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10 Most Interesting Books of the Last Decade
Most Interesting Books Review
Over the last ten years there has been thousands of books produced, but there are only a few that can be classed as the most interesting books of the last decade. I have compiled this list of the 10 Most Interesting Books of the Last Decade after completing a project of research to establish exactly which are the most interesting books of the last ten years. Over many years I have been a writer and avid reader of books, so it gave me great pleasure to undertake this task of the most interes...
Most Interesting Books Review
Over the last ten years there has been thousands of books produced, but there are only a few that can be classed as the most interesting books of the last decade. I have compiled this list of the 10 Most Interesting Books of the Last Decade after completing a project of research to establish exactly which are the most interesting books of the last ten years. Over many years I have been a writer and avid reader of books, so it gave me great pleasure to undertake this task of the most interes...
Book Review: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
A Jules Verne Mystery
The Mysterious Island is an exciting tale of mystery and adventure as a group of castaways struggle to overcome the elements and survive on an uncharted island. The novel was written by Jules Verne in 1874. This is an unusual book for Verne because it's more mystery than science fiction. It is also one of the books referenced on Lost and is credited with inspiring the creators of the game Myst. One thing that was very clear while reading this book is that Jules Verne was a master at telling...
A Jules Verne Mystery
The Mysterious Island is an exciting tale of mystery and adventure as a group of castaways struggle to overcome the elements and survive on an uncharted island. The novel was written by Jules Verne in 1874. This is an unusual book for Verne because it's more mystery than science fiction. It is also one of the books referenced on Lost and is credited with inspiring the creators of the game Myst. One thing that was very clear while reading this book is that Jules Verne was a master at telling...
Left hand of God trilogy - Paul Hoffman
The Left Hand of God - Paul Hoffman
If you love fantasy, the dark and harrowing, twisting worlds that come out of some of the best fantasy writers minds then this should be put to the top of your reading list. Unique and startlingly believable, if you like David Eddings, Robin Hobb, Trudi Canavan, Stephen Donaldson and others of this ilk then this will touch a chord with you. This is an amazing trilogy, the first is The Left Hand of God. They are amazing fantasy books, both dark and harrowing which would also appeal to mainstr...
The Left Hand of God - Paul Hoffman
If you love fantasy, the dark and harrowing, twisting worlds that come out of some of the best fantasy writers minds then this should be put to the top of your reading list. Unique and startlingly believable, if you like David Eddings, Robin Hobb, Trudi Canavan, Stephen Donaldson and others of this ilk then this will touch a chord with you. This is an amazing trilogy, the first is The Left Hand of God. They are amazing fantasy books, both dark and harrowing which would also appeal to mainstr...
Bringing Adam Home - A Book Review
The Abduction That Changed America
Bringing Adam Home is a gripping and greatly detailed account of what it took to bring closure to a horrific crime that should not have taken decades to solve! In 1981 there was no National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and no Amber Alerts. the federal database for crimes against children, and the pedophile registry, did not exist. The faces of missing children did not appear on milk cartons. It was a simpler time when children played outside all day and the only reminder from mo...
The Abduction That Changed America
Bringing Adam Home is a gripping and greatly detailed account of what it took to bring closure to a horrific crime that should not have taken decades to solve! In 1981 there was no National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and no Amber Alerts. the federal database for crimes against children, and the pedophile registry, did not exist. The faces of missing children did not appear on milk cartons. It was a simpler time when children played outside all day and the only reminder from mo...
Books on Personality Types and Myers-Briggs Type Indicators
What is Personality Type?
The concept of personality type is about the natural habits of mind we develop as we grow. For example, some may have a preference for noticing concrete reality, others for noticing abstract concepts. Or one has a preference for the external world of people and action, another a leaning towards the inner world of ideas and contemplation. In every case, both will be true for us at different times, but we have an inclination towards one or the other when free to choose. These natural preferen...
What is Personality Type?
The concept of personality type is about the natural habits of mind we develop as we grow. For example, some may have a preference for noticing concrete reality, others for noticing abstract concepts. Or one has a preference for the external world of people and action, another a leaning towards the inner world of ideas and contemplation. In every case, both will be true for us at different times, but we have an inclination towards one or the other when free to choose. These natural preferen...
Intelligence: a novel of the CIA
Curious about CIA life? This author knows it.
