Wrath
Grapes of Wrath is the Pulitzer prize winning novel of the acclaimed American writer, John Steinbeck. The Nobel laureate author comprehends the plight of a poor American family, the Joads who are a victim of poverty, misery and ill-treatment.
I am an Old Communist Hag - A Controversial Book
Dan Lungu, the author of this book, talks about communism in Romania, as it was perceived by the people representing that "golden age". See more in the article below.
Little Women
"Little Women" is a novel written by Louisa M. Alcott, an American writer who attentively describes the journey to maturity of the novel’s characters. See more!
Letters from the Underworld - Dostoevsky
In this short novel, the misery and disappointment of the main character are making their point: he hates the world because of its injustices but hopelessly comes to the conclusion that he is no better himself. Take a look!
Boris Vian, "Foam of the Days"
The book, "Foam of the Days" written by Boris Vian charms trough playful mixing of people with objects but in the same time it teaches deep truths like that of real friends and where selfishness leads.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie’s story resembles the main theme of "Arabian nights" focusing on the hindered freedom of speech in his country. See more about the charming way the author puts it into words.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: John F. Kennedy
A TOTAL FAILURE. Many of the men of Brigade 2506 believed fervently that they were the first wave of Cuban freedom fighters who would liberate their homeland from Castro.
Spiritual Coach Diane Hall Publishes Book on Life Purpose
Spiritual Coach Diane Hall has compiled 25 easy steps of obtaining spirituality in one easy to read source.
On My Own: Outing the Secret of the Injured Self
About the importance of embracing one’s hidden injured self.
Walking the Rainbow: An Arc to Triumph
New book by René Silvin shares with readers Silvin's battles, both won and lost, on the pathway to understanding and struggling with the war against AIDS.
Economy - The Good Society
John Kenneth Galbraith - nominee for the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2003 - in his book "The Good Society. The Humane Agenda", brings to light an important idea: although it cannot be perfect, a society must tend to be stable and growing towards its best version. See more in the article below.
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
New book by Jasper Fforde a New York Times bestselling author. In this paperback release addition Thursday (the main character) is all grown up and tackles her biggest mystery battle yet.
Silver
The tale, "Sliver", follows the life of Long John Silver, the legendary pirate from Stevenson’s "Treasure Island". "Silver" brings you on a journey through the seas while docking on land from long ago.
A Declaration of Energy Independence
New book explores a fact based, no-nonsense look into America’s dependency on energy. Offers solutions to the energy crisis with the end goal of a stronger America.
Coming in For Dinner
About the simple pleasures of embracing ones’ inner child...
On My Own: The Art of Being A Woman Alone
A remarkable book on the importance of embracing solitude at any stage of a woman’s life in order to discover one’s ability for healing, creativity and self-empowerment.
Sin in the Second City
Provocative, entertaining, and thoroughly researched, Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott the story of The Everleigh Club, the most celebrated brothel in American history. Its proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh welcomed moguls, actors, senators, athletes, foreign dignitaries (Prince Henry of Prussia) and literary icons (Theodore Dreiser) into their stately mansion.
The Amnesiac - A Novel
A new fiction book about a young mans pursuit to remember his past with a murder mystery twist.
Understanding Your Moods When You’re Expecting
The act of giving birth is one of the most creative and demanding things a person can do. Sometimes endorphins that were released during the work of labor leave mothers with a feeling of exaltation -- a high that some women liken to a drug high.
Church of the Dog - A Novel
Sometimes only a stranger can lead the way home...
In The Woods: A Novel
A psychological suspense novel that won the 2008 Edgar Award and is a New York Times Bestseller.
The Fourth Watcher
A gripping and edgy thriller by Timothy Hallinan, a writer whose last novel "Kirkus Reviews" called "dark, often funny and ultimately enthralling." Hallinan, who has spent the last twenty-five years living on and off in Thailand, has a deep affection for his adopted part-time home and captures its paradoxical beauty and decay with admiration and verisimilitude.
I Will Not Be Broken: Reach Out
Recounts a provocative visit from a fellow landmine survivor and the importance of reaching out to those around us in a time of need.
The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian: The Visualists
Creation of Narnia from the new behind-the-scenes book for the latest Narnia movie…
The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian: The Cast
Making a full-scale motion picture like "Prince Caspian" is a journey unto itself -- not only a physical one that took hundreds of filmmakers thousands of miles across two hemispheres, but also a spiritual and emotional voyage for the film's family members.
I Will Not Be Broken: Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis
An insightful and moving book that guides one through the painful journey of coming back into life after a devastating trauma or loss of any kind.
Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving
Washington Irving’s story points the author’s view about the effect of constant nagging, what being constantly henpecked means. It is indeed devastating and makes you think about finding a right approach.
Immortal: A Novel
Immortal takes place on the streets of 14th-century Florence where " a boy is lost- and an astonishing mystery or faith, art, and alchemy begins…"
A Slave No More
John M. Washington was born a slave on May 20, 1838, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Washington begins his narrative with the wry comment that he "never had the pleasure of knowing" his mother’s owner, Thomas R. Ware, Sr., who died before John was born.
I Never Saw Paris
A thought-provoking, compassionate, and surprising tale about life, after life.
Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini, the young writer who has churned out novels like Eragon and Eldest.
History Lesson for Girls
One Day I saw them, our dream horses, and on that day I pulled over to the side of the road and cried. There they were, Appaloosas and roans and bays, and I thought I saw, squinting into the last bit of sunlight, a gray.
Learning to Write with a Sledgehammer
I was writing my first episode for Mash in a hotel room in Los Angeles, with French furniture from the Wilshire Boulevard period, and I noticed I had begun dancing around the room.
Mademoiselle Victorine - A Novel
When Victorine Laurent joins the chorus of the grand Paris Opera, she expects to become the mistress of a wealthy, married man; this is what young women without family must do to survive in the decedent City of Light.
The Last Summer (of You and Me)
In the town of Waterby on Fire Island, the rhythms and rituals of summer are sacrosanct: the ceremonial arrivals and departures by ferry; yacht club dinners with terrible food and breathtaking views; the virtual decree against shoes; and the generational parade of sandy, suntanned kids, running, swimming, squealing, and coming of age on the beach.
Volk’s Game
Russian Mafia thriller - The explosive debut introducing Russian gangster Alexei Volkovoy -- not since Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne has a hero shifted so effortlessly between hunter and hunted.
Setting as a Character
Where does your book take place? Of course, on one level, it takes place in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of your characters. On another level, it might take place in Omaha. Or Venus.
The Screaming Room
Thomas O'Callaghan drew rave reviews for Bone Thief, his chilling debut. In his riveting new thriller, a diabolical killer is terrorizing New York City . . .
Alex Haley: The Man Who Traced America’s Roots
Aboard the "African Star" - After working on the book for more than a decade, Haley was stuck -- and desperate
And a Sword Shall Pierce Your Heart
Moving from Despair to Meaning After the Death of a Child...
I Didn't See it Coming: Five Essential Strategies for Managing Up
The game you once played on the school playground is now the game you play daily in the corporate jungle.
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): True Stories of False Memories
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts...
Magdalen Rising: The Beginning
In this Celtic wonder tale, prequel to Elizabeth Cunningham's acclaimed novel, "The Passion of Mary Magdalen", Maeve and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death.
Queen of the Underworld: A Novel
In the summer of 1959, as Castro clamps down on Cuba and its first wave of exiles flee to the States, Emma Gant, fresh out of college, begins her career as a reporter.
I Thought It Was Just Me
Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame...
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings
In an upbeat, humorous, and somewhat irreverent style, Lynn Grabhorn introduces us to the amazing Law of Attraction, a new and rapidly unfolding realm of feelings that physicians, scientists, physicists, and theologians are coming to believe is very, very real . .
Ten Tips For A Safe Hospital Stay
Does your medical care feel like a wacky volley ball game, with the patient as the Ball? Team play is rare or absent. And where’s the Referee? Who’s in charge here? Who really cares about the fate of the Ball?
Better
One ordinary December day, I took a tour of my hospital with Deborah Yokoe, an infectious disease specialist, and Susan Marino, a microbiologist. They work in our hospital's infection-control unit.
Christine Falls - A Novel
In the debut crime novel from Booker Award winner John Banville, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of a conspiracy among the city's high Catholic society.
The Physics of the Buffyverse
It begins with the sound of shattering glass. A young man and his pretty blond date break into the science lab at the local high school late one night for a bit of mischief...
The Watchman: A Joe Pike Novel
Joe Pike has been one of the most popular characters in modern crime fiction since his introduction in "The Monkey’s Raincoat". Fans have demanded to see more, and now RC has answered! Joe Pike is "The Watchman". You will see him as you’ve never seen him before. From the inside. Looking out.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
How Successful People Become Even More Successful! America’s most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder...
Words That Work
Dr. Frank Luntz’s methods in crafting effective speech for politicians and celebrities and impactful advertising for companies by analyzing the words that affect people most.
Dancing in the Streets
From the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian, a fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy.
Exile: A Novel
From one of America's most compelling novelists comes the mesmerizing story of a trial lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel.
