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Book Review: The Beach Road
Yes, this is not the most recent of Patterson’s work but I could not pass a bargain at ‘The Borders’ book store. This is a decent thriller from Patterson and De Jong but as many have already said, too improbable to happen in ‘real life’. Poor Tom Dunleavy. He is still mourning the loss of Read more
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Book Review: The Power of Now
Now is all there is. Now is instantaneous and timeless. Look past now, and life will be all suffering. This is Eckhart Toole’s central message in the ‘prequel’ to ‘A New Earth’. In my opinion, this is a better book than its successor. Maybe because it appealed to me on a very personal level, maybe Read more
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Book Review: The Bourne Betrayal
Robert Ludlum created Bourne in the classic ‘Bourne Identity’. Then the movies came, featuring Matt Damon(Yes, I’ve seen the TV versions featuring Richard Chamberlain but those are forgettable.) The movie Bourne was different from the orginal one Ludlum created. The latter was brought forth to flush out Carlos the Jackal, the real life legend in Read more
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Eric Lustbader’s Ninja Series
I must confess, that I have only experienced the audio versions of these books. However, I found them extremely enjoyable. I have always been a fan of books that combine the Eastern mysticism with Western technology like Michael Crichton’s Rising Sun or the Star Wars Series(The entire Jedi philosophy is merely recycled Zen Teachings). The Read more
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Book Review: Simple Genius
It had been a while since I read fiction. I decided to pick up David Baldacci’s ‘SimpleGenius’, the New York Times bestseller, just to get familiar with what ‘everyone else’ was reading. The first 200 or so pages were not impressive. My first reaction was “So how did this one make it to #1 on Read more
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Book Review: A New Earth
I decided to take a break from all the heavy reading I do normally and picked up this book on one of my trips.Being a big fan of Wayne Dyer books, I was not particularly impressed with the first few chapters. Many of Dyer’s books have covered the part about silencing the ego, cultivating the Read more
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