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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Book Review: Travels In A Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile
Travels In A Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile, by Sara Wheeler While Sara Wheeler in her book consistently shows herself to be a nontraditional and feminist leftist, the book is nonetheless entertaining because of its wit and verve. This … Continue reading
Book Review: The Newly Independent States of Eurasia: Handbook of Former Soviet Republics
The Newly Independent States of Eurasia: Handbook of Former Soviet Republics, by Stephen K. Batalden One cannot really call this book “up-to-date,” since its statistics are all from the 90′s (or the late 1980′s), but it is an interesting read … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Book Review, Europe, Former Soviet Union, international relations, nonfiction
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Book Review: Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered The World
Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered The World, by Claire Harman This book provides a very intriguing account of the popularity of Jane Austen and her works from her lifetime to the present day. A modestly successful novelist in her … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, British Literature, Jane Austen, nonfiction
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Book Review: Understanding Shakespeare’s England
Understanding Shakespeare’s England, by Jo McMurtry This book is an informative and sometimes dryly humorous guide to the England of the late 1500′s and early 1600′s dealing with a variety of issues: English class structure, the Tudors, the genealogies of … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, drama, English literature, nonfiction, Shakespeare
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Book Review: Tax-Free Retirement
Tax Free Retirement, by Patrick Kelly This book is, or should be, the model for books of its kind–it is short, filled with practical and useful advice far outside of the realm of retirement planning (including an implicit endorsement of … Continue reading
Book Review: The Novels of Jane Austen: An Interpretation
The Novels of Jane Austen: An Interpretation, by Darrel Mansell This book seeks to provide a consistent appreciation of Jane Austen’s novels in which the psychological purposes of Austen’s work in managing somewhat arbitrary points and illuminating the need for … Continue reading
Book Review: Am I The One?: Clues To Finding & Becoming A Person Worth Marrying
Am I The One?: Clues To Finding & Becoming A Person Worth Marrying, by James R.Lucas Part hip how-to-guide to preparing for marriage and part textbook, this slim volume is a useful read for anyone who is either serious about … Continue reading
Book Review: End The Fed
End The Fed, by Ron Paul This small, lively, and informative book combines several interrelated themes with a very obvious aim: to get rid of the Federal Reserve. The book serves in part as a mildly populist and strongly economic … Continue reading
Book Review: Jane Austen: A Life
Jane Austen: A Life, by Claire Tomalin Claire Tomalin offers an intuitive interpretation of the life and works of Jane Austen in this superb biography. Looking far beyond the surface, and admitting the difficult task of examining a life on … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Book Review, British Literature, Jane Austen, nonfiction
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Book Review: Change Buyer Behavior And Sell More Annuities
Change Buyer Behavior And Sell More Annuities, by Jack Marrion I would like to preface this review by saying that this book is targeted at a very small group of readers–namely those involved in the sale of insurance. The book … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, business, insurance sales, nonfiction, practical psychology
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