Travel related books
"Sweet Revenge" is an exceptional read. Just as Kathy Singer, its attractive London-based businesswoman and heroine, was captured in the story, the book captured me. You live her adventure with her. As many of you know, I review many books on writing and food and a few on fiction. This is due to
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Company of Liars is a well written historical novel set at the time of the Great Plague in Europe, 1348. The disease has just reached the shores of England and the populace are starting to panic as it spreads across the country, sparing no-one. Although this is the background, the tale essentially
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Who are the new rich? Simply put, you and me if we take heed. Rarely does a business book make me laugh out loud. I have to give Timothy Ferriss credit for his unique business and personal twists. The 4 Hour Workweek is both refreshing and provocative. Fully embracing life both personally and pr
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Top Indian author Chetan Bhagat leads as India's latest youth icon and the author of three immensely popular novels Five Point Someone, One Night @ The Call Centre and The 3 Mistakes of my life. His latest novel "2 States: The Story of my Marriage" has hit the stands just recently, and have showed
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A Long Way Down is the story of four people - Martin a former breakfast TV presenter who has fallen from grace; Maureen, a single mother struggling to cope with the drudgery of caring for a her disabled son; Jess, the 18 year-old daughter of a politician who is in despair at the break-up of a rela
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I just finished reading the book Tribes, by Seth Godin. I found this book fascinating. It's about how groups form into tribes and how tribes are leading the changes that are happening in our world. It's also about the need for leaders to help tribes strengthen. (I purposely did not use the word g
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We all know Hezbollah had hijacked Lebanon and sent rockets by the 1,000s into Israel. Still, even after all this chaos, for some reason it has the power to unite huge numbers of people waving yellow flags, banners, and shirts marching by the 10s of thousands in the streets. Obviously, they unders
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This is meant to be very much a work of, and for, our time, although I would hesitate to call it a novel. True, the author has meticulously delved into, and researched much of the political, social and religious issues which confront the early 21st century developed world. The seven chapters are e
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When you first look at the cover of East of the Mountains by David Guterson, you see a dark gray sky with barren mountains and a field full of dying grass. Throughout the picture runs a gravel road which passes an apple orchard on the way to the mountains in the background. The cover provides a go
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Books since times immemorial have been a rich source of knowledge, information and pleasure for the readers of all ages, cast and community. The IT revolution has affected all fields of our work sphere and books are no exception. There was a time when for buying a book an individual had to spend h
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