B is For Beer by Tom Robbins – Book Review

November 8, 2009 by  
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B is For Beer by Tom Robbins is a must read book in this generation. It is very timely; Tom Robbins has exerted time and effort to think of ideas on how to open people’s eyes in a discreet manner. His style of attacking on serious issues while using soft words makes the whole content more interesting. It’s... 

Book Reviews – Are They Really Necessary?

November 8, 2009 by  
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You have just received your masterpiece in print, and it’s both exciting and scary at the same. Perhaps you’ve just realized that you aren’t the only new author out there, and nobody knows who you are. Perhaps you’ve just asked yourself, “How competitive is the book publishing... 

Book Review of Jaswant Singh’s Latest Book

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Jaswant left the Indian Army about four decades back and joined the BJP, the Hindu political party floated with the backing of nationalist Hindu organizations like the RSS (Rashtra Swaym sewak Sangh). In fact he was a founder member of the party in 1980.Jaswant rise over the last 3 decades was meteoric... 

Some Reflecting Thoughts on “Finding Your Own North Star” by Martha Beck

November 8, 2009 by  
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I just started reading the book “Finding Your Own North Star claiming the life you were meant to live” and from the few pages this book is resonating with me. We each have two selves inside us which are the essential self and the social self. The essential self is the intricate compasses... 

Review on the Book, “An Inconvenient Truth”

November 8, 2009 by  
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The inconvenient truth is a documentary book that talks about Global Warming published by Al Gore. The book talks about key arguments within the scientific realm focusing on problems with c02 increases recorded throughout the year. The book is much like the film; it focuses on a storyline of how Al... 

5 Ways to Buy Books at Cheaper Rates

November 8, 2009 by  
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Book lovers constantly are on the lookout for cheaper books so that they can add to their collection as well as feed their voracious reading habits. There are many ways to buy books at cheaper rates, but you can get a definitive bargain if you use the methods listed below to get books that you can afford... 

Review – Beyond the Secret

November 8, 2009 by  
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Who here has not read the book or seen the movie “The Secret?” This review attempts to bring some perspective to “The Secret,” so as to better understand what seems to be its message of materialism gone wild. The philosophy behind “The Secret” is nothing new. The... 

Horror Books and the Independent Press

November 8, 2009 by  
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The independent press is rising again! Yes, we can all celebrate, for it is long overdue. Smaller time books publishers are receiving attention never once possible thanks to a particular medium that has opened countless doors for countless people: the internet. Truly, the internet has given us access... 

Simone De Beauvoirs’ “Woman” and Langston Hughes’ “That Word Black”

November 8, 2009 by  
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Simone de Beauvoirs’ “Woman” is a never-ending diatribe of words and phrases used by Beauvoir in a unique way. She gives an account of how the essence of a woman is defined by man. The condescending and animal-like terms used by man to describe a woman are offensive. According to the... 

Books – The Most Resourceful Companions For Life

November 8, 2009 by  
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Books are regarded as the only place where a fragile thought can be examined without breaking it. Books are the carriers of civilization and all that we know about the civilization that was, is through books. Also it is aptly known as a man’s most reliable friend and an ingenious antidote to freedom. The... 

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