Non-fiction Blog Posts

A Short History of the Short Storyby Glunaz Fatma, MA, MBAPublisher: Modern History PressISBN: 978-1615991662Pub. Date: September 5, 2012Pages: 46Review:  In fewer than fifty pages, author Glunaz Fatma successfully gives us the basic history of...

Few people in America knew who Tadamichi Kuribayashi was before Clint Eastwood’s heartrending film, Letters from Iwo Jima.  They wouldn’t have known by name that Kuribayashi, ultimately, was the man responsible for one-third of the deaths in the...

Is the real you getting lost because the fake you is just so annoyingly impressive? Why do we fake it so much? Why do we spend so much time trying to please everyone else and make so little effort trying to please God? When Craig Groeschel asked him...

Becoming Odyssa is more of a journey than a book. This is apt, considering that it tells how Jen Pharr becomes 'Odyssa,' and how the girl from North Carolina and the girl who hiked the Appalachian Trail meld into the same person. Though the idea of r...

The Way of Oz: A Guide to Wisdom, Heart, and CourageBy Robert Y. SmithIllustrations by Dusty Higgins Publisher: Texas Tech University PressISBN: 978-0896727403Pub. Date: September 1, 2012Pages: 288Review: It seems there is a new self-help book b...

Article first published as Book Review: Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page by Brad Tolinski on Blogcritics. About: Light &  Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page by Brad  Tolinski is a non-fiction book which is a compilation of i...

Article first published as Book Review: Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands on Blogcritics. About: Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands is a biography of the 7th President of the United States. Currently Professor Brands (@...

The Mammoth Book Slasher Movies An A-Z Guide to More than 60 Years of Blood and GutsBy Peter NormantonPublisher: Running PressISBN: 978-0762445967Pub. Date: October 23, 2012Pages: 512Buy Link: The Mammoth Book of Slasher MoviesFor twenty-three y...

The Mammoth Book Slasher Movies An A-Z Guide to More than 60 Years of Blood and GutsBy Peter NormantonPublisher: Running PressISBN: 978-0762445967Pub. Date: October 23, 2012Pages: 512Buy Link: The Mammoth Book of Slasher MoviesFor twenty-three y...

Article first published as Book Review: The Good Pope: John XXIII & Vatican II–The Making of a Saint and the Remaking of the Church by Greg Tobin on Blogcritics. About: The Good Pope:  John XXIII & Vatican II, The Making of a Saint and the...

Article first published as Book Review: Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger on Blogcritics. About: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger is an autobiography of the famous actor, politician and champion body builder.

When my co-workers and I went to a conference and saw the plan of the first day’s events, let’s just say that we were less than excited about the hour before lunch when we were scheduled to listen to a speaker discuss the book he’d...

When my co-workers and I went to a conference and saw the plan of the first day’s events, let’s just say that we were less than excited about the hour before lunch when we were scheduled to listen to a speaker discuss the book he’d...

“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified” – 1 Corinthians 2:2  That is the theme verse of this small book by Jon Cardwell that focuses on the glorious Gospel of our blessed God as revealed by...

Article first published as Book Review: Thomas Jefferson's Crème Brûlée: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America by Thomas J. Craughwell on Blogcritics. About: Thomas Jefferson's Crème Brû...

Article first published as Book Review: A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris on Blogcritics. About: A Wilderness of Error : The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald  by Errol Morris is a true-crime non-fiction book about the MacDonald Trial. Jeffrey MacDona...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a strange book (I mean that in an entirely good, Pulitzer-prize winning sort of way). Your sense of nature around you will be not only sharpened but also simultaneously destroyed: Annie Dillard brings so much to your attent...

About: Emotional Wellness: Transforming Fear, Anger, and Jealousy into Creative Energy by Osho is an amazing book that helps us understand our emotions, why they appear and how they influence our life decisions, are they manipulating us, and can we b...

Article first published as Book Review: A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris on Blogcritics. About: A Wilderness of Error : The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald  by Errol Morris is a true-crime non-fiction book about the MacDonald Trial. Jeffrey MacDona...

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