Book Review ? How to Become an Accidental Millionaire!
2009-11-17 21:00:00 Recently I’ve read Accidental Millionaire by Gary Fong, a renowned wedding photographer who has made millions through photography. A great book filled with insights for life and business, highly recommended over all those marketing books by marketers. Really, it inspires me more if someone who’s successful writes a book than someone who writes about how ...
Comic Book Review: CHEW #5 [VIDEO]
2009-11-02 05:46:00 One of my favorite indie comics is CHEW by John Layman and Rob Guillory, published by Image Comics. It tells the story of Tony Chu, a 'cibopath', a person with the power to tell everything that has happened to a living creature if he eats a part of it. The book is dark, quirky, funny and wholly original. In this episode of CCW*TV, my comic-reviewing partner Jose Melendez and I take a look at CHEW #5. We love the book, but Jose takes issue with a certain spoiler-laden image on the very cover of the book! (WARNING: Explicit language!):Have YOU read Chew? If so, what did you think?...
Book Review: Blood on the Horns
2009-10-13 13:00:00 After a week off from book reviews, I'm back after reading Blood on the Horns by Roland Lazenby. Before even getting to the extended review, let me just say, if you haven't read this book and you are a Bulls fan from the Jordan era, stop reading this review and go get it. ...
Champ Serena Williams Heads To China Open, Sony Ericsson Championships
2009-09-23 14:44:00 By Kelly Jad'on Within this last week we’ve seen a side of Serena Williams that’s been long forgotten emerge from the dark side of international competition. Though hotly criticized, it pales in comparison to Mike Tyson’s ear-biting episode against Evander Holyfield or the attack on Nancy Kerrigan by Tonya Harding’s ex-husband’s friends. Williams, a tough competitor on the line, apologized and will return another day to battle it out on the court. Serena has fought against difficult days in her past as well. Usually she bites her tongue, staves off anger and calls upon her inner strength and faith to see her way through a game. The youngest of five daughters, Serena found her way onto the tennis court, propelled by her father, encouraged by her mother, and trailing her older sisters. The entire family coalesced on the courts, practicing daily. Venus and Serena really excelled, and were finally allowed to participate ...
By: BasilandSpice
Book Review: The Essential Guide To Breastfeeding By Marianne Neifert, M.D.
2009-09-23 14:08:00 By Amie Breeze Harper Having given birth to my first child this past spring and nourishing my son solely through breast milk his first 5.5 months, I was very pleased with Dr. Marianne Neifert's new book, The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding: Everything a Nursing Mother Needs to Know (Sterling 2009). First, the book is structured in a way that is very easy to read. I was able to find the answers I needed, immediately. For example, the use of bold font styles to make important concepts stay in my mind, and the use of big blue lettering for sub-sections allowed me to navigate the book well. The first chapter of the book lets the audience know why and how breastfeeding is "nature's perfect food for babies." Dr. Neifert breaks down the components in human milk (protein, fat, carbohydrates) and explains why it is far better than formula. Understanding that breastfeeding is still socially unacceptable in most parts of the U.S.A. (although it is medically proven to be optim...
By: BasilandSpice
Book Review: Speech-less: Tales Of A White House Survivor By Matt Latimer
2009-09-23 02:37:00 By Loyd Eskildson Finding himself with a law degree and lured by the upbeat themes of the Reagan revolution, Matt heads to Washington, D.C. and snares a series of jobs with powerful figures on Capitol Hill, beginning as an assistant for Senator Spencer Abraham (R, MI) for $25,000 in 1996. Two moves later Matt was with Senator Kyl (R, AZ), and then off to Secretary Rumsfeld's office as a speech writer. En route, Matt drops dirt on several prominent senators (Abraham, E. Dole, McCain) for various reasons - detached/MIA, dumb, terrifying temper, and briefly comments on Ann Coulter (likes). Latimer was surprised to find Rumsfeld's hands tied on hiring decisions involving relatively low-level and reportedly less than stellar performers - the White House (Karl Rove) apparently had a long reach. Latimer was frustrated for a time by their Machiavellian machinations blocking him from meeting regularly with Sec. Rumsfeld. Latimer reports that he could have stayed with incoming Se...
By: BasilandSpice
Book review: Tom Rob Smith’s “The Secret Speech”
2009-09-22 18:27:00 By Jefferson Flanders On February 26, 1956, Nikita Khrushchev, the then-leader of the Soviet Union, addressed a closed session of the 20th Communist Party Congress and denounced the cult of personality of his predecessor, Josef Stalin. Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech” was a four-hour long condemnation of Stalin’s myriad abuses of power, a shocking and detailed indictment of ...
