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I really loved this book.
In general I like Nick Hornby’s style of writing and dark yet subtle humor, so its not a big surprise that this book was a huge hit with me.
In Nick Hornby’s How to Be Good, Katie Carr is certainly trying to be good. That’s why she became a GP. That’s why she cares about Third World debt and homelessness, and struggles to raise her children with a conscience. It’s also why she puts up with her husband David, the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway.
But one fateful day, she finds herself in a Leeds parking lot, having just slept with another man. What Katie doesn’t yet realize is that her fall from grace is just the first step on a spiritual journey more torturous than the interstate at rush hour. Because, prompted by his wife’s actions, David is about to stop being angry. He’s about to become good–not politically correct, organic-food-eating good, but good in the fashion of the Gospels. And that’s no easier in modern-day Holloway than it was in ancient Israel.
Hornby means us to take his title literally: How can we be good, and what does that mean? However, quite apart from demanding that his readers scrub their souls with the nearest available Brillo pad, he also mesmerizes us with that cocktail of wit and compassion that has become his trademark. The result is a multifaceted jewel of a book: a hilarious romp, a painstaking dissection of middle-class mores, and a powerfully sympathetic portrait of a marriage in its death throes. It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry as we watch David forcing his kids to give away their computers, drawing up schemes for the mass redistribution of wealth, and inviting his wife’s most desolate patients round for a Sunday roast. But that’s because How to Be Good manages to be both brutally truthful and full of hope. It won’t outsell the Bible, but it’s a lot funnier. –Matthew Baylis
Written by Smriti on October 19th, 2007 with no comments.
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Ishmael and adventure of mind and spirit a book by Daniel Quinn.
This book is one of those books that people should read. Ishmael story can get a lot of people thinking. I will not give to much details because that would spoil the fun and this book is definitely fun to read.
The story start when a guy read the following ad in the newspaper “TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in Person”
And that brings the two main characters in this book together. One (Ismael) tries to teach the other about the world and what happened to it in the years of it’s exsistens.
It is not only fun to read it but because it tell you about things that happened in this world it really makes you think. This book is has a spiritual twist and that i guess makes it not a book for everyone but if you like me enjoyed reading books like the The Celestine Prophecy
then you would definitely enjoy this book and the journey it takes us on.
I would say go see you library for a copy or order Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit online en help us run the side by doing so.
Written by George on July 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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If you wondered how Wal-Mart became to what it is today then this book can tell you a lot about that. In this book Sam Walton himself will tell you how it all started with a small town store to stores all over the continent.
Sam really gives you a nice view behind the ideas of the company and the man that made it all become reality.
If you want to start an business like Wal Mart then i would say go get this book and enjoy it. It is well written and easy to read and contains a lot of interesting views on running a business and how to attract customers.
Check Sam Walton’s book out you will learn from it and for less then 8 dollars it is a bargain. Order your copy of Sam Walton: Made In America today!
Written by George on June 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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“Why we want you to be Rich” is the newest book from Donald Trump and Rober Kiyosaki and I have to say it is not there best book.
I really like both authors a lot and I have several books from them and read even more but this one is not their best work.
To me it seems like they talk about everything they already told us in other books. OK maybe there is nothing more to say but still try to make it a bit more original i would say.
I would advise you not to buy this book if you already have read some of Donald’s and Roberts books if not then this book could be nice to read.
Another thing is that the book is build that first Robert Kiyosaki and then Donald Trump tell there opinion on a subject and that doesn’t read that well.
My conclusion is it is a nice looking book that doesn’t hold to much new information.
Check out Why We Want You to be Rich at Amazon and see what other think.
Written by George on April 2nd, 2007 with no comments.
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This is an amazingly imaginative book. The story is simple, it revolves around a young man named Toru Okada, who is unemployed and lives with his wife. His wife’s cat goes missing and with this starts a spiral of strange events in Toru Okada’s life, resulting in him looking for his wife who also goes missing and his chance meeting with fortune teller and her sexually attractive sister.
Great book, will keep you gripped throughout!
Written by Smriti on March 13th, 2007 with no comments.
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Lucky Man is the book about the life of Micheal J. Fox. Micheal wrote this book himself and i would say go get a copy and enjoy it.
The book starts when Micheal Fox was still a kid in Canada and go’s all the way from TV series and Movies all the way till him being at easy with his Parkinson’s disease.
It is well written book that I really enjoyed reading and if you like Micheal J. Fox or want to know how he dealt with his Parkinson’s you should get a copy.
You will find out details about his life with his wife and kids and how difficult it was for Micheal to tell people about his disease. But it also covers things like how he completely stopped drinking and his lobbying in Washington.
This book is one of those books that should not be missing on your book shelf!
Get a new or real cheap used copy of Lucky Man at Amazon.
And check out the Micheal J. Fox Foundation for more information about Parkinson’s research.
Written by George on January 23rd, 2007 with no comments.
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This is a witty, funny and heart wrentching story, written simply but carries a hidden message, and a promise to keep you thinking about it over and over.
Its a story about a boy named Pi, who lives in Pondicherry, India with his father mother and brother. He goes about doing regular teenage things, although Pi is no ordinary boy. His curiosity for religion and god bring many persons into his life and sometimes also many a trouble with them.
When Pi is only 14 his family decides to immigrate to Canada, his father owns a zoo in India and decides to take some of the animals with them on the Japanese ship to sell to American buyers across the ocean. On the way to Canada the ship sinks and Pi is the sole survivor, the sole human survivor that is.. or is he?
Pi finds himself stuck on a life raft with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra with a broken leg and an adult bengal tiger.
Pi survives his ordeal and after spending 221 days on the ocean he is finally rescued.
This is the story of Pi. Don’t miss it!
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Written by Smriti on November 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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Stupid White men … and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation is one the books Micheal Moore wrote about what he thinks about the government of the USA.
I got my self a hardcover copy of Stupid White men and reading it was a lot of fun, maybe it is just because i don’t live in the US but reading this book make you think that they really have a lot to learn. 
Micheal Moore will tell you in this book about all kind of things that presidents do to make you believe they have the the best intentions. It also tells you stories about how unfair the government and society is towards black people.
I would say go get yourself a copy of this book and enjoy the missteps of the US government.
You can read a free bonus chapter at Micheal Moore’s Websites.
And look at Amazon for a new or used copy of Stupid white men.
Drop us a line white your thoughts about this book.
Written by George on November 16th, 2006 with no comments.
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