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May 18, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The Chalet School series by Elinor Brent-Dyer seems to be one of the most popular school series. There were 62 books altogether which is why it is so difficult to collect the whole set. There were also additional books and newsletters. Recently new authors have written ‘fill-in’ books where they feel there should be extra [...]
May 15, 2012 by admin | No Comments
During the electronic revolution, Google sprang about as the most indispensable search engine almost overnight. If there is anybody on the face of this planet who hasn’t heard of Google, I think he must be a relic from the Stone Age. The book, The Google Story, is about the birth and the coming of age [...]
May 3, 2012 by admin | No Comments
I found this book diabolical. The premise of the story is this: the main character is a writer who has writer’s block. Her agent has found her a new gig – writing the rest of the story from an outline that Ms. Austen had written. What I failed to realize until nearly the end of [...]
April 29, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The first time I had sung the National Anthem composed by Rabindranath Tagore, the rhythm and the tune touched my heart and magnified the love for Bangladesh. I started reading his short stories and poems, which he created for children gave me real pleasure. His power of simplification and showing the beauty of truth within [...]
April 28, 2012 by admin | No Comments
In earlier posts I have mentioned books specifically about Sanibel Island or using the Island for its backdrop. Because having a great read on vacation is de rigueur, I delight in finding just the right book when vacationing on the Island. One such novel, based on the history of Florida, is A Land Remembered by [...]
April 28, 2012 by admin | No Comments
J.D. Salinger’s 1951 classic short story, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” introduces Salinger’s favorite character, Seymour Glass – only to kill him some several pages later. The story starts in a posh seaside hotel room, where we overhear Glass’s wife on the phone with her mother discussing Seymour’s mental health. From there, we head to [...]
April 25, 2012 by admin | No Comments
A Buried Lie by Roberta Isleib Category: Fiction / Mystery 240 pages; ISBN: 0425189961 Last seen in SIX STROKES UNDER, stepping over dead bodies sprawled on the lush greens of an Orlando golf course, Cassie Burdette is slowly inching her way into the upper echelon of ladies’ golf – one stroke at a time. A [...]
April 24, 2012 by admin | No Comments
There are many books on glyconutrition, and I will tell you a little about one that I really enjoyed, written by Dr. Emil Mondoa, along with Mindy Kitei. Dr. Mondoa is the man who established the Glyconutrients Research Foundation. This book is a relatively quick read and is quite easy to understand. The book “Sugars [...]
April 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The Deadly Habit by Mike MannoPublishAmerica, Inc., 1893162680, $17.95 A popular young nun is killed in an apparent car bombing just weeks before taking her final vows, and Detective Jerome “Stan” Stankowski is called to solve the case. Paired with the moody yet instinctive deputy Attorney General Parker Noble, Stan finds he is getting more [...]
April 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
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. And it is still widely available today. It is a [...]
April 10, 2012 by admin | No Comments
“The Power Of Now” by Eckhart Tolle is one of the best books I’ve ever read, and it is The best spiritual book I have ever read. This book really helps you get to that next level of consciousness. I thought I was a “positive” and “relax” guy, but I still get upset once and [...]
April 10, 2012 by admin | No Comments
In his impressive and successful novel, Hari Kunzru explores the nature of identity. For some people a sense of belonging is very strong, whereas for others such feelings are mere illusion. The former group may cite social group, language, culture or religion as evidence of their stance, while the latter group, perhaps, may cite exactly [...]
April 4, 2012 by admin | No Comments
‘The Cell’ was written by Stephen King and published in January 2006. A basic summary of the book is as follows: On October 1, an ordinary day by any standards, a young aspiring graphic novel artist (he does not own a cell phone, imagine that) is witness to the first signs of madness. A signal [...]
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