The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine What initially drew me to The Billionaire’s Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace was more the genre—“the biography of things,” as I like to call it—than the subject matter itself. While I’m virtually illiterate … Continue reading
Tag Archives: 2008
Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg (2008)
Have you ever tried jumping into a new series midstream, only to find that you’ve got no idea what’s going on and you have zero background information to help you even to venture a guess? That’s how you would most … Continue reading
Radical by David Platt (2008)
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Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream To be candid, I avoided this book when it first came out simply due to the hype it was receiving right out of the gates. To me, it seemed like just another … Continue reading
Out of Mao’s Shadow by Philip P. Pan (2008)
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Out of Mao’s Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip P. Pan (2008) By almost any measure, the country’s last twenty-five years have been the best in its five-thousand-year history. But the Chinese have not … Continue reading
Why the Chinese Don’t Count Calories by Lorraine Clissold (2008)
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Why The Chinese Don’t Count Calories: 15 Secrets from a 3,000-Year-Old Food Culture by Lorraine Clissold (2008) The fundamental difference between the way people eat in China and in the West is one of attitude…The Chinese focus on making food … Continue reading
Road Warrior by Stephen Arterburn and Sam Gallucci (2008)
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“It’s unhealthy when you no longer seek time alone for the sake of recharging your batteries but instead seek it as a means of escape.” (37) I conveniently found this book at a thrift store while I was traveling away … Continue reading
The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics by Ed Hindson & Ergun Caner (2008)
Surveying the Evidence for the Truth of Christianity Encyclopedias have been hard sells lately with short-form information on all topics scattered across the web. While Wikipedia cannot be fully trusted, many free sites can, making encyclopedias and other article-based dictionaries nearly obsolete. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler (2008)
Only because I mentioned it in my review of Treasure of Khan, I figured I should offer a quick review of Dirk Pitt adventure #20, Arctic Drift. The feature characters played out to my liking, namely, Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino taking … Continue reading
Shield by Dawn L. Watkins (2008)
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A Christian book review of the youth-fantasy adventure novel The Shield by Dawn L. Watkins (2008), prequel to The Medallion (1985) Continue reading
The Prince’s Poison Cup by R.C. Sproul (2008)
Before ever having read The Prince’s Poison Cup, I had enjoyed yet another allegory by the same author-illustrator team of R.C Sproul and Justin Gerard, a book titled The Priest with Dirty Clothes. I was so amazed at the quality … Continue reading