“Thr3e” by Ted Dekker is a thriller that will keep you turning the pages and guessing what’s going on. It tells the story of Kevin Parson, a 28 year old seminary student who finds himself stalked and threatened by a ruthless terrorist. The man first shows up when Kevin …

Editha’s Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett is an absolutely wonderful children’s story that I’m sure adults will enjoy as well. I fell in love with it right away. Editha is a little girl who loves her papa and mama so much that when she hears a burglar break into …

“Maggie’s Miracle” by Karen Kingsbury is a warm, touching story of two widowed people coming together and falling in love. Jordan, a six year old boy raised by his busy mom after his father’s death two years ago, feels very lonely and writes a letter to God. He asks …

“Nightmare Academy” by Frank Peretti is Book 2 of the Veritas Project series. This time, the Springfield family-team of undercover investigators of strange/supernatural occurrences works on a case of a runaway teen, found in the middle of a road with his memory completely blank. When a flicker of memory …

The Springfield family, the father, the mother, and teenage twins Elisha and Elijah, work as undercover agents investigating peculiar, hard-to-explain situations often involving the supernatural. Their work is known as the Veritas Project, “veritas” being the Latin word for *truth*. This time, the team infiltrates Baker High, a small …

“Black” by Ted Dekker, Book 1 of the Circle trilogy, introduces us to Thomas Hunter, a man who becomes trapped between two realities that keep switching on him. Every time he falls asleep or passes out in one, he wakes up in the other. One world is the contemporary …

Donnigan Harrison is a successful farmer and a good and handsome man. He would like to get married and start a family, but there is a problem: his prairie farm is in the middle of nowhere, and there are simply no women to marry in the area. Some of …

“Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers tells the story of Sarah, a girl born to a single mother as the result of an affair with a married man. From the start, Sarah’s father did not want her; she had even overheard him say that he wished she was aborted. Sarah’s …

Ariana, a young schoolteacher, is kidnapped by a gang of outlaws. Their leader, known as the Boss, wants to provoke his son Laramie to fight for her. Although Laramie was raised in the gang, he has a soft side to his character, and he hasn’t yet killed a man. …

“Ruby” by Lauraine Snelling is Book 1 of the Dakotah Treasures series. It tells the story of two sisters, Ruby and Opal Torvald who unexpectedly receive an inheritance from their estranged father. Their father had left them years ago to make his fortune in the West. Ruby, a nice, …

“Sure As The Dawn,” book 3 in the Mark of the Lion series, focuses on Atretes, a German warrior captured by the Romans and made a gladiator. Having become very successful in the arena, Atretes has earned fame, money, the love of a wealthy Roman beauty Julia Valerian, and, …

“An Echo in the Darkness,” book 2 in the Mark of the Lion series, continues the story of Hadassah, a Jewish young woman bought as a household slave by a rich Roman family, the Valerians, and eventually sent to the lions. Hadassah has survived the lion attack on the …

Opal by Lauraine Snelling is Book 3 of the Dakotah Treasures series. Opal Torvald, born in Chicago and taken to North Dakota by her sister Ruby at the age of 9, is now 14. She loves her new home, especially horses, and does not miss city life one bit. …

“Pearl” by Lauraine Snelling is Book 2 of the Dakotah Treasures series. Pearl is a young woman living in Chicago, an heiress to a wealthy industrialist. When her father starts pushing her into an unwanted marriage, Pearl decides to run away. She goes west and settles in North Dakota, …

Carina Maria DiGrata, a young Italian woman, leaves her home in California after catching her fiancé Flavio with her sister. She goes to Colorado, to the small mining town of Crystal where she has purchased a house and hopes to start a new life and forget her sorrows. However, …

What an adventure! I find Alice’s adventure very unrealistic and silly sometimes, but it makes sense that it is merely a dream. However, I think about the thin line between dream and reality. For instance, Alice started to grow bigger towards the end of he dream, signifying that she …