Transparent
Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers...
How to Start a Novel: The Willingness to be the Best and the Worst
Writing fiction is like allowing yourself to be the ugliest person in the room and the most beautiful person at the same time. The ‘beautiful’ you swans into the party, garnering admiration, presuming that everyone else will be interested in what you have to say...
New Museum Opens Doors to History of Comics, Toys
The new Geppi Entertainment Museum formally opened its doors in Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sept. 8 and provides a unique look at what kids have been excited by through the decades.
Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream
New book recounts sometimes surprising history and its lasting legacy. Consider it a book not of war stories, but of after-the-war stories, and in them you’ll meet film and theater director Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, The Miracle Worker, the Nixon-Kennedy debates), Nobelist Leon Lederman (helped invent modern particle physics), civil rights crusader Monte Posey, George McGovern, Bob Dole, Josette Dermody Wingo and many others.
Air America: The Playbook
A collection of articles and interview transcripts from radio hosts of the Air America network. The book covers a variety of issues from the liberal perspective.
Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57
A powerful account of eighteen months in the lives of three soldiers and a journalist, all patients in Ward 57, Walter Reed’s amputee wing.
The Museum of Lost Wonder
Creation of the universe - Unique new activity book for adults exploring metaphysical questions through historical narratives, scientific theories and intricate models for readers to create.
Not In Kansas Anymore
Dark Arts, Sex Spells, Money Magic, and Other Things Your Neighbors Aren't Telling You...
Alpha Girls: Understanding the New American Girl and How She Is Changing the World
Dan Kindlon takes on the American girl, using startling new evidence based on newly commissioned studies and hundreds of interviews with young girls throughout the country.
The Interpretation of Murder
Jed Rubenfeld's premier novel, "The Interpretation of Murder", a historical thriller following famed psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, through a terrifying trip to New York.
The Geographer's Library
Jon Fasman's bestselling suspense novel. For a journalist at a weekly paper, especially one as small as the Carrier , The Day the Paper Comes Out is a day of rest.
My Life as a Furry Red Monster
What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love, and Laughing Out Loud - The furry red monster known as Elmo has charmed his way into hearts and homes throughout the world with his unmistakable laugh, over-the-top enthusiasm, and boundless love. Elmo's appeal is nothing short of magical. Kids adore him, and parents find him irresistible. What is it about this little monster?
Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change
A Practical Framework for Positive Social Change - Global problems seem insurmountable; poverty, injustice, and environmental decay demand attention. Nevertheless, hope persists. The beginning of change is the recognition that things can be different. Next comes a drive toward empowerment, an action plan, and the development of effective programs and organizations based on vision and principles.
The Little Book of Circle Processes: A New and Old Approach to Peacemaking
Our ancestors gathered around a fire in a circle, families gather around their kitchen tables in circles, and now we are gathering in circles as communities to solve problems. The practice draws on the ancient Native American tradition of a talking piece and combines that with concepts of democracy and inclusivity.
Anonymous Lawyer
I see you. I see you walking by my office, trying to look like you have a reason to be there. But you don’t. I see the guilty look on your face. You try not to make eye contact. You try to rush past me as if you’re going to the bathroom.
Girls Most Likely: A Novel
From the fifth grade to their fifth decade, Vaughn, Reenie, Susan, and Audrey have shared secrets and dreamed dreams -- their lives connected like silk threads through rich fabric, pulling but never breaking at life's unexpected twists and turns. Meet the girls most likely...
The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters
The blind date with a gluten allergy. The ex who can't stop talking about the French girlfriend who dumped him. The cute young bartender who knows how to make a Manhattan straight up...
The Husband
What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill? With each and every new novel, Dean Koontz raises the stakes—and the pulse rate—higher than any other author. Now, in what may be his most suspenseful and heartfelt novel ever, he brings us the story of an ordinary man whose extraordinary commitment to his wife will take him on a harrowing journey of adventure, sacrifice, and redemption to...
The Why Café: A Story
In a small diner at a location so remote that it stands in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John -- a man in a hurry -- is at a literal and figurative crossroads. Intent only on refueling before moving along on his road trip, John finds sustenance of an entirely different kind. In addition to the specials of the day, the menu lists three questions that all diners are encouraged to consider...
The Culture Code
New book from cultural anthropologist, Dr. Clotaire Rapaille explains how cultures are constructed in America and elsewhere by studying the belief patterns of individuals.
The Homecoming: The Road Ahead
The Right Words at the Right Time Volume 2: My ship, the USS John L. Hall, a guided missile frigate, had just returned from Desert Storm to its base in Mayport, Florida...
Celebrating Jonathan
The Right Words at the Right Time Volume 2: I'd given up on all the usual words, now I was searching for the magic ones -- words that would make the pain go away...
My Perfect Mess
The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2: I had a rotten fifth grade. Although I made good grades, worked hard, was quiet and mostly obedient, Sister Saint Therese du Divine Coeur hated messy...
One Cold Night
New York City Police detective Dave Strauss is haunted by the one case he couldn't solve. A schoolgirl vanished off the streets of Brooklyn, with only a trail of blood and a series of untraceable phone calls from ''the groom'' hinting at her fate. Now the cold dark night has engulfed another young girl...but this time she is part of Dave's family.
The Messiah of Morris Avenue
Tony Hendra's new, futuristic novel about the clash between religion and culture ...
The Priest's Madonna - A Novel
At the end of the nineteenth century, a priest in the village of Rennes-le-Château suddenly came into possession of immense wealth. Legend has it that he found some documents that threatened the Catholic Church -- and that he was paid handsomely for his silence...
The Secrets of Judas
Religious scholar, James Robinson book about newly revealed texts on Judas Iscariot and the wealth of ancient books that are kept secret by governments and wealthy collectors.
The Book of Trouble
Ann Marlowe's memoir describing the "clash of civilizations" between the west and Afghanistan and her relationship with an Afghan man.
Seeker: Book One of the Noble Warriors
On the rocky island of Anacrea , in a garden within the great castle-monastery called the Nom, lives the All and Only, the god who made all things. He is protected by an elite band of fighter monks. These are the Nomana, the Noble Warriors.
False Impression
When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her English country home on the night before September 11, 2001, it will take all the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out the connection between her death and a priceless Van Gogh, which is stolen that night.
The Passion of Mary Magdalen - A Novel
The book is the central novel of the trilogy "THE MAEVE CHRONICLES" about Mary Magdalen, the biblical character currently at the center of international media attention.
The Night Journal: A Novel
A brilliantly imagined and compulsively readable novel of a young woman discovering the truth about her family’s mythic past.
The Wall
On the vast, sunlit walls of the world’s greatest monolith, two veteran climbers unwittingly ascend into a vertical underworld. In a place where obsession kills, they quickly fall prey to past loves, old demons, and ghostly revenge.
Imagining Ourselves - Global Voices from a New Generation of Women
A few years ago, Paula Goldman emailed this question to women aged twenty to forty around the world. At the time, she was fresh out of graduate school and not entirely sure how to launch her career, but she knew she wanted to make a difference in the world, and she was deeply inspired by the amazing and diverse accomplishments of women she knew across the ...
Animals in Translation - Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
People with autism can often think the way animals think, which puts them in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." In this groundbreaking book, Temple Grandin draws on her own experiences with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver an extraordinary message about how ...
My Grandfathers and the Birds
"The Mercy of Thin Air" has been nominated for the 2006 SIBA Book Award in Fiction, and it's been acquired by L'Archipel, a publisher in France.
The Kindness of Strangers: A Novel
On a quiet street in the suburban Midwest, a popular, seemingly stable family keeps a terrible, dark secret behind closed doors -- a secret that will have life-changing consequences for all who know them...
Pursuit
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza's latest Inspector Espinosa novel, "Pursuit". On that hot December afternoon, his long strides and fixed stare didn't make it any easier to weave through all the pedestrians...
Unhooked Generation: The Truth About Why We're Still Single
It's not you: The search for true love is more difficult now than ever before. To find out why and what to do about it, Jillian Straus conducted in-depth interviews with 100 single men and women in their twenties and thirties.
The Secret Life of Water
A small adventure beginning with a tiny little water crystal has spread to people all over the world, creating a growing ...
"The Truth is Out There"...and We Need to Talk About It
Writers usually choose their topics to teach others. With my third novel, however, the topic taught me.
7 Ways to Stop Enduring and Start Enjoying This Holiday Season
Surviving the holidays can be a test of the mind, body, and spirit. Author Jane Straus offers tips that will show you how to not only survive the holidays but enjoy them as well.
7 Deadly Wonders
THE GREATEST STATUE IN HISTORY - It towered like a god above the mouth of Mandraki harbor, the main port of the island state of Rhodes, much like the Statue of Liberty does today in New York.
The Cost of a Deadbeat
The Deadbeat Vigilante: Michael Webb Is Working to Solve Our $3 Trillion National Problem - The founder of anti-deadbeat.com believes our country is sick of parasites, slackers, and other cheaters of the system--and he urges us to put our collective foot down.
Bone Thief
Recipe for Getting Your Book Published: Baste it Now and Again . . . Then Let it Bake for Twelve Years!
