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Category Archives: Book Reviews
These are books I have read that I review for the benefit of others who don’t enjoy reading as much as I do. Perhaps this section will assist you in selecting your next book. I hope so. I read EVERY word on EVERY page of the books I review. If I don’t particularly care for a book, I don’t review the book publicly, unless I make a unique exception. I read around a hundred book a year. Most of my reviews are here and on Amazon.
Bill reviews pre-publication manuscripts, and early release books for a variety of publishers and authors in the U.S. and abroad, literary PR firms and at the request of certain authors. He performs this service gratis, without any compensation whatsoever (he knows….he’s really stupid). Notable authors whose work Bill has reviewed include William P. (Paul) Young, Donald Miller, George Barna, Samantha Power, Parker Palmer, George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, John Wasik, Roger Lowenstein, Taylor Branch, Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, Jim Palmer, David Kinnaman, Irshad Manji, Eboo Patel, Mark Scandrette, and Erwin McManus. Bill has a policy of not publishing reviews of books he reads that he doesn’t particularly care for and is uncomfortable recommending to others ( “Literature is like ice cream….there’s a whole bunch of flavors and I have my own tastes that differ from others…some people adore chocolate while others prefer pecan nut”).
George Barna – FUTURECAST – What Todays Trends Mean For Tomorrows World – an interview by Bill Dahl
My interview with George Barna…ENJOY! – READERS: Make sure to leave comments/questions in the dialogue box at the end of the interview…
Reading With Reggie
Reading with Reggie – An A-Z journey with “Reggie – The Learning Lab.” Designed for the precious privilege of an adult curling up with a child and a book — and the amazing adventure that this special time together unfurls.
That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back – by Friedman and Mandelbaum – A Review By Bill Dahl
“The two of us are not pessimists when it comes to America and its future. We are optimists, but we are also frustrated. We are frustrated optimists.”
Reckless Endangerment – How Outsized Ambition, Greed, And Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner
“Will a debacle like the credit crisis of 2008 ever happen again? Most certainly, because Congress decided against fixing the problem of too-big-to-fail institutions when it had the chance.” p. 304.
Boomerang – Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis – Review by Bill Dahl
Have you ever wondered how Iceland, Ireland, Greece have gone broke or what may lie ahead in the global economic crisis? READ THIS BOOK!
