2 days ago by Samantha

Author: Aleksandar Tisma Genre: Historical, Classic Published: 1977 Personal rating: 5/5 Yearly count: 8 The Use of Man is written in a very literary in style – not my usual choice at all – but in this case, with this topic, I actually think it might make the book easier to read. Tisma doesn’t shy a ...

4 days ago by Sarah Hill

Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs My rating: 4 of 5 stars Patricia Briggs never disappoints me. I can count on her to provide a reading experience that fully takes me to another world. Unlike many other book series, each book leaves you wanting more. You really get to know all the characters so well it ...

10 days ago by Kim Pallister

Have Space Suit, Will Travel is a Robert A Heinlein young adult novel written back in 1958. I spotted it on the shelf in at the library (in audio book form) and picked it up on a whim. I've reviewed a fair number of science fiction books over the past few years, but most of them have been fairly rec ...

14 days ago by Buffalo Rising

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Patricia Covley: Don't confuse the books in this series with the TNT television show. The books are much darker and the characters are better developed. In The Silent Girl, Rizzoli and Isles are called to a crime scene in Boston's Chinatown when a ...

21 days ago by Kim Pallister

It took me a while to get through Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence , but it was well worth it. The book can be thought of as a combination of three things, in overlapping parts. First, Greenspan's autobiography, focusing on the parts of his upbringing and career that led to his chairing the fe ...

24 days ago by Let The Good Times Roll

Book Review By Bastab Chakraborty (http://betweenthelines.in/) Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9788129117847 Pages: 349 Price: 295.00 ‘Along The Way’ by TGC Prasad is a novel about Software Engineers by a Software Engineer. With strong vibes of TCS and its work culture reflected in a surre ...

31 days ago by Samantha

Author: Julie Hyzy Genre: Mystery Published: 2012 Personal rating: 5/5 Yearly count: 2 White House chef Olivia Paras and her arch nemesis, White House Sensitivity Director Peter Everett Sargeant, must work together to solve the double murder of one of the First Lady's assistants and the Chief of Sta ...

38 days ago by Mike Loukides

Leonard Mlodinow's " The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives" is a great book on an important subject. As data scientists know, random phenomenon are everywhere, and humans don't understand them well. We're not wired to understand them well. This book is a huge help, and will be a relief ...

38 days ago by Michael

The magazine Chemistry & Industry has been redesigned and relaunched as a monthly, so it now looks like this: I have two pieces in the launch issue, namely a feature on the outlook for nanotechnology: The future is ... nano! pp 38-41 and a review of Free Radicals by Michael Brooks: The road to scien ...

39 days ago by Samantha

Author: Sarah Kilby Genre: Non-fiction Published: 2007 Personal rating: 4/5 Yearly count: 76 (2011 Book) This guidebook gives an overview of tower history as well as five tours with plenty of information. There are great maps inside as well as pictures and even if you don’t visit the Tower of London ...