Archive for April, 2008
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
April 13th, 2008Title: The Brain That Changes Itself Author: Norman Doidge, M.D. Publisher: Penguin (2007) I was asked to read and review The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge. At first, I wasn’t all that excited to read this book because the title seems kind of “hippie-ish” (note: I know that is not a real word. [...]
The Perfect Store by Adam Cohen
April 11th, 2008Title: The Perfect Store Author: Adam Cohen Publisher: Back Bay Books (2003) I was at the library recently and they had a featured section of eBay books. They were mostly “How to Make Money at eBay” books. But The Perfect Store: Inside eBay caught my attention. As you can probably already tell (or will soon), [...]
The Richest Man In Babylon by George Clason
April 8th, 2008Title: The Richest Man In Babylon Author: George Clason Publisher: Signet (2004 – reprint) I am a personal finance nerd. I read multiple personal finance blogs everyday. There are about 1 million of them, so it’s pretty easy to find some. A while ago one of the blogs I like, Free Money Finance, did a [...]
The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman
April 6th, 2008Title: The Wal-Mart Effect Author: Charles Fishman Publisher: Penguin (2006) When I first decided to read The Wal-Mart Effect I was a little concerned. As I am sure you know, Walmart is not generally a place that people are neutral on. There are some pretty strong feelings about Walmart. Generally the Walmart haters are much [...]
Link: J. Kaye’s Book Blog
April 6th, 2008Recently, another book blogger/reviewer gave me a write up on her blog J. Kaye’s Book Blog. It’s a really nice review blog and has a lot of readers. My write up can be found here. Thanks J. Kaye!
Tip Off by Filip Bondy
April 4th, 2008Title: Tip-Off Author: Filip Bondy Publisher: Da Capo Press (2007) Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever, by Filip Bondy, takes a deep look at the players and general managers involved in what is commonly referred to as the “Sam Bowie Draft.” When I pick up a book like this, I like to [...]
McCartney by Christopher Sandford
April 2nd, 2008Title: McCartney Author: Christopher Sandford Publisher: Carroll & Graf (2006) I have probably read more total pages about the Beatles as a group and their individual lives than any other topic. (like this ,this ,this & more. I love the Beatles. So when I recently found out that there was a Paul McCartney (unauthorized) biography [...]
