Book Reviews

“The Boy Crises” Review: It was the best of books, it was the worst of books

Don’t waste your money on the book, read this review instead. Warren Farrell and John Grey are dated and quintessential out of touch elitist, but their book, The Boy Crisis, promotes some relevant research and helpful ideas. As to the research, they come out of the gate swinging – and their research assistants are not only […]

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“The Old Man and the Sea” Review: It wasn’t written for book reports, it’s for those who have lived a little.  

“He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.” What a start. Anyone could take that opening line and dream up a tale, but nobody could do what Hemingway did.  You have to have lived a bit to

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“Abe” Review: The Making of a Great President

“He who would understand the meaning of America will find it in the life of Abraham Lincoln.” – President Ronald Reagan  During uncertain days, it helps to read about certain men. Reynold’s cultural biography describes Abraham Lincoln as the frontiersman, showman, jokester, rail-splitter, lawyer, thinker, statesman, and ultimate centralist. Abe describes a tough, rugged Lincoln

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