by admin on May 11, 2011
Water For Elephants: A Novel Review The name Water For Elephants sounds like I am in Africa and enjoying the view of a herd of elephants swimming on a steamy, hot African day. The baby elephants are enjoying a glorious day throwing water up in the air and spewing it at their mother. Water For [...]
by admin on May 10, 2011
Bossypants by Tina Fey will let you laugh until you cry Ever since Vanity Fair put her on its January 2010 cover in what looked like a Wonder Woman costume, Tina Fey has seemed in danger of falling for the very canard she has spent a career satirizing: that a lady can “have it all” [...]
by admin on April 14, 2011
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Book Review From Hitler’s Olympics to a Japanese prisoner of war camp to the bottle,Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand tells an astonishing life story, says Nigel Jones If ever a book was destined to become a Hollywood blockbuster, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is the one. Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit, the story [...]
by admin on April 8, 2011
‘Heaven Is for Real’: One boy’s astonishing account Heaven is for Real Book A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back” by Todd Burpo In the Heaven is for Real book A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven A few weeks ago I [...]
by admin on April 7, 2011
THE LONG ROAD HOME-The Aftermath of the Second World War The Long Road Home by Ben Shephard describes how for eight million displaced persons the end of the Second World War didn’t mean an end to their suffering, says Ian Thomson When the Second World War ended, there were roughly 15 million displaced persons (DPs) [...]