Book Review: Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey Of Pat Tillman By Jon Krakaue
2009-09-22 13:30:00 By James Holland Ever since the time I attended a Harvard Square bookstore reading by Jon Krakauer and watched the slide show of his climb up Mt. Everest that he so beautifully described in his book Into Thin Air, I’ve been a big fan of Krakauer. However, I think he lost his way on this project. His own political views seem to have blinded him to fully understanding the motivations and views of his book subject Pat Tillman. Or perhaps the author thought that his book subject was “Illegal Wars Begun by George Bush” and Pat Tillman was just a convenient vehicle to provide a taxi tour of that theory. That is kind of the feeling the reader is left with as he finds himself skimming page after page of not-very-interesting background material that does little to advance the book’s story line. Unlike Krakauer climbing the heights of Everest one plodding step in the deep snow at a time, much of this volume doesn’t seem completely on target. Krakauer is a...
By: BasilandSpice
Book Review: ?Treasure of Eden? by S. L. Linnea
2009-09-21 00:13:00 In late March, 1954, two cousins found a cave in the Judean desert, west of the Dead Sea. Bedouins, the teen boys, believed the cave to be full of treasure. The boys knew of a promise made by the sheikh that whoever brought back home treasures of antiquity would get to go with the sheikh ...
Robin Meade Once Suffered From Anxiety And Panic Attacks
2009-09-20 20:51:00 By Marta Hoelscher Book Review: Morning Sunshine: How to Radiate Confidence and Feel it Too By Robin Meade The poster child for confidence and self-assurance, Robin Meade, the anchor of Morning Express With Robin Meade wasn’t always that way. There was a period in her career when she suffered from anxiety and panic attacks. In Morning Sunshine! she gives an honest account of how she overcame her fear of public speaking and was able to go on and achieve her dream of becoming a news anchor. In Morning Sunshine, Robin Meade offers the four-step approach that she used to build her confidence. Her warm, personal style on-screen is what you find in her book. Readers and fans will gain even more insight into this young woman who has become one of the most popular news anchors on television today. As a fan of HLN's Morning Express, I jumped at the chance to read Robin's book and review it. For anyone who doesn't watch the show, Robin makes eve...
By: BasilandSpice
Book Review: Bull Run
2009-09-20 13:00:00 Bull Run by Roland Lazenby was an accidental pick up merely because the library didn't have Lazenby's "Blood on the Horns". Bull run covers the Bulls 72 win season while the Blood on the Horns covers the final championship. This one was a bit different than a typical book I've read as the artwork portrayed in it played a prominent factor....
FirstLook Review: The Murder of King Tut By James Patterson
2009-09-19 21:52:00 By Bev Ethington MerryWeather If James Patterson taught history we would all become historians. That statement may be a bit much but it's how I felt after reading The Murder of King Tut. I don't think I've ever read a book on a moment in history where I felt like I was reading a novel. King Tut is not a 'big' book even though it is over 300 pages. The chapters are short and the lines are double spaced but what you learn about this time period and the events that lead to this young boy becoming a King is more than most dusty, voluminous text books would give. James Patterson also brings to life Howard Carter, the Egyptologist who found Tutankhamun. You can feel the passion Carter has for Egypt and of his delight in his discovery, just as you come to know the other main characters of Tut's life who are fleshed out by giving them emotion and detail. It reads so much like a James Patterson novel.As Mr. Patterson wrote midway in the book:"With all due respect, Dr. Cross and Li...
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Book Review: Luggage By Kroger: A True Crime Memoir By Gary Taylor
2009-09-19 19:20:00 By Loyd Eskildson Luggage by Kroger is billed as "a true crime memoir," and thus got my interest. It's true the protagonist Catherine Mehaffey was a serial murdering femme fatale masquerading as a law-abiding attorney; however, the author's (Gary Taylor) relationship with her consumes far too much of the book, thereby relegating most of Ms. Mehaffey's alleged crimes to too fleeting reference. Luggage by Kroger opens in Houston at the scene of anesthesiologist George Tedesco's murder - the day his 'divorce trial' versus Catherine Mehaffey was to begin. During the past year his former three-month common-law 'wife' (per Catherine) had been the target of frequent harassment and theft complaints by Tedesco, and she immediately became the prime suspect. Catherine, in turn, defended herself and spiced up the case alleging Tedesco had an affair with another attorney's wife and was also a homosexual, broadening the suspect pool. Taylor also briefly referen...
