Posts Tagged ‘s books’

Michael Crichton

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

In fact, all of Michael Crichton’s books are fast paced and entertaining. What’s even better is that when you finished reading his books, you feel like you’ve done a brief course in a scientific subject. Entertainment with an educational underpinning. It doesn’t get any better for me. Now this book raises a very serious subject. [...]

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Al Franken Pays $70000 In Back Taxes

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Michael Medved says Obama would benefit from a direct attack from Rev. Liberal bloggers criticize and encourage Barack Obama here. Jerome Armstrong says his candidate, Hillary Clinton, correctly supports a gas tax holiday and a windfall profits tax on oil companies to pay for it. John Hinderaker questions how far apart Barack Obama really is [...]

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Riya Gets Touchy About Rushdie

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I find Salman Rushdie nothing more than a literary playboy. That he is a fine writer, I have not a dram of doubt about but I hate the way he is feted about in academic circles. I however would be compelled to echo the opinion that the subjects of Rushdie’s books are almost always fascinating, [...]

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Monsieur Pamplemousse On The Spot By Michael Bond

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Michael Bond is the author of the children’s books about Paddington the bear, which I thoroughly enjoyed as a child and as a parent reading them to my own kids. I thought I would give his books for adult readers a try. Monsieur Pamplemousse is an undercover food critic for The Guide, a prestigious French [...]

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