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Category Archives: Non-Fiction
Unveiling the kings of Israel by David Down
Unearth the history of the small nation of Israel. Using the bible as an amazing historical record and the archaeological discoveries continue to prove the validity and significance of God‘s Word.
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Unveiling the kings of Israel
by David Down
New Leaf
July 2011
What an amazing hardcover book from New Leaf Publishing. I love history and add in Biblical history makes it that much more amazing. You will discover some modern archeological finds. The pictures are detailed and the pages are jammed packed with information that is easy to understand.
You will see relevant maps, gorgeous photos of the actual ruins. The pictures are amazing. This book is divided into twenty chapters that reveal archaeological finds. This would make a wonderful reference and encyclopedia to anyone’s library. Chapter titles include: Abraham came from Ur, Joseph to Moses, David as King, and many other wonderful chapters. You have passages of the biblical accounts included to support the validity. Appendix has a lot of information from the Tabernacle, charts, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
I was very impressed with this book and look forward to using it in our homeschool. My husband will be able to find some useful information when putting together bible lessons.
ReneeK is a sweet tea addicted mamma who loves to cuddle up to a good book. She blogs at Little Homeschool on the Praire and writes about family, homeschooling, having a special needs child, and about whatever else tickles her fancy.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
One hundred and eighty three million people in this world play games at least thirteen hours a week. Every week. Why? Because reality isn’t meeting their needs. Let me switch this up a little: reality isn’t meeting our needs.
Reality is Broken
by Jane McGonigal
Penguin Press
January 2011
In the “real world” we get up in the morning, work all day and come home to go to bed. At work, we go through the motions of a never-ending litany of to-do lists without recognition and without progression. We know that we will never win the game of life. We just play it. Every day.
But in games we have a chance for more according to McGonigal. In games we voluntarily add obstacles and challenges that don’t present themselves in “real life.” We have an opportunity to do things that we are good at and – more importantly – feel like we have a chance to succeed. In games, players are presented with challenges that have consequences far more epic (author’s term) than daily living would ever provide. And yet, they give these challenges to us knowing that we can overcome them with enough focus and effort.
McGonigal’s work was so mind-rocking obviously right that (as an active gamer, fitting the definition above) when I read it I found myself simultaneously blown away and nodding my head, “Yes, this is exactly right!” Non-gamers sometimes struggle to understand why gamers play so much and get so into their games. They mistakenly assume that we are hiding from the “real world” or making up for social dysfunctions. The truth is far more enlightening and if properly understood, which this book does a great job or explaining, gaming not only becomes an obvious outlet but starts to become recognized as paradigm that the so-called real world is moving to.
Let me give an example: if children just want to play games and also children seem to have a hard time staying focused on school work why wouldn’t we attempt to motivate through the use of gaming? How about a game that teaches? That’s not just a theoretical question but is becoming a recognized option. Games teach something, why not utilize them to teach subjects that students struggle with?
This book was so much of a game changer, pardon the pun, that I used the ideas presented to create an alternative reality game at my job. My direct reports are required to hit certain metric goals each month so I layered the game on top of “real work” providing an instant reward and achievement layer for when they hit those metrics. I also provided an overarching narrative and a monthly cycle of challenges giving my representatives the ability to voluntarily take on additional challenges that should they achieve victory would also result in higher “real world” results. The results over the last five months of playing this game, called Alt-Life, have been amazing. Not only is work more fun, but metric results are amongst the highest that I’ve even seen in a group of my direct reports.
McGonigal is right. Reality is Broken will change the way you view the world and hopefully the way you play it. Very highly recommended.
Scott Asher is the founder and administrator of BookGateway.com. Along with his contributions to BookGateway, he reviews for the commercial site BuddyHollywood.com. His personal blog is AshertopiA – a land flowing with milk and honey… and a lot of sticky people where he cartoons and writes on current events and Christianity.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
Why I Failed In The Music Business by Steve Grossman
This book would seem to have a very limited niche market. After all, how many people are in the music business? Actually, if you include those who want to be in the music business I suspect there would be several million. But even that is too limiting. The title of this book may sound like an extremely boutique offering but in reality its usefulness extends well beyond those interested in winning Grammys.
Why I Failed In The Music Business:
And How not to Follow in my Footsteps
By Steve Grossman
WordCrafts Press
June 2011
First off the book is fast paced and engaging. This is generally quite important these days but it is particularly important when dealing with artistic types who think that books dealing with “business” are a waste of time and creative energy. Grossman blows that idea away pretty quickly and before you know it you are hooked. This is a good thing because the ideas presented here really do have useful practical application. Grossman comes from the unique background of having been a professional musician for twenty years before discovering that he really enjoyed business as well.
I would suggest this book highly for anyone in the performing arts, not just music. This book will both enlighten and challenge such readers. Grossman not only gives valuable insight into what is really needed for success in the arts but in the same process he causes the reader to consider what is really needed for success in life regardless of your chosen profession.
This brings me to my main complaint. I understand why Grossman titled the book as he did, and it is an arresting title. However, the insight provided by this book applies to virtually every field of endeavor. It’s unlikely that anyone is reading this who isn’t interested in going into the music business, but if perhaps you are are considering buying this for a friend you might want to get two and keep one for
yourself.