Ping: A Frog in Search of a New Pond
This simple, inspirational tale follows the journey of Ping, a frog in search of a new pond, preferably one good for long-distance jumping. Along the way he meets Owl, an insightful teacher who...
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit, ready to restore a stolen inheritance to its...
Zanesville: A Novel - Who is Elijah Clearfather?
Futuristic bioweapon or good old-fashioned messiah?Reincarnated ex-porn star or mutant information-age revolutionary? The man who awakens in New York City's Central Park with no memory of his identity and the enigmatic message FATHER FORGIVE THEM F carved into the flesh of his back may be all of these things and more.
The MomsTown Guide to Getting It All
A Life Makeover for Stay-at-Home Moms. Tired of the stereotype of the stay-at-home mom as someone who cooks, cleans, and carpools?
Home Enlightenment
Practical, Earth-Friendly Advice for Creating a Nurturing, Healthy, and Toxin-Free Home and Lifestyle. "Home Enlightenment" has the power to change the way we live and breathe. You will feel healed -- and whole -- just by reading this book: It's a beautiful thing.
The Space Tourist's Handbook
A new book by Eric Anderson, President of Space Adventures, space tourism company. "The Space Tourist's Handbook" is a compilation of spaceflight history and real world information about training for and traveling outside the Earth's atmosphere.
Finding Your Inner Animal With Roy Feinson’s Help
Two unique books by Roy Feinson can help you discover what kind of animal personality you have.
Ten Steps to Creating Your Extraordinary Life
Do you feel that you never have time to stop? Do you distract yourself with eating, working, volunteering, cleaning, etc.? Do you resent that you never have time to do the things your spirit longs for? Do you feel resigned rather than inspired?
Enough Is Enough!: Stop Enduring and Start Living Your Extraordinary Life
Endure No More: Five Ways to Say "Enough Is Enough" and Create an Extraordinary Life - If your life has become an exercise in survival or sameness, it's time to stop enduring. In her new book, Jane Straus explains how to stop enduring and start thriving.
Some Kind of Genius
The Extraordinary Journey of Musical Savant Tony DeBlois - Born weighing less than two pounds, and with blindness and other physical and developmental challenges to contend with from the start, Tony DeBlois seemed destined for a life of quiet struggle.
Zanesville: A Novel
Five Tips to Avoiding Total Disaster as a Novelist from a Poor, Wretched Fool Who Had to Learn the Hard Way
The Art of the Table
A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners, and Tableware. Coming together to share a meal is one of our most vital traditions. Whether dining with friends, family, or business associates, we know that an elegant setting and gracious manners bring a sense of harmony and order to the occasion.
Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
In the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful memories from the Great War to resolve the mystery surrounding a pilot's death.
She's Got Issues
Chloe Rose is living the dream. She is the newest assistant to the assistant at "Issues" Magazine, and she has a key to the shoe closet. Her natural talent for accessorizing, not to mention her happy-go-lucky attitude, are attracting lots of attention. Everyone is being so nice to her! Could life get any better?
Close Case
Close Case is the third book in the Samantha Kincaid series.
First Pages
Context, character and conflict -- I call them "the three c’s." They are the essential fictional elements a writer should braid together on the first page of a story or novel in the quest for a sparkling beginning. If you save all the good stuff for page fifty, but you haven’t held your readers’ attention, no one will ever find out what a great writer you are because they will have already put your work aside.
Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion Heads To the Big Screen
The busiest man in Lake Wobegon is going to be stretched a little tighter over the next few months as A Prairie Home Companion is made into a movie with a celebrity-packed cast.
Seven Minutes to Noon
On a day that seems perfectly ordinary, Alice Halpern waits for her best friend at the playground where they always meet with their children in their comfortable Brooklyn neighborhood. But when Lauren doesn't come, and then fails to pick up her son from school, a normal day turns into a nightmare -- and Alice begins to realize that nothing will ever be ordinary again.
The Truth Is . . . I Hear Voices
Ever since my first book, She’s Got Issues, got published, the first question everyone asked me was, "How do you think up your characters?" At first I lied. I said, "Um . . . I don’t know, I guess they’re a composite of people I’ve met over the years." I thought that sounded good. I’ve heard other authors use that line, so I figured, what the hell.
The Pirate Coast
Newest historical account of the first US marines. An hour before dawn on September 3, 1798, the waves of the Mediterranean tugged at the coast of the island of San Pietro near Sardinia, lullabying the thousand or so sleeping residents...
The Little Guide to Your Well Read Life
Steve Leveen's new guide for avid readers and would be readers, "The Little Guide to Your Well Read Life". The CEO of Levenger writes of his personal journey to become "well-read" and offers techniques for finding time, choosing books and how to get the most out of them.
Room for Improvement
Change Your Home! Enhance Your Life! With Tools, Tips, and Inspiration from Barbara K!
On the Right Side of a Dream
A Novel: When Juanita Lewis arrived in Paper Moon, Montana, courtesy of a Greyhound bus, she was just looking for a brief respite. Instead, she found a home, friends, and a man to love. But this leave-your-attitude-by-the-door woman made a promise to herself -- one that she intends to keep. Now that she's got a place to come back to, Juanita wants to see the world.
Unstoppable Women: Achieve Any Breakthrough Goal in 30 Days
Want to Become Unstoppable? How many times has the phrase "if only" run through your mind? "If only" I could go back to school. Start my own business. Find more time for my kids. No matter what your "if only" is, motivational speaker and corporate trainer Cynthia Kersey can help you achieve it -- in just 30 days.
In Dahlia's Wake
A Novel: Readers who love the books of Sue Miller and Elizabeth Berg will be unable to put down this powerful, intensely moving novel about a couple trying to rebuild their lives after the death of their child.
Body-for-LIFE® for Women
A Woman's Plan for Physical and Mental Transformation. Ready to Transform Your Mind and Your Body -- for LIFE? Do you want a flat stomach? A smaller butt? Clothes you can actually fit into? Do you want to feel better about yourself? Regain confidence and energy? Take control with a plan you can live with?
Book Review - He's Just Not That Into You
It has, according to the publicity blitz, 'helped millions of women end bad relationships or stop pining over uninterested men'.
A window in Copacabana
Latest installment, "A window in Copacabana" from the Brazilian writer Luis Alfredo Garcia-Rosa's popular series of mysteries featuring Inspector Espinosa.
Traveling Hopefully
How to Lose Your Family Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life. Emotional baggage and achieving life goals.
Youth and Crime: The Road to Whatever
Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence. Elliott Currie is a professor of criminology and an expert on youth and crime. Currie is convinced that the modern institutions of family, education and American culture are disenfranchising an entire generation of young people and causing them to care less and less about themselves, their futures and the consequences of their actions.
Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code
A Historian Reveals What We Really Know About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine. From the best-selling author of Lost Christianities and L ost Scriptures -- An insightful and entertaining look at the truth behind one of the biggest blockbusters in recent publishing history.
Roman Candle
The Life of Bobby Darin. My first intimation that there was a Bobby Darin occurred when I heard a piano in the practice room adjoining my office at Atlantic Records.
No Opportunity Wasted
8 Ways to Create a List for the Life You Want. From renowned adventurer and rising television star Phil Keoghan, No Opportunity Wasted combines the self-improvement appeal of an inspirational book with the adrenaline rush of a thriller.
Death By Inferior Design
A Domestic Bliss Mystery -- A perfect design . . . for murder. It was a great opportunity, a beautiful day, and a perfect setting: home designer Erin Gilbert was headed to a lovely Crestview, Colorado, neighborhood to engage in a friendly little design contest with her nearest and less-than-dearest competitor, the unspeakably handsome Steve Sullivan.
The Distance Between Us
Caddie Blair feels everything strongly -- and so she works hard to keep her distance. It's the ethical thing for a journalist to do, especially in a war-torn region like the Middle East. And Caddie wants to believe that nothing is as important as covering "the story."
The Windmill
A Novel: From the author of Jimmy's Girl -- a writer who "hits the emotional bull's-eye dead center" (Baton Rouge Advocate) -- comes a new novel that will remind us all that sometimes you don't know how much you have until it's gone.
The New Brain
How the Modern Age is Rewiring Your Mind. The New Brain is the story of technology and biology converging to influence the evolution of the human brain.
A Glass Half Full
Felix Dennis, better known as the enfant terrible of magazine publishing and one of Britain's richest men, has—astonishingly—become Britain's best-selling poet with A Glass Half Full.
Book Review - A Little Princess
Some things never go out of fashion - although there are some that might cynically scoff at them as sentimental - things like humanity, kindness, imagination, and fortitude in face of the most demanding trials and tribulations.
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
How Our Children Really Learn -- And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less. Reassuring to parents and educators, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards shows why -- and how -- to step away from the cult of achievement and toward a more nurturing home life full of imaginative play and love of learning.
The City Parent Handbook
The Complete Guide to the Ups and Downs and Ins and Outs of Raising Young Kids in the City. The city has everything we want for our kids: a smorgasbord of culture, a melting pot of ethnic traditions, and a history lesson on every corner. With natural wonders, top schools, the best hospitals, and world-class sports, arts, and entertainment, your city can be a...
