Books Reviews
Finance and Accounting for Business, First Edition, by Bob Ryan
Finance and Accounting for Business by Bob Ryan is a finance text book aimed at MBA students and students studying a higher degree in finance. Bob Ryan is himself an MBA lecturer and an advisor to industry.
The first edition of the book was published in 2004 and features a …
Nightmare Academy by Frank Peretti
“Nightmare Academy” by Frank Peretti is Book 2 of the Veritas Project series. This time, the Springfield family-team of undercover investigators of strange/supernatural occurrences works on a case of a runaway teen, found in the middle of a road with his memory completely blank. When a flicker of memory …
War Stories II Book
Oliver North’s second volume in the War Stories Book series that accompanies his TV show of the same name, dubbed “Heroism in the Pacific,” is a five star masterpiece!
Even if you don’t like North’s politics, you will have to acknowledge that this book is a great comprehensive overview of …
Tech Smart Technology Magazine Publication
Now if this technology magazine actually cost anything, I would honestly say that it was true value for money, but the fact that it is completely free constitutes my acclaiming it as true value for time instead.
The Tech Smart technology magazine is something I look forward to picking up …
“W.I.T.C.H.” Comic Magazine
W.I.T.C.H is a monthly comic magazine released worldwide. It is about five ordinary school girls chosen to protect another world. Four of the girls are entrusted to hold four different powerful elements. The girls are Will, Irma, Taranee, COornelia, and Hay Lin. Their initials made up their group W.I.T.C.H.
Will …
The Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe
The Adventures of Blue Avenger is a novel by Norma Howe about a high school aged boy detirmined to always do the right thing.
In an effort to become a superhero, David Schumacher changes …
booksonboard.com
One of my favorite online activities is search for ebooks, especially the free ones. (Does it sound familiar?) This searches led me to a website named Books on Board.
Books on Board is not a free-ebook website. Most digital books there are to be sold; only a few are …
Isabel’s Bed Book
I started reading the book Isabel’s Bed by Elinor Lipman when we were assigned to construct a book review by our English professor when I was in college. At first I found the title quite intriguing, which made me become curious and interested to read the 35 chapters of …
Laura Ingraham’s Power to the People book
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 …
Five on Finniston farm by Enid Blyton
‘Five on Finniston farm’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is one among the famous five adventure series. The five go to Finniston farm for their holiday. The place looks very quiet and it is unlikely and they will fall into any queer adventure. In the farmhouse, …
Star Trek Destiny book (Gods of Night, Mere Mortals, Lost Souls)
Star Trek Destiny takes place in three main time-periods so i’m going to break it down and give everyone a synopsis of the different time-zones as best I can
Present (2374/2375)
The Borg launch a full scale attack on the alpha quadrant.
They send 7000 cubes into the alpha quadrant via …
SVU: The Price Of Love (Book)
This book is the second part of Jessica Wakefield’s dilemma with bad boy Clay DiPalma, and together they want to frame and catch Clay DiPalma in the act for giving Jessica’s best friend Isabelle Ricci a drug at a fraternity party, causing her to jump off the building and …
Perfect Match by Jane Moore
Perfect Match by Jane Moore is near to perfect. The story is about a couple with a child and embarking on getting another baby so that the baby would in turn be able to help their son, named Ben to be cured from his illness.
They need …
Broken Flower by VC Andrews
Broken Flower by V.C. Andrews is a powerful book about a young girl experiencing adolescence way before her time. She had to cope with
the sudden changes in her body and the conflicts within her family.
While the grandmother first started off like an evil witch, she later shows …
Pattern Crimes by William Bayer
Pattern Crimes was written by William Bayer and published by Nal Penguin Inc in 1988.
A rather difficult book to start it took a number of times before I could manage to continue with the rest of the book. The beginning was strange and slow; maybe there …
To Kill A Mockingbird
For many years I have been a fan of the book To Kill A Mockingbird. I first read this book when I was 13 years old, as part of my school work in English class. The book was simple enough to enjoy at my age then, but I will …
The Straight Lead Book
The Straight Lead The Core of Bruce Lee’s Jun Fan JKD by Teri Tom
Teri Tom deserves a medal for this book. Not only does she provide an excellent, in depth look at Bruce Lee’s variation on a lead jab, she succeeds in putting one more nail in the coffin …
My Sweet Audrina by Virginia Cleo Andrews novel
My Sweet Audrina is a novel by Virginia Cleo Andrews. Audrina Adare is pretty young girl who has an unreliable memory. She lives with her parents, aunt, and her aunt’s daughter Vera. She is deprived of knowing precise dates including her birthday though Audrina knows she is born on …
MegaTokyo comic
Megatokyo has about 4 volumes released thus far. This comic can also be found online at megatokyo.com created by Fred Gallagher. Up to now, this anime has over 800 comic strips.
The protagonist is an american otaku (anime fan) named Piro who is stranded in Japan with his friend Largo, …
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
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 …
Book Strongholds of the 10/40 Windows
This book contains prayer informations for the countries in the 10/40 window. It is mainly a book written for christians who are interested in praying for the people in the 10/40 windows. The 10/40 window is a section of the world in which most of the people are non-believers, …
The Lord of the rings by J.J.R Tolkien
Tolkien wrote the lord of the rings over a period of 20 years. His first book about middle earth was called The Hobbit. The Hobbit laid the foundations to the epic adventures in the Lord of the Rings. This book was so huge that Tolkien made three books for …
Mystery of the brass-bound trunk book
I have read the book —˜mystery of the brass-bound trunk’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is a Nancy Drew book and is interesting to read. This is a typical detective story. As usual, Nancy works with courage and intelligence.
