November 2012 | Quotes From Hitch

Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Sermons from Paul's Letter to the Romans Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Fleming Rutledge's work is always thoughtful, challenging, and exhilarating. Highest quality biblical interpretation, vivid illustrations, engaging literary allusions, passionate personal application, insightful social engagement--all offered in a wonderful use of language, herself. This collection of...

Oceanic Mind - The Deeper Meditation Training Course: for Beginning and Advanced Students of Meditation and Yoga Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a great book for readers who sincerely want to learn and apply the information. It is practical, covers many techniques, and gives much insight into the central and specific issues concerning the practice of meditation. The author's style is personal and humorous, making for a refreshing read.Click...

Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In the past,I have read about ancient civilizations who made contact with alien forms but so far this book goes above and beyond. The author actually includes his own pictures of the sites he visited so the book has a lot of credibility for those who still are not convinced of these facts. There are...

Setting Boundaries(TM) with Your Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)One day I was sitting in my recliner, not having a pity party, but just evaluating my life. I have a son who is a successful doctor. Another owns his own plumbing company. Another is sought after in the field of computer programming. I also have two grown children that I sometimes refer to as my "gifts-...

What Can Be Found in LOST?: Insights on God and the Meaning of Life from the Popular TV Series Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What Can Be Found In Lost:Insights on God and the Meaning of Life from the Popular TV Series by John Ankerberg and Dillon Burroughs I admit it! I spend way too much time on trivial stuff. Like TV shows. Like Lost. Premiering with an eye-opening (literally) plane crash on a lush, South Pacific island,...

Sandman Slim: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)(This review is based on an advanced readers copy)This is a dark and dirty work of fantasy, so if you're looking for elves, look elsewhere. Stark comes across as a complete hardass, but isn't completely unsympathetic, I mean, I'd want to see some heads roll if I were sent down to Hell, alive. Sandman...

Italian Journey: 1786-1788 (Penguin Classics) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In preparation for a trip to Italy, I began reading the accounts of famous travellers to that land: D.H. Lawrence, Charles Dickens, Tobias Smollett, and now Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I had no great expectations but was knocked for a loop from page one. Never before had I encountered a questing mind...

ABCs of Healthy Grieving: A Companion for Everyday Coping Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Author Harold Ivan Smith is an accomplished speaker, writer and counselor. If you've read his other books on grief and grieving (do a search right here on Amazon for several other very strong titles) you know that's he's right-on-target, wise, insightful and readable.This book is organized into small...

Daily meditations for women who love too much Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book, a daily devotional for we women who base our value on our love lives with our men is a real eye opener. I couldn't wait to read to the next day. It helps to see what you already deep down know in your heart to be true...it validates all the feelings that you have. For those of you that are...

Stage Fright on a Summer Night (Magic Tree House #25) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was great, my 7-year-old daughter really enjoyed it. The book successfully introduces kids to historical facts about Shakespeare and his theater, while also having a fun story about Jack and Annie and their adventures in "merry olde England". We eagerly await the next installment in the Magic...

Their Eyes Were Watching God Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"There Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston, is widely acknowledged as a beloved classic of American literature. This novel is truly one of those great works that remains both entertaining and deeply moving; it is a book for classrooms, for reading groups of all types, and for individual readers.In...

Thanks: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It is hard to ignore the large number of books written over the past few years on the nature of happiness. In the past year, I had an opportunity to read over a dozen of these "positive psychology" books and glance through quite a few more. Most of them summarize the same set of research studies on what...

Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The review which follows is of a book which I read when it was first published in 1999. I recently re-read it. Here are my reactions to it seven years later.Many of those who read my reviews are owners/CEOs of small businesses. Whenever I receive an e-mail from one of them asking me to recommend books...

Mother Teresa's Secret Fire: The Encounter That Changed Her Life and How It Can Transform Your Own Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When we come upon the life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta we are accustomed to hearing about her ministry to the "poorest of the poor". Her legacy is well known to people throughout the world for her globe trotting work helping the poor in the slums of Calcutta, AIDS patients, and other unfortunate people....

The Nick Adams Stories Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)To me, this book is so eloquent I am reluctant to review it because it will be impossible to do it justice. It is a collection of short stories from earlier works of Hemingway. In each of them, a thoughtful reader can gain insight into Hemingway and him/herself.The following is from "Indian Camp." In...

Workin' It: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I bought this mainly because I'm a RuPaul fan but was pleasantly surprised that it was packed full of great positive advice and life lessons. There are tons of photos of Ru that are fun to see as he's in all sorts of different looks. You'll learn a lot about Ru himself and some of his ups and downs in...

Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In Strategy Safari, Professor Mintzberg and his coauthors describe that most people approach strategy from one of 10 different perspectives, mostly ignoring the others. That book argues that we would be better served to integrate these 10 perspectives into a combined one. In Hidden Value, Professors...