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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

13 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Namsu

Published: Oct. 24, 2011 Author: Walter Isaacson Genres: General Biography & Memoir, General Business, Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Business, Influential People   “I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Someti...

J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings is always a delightful read!!

6 May 2021 4 minute read 2 comments Greenchic

    This year, I again experienced the delight of reading my still favorite book, “The Lord Of The Rings”(LOTR), by literary genius J.R.R Tolkien. The book is pure magic, it’s simply a combination of so many lovely things. There is humour, fun, frol...

A look back at ‘First and Last Men’ and the fantastical Sci Fi world of the 1920’s

26 Apr 2021 3 minute read 1 comment Subpar Nova

  MAJOR Spoilers ahead for Olaf Stapelton’s First and Last Men. This book is open domain and available for free on the Gutenburg Project. The First Man Published in 1930, Last and First Men covers two billion years of theoretical human evolution, fro...

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt

26 Apr 2021 5 minute read 2 comments Namsu

Published: Originally 2005Author: Anne RiceGenres: Religious Historical Fiction, Biographical Historical Fiction, Christian Historical Fiction, Jesus, First Person Narrative, Young JesusThe first book that I read by Miss. Anne Rice was "Interview Wit...

James Herriot's Dog Stories

20 Apr 2021 8 minute read 0 comments Namsu

Published: 1986 Author: James Herriot Genres: Animal & Pet Care Essays, Biographies, Real-Life Stories, Short Stories, Fauna, Veterinarian Stories, For Family, Dogs, Dog Lovers, Cat Lovers, Animal Lovers    For all the dog and animal lovers, plus for...

Poetry Book Review: 'Tempest' by Ryan Meyer

6 Apr 2021 3 minute read 0 comments PinkGeeRough

Tempest Tempest is Ryan Meyer's second publication in which the author challenges himself to be more personal. In these poems, Ryan dances eloquently around the eye of the storm, not shying away from the darkest of thoughts. I commend his open vulner...

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia

15 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoCelt97

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk is a sprawling true story of how European explores came to Central Asia in search of buried empires and treasures in the old cities...

The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia Review

14 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoCelt97

The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk is a book about the pre-cursor to the cold war that happened in the 19th century between the British Empire and Russia. It is called ‘The Great Game’ because it was a secret war...

The Wendigo book review/recommendation

14 Mar 2021 2 minute read 1 comment CryptoCelt97

The Wendigo is a short horror novella (48 pages) written in the early 20th century by the famed author Algernon Blackwood. The scene is set when a rag-tag group of hunters delve deep into the uncharted and unforgiving Canadian wilderness in search of...

[Now Reading] Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

10 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ervin-lemark

Published in 2011, this book by Ransom Riggs started an avalanche visible in a series of books featuring the adventures of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children. The books and the fame surrounding them even sprouted a movie in 2016, directed by Tim Bur...