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Kr_iyer · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

Sail is a mystery novel by the bestselling author, James Patterson, and co-author, Howard Roughan, that was released on June 10, 2008.

A tuna is caught in the Bahamas. Inside the tuna is a coca-cola bottle with a note inside stating the Dunnes are alive. The book flashes back to the beginning as the Dunnes are about to set off on a ten day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together, despite the fact that the stepfather, Peter is staying behind on land. Katherine, a heart surgeon from New York City had lost her first husband, Stuart, a stock investor in a boating trip several years ago.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(novel)

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 11:48 am Post subject:

ALWAYS LOOKING UP is about optimism and making choices and finding a cure., April 1, 2009
By Toby Kenzington - See all my reviews

This is Michael J Fox's second book...his first being Lucky Man: A Memoir, in 2002 he announced to the world that he had Parkinson's disease and detailed what it was like living with and raising awareness for this currently incurable disease. 2009 he releases is second book, ALWAYS LOOKING UP.

Once again, the eighties icon turns a debilitating and degenerative disease and offers a ray of hope for people who might otherwise find depression. ALWAYS LOOKING UP blends many elements into a heart-warming and optimistic memoir that will bring hope, humor, and awareness to millions of people.

I say memoir because much of the book is from his own personal experiences and how he shed light on those dark times. He speaks of how Parkinson had strengthened his "family ties" Okay, I'm not as funny as Michael J Fox, but he doesn't think he would have the strong, close knit family he has if it wasn't tested by Parkinson's.

ALWAYS LOOKING UP, is the perfect name for this book, the man, and everything he has done to help raise awareness for this incurable disease...whether it's a guest appearance, a heartfelt memoir, or through his foundation: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, ALWAYS LOOKING UP is about optimism and making choices and finding a cure.

And if you missed Michael J Fox's first book Lucky Man: A Memoir I would highly recommend reading it.

Source: http://www.amazon.com/Always-Looking-Up-Adventures-Incurable/product-reviews/1401303382/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject:

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin

The louder someone complains, the closer you are to the truth. I anticipate a lot of ad hominem complaints from statists here. Do not let them talk you out of reading this book.

In any given generation, there are but a few authors and thinkers whose creations can survive the ravages of time and the shifting sands of societal evolution. It is rarer still when a key book is written, recognized, and celebrated contemporarily. This is one such book.

logically lays out what has made the United States of America different from all other nations in the history of humanity. He re-introduces us to the founders and framers, and those people who inspired them long ago. At its most basic elements, our country was founded on the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...and that we have these rights conferred on us, not by man or government, but by Natural Law, which originates with the Creator. Mr. Levin puts us back in touch with our founding doctrines, which are the at the very heart of what conservatism is and has always been.

Source: http://www.amazon.com/review/R334LOKPZPAZTY/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R334LOKPZPAZTY

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:36 am Post subject:

My Sister’s Keeper (2004), by Jodi Picoult, is a novel about a young girl who sues her parents for the right to make her own decisions about how her body is used when a kidney transplant is planned in order to potentially save her older sister.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sister%27s_Keeper

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject:

Outliers is a non-fiction book written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown and Company on November 18, 2008. In Outliers, Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. To support his thesis, he examines the causes of why the majority of Canadian ice hockey players are born in the first few months of the calendar year, how Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates achieved his extreme wealth, and how two people with exceptional intelligence, Christopher Langan and J. Robert Oppenheimer, end up with such vastly different fortunes. Throughout the publication, Gladwell repeatedly mentions the "10,000-Hour Rule", claiming that the key to success in any field is simply a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of 10,000 hours. Gladwell, a writer for The New Yorker, usually focuses on composing non-fiction articles, which sometimes pass as memes into the popular imagination. He wrote two books before Outliers, both of which went on to become best-sellers: The Tipping Point (2000) and Blink (2005)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:53 am Post subject:

Welcome to the My Stroke of Insight website, an interactive place to read inspiring stories and share techniques on how to create deep inner peace.

If you have read My Stroke of Insight (New York Times Bestseller published by Viking in May 2008) by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor or experienced her keynote speeches or lectures live or though video (TED in February 2008, Oprah's Soul Series aired May 2008), then you know the importance of having a balanced brain. This website, created by Dr. Jill, is intended to be a resource for you as you find your way to discovering your own insights.

Source: http://www.mystrokeofinsight.com/

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:44 am Post subject:

Chasing Normal - A New Resource for the Newly Disabled

Author, Dinah Chaudoir Federer has released her new book: Chasing Normal - A Guide For The Newly Disabled And For Those Who Love Them to help the newly disabled navigate the long and winding road that comes with adjusting to a new disability.

Chasing Normal uses the author's personal and professional experiences to help people survive and learn to thrive with disability challenges. She addresses topics such as feeling fragile, dealing with failure, and talking about the 'Big IT' and suggestions are provided to assist the reader in moving through these emotionally trying situations.

Source: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/publications/chasing-normal.php

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:22 am Post subject:

Editor Julie Will and Author David Kessler on The End of Overeating
David Kessler: For me, the last seven years of working on The End of Overeating were like trying to solve a puzzle, one piece at a time. There was the personal piece--I have suits in every size and I've been gaining and losing weight my entire life. And then there were the medical and public health pieces. We all know what and how to eat, but in the face of certain foods, many of us seem to forget. I wanted the answer to what would appear to be a simple question: why is it so difficult to control what and how much we eat?