Between Trapezes
Flying into a New Life with the Greatest of Ease. Most of us are afraid of the in-between times -- those stretches between jobs, between lovers, between a past that is stifling our dreams and a future that is scarily, precariously unknown. We are so reluctant to face uncertainty that often we cling to a view of ourselves that we know can never allow us to soar, that keeps us from leaping headlong into an exuberant life.
Three Bedrooms in Chelsea
It's bad enough that actress/waitress Edie Amos's boyfriend leaves her for a job in Istanbul. And that she's been fired from her only acting job -- as a dancing fava bean in an industrial show. But how can she possibly pay the rent on her Chelsea dream apartment? Is nothing permanent in this life? The only thing to do is find a roommate. Unfortunately, she gets two.
Can The Invisible Man See?
H.G.Wells classic novel "The invisible man" may have inspired a lot of ideas in the new generation, but if we think deeper, the question should arise Can an Invisible man see??. If one knows the details about optics and the laws of refraction, one can safely say that the invisible man will be blind and helpless.
Who Cares What You're Supposed to Do?
Breaking the Rules to Get What You Want in Love, Live, and Work...What are you doing with your life? Have you hit a quarter-life crisis? Is the Big 3-0 looming large? Are you hearing from friends, family, and everyone around you that you're "supposed to":
Medical Tests That Can Save Your Life
21 Tests Your Doctor Won't Order ... Unless You Know to Ask: Breakthrough medical tests can find dozens of deadly diseases before it's too late. But because of the state of modern healthcare (with insurers' red tape and doctors' busy schedules), most of us don't know that these tests are available -- let alone which ones to have, what they're called, or how to ask for them.
W.i.t.c.h.: Illusions and Lies
Book #6: The magic of friendship has transforming results! Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin know all about illusions. Since they discovered their powers as Guardians of the Veil, they have kept their secret hidden.
W.i.t.c.h.: The Last Tear
Book #5: The magic of friendship has transforming results! Even though things appear to be calm in Heatherfield, Cedric and his army are growing stronger.
The Savvy Senior
The Ultimate Guide to Health, Family, and Finances for Senior Citizens. If you're looking for answers to your senior questions and don't know where to turn, The Savvy Senior is the solution.
The Excellent 11
The following is an excerpt from the book The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children
Ringworld's Children
The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band three million times the surface of the Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of whom are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe.
The Shy Single
A Bold Guide to Dating For the Less - Than - Bold Dater. Nearly 50 percent of adults in the United States describe themselves as chronically shy, and an even larger number are single. These numbers prove what we already know:
W.i.t.c.h.: The Fire of Friendship
Things are heating up for Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin. Though they have the ability to control energy, water, fire, earth, and air, their powers cannot solve all of their problems. As they face more dangers -- in both Heatherfield and Metamoor -- tempers rise and tension builds.
W.i.t.c.h.: Finding Meridian
Even though the five friends are dedicated to using their powers to find Elyon, there is tension in the group. Trying to solve Elyon's disappearance is making everyone a bit on edge. This is no time for disagreements! The friends need to concentrate on locating the right portal to the city of Meridian in Metamoor.
W.i.t.c.h.: The Disappearance
Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin are getting used to having powers. But trying to manage their magic is tricky. Irma may have caused one of the boys at school to disappear with a spell! And there is another development that is even more puzzling.
W.i.t.c.h.: The Power of Five
When Will moves to Heatherfield, she is thankful when she meets Taranee, another new girl. Together the two make friends with Irma, Cornelia, and Hay Lin. But this friendship is not accidental -- the girls are joined together by a stronger force.
Sacred Selfishness
A Guide to Living a Life of Substance: Bud Harris, a Jungian analyst, defines Sacred Selfishness as valuing ourselves enough to develop into "authentic" human beings, who give back vitality and hope to the people around us. It is acquiring what Emerson refers to as "character -- a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means."
The Summer of Us
Holly Chamberlin, bestselling author of Living Single, returns with a sexy, sassy new novel of three women on the brink of turning thirty -- and on the verge of finding themselves. A house share in Martha's Vineyard sets the stage for a summer of cold margaritas, hot guys, and hilarious adventures. The kind of summer that can break hearts -- and make lifelong friendships . . . The Summer of Us.
Ex-Girlfriends
Stop the presses -- Dean Paul Lockhart, America's favorite bachelor, is getting married! It's sending shock waves through the tabloids, and rocking the worlds of the three former friends who were once all his . . . Ex-Girlfriends.
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities
Ever wonder what really goes on behind a sorority's closed doors? New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins became curious about whether the stereotypes of sororities were actually true, so she spent a year undercover with a group of girls in a typical sorority.
You Make Me Feel Like an Unnatural Woman
Diary of a New (Older) Mother. Veteran journalist Judith Newman wanted to write the book jacket description for You Make Me Feel Like an Unnatural Woman. She really did.
The Teen Code
How to Talk to Us About Sex, Drugs, and Everything Else -- Teenagers Reveal What Works Best. Believe it or not, there are ways to talk to teenagers so they'll listen. But first you have to "crack the code" of how teenagers think and talk.
Book Review - The House on Prague Street
Originally published as 'Ein Haus in Bohmen' and translated from the German into English by its Czech author Hana Demetz, 'The House on Prague Street' is one of the most well-written books on the Holocaust that I've come across.
Evenings at Five: A Novel and Five New Stories
This Ballantine Reader's Circle edition features five new stories that further chronicle the significant moments in the life of Godwin's alter ego, Christina.
I'm OK, You're My Parents: How to Overcome Guilt, Let Go of Anger, and Create a Relationship That Works
In a recent study, half of all Americans rated their relationship with at least one parent as either "poor" or "terrible," and more than a third felt this way about both parents. As we continue to live longer and the parent-child relationship extends further into adulthood, this problem has reached epidemic proportion.
In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat
Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson provides an eyewitness account of the war against Iraq -- and a vivid portrait of a remarkable group of soldiers. For soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, the road to Baghdad began with a midnight flight out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in late February 2003.
Winning Habits : 4 Secrets that Will Change the Rest of Your Life
Winning Habits is about making great things happen around you . . . and for you. This powerful parable identifies the four fundamental habits that lead to success . . . and helps you apply those habits in your life . . . your whole life . . . starting right now.
Hadrian's Wall : A Novel of Roman England
The Wall. When the Roman emperor Hadrian first envisioned the awesome edifice in A.D. 122, he used stone, wood, and iron to shield Roman Britannia forever from the unconquered Celtic barbarians. Stretching over seventy miles to divide the island, Hadrian's Wall has maintained the security of the Roman Empire's northern outpost for more than two hundred years.
Midlife Crisis at 30: How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation -- And What to Do about It
Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was a stay-at-home mother. Founder and CEO of Oxygen Media Geraldine Laybourne was working at a public interest think tank for teachers. Political strategist Mary Matalin was a first-year law student -- and about to drop out.
Second Innocence: Rediscovering Joy and Wonder
Is it possible to age yet keep the sense of wonder we had as children and experience the joy of being alive every day? Can we hold on to our ideals at work and in life even after watching the evening news? Do we have the power to change the world around us?
The Fabulous Emily Briggs: A Novel
"Finding a suitable date in the city is like trying to find a fifteen-million-dollar movie actor who isn't into Scientology." The heroine of the comic strip Emily Briggs draws for Vogue has sex and the city at her well-manicured fingertips. If only Emily could say the same.
The Right Words at the Right Time
For those of us in need of hope, a hero, or a healthy dose of inspiration, here is a heartwarming collection of personal revelations from some of today's greatest luminaries whose lives were changed by hearing the right words at the right time
Always the Bridesmaid: A Novel
What do you do after you walk down the aisle at four weddings over the course of just a few months -- none of them your own? What's left after you've donned the must-have-not dresses of the season, forked over your cash, and fake-smiled your way through countless photos?
The Wife of Reilly: A Novel
Take My Husband, Please . . .Okay, here's how it happened. I went to my college reunion and hooked up with Matt, the love of my life, my soulmate, the one who got away. After the most wonderful weekend together, he said something like, "I love you; let's get married," and I could swear I heard myself say, "Yes!" Maybe that would have been a good time to tell him about Reilly -- my husband . . .
Little People: Learning to See the World Through My Daughter's Eye's
Becky Kennedy was more than her parents had bargained for. Born a dwarf, her early medical problems nearly overwhelmed the family's resources. But as surely as she recovered and grew into a healthy little girl, Becky became more than Dan and Barbara Kennedy could have hoped for:
The Holy Way: Practices for a Simple Life
Is leading a simple life possible in a world of chaos and complexity? Driven by this searching question, Paula Huston, a busy forty-something college professor, wife, and mother, embarked on a spiritual journey to find a peaceful, less cluttered kind of life.
Out on A Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love
"This book is about hearing a deeper song of being that has made me more optimistic about what the future of life on this planet could be. It is based on the truth as I see it, and as it has been shown to me through the eyes of a dog. More to the point, I’m having a new experience with love.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
"All ending are beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time . . . " From the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie comes this long-awaited follow-up, an enchanting, beautifully crafted novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold.