By: BasilandSpice
Book Review: Historic Walking Guides Edinburgh by Andy Hayes
2009-09-19 15:03:00 Edinburgh is one of my very favourite European cities and that’s not just because I’m Scottish, so I was looking forward to reading and reviewing Andy Hayes’ Historic Walking Guides Edinbugh. As Andy says, Edinburgh is fairly compact so exploring the city on foot is a great option. Edinburgh skyline from Calton Hill by europealacarte The ...
Book Review: The Sacred Door and Other Stories, Cameroon Folktales of the B
2009-09-18 16:37:00 I love folk-tales, don’t yo-u? Here’s a book of folk-tales from Cameroon: Makuchi. The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba. Athens Ohio University Press,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Book Review: Site 39, Blue Orb by Otis V. Goodwin III
2009-09-17 16:04:00 I think I would put Site 39, Blue Orb squarely in the genre of classic Science Fiction. I am guessing that the intended audience is the Young Adult reader, and I do believe Otis Goodwin will do well with that sector. The heroes and heroines are youthful, and their mission is to not only save the ...
Book Review: The Year Of The Flood by Margaret Atwood
2009-09-17 16:02:00 Science fiction — excuse me, speculative fiction — loves series. For whatever reason, readers — and evidently authors — can’t get enough of particular worlds or characters. And just as Margaret Atwood distances her fiction from science fiction, she may be taking the concept of a series in a different direction. Atwood’s latest novel, The Year ...
The Fuhrer Virus ? Paul Schultz: Book Review
2009-09-13 21:28:00 This espionage-suspense caper is set during World War II, but during that odd and brooding breath-of-a moment-time period during 1941 when Russia, and England were in a desperate, full-out balls-to-the wall war effort against Nazi Germany, and America was officially a neutral nation but teetering on a knife-edge, with powerful and influential people and organizations ...
Book Review: You Unstuck by Libby Gill
2009-09-13 17:07:00 Mastering The New Rules Of Risk-Taking In Work And Life Let me pose a question, what brings about success and happiness? It was with this question on my mind that I read Libby Gill’s new book You Unstuck. I think I know the answer that Libby would propose, change and risk taking are the two key ...
Book review: Unguarded
2009-09-13 13:50:00 Even with a short week I manged to finish off a book on the train. This time I took on Unguarded, the biography of Lenny Wilkens. Going into the book I didn't know what to expect. Wilkens wasn't really high on my list of most interesting people to read about prior to picking it up, but I'm glad I did, because he's on my list of most interesting players now....
Book Review: ?The Dark Horse: A Walt Longmire Mystery? by Craig Johnson
2009-09-13 00:30:00 Having won the 2009 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for the preceding novel in the series, ?Another Man?s Moccasins,? Craig Johnson makes the latest Sheriff Walt Longmire mystery another interesting and good read. Wade Basard, a wealthy rancher in Campbell County, Wyoming was killed approximately ten days ago as the novel opens. ...
Book Review: ISSA ? The Greatest Story Never Told by Lois Drake
2009-09-12 19:43:00 Neither historians nor theologians have solved the mystery of the missing years in the life of Jesus. His whereabouts between the ages of 14 and 29 are an unknown. There is a school of thought that suggests these lost years were spent with Jesus traveling, Tibet, India, and the rather elusive civilization of the Kushans ...
Book Review: ?Blood Lines: A Mystery? by Kathryn Casey
2009-09-12 18:09:00 It has been nearly a year since the events depicted in ?Singularity? and only now is Lieutenant Sarah Armstrong somewhat ready to return to work as a criminal profiler for the legendary law enforcement organization Texas Rangers. Her time at the ranch outside of Houston, Texas with her Mom, her daughter Maggie and the horses ...
Book Review: Natural Success Principals by Jack Hatfield
2009-09-12 13:58:00 Everything You Need To Succeed was inside you BEFORE You Were Born As Jack Hatfield points out, the book stores are awash in self help books. In fact I am of the belief that the Library Of Congress system for classification system is broken, they need to add Insomnia to many of these books. Some are ...
Book Review: Scarecrow Finds A Friend by Blume J. Rifken And Illustrations
2009-09-11 14:45:00 I am a firm believer that writing for young children is much more of a challenge than writing an adult novel. There are so many different dynamics at work. The book has to be visually appealing to the child, but it also needs to offer some educational value to the adult buying it. Most pre-schoolers ...
