Title: SAT Prep 2017-2018 Study Guide Publisher: Test Prep Books Pub. Date: 26 September 2017 Great guide to the SAT for reluctant studiers. Readable and engaging. If you are serious about raising your score, this guide is worth a shot. It is light and readable, but serious. The language is accessible, yet it…
Category: Nonfiction
The New Urban Crisis
Title: The New Urban Crisis Author: Richard Florida Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 11 April 2017 Genre: Nonfiction, Divisive Politics, Urban Issues, Global Commune Planning First, I am going to say: Hey authors, readers are not stupid. I am always mad when I think I am going to be reading an information packed…
Finishing School- The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can’t Seem to Get Done.
Title: Finishing School- The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can’t Seem to Get Done Publisher: TarcherPerigee Pub. Date: 10 January 2017 Genre: How-To, Writing Books, Philosophy, Self-Help This might be just another of the thousands of books that try to help authors finish their manuscripts, but maybe it is a book that…
Queen Bees & Wannabes
Title: Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New Realities of Girl World Author: Rosalind Wiseman Publisher: Harmony Pub. Date: 26 July 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, Family, Parenting My thoughts: This book is a wonderfully readable and rigorous resource for parents. Wiseman is a formidable source of comfort and reason,…
The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived
Title: The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived Author: Tom Shroder Publisher: Penguin Random House Pub. Date: 4 October, 2016 My review and ratings for this book are broken into three distinct parts: Three stars for the first two-thirds, because it was intermittently interesting and engrossing, but sometimes confusing to try to keep…
The Path
Title: The Path Author: Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh Publisher: Simon & Shuster, Inc. Publication Date: April 5, 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality This book is not about an abstract mystical practice filled with vague ethereal idealistic goals of self-enlightenment. Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh simply teach how small but powerful…
Untangled
Title: Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood Author: Lisa Damour, Ph.D. Publisher: Ballantine Books, February 9, 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, Parenting, Self-Help In Untangled, Damour, obviously an advocate for teens, offers advice in a supportive and nonjudgmental tone that rejuvenates parents and reinstates their ability to be reasonable, calm, and loving in…
The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention
Title: The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention Author: Rajan Menon Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (expected pub. Date March 3, 2016) The introduction says this is a book for anyone interested in international relations, but I disagree. This book is for anyone interested in truly developing real humanitarian principles everywhere in their lives, from their own…
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