Some books so fluidly go past the tales they contain that the characters and setting almost become accompanying the universal themes they express without contrivance. Such a novel exists in Harper Lee’s masterful 1960 book, among the most revered pieces of fiction this country has ever produced. Set in rural, Depression-era Alabama, it’s a classic…
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Among the best personal memoirs of war I’ve ever read. Leckie is viciously honest about anything and everything to do with his experiences in the 1st Marine Division during WWII. Unbelievably impressed by his sensitive candor and philosophical musings on the affect of war on human beings. Having an officer in the family, I was…
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I’m a regular Glenn Beck listener, watcher, and reader so when I opened the novel I assumed it would be a good tale but I pretty much knew all he had to say. So I started out reading. The story-line is fine and held my attention. I was drawn into Noah – liking him and…
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Superfreakonomics is the sequal to the wildly successful Freakonomics, which I soundly enjoyed. This sequal is more of the same. If you loved the first one, you will like this one. If you did not, then you likely won’t. If you have not read either, read the first one. This one is intriguing, mostly, but…
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Alien to the inhabitants of Earth, the planet Mars is aging and nearing its debilitation. The Martians, not even comprehending humans to be anything other than animals, decide that it’s time to conquer this lush, young planet. Landing in various locations in southeastern England they start their conquest of the planet. Can man, with his…
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upon completion of this review. Little Bee is a 16-year old refugee from Nigeria who’s always searching a suicidal option for “when the men come”. Her character provides a unique and catching narrative; by page 3 I cared about her, by page 9 I knew she had bad tale to tell me and I dreaded…
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The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History In the “Greatest Trade Ever” Gregory Zuckerman does more than just pass on the reader insight into John Paulson, the hedgefund manager that made fame for his short of the real estate market. The book points Paulson’s…
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This novel gets inside of you and pulls everything to the surface. It is a lovely and painful tale about a fifteen year old boy, Charlie, moving through his freshmen year of highschool. It is written in letter form to an unidentified friend. Charlie is always wholly honest, whether he is depicting his first “beer”…
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As if we needed more prove that the International Monetary Fund,World Bank , World Trade Organization, and United Nations are all tools of subjugation, now an insider tells all. Throughout the 70′s and 80′s, this writer connived to bring third world nations into debt-slavery by persuading their leaders to take vast loans from the World…
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I read this book aware I wasn’t going to discover any new and cheerful anecdotes about how Ronald McDonald got his start….. Rather I read this to solidify the belief that fast food wasn’t a healthy choice. And boy, did this book give you valid reasons it is not, and I’m not just talking nutritional…
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