This book is a rant about the current state of the internet, especially its reliance on user-generated content.I was looking forward to reading this because...
In January 2002, just two weeks after the fall of the Taliban, the author, Rory Stewart, started walking across Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul, straight...
Bob Harris was a champion on the TV quiz show Jeopardy, and he writes about his experiences in this book.To get ready for the show,...
This is a book about the city of Venice by John Berendt, who wrote "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."I had enjoyed "Midnight"...
This is a collection of essays, articles, and lectures by Flannery O'Connor (a novelist and short-story writer) about literature and about writing.I bought it because...
Anne Lamott is a charming writer.In this book, in a series of short essays, she gives advice for would-be writers.Much of it is psychological, talking...
This book, subtitled "Militant Islam, Oil & Fundamentalism in Central Asia," was written by a Pakistani journalist who has covered Afghanistan for decades.I bought it...
Milan Kundera is an expatriate Czech writer.He is probably best known for his book "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" which was made into a movie."The...
The "Feeling Good Handbook" is a companion book to the author's earlier book "Feeling Good" which taught its readers how to identify distortions in their...
This is a self-help psychology book that I've really been able to use.It teaches cognitive therapy -- the basic idea is that your thoughts create...
