‘The obsession’ is a book written by Kim Chernin. The author reflects on the tyranny of slenderness. The book is an analysis which is beautifully written. The analysis is about our society’s increasing demand that women be thin. The author says that men have encouraged this obsession and women …

Authors: Michael Silverstein and Kate Sayre
The authors Michael Silverstein and Kate Sayre spent not less than 2 years in research to find out what women want. Not just for themselves alone but also for their families, and friends.
This book goes into details in telling how companies can develop and market …

World After is the second book written after the novel Angelfall (Penryn and the end of days.) Written by Susan Ee.
World After takes place shortly after the first book angel fall ends. Just like the first book, Susan Ee does an fantastic job yet again in creating a …

Guy Gavriel Kay is a rather prolific fantasy writer. His novels are best described as historical fiction - they exist in a romanticized and slightly disguised version of the past. His books are well-researched and detailed. A Song for Arbonne is based on the kingdoms that …

This I think is one of the best Memoirs that I have ever read in my lifetime. It’s very compelling and heartbreaking, that you really just can’t put the book down after you have started reading it, and you’ll want to read it again and again. The story is …

I was quite excited when I found this book on the library shelf as I have enjoyed most of the novels by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. In my opinion, they have a knack for writing thrilling stories that take unexpected turns and have surprise endings. Most of their …

I read this book sometime back and it is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. Have you ever wondered like how kids last time coped with their surroundings, be it wartime or something bad in their country; like people invading and all that..? This book …

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 …

“Angels and Demons” is a fast paced adventure novel by the world famous author of “The Da Vinci code”, Dan Brown. “Angels and Demons” is the prequel to “The Da Vinci code” through which he introduces the readers his world famous protagonist Robert Langdon. “Angels and Demons” is based …

Gregory David Roberts’ book SHANTARAM has become an absolute bestseller. I have heard conflicting opinions about it from many friends. If the book is controversial, then you should read it.
And if you don’t like to read, check out the book trailer at the top of this review.
The author’s …

Steve Berry does it again! This time the best selling author takes us on a journey to Europe, Portugal and the Sinai desert as protagonist Cotton Malone seeks the lost Library of Alexandria. According to legend, the library disappeared 1,500 years ago and contained ancient biblical documents as well …

Before I begin the review of Spirits from Beyond, the fourth book in the series Ghost Finders, I would like to clarify something. I truly, no matter how ridiculous it may sound to me, am afraid of ghosts. I do not know if they even exist. I hope not. …

Mind power by Christian Godefroy is a book about how to use positive thinking to change your life. It has alos practica lessons on how to increse your creativity and boosting your self confidance and self-esteem, Strenthening your immune system, overcoming addiction and improving memory. It mainly teaches you …

I’ve been into reading since I was about six or seven years old and we all know that old habits die hard. I remember reading anything from pocketbooks (like Sweet Valley, the Unicorn Club, The Baby-sitters Club) to cookbooks to kiddie books.
But among all the books I read as …

Dare to Succeed is a book that contains and has a theme of mainly about inspirational quotes and events and about wisdom for life and career.
I got this book as a gift from my manager last Christmas cause he knows that I have a hobby of reading books …

“On Octopus Followed Me Home” is a children’s book by Dan Yaccarino published by The Penguin Group in 1997. The book is designed for children ages three to eight years old.
The book introduces us to a little girl (never introduced by name) who meets an octopus on …

If you are someone who loves wearing fashion or wants to join the ranks of the most respected in the industry, then investing in The St. James Fashion Encyclopedia is definitely a must-have if you are serious about fashion.
Before I found this book in the library, I had been …

Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary is another great reference material for writers and even ordinary users of the English language. The thing I like the most about this dictionary is the Concise Guide to Style, Usage, and Diction portion where I managed to brush up on all …

“The Billion Dollar Sure Thing” is probably the best of Paul Erdman\’s early books. Published in 1973, the book deals with desire of the money to devalue the US dollar in relation to both foreign currencies and against gold. For those of us who don’t know a lot about …

I have so many praises for Minus Nine to One: The Diary of an Honest Mum by Jools Oliver. Honestly, I picked this up at random from the library and I have not looked back since. I have this habit of picking books that have an interesting cover, …

The Young Surgeons was written by Edith P. Begner. It is an older book but I had never read it. I can’t say that I liked the book that much at all.
The main character is Dr. George Bruneau. He is a new surgeon and has problems coping when …

I would like to share with you my impressions of reading the excellent book “Leadership and Self-Deception - Breaking Out Of The Box” by The Arbiger Institution. I enjoyed reading it and would love to share my experience with you.
I truly believe that this book is both an important …

Do you want to become financially free and rich? This book will not make you one . No book can. No information can. But what this book can do for you is that it can give exact information about what money actually is and what you should do to keep …

This book consists of five full length exams. I looked all over to find a preparation workout book for the GRE chemistry test but there were a few books available. This is the one of the best book to practice the chemistry test. Difficulty of the question is about …

The subtitle of this book is “A Study of Bird Parasites”, and the cover of my 1961 Grey Arrow paperback edition is a plain green studded with microscopic (and otherwise) black and white drawings of some of these creatures. You might think from looking at it that it would …

