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#CrapGotPublished - "How to Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction"

9 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments FabulousBro

  Every week I present a new book, that is in my opinion crap that somebody has published... The event runs under the hastags 🙈 #RandomThingsTuesday #CrapGotPublished The next book of this series is the one with the lovely title: "How to Defend Your...

Saddam Hussein's Biggest Mistake Was Trusting America

7 Apr 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Coins Reporter

The book shows that the corruption of power, the deceit and arrogance of politicians can create such conditions, which, along with suffering from humanity, will forever cloud global politics.       It seems interesting to many people that world affa...

Book Review: “Emotional Intelligence 2.0”

1 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

I have been reading “Emotional Intelligence 2.0” since last year and finally finished reading it this long weekend. This is not to say that there is no merit in reading this. In fact, I learnt quite a bit from Travis’ and Jean’s book. For one, I now...

Book Review: “What is that?” Said the Cat

21 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I found ”What is that?” Said the Cat at a book exchange corner and took it in hopes that I could use it with my students with dyslexia. Little did I expect to use it with my son first. Which explains the adrenaline rush that is propelling me to type...

Review of The Sun Does Shine

20 Mar 2024 2 minute read 0 comments powersjo

The Sun Does Shine, How I found Life and Freedom on Death Row, is a powerful personal account from Anthony ‘Ray’ Hinton. Ray was on death row in the Alabama Judicial system for nearly 30 years, for a crime he didn’t commit. No one goes through life b...

A Brief History of Money, or Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin

14 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments CryptoMax1387

Do you enjoy reading sensible books? For me such reading replaces many temptations. The book "A Brief History of Money, or Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin" by Seifedin Ammous, professor of economics at the Lebanese American University, is...

Frank Herbert, the lion, the man and the moving van

8 Mar 2024 2 minute read 5 comments Heruvim78

      When we were 14 and books were still a thing, the most traded authors were Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne and Frank Herbert. Having a complete collection, or most of the books from one of these authors, you were more famous in town than the guys...

Book Review: “The End of Absence”

2 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Obviously, I think "The End of Absence" is a great book. This is why I am currently typing and organising all the following gems of wisdom that I underlined previously while reading. The staffroom is quiet, with my colleagues having left to embark o...

Get ready to rumble with Star Wars Hunters!

19 Feb 2024 1 minute read 3 comments Andre Van Zark

Just started diving into this book, and let me tell you, it's a blast-off for any Star Wars fan! Picture this: the epic clashes of your favorite galaxy far, far away, blended with the high-flying theatrics of professional wrestling. Forget lightsaber...

Review of Everyday Millionaires

19 Feb 2024 2 minute read 3 comments powersjo

Everyday Millionaires is written by Chris Hogan and is based on the largest study of millionaires ever conducted.  10,000 millionaires were surveyed and studied to find out any common traits, circumstances or practices that lead them to achieve a mil...