Reviews
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Book Review:Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Do not crowd the issue with facts. Nine out of ten statistics are wrong.(Including this one.) We could go on and on. Can we make the best judgement calls when we have too much information? Not according to Malcolm Gladwell, the author of blink. Author: Malcolm Gldawell Kindle Audiobook Paperback In ‘Tipping Point’ Gladwell presented Read more
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Book Review: The Kite Runner
Fiction can be informative. Not all bestsellers lack substance. This absolute masterpiece from Khaled Hosseini is testimony to both these statements. The writing style is terse and Hosseini does not waste words, saying so much with so few words. This book in many ways reminded me of the writings of V. S, Naipal but nothing Read more
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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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