Articles within the category 'Book Review'

Book Review: Mercury Falls

Posted by Tim Patrick on November 15, 2009

Mercury Falls
by Robert Kroese
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True believers have been trying to pin down the apocalypse since angels first visited the Apostle John on Patmos, a crazy evening 1,900 years ago that included a few too many late-night chili-dogs. Some of these prognosticators of man’s demise are charismatic, by which I [...]

This article was posted on November 15, 2009 by Tim Patrick.
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Book Review: There Is A God

Posted by Tim Patrick on May 29, 2008

There Is A God: How the world’s most notorious atheist changed his mind
by Antony Flew
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Today’s atheists and Christians seem to rub each other the wrong way. Whether it’s a “new atheist” like Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins dumping on believers, or a James Dobson type identifying atheists as [...]

This article was posted on May 29, 2008 by Tim Patrick.
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Book Review: Freedomnomics

Posted by Tim Patrick on February 6, 2008

Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don’t
by John R. Lott, Jr.
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I just finished reading Freedomnomics, a book by John R. Lott, Jr., that is, in part, a response to the popular book Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner. To be honest, I didn’t really read [...]

This article was posted on February 6, 2008 by Tim Patrick.
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Book Review: The Perfect Thing

Posted by Tim Patrick on January 25, 2008

The Perfect Thing
by Steven Levy
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I finally broke down and bought my son an iPod this week. He already had a music player, something called the “Coby MPC885″ that doubled as a thumb drive. It was small, sleek, had a glowing multi-color single-line interface, and could never remember where [...]

This article was posted on January 25, 2008 by Tim Patrick.
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Book Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything

Posted by Tim Patrick on June 20, 2007

When you name your book A Short History of Nearly Everything, you run the risk of having readers ignore all of your other books, since they can’t possibly contain anywhere near the content of said book. But Bill Bryson has gambled with both reputation and financial ruin, and published yet another giant book on whatever [...]

This article was posted on June 20, 2007 by Tim Patrick.
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