July 31st, 2008
The Eye of the World
By Robert Jordan
This book published by Tor Books came out back in 1990, so it is really an older book. This book however is definitely a classic book in the realm of Fantasy writing. Not the first of its kind but definitely one of the more famous establishments in the realm.
This [...]
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June 2nd, 2008
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
This is a well written book by Eoin Colfer. It is the first book I have read by him and I will be reading his others. He is a great writer.
This book follows a group of teens and young adults as they fight supernatural parasitic creatures.
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March 10th, 2008
Legacy of Lies
By Cindy A. Christiansen
This novel by Cindy A. Christiansen is a book of non stop action that will surely be a page turner. With characters that entice and interest the reader and a plot that will keep you hooked until the last sentence, this is a must read book.
I [...]
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February 6th, 2008
Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)
by Christopher Paolini
If you don’t know about this book, then here is a short background…
This book is a fantasy adventure novel part of the inheritance series and is a story about a boy named Eragon who lives in a land called Allegasia who discovers an odd stone which turns out to be [...]
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February 5th, 2008
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
This book is remarkable in its future outlook. It was written many years ago projecting around the time of our day. The way he wrote the book a reader might think he had seen forward to our time and seen the iPOD, and LCD televisions.
The story starts on [...]
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January 28th, 2008
Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die: Birding Experts Share The World’s Greatest Destinations
By Chris Santella
If you a bird watcher this is a destination guide for you! This is a book for bird watchers. If your not a bird watcher and want a gift for this is also for you, but [...]
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January 27th, 2008
Father Knows Less Or: “Can I Cook My Sister?”: One Dad’s Quest to Answer His Son’s Most Baffling Questions
By Wendell Jamieson
This book is from a dad who decided to find the answers to the questions his inquisitive son had. You get the good, bad and ugly in this book to answer almost all [...]
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January 25th, 2008
Collapse – How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
By Jared Diamond
Collapse is a book for everyone to read. It isn’t a soft fluffy fairy tail but a serious look at the journey of mankind. It considers where we have been, mistakes we have made along with successes and suggest directions we may be [...]
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November 10th, 2007
The Secret
by Rhonda Byrne
This book falls under the Self Help category…
This book is all about you, as the classification of Genre explains. It is focussed on empowering you as the reader for improving yourself. I truly agree that this is where self improvement will be generated from. Unfortunately I disagree with [...]
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November 10th, 2007
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
By Martin Evening
This book is all about the use pf Adobe’s new program, Lightroom. If you reading this then you probably know at least what that program is and does for photography. This book is in my opinion a great book for the users [...]
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