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One of my earliest memories is of helping my junior high babysitter (she was in junior high, not me - I was in 1st or 2nd grade) understand the book she was reading for school. I’ve always had an affinity for reading and burn through books almost as quickly as I burn through money. Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m GOOD at book reviews, which is why I post a relatively small number. But, like everything else, I do have some pretty strong opinions about them…

More Bad News For Harry Potter Fans

Posted on November 24, 2008 - Filed Under Books | Leave a Comment

Do you remember me talking about how Amazon couldn’t sell 100,000 copies of The Tales of Beedle The Bard Collector’s Edition in a week? Well, that wasmore than three months agao and guess what… it still hasn’t sold out!

Deepening that insult is the fact that Amazon has included this “must have”, “magical treasure” to their annual Customers Vote Super holiday savings event at a discount price of $50.00. When have you ever seen the exclusive marketer of a genuine, in demand collectible drop…

Save Big on Books with PaperBackSwap

Posted on November 6, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Friday Frugality, Shopping | Leave a Comment

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I was looking for a “rare” horror collection containing a story by F. Paul Wilson this week when I stumbled across a great way to save serious cash. The book is called Heroic Fantasy and it contains (amongst other things) a short story titled Demonsong that is the first tale in F. Paul Wilson’s “Secret History Of The World”. I’m in the process of collecting everything Wilson has…

Applied Anarchy: You CAN Trust Politicians…

Posted on September 26, 2008 - Filed Under Applied Anarchy, Books, Living Free | 13 Comments

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…to be politicians.
While checking out the new Salvation Army Store in Gilroy (one of the few ways to avoid sales tax) last weekend I came across a mint condition copy of Dr. Fred Schwarz’ You Can Trust the Communists (to be Communists, originally published in 1960). The paperback copy I picked up was printed in 1972, but looks like it just came off the press this…

Harry Potter and the Marketing Mania Meltdown

Posted on August 7, 2008 - Filed Under Books | Leave a Comment

I’ve seen each of the Harry Potter films as they came out. Not because I’m a Potter fan, but because I’m a movie fan. I see just about every major Hollywood release. I haven’t read a single one of the books, though I did try listening to the audio book of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The only problem was it couldn’t hold my attention - I’d either fall asleep or find my mind wandering. In other words, I…

When Self-Help Worlds Collide

Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Health Care | Leave a Comment

In October, 2005 Eckhart Tolle revolutionized the self-help world with his bestselling book, A New Earth, which introduced Americans to the power of the ego. According to Hale Dwoskin, author of The Sedona Method-

Tolle’s book is literally a manifesto for bringing the presence that you are into manifestation on a planetary scale and thereby bringing a new earth into being.

In November, 2006 Rhonda Byrne once again rocked the world of self-help with her bestselling book, The Secret, which introduced the…

Should We Be Happy For No Reason?

Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Health Care | Leave a Comment

The Sedona Method seems to be everywhere I look these days. Marci Shimoff, founding member of The Transformational Leadership Council, has followed up her massive best seller The Secret with a new book called “Happy For No Reason”. Apparently Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, followed these methods to overcome the depression that plagued her famous grandfather. As someone who’s lived with manic depression for more than 30 years now I’m left asking one question: should we be happy all the time?

I haven’t…