Monthly Archives: May 2010
Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with its Enemies by Mark Perry
I do not make it a habit of reading books about current events, but Mark Tyler’s most recent book, Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with its Enemies, intrigued me. After reading the news reports about our country’s war … Continue reading
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Is the Book the Body or the Soul?
J. Mark Betrand ruminates on the End of the Book debate. I particularly liked this passage: Book is a shifty word, denoting both the physical object and the content within. As an author, I think of myself as having “written … Continue reading
Radical by David Platt
This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group I will confess I have always been a little defensive about books that approach economics or American society and faith. Far too often, from my perspective, these books … Continue reading
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In the Mail: Life Over Cancer
Cover via Amazon Life Over Cancer: The Block Center Program for Integrative Cancer Treatment by Keith I. Block, M.D. Library Journal Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy may treat cancer but can also necessitate huge changes in lifestyle and body image … Continue reading
In the Mail: The Third Rail
The Third Rail by Michael Harvey Publishers Weekly A series of terrifying crimes threatens to paralyze Chicago in Harvey’s stellar third novel featuring Chicago PI Michael Kelly (after The Chicago Way and The Fifth Floor). First, a gunman executes two … Continue reading