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Book Review : No More Christian Nice Girl By Paul Coughlin &...

When passivity and false niceness don't bring the abundant life Jesus promised, some Christian women try even harder to hide behind a fragile façade of pleasant perfection. Paul Coughlin and Jennifer Degler give women the empo [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Travel book reviews: Outlaw and Unjustifiable Risk

This is the extraordinary story of Phoolan Devi, who became known as the “Bandit Queen” of India. She grew up in Uttar Pradesh, was married at 11, and then kidnapped and raped by bandits. Aware she would be stigmatise [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEW - Discovering a poetic genius —by Dr Amjad Parve...

Aslam Kolsri is self-effacing about his creative ability of writing poetry. In all modesty, he compares his talents to a market of glass having a clay pot that could break anytime. While going through Kolsri’s résumé [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review -The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows

Right from the start, eleven-year-old Olive McMartin just knew there was something strange about the old mansion her math whiz parents moved into on Linden Street. There was the mysterious death of Ms. McMartin for a start and then there [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEW: Summer blockbuster falters after brilliant open...

All that beach-book buzz you're hearing these days is almost certainly for "The Passage," Justin Cronin's big-as-a-brick apocalyptic vampire saga. One part Stephen King's "The Stand," one part Cormac M [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review - Pattern of Shadows by Judith Barrow

The grit, the grind and the grim realities of wartime Lancashire provide the backdrop for a gripping debut novel. It is a dark tale of bigotry, lies, betrayal and loss of innocence...but also one of renewal, loyalty and trust. I [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEW: 'Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God...

Here's an interesting challenge: Take the subject of "The Eternal Creator and Sustainer of the Entire Known Universe" (aka "God") and tell everyone on the planet everything they need to know about this Creator in [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Book reviews- Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky and 'The Sha...

When I was looking for a job after college, I bought the Sunday New York Times and scanned the classifieds, circling promising descriptions with a red pen. I mailed in my resume and waited for a call on my landline. That was 11 years [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review: New England Knits: Timeless Knitwear with a Mod...

New England's seasons call for plenty of warm knitwear, and New England Knits provides an irresistible collection of beautiful designs. Inspired by autumn and winter in New England (where the savvy knitter is never far from a sweater [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Twice Bitten

Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit, Chicago's newest vampire. Merit is supposed to [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Be Bodacious By Steven D. Wood

The book begins with the story of Josh who experienced the contrast between the hot factory and the comfortable setting of the main office and the boss. He was impressed with the contrast. At one point, the boss invited him to the ma [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Tiger the Real Story - review

It could be said that books about Tiger Woods are a bit like interesting stories about Tiger Woods – you wait for ages for one, then a load turn up at the same time. And so it is that two publishers have decided to capitalise o [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review: The ultimate islanders, craving isolation

The idea of choosing a simple, self-sufficient life, away from the din and close to nature, is hardly new. Thoreau famously lived in a cabin near Walden Pond for two years, doing just that.In the 150 years since, countless others have ch [...]

Posted On : Jun, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Critical eye - book reviews roundup

Lytton Strachey called Forster the "Taupe", or mole, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst pointed out in assessing Wendy Moffat's EM Forster: A New Life in the Daily Telegraph, and "it is hard to make a case for someone who only o [...]