Archive for October, 2010

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

October 31, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments

The Road is one of this decade’s fictional masterpieces. Author Cormac McCarthy takes us on the journey of an unnamed father and son who battle a series of life-threatening challenges in a post-apocalyptic world of the future. In some unspecified disaster that has caused the world as we know it to burn down to nothing [...]

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Supernatural Good Fun!

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Aubrey Taylor’s life in high school is a haunted one. Red haired, freckled, smaller than most of his classmates, Aubrey is haunted by insomnia, bullies, a ghost, and possibly a Sasquatch. Can life get any worse? Talented author Ashland Menshouse’s strong YA debut, The Last Stand and the Tomb of Enoch is set in the [...]

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Will the Jump Manual Work for Me?

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The Jump Manual is one of the best selling vertical jump programs available. It has enjoyed some of its greatest success after being introduced to an internet audience. The format is in ebook form but it has some other materials that come with it as well. Jacob Hiller is a vertical jump coach and personal [...]

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Quiet Teacher by Arthur Rosenfeld

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“Quiet Teacher” by Arthur Rosenfeld is an engaging sequel to his first Xenon Pearl martial arts thriller “The Cutting Season.” It picks up shortly after where the first novel ended, so I really do recommend reading them in order. It’s full of action, mystery, Chinese mysticism, medical fiction, and martial arts. I really enjoyed reading [...]

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Physics Reference Book For the Scientist – Book Review

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Most Americans have a pretty good understanding of physics. After all, we all understand gravity, and we know what happens when we turn on the stove and boil water. We also know when we go around the corner too fast in our car everything leans to one side. And most young men have played baseball [...]

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Understanding Freakonomics Better – Sumo Wrestling Results

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The national sport of Japan, Sumo wrestling, has been the favourite Japanese sport since ancient times. The goal of the sumo wrestlers during the game is to cause their opponents to go off balance or make them touch the ground with any body part other than the sole of their feet. There are complicated methods [...]

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Book Review: Exile

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Exile by Kevin PagliaAmerica House, 1588518744, $19.95 Mathias Kabrea is on the lam, surviving in a universe governed by an all-knowing computer called Nezzar created generations ago to bring order. Instead it brings fear, and at times chaos. The life of a fugitive is the only one Mathias has known, ever since his father was [...]

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Bestselling Fiction Books Review

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Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen is the story of Jacob Jankowski and his life in a second-rate Depression-era circus. Gruen describes the filthy circumstances in which Jacob finds himself. Jacob puts his veterinary skills to use when he is put in charge of the menagerie. With colorful characters like Uncle Al, the circus impresario [...]

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Interview with Tami Brady, "Strategies – A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Journey"

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Tami Brady earned a BA and MA in Archeology before turning her interests to alternative medicine, largely due to her own issues with infertility and being diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. Today she provides whole health therapy sessions to help people with Fibromyalgia and infertility issues. She is the author of seven books, [...]

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The ISBN Helps You Get Your Desired Book Without Much Hassle

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The ISBN or the International Standard Book Number is a bar code used by retailers and libraries for cataloging a book and tracking its inventory. The ISBN number gives accurate information about the book’s title, language of publication and the publisher. It can be said to be a book’s DNA. There are about one hundred [...]

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It’s Not About the Bike – Lance Armstrong, A Bull On A Bike

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It may be one of the oldest clichés in the book, but Lance Armstrong’s life is a classic case of ‘never say never’ zeal. A powerhouse biker, who went on to wage a silent war against his worst enemy, and came up trumps, eventually. In fact when this invincible and uninvited enemy called testicular cancer, [...]

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Blessed Unrest – Insight Number 2

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Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken is an amazing book about the millions of organizations around the world that deal with critical issues of hunger, poverty, social justice, warfare, climate change and economic crisis. The first post in this series introduced the book and spoke of the connection between ecology and human rights. This post focuses [...]

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My Top 10 Books, Especially This One

October 30, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments

I am going to quickly list my Top 10 books for you. Have you been fortunate enough to read any of these? It has been said that the average adult only reads two books after high school. Well if that is true, then nothing can be easier to fix! Try these books on for size. [...]

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