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Tag Archives: books
More opening lines (or more of my favorite literary classics)
Continuing on last night’s theme, I thought I’d share a few more opening lines with you. Actually, two are reminders from a friend that said I skipped two good ones – and he was right because they are probably two … Continue reading
Reading: It’s all in the opening (or some of my all-time literature favorites)
In marketing and advertising, there is an adage about the first 30 seconds being critical to grabbing people’s attention. I have found that in literature, this same rule applies to some of my favorite books. Truly great authors have the … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, cervantes, dante, dostoyevsky, faulkner, grass, hemingway, kafka, literature, mann, marquez, postaday, postaweek, reading, reviews
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Book and Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl’s book Fantastic Mr. Fox is a great kid story and since 2009, also a classic kid movie by Wes Anderson. The book and movie both deal with a sly Mr Fox, father of one (the movie) or several … Continue reading
Book Review: Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson
I swear I didn’t know he would be Job’s biographer when I purchased this book. I purchased it after reading the Einstein biography by Mr. Isaacson several months ago. This biography is on par with that one. Insightful and complete, … Continue reading
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Tagged benjamin franklin, book reviews, books, einstein, postaday2011, postaweek2011, reading, reviews
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(Bloody) Book Review: Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
And I thought I had a repulsive idea of the horrors of the USSR before? Well, this book certainly made me realize how little I really knew. Stalin was capable of kindness and humor with family and friends and yet … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, montefiore, postaday2011, postaweek2011, reading, reviews, stalin
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Book Review: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
I already started reviewing this book a few posts back and wanted to give you a more complete rundown now that I finished it. While it started out a bit dated with the Hush Puppies example of something that tipped, … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, gladwell, postaday2011, postaweek2011, reviews, tipping point, writing
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Book Reviews: Guy Kawasaki’s Reality Check and Enchantment
As promised earlier this week, here are my reviews of two more Kawasaki books. Reality Check (2008) starts off as an updated mash-up of Rules for Revolutionaries and The Art of the Start – there are entire chapters from each … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, guy kawasaki, postaday2011, postaweek2011, reading, reviews
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Book Review: Guy Kawasaki’s Rules for the Revolution and The Art of the Start
I read Guy Kawasaki’s blog long before I even knew he wrote a few books. alltop.com is more than worth the cursory or daily look for interesting content. However, this brief article is meant to discuss the first two books … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, guy kawasaki, postaday2011, postaweek2011, reading, reviews
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Book Review: Something Supposedly Fun That I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace (RIP)
This was my first experience of the writing of David Foster Wallace. I had heard of him over the blogosphere following his suicide a few years back – mostly accolades from academics that knew him. This is a book of … Continue reading
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Book Review: Chuck Klosterman IV
This is actually the 4th Klosterman book I have read so the title is oddly appropriate. It is a collection of essays grouped into three sections – the last of which is actually a fiction story. It is funny at … Continue reading
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