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iDisorder Book Review

How many times have you taken your smart phone to dinner with you and actually set it out on the table while you ate with your family? Better yet, how many times has everyone in your family set their phones on the table during dinner? [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Sport Book Review: Chasing Sachin by Adam Carroll-Smith

Dismissed by some as being too frivolous or simply plain ridiculous, to others, sport’s sense of the absurd is one of its greatest attractions. Why, for example, design a rugby ball to bounce unpredictably? Why, for that matter, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: The Conflict

French philosopher Elisabeth Badinter thinks society's expectations on mothers are as unrealistic as our expectations on women to live up to the picture of perfection. The Conflict is her manifesto on how motherhood has become hallowe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: 152 of the World's Most Beautiful Songs

If you're a music lover, then you know the power that music holds. It can calm a storm in your life, it can tell someone how you feel about them, it can speak about a break-up you had; music contains the stories of life. As a music [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Book review: Bollywood Striptease

The story of Bollywood's dark underbelly occasionally gets told, with much sound and fury, by failed starlets who wish to exit in a blaze of publicity. Last year, a puerile attempt had indeed been made by the Israeli model, Rina Go [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Rahul

In October 2005, Rahul Gandhi made a surprise visit to a middle-class haunt in Chennai. With a few friends, he descended on Hotel Saravana Bhavan at Ashok Nagar, not far from the airport and spent the next hour or so getting a taste of so [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Book review: Jezebel by Eleanor de Jong

Jezebel – most recognise her as the notorious Biblical figure synonymous with power but forever tainted by her reputation as a treacherous ‘painted lady.’ Is her Old Testament story the truth, partly the truth or just a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Death By Medicine – Book Review

The title of the book says it all. It instantly activated my gut feelings towards today’s healthcare system, and considering I loved Dr. Null’s Ultimate Anti-Aging Program, I jumped at the chance to provide an honest review in [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: The Secrets of the Stars

I recently picked up the new book, The Secrets of the Stars, by Rabbi Ari Storch. It offered me an entirely new perspective about the mazalos and other concepts from the night sky and their importance in the Torah. This sefer was lucid, i [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Eon’s Door by J.G. McKenney

The first thing that grabs your attention about Eon’s Door is the map and list of characters in the front. Generally if an author takes the time to put both in their writings, they tend to create an intricately weaved story with a m [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: A Place To Die by Dorothy James

A place to live with all the luxuries as well as friends at your beck and call seems to be a lofty ambition. Could there really be a home for the elderly, one that is capable of housing those who just want a nice place to finish their liv [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Going Solo, by Eric Klinenberg

Living in a small, downtown apartment for one, I don’t have much space for hoarding old, disposable stuff. But I do still have a copy of New York magazine from December 2008, which I kept because of its cover story, an homage to my [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Until Next Time: The Angel Chronicles Book One ...

Best friends and soul mates Emily and Matt have spent their entire existence in Heaven, training to be angels and warriors. As they begin their first lives on earth, their jobs will be to gain information about the human experience for He [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Review of The Hours author's latest book wins inaugural hatc...

His "killingly fair-minded and viciously funny" review of the Pulitzer prize-winning author Michael Cunningham's latest book, By Nightfall, has won novelist and critic Adam Mars-Jones the inaugural Hatchet Job of the Year aw [...]