Travel related books
Ishmael Reed's essay “The World is Here” is preceded by a well-chosen excerpt from a 1983 New York Times article which evokes an image that epitomizes the two tiered concept of Ishmael's proceeding essay. Reed offers several examples of cultural blending from inside the walls of a McDonald's
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The Covenant with Black America is the brainchild of Tavis Smiley. For the past seven years, the talk show host has had his own "State of the Black Union" symposium. Seeing that simply exchanging opinions with the nation's top black leaders was not sufficient, he decided to chart a course for the
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The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones-Shakespeare-or someone using that name. Interred With Their Bones is the story of a lost Shakespeare play and the quest to discover who really wrote the plays credited to one William Shakespeare. Interred Withe Their
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The great thing about audio books is they are constantly changing but one cannot discount the fact that their origins all came from cassette books. Sadly, since the production of cassette tapes are limited, one day soon even the cassette books will no longer be used. It would become more of a memo
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Bo Macreery, the author of the novel "Why We Don't Kill Spiders," is one of those rare writers who can pull a long forgotten period of history off a dusty book shelf and breathe fresh, new life into it; turning it into a rich and vibrant tale that resonates with the world we live in today. "Why W
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From times past, African stories have thrilled and excited people on the continent and around the world. This is not surprising due to the richness of the African tales originating from the continent. Many tales or stories from authors on the continent, contain a rich blend of proverbs and good o
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is a fantastically well conceived book by Robert M. Pirsig, author of the subsequent work "Lila: An Inquiry into Morals". In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance he presents a part-fiction part-fact account of a motorcycle journey through the back-ro
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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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First published in the early twentieth century shortly after the Russian Revolution of 1917, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin has been translated by Natasha Randall and republished in 2006. We is considered a precursor to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Fourand has a feeling similar to Ray Bradbury's Fa
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When was the last time you ventured into the land of make believe? Every so often, I love to read fairy tales and folktales because we can learn from them. I read Best-Loved Folk Tales of the World by Joanna Cole and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wish that life were that simple where the good guy u
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