When this comic book first debuted a couple of years ago, it received a mixed reaction. Some loved Frank Miller’s return to one of the most successful Batman stories ever, many hated it.
Most of the criticism of the story seems to stem from the fact that this isn’t …

If you are a fan of comic books, then no doubt you have heard of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Considered by many to be the quintessential Batman comic, it is Frank Miller’s dark future of DC Comics’ darkest knight.
Having recently reread it, it continues to dazzle and …

“For eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio programme in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about themselves. Broadcast every evening, Words on the Night Breeze became famous throughout the country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to be a woman in …

This is a book that is talked about a bit too much, but it is worthy of the majority of the praise it receives. I would say it is one of the most important books of the 20th century, and continues to give great insight into the workings …

Michael Morpurgo has written his text in the first person at first the main character was not introduced, then the main character was introduced through the first person narrator’s eye by using flash back of about ten years ago, on the day before the writer’s birthday which was …

“Expiration Date” by Eric Wilson is a supernatural thriller that tells the story of Clay Ryker, a 29 year old man who has been keeping a dark secret for the last 12 years of his life. Back in his high school days, Clay was involved in an accident that …

This is one of the most famous novels by french 20th century author Albert Camus. It tells the story of a man who is slowly drawn into a hideous crime by losing his sympathy for common people the longer the story progresses. He is filled with hate for reasons …

The first volume of Marcel Proust’s gigantic work on seven volumes all together. The first part focuses on the romantic life of the middle aged man Swann, but the whole story is told through the eyes of his nephew. Proust describes the nature and environment of France with a …

I’m embarrassed to even admit that I’ve read this book. For reasons inexplicable even to myself, I used to be a fan of Mr. O’Reilly. Of course he is a horrendous liar and all around disgusting individual, and I can’t stomach the man anymore.
I did, however, read …

“DragonQuest” by Donita K. Paul is Book 2 in the DragonKeeper fantasy chronicles. In Book 1, titled “DragonSpell,” we were introduced to the main character, Kale, a fourteen-year-old girl who is a village slave - an orphan raised and provided for by the village in return for work. Kale, …

“DragonSpell” by Donita K. Paul is Book 1 in the DragonKeeper fantasy chronicles. The story takes place in Amara, a fantasy world populated by seven high races, seven low races, and dragons. Kale, a fourteen-year-old o’rant slave girl, lives in a village of mariones. The two races are a …

I am not usually a fan of Melville’s longer fiction. While I must admit to liking some of his shorter stories, such as the Lightning Rod Man or Bartleby, the Scrivner, his longer works are just too long. His style involves incredibly indepth description which, truthfully, I …

Among members of the Left, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn is probably one of the most popular history books of all time. Perhaps the most popular. It takes a brand new take on the history of the United States, trying to give …

Computers and the internet have come a long way since Cliff Stoll wrote this book back in the late 80’s. While cutting edge at the time (a tale of computer networks, international hackers, and a lone professor trying to get to the bottom of the problem), it is …

Lee Strobel has become a fairly popular author among Christians, based primarily upon this book, an account of his investigations into the story of Jesus and the Bible. The idea is he is a journalist investigating the evidence for Christ.
For someone unfamiliar with Christian apologetics or scholarship around …

Ghost in the Shell is a manga, or graphic novel, by Masamune Shirow. I was first drawn to the book by the author’s intense cyber-themed illustrations, but I found the story pretty impressive. It’s about a futuristic Section 9 police that hunts down cyber criminals. The lead character, …

I enjoyed reading ‘Neuromancer’, a science fiction novel written by William Gibson. It was published in 1984, and the ideas expressed in this book came way before their time. Gibson coined the term “cyber space” with this novel, which is one of the very first considered a part of …

Galapagos is not the most commonly cited of Kurt Vonnegut’s books, but it is my personal favorite. Like all of his books it teaches about life with the classic Vonnegut wit.
Galapagos recounts the story of travellers on the maiden voyage of the cruise ship “El Bahia del Darwin” …