Intelligence is the debut novel of Susan Hasler, a twenty-one year veteran of the CIA. As a former analyst, Hasler brings her readers a perspective on the intelligence business that we don't often see: the people who slave over endless streams of data, trying to predict the unpredictable. Their world is much less glamorous than that of Jason Bourne and James Bond, but more real and infinitely fascinating. Hasler gives us a detailed view of that life in her novel; this is a story you aren't li...
Curious about CIA life? This author knows it.
Intelligence is the debut novel of Susan Hasler, a twenty-one year veteran of the CIA. As a former analyst, Hasler brings her readers a perspective on the intelligence business that we don't often see: the people who slave over endless streams of data, trying to predict the unpredictable. Their world is much less glamorous than that of Jason Bourne and James Bond, but more real and infinitely fascinating. Hasler gives us a detailed view of that life in her novel; this is a story you aren't li...
Out Of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
My Thoughts on "Out Of My Mind"
The book Out of My Mind is unique in that it is being told from the point of view of a girl with cerebral palsy, who cannot speak. She also can't walk, stand, roll over, or feed herself. But, she can think. She can learn facts, formulate opinions, crack jokes, make decisions, and understand the world around her like , And, she can feel. She has emotions like any other child her age - like any other human being. While people often talk around her, they rarely consider her opinions on the issue...
My Thoughts on "Out Of My Mind"
The book Out of My Mind is unique in that it is being told from the point of view of a girl with cerebral palsy, who cannot speak. She also can't walk, stand, roll over, or feed herself. But, she can think. She can learn facts, formulate opinions, crack jokes, make decisions, and understand the world around her like , And, she can feel. She has emotions like any other child her age - like any other human being. While people often talk around her, they rarely consider her opinions on the issue...
Robin Cook's Coma (1977)
My Review on Robin Cook's Coma (1977)
The story line is about patients who check into Boston Memorial Hospital for routine operations and not checking out. Instead they are hanging in a room, in a coma like state. Never to wake up again. Coma takes place in the mid 1970's. Dr. Susan Wheeler, a third year medical student, wants to find out what has happen to over twelve patients, who have slipped into irreparable comas after standard surgery in the abominable OR #8. But when she comes close to the answer, she finds herself marked...
My Review on Robin Cook's Coma (1977)
The story line is about patients who check into Boston Memorial Hospital for routine operations and not checking out. Instead they are hanging in a room, in a coma like state. Never to wake up again. Coma takes place in the mid 1970's. Dr. Susan Wheeler, a third year medical student, wants to find out what has happen to over twelve patients, who have slipped into irreparable comas after standard surgery in the abominable OR #8. But when she comes close to the answer, she finds herself marked...
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - Review
My Review about the Book
Edison, was an Inventor, Scientist. Steve Jobs who enabled scientists and Technical experts to produce a superior product. Amazing thing about Steve's life is his life. having been abandoned by his biological mother and raised in not so well to do family and difficult early years, he brought revolutionary changes to IT. A very balanced portrayal of Jobs in this that shows not just the leadership traits, which were in abundance, but it showed the human side and that hit me more harder than t...
My Review about the Book
Edison, was an Inventor, Scientist. Steve Jobs who enabled scientists and Technical experts to produce a superior product. Amazing thing about Steve's life is his life. having been abandoned by his biological mother and raised in not so well to do family and difficult early years, he brought revolutionary changes to IT. A very balanced portrayal of Jobs in this that shows not just the leadership traits, which were in abundance, but it showed the human side and that hit me more harder than t...
Man Who Was Magic: A Favorite Book
A Personal Favorite by Paul Gallico
When we are children, we fall in love with a particular book -- for a day, or a week -- or for years. Repetition and familiarity have a lot to do with this, of course, but other factors are mysterious and very personal. As an adult, I have reread many childhood favorites. Some are favorites still. Others are not at all as I remembered them but are still treasured friends for their past service. Some, frankly, I cannot figure out at all. To reconnect with a beloved childhood story and to love...
A Personal Favorite by Paul Gallico
When we are children, we fall in love with a particular book -- for a day, or a week -- or for years. Repetition and familiarity have a lot to do with this, of course, but other factors are mysterious and very personal. As an adult, I have reread many childhood favorites. Some are favorites still. Others are not at all as I remembered them but are still treasured friends for their past service. Some, frankly, I cannot figure out at all. To reconnect with a beloved childhood story and to love...
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