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Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: May 9, 2008 · Comments (4)

From time to time I receive books in the mail for review purposes. Lately I have had little time to read, but I got Hungry Girl in the mail a week or so ago and liked it so much that I have already purchased an additional copy to give as... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (6 votes cast)

Greenspan Hits Republicans From the Left and From the Right?

Posted by Paul · Published: September 16, 2007 · Comments (12)

It's hard to know what to think about Greenspan's memoirs which come out tomorrow. All we have are clips from the publisher which are designed to be controversial -- after all they gave him an $8 million advance, they have books to sell. It is clear however, the publisher has... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.6/5 (17 votes cast)

The Magic World in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Series

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: August 3, 2007 · Comments (12)

It's Friday, and I am finished with school for a couple weeks, so I want to have some fun. I'm just about finished my second go-through of 'Deathly Hallows', but I'm not here to post any spoilers. I wanted, instead, to address some of the strange criticisms against Rowling's constructed... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (16 votes cast)

Rowling and 'Deathly Hallows': A Master Author and a Masterpiece

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: July 23, 2007 · Comments (18)

OK, for starters no spoilers here. If you are reading this article, that means you have at least a passing interest in the Harry Potter series, and that means you must read "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". Of course, millions of Potter fans are doing that right now, but... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (22 votes cast)

Bernie Goldberg Interview

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: June 19, 2007 · Comments (66)

John Hawkins has an interview with Bernard Goldberg posted at Right Wing News about his new book, Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right. Goldberg is, as always, interesting and entertaining. Here is a brief excerpt:John Hawkins:What do you think about the sort of rhetoric used on... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (31 votes cast)

Newt's Reading List

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: March 26, 2007 · Comments (6)

Al Kamen has Newt Gingrich's reading list at the Washington Post. Here are a few books that made the list:"Team of Rivals," by Doris Kearns Goodwin "Revolutionary Wealth," by Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler "Leadership," by Rudy Giuliani "The Turnaround: How America's Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic," by William... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (5 votes cast)

The Publication Date of the last Harry Potter Book Announced

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 1, 2007 · Comments (10)

The very last book in the Harry Potter series is titled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and it's due out July 21st. I just pre-ordered mine here. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Books

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: December 6, 2006 · Comments (5)

During my trip to California this weekend I read Arthur Chrenkoff's new novel, Night Trains and recommend it to anyone who likes history and science fiction thrillers. Arthur sent me a free copy, but I decided to order a few to give as gifts since I enjoyed it so much... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Good News

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: October 20, 2006 · Comments (1)

I got good news in the mail yesterday in the form of Arthur Chrenkoff's new novel, Night Trains. It can be pre-ordered at Amazon. I am a huge Chrenkoff fan and was very sad to see him stop blogging. I just started the book, but got a good enough start... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

The Best American Novel

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: May 29, 2006 · Comments (15)

The men at Power Line are conducting a poll to find out what their readers consider to be the best American novel. I chose Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. You can vote here. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Borders: Support (Some) Banned Books

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: April 3, 2006 · Comments (45)

Borders is sponsoring a convention called "Wordstock," which encourages the reading of banned books. This is amazingly ironic considering Borders, along with Waldenbooks, has banned the sale of the April/May issue of Free Inquiry because it published some of the Muhammad cartoons.... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Author Thankful Osama Recommended His Book

Posted by Rob Port · Published: January 21, 2006 · Comments (13)

Behold the birth of Osama's Book-Of-The-Month Club... Twenty-four hours after Osama bin Laden told the world that the American people should read the work of a little-known Washington historian, William Blum was still adjusting. Blum, who at 72 is accustomed to laboring in relative left-wing obscurity, checked his emotions and... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

The Page Turner Of The Year

Posted by Kevin · Published: January 10, 2006 · Comments (9)

Turned in by none other than The Smoking Gun. Ordinarily associated with digging up rap sheets and arrest records of interest, today they combine that with an investigation into the author of "A Million Little Pieces," James Frey. Frey's supposed nonfiction memoir of his years as an alcoholic, drug addict,... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild

Posted by Kevin · Published: November 1, 2005 · Comments (3)

Today marks the official release of Michelle Malkin's new book Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild. As I've predicted before, this is going to be a smash hit for Michelle. Along with a disclaimer, here's how she describes the premise of the book.I'll probably have to say this a million times,... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Life's Little Annoyances

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 20, 2005 · Comments (12)

When New York Times reporter Ian Urbina wrote a cover story in the paper about the clever extremes people go to in an effort to exact some retribution against the petty aggravations that make us all nuts, he never expected it to become the most emailed article on The New... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Review: The FairTax Book

Posted by Rob Port · Published: August 27, 2005 · Comments (41)

I recently purchased The FairTax Book for two reasons: Because I believe that Americans could be paying far less in taxes if a more efficient way of taxing them existed and because the FairTax has been talked about more than once on this blog and I wanted to learn more.... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

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