Bess and George, who are Nancy’s close friends, have decided …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chains of Command
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chains of Command is a novel that is appealing in some ways, yet disappointing in many others. It is appealing, in part, because of the aliens that are created just for this story: they are a race of intelligent avian, or bird-like, creatures. …
Action comics 875
I spent a good chunk of this issue confused. I got the gist of it, but at the same time I was a bit lost.
Two new heroes emerge named Nightwing and Flamebird. Now, I know that they were two characters tied to Kandor, so it makes sense …
Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives
Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives is a coffee table book by Frank Warren where people sent the author secrets about themselves. I think that this is a marvelous idea for a book, and a way to peak into other people’s psyches. What a fantastic idea Frank Warren had …
Electrics and Acoustic Guitar Work
This book is a great place to turn for restoring an old guitar you salvaged from that garage sale last month or your friend’s college box in his attic. It is also great for setting up, maintaining, and repairing you current electric or acoustic guitar. The book also includes …
Susan Mallery’s “The Sheik and the Bought Bride” book
I saw the cover of this book by Susan Mallery at my local Books A million and the title just captivated me. I picked up the book and began to read the excerpt on the inside cover flap. I read it and knew that I just had to read …
The Master Executioner by Loren D. Estleman
“The Master Executioner” is, naturally, a story about Oscar Stone, a man who stumbles into the career of executioner. During the American Civil War Stone was a private with the Union Army. In the course of his duties he was forced to witness the lynching of five men, two …
Rustler’s of West Fork by Louis L’Amour
I was very happy to find four Hopalong Cassidy novels written by Louis L’Amour. Rustler’s of West Fork is the first of these. I’ve always had a special connection with Hopalong Cassidy because when I was four or five years old, I inherited my …
Yishun Community Library
Yishun Community Library is one of the most hangout places that I will always be at without fail. This is the place where I loan my library books and get my healthy dosage of reading.
Can you believe it that one time, I spent my hour there just …
Market Speculating by Andrew Burke
Market Speculating was first published just over ten years ago by Rowton Press and is an excellent book full of useful basics for anyone considering entering the world of spread trading.
Market Speculating was put together by Andrew Burke from IG Index (one of the largest and oldest spread betting …
Glow Herbal: Times Group book
Recently I have bought a book from an online store. The book is about herbal treatment of overall body. It seemed nice to me and I decided to give it a try.
At the outset, I must say that Glow Herbal is a very nice book from the Times Group. …
The Ersatz Elevator book
This book is Book # 6 in the Series of Unfortunate Events children’s book series, written by Lemony Snicket.
This book picks up where the last left off, with the Baudelaire orphans on a journey to another guardian’s house. After their parents were murdered by a fire, …
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The story is set in 19th century England. It begins with Pip, an orphan boy, sitting in the church yard and contemplating the graves of his father, mother, and four brothers. Pip is startled by a rough-looking man with shackled feet - an escaped convict. He grabs the scared …
Letters of Swami Vivekananda by Advaita Ashrama
This book is a collection of the letter written by Swami Vivekananda (one of the most dynamic and influential seers ever of India) to his disciples, brothers, friends and others. The book has a large number of letters of Vivekananda spanning across from the late 19th century to the …
The First Billion by Christopher Reich book
I’d read some sample chapters of Christopher Reich’s “Rules of Deception” and was impressed by the exciting storytelling, and the authority with which Reich described a mountain climbing excursion gone awry. I felt that the author definitely had mastered the thriller genre.
Quick research on Reich revealed that he’d already …
Hana Kimi Manga
I didn’t know about this manga until I’ve watched a Taiwanese TV show about it. I really enjoyed the Taiwanese TV show about it so much that I started reading and researching about it online. I then read that it was actually based on a Japanese manga called Hanazakari …
How to Be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell
“How to Be a Pirate” by Cressida Cowell is a sequel to “How to Train Your Dragon”. The memoir of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III continues, telling us how the smart, but not physically strong Viking boy goes through his pirate-training. As we know from the first book, heroic adventures …
Devil’s Gate, Book by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
Although for years I have been a really true fan of the fantasy genre, I can not deny that it’s difficult to find more entertaining and engaging books than those of the adventure thrillers. They don’t get the reader emotionally involved with the fate of their characters or put …
Writing Down the Bones book
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg is essential reading for any would-be writers. It offers both comfort and advice for writers just beginning on the path and for those who have been writing for many years.
The book offers practical advice on everything from how to get started …
Beyond the Occult by Colin Wilson
I got this book, Beyond the Occult, back when I was a teenager and I was especially interested in all things strange. This is a good read. The author, Colin Wilson, is best known I think for his book The Outsider which was a best-seller. Beyond …
Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie
Leave the Grave Green (written by Deborah Crombie and published by Berkley Publishing Group, 1996).
Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James were handled a case to investigate —“ carefully and discreetly.
Connor Swann, the son-in-law of Sir Gerald and Dame Caroline Asherton had been found strangled. Sir Gerald and …
On Writing by Stephen King
I picked up Stephen King’s “On Writing” out of sheer curiosity at a second hand book store I frequent. When I was a child I would devour King’s books, always waiting impatiently for my grandmother to pass the next one on to me. As I grew older …
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I thought this story was very confusing. In order to understand everything that happened in it I read it twice, looked it up on Wikipedia, read it a third time, then discussed it in my Literature class. After that I found it a bit better to understand, and then …
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I have read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald many times. It is one of the prime possessions in my personal library. Going through this book always give me reason why it is considered as one of the best American novels.
The story of the book revolves around …
Maze of The Beast-Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
This book is the sixth book in this kids book series. Jasmine, Barda, and Lief continue to search for the missing gems of the Belt of Deltora, and this time, the evil monster guarding the gem they are seeking is the creepy and slimy Glus.
The three come across the …
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