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Book Reviews
It's been suggested we keep a thread sticky for those of you with good book suggestions and preferrably your attached (brief) review.
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My Buddy and Me
 
Location: Iowa | Thank you Dave.
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My Buddy and Me
Location: Iowa | Patriots, Surviving the Coming Collapse, by James Wesley, Rawles
I will give it two thumbs up!! It is fiction based on a very realistic scenerio that is all too possible. And he has supplied it's readers w/ a wealth of information. Information that he has definitely taken the time to research. However, there are some instances where I think he goes over the top, but it does not detract from the work as a whole.
Thanks to Sheepdog for the book. I enjoyed it!
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Grammar Expert
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| Still reading Virus Mania, it's pretty deep, so look for a review in a week or so! |
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Proud American Patriot
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Location: Watertown, SD | I'm in the beginnings of a book entitled, Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand. So far, it is an amazing combination of Christianity, history and politics as this Russian man tells his story of living in Romania at the rise of Communism. One thing that he wrote very early in the book that really sucked the spit outta my mouth was this:
"Men are responsible before God not only for their personal sins, but also for their national sins. The tragedy of all the captive nations is a responsibility on the hearts of American and British Christians. Americans must know that they have at times unwittingly assisted the Russians in imposing upon us a regime of murder and terror. As a part of the Body of Christ, Americans must atone for this by helping the captive peoples come to the light of Christ."
I still have the mark on my forehead from this statement smacking me across the face. Like smiley, more updates will come once I have completed the book... |
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My Buddy and Me
Location: Iowa | Here's one that will be released October 6th that I would like to get a hold of.
Architects of Ruin written by Peter Schweizer
"Architects of Ruin" can be advance-ordered now on Amazon.com. No doubt, it will generate a flood of negative reviews from liberals in the mainstream media and their allies in the political and academic worlds in part because of sensational tidbits like the fact White House Chief of Staff was paid "more than $46,000 an hour as a board member for Freddie Mac." What caught my eye today, though, concerns a little known fact about a long-forgotten class-action lawsuit filed in 1994 by three young trial lawyers, one of whom just happens to be sitting in the Oval Office today as president. The case was Selma S. Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Federal Savings Bank. Obama and his colleagues claimed in the suit that Citibank had had rejected loan applications by the plaintiffs simply because they were black, or because they lived in predominantly black neighborhoods. In short, the suit was one of thousands filed during the 1990s claiming racial bigotry, not poor credit histories, explained high rejection rates among minorities applying for mortgages. Whatever you think on that issue, here's what struck me: After four years of haggling, Citibank settled with Buyck, a Chicago woman, out of court. She received $60,000. Obama and the other lawyers on the plaintiff side got $950,000. Such outcomes help put in perspective why the class-action trial lawyers spend millions of dollars every year lobbying Congress and state governments either to protect the lucrative turf they already have, or to create profitable new lines of litigation.
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Grammar Expert
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| Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy
Five Stars
A Must Read
If you have a child, plan to have a child or are a new grandparent, this book is a must read. I loved it. Of course I loved it, it reiterates everything I've been saying for years.
Vaccines cause Autism. Stories from the trenches. Stories from real parents who watched their child regress and get worse. Children who were doing well, on schedule, talking, walking and eating are suddenly autistic. Loved this book.
From the introduction:
Like many of you and like some of my colleagues, I'm extremely concerned about what has caused the tremendous increase in autism and related disorders over the past decade. The presumption that doctors are much better at diagnosis is absurd and unscientific. (I know I am not 400 to 800 percent smarter than I was years ago.) The truth is that we ahve to look harder at what happens when we directly and repeatedly inject toxic materials into babies, toddlers and children. The benefits for most healthy children are easily matched or outweighed by the risks of the immunization schedule used by almost all pediatricians. Some of our vaccines have outlived their usefulness in the United States and elsewhere, and other need reformulation to make them safer for those families who want their children to recieve them. Additionally, pediatricians and the medical community at large have to begin listening very closely to parents who know their children better than we do. . .
