Published in October 18th, 2008
Philip Roth is one of the more interesting writers of American fiction. I have read almost all of his books and have enjoyed all of them. "Indignation" is his latest book. It is a short book about a studious 18 year old man from Newark, NJ. The story takes place in 1951 during the Korean [...]
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Published in October 10th, 2008
Kate Christensen has created a masterpiece with "The Great Man." Ironically, it is really a novel about three great women and one very flawed man. Oscar Feldman is the so called "great man" of this story. Unfortunately for Oscar, he is dead for the duration of this retelling of his life. The story centers [...]
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Published in October 10th, 2008
With "Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution," T.J. English has delivered the most comprehensive look at mob influence in Cuba. He carefully uses history to create a story that you just can’t put down. If you read this book and follow it up with "Telex from Cuba" [...]
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Published in October 10th, 2008
Paulo Coelho is a master at writing stories that provide a glimpse into human frailties. He is a modern parable teller. "The Devil and Miss Prym" is no exception to his style and does indeed provide the most telling view of temptation and our typical response to it.
In this parable of good and evil, a [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
"Telex from Cuba" authored by Rachel Kushner is one of those books that mixes historical facts with an interesting fictional narrative–a book you simply cannot put down once you start reading it. It is a story about the employees of the United Fruit Company in Cuba and the 330,000 acres of land that it controlled [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
The Whore’s Child and Other Stories
$12.95 (USD)
Richard Russo
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“The Whore’s Child” is an unbelievably touching collection of short stories that showcase Richard Russo’s ability to portray various characters as vulnerable, human and sympathetic. The title story is about an elderly nun that enters a creative writing class and proceeds to give [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
Terrorist
John Updike
$24.95 (USD)
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Terrorist is a fictional work of art. It introduces us to a world of despair where the main character, Ahmad, is a teenage boy in search of an identity. He is manipulated by others into the dark world of Islamic terrorism and is part of [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy
T.R. Reid
$25.95 (USD)
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This is an amazing book that dispels the notion that the United States is the only superpower left on the planet. It should be mandatory reading for the every elected official [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore
Brian Bagnall
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On The Edge is a well written and entertaining history of the early personal computer years as told by the engineers that created it. The book presents what is arguably an accurate view of the [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
The Google Story
David A. Vise and Mark Malseed
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This book is an easy-to-read look at the search giant. It gives you a time line view beginning with the founding of the company through its phenomenal growth and current ubiquity. The book discusses the “Google economy” and [...]
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