Reflections
Amazing testimonial of a great man – The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier
As he approaches his eightieth birthday in 2007, Poitier is still a most relevant voice, and life lessons like his are well worth our attention. The title of his autobiography, The Measure of a Man: comes from a belief taught to him by his father that a man is measured by how well he provides [...]
Mismangement of War? State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III – by Bob Woodward
State of Denial by Bob Woodward is a meticulously written account beginning, in December of 2000, with Donald Rumsfeld’s appointment as Secretary of Defense and continues to chronicle events of the Bush Administration’s mishandling of both the invasion and occupation of Iraq. At the beginning of the war Bob Woodward admits he was a staunch [...]
Brutalites abound in Iraq as seen in – The Occupation – by Patrick Colburn
The Occupation, by Patrick Cockburn, is a rousing political expose on the real reasons behind the Iraq war, the manipulations by the US government against the peoples of Iraq, and virtually states that the war has destroyed Iraq, worsened the prospects of peace and justice for the Palestinian people and strengthened the al Qaeda terrorists. [...]
Riptide by Catherine Coulter – another negative review
Catherine Coulter’s Riptide is the fifth installment of her FBI series featuring married Agents Savich and Sherlock but despite their presence, the entire book made me wonder why I tried once again to give this previously gifted writer a chance to prove herself. While better than the last two books I reviewed by this author, [...]
Computer Resources for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology – Stephen W. Hawking, and the Alliance for Technology Access
This fourth edition manual on computer resources for persons with disabilities was produced through the collaborative efforts of the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) (a network of community-based resource centers dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities) staff as an invaluable reference tool for all types of users. Having [...]
Best selling author Brown does it again with Ricochet
Sandra Brown’s suspense thriller, Ricochet, is evidence that this talented author can still produce a superior, romantic thriller as she weaves an intricate tale of sex, murder, betrayal and vengeance into an edge-of-your-seat experience. In this her latest work, Brown’s tightly wound plot offers a complex mix of credible characters that include a tough detective, [...]
Soap opera inspired Born To Be Wild by Catherine Coulter
Formerly top-notch author Catherine Coulter has once again given us something that is far below her earlier works leaving her in the dust behind some of today’s top romantic mystery writers such as Lisa Jackson and Tami Hoag. In Born to be Wild Coulter takes on a soap opera heroine who is so unexciting, with [...]
Racial bigotry and survival is seen in Fear of the Dark by Walter Mosley
While Mosley, for sixteen years now, has written some of the most vivid mysteries available and has become known for his dark and edgy Easy Rawlins books he chooses to adopt a lighter tone for, Fear of the Dark, his third installment in the Fearless Jones series. In this edition, Mosley pokes fun at racial [...]
Terrifying Tale of Evil – Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Wendy Corsi Staub, and Beverly Barton
Most Likely to Die by Jackson, Staub, and Barton amazed and delighted me with its undeniably suspenseful and well-written story line, as well as, its seamless interaction between the characters especially given the fact that each section was dedicated to a specific character and written by a different author. The storyline begins in the year [...]
Down syndrome something to hide from? Read The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The story line of, Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, starts with the possibly powerful concept that decisions made today may have a domino effect that produces repercussions throughout every stage of adulthood. However, in this work, which does show Ms. Edwards mastery of descriptive details, the overall piece is stilted and repetitive as she [...]
