Reviews
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Thinking Fast And Slow
If you liked pop economics books like Freakanomics, you might like this more in depth look at how people think (or don’t think) rationally. At nearly 500 pages, this is a book you need...
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The Artist’s Way: A spiritual path to higher creativity
I’ve bought this book at least five times in the past twenty years. Each copy was so dogeared and had so many notes in the margins, I eventually just gave up and got a...
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Memento
There are certain movies that stand out and remain with you long after watching them. Memento is one such film. Directed by Christopher Nolan, this is a suspense thriller with an interesting twist. The...
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Zombieland
With so many films re-exploring classic horror concepts, zombies are no exception. In this zombie apocalypse movie we get a perfect blend of action and comedy. Zombieland does not take itself too seriously and...
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X-Men: First Class
When discussing the X-Men film series you really need to divide the review into casual viewers and comic book fans. The film series has done well despite not being well received by comic book...
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Shockaholic
Can you get addicted to shock treatments? Apparently if you’re Carrie Fisher. If you suspected a book one quarter of which deals with having electricity run through your brain to cure depression and addiction couldn’t...
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My Stroke of Insight
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was just 37 years old when she suffered the unthinkable – a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. The ultimate irony – and opportunity – here was...
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Birdology
As a bird owner and a bird lover, I found “Birdology” by Sy Montgomery to be quite a literary find. The author of the runaway best-seller, “The Good Good Pig”, has taken on a...
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Broken Music
As a die-hard Sting fan, I have read “Broken Music”, the songwriter and superstar pop performer’s memoir, more than once. If I am being honest, I have read it more than twice…and more than...
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It Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t)
Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW, is on the perennial quest to restore self-respect, self-trust, and geniune intra-personal intimacy into the lives of women (and people) everywhere. With her breakout best-seller “I Thought It Was Just...