May 14, 2012, South Amboy
Paperback 2000, 409 pages.
Bought this book in Hong Kong. Author addresses eight principal objections to faith by interviewing various scholars on the issues. Also contains a brief summary of his earlier book The Case for Christ.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
September 29, 2011, South Amboy
Paperback 2011, 416 pages.
This book is about how two agents-turned-Private Investigators got involved in an attempt, by the Head of Homeland Security and a certain defense contractor, to destroy a competitor defense contractor. It involves some (to me) far-fetched technology involving one single Analyst doing his job with all available information given to him. Nonetheless, the plot is quite well thought out, and the action, especially towards the end, quite gripping.
One complaint is the book started a bit slowly, and the attempts at humor were a bit contrived.
Overall a good book.
Paperback 2011, 416 pages.
This book is about how two agents-turned-Private Investigators got involved in an attempt, by the Head of Homeland Security and a certain defense contractor, to destroy a competitor defense contractor. It involves some (to me) far-fetched technology involving one single Analyst doing his job with all available information given to him. Nonetheless, the plot is quite well thought out, and the action, especially towards the end, quite gripping.
One complaint is the book started a bit slowly, and the attempts at humor were a bit contrived.
Overall a good book.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
The Confession by John Grisham
September 24, 2011, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
Paperback 2010, 515 pages.
This is a rather straightforward accounting of how an innocent person was executed and how the attempt to save him during the last few days failed. The only suspense, so to speak, is whether Donte Drumm would be executed. Thus this is an undramatic book by the usual Grisham standards.
One wonders whether the author had an anti-death penalty philosophy and thus used the story to illustrate his point. Since I don't need much convincing on this point, I am okay with that. My other observation is the last part of the novel basically was simply a straightforward accounting of what happens to the various characters in the novel. As Grisham tends to have trouble finishing his novels anyway, this is to be expected, and is perhaps a technique he should use more often.
Overall an average, easy-to-read novel.
Paperback 2010, 515 pages.
This is a rather straightforward accounting of how an innocent person was executed and how the attempt to save him during the last few days failed. The only suspense, so to speak, is whether Donte Drumm would be executed. Thus this is an undramatic book by the usual Grisham standards.
One wonders whether the author had an anti-death penalty philosophy and thus used the story to illustrate his point. Since I don't need much convincing on this point, I am okay with that. My other observation is the last part of the novel basically was simply a straightforward accounting of what happens to the various characters in the novel. As Grisham tends to have trouble finishing his novels anyway, this is to be expected, and is perhaps a technique he should use more often.
Overall an average, easy-to-read novel.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
God and Stephen Hawking by John C. Lennox
September 8, 2011, South Amboy, NJ.
Paperback 2010, 96 pages.
An easy-to-read rebuttal of some of Hawking's arguments in the book "Grand Design."
Paperback 2010, 96 pages.
An easy-to-read rebuttal of some of Hawking's arguments in the book "Grand Design."
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
September 7, 2011, South Amboy, NJ
Hardcover 2010, 198 pages
Hardcover 2010, 198 pages
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Devil’s Punchbowl by Greg Iles
August 11, 2011, South Amboy, NJ
Paperback 2009, 710 pages.
The setting of the story is Natchez, Mississippi. The mayor’s boyhood friend comes to him with disturbing information about dog-fighting activities going on as part of a local casino’s illegal operations; his friend ends up dead. The story is about how the mayor finds other people to help him take down the ruthless people behind such activities. The story ends with a fight on the casino (a riverboat) and one of the villains being eaten up by alligators. Some of the scenes are quite graphic and difficult to get through.
It is a rather good book, but does it have to be so long? It’s not quite “War and Peace”, after all.
Paperback 2009, 710 pages.
The setting of the story is Natchez, Mississippi. The mayor’s boyhood friend comes to him with disturbing information about dog-fighting activities going on as part of a local casino’s illegal operations; his friend ends up dead. The story is about how the mayor finds other people to help him take down the ruthless people behind such activities. The story ends with a fight on the casino (a riverboat) and one of the villains being eaten up by alligators. Some of the scenes are quite graphic and difficult to get through.
It is a rather good book, but does it have to be so long? It’s not quite “War and Peace”, after all.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Machu Picchu 100 Years: Summit of the Empire by Walter H. Wust
July 18, 2011, South Amboy, NJ.
Paperback 2011, 80 pages.
We bought this book at Cusco for Sol 40 (about $15). It was for sale at the Lima airport for Sol 100, so it was a bargain.
Mainly a picture book with four sections: The Discovery, Treasures in the Mountains, A Walk with the Incas, and The Tree of Life.
In a time span of 18 months, the author and other photographers spent quite a bit of time to capture these images. MP is so picture-perfect that we got some very good pictures, having spent only one day there. We are sure we can get pictures of similar quality if we could spend a couple more days there, although we are not quite ready to climb some of the nearby mountains to get some specific shots.
Nice coffee table book.
Paperback 2011, 80 pages.
We bought this book at Cusco for Sol 40 (about $15). It was for sale at the Lima airport for Sol 100, so it was a bargain.
Mainly a picture book with four sections: The Discovery, Treasures in the Mountains, A Walk with the Incas, and The Tree of Life.
In a time span of 18 months, the author and other photographers spent quite a bit of time to capture these images. MP is so picture-perfect that we got some very good pictures, having spent only one day there. We are sure we can get pictures of similar quality if we could spend a couple more days there, although we are not quite ready to climb some of the nearby mountains to get some specific shots.
Nice coffee table book.
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