ULTIMATE X-MEN: Hard Lessons
The downward spiral of the series continues as we get a fairly uneventful collection of recent issues.
What makes this issue even more annoying is the fact that it features the ‘Ultimate’ debut of Lady Deathstrike and the return of Ultimate Juggernaut neither of which are used …

Jeffrey Archer’s False Impression is a book best avoided. Indeed, it is difficult to believe how one of the best authors of this era could have come up with useless twaddle like this. The book purports to tell the story of a conniving and cunning New York banker who …

Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less is the book which made Jeffrey Archer famous and stamped him as one of the better writers of our timed. The book tells the story of four young men who have been defrauded by a master scamster. How the ill -matched …

Larry Collins and Dominique La Pierre’s The Fifth Horseman is a story of cliches - a power - mad dictator out to change the shape of the world, a god - fearing, principled American President, a wisecracking New York detective who short - circuits official methods in pursuit of …

Arthur Hailey’s Strong Medicine is a look by one of the finest authors of our times at the pharmaceutical industry. As is his style, Hailey weaves an engrossing story around the inner goings on of the industry. The protagonist of the book, Celia Jordan, is shown as rising from …

PUNISHER: Streets of Laredo
Ennis’ Punisher was pretty uneven when it was published under the Marvel Knights’ line. This humor of the earlier issues isn’t as apparent here as in other volumes,and in fact, the end of this book also marked the titles’ transition to the MAX adult line.
Mercifully.
This collection …

CAGE - Marvel Max
“In this neighborhood, you don’t go looking for trouble. trouble finds you!”
Remember my Essential Luke Cage review? Well, the character is brought into the moern age with the R Rated Marvel Max line and it is a great re-imagining of the classic character albiet a bit …

Ultimate Spiderman 10: Hollywood
This is another great trade paperback in the Ultimate Spiderman line as Spidey has to once again face off with the menace of Dr. octopus.
Spiderman heads west to put a stop to an “unauthorized” movie about his life and who doeshe happen to cross paths with? …

Ultimate Spiderman Vol 11: Carnage
Ok, I utterly hated this volume. Not that the writing is bad, but when the Ultimate line decides to remake classic issues, they need to do so properly.
This issue sees the remake of the death of Gwen Stacy, a total shocker in 1973 as major …

Ultimate Spiderman Vol 10: “Superstars”
This is a nifty little volume that explores the relationship between Johnny Storm, The Human Torch and Spiderman. They were an occassional duo in the 60’s and 70’s and in this moderncretelling, we see them cross paths in…High School! And. also, on rooftops as the …

This book is a very fun read. Set, like many of Terry Pratchett’s books, in Ankh Morpork (which I think is a very fun setting, full of oddness like the University and the Watch), with many references to characters from his other books such as Captain Carrot, Saccharissa Cripslock, …

I recently read Harry Potter and the Half blood Prince. This is the sixth book in the series of Harry Potter books. Having read the other five and finding each book stimulating and entertaining and just about the best books I have ever read. I didnt …

The Pilot’s Wife is the story of a woman woken up in the middle of the night to be told that her husband has died in a car accident and she has been left alone with her teenage daughter. Living in New England, in a small coastal town, …

To be honest, I didn’t like this book very much. The characters are appealing and the premise is a neat one, but there was a point in the book at which I found myself skimming more than I was reading.
Set in the 1960’s South, this is the story …

Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger
What is supposed to be the definitive chronicle of the cigarette business in the United States from its glorious rise to it apparant fall truly falters almost from the outset.
The problem with the book is that he tries to compensate for for any criticism …

Into the Void…With Ace Frehly By Wendy Moore.
Ace Frehly, as you probably know what KISS’ super guitarist during their glory days and, while you may or may not know, he
was fired in 1980 due to problems with substance abuse.
Ace returned to the KISS fold in the 1996 reunion tour …

Alone in a Room by John Scott Lewinski
This book is interesting look at the processor screen writing. Rather than a book on craft or a book on how to sell a screen play, it looks more at the psyche of writing and the psyche of the screenwriters looking …

