The book Solar Heating and Sun Heating was written by George Daniels. It is a book for everyone who is concerned about the high cost of heating a home today and might be considering alternative options. This book is written in a very simple format that the average person …

I have just finished reading this book called Pat Barker - The Ghost Road, which had won The Man Booker Prize before. This book is very easy to read, but seems haunting. The haunting is not actually literally ghost, but actually it refers to a war haunt.
This …

I have read the book ‘Upanishads’ written by Patrick Olivelle. Upanishads is actually a very ancient literature. It is one of the hindu scriptures. Patrick Olivelle has written it in a very good style. But the philosophy of Upanishads is not something easy to understand. The philosophy of the …

The novel Barnaby Rudge isn’t set in Dickens own time, but begins in 1775 in a small village in Epping Forest. It ends 5 years later in London with the no-popery or Gordon riots. The main character of the book, Barnaby Rudge, is the village idiot and is being …

It may sound like a strange thing to do on a hot day, but I have spent hours in Chapters near my apartment, wandering through the various departments, picking up the occasional book, magazine or newspaper, sitting in the comfortable leather love-seats, sipping on my Starbucks frappuccino (there, fortuitously, …

Europeans have already worn out their tolerance! Soon they will be lying at the feet of any visiting stinking goat!
For me, the book reflects the thinking of modern European society. An essential characteristic of which is tolerance. From my perspective, this tolerance is being taken to the point …

I am a huge fan and believer in the power of the check list. With so many uncertainties in my life, knowing that I have what I need to do written down safely, I can relax knowing it will get done. I also know how good it will feel …

I purchased this AP prep guide as a supplement to my teacher who has never taught an AP class before. In Borders bookstore, I checked how many practice exams each book contained, and this one happened to have the most at 6 exams. I paid about 20 dollars for …

‘The confidence plan:How to build a stronger you’ is a book written by Tim Ursiny. This is a book which aims at making us stronger and successful. It is written in short chapters. In each of the chapters, the author has written interesting guidelines to be followed if we …

I was reading the Kite Runner a couple of months ago when Amazon.com started recommending Water for Elephant for me everytime I logged onto their website. I usually read bestseller books so I didn’t want to read another bestseller and be disappointed that it didn’t live up to …

Among members of the Left, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn is probably one of the most popular history books of all time. Perhaps the most popular. It takes a brand new take on the history of the United States, trying to give …

I have read the book —˜The mystery of the fire dragon’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book. The story line is excellent and the plot is very thrilling. The style in which the book has been written …

What would’ve happened if Romeo and Juliette’s story would’ve been different? What if their families were so close that they planed their wedding since before they were born? What if it was them who hated each other? Well, Kristi Cook had those exact questions, so she decided to write …

Learning Reiki has one of the most important experiences in my life. Becoming a Reiki healer has only changed my life for the better- both physically and mentally. Becoming a first and second degree holder in reiki, I always looked for ways and means to practice Reiki in my …

At just under 300 pages Hapgood lays out his ideas about a civilization that he believes existed before ancient Egypt by many thousands of years. This civilization, according to Hapgood, traveled the world by sea. They produced maps by which later seamen would find their way across the Atlantic. …

This book is all about the twins’ birthday as they are turning seventeen, and they want to have the most special birthday ever! Jessica Wakefield wants to plan a big birthday bash for her twin Elizabeth, but there’s only one problem —“ Elizabeth already had the same plans in …

This book gives me lots of perspectives, lessons learned and many more. Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets by Jon and Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. I highly recommend reading this book because it is such a good book, laced with realism and lots of …

After doing a bit of light summer reading and watching I decided it was time to once again dip into some more serious writing. “The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future” by Vali Nasr certainly qualifies.
In this book Nasr rehearses the history of the …

As I mentioned in a previous review, in high school one of my subjects was Chemistry, but unfortunately I found that I was not understanding some of the themes and concepts being taught. I also did not have very good Chemistry teachers to make things worse, so I realised …

—˜Egypt and the Egyptians’ is a book written by Douglas J. Brewer. This book is all about ancient Egypt and it covers a lot of things of ancient Egypt. This is an interesting book and it is written in a style that is captivating. The author writes the history …

I-SPY Above Your Head is a book in the popular I-SPY series published by Michelin. The book isn’t really a book, more of a cross between a game and a guide, suggesting things for you to find, in this case things that are above your head, hence the title …

I started diving years ago after discovering how beautiful the marine world is in my country. In all the years that I have been diving and snorkeling here, I noticed that there is a dearth of good marine maps and guides, and I therefore made it my mission to …

The book Pain Free 1-2-3 by Jacob Teitelbaum just make me confused. I think that I have mistakenly bought this book thinking it was great. I bought it for a price of $16.95, and this book talks about correcting hormonal levels, eliminating factors that put stress on …

Pretty sad story here that I’ve read, which is The Last Year of Being Married by Sarah Tucker. It is about the characters of Sarah and Paul and their 7 year marriage is somewhat at stake, and there are lot of issues that they have to think through and …

Pilot Pups is a children’s book by Michelle Meadows and illustrated by Andreasen. It is a brand new book, published in 2008. The book features warm colors in the artwork but very little story.
This is one of those children’s books that tries to tell a story using …

