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Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Sierra Moore @ Tuesday, 5th January 2010

As if normal teenage problems weren't enough, try being a sixteen-year-old with an unlikely gift for sensing dangerous, inhuman creatures. Dru Anderson is "blessed" with this gift, and she and her father work together to hunt down zombies, werewolves, and other supernatural beings of the night. Moving from town to town, the two become adept at discovering the hiding places [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By li baocai @ Sunday, 25th October 2009

Writing a book review primarily means writing a critical summary of the book, by personally analyzing the contents of the book and ultimately forming an opinion of the work of the writer. Thus, a book review is actually a critical evaluation of the book, which is not only informative, but also useful for readers who intend to read the book. A [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Si Wei Kau @ Tuesday, 6th October 2009

When you are looking for a specific book for purchase online on websites, you might run into a small problem if you don't have all of the information you need. If you only know part of the title or the author's first name, for example, you will probably have a hard time searching for that particular book on any [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Samuel Bacharach @ Friday, 28th August 2009

The other day I was casually looking at some works in my favorite gallery in Tel Aviv and the owner came over to me and handed me what he called a "must read." He handed me, "The $12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art" as a gift. After the first page I was hooked. It was a [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Richard Barthallo @ Thursday, 2nd April 2009

Unless there is a huge technological advancement in the science of robotics, and machines suddenly become capable of doing human tasks, then human resource management will always be an important focus in most businesses. Especially with those that provide valued services, it is usually the case that human beings are in charge of these operations. Such is the case for [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Richard Barthallo @ Tuesday, 31st March 2009

There are many ways of going about your own emergency cleaning service. There are many instructors, books and guides that will feed you information on the best ways that you can operate your business. One aspect that will surely come up is how you manage the actual operations of your work. Cleaning is the main service you provide so applying [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Scarlett Moore @ Monday, 19th January 2009

Last year fantasy books, in particular, urban and young adult fantasy, dominated the best seller lists. Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books topped the NY Times Best Seller's list for several weeks, as did Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mystery books. Both series were catapulted from being read by loyal urban fantasy fans to worldwide exposure due to wide and small [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Scarlett Moore @ Tuesday, 30th December 2008

This is the second book in the wildly popular Southern Vampire Mystery urban fantasy books written by Charlaine Harris. This book opens with our heroine, the lovable, plucky, Sookie Stackhouse, finding the dead body of a friend in the backseat of the local police detective\'s car. Because the detective in question was at home at the time of [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Samson Paulotti @ Thursday, 18th December 2008

Anyone who\'s ever gone on a tour of the old plantation homes in Louisiana understands why there is such an abundance of literary resources on the subject. A plethora of coffee table pictorials on the topic exist that feature pages and pages of glossy full-page portraits of the Old South\'s former glory, embodied in architecture. There are also resources on [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Cattie Coyle @ Monday, 13th October 2008

Getting in TTouch With Your Dog by Linda Tellington-Jones is one of several books on how to use these very small, light movements to address a variety of health and behavioral problems in dogs, cats and horses. TTouch is a bodywork technique that was invented and developed by Linda Tellington-Jones in the 1980s. She initially developed it for use on [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Cattie Coyle @ Thursday, 18th September 2008

Does your pet know what you\'re thinking? Rupert Sheldrake thinks so. As do animal communicators - they always say that they \"talk\" to animals by forming pictures in their head, which the animals can \"read\" and respond to in a similar manner. It may sound a bit out there, but just think about how cats disappear completely on the day [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Cattie Coyle @ Thursday, 11th September 2008

Whether you\'re a dog owner, work with dogs, or just enjoy spending time with them (maybe you\'re volunteering at your local shelter or dog sit for traveling friends), these books are must-reads. They will, in various ways, help you understand dogs (and other animals) better, by teaching you how they think, move, and why they behave the way they do. [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Francis Hesse @ Wednesday, 9th July 2008

Being able to learn to read fast is an ability that not many possess though everyone would like to possess such abilities. In fact, speed reading is highly regarded in just about every area of life and even though speed reading does not necessarily transform into greater intelligence, it can lead to greater knowledge and becoming better informed which [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Mike Chudej @ Thursday, 12th June 2008

Audio books are sometimes the better way to \"read\" books. For people with a busy life style it is the only way they can take in books. They will listen to these audio books while driving and while doing household chores, and some people listen to audio books while working out. When audio books were first created they were [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Mike Chudej @ Wednesday, 11th June 2008

Instead of searching book store after book store to find the right audio book that you are looking for you should try to download mp3 audio books online. By using the internet and certain web sites you can download mp3 audio books at your convenience and you can find almost anything you are looking for. When you are searching [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Shane Dayton @ Sunday, 8th June 2008

Sinclair Lewis was well known for a wide array of fantastic novles that not only affected, but even changed, American society. \"Mantrap\" is barely remembered, as it was not one of Lewis\'s major works, but it is a pleasant read and one of his early novels. \"Mantrap\" is a 1925 novel of Ralph Prescott, a New York lawyer who goes [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Mike Chudej @ Saturday, 24th May 2008

There are many different types of audio books around these days, literally something for everybody. Whether you prefer to be engrossed in a spooky tale, a romantic love story, a side-splitting comedy or a gritty crime story, there are thousands of audio books that you can choose from. There is a lot of difference between reading and listening. Listening makes [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Lisa Copen @ Thursday, 10th April 2008

Book Review: \"YOU: The Smart Patient: An Insider\'s Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment,\" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz I picked up the book \"YOU: The Smart Patient: An Insider\'s Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment,\" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz up a few years ago, not knowing that soon \"Dr. Oz\" and his [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Kenneth Scott @ Wednesday, 9th April 2008

Friends and parents and teachers some time or other will tell you the names of some books that you must read before you die. You may ask what is in a book. What is in a classic novel? Well! Particularization of the specifics of a book, current or classic may be hard but one thing is sure that when a [more...]

Culture and Society » Books » Reviews | By Scarlett Moore @ Monday, 31st March 2008

Meet Mercy Thompson, a stubborn, shape-shifting female mechanic that wears her heart on her sleeve. Mercy is a \"walker\", a supernatural being that can shape shift into the form of a coyote. Although she\'s not linked to the werewolf race or the cycles of the moon she\'s much stronger and faster than most humans. In Iron Kissed, Book 3 in the [more...]