Reviews
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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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Movie Review : Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Michael Moore’s outstanding documentary, ‘Bowling for Columbine’ takes a look at the question, why is there so much violence in America? Beginning with the school shooting in Columbine, Moore takes us on a journey into the cause of such dastardly deeds in our country. What are the influences that contribute to mindless killings? Is it 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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Movie Review: Double Jeopardy (1999)
With a great premise and a great cast, how can a movie go wrong? It simply does.Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd star in this mediocre film. First the premise. A person cannot be tried for the same crime twice. If a woman, for instance serves a sentence for killing her husband, and somehow he 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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