Many have made note of the “raunchy” books written by notable republicans and/or conservatives. Examples would include Bill O’Reilly’s book, those who trespass (a book I have read and which really isn’t that raunchy), Lynn Cheney’s Sisters (which includes lesbian love scenes) and now the 1996 book by …

The Mythic Journey by Liz Green and Juliet Sharman-Burke - bulk
I picked up ‘The Mythic Journey’ by Liz Green and Juliet Sharman-Burke at local bookstore because I like mythology, because the cover art caught my eye, but most of all, because it was on sale for $3 when it …

‘Addicted to Curry’ is a Japanese Manga, written by Kazuki Funatsu and drawn by Kazuki Funatsu. This is a light-heated series about a girl named Yui. Her father owns a curry shop called Ganesha, but the shop is failing miserably, and her father has run off to another country …

‘Rurouni Kenshin’ is a manga series drawn and written by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The series is one of the most popular shonen, which means “boys”, manga series.
Ruronia Kenshin is about a seemingly docile and gentle wanderer, named Kenshin, a man who hides from his dark past. I find the series …

‘Azumaga Daioh’ is a very humorous manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It chronicles the hilarious tales of six high school girls. When I discovered the first book in this series, I knew that I had to have them all. I love the humor. The high school events repeat each year, …

‘Chobits’ is a seven part Japanese manga series by the group of female artists called “Clamp”. Chobits is about love, and what it means to be in love. I definitely got more than I expected with this series.
‘Chobits’ is brilliantly drawn by Clamp. The anonymous ladies focus on lush …

Whitley Strieber’s ‘The Forbidden Zone’ is the most frightening horror story I’ve ever read. Streiber is the man behind the the movie ‘Communion’, based on a book detailing his experiences with supposed extraterrestrial visitors.
‘The Forbidden Zone’ isn’t your typical horror story, and you could call it suspense, because there …

I think ‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman is one of his finest works. The British author writes a story that is so distinctly American in it’s intense local flavors. It’s about a non-stereotypical convict who gets out of jail under strange circumstances and begins an epic journey that he …

I almost find it difficult to write this review for James Frey’s lastest work, A Million Little Pieces. It is truly a memoir of great depth, raw emotion and painful truth. It is the story of a man’s struggle with himself, humanity, and the world in which …

I have to admit that I am currently reviewing a book that I did not finish. I tried to. Really, I did. But I couldn’t.
I’m an open-minded fellow. While I think that Scientology is a brainwashing cult (The whole Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes fiasco is an …

If you’re a fan of children’s books, then Ogden Nash’s Candy is Dandy will be a definite treat! A collection of wonderfully amusing poems by famous children’s writer Nash, the book itself is a good buy, what with the amazingly delightful prose that everyone, even adults, will truly enjoy. …

“Danger in the Shadows” by Dee Henderson is a suspense/mystery novel telling the story of Sara Walsh, a woman living under the FBI witness protection program and in constant fear. What happened to her happened a long time ago, when she was only 6, but the terror lives on …

A good read.. no actually a fantastic read if you are into woman power. This book captures the essence of desperation with fast pacing action. It gives you the feel of what the world would be like if man could control the weather.
In a weird yet wonderful sense …

Collecting gem stones for the sake of having unusual, precious gems to display, to set into jewelry, and to save for expected rise in prices of gems bought at low prices that are rapidly rising in cost, has become a new ‘wave’ of a movement, all over the world. …

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki is a book on making money. Robert Kiyosaki, a self-made millionaire, begins with stories from his childhood and introduces two men he considers his fathers, one of them rich and another poor. Robert’s biological father was a highly educated man who …

Taschen books: Adolf Loos, by August Sarnitz copyright 2003, Taschen GmbH
The book is comprised by 93 pages, illustrated paper, hardcover, compiled by August Sarnitz and edited by Peter Gossel.
This particular series of books that Taschen has published on Architecture is a very useful resource for both students and professionals …