Book Reviews (A to C)
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| A Band of miSFits (2011©) |
Andrew Baggarly |
miSFits |
Thoroughly Enjoyed / Heartily |
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| A Classical Primer: Ancient Knowledge For Modern Minds (2012©) |
Dan Crompton |
Early Knowledge |
Strong to Highly |
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| 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 |
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| A Mathematician’s Apology (1940©) |
G. H. Hardy |
Counting Valor |
Moderate / Interesting, but a bit too much “pity me” |
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| 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 |
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| The Age of Discontinuity (1969©) |
Peter F. Drucker |
Fascinating Discontinuity |
A CLASSIC!! / A must read for anyone interested in business or forecasting the future |
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| The Aims Of Education (1929©) |
Alfred North Whitehead |
Of Two Minds |
Moderate to Strong |
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| Amateur (2018©) |
Thomas Page McBee |
Fighting With Oneself |
Moderate to Strong |
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| American Fascists – The Christian Right And The War On America (2006©) |
Chris Hedges |
Tolerating The Intolerant |
Interesting, but too strident to be convincing |
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| American Shaolin (2007©) |
Matthew Polly |
Chasing His Dragon |
Highly |
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| An Analysis Of The Comic Book Industry’s Business Issues (2011©) |
Shawn James |
Nutcracker And Nooks |
An “eBook” with poor editing; moderate recommendation |
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| An Incomplete Education (2006©) |
Judy Jones and William Wilson |
A Little More Progress |
Highly |
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| The Art Of A Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan’s Tour of the NBA (2009©) |
Chris Ballard |
Genes, Desire And Luck |
Strong |
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| The Art Of Pitching (1984©) |
Tom Seaver with Lee Lowenfish |
Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies |
Highly |
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| The Bed Of Procrustes (2010©) |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
Delayed Reviews |
Highly |
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| Blink (2005©) |
Malcolm Gladwell |
Home Again, Home Again, Jig-A-De, Jig… |
Highly |
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| Blood, Sweat and Chalk (2010©) |
Tim Layden |
Cleaning the Chalk Board |
A major disappointment |
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| The Book of War (2008©) |
Dwight Jon Zimmerman |
Par-a-diddle |
Moderate |
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| 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. |
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| Buffettology (1997©) |
Mary Buffett and David Clark |
All In The Family |
Highly |
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| Casca #1: The Eternal Mercenary (1979©) |
Barry Sadler |
That You Shall Remain |
Highly |
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| Casca #2: God Of Death (1979©) |
Barry Sadler |
That’s Gotta Leave A Scar |
Strong |
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| Casca #3: The War Lord (1980©) |
Barry Sadler |
The War Lord |
Highly |
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| Casca #4: Panzer Soldier (1980©) |
Barry Sadler |
Panzer Soldier |
Strong |
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| Casca #5: The Barbarian (1981©) |
Barry Sadler |
Crab Feed |
Strong |
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| Casca #6: The Persian (1982©) |
Barry Sadler |
That Burns |
Strong |
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| Chasing Perfection: The Principles Behind Winning Football the De La Salle Way (2015©) |
Bob Ladouceur with Neil Hayes |
Very Nearly |
VERY Highly |
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| The China Study (2006©) |
T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II |
Studying Chinese Food |
Interesting But Overbearing |
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| A Christian’s Pocket Guide To Islam (2001©) |
Patrick Sookhdeo |
Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies |
Moderate |
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| Circles (2000©) |
James Burke |
Möbius |
Poor to Moderate |
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| The Complete Book of Running (1977©) |
James F. Fixx |
The Church In Crisis… |
Highly |
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| The Complete Hammer’s Slammers (2009©) |
David Drake |
Hammer ‘N Roses |
Highly |
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| The Complete Maus (2011©) |
Art Spiegelman |
A Family Horror Story |
Highly |
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| Confessions of a Tax Collector (2004©) |
Richard Yancey |
Non-Taxing Read |
Highly |
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| 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. |
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| Cowboy Poetry: A Gathering (1985©) |
Hal Cannon (Editor) |
Life On The Range |
Very good / Recommended |
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