Book Review: Tess?s Tree by Jess M. Brallier Pictures By Peter H. Reynolds
2009-09-10 14:41:00 I have to admit that I am a fan of children’s books, they are a source of wonder to me. They are way more complex than they may appear to many adults. Alas adults are adults and some fail to understand, or capitalize on the learning opportunity that a well thought out picture book can ...
Book Review: Replacement Child by Judy L. Mandel
2009-09-10 02:00:00 A Memoir I am not sure that I have read a book like this before. Judy Mandel is not famous, she is not a rock star, nor a Nobel prize winner, she is for the most part, a very average person. Her story though, is a very unique one, and one that I found captivating. It ...
Book Review: The Karmic Car Cycles by Cliff Livingstone
2009-09-08 17:52:00 I think that Cliff may well be a long lost relative of mine, we seem to have had the same bad luck with the same cars. The Karmic Car Cycles is a delightful look at Cliff’s misadventures over the years with various automobiles. As a fundamental law of physics states, ‘for every action there is an ...
CCW*TV - Fantastic Four: The Comic Book Review!
2009-09-07 23:37:00 The Fantastic Four by Bryan Hitch - Courtesy Marvel EntertainmentOh yeah, they still publish a Fantastic Four title, and they just handed the book over to one of the hottest talents in comics, Jonathan Hickman. In this segment of CCW*TV, Jose and I review the latest issue of FF: The Fantastic Four have been taking a back seat to the X-Men for years now, and it's gotten worse with the (blech) Dark Avengers taking yet another spot in the Top Ten. This recent 'revamp' of the title just shows that there's still work to be done if Marvel's First Family are to be a top-selling title again. What would it take to get YOU to add it to your pull...
Book Review: ?Below Zero: A Joe Pickett Novel? by C. J. Box
2009-09-07 17:44:00 April Alive? It can?t be possible that their foster daughter, April, who died in the botched raid of the soverign cult as described in ?Winter Kill?, could be alive. It?s been six years and the family of Game Warden Joe Pickett, his wife Marybeth, daughters Lucy and Sheridan has moved on though a lot of trouble ...
Book Review: Second Coming by Sam Smith
2009-09-07 13:00:00 Sam's most remembered for the incredible book "the Jordan Rules", but he wrote a second book detailing Jordan's comeback from baseball into basketball. After reading it, you get the feeling he really wished he had waited another year or two to write it....
Book Review: Deep Dive by Richard Horwath
2009-09-07 01:54:00 How many managers believe that strategic thinking plays a key role in the survival of his or her company? Let’s see a show of hands please. Everyone? Good! That’s what I thought. Now, bear with me when I ask another question. Just what is strategic thinking, anyway? Or more specifically, how many of you feel ...
Book Review: Gathering of the Clan by Thomas Richard Harry
2009-09-07 01:51:00 The number of Independent voters has increased dramatically since 1995. Depending on whose statistics you read the proportion of Americans registering as political Independents (or decline to state their affiliation) is currently between 38 and 40%; and this is scaring the hell out of both the Democrat and Republican Parties. But Thomas Richard Harry, author ...
Book Review: Why We Dont Kill Spiders by Bo Macreery
2009-09-06 20:22:00 Bo Macreery, the author of the novel “Why We Don’t Kill Spiders,” is one of those rare writers who can pull a long forgotten period of history off a dusty book shelf and breathe fresh, new life into it; turning it into a rich and vibrant tale that resonates with the world we live in ...
Book Review: ?Defending Violet? by Jennifer Louise Jefferson
2009-09-06 18:45:00 Ginger Rae Reddy practices law in the city of Port Grace, located somewhere along the northeastern seaboard hard against the Atlantic. A city that, like herself, has seen tough times and still sees them and yet survives despite all odds. Ginger Rae is practicing Family Law these days which is primarily about the final collapse ...
Book Review: The Big O
2009-09-06 13:00:00 This week's book on the train was the autobiography of Oscar Robertson. Robertson has always been one of the players who's most intrigued me. His stats are legendary making me wonder if he was significantly underrated as a player. If you ask Oscar, the answer is yes....
Book Review: Looking For Dad by Frank Gorin
2009-09-04 18:36:00 A Memoir Of Catholic Misadventures And A Buddhist Beckoning If you are a news junkie the name Frank Gorin will be a familiar one. He was initially a radio newsman and then TV anchor for ABC’s Satellite News channel. He is also an Emmy winning documentary producer. Looking For Dad though makes scant reference to his broadcasting ...