—˜The epic of Gilgamesh’ is a translation by N K Sandars. The author has written this book in a style very interesting to read. The epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most interesting. This book is a very good one and it is worthy to be read for …

At first, I wasn’t sure if I should read the book The Hunger Games. I’m so glad I did. The Hunger Games follows a teenager named Katniss Everdeen in the post apocalyptic country of Panem, or present day North America. In Panem, there are 12 districts, and each year, …

For just $5.99, you can enjoy the price of fun just by reading this book called The Medici Dagger, written by Cameron West. This book is about Reb Barnett, and his quest for finding the murderer of his father, a museum curator.
He has to find the Medici Dagger, …

Catching Fire is the second book in the series The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. And boy is it amazing! Catching Fire starts off where The Hunger Games left off, Katniss is back to normal life after she partook in the Hunger Games, at least as normal as someone …

The first time I ever saw the eye catching cover of “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold was in a CVS store (or it may have been Rite Aid but it was so long ago that I can’t remember). I picked it up and began reading a couple of …

Charles Locke and Sarah Carlyle meet in the sea. The ship Charles is on has been attacked by pirates, Charles is wounded and left for dead. Sarah’s ship rescues the young man. As she nurses him back to health, Charles falls in love with the beautiful young woman. What …

According to Barry Hannah, Heart of Darkness involves Modernist themes which was typical for Conrad’s writing style. The characters in Modernist stories are so “shocked” that they are paralyzed from being able to describe the “grief” of modern realities.
I agree with this idea. In many ways, Heart of Darkness …

Let me start by saying that Jayne is an excellent writer. This book starts off fast with the heroine, Cady Briggs fantasizing about her client Mack Easton. Cady is an expert in the museum arts field while Mack is a retired officer who runs an art recovery …

Set in Germany during World War II, The Book Thief revolves around a tomboyish girl whose family is destroyed because of the war and who finds herself fostered by the Hubermanns. In her new home, she meets a lot of friends to whom she shared her love for words. …

This book is a must-read for couples and counselors. I first came across the idea of the Five Love Languages through a marriage counseling exercise. Someone eventually gave us a copy of the book.
What I love about this book is the author’s approach on how to relate to your significant …

Warhol, that kind of Warhol… it is admirably beautiful that we have the opportunity to look inside a person like this. Even if you are not very interested in him or his work, you can’t help but be attracted to such an auto-prospect.
From the very first lines, …

This book, Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani is rather pretty disappointing for me after I have finished reading. The story has a perfect introductory and I was quite fascinated into thinking that perhaps it is one of those feel-good stories and I could tear myself out.
But …

The book Delhi Noir contains short stories by Indian writers. All of the writers in the book live or work in Delhi. One story that appears in the collection is Hostel by Siddaharth Chowdhury.
One thing I did not like about this story is that it did not have …

Aside from a small notation on the back of the book, “The Zombie Survival Guide” looks and feels like an honest survival guide. If it weren’t for its subject matter, the book might be taken more seriously. Unfortunately, there are those who–upon gleaning out the zombie lore–feel that Brooks …

Borders book strore at Orchard road is great with plenty of books, music cd’s, calenders, greeting cards and other stationary gift items. Really huge store with plenty of books.
Range of books: Books in borders are on variety of topics from books for children to …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification Novelization is based upon the two-part season five episode of the same name. Much the episode’s script is transferred to the novelization, word for word and scene by scene, however, this novelization is not simply the episode in novel form. What the …

I’ve always wondered how does one write a book, especially a love story where it’s very compelling and in which it is not easy to achieve. But after reading You Can Write a Romance by Rita Clay Estrada, I feel a little bit knowledgeable like delving into the minds …

“T is for Trespass” is, I think the twentieth book in Sue Grafton’s alphabet series. I say I think because I’ve had trouble with the alphabet ever since I studied Classical Greek in college and had to learn a new alphabet that was similar, but different from the one …

I’m not a huge fan of dystopian books, and I’m not a huge fan of paranormal either, especially angels, so from the very beginning I started thinking this was just not gonna be for me, I mean, it had the two genres that I’m not a fan of. That was …

For those of you who haven’t read Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka, you guys should. This is a very good story that are for the adventurous people out there wanting to read what it’s all about that makes moving away so awesome.
The story is about some groups …

The Onion Field was written by Joseph Wambaugh and published by Dell Publishing, 1979.
Joseph Wambaugh’s books are really in a class of their own. In this book, the author started with the background of four men with different upbringing and environment, and slowly led the readers to …

“Calvin and Hobbes —“ Sunday Pages 1985-1995” is a book, only available in English language, with the stripes of theses characters created by Bill Waterson. My boyfriend gave this book in my last birthday because he knows that I used to read these stripes when I was a child …

The Lost Boy: A Foster Child Search for Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer. This is the 2nd of the series of books that Dave Pelzer has written. The series chronicles his live as an abused child and how he became involved with the foster …

‘The secret of Spiggy holes’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is quite an interesting book and the theme of the story is good.
Mike, Peggy and Nora go to a place called Spiggy holes which is in Cornwall. Their host is Miss Dimity who is a …

Superstitious is by R.L. Stine. This book is in the horror/supernatural genre. I had never read any of R.L. Stine’s work before so didn’t know what to expect. I liked the way the book was written even if horror isn’t one of my favorite story types.
The book is about …