“Once barriers — which consist in a sense only in man’s ignorance of the possible — are torn down, they are not easily set up again.”
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”).
Book Review: Let Your Life Speak – by Parker J. Palmer
Book Review: Let Your Life Speak – by Parker J. Palmer
Book Review: When Giants Fall – An Economic Roadmap For the End of the American Era by Michael J. Panzner
Book Review: When Giants Fall – An Economic Roadmap For the End of the American Era by Michael J. Panzner
Book Review: The Inheritance – by David E. Sanger
Book Review: The Inheritance – by David E. Sanger
Book Review: A Deadly Misunderstanding by Mark D. Siljander
Book Review: A Deadly Misunderstanding – A Congressman’s Quest To Bridge The Muslim-Christian Divide by Mark D. Siljander
Book Review: Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
Book Review: Thomas Friedman – Hot, Flat and Crowded – – Why We Need A Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America