Yell Oh Girls by Vickie Nam
This is a brilliant collection of essays by Asian-American female teenagers that should be on anyone’s bookshelf if they have even a passing interest in material written by Asian Americans or teens. What makes this book so special is the raw emotion that it …

The Death of Common Sense by Philip K. Howard
“How Law is Suffocating America”
It’s no surprise this book was a New York Times bestseller. Our chronicles a great deal of ridiculous situation in America where people’s obsession with lawsuits has led to a major decline in the way people conduct …

ANE’s Knowledge Book is an excellent book for the kids.It gives knowledge about means of communication,Hawkers,Wild and domestic animals,Birds,animals and their houses,kinds of animals, animals and their houses,favorite occasions,seasons,shapes and symbols,weather,colors,etc . Each and everything in this book is explained through the colorful and understandable pictures. Kids are generally …

This book was given to me as a gift and I adore it!
It’s a greeting card organization book with month by month folders with two greeting cards and envelopes in each. There’s also an address and telephone book in here as well.
The book is held closed with an envelope …

SEX DRUGS AND COCOA PUFF by Chuck Klosterman
Where to magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone find writers like this? Allegedly Chuck is a humorist and his book is about pop culture and his book is about pop culture and how it relates to the average male. What it never …

Boxing Mastery Advanced Techniques, Tactics and Strategies for the Sweet Science.
Boxing mastery is the third book in startups series boxing volumes. And much like to be excellent previous volumes this book is a must have for anyone with a passing interest in studying boxing as a recreational activity. Written …

Wrestling at the Chase
“The Inside story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling”
Professional wrestling always received sneers from the academic elite. Any attempt at serious study of the history of professional wrestling a would be met to with embarrassing laughter. Professional wrestling despite being a large …

Driven to Distraction By Edward M. Hallowell
It is a shame that this book did not see its publication release thirty years ago. Actually it is more of shame that thirty years ago the learning disorder ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) was not a psychiatric illness recognized were even discovered by …

IF THEY MOVE…KILL ‘EM The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah”
Sam was interesting character and he was probably one of the greatest directors of the Western genre. Maj. Dundee, Pat Garret and Billy The Kid, and of course the seminal classic, The Wild Bunch are firmly entrenched in film …

‘State of Fear’ is the latest novel from writer Michael Crichton. I must admit to being excited about reading this book, having always been a fan of Crichtons. Did it live up to my expectations? Absolutely. ‘State of Fear’ is gripping from beginning to end.
Funded …

Godzilla on My Mind , Fifty Years of the King of the Monsters by William Tsutsui
Tsutsui deserves a ton of praise as he truly delivers the goods by crafting a book that is 1/2 a history of Godzilla and 1/2 reflections of the Godzilla life that was once lived.
What …

Writing the Action Adventure Film by Neill D. Hicks
Could a book with the words “action” and “adventure” in the title possibly be more “boring?”
This is another in a seemingly endless line of “How to write a screenplay” books. What separates this title from other screewriting books is that it …

Sex Money Kiss by Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons follows up his New York Times bestselling autobiography with a self help book that professes to help people by giving them a look into the philosophy he has followed his entire life.
Some may get annoyed with Gene’s ego, but if your a …

“How corporate America Destroyed Professional Wrestling.”
Ole Anderson has been called bitter by many because of his outspoken nature against the changes in professional wrestling starting with Vince McMahon’s territorial expansion in the early 1980’s.
After reading his book on his wrestling career, a great deal of Ole’s feelings are …

Magneto’s daughter The Scarlett Witch uses her latent powers to create an alternate world where everyone gets their deepest desires.
The result of this is her father’s desire to have mutants rule over humans becomes a reality and none of earth’s heroes are aware of anything prior to the world …

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 …

“Zen Solutions to Real Problems”
Most self help books fall well below their lofty promises. This is one self help book that actually delivers.
Written over 15 years ago and still in print…and still selling…Chuck Norris’ treatise on zen and his life experiences is an interesting and fun read.
The book also …

