Book Reviews
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Book Review: Jesus Lived in India
If you thought that the Da Vinci Code produced startling revelations, you will be blown away by Holger Kersten’s ‘Jesus Lived in India’. Unfortunately for Kersten, his work lacks a glossy book cover like the ‘Code’. Further, unlike the ‘Code’, this book is presented as a work of non-fiction. Had Kersten’s theories been packaged in… Read more
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Book Review: The Price of Loyalty
This work by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Suskin is nothing short of a revellation. It is based on documents provided by former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill to Suskin These documents range from thank you notes and meeting minutes to detail reports. The year was 2000. The Bush Presidency had just begun. A maverick of the private… Read more
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Audiobook Review: The Last Juror
The Last Juror Format: Compact Disc Pub. Date: February 2004This is a typical classic Legal Thriller from Grisham. As with several of Grisham’s books, this book’s plot is set in Clanton Mississippi. The tale is narrated from the perspective of Willy Traynor, who comes as a youngster to Clanton in Ford County in 1970, and… Read more
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Audio Book: The Summons
8 CDs Unabridged Pub. Date: February 2002Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group The Summons is a novel from John Grisham. Ray Atley is a law professor in Virginia. Recently dumped by his wife, he lives a mundane life except for his hobby of flying a Cessna. Suddenly, he is summoned back to his home town… Read more
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Book Review: Count your Chickens Before they Hatch
The Self Help/Business motivation market in the United States is a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Motivational gurus like Tony Robins, Stephen Covey, Dennis Waitley, and several others have marked their territory in this vast but ever-growing arena. It was only a matter of time before someone tapped into the growing young, ambitious professional population of our… Read more
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Book Review: Living History
Attractive, astute, confident, compassionate, forgiving, ambitious, schemer, icy, strong-willed, bitch, feminist, commie, and even the Antichrist. These are terms used to describe Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the most colorful First Ladies of our lifetime. Like her or hate her, one must admit that she is the most intriguing woman to inhabit the White House… Read more
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