Book Review: Cowboy Ethics
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: The Black Swan – The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Finished “The Black Swan – The Impact of the Highly Improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb recently. Here’s my review.
A Faith & Culture Devotional – Daily Readings in Art, Science and Life
“Truth is not a thing, but rather a relationship between our words or ideas and reality” – p. 28 by Lael Arrington
Poorly Made in China: An Insider’s Account of the Tactics Behind China’s Production Game
Essential reading for any company currently producing in China or contemplating the same.
The Seven Faith Tribes by George Barna
“Rather than asking the various faith tribes to accept the unacceptable, I am advocating that they admit they possess significantly different worldviews but within the framework of those worldviews lies a base of values that we can all agree upon. The power of those shared values constitutes the glue that can hold this country together.” (p.111) – George Barna
Book Review – Wrestling With Our Inner Angels – Faith, Mental Illness and the Journey to Wholeness – by Nancy Kehoe
Perhaps it may be through works like this that the “normal” will be changed sufficiently to revise their approach to “understanding the abnormal” — and in doing so we can become more compassionate with one another — bursting through the illusory taboos — mythical barriers where our own smug ignorance prevents us from exploring.