How Our Children Really Learn And Why They Need To Play More And Memorize Less
Now that we know the scientific data about how children’s brains develop, several lessons emerge. One is a cautionary note, and the others offer ways in which you can see the world differently and stimulate your child’s brain growth in a more natural way.
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of The Liberation Trilogy
The Liberation of Europe and the Destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943.
Drifting
Readers and reviewers alike fell in love with Jimmy's Girl, praising "an assured debut" (Publishers Weekly), and applauded The Puzzle Bark Tree as "emotionally charged" (Romantic Times). In her new novel Drifting, Stephanie Gertler once again reveals her gift for exploring the ways in which families experience love and loss.
You Have To Say I’m Pretty, You’re My Mother
How to Help Your Daughter Learn to Love Her Body and Herself - Award-winning journalist Stephanie Pierson has successfully helped her teenage daughter recover from an eating disorder. New York psychotherapist Phyllis Cohen has successfully treated body image issues of teenage girls for more than twenty-five years.
The Forever Year
Do you believe that love can last forever? "Jesse Sienna" doesn't. His own parents' marriage was caring but passionless, and his own romantic history tells him that love burns brightest before fizzling out completely. So when his elderly father, Mickey, moves in with him and seems unable to understand Jesse's no-strings-attached relationship with his current girlfriend, Jesse barely pays attention.
Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes
From Franklin Roosevelt's prop-driven Pan Am to the glimmering blue-and-white jumbo 747 on which George W. Bush travels, the president's plane has captured the public's awe and imagination and is recognized around the world as a symbol of American power.
Call Me Crazy
As an actress, she lives in the world of illusion made to seem real. As a survivor of abuse, she's learned how to live in her own skin -- and face the reality of a broken past on her own terms.
Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
In the spring of 2000, Harper's Magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker -- in particular, the mushrooming progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend with a technique so outré it took a Manhattan pathologist to identify it.
Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium
Thirty years after Robin Morgan's groundbreaking anthology, Sisterhood Is Powerful -- named by The American Librarians' Association one of "The 100 Most Influential Books of the Twentieth Century" -- comes this landmark new collection for the twenty-first century.
A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
Nowadays, the idea that the way a country borrows its money is connected to what kind of government it has comes as a surprise to most people. But in the eighteenth century it was commonly accepted that public debt and political liberty were intimately related.
Hard
In Easy, Emma Gold's straight-talking heroine put a randy new spin on the sex life of the single British girl. Now she returns with the adventures of a new woman-about-London.
A Review of Sacred Country by Rose Tremain
In her novel, Sacred Country, Rose Tremain explores characters in a small, rural community in the east of England. She finds a near-tragic, confused complexity.
Slovenia – The Land Between – Hard Talk with Vlado Bevc, Book Reviewer, Author and Scientist – 1/2
Mind and soul of Slovenia lie buried under the Ducal Stone in Gospa Sveta in Carinthia and the graves of literary man Prešern, Cankar, Levstik
A Review of A Short History of Nearly Everything
A review of the 2003 book by Bill Bryson.
Self-knowledge: An Important Tool for Success
This article is about the book Free Mind Free Body. The book is about expanding the horizons of your mind to achieve success.
Final Chapter for Book Reviews?
Peter Wilby: If they marginalize books, newspapers risk marginalizing themselves
Roars of Anger
Aravind Adiga's debut novel, The White Tiger, won the Booker prize this week. But its unflattering portrait of India as a society racked by corruption and servitude has caused a storm in his homeland. He tells Stuart Jeffries why he wants to expose the country's dark side
Get It Defined Before You Co-sign
A gripping true story of unthinkable horror, betrayal and deceit.
Reinventing Yourself, Changing Your Destiny – Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith book review
Novels set us free to explore different dimensions of reality, decisions, and possibilities. The power of reinventing ourselves is the theme in Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith, a beautiful, interesting story.
The Heart Of The Country by Fay Weldon
A small English village offers an idyllic face to the world. The reality is a complex web of deceit, envy, mixed motives, marital breakdown and extra-marital adventure. Poverty is the same everywhere, however, as is envy.
The South by Colm Toibin
In The South we live a painter’s life, make her mistakes, travel from Ireland to Spain and back, and age, inconsistently.
Amazon's Best Investment Book Reviews: Have You Been Brainwashed?
Big publishers want to sell already big names; discovering new ones is not in their wheelhouse. Are they responsible for the problems in the financial markets? Of course not, but they do have a perverse, if indirect, impact--- they contribute to the brainwashing.
Gomorrah: The Plagues of Naples in black and white and living color
Roberto Saviano’s book and Matteo Garrone’s powerful film bring this bloody struggle of mafia warfare to life for readers and movie-goers alike. This is the story of the Neapolitan organized crime syndicate and its multiple activities; and it is an investigative narrative with implications that reach far beyond Naples’ borders.
Nine Steps till gone
This novel is mostly about a sixteen year old girl going to live with her father in Athens, Ohio. She wants to face her fears of Athens, but more important herself. As the days, weeks, and months go by..she finds herself falling in love with a vampire.
Please Sir, There’s A Snake In The Art Room by Keith Geddes
A prep school headmaster exchanges Twickenham, London for Ngong, Nairobi. Kenya provides new, different challenges.
2030 The Lottery by Peter Moore
Civil war racks Britain. Despot Cromwell challenged by Wat Tyler and Pandora. Mayhem ensues.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin – Book Review
In the world of Epic Fantasy there are two series of books that stand above all the rest as masterpieces. Lord of the Rings is one of those series. The Earthsea Series by Ursula K. LeGuin is the other. This is a review of the first book in the Earthsea series A Wizard of Earthsea.
First Christmas by Alastair Macdonald – A Classic is Born
A book review generally consists of a perusal of the writer’s style, the story line and the flow and the viability of the subject matter. That would be nearly impossible with Alastair Macdonald’s "First Christmas." Both the birth of Christ and the birth of Macdonald’s book hold far too much for one brief review. Here is part one of two or perhaps three.
Novels That Caught the Spirit of Previous Eras
Stuart Jeffries picks the books that defined an era
Magician: Master by Raymond Feist - Book Review
This book is the second book in Feist’s Riftwar Saga (the first book is Magician: Apprentice) and in this book we see not only the transformation of our main character from apprentice to master but we also see this same transformation in Feist’s writing.
A Walk Up Fifth Avenue By Bernard Levin
In A Walk Up Fifth Avenue, Bernard Levin offers a British journalist's reflection on the heart of New York City. His outsider's view reveals the spectrum of the streets inhabitants, from the down and out to the super rich.
Poisoned Petals by Andy Crabb
Poisoned Petals by Andy Crabb are short stories with a Spanish flavor, where satisfying justice reigns in the end.
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond Feist – Book Review
There are a lot of epic fantasy series out there. But very few of them have withstood the test of time. This book is one of the best books in the genre of modern epic fantasy and it is the first book in a series called the Riftwar Cycle. If you are looking for an epic fantasy series to dig into this is a perfect starting point.
Paul McKenna I Can Make You Thin Review
Can the Paul McKenna I Can Make You Thin system really help you lose weight? What were the results of testing it on a British television audience?
A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White is an autobiographical account of how an adolescent discovers and comes to terms with his homosexuality.
Integration Marketing Review
This is a review of Mark Joyner's yet to be published book "Integration Marketing". In his book, Mr. Joyner shares some very simple practices that when applied can take your business from zero to Mach 9 in record time.
Girlfriends Hit the Road: A 1920s Road Trip - Book Review
Eight women loaded up 2 Model T cars and headed West. The author captures their adventure in this wonderfully written book...
Ace Reporter Investigates the Lost Years of His Life As a Crack Addict
New York Times reporter David Carr's forthcoming book is a searing study of his struggles with drug addiction
R. Burton’s Undeserved, Racist Insults against Oromos and Gadabursi and Issa Somalis
One more chapter from R. Burton's book - guide of English colonialism and racism
Towards Asmara By Thomas Keneally
Towards Asmara by Thomas Keneally travels through Eritrea's war of independence, a conflict that outsiders interpret.
Epic Fantasy Summer Reading Recommendations
This summer brings us a lot of great epic fantasy novels, both from established authors continuing their series and from new authors with fresh new stories and worlds for you to discover. This article gives you recommendations from among the best and most promising.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
A truly frightening view of how violence and murder can come home.
Book Review: "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder"
A review of Vincent Bugliosi's book "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder"
The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance Of Loss promises much, delivers a lot, but eventually delivers little. Small town concerns trouble the inhabitants of a globalised world, but, though the book charms, it fails to comment.
The Compleat Gamester: A Medieval Book Review
Have you ever wondered what kinds of games people played during the Renaissance? The Compleat Gamester is a guide to just that. It was written in 1674 as a handbook for people of the time to learn how to play games that were currently popular.
The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene
The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene provides a remarkable insight into the space that must be crossed within human relationships. It suggests, perhaps, that we often enter that space only unwillingly, and vacate it whenever convenience demands.
