Archive for April, 2008
The Game-Changer by A.G. Lafley & Ram Charan
April 28th, 2008Title: The Game-Changer Authors: A.G. Lafley & Ram Charan Publisher: Crown Business (2008) Bingo!!! You know that IBM commercial where they play buzzword bingo before they go into the innovation meeting? If not…watch the ad here. Go ahead. I’ll give you a minute. Done? Good. That’s pretty much what it felt like to read The [...]
Stiff by Mary Roach
April 23rd, 2008Title: Stiff Author: Mary Roach Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2004) A while ago I read the book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach on a recommendation by my sister. A small part of me thought, “gross.” But most of me thought, “gross…awesome…and interesting.” So I hit up the library [...]
Dark Summit by Nick Heil
April 21st, 2008Title: Dark Summit Author: Nick Heil Publisher: Henry Holt & Company(2008) You know…in the short life of Letters On Pages so far, this is my second adventure book review. If you don’t know me, you would think that I love the outdoors and adventure stuff. Nope. I don’t really like going outside at all. That [...]
Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus
April 17th, 2008Title: Banker to the Poor Author: Muhammad Yunus Publisher: PublicAffairs (2003) Do you know what micro-lending is? Basically, micro-lending is when a person or organization lends a very small amount of money to a poor person. Then that poor person uses that loan to start a business in hopes that the business will pull them [...]
Hug Your People by Jack Mitchell
April 16th, 2008Title: Hug Your People Author: Jack Mitchell Publisher: Hyperion (2008) I got off on the wrong foot with this book. I think my mistake was reading the blurbs on the back cover. You see…there was one blurb written by Jim Nantz. Those who know me at all know how I feel about Jim Nantz. Not [...]
A Walk For Sunshine by Jeff Alt
April 15th, 2008Title: A Walk for Sunshine Author: Jeff Alt Publisher: Dreams Shared Publications (2007) I should probably start this review with a mini-disclaimer: Jeff Alt lives a few doors down from me. We were talking one day and he invited my wife and me to a reading at a local Barnes & Noble. He said he [...]
Link: A Peek At My Bookshelf
April 15th, 2008Deena over at A Peek At My Bookshelf recently wrote a small write up for Letters On Pages. She reviews Christian Fiction and Non-Fiction, and does a really nice job! Thanks Deena!