Jay N. Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC, FABM
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCLS Medical Center
Former Senior Fellow in Pediatric Nutrition, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute
That said most of it right there in the intro, but the book goes on to detail the stories of actual parents who once believed in the vaccine industry and no longer trust the entire medical establishment based on the guilt they feel from not knowing more about vaccines and accepting that they "should" do what they are told to do.
One chapter is called "Canaries in the Coal Mines" and echoes what many have been saying all along - if our children are this sick and our aging generations are being taken down by ALS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and more, what does that mean for US as we age and produce children?
It means we're toxic folks. More toxic than in any other time in history. We have decades on decades of toxins in us. We cannot escape it any longer and our children are paying the price.
If you don't believe in the danger of vaccines, this book is a great place to start. If you already know about the danger of vaccines, this book is a great read and will make you cry. If you have a child with autism, this book will provide a portion of hope that your child can get better through DAN! protocols. And no, this is not a sales pitch for DAN!, that just happens to be what has worked for most of the mothers in the book. Diet change, vitamins, supplements and in some cases chelation. Simple things that will not hurt your child, so why not try them!
Loved this book, am a new fan of Jenny McCarthy and still scratch my head at the people who don't see the facts right in front of their face.
Five stars.
A must read.
http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Warriors-Parents-Healing-Against/dp/B002HREKD2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254682814&sr=1-1 |
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Grammar Expert
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| http://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-McBride-House-True-Haunting/dp/0738715050/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255355159&sr=1-1-spell
This was a fun read and quick. It's about a true haunting of a house in Oklahoma on a old military base.
The house was built by a doctor in 1895 and then years and years (obviously) later another doctor moves his family into the house. The haunting is experienced by many more than just one or two people and they never moved out! IN fact, instead of being scared (which they also got scared according to the book) they welcomed the different personalities of the ghosts and eventually even led ghost tours after living with the ghosts about 20 years!
It's not real scary, but it's a quick fun read if you like that sort of a book. I give it 4 stars, as it's not a "can't put it down book" but it is a "fun" book. |
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Location: Arizona | Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" moves up it's release date from this spring to early this November due to high demands. I can't wait.  |
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Grammar Expert
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| RidenFly - 10/26/2009 9:41 AM Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" moves up it's release date from this spring to early this November due to high demands. I can't wait.
I will be real interested in your review. I was talking to someone the other day who voted for Obama and she was somehow disgusted that Palin wrote a memoir, even though they are some of the hottest books on the market today, and not even for people with "known" factors.
Then I asked "well then how do you feel about Obama writing one just for graduating from Harvard? He wasn't anything when he wrote his and got a 1.5 million dollar advance for it."
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Cake eating bull chaser
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| RQH - 9/18/2009 6:24 PM Patriots, Surviving the Coming Collapse, by James Wesley, Rawles
I will give it two thumbs up!! It is fiction based on a very realistic scenerio that is all too possible. And he has supplied it's readers w/ a wealth of information. Information that he has definitely taken the time to research. However, there are some instances where I think he goes over the top, but it does not detract from the work as a whole.
Thanks to Sheepdog for the book. I enjoyed it!
I enjoyed this book too. You are right, some was a little over the top. But, it did make me think of some of the things I had'nt thought of!
Another good one along this line is, "One Second After", by William R. Forstchen. |
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Location: Arizona | Excited to say I am almost done with the Palin book.
So far the book was really interesting and gave a pretty insightful look into politics from a normal un "DC" perspective. I feel she was honest in her testimonial of the whole experience and in fact really was treated unfairly and frankly, a little wierd. I almost come away thinking the McCain camp just didn't have a clue and deserved to loose. If they can't handle a popular VP candidate and know how to expose her popularity, then maybe I wouldn't have wanted him in the White House anyway.
Palin cracked me up with her observation of Biden before the debate and I can could clearly see that she saw the whole experience the same way any average person would have...
