Obama is ineffective in leadership and inexperience in economics as Suskind potrays in his book. The book has made people focus more on Obama’s shortcomings and weaknesses in his administration. While he is special and wildly admired, that alone is not enough to lead the world’s most powerful nation. Read the rest about the book here.
The story centers on a young Punjabi Sikh named Sat who is determined to find his married sister who vanished under suspicious circumstances. Although the in-laws claim she has eloped with her Muslim lover, Sat crosses boundaries to discover the truth despite hurdles thrown up from his own family, who believe that their daughter is a disgrace. Read more here.
The drama begins with the kidnapping of the US president’s two teenaged children. That’s not the only problem Alex Cross has to deal with as the arrival of several of Saudi Arabians signals signs of terrorism at the heart of Washington DC. Then, a deadly contagion spreads through the city’s water system. Will Cross emerge victorious through all these chaos? Read the rest of this suspense-thriller review here.
November 22, 1963 is the date when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot. When Jake Epping meets Al Templeton, the owner of a diner who happens to have a portal that allows one to travel back in time, he starts toying with the idea of saving the president. Like any other King’s book, you would be missing lunch, dinner and maybe sleep too as you might find it hard to stop once you start reading.
In this book, the former Jackson 5 guitarist offers answers to many questions , such as Michael’s vitiligo, and how the star had to face unndecessary hectoring from the media about his lightening skin tone. Read more here.
A mother loses her child to a kidnapper who resembles her. Her bank accounts are emptied and her identity stolen. Who is it that is out to steal not only her child but her life? Read the full review here.
We have TV, radio, light bulb, microwave and portable game consoles, yet there isn’t the same hullabaloo for those inventors as compared to Jobs. What makes him so different? Isaacson has done a good job in charting Jobs’ life and this is one book Apple fans must have. For the rest of us, this makes a good read. More of the review here.
We live in a cut-throat, fast-paced world where we find ourselves having too much input, too much to do, too much to think about and too many decisions to make. If you are out there selling something, be it a product or service, you should have realised and experienced by now the increasing difficulty of getting someone to listen to you, even for a minute. How then are you suppose to close the sale?
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In 1937, the Japanese army invadedNanking, raping, torturing and murdering hundreds of thousands of Chinese. Amid the carnage, a small band of Westerners set up a safety zone to shelter civilians. Read the rest of the review here.
Matriarch Rachel Brinkley loves being the centre around which her large family revolves, and despite the fact that her sons are now all grown up and married, she still insists on fussing over and controlling them. One of her daughter-in-law is opinionated and has no intention of falling into step with the Brinkleys and her insubordination has been steadily getting on Rachel’s nerves. Slowly Rachel realizes that she is also losing control over her family. Read the rest of the review here.