Born Again Productive
I must confess that I am not a fan of those fluffy; quick fix business books that promises improvement. Improving your work and life by just simply reading them is practically baloney for me. These fluffy books tend to be overly vague, asking you to re-en vision your processes, to optimize your time by reassigning your priorities, to acquire a new outlook that will reinvigorate your career.
Your Productivity Tool Box
The advices given here at first peek might seem very simplistic. But it is definitely beyond that. Particularly, if you try to break his method down and actually apply it, you will surely have your own variation of pristine insights. But, the key here is, learn from the expert.
Ashes To The Vistula by Bill Copeland
Ashes To The Vistula by Bill Copeland is a World War Two novel set in Auschwitz. It's a tale of loyalty amidst the confusion and destruction of war, a loyalty that must pass its ultimate test in a surprising, moving way.
The Way To Paradiseby Mario Vargas Llosa
In The Way To Paradise, Mario Vargas Llosa juxtaposes the life of painter Paul Gaugin with that of his socialist campaigner grandmother, Flora Tristan. It is an essay on fame.
Two Weeks Since My Last Confession By Kate Genovese
Two Weeks Since My last Confession by Kate Genovese is the family saga of the O'Briens from Boston. They are a good Catholc family, the father a senator. Drugs, war and abuse take their toll, however.
Rufus and The Biggest Diamond In The World By Michael Elsmere
In Rufus and The Biggest Diamond In The World, two boys seek and find treasure in an imagined journey to Solomon's mines and new worlds, where birds talk and words come to life.
The Door by Magda Szabo
The Door by Magda Szabo is a psychological novel about the relationship between two women, a writer and her maid.
Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester
Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester is set in Hong Kong. The changing nature of the city makes it almost a character, as immigrants to the place rub shoulders with globalisation.
Compound Stock Earnings Programs - Caveat Investor
Options are bets about the future price movement of exchange-traded securities - it's just that simple. The prospect of unusually high returns always signals unusually high risk. Caveat emptor, in spades. Here are some things to consider before you think about attending that free seminar...
Your 401(k) Investments and the IGVSI
Risk minimization begins with quality, is enhanced through diversification, and is compounded with realized income. The first two steps require research, greed control, and discipline. The income part just requires discipline, so it should be much easier to manage.
Grief is a Journey, Not a Destination
There are days you sit in a chair and stare out the window because living seems to take too much energy. Even to think about what to make for dinner is an all-consuming task.
Memoirs of a Survivor The City and Apocalypse
Doris Lessing - Memoirs of a Survivor
Double Vision by Pat Barker
Double Vision by Pat Barker is a highly complex novel that examines the relationships, the psychology, the reactions of a group of people each of whom, in their own way, have suffered loss. It is a tender, surprising novel where strong emotions are traded.
Kingdom Come by J. G. Ballard
Kingdom Come by J. G. Ballard presents a stark view of a Britain driven by rampant consumerism tinged with boredom. It describes a dystopia that the writer clearly believes is almost upon us.
Book Reviews-6 secrets of writing a Book Review
Book review writing-Steps to compose a good book review.
After These Things by Jenny Diski
In After These Things Jenny Diski gives life and thoughts to Old testament characters. She creates a psychological drama out of myth, a drama that explres human realtionships, marriage and kinship. Her novel thus becomes much more than the story it sets out to interpret.
The Hired Hand by Melvyn Bragg
The Hired Man by Melvyn Bragg is a novel about working class life in England. It starts at the end of the Victorian era and finishes in the 1920s. It is a subtle, but powerful portrayal of the struggle which, by definition, characterizes the lives of ordinary people.
Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene is a masterpiece of twentieth century fiction. Its simplicity of style on construction provide a framework for a truly complex and surprising plot in which the powerfully drawn characters live out war, peace, dictatorship and fascism. And also, their lives change as personal contacts reinvent a man's identity.
Stamboul Train by Graham Greene
Stamboul Train was the novel that made a name for Graham Greene. In is, several characters travel across pre-war Europe on the Orient Express. The character's indiviual plots intertwine and interact during the journey, a journey that for some of them is definitely one way.
Book Review: Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold'em
This is actually the first book on hold'em that I have read. It is geared toward the beginner but, contains some intermediate and, advance theory as well. This book by the Poker Brat can give you some insight into the mind of one of the greatest hold'em players of all time.
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood won the 2002 Booker Prize in 2000. It deals with the histories of two Canadian families, the Chase family in particular, where the rivalry between two sisters, Iris and Laura generates tragedy.
Interview With Laurie Conrad on Her Book "Realms of Light"
Interview With Laurie Conrad on Her Book "Realms of Light". Conducted by Diana Souza. For more articles written by Laurie Conrad, please type her name in Buzzle's search feature.
History of Kabbalah: The Story of The Book of Zohar
The Book of Zohar is the fundamental Kabbalistic text, and although it was written 19 centuries ago, it was intended for our time.
Willie the Actor by David Barry
When Willie the Actor was asked why he robbed banks, his answer was "because that's where the money is." David Barry's book is a fictional biography of the famous bank robber, a figure who is portrayed as both enigmatic and strangely sensitive.
The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin
The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin is an Irish novel set in Dublin and Wexford. Eamon Redmond is a high court judge with political connections and a family history. The book tells his story and describes the conflicts generated by his legal judgments with deep compassion.
July’s People by Nadine Gordimer
July's People by Nadine Gordimer examines relations between the black and white races of apartheid South Africa after an urban rebellion has rendered the country ungovernable. A white family's former houseboy offers his employers safe haven and they must learn a new way of living.
Life At The Top by John Braine
It is over forty years since John Braine published Life At The Top, a novel that presents a stark, perhaps cynical view of the British class system. Its frank portrayal of relationships and sex caused a stir at the time. Fifty years later, it is still poignant, and it also reminds us that some things have changed a lot, though not the British class system.
Emperor by Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron's Emperor is a highly original attempt to fill in via fiction a significant gap in Eurpean history. Constantine the Great's conversion to Christianity elevated the religion to official and imperial status, a position it has never lost. Colin Thubron's book flutters through the circumstances of that conversion.
New Book: Realms of Light: Clairvoyant Experiences of Life After Death
A Mystic's Journal, by Laurie Conrad. For all articles written by Laurie Conrad, please type her name in Buzzle's search feature.
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge is a complex novel set in the Crimean War. The narrative is seen from multiple points of view, but everyone invloved becomes caught up in the visceral carnage of war, and all of it without reason.
Romance Novels with Explicit Scenes Sell Just Fine....
My authoress epiphany and struggle to get my unusual book into the public eye.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini continues the author's depiction of Afghanistan's recent history via the experiences of powerless individuals caught up in the tragedy. In this book he charts the lives of two very different women, Mariam and Laila, whose divergent lives intersect for a while.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini has been showered with praise and attention since it publication. The book deals with Afghanis experience of the turmoils that have beset their country in recent decades, and this is seen through the lives of a pair of friends who grew up together. It is a deeply moving book.
Midnight All Day by Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi has developed a reputation for deft observation coupled with a lightness of touch. His ability to characterise modern British society is beyond question. In Midnight All Day he offers a series of short stories based in eighties and nineties Britain.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
On Chesil Beach examines attitudes towards sexuality and relationships at the start of the 1960s. By the end of the decade both of these ideas were described as liberated. Just a few years earlier, people were still very much the children of their age.
A Review of A Room At The Top by John Braine
It is fifty years since John Braine published Room At The Top, a novel that presents a stark, perhaps cynical view of the British class system. Its frank portrayal of relationships and sex caused a stir at the time. Fifty years later, it is still poignant, and it also reminds us that some things have changed a lot, though not the British class system.
The Infopreneur Guide To Book Summary Riches
It is very profitable to write a book summary, but it is also not that easy to write a good book summary and something a beginner infopreneur should not rush headlong into.
Nikola Gruevski's Way Out
The two pillars of his proposed way out for Macedonia's economy are somewhat shaky.
A Review of Unless by Carol Shields
In Unless Carol Shields presents a response to a family crisis. A daughter has dropped out and has suffered some sort of breakdown. Her mother, a writer, tries to rationalize events which, eventually, are revealed as quite random.
5 Tips To Write Great Book Reviews
There is a critic in all of us, everyone likes to give opinions about many things, writing book reviews gives you a chance to share your thoughts and feelings about a piece of writing that impacts your life.
A Review of A S Byatt’s A Whistling Woman
A S Byatt’s A Whistling Woman is a strange book. At one level it’s a straightforward account of university life, with its politics, affairs and academic pursuit. But then there’s the suspicion that none of this is ever satisfying for those involved. They yearn for something bigger.
Newly Published Book: Laboring to Love an Abusive Mate
New book: Twenty-one-year old college student suffers abuse at the hands of a lover ten years older. She tells her true life story of how she struggled with whether to stay and help her abuser or let him go.
Book Review: The Brainwashing of the American Investor
The Brainwashing of the American Investor is a book I wish I had been able to read 30 years ago. Those of you who still have years of investing ahead of you would do well to buy this book and read it thoroughly two or three times. It will save you a lifetime of mistakes that come from following conventional wisdom.
