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Dilbert gets funnier in this second year of his daily comic strips. A Christian review. Continue reading
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Let My People Go by A.W. Tozer (1990)
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The Life of Robert A. Jaffray A dear friend loaned me this biography of Robert A. Jaffray, a Presbyterian missionary leader of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Indochina. While I’d never heard of Jaffray before, I’d certainly heard of … Continue reading
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl (1990)
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When my kids had some friends over for a sleepover, I had to choose a book that I could read to all four of them (aged 8-11) in just one sitting, so thankfully we still had this Roald Dahl book … Continue reading
Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer (1990)
Ventures among Men and Mountains My brother’s favorite book in college was Into Thin Air (1997), and it was his recommendation that first got me interested in the outdoor adventure novels that still thrill me. That book, which I loved, … Continue reading
Woodsong by Gary Paulson (1990)
Long ago, I had a habit of asking everyone I knew or met for a list of book recommendations. It didn’t matter who the person was or what station in life they were at, I wanted to know the fuel … Continue reading
Distant Fires by Scott Anderson (1990)
With illustrations by Les Kouba As I mentioned recently in my review of The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, I often enjoy reading books of local color when I travel to a new location. Recently, my family traveled through northern … Continue reading
Fart Proudly by Benjamin Franklin, ed. by Carl Japiske (1990)
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Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School There are few books I’ve read that I’m hesitant even to review, simply because of how the title will look coming up on my Feed (I’m talking about you, Confessions of … Continue reading
Naked Trees by John Terpstra (1990)
I’ll be honest: I bought this book from a north-woods bookstore only because I know someone with the author’s name, and I thought that maybe, just maybe, it was the same guy leading a secret life I knew nothing of. … Continue reading
The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein (1990)
In my own private reading, I’m enjoying an adult non-fiction study titled The Way of the Panda: The Curious History of China’s Political Animal by Henry Nicholls. I was fascinated to learn from that book that pandas are a relatively … Continue reading
Dragon by Clive Cussler (1990)
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This tenth installment to the Dirk Pitt series by Clive Cussler is one of those great stories that gets lost in time. The plot to this one is fairly clean (if not a little unbelievable), and the characters are well-drawn … Continue reading