Angel and the EnemyBy Marnie L. PehrsonPaperback: 292 pagesPublisher: C.E.S Business Consultants (November 17, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0972975098ISBN-13: 978-0972975094   Having never read a piece of work specifically categorised as ‘clean-romance’ I was curious about this novel. I must admit that there was a part of me that thought that ‘clean-romance’ translated into ‘boring’. Truth cou...

In PatagoniaBy Bruce ChatwinPaperback: 240 pagesPublisher: Penguin Classics (March 25, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0142437190ISBN-13: 978-0142437193 While Bruce Chatwin, who was working as a journalist for the Sunday Times, was interviewing the then 93-year-old architect and designer, Eileen Gray, he noticed a map of Patagonia on her wall. “I’ve always wanted to go there,” he said. “So have ...

Truth, Love and a Little Malice : An AutobiographyBy Khushwant SinghPaperback: 423 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books India (May 30, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0143029576ISBN-13: 978-0143029571 I have observed that with most people, the fascination with reading autobiographies comes from reading the little nuggets of information about someone else’s life. They are partly interested in a man’s view...

Hardcover: 96 pagesPublisher: High-Pitched Hum Publishing (December 10, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0977729079ISBN-13: 978-0977729074 Good stories are, by nature, meant to entertain; but, what can make a story great is the added bonus a reader gets when the tale teaches a reader something new; The Stream is a great story. What, you may wonder, did I learn from reading this great tale? I must a...

Life of PiYann MartelPaperback: 348 pagesPublisher: Harvest Books (May 1, 2003)ISBN-10: 0156027321ASIN: B0029LHWL8 Pi Patel, an East Indian youngster, has two loves—religions of the world and animals. The son of an owner of an Indian zoo, Pi grows up around the animals of the world. As times worsen in India, however, his father decides it is time to sell the animals and move to Canada. Some of th...

Cut The Strings: the True Story of a Soul ReclaimedAuthor: Lynn GrocottForeword by Sir Chris BonningtonPaperback: 152 pagesPublisher: Lean Marketing Press (July 1, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0954568192ISBN-13: 978-0954568191 I was a little stunned when Lynn sent to me a copy of this ebook. I never expected it and I read it with much interest. My attention was grabbed right from the start. It ...

Memoirs of a GeishaArthur GoldenHardcover: 768 pagesPublisher: Random House Large Print (November 15, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0739326228ISBN-13: 978-0739326220 At the start of this review, I must admit that I read this book after I watched the movie. Therefore, I found that a lot of the time, when I read the story I was visualising much of what I’d seen in the cinema. Usually, when I’ve wa...

Awaken the Giant WithinAnthony RobbinsPaperback: 544 pagesPublisher: Free Press (November 1, 1992)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0671791540ISBN-13: 978-0671791544   It surprises me not one bit that this book has sold over a million copies. Briefly, this book has, as its subheading, ‘How to take control of your mental emotional, physical and financial destiny.’ There are four parts to this book:-Par...

FBI: The Fit Body InitiativeSteve HallsPaperback: 184 pagesPublisher: Bookshaker (November 17, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1905430086ISBN-13: 978-1905430086 The title of this book, for me, was immediately arresting. I would hazard a guess that I am not the first person to wonder what on earth the ‘FBI’ has to do with being healthy. However, upon closer analysis, it becomes obvious that ‘FBI’ i...