Today is Friday, November 21st, 2008
This is absolutely the worst book that I have ever read. It’s not Burroughs’ writing style that’s at issue here - I actually think he’s a very good writer. It’s simply that the material was not to my taste. I felt very uncomfortable while reading most of this book - the dirty house, the graphic [...]
Popularity: 69% [?]
January 19th, 2007 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
What might otherwise be deemed “just a Psychology Book” is propelled by Daniel Gilbert’s engaging and humorous approach to the subject matter. He begins with a basic lesson on the brain (the various parts and their functions) and he illustrates his lessons with some engaging and often humorous accounts. He quickly moves to [...]
Popularity: 67% [?]
January 19th, 2007 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
Sorry, I don’t buy it. Carly knew perfectly well going into the job that the HP Board was dysfunctional. All the warning signs were there - they fired her predecessor, they were removed from most of the hiring process, etc. You simply can’t justify the argument that the board was in [...]
Popularity: 59% [?]
January 19th, 2007 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
A tremendously inspiring book about Lance Armstrong’s fight against cancer and his subsequent continued success as a professional cyclist. Lance has an inner fire, he’s absolutely driven (a fighter from start to finish). He channels all his energy into whatever he is doing at the moment. You simply can’t walk away from [...]
Popularity: 60% [?]
January 19th, 2007 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
Our Book of the Month Club Selection for November 2006.
Team of Rivals doesn’t just tell the story of Abraham Lincoln. It is a multiple biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that he put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis. Here, Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles five of the key [...]
Popularity: 27% [?]
November 15th, 2006 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
Martha Stewart is an undeniable force in the business world. One of the worlds greatest entrepreneurs, she turned her personal passion into Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, a billion dollar business. This Fall shes breaking new ground with two television shows from NBCher reality show The Apprentice: Martha Stewart and her daytime syndicated show Marthaas well [...]
Popularity: 24% [?]
November 15th, 2006 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
We live in a time when the practice of representative government in the United States of America is under siege from both the left and the right. Scandals abound. We are first shocked, then wearied, to learn that our national leaders have feet of clay. We live in a time, in short, which demands that [...]
Popularity: 19% [?]
November 15th, 2006 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
Purchase this book at AMAZON.COM - Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
Popularity: 17% [?]
Popularity: 17% [?]
November 7th, 2006 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
Esteemed historian David McCullough covers the military side of the momentous year of 1776 with characteristic insight and a gripping narrative, adding new scholarship and a fresh perspective to the beginning of the American Revolution. It was a turbulent and confusing time. As British and American politicians struggled to reach a compromise, events on the [...]
Popularity: 22% [?]
November 7th, 2006 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
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