A review of Disgrace by J M Coetzee
J M Coetzee's Disgrace is a tragic novel that ends with just a little optimism. Set in South Africa against a backdrop of sometimes violent change, the book presents life-changing events and charts individual reactions to them.
A Review of The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
A Debt to Please us a novel by John Lanchester. A profound anti-hero called Tarquin Winot explores a culinary world that can be cooked to his own advantage.
A Review of The Possession Legacy by Trevor Dalton
The Possession legacy by Trevor Dalton is a horror fiction novel set in Wales and the West Midlands of England. Vampires walk the streets of Bromsgrove, and Welsh dogs spontaneously combust. Be ready for a scare!
Bodyguards and Bouncers
Bodyguard Training in the Russian Federation - one story from my forthcoming book Bodyguards and Bouncers
A Review of Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes
Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes is a book I have had queuing up to read for some time. I don’t know why I have never got round to reading it. Having just finished the book, I can declare that I found all I expected and much, much, much more.
A review of The Valkyries by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's quest to discover his own, personal angel is the subject of his book, The Valkyries. It's a short book and this short review attempts to uncover its spirit.
Europe revisited, reinterpreted
A review of A Ruby in Her Navel, a novel by Barry Unsworth
A review of A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell
Anthony Powell's masterpiece, A Dance to the Music of Time, is a twelve novel sequence. It begins with A Question of Upbringing. Here Philip Spires, author of Mission, revisits this first book in the series and rediscovers its charm and wit.
Philip Spires reviews Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov's novel Black snow is an enigmatic contradiction. It's a novel, but it's also a satire and a biting one at that. Even if you don't know the book's targets, it can also be read as a comment on the creative process itself.
A review of The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. A new translation of his novel, The Black Book, has been published. Philip Spires, author of Mission, an African novel set in Kenya, reviews the book and discovers a masterpiece.
Philip Spires reviews Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Breathing Lessons won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In his review, Philip Spires praises the book and its writer, but laments that people in the late twentieth century in the richest nation on earth could live lives of such bleak, almost thoughtless emptiness.
Prophets and Prophecies Book Reviews
The following reviews are on what I consider the best books written on or by prophets of God and developing the gift of prophecy.
A memory of Kyoto
Philip Spires, author of Mission, an African novel set in Kenya, recalls a trip to Kyoto which still generates fond memories for all the right reasons.
Philip Spires reviews Mukiwa by Peter Godwin
Mukiwa is a story of one man's experience of the struggle for Zimbabwean independence. It's a moving and sad record of a conflict that no-one won.
A reflection on Saville by David Storey, and a bit of Rugby League
Saville won the Booker Prize in 1976 and is a social hitory of growing up in a north of Englan mining community. Returning to it 30 years on provokes some interesting thoughts.
A Killer's Kiss by William Lashner
Just how far would one go for love?
Philip Spires reviews Restless by William Boyd
Restless is a novel about espionage in World War Two. Via this vehicle, William Boyd addresses issues of identity, trust and belonging, and eventually quations whether we ever know anything for sure about our daily experience.
Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Book Reviews
Many people are in a spiritual battle with demonic forces. The following book reviews will give you everything you need to win this spiritual battle.
About Bill Pavelic on "AMERICAN TRAGEDY" BY LARRY SHILLER
Pavelic got a call from an officer on another matter. As they spoke, he realized that the cop was connected to the Simpson investigation. He said the department thought there was more than one killer. The wounds suggested each victim was murdered with a different weapon. Goldman's injuries indicated he had fought fiercely before he died
Harry Potter, Tolkien, and the Roots of Fantasy
A history of the roots and development of the modern fantasy genre, from Homer to Tolkien and Rowling.
Something of a disappointment - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie
Novelist Philip Spires reviews Half of a Yellow Sun and finds it initially captivating. Later, however, the book grows shallow and lacks a sense of time.
A review of Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes is reviewed by Philip Spires, author of Mission.
Mission - an African novel by Philip Spires
Mission is an African novel set in 1970s Kenya. It deals with the concept of identity, seen through filters of poverty, religion, politics and, underpinning everything, justice.
Identity Murder by Jean Sheldon Book Review
Kerry Grant of the Chicago Police Department is a computer whiz. she goes undercover to work with the mob to teach them a few computer skills. What happens when they find her hacking their computer?
Stealing the Dragon by Tim Maleeny Book Review
A cargo ship has run aground on Alcatraz Island. Normally, this would not be anything out of the ordinary. This time it was very different!
Blue Springs by Peter Rennebohm Book Review
Charlie Nash is really looking forward to a hunting trip with his father and dog, Taffy. What he thought would be a good time with his Dad turns out to be a nightmare!
Altared Book Review
If anyone has planned a wedding, they are sure to know the stress involved. This book has several essays dealing with this subject.
Killing Che by Chuck Pfarrer Book Review
Hold on! That's what you will have to do when you start reading this book. It has plenty of action and moves at a rapid pace.
The Bobbed Haired Bandit by Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson Book Review
Book review for Bobbed Haired Bandit by Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson
Occult Fiction: Novels for Your Private Collection, Part 3
Madelyn Alt's "Bewitching Mysteries" series strikes an entertaining cord with fans of Occult fiction.
Occult Fiction: Novels for Your Private Collection, Part 2
Fans of Occult fiction and dark urban fantasy will find Jim Butcher's "Harry Dresden" series a must for their private collections.
Occult Fiction: Novels for Your Private Collection, Part 1
If you're a fan of Occult fiction or dark urban fantasy, Lilith Saintcrow's "Dante Valentine" series should definitely be part of your private collection.
Novel Sheds Light on Snitch Culture
Author aims to pave the way for urban fiction that keeps it real, but keeps it righteous with urban saga about a nightculb owner set up by a dishonest snitch.
Book Review ~ Healthy at 100 by John Robbins
Will 'Healthy at 100' leave you jumping for joy or sick as a parrot? Mike Kinnaird reveals all...
The mythology behind Iron John
Iron John is a book, which was written by an American Poet Robert Bly in the year 1990. This book is on the subject of – Men. The author has tried to explore the mythology and the deep-rooted cultural traditions of a specific dynamic male mode of feeling. This feeling as described by Bly is a forceful combination of fierceness and tenderness, which was sacrificed to the demands of the industrial revolution at that time.
The myth behind Iron John
Iron John is a German fairy tale found in the collections of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 136, about a wild man and a prince. It is Aarne-Thompson type 502, the wild man as a helper. Most people see the story as a parable about a boy maturing into adulthood.
The Iron Snake, An unforgettable saga of a railroad in Africa that changed the lives of millions
A novel that foreshadows what will happen fourteen years later with the outbreak of WWI and the bitter fighting between British and German colonial troops in East Africa. Gaudet captures the spirit and essence of the Victorian Africa of the British, of the Africans, and of the world…
Best Books of 2006
A semi-scientific discussion of which books garnered the most attention in end-of-year Best Books lists.
Book Review: Anne Rice: Christ the Lord Out of Egypt
I must admit that as a past reader of Anne Rice vampire novels, I was prepared for a different experience than what I encountered by reading this book. The novel talks about something bigger than all of us - and succeeds in eliciting strong emotions accompanied by occasional tears.
Review: Sports Books for Christmas
Nick Greenslade reviews the Sports books jostling for this year's Christmas market.
Small Business Book Review - Scott Bedbury A New Brand World
Scott Bedbury has penned one of the best books on Brand a small business owner could ever read. Highly recommended.
Book Review: This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me - An autobiography by filmmaker Norman Jewison
This exuberant autobiography takes us through movie director Norman Jewison's entire career, from the fluffy Doris Day comedies of his early years to his most powerful dramas.
Utterly Monkey by Nick Laird
Review of the book Utterly Monkey by Nick Laird. It is a great book.
Small Business Book Review - Ries and Trout on Positioning
Thirty years later, Positioning by Ries and Trout is still a classic in marketing. This book is truly a must-read for any small business marketer.
Global Deal for Novel By Girl, 11
Chinese prodigy sent fantasy manuscript to US publisher by email.
Book review of Keys to Success by Napoleon Hill
Keys to Success is a book full of practical advice on how to achieve success. Napoleon Hill describes his 17 principles of success in this great book.
The Exclusionary Conscience
In extreme - though surprisingly frequent - cases, whole groups (typically minorities) are excluded from the nation's moral universe and from the ambit of civil society.
Memorial Service for a Homeless Person
Chuck was a homeless person who had died of cancer. I was invited to join a group of homeless workers for his memorial service.
Mike Hammer Creator, Mickey Spillane, Dies Aged 88
Mickey Spillane, the novelist who created the hardboiled detective Mike Hammer and who called his own books "the chewing-gum of American literature", has died at the age of 88.
American Theocracy, a Book Review
Will the perils and politics of radical religion, limited future oil resources and massive public and private debt bring America to her knees? Are we in fact on the road to an apocalyptic future?
French Women Don't Get Fat - Book Review
Why don't French women get fat? Is it just genetics? The bestselling book French Women Don't Get Fat not only answers these and other questions, but teaches you how to live as healthy as they do.
