Book Reviews (A to C) |
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Title | Author | Review Link | Rating |
A Band of miSFits (2011©) | Andrew Baggarly | miSFits | Thoroughly Enjoyed / Heartily |
A Classical Primer: Ancient Knowledge For Modern Minds (2012©) | Dan Crompton | Early Knowledge | Strong to Highly |
A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It (2008©) | Paul C. Light | Ill Executed | Three or four useful pieces of information / otherwise fairly useless |
A Mathematician’s Apology (1940©) | G. H. Hardy | Counting Valor | Moderate / Interesting, but a bit too much “pity me” |
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story Of Risk (1998©) | Peter L. Bernstein | Risk, Lyrics, Starting Over, And My Trip To The ER | Enjoyable and Enlightening / Highly |
The Age of Discontinuity (1969©) | Peter F. Drucker | Fascinating Discontinuity | A CLASSIC!! / A must read for anyone interested in business or forecasting the future |
The Aims Of Education (1929©) | Alfred North Whitehead | Of Two Minds | Moderate to Strong |
Amateur (2018©) | Thomas Page McBee | Fighting With Oneself | Moderate to Strong |
American Fascists – The Christian Right And The War On America (2006©) | Chris Hedges | Tolerating The Intolerant | Interesting, but too strident to be convincing |
American Shaolin (2007©) | Matthew Polly | Chasing His Dragon | Highly |
An Analysis Of The Comic Book Industry’s Business Issues (2011©) | Shawn James | Nutcracker And Nooks | An “eBook” with poor editing; moderate recommendation |
An Incomplete Education (2006©) | Judy Jones and William Wilson | A Little More Progress | Highly |
The Art Of A Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan’s Tour of the NBA (2009©) | Chris Ballard | Genes, Desire And Luck | Strong |
The Art Of Pitching (1984©) | Tom Seaver with Lee Lowenfish | Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies | Highly |
The Bed Of Procrustes (2010©) | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Delayed Reviews | Highly |
Blink (2005©) | Malcolm Gladwell | Home Again, Home Again, Jig-A-De, Jig… | Highly |
Blood, Sweat and Chalk (2010©) | Tim Layden | Cleaning the Chalk Board | A major disappointment |
The Book of War (2008©) | Dwight Jon Zimmerman | Par-a-diddle | Moderate |
Born To Run (2009©) | Christopher McDougall | 55 | Highly / A few books can change your view of the world. For me, this is one of the few. |
Buffettology (1997©) | Mary Buffett and David Clark | All In The Family | Highly |
Casca #1: The Eternal Mercenary (1979©) | Barry Sadler | That You Shall Remain | Highly |
Casca #2: God Of Death (1979©) | Barry Sadler | That’s Gotta Leave A Scar | Strong |
Casca #3: The War Lord (1980©) | Barry Sadler | The War Lord | Highly |
Casca #4: Panzer Soldier (1980©) | Barry Sadler | Panzer Soldier | Strong |
Casca #5: The Barbarian (1981©) | Barry Sadler | Crab Feed | Strong |
Casca #6: The Persian (1982©) | Barry Sadler | That Burns | Strong |
Chasing Perfection: The Principles Behind Winning Football the De La Salle Way (2015©) | Bob Ladouceur with Neil Hayes | Very Nearly | VERY Highly |
The China Study (2006©) | T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II | Studying Chinese Food | Interesting But Overbearing |
A Christian’s Pocket Guide To Islam (2001©) | Patrick Sookhdeo | Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies | Moderate |
The Circle Of Fifths For Guitarists (2017©) | Joseph Alexander | Four Fifths Of Music | Strong |
Circles (2000©) | James Burke | Möbius | Poor to Moderate |
The Complete Book of Running (1977©) | James F. Fixx | The Church In Crisis… | Highly |
The Complete Hammer’s Slammers (2009©) | David Drake | Hammer ‘N Roses | Highly |
The Complete Maus (2011©) | Art Spiegelman | A Family Horror Story | Highly |
Confessions of a Tax Collector (2004©) | Richard Yancey | Non-Taxing Read | Highly |
The Conscience Of A Conservative (1960©) | Senator Barry Goldwater | Graduations And Conservatives | Highly / It is difficult to imagine a “serious” opinion book, which history has judged to be so completely wrong. |
Cowboy Poetry: A Gathering (1985©) | Hal Cannon (Editor) | Life On The Range | Very good / Recommended |
The Curse Of Tenaya (2002©) | Craig J. Carrozzi | A Life Well Lived, A Story Well Told | Highly |