Archive for June, 2009
Get Rich Cheating by Jeff Kreisler
June 15th, 2009Title: Get Rich Cheating Author: Jeff Kreisler Publisher: Harper (2009) Do you want a lot of money but don’t have the talent or skill level to obtain it? Apart from playing the lottery (which is a loser’s bet for sure), it seems like the only way to reach your goal is to cheat. At least [...]
LOP News: Sacramento Book Review
June 14th, 2009Pretty recently I got involved with the Sacramento Book Review publication. It (obviously) is based in Sacramento, California and they put out a monthly print magazine of book reviews. It is put together very well…and I got to be in print for the first time! In the June edition I reviewed Home Game by Michael [...]
Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time by Richard Conniff
June 9th, 2009Title: Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time Author: Richard Conniff Publisher: W.W. Norton (2009) I am an explorer. There is nothing I like better than to find some place I have never seen and just go exploring. Though I guess now would be a good time to mention I don’t like to actually leave my [...]
Great Writing: Kurt Streeter – LA Times
June 8th, 2009I’ve decided to introduce a new feature here at LOP. As I’m sure most of my readers do as well, I read a lot of stuff besides books. In my case, I like to read a lot of sports stuff (Joe Posnanski) and some great blogs (Free Money Finance, Cafe Hayek). Obviously those things are [...]
The Maxims of Manhood by Jeff Wilser
June 6th, 2009Title: The Maxim’s of Manhood Author: Jeff Wilser Publisher: Adams Media (2009) Those who know me personally can tell you that I am a pretty manly dude. In fact, I was once asked to be a stand in for a Paul Bunyan live appearance. People associate my name with chainsaws, chewing glass with my teeth, [...]
LOP News: More Kindle Stuff
June 2nd, 2009Here’s a good column about the Kindle 2.0. Basically he is saying that, while really super cool, hand held book readers have a long way to go. From the New York Times: The reading device of the future will surely be backlighted, unlike the Kindle, so you can read in the dark. It will have [...]
