Archive for November, 2008

John Lennon by Philip Norman

November 28th, 2008

Title: John Lennon
Author: Philip Norman
Publisher: Ecco (2008)

I love the Beatles. I have read approximately 10,000 books about the Beatles…I can’t get enough. In fact, one of the first books I reviewed for Letters on Pages was a biography of Paul McCartney. So when I recently saw a new biography of John Lennon [...]

Book News: Ugghhhhh

November 19th, 2008

As a relatively intelligent person…this is offensive to me.  ”Joe the Plumber” has a book coming out. From the LA Times:
Joe the Plumber, a.k.a. Samuel Wurzelbacher, landed on the national stage on Oct. 15, when John McCain brought him up during a debate with Barack Obama. The Ohio-based tradesman wasn’t planning on national stardom [...]

The Surgeons by Charles R. Morris

November 18th, 2008

Title: The Surgeons
Author: Charles R. Morris
Publisher: W.W. Norton(2007) 

I love medical books. Though I feel I should qualify that statement because I don’t love medical textbooks. No…I’ve never read one…but I imagine it is filled with big words and gross pictures. What I do love are books about medical things. A while [...]

Book News: Why Obama Can’t Win!

November 11th, 2008

I love this stuff. Some dude wrote a book about Barack Obama and titled it “A Bound Man”. Fine. No problem. Then he was “forced” to add a subtitle so he chose: “Why we are excited about Obama and Why He Can’t Win”.
OOPS!!!!
From The New York Times:
Many an author has come [...]

Scratch Beginnings by Adam Shepard

November 6th, 2008

Title: Scratch Beginnings
Author: Adam Shepard
Publisher: HarperCollins (2008)

I heard about this book on the personal finance blog Get Rich Slowly, which is an awesome blog that you should check out immediately after reading this review!  The author, Adam Shepard, stated in an interview that he read Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by [...]

Two Wars by Nate Self

November 4th, 2008

Title: Two Wars
Author: Nate Self
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (2008)

When I read the summary of this book, I knew I had to read it. I am a big fan of war stories and this looked like a good one…plus, being from Afghanistan, it is recent. Two Wars: One Hero’s Fight on Two Fronts – Abroad [...]