Category Archives: Book Review

Thinking about “The Sparrow”

Posted on 26 July 2012 by

  An old friend was talking about The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell’s science fiction novel that won quite a few prizes when it came out in 1996.  The book’s basic premise – a “first contact” story in which the Jesuits … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Borders

Posted on 11 August 2011 by

Borders began as a great independent book store that fit its local community like a glove, and ended as a chain that couldn’t attract enough of a general audience. Continue reading →

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Outliers – the book

Posted on 23 July 2011 by

Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers asks how Bill Gates and the Beatles reached such heights of success – and provides unexpected answers. Continue reading →

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