The “I Love Lucy” Sound Book is simply incredible! I love everything about this book - from the cover, which features the iconic scene of Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel in the Ricardo’s car as they all sing “California, Here We Come” to the actual content of the book, …

I have mixed feelings about these books.
First of all, they were a very enjoyable, engaging read and I couldn’t wait to get to the next one.
However, I do have a few issues.
SPOILER
One would be the switched viewpoints in the fourth book, Breaking Dawn. I LOVED the character, Jacob. …

I have always been interested in knowing the value of my Intelligence Quotient score, and since we had never been tested at school, what I have always had to resort to was finding free IQ tests on the internet. Nevertheless, those online IQ tests generally end up disappointing me …

I have read the book —˜The civility solution: What to do when people are rude’ written by P.M. Forni. The author has written many good points in this book. However, it is not something easy to follow the suggestions of the author in this book. Rudeness is a fact …

Money Ace X is a Korean comic gaining quite a popularity among the ladies due to its interesting plot. I, too am one of those ladies who just can’t get enough of Korean comics especially when the genre of it are romance and comedy. Money Ace X or MAX …

I have been looking around the net for a really nice shoujo manga to read which has a romance, and a bit of action or adventure within it. I have also been reading suggestions of other people on different websites for different users who want suggestions on wanting to …

I’m such a huge fan of the love team up of Mia Thermopolis and Michael Moscovitz! I was in grade 5 when I started reading the first book of the series, The Princess Diaries. From then on I started following and reading the series and of course Mia and …

I’ve wanted to read this book since it was published on august of last year, but for some reason I didn’t read it until now. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover was a book that even though I liked it, I didn’t love it, to be completely honest.
This book …

A Box Full of Kisses is a short story on the site indianchild.com. The story starts out by a father that got angry on his 3-year-old daughter for buying a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight for them and his father became furious when the child tried …

I LOVED this book.
I LOVE Laura’s radio show, though, so it didn’t surprise me. It was a surprisingly fast read, for something that includes so many facts. After reading each chapter I felt I was really armed with information to argue Conservative viewpoints with others. Laura is a …

Sundays at Tiffany’s is in a round about way a James Patterson book, but somehow I completely missed it. The book itself came out a few months ago, but they never really publicized it. I was looking through the ads in the Sunday paper when I saw an ad …

It is rare that hardbacks make their way into my library these days, but this book published in 1955 is one of the few. Cash McCall was originally published by Houghton Mifflin and is the story of a businessman who made his millions by buying and selling companies.
McCall rents …

Rematch is the sequel to a little chick lit book called Miss Match by the same author. The book follows a single Christian girl who is prone to matching her friends with other people. This time though she’s shocked to find that her date is going on a retreat …

I have read the book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ written by Paramahamsa Yogananda. Yogananda was a spiritual person from India and he writes about his life. This is a book very rich with spiritual wisdom and is highly beneficial to anybofy who has taken interest in walking on the …

Prime Suspect was written by Lynda La Plante and published by Dell Publishing in 1993.
Why are ambitious women always depicted as hard and bitchy, when they are just trying to do a job and prove their worth? I’m indeed surprised that a female writer would portray her protagonist …

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan is the first in a trilogy of books called The Sky Chasers. Glow was not your typical book though it did remind me a bit of the book Across the Universe by Beth Ravis. The plot follows two main characters: a girl named Waverly …

This book is, I think, a masterpiece in gothic romanticism. I came to the book with all the preconceptions about Frankenstein’s monster that I presume most people have. Lightening bringing the monster to life and the mad scientist screaming “It’s alive!” The original novel is nothing like this at …

Tony Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, is a great portrait of character’s alienation from the world as a result of loss of community and connection to the past and as a start of sadness, solitude and madness. this novel really helps the reader understand that an …

Dick Couch is a former Navy Seal whose book, “The Warrior Elite” brings out some of the most poignant and gut churning moments in the Basic Under Water Demolition School Program for the selection and training of United States’ Navy Seals. I enjoy books on military history and training, …

In this fourth book in the Wizard in Rhyme series written by Christopher Stasheff, Matt Mantrell learns how to transport himself back to his original world to visit his parents.
In Merovence 3 years has passed, yet he learns he has actually been gone only 3 months.
In “My Son, …

I had heard good things about Margaret Atwood’s works and decided to read The Blind Assassin, which was the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize. I thought the novel was a brilliant demonstration of Atwood’s enormous talent as a writer, and the Booker Prize was well-deserved. The Blind Assassin …

The Lost Population examines status offenders and the issues surrounding them legally, ethically, and logically. The book gives an overview of various status offenses as well as the legal punishments for offenders. The ideas presented in the book are supported by many academic sources cited within.
I really enjoyed …

RC Sproul is a fairly well-known Christian writer. I picked up the book Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue at a library book sale. I’m interested in the subject of abortion and often read books on that topic. What I found in this book …

Daredevil Issue 242 is a great study in socio-economic issues, and avoids the typical comic book supervillian. Instead, writer Ann Nocenti tells a tale of a factory worker named Joe who snaps when he is confronted with the gross excesses in his boss’s lifestyle during a negotiation session …

This was definitly an interesting take on the Spawn series. It was similar to medieval Spawn in that it took place in a more traditional fantasy world. It was written by Brian Holguin, who also wrote Spawn issues 71-150. After only 8 issues of Godslayer, due to a lack …