Book Review: The Youngest Son by Oreste LeRoy Salerni
2009-09-04 15:38:00 Memoirs From The Motherland What a fabulous read! In my mind The Youngest Son is a cross between Brian Sewell’s awesome and often humorous DVD series The Grand Tour, and the epicurean adventures of Matthew Fort in Eating Up Italy from the the seat of a grossly underpowered Vespa scooter. Add to this mix some very ...
Book Review: Love Your Body, Love Your Life by Sarah Maria
2009-09-03 15:08:00 5 Steps to End Negative Body Obsession and Start Living Happy and Confidently Although this book is mainly aimed at the female gender, there is much to be learned from it by us mere male mortals! I actually think that for the most part we get a ‘bad rap’! With more than five decades on this ...
Book Review: The LifeQuake Phenomenon by Toni Galardi
2009-09-02 17:46:00 How to Thrive (not just survive) in times of personal and global upheaval Toni Galardi introduces us to a new concept, the LifeQuake. A LifeQuake to a person is like an Earthquake to the land. Within the pages of The LifeQuake Phenomenon we learn to spot the early warning signs and how to deal with the various stages involved. Just ...
Book Review: Primeval - Fire and Water
2009-09-01 17:17:00 The cancellation earlier this year of the science fiction series Primeval by Britain?s ITV network was one of the worst decisions in recent television history. The show was among the best fantasy shows to come out of the UK since the revival of Doctor Who and will be missed in the Saturday evening schedules. Although an ...
Equine Behaviour: Principles & Practice
2009-08-31 08:36:00 It’s wonderful to know that amongst my 6 day working week and studying part time, part of my uni reading requires that I read an equine behaviour book over a 6 or so week period. Nice that is, that doing something for my studies also means I get to do another review for the blog! I ...
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Children?s Book Review: ?Davey BigHead: Dream Big? by Peter J. Hayden
2009-08-30 23:21:00 Self published through Amazon?s Book Surge Division, this children?s book tells of Davey?s experiences at his first day of school. Davey has a very big head that is far out of proportion to the rest of his body. He can?t get on the bus because his head is too big. He gets caught in the ...
Book Review: ?Strangle a Loaf of Italian Bread? by Denise Dietz
2009-08-30 02:45:00 Ellie Bernstein likes to clip coupons and watch police shows when she isn?t doing her things as leader of a local chapter of ?weight winners? or reading a complex mystery novel. That is, when she isn?t helping out her boyfriend, Lieutenant Peter Miller of the Colorado Springs Police Dept. These days find her also babysitting ...
Book Review: Breathing Water by Timothy Hallinan
2009-08-25 21:28:00 In Breathing Water, the third book of the series featuring ex-pat writer Poke Rafferty, the reader is treated to a visit to Bangkok to witness the delicate intricacies of the social and political system of Thailand, not always a pretty sight. The story begins when Rafferty wins a most unusual prize in a late-night poker ...
Book Review: Distant Thunder by Jimmy Root Jr.
2009-08-25 17:05:00 Book One Of The Lightning Chronicles I read a lot of books and while I am not as cynical as the wag that suggests there are only 7 plots in the entire literary world and authors merely recycle these plots over and over, however I do feel that a good many books lack that spark that ...
Book Review: Piercing The Veil by Eric Wentz
2009-08-25 14:50:00 I was reading some of the praise for this book, and one reviewer likened Eric Wentz to Tom Clancy. I thought about it, and I guess the comment is valid, but only with a rider. Eric Wentz writes in the same style, but it was way back when Tom Clancy was actually an author rather ...
Book review: The Enemy is Within
2009-08-23 22:23:00 The Enemy is Within by Patrick G. Cox I rather enjoyed this book, this is a sequel to Out of Time and I was keen to find out how the characters got on in their new time and space. I have finally got my answer. We continue to follow the trio, although the “Powder Monkey” is stuck ...
Book Review: The Tented Field by Susan Downs Burleson
2009-08-23 18:31:00 A Family’s Civil War Letters I have a friend who runs a small niche publishing house. he only works with history, and the books have to be unique, some new perspective on an event. I refer to the style as ‘Living History’, events as seen at the time through an observers eye. The Tented Field is ...
Book review: Multiple offense and defense by Dean Smith
2009-08-23 15:04:00 This book grabbed my eye in the library while I was looking for something to read. I typically have a list of books I like to go through based on recommendations, amazon.com ratings, and interest level, but this one just came out of the blue onto my radar.... |
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