She refers to Reagan alot and seems to admire him greatly and I think if given the chance again, she would govern in his footsteps of principles.
Really liked the book. |
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BHW Jr. Cougar of the Year
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Location: Noobville, Texas | Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, Daughter of Eternity by Michelle Moran. Two thumbs up! It's a fascinating look at ancient Egypt told through the eyes of Nefertiti's sister, Mutnodjmet. It's historical fiction all happening around 1350 ish BC with the 18th dynasty. All the facts are on target with what really happened (as much as we know), with the added twist of someone's point of view. She throws in some juicy pg-13 romance, to make it good. Their world was nothing but plotting, politics, fashion, building, and their many gods. Nefertiti was married to real live crazy person named Amunhotep IV, who later changed his name to Akhenaten. He had another wife, as many did back then, named Kiya. Talk about drama with two wives. Nefertiti was the 1st wife, or queen. They had 6 girls, which was not a good thing back then. Kiya gave him two sons. One was Tutankhamun. She could have had three, but Nefertiti had her poisoned and she lost a baby. They were ruthless! (Might not have really happened, but it made for good reading.) He even tried, unsuccessfully, to change the main god of Egypt from Amun, to the sun, Aten. Tearing down all the temples, killing or jailing the priest, and not allowing the people of his new city to have any alters to anything but his god. That didn't work out too well for him. He moved the capitol from Thebes to Amarna, a city he had built for himself. It was deserted after his death and is still being excavated to today.
Mutnodjmet, the sister, is the mother of Nefertari, who married Ramessess II. Possible Pharaoh of Exodus. |
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Location: Farther right every day! | Rain Gods by James Lee Burke
Set in my part of the world, sort of, he takes some artistic license with moving some locations/businesses around. Changed his horse's breed once, but this book has things profound enough about human nature to be modern literature. |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
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Location: oklahoma | "the last of the saddle tramps", you'll feel like you're on her journey, riding alongside as she travels. nothing intellectual i suppose, yet very enjoyable and hard to put down. |
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Kinda Bitey
Location: MOLON LABE | One Second After, by William R. Forstchen Excellent book that is a definite eye opener even if you believe the actual threat of an EMP is unlikely. Gives some points to ponder.
Peace like a River, by Leif Enger I am just getting started in this book and can't quite figure out what it's about or where it's going....I think I like that about it. This author has a gift of language that I've never seen. Some of the most wonderful use of words I've seen.
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Semper Fi
Location: Free Republic of Texas (for now) | Just finished up A Charge To Keep by George W. Bush.
This guy is real! Gives an insightful look in his style of governing and answers many questions about how he came to be................
I would suggest it as background reading for the conservative movement. |
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| I read a lot.... this is non political.. " Water For Elephants" I admit I'm biased.. My dad used to ride the rails... but this is a great story...
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| I've been working my way through a book called 'Bayou Farewell' written by a fella named Mike Tidwell.. It talks about the sinking land down here because the Mississippi River was redirected and no longer flows silt through this area... I find it strange for me to be reading this book at a time when a massive oil slick is just about to put a cap on a place that was already dieing from the 10,000 miles of canals dredged to lay pipelines in lower Louisiana bayous.. Its a really well written book...
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Elite Veteran
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Location: roseville, oh 43777 | huey - 4/9/2010 9:45 PM I read a lot.... this is non political.. " Water For Elephants" I admit I'm biased.. My dad used to ride the rails... but this is a great story...
I read that book and was so good!!! |
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Location: centrally located umungst the "nuts" | Do as I say (Not as I do) Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy, by Peter Schweizer.
Published in 2005, this is short (250 pages) that profiles some of the best known Liberal leaders and the hypocrisy that is their personal life compared to their public persona. (Michael Moore owns/owned Halliburton stock). I guess you could assume that the information in this book to be correct, it is still offered for sale and I know of no lawsuits for defamation. It makes for interesting reading and a source of debate foder. |
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