What I learned was that our brain circuits become rewired by certain foods, so that we end up wanting and eating more than we need. Naturally, my next question became: how can we alter our response to food? In more technical language, how can we make the needed "critical perceptual shift" that fundamentally changes the way we view food?

Source: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000348571

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject:

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall succeeds at three levels. First, it is a page turner. The build up to a fifty-mile foot race over some of the world's least hospitable terrain drives the narrative forward. Along the way McDougall introduces a cast of characters worthy of Dickens, including an almost superhuman ultramarathoner, Jenn and the Bonehead--a couple who down bottles of booze to warm up for a race, Barefoot Ted, Mexican drug dealers, a ghostly ex-boxer, a heartbroken father, and of course the Tarahumara, arguably the greatest runners in the world.

Born to Run is such a rip-roaring yarn, that it is easy to miss the book's deeper achievements. At a second level, McDougall introduces and explores a powerful thesis--that human beings are literally born to run. Recreational running did not begin with the 1966 publication of "Jogging" by the co-founder of Nike. Instead, McDougall argues, running is at the heart of what it means to be human. In the course of elaborating his thesis, McDougall answers some big questions: Why did our ancestors outlive the stronger, smarter Neanderthals? Why do expensive running shoes increase the odds of injury? The author's modesty keeps him from trumpeting the novelty and importance of this thesis, but it merits attention.

Finally, Born to Run presents a philosophy of exercise. The ethos that pervades recreational and competitive running--"no pain, no gain," is fundamentally flawed, McDougall argues. The essence of running should not be grim determination, but sheer joy. Many of the conventions of modern running--the thick-soled shoes, mechanical treadmills, take no prisoners competition, and heads-down powering through pain dull our appreciation of what running can be--a sociable activity, more game than chore, that can lead to adventure. McDougall's narrative moves the book forward, his thesis provides a solid intellectual support, but this philosophy of joy animates Born to Run. I hope this book finds the wide audience it deserves.

Source: http://www.amazon.com/review/RY53XN2SDZ7J2/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RY53XN2SDZ7J2

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:41 pm Post subject:

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California.

Based on Steinbeck's own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath), the title is taken from Robert Burns's poem, To a Mouse, which read: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Mice_and_Men

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:38 am Post subject:

Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner.

The Scarpetta novels include a great deal of detail on forensic science. The solution to the mystery usually is found in the forensic investigation of the murder victim's corpse, although Scarpetta does considerably more field investigation and confrontation with suspects than real-life medical examiners. The novels are considered to have influenced the development of popular TV series on forensics, both fictional, such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and documentaries, such as Cold Case Files.

Cornwell herself worked at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Virginia as a technical writer and computer analyst, but not in any official medical or forensics capacity.

Other significant themes in the Scarpetta novels include health, individual safety and security, food, family, and the emerging sexual self-discovery of Scarpetta's niece. Often, conflicts and secret manipulations by Scarpetta's colleagues and staff are involved in the storyline and make the murder cases more complex. Although scenes from the novels take place in a variety of locations around the U.S. and (less commonly) internationally, they center around the city of Richmond, Virginia.

There are two remarkable style shifts in the Scarpetta novels. Starting from The Last Precinct, the style changes from past tense to present tense. Starting from Blow Fly, the style changes from a first person to a third person, omniscient, narrator. Events are even narrated from the viewpoint of the murderers. Before Blow Fly the events are seen through Scarpetta's eyes only, and other points of view only appear in letters that Scarpetta reads.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Cornwell

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:02 am Post subject:

SuperFreakonomics

The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Freakonomics was released on October 20, 2009. Steven Levitt, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, and author Stephen Dubner have teamed together to apply economic reasoning to a wide range of real-world questions. As with the original Freakonomics book, SuperFreakonomics is largely based upon the research of Professor Levitt, who has tackled problems inside and outside the field of economics.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:50 pm Post subject:

The Acorn People is the name of a nonfiction book for middle grade readers, written by author, educator and storyteller Ron Jones and first published in 1976. It is also the name of a televised film adaptation first broadcast in 1981.

Jones looks forward to his summer at Camp Wiggin, where he will work as a camp counselor. Although he knows the children who attend Camp Wiggin are disabled, he assumes he will still be able to have fun enjoying the outdoors, hiking, swimming and boating at the camp. When he arrives and meets the children, however, he is at first appalled at how severely disabled they are. One of the children is known as "Spider." This is because he has no arms, or legs.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Acorn_People

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Kr_iyer · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:

Going Rogue: An American Life ( ISBN 0061939897 ) is the New York Times #1 best seller by former American Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, co-written by Lynn Vincent of San Diego,[1][2] and edited by Adam Bellow for HarperCollins.[3] The memoir was released on November 17, 2009. The book's title is a reference to a phrase that arose during the latter part of the 2008 presidential campaign.[4] Palin embraced it after the question, "Has Sarah Palin 'gone rogue'?", appeared in the lead of an article in the magazine, Slate.[5] The subtitle, "An American Life", is the same as the title of Ronald Reagan's 1990 autobiography.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Rogue:_An_American_Life

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