Book Review - Marley and Me : Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
Whether or not you consider yourself a dog person, the book will keep you laughing, and will remind you of the most important lessons life has to offer.
Laurel Canyon-The Inside Story of Rock and Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood
From cover to cover, it is an absorbing and fascinating read, unforgettable.
Book Review - Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
Ready to shed those extra pounds? Eating right, not eating less is the answer, according to Dr. Mark Hyman in his new bestselling book, Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss.
Book Pulled After Opal Got Rumbled
Should she want to, Kaavya Viswanathan could write a sequel to her controversial first novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. The second book by the 19-year-old author might be titled How Opal Got Rumbled, Fell Off the Shelves and Blew Her Life in the Movies.
Book Review for Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Are we doomed to suffer the collapse of our society and culture as past civilizations have? Jared Diamond's new book looks at the world's recent past to help us better understand our future.
Book Review: Fired! Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, & Dismissed
Looking for a light-hearted and humorous tromp through someone else's job loss? Annabelle Gurwitch's new book delivers with over 50 stories of the corporate chopping block.
Freakonomics, a Book Review
Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common? If you are fascinated by intriguing facts, the bestselling book Freakonomics just might make your list.
Book Review: The Covenant with Black America
How do we deal with many African Americans who feel disenfranchised in today's society? Do we have viable alternatives in making the American maxim of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, a reality for all?
Editor Hits Back Over Israel Row
London Review of Books stands its ground after being accused of anti-Semitism in an article attacking pro-Israeli influence on US policy.
Revealing Secrets to Book Review Writing
Get to know how well-structured and logically built book review should look like!
Book Review: A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Tom Standage's new book invites you to see the world in a whole new light: through the glass of a drink. Starting with the dawn of civilization, and taking us right through modern day "beverage globalization", this book is an excellent refresher course on world history with page after page of insights into the human experience.
Confessions Of A Book Junkie – Addicted To The Written World
For the lover of the written world the Internet just offers more options to feed your favorite obsession. Options abound for the true word junkie.
Review of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
In this review of Think and Grow Rich you will find the laws of success according to Napoleon Hill. The book is very popular and highly respected by many successful business people.
The Phantom Voyagers Book Review And Profile
The Phantom Voyagers is about Indonesian mariners who came to Madagascar and Africa. Beneath the surface of the Africa we know today, the Phantom Voyagers explores footprints and fingerprints they left behind.
The Secrets of Healing From Within
Modern medicine is based upon the notion of battle. We struggle with our pain and illness and feel as though it is our enemy. In this article, based upon the award winning book, Journey Through Illness and Beyond, we are taught another way of being with pain, one which not only brings healing, but lets us understand more about ourselves and what the illness is saying to us. Specific steps and exercise included.
Book Review: Ahead of the Curve
Ahead of the Curve is a guide to applied strategic thinking by Steven J. Stowell and Stephanie S. Mead.
Masr qabl al Islam (Egypt before Islam) - The Greatness of Ancient Egypt in its real dimensions
This book is indispensable to anyone wishing to evaluate the contribution of Egypt to the World History; it offers to the average Arabic readership an accurate and updated picture of the Greatness of Ancient Egypt, avoiding clichés and Orientalist denigrations.
The Six Stars of the Orient - A Cultural and Historical Itinerary in South-Eastern Turkey
This book consists in a very unusual Itinerary linking History, History of Religions, description of monuments and archeological places with personal tourist experience, as well as with transcendental contacts the author seems to have had while traveling in, studying and exploring the area of today’s South-Eastern Turkey in the middle and late 80s.
The Book of the Travels (Sefer haMasaoth) of Benjamin of Tudela, and his search for the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
The Book of the Travels (Sefer haMasaoth) of Benjamin of Tudela testifies to the persistent search of the illustrious Medieval Spanish Jewish traveler for the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Throughout his fascinating travel from Spain to Persia, and return through the Red Sea and Egypt, Benjamin of Tudela bears evidence to the contemporaneous Jewish communities and to the his search for Messianic beliefs.
The Periplus of the Red Sea (O Periplous tes Erythras Thalasses) - edition M. S. Megalommatis. A Book Review.
The Ancient Greek text of an anonymous, but certainly Alexandrian Egyptian, author dates back to the times of the Roman Emperor Nero and the Rekem/Petra king Malichus (mentioned in the text). The text of the Periplus of the Red Sea is by definition the central text in the study of the East - West Trade, an interdisciplinary field where more than two dozens of historical branches have been contributing to the scholarly research.
Safina-i Sulaymani, Shah Sulayman's diplomatic mission's deeds in Thailand
The book consists in the diplomatic report of the Safevid imperial scribe of the Iranian delegation sent by the Shah Sulayman to Siam (Thailand) at the end of the 17th century.
The Adventures of Wenamun, Egyptian priest of Amun of Thebes, in Phoenicia
Wenamun, the Egyptian priest of Amun of Thebes, traveled around 1075 BCE through Sais to Byblus of Phoenicia to get the precious cedar wood that was needed to have a holy boat of Amun sculpted in Thebes. He left a fascinating report that is the subject of this book.
The Periplus of Hanno, King of the Carthaginians, and explorations of West Africa before 2450 years...
This book consists in a historical presentation of the brief Carthaginian text that has not been saved in its original, but in an Ancient Greek translation. Carthaginian explorations of the West coast of Africa before 2450 years...
Hatshepsut and her Expedition to Pount, the coast of Somalia
The last book of the famous French Egyptologist Christiane Desroches Noblecourt is dedicated to a not yet very well known royal person of the Pharaonic times: Maatkare Hatshepsout, the First Queen of the World History.
Book Review: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
You have to love good fantasy stories. They take you on mystical journeys and stimulate your imagination with their characters, creatures, suspense, and mysticism.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy - Book Review
Philosophy is the attempt to enhance the traits we deem desirable and suppress the traits we deem unwanted (a matter of judgment) by getting better acquainted with the world around us (a matter of reality). An improvement in the world around us inevitably follows.
Islam in the United States - Book Review
There is no question that the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful and kind and that their religion, Islam, is beautiful (I have grown up with Muslims as had my father, so I happen to know it first hand).
Coaching Book Review: The Coach: Creating Partnerships for a Competitive Edge
In this coaching book, CMOE provides helpful resources from over twenty five years of research and observations.
Introduction to Saints - Book Review
The late Pope John Paul II beatified and sanctified more people than all his predecessors in the previous five centuries combined. Saints offer tailor-made succor and intervene in difficult circumstances under their "jurisdiction".
Child Abuse and Recovery - Book Review
Jeavons is a survivor of incest. Courageously, she embarks on an exploration of the multi-faceted phenomenon of child abuse. Correctly, she observes that such unflinching but compassionate personal quests are the first step on the way to healing.
A Coaching Book Review by David Hone
Win-Win Partnerships – Be on the Leading Edge with Synergistic Coaching
Book Review: Animals as Teachers & Healers: True Stories and Reflections
Throughout the ages there have been stories of animals, some legend, some myth, and some as spiritual saviors.
Coelho Turns Foreign Correspondent's Facts Into Fiction
She has covered wars, won awards and written books; now one of Britain's best-known foreign correspondents has found herself the muse for a novel that looks set to become a global blockbuster.
Dysfunctional Relationship Dynamics - Book Review
Robert Burney, the author of "Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls" does not fall into the twin traps of stereotype and righteousness.
Atheism in a Post-Religious World - Book Review
Is ours a post-religious world? Ask any born again Christian fundamentalist, militant Muslim, orthodox Jew, and nationalistic Hindu. Religion is on the rise, not on the wane. Eighteenth century enlightenment is besieged. As the author himself often admits, atheism, as a creed, is on the defensive.
Book Review: My Dog Skip
Author's memoir of his dog. A boy, his dog, and childhood memories of growing up in a Mississippi Delta town are what the late Willie Morris shares with us in My Dog Skip.
Sufis And Scholars Of The Sea Book
Book review and profile of a life in the middle, of a man in the middle. How the Alawi sufi tariqa spread along the coast of the Indian Ocean...
Ezina Moore and The Power of Women
If there was anyone that defines the motto "I am woman hear me roar," it is Ezina Moore...
Book Review: Pathways to Transformation
For the six million Baha'is around the world and an increasing number of interested observers, this book has more than a little interest. Arguably the most comprehensive overview of this emerging world religion on the planet.
Book Review: "Breaking the Ice" by Cecil Harris
Hockey season is almost over and there may or may not be an NHL season next year. To get your hockey fix all year long, pick up a copy of "Breaking the Ice" by Cecil Harris, hockey reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Teenager's Fantasy Dragon Burns Up the Bestseller List
Eragon, a fantasy novel written by Christopher Paolini, sits at number three on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books.
WRESTLING: Book review of 'Pure Dynamite'
Hey gang, I just received my copy of "Pure Dynamite", written by Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington and Alison Coleman, distributed by SW Publishing. I will give the book glowing reviews, but first a few things I want to mention.
Book Review: Best American Sports Writing
Dick Schaap & Glenn Stout have created an anthology of sports articles, produced in 1999, that is a must have for any sports fan and true pleasure to read.