Rolling Away by Lynne Marie Smith
Unlike “Generation Ecstacy,” Smith’s autobiography truly gives one a feel for the subculture that gets caught up in the drug Ecstacy.
Sadly, such a treatise is delivered as we see her pain and alienation and descent into drug problems.
It’s hard to not like Smith. She …

Generation Ecstacy by Simon Reynolds.
In the 1980’s, the rise of rave parties skyrocketed like a missile, hitting its peak in the 1990’s and then slowly heading into a decline.
This book is supposed to be the magnum opus that recounts the definitive look into rave culture and the rise of …

The Real Bettie Page by Richard Foster
This biography of the legendary pin up queen is revealing in more ways than one.
Page had fallen off the face of the earth shortly after her glory days as a 1950’s pin up queen and biographic data was quite sketchy. In the late …

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW by Scott Williams
With the apparent rebirth of Extreme Championship Wrestling looming on WWE TV, Scott Williams’ book chronicling the rise and fall of ECW could never be more timely.
There are several ECW books and history DVD’s on the market these days, …

Steven Reiss documents “The Sixteen Basic Desires That Motivate Our Action and Define Our Perspectives.” (The subheading of the book)
It is hard to argue that Reiss doesn’t know his stuff as his theory on what motivates people and shapes their personalities is dead on.
Some may argue just to have …

Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age By Martin Torgoff
Totally brilliant! Torgoff chronicles America’s obsession with drug culture from the end of World War Two to the modern age and does so in a way avoided by many interchangable books on drug abuse: he puts …

Ms. Cho’s first book, “I’m The One I Want” was a encellent read that gave a unique look into her life and her comedic process.
This book, however, really missed the mark and reads more like an extended rantings and ravings with almost no focus.
Ok, I did like the part …

The Lies Of George W. Bush Mastering the Politics of Deception by David Corn
Whether you agree or disagree with author Corn, at least you can agree he is respectful in his criticism and avoids the name calling and lame jokes that waste pages in most political books both on …

I just can’t understand why is there so much fuss about this book ? I mean yea its probably the first attempt by an economist to write something which us mere mortals can understand, but still !
Its a crackpot. I mean the topics are unrelated and most of them …

I read this Novel back in the late 1990s, after chancing upon it during a garage sales of a bookshop.
I bought it as I thought it was cheap and I needed a book to pass my free time. Well, I must say that the title was the only unique …

Personally, I am not a very frequent reader of Novel, especially when it is not an assignment requirement. But I read this book titled The Road To Memphis when I was in Secondary School which really left a deep impression even till now, and in my recall, I have …

Engulfed by Bernard F. Dick
The subheading of this book ‘The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood’is intriguing.
In the old days when Paramount was purchased by Gulf and Western, there were many gasps that Adolf Zukor’s beloved studio was now in the hands of corporate accountants. …

The Amazing Book of Magic & Card Tricks by Jon Tremaine.
Get up out of your easy chair and run to the bookstore and pick this masterpiece up right now!
Even if you only have a passing interest in the art and science of card tricsks, this volume will prove invaluable. …

NOTE: House Of M Books deal with the alternate Marvel Comics reality where humans are subjugated by mutants.
Incredible Hulk House of M shows that not much has changed for the green goliath in this alternate universe other than the fact that while searching for peace and quiet in Australia, …

House Of M Books deal with the alternate Marvel Comics reality where humans are subjugated by mutants.
House of M Spiderman throughs all Spidey conventions to the wind: Gwen Stacy and Uncle Ben never died and Peter Parker is the world famous multi millionaire media star known as Spiderman!
Life …

Star Trek Phase Two: The Lost Series
Judith Revees-Stevens. Here is a book that covers a fairly unknown period in Star Trek TV history.
In the 1970’s, the original series was doing very well in syndicated re-runs, Filmmations animated series was capturing new viewers and the early days of Star Trek …