Ronnie Meek is is a guy who likes to share good reads with other people and warn them about boring or bad stuff. His personal blog is It’s In There Somewhere where he is currently blogging through the New Testament.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
I challenge anyone who does not believe that well written, well researched, history can be every bit as fascinating as the best novels to read Last Call and still hold that position. With a panorama of remarkable characters set against the backdrop of a social issue that makes the current abortion debate seem somewhat milquetoast Daniel Okrent has served up a smashingly good read that both illuminates our national past and present.
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
By Daniel Okrent
Scribner
May 2010
Prohibition was not something that arose overnight. The battle that led to the enactment of the eighteenth amendment took place over at least a half a century. On the surface it seemed a marvelous social experiment. Imagine a place where there was no alcoholism, no drunkenness with its attendant evils of crime, poverty and abuse. This was the drive behind Prohibition. When it was finally enacted it seemed that the dream had come true. A golden age was dawning. In fact, the dream had simply become a nightmare. The light at the end of the tunnel was a train.
There are several powerful lessons to be reaped from this look at our past. One of the most striking, and curiously encouraging, was the realization that both sides of this issue were totally willing to lie, cheat, and steal in order to advance their cause. The reason I found this somewhat “encouraging” is because I was of the opinion that we had grown worse in our national character in this regard over the
last few decades. It seems that we have in fact always been this bad. You might expect this from the “wets” who represented the vested interest of the liquor industry, but it seems that the fanaticism of the “drys” led them to believe that almost anything was justified in pursuit of their envisioned utopia. (This should have been a red flag regarding the results they ultimately achieved.)
Another lesson that stands out is that when it comes to social engineering the results of our meddling are rarely what we expect. The same applies to the economy of things. When Prohibition was passed some of the vineyards in the Napa Valley rushed to uproot their grapes and plant other crops. Of what value
would grapes be with wine virtually illegal? Ah, but there is a huge gap between virtually illegal and completely illegal. People were still allowed to produce their own wine for home consumption but you can’t make wine at home without grapes. Grapes that sold for under $10 per ton some ten years earlier peaked at over $300 per ton during Prohibition. A lot of grapes had to be replanted. Likewise, the
expected fall in criminal activity following the enactment of Prohibition seriously failed to materialize. Just the opposite occurred. With the advent of Prohibition there was suddenly serious money to be made in criminal activity. Every increase in enforcement activity forced organized crime to become more organized. It could strongly be argued that National Crime Syndicates owe their start directly to Prohibition.
Most people would point to Viet Nam as the first war the USA ever lost. Militarily speaking that is likely true. But Prohibition was where we lost our dream, or at least where the dark behind the dream could no longer be hidden. We created a great land of freedom and opportunity and even though other cultures paid the price for our “opportunity” we could ignore them since their stories weren’t really told. We had the slavery issue, but we fought a great heroic war that brought “freedom” to the slaves and even though it would take another hundred years for them to share in our opportunities we could overlook that and sing the praises of our Civil War heroes. Then we finally enacted Prohibition and nothing could stop
our glorious social momentum; nothing except a train wreck. And while Okrent gives a quite balanced appraisal to the players and motives on both sides of Prohibition, even he has to concede that the light at the end of the tunnel… was indeed a train.
Ronnie Meek is is a guy who likes to share good reads with other people and warn them about boring or bad stuff. His personal blog is It’s In There Somewhere where he is currently blogging through the New Testament.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
Out of a Far Country
A young boy who didn’t fit in – a gay man who turned to drugs and women – a young man who went to prison and found God, a mother who learns to accept her son just as he is and also turns to God.
Out of a Far Country
by Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan
WaterBrook Press
May 2011
Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, is gay. He has finally come out of the closet and told his parents. His mother, Angela, is devastated. How can this be – after all she has sacrificed for the family? Why didn’t Leon say something? Christopher was not, could not be gay. Christopher could not live like that and be a dentist. They would lose patients. Angela shouts at him – you must choose the family or chose the lifestyle. Maybe this ultimatum would shake him up. Instead it backfires on Angela. Christopher tells her it’s not something he can choose – he was born this way – he is gay and if she can’t accept him then he will leave. Christopher walks out the door leaving his mother lying on the floor gasping for breath – her marriage is a failure and now her parenting is a failure.
Christopher returns to Louisville and college. Angela had talked with Father Foley about the problem and he had given her a book on Homosexuality: An Open Door. Angela can’t let things go on any longer. She will take the train to Louisville and confront Christopher and then she will end it all. She can no longer live with the shame, on the way she begins to read the book. It is a Christian book and she is captivated by every word. God loves everyone – even homosexuals – because of who they are, not what they do. If God could love Christopher then she could too. There is a change in Angela’s attitude. She will see Christopher and tell him she loves him just as God does.
Christopher can’t believe his mothers change of heart. She had never been a Christian before, never thought too much about God and now she was going all out with this religious stuff. He would just ignore her and maybe she would go away. Angela stays in Louisville for six weeks and then returns home. She has now completely embraced God and turned her life around. Things start to go down hill for Christopher. He turns to drugs – first as a user and then as a dealer. He has really hit rock bottom. He is finally arrested and thrown into prison. He becomes desperate and reaches out to Angela. Even Leon has embraced God and they both are there for Christopher. While in prison Christopher turns to God and completely changes his life.
After being released from prison, Christopher enrolls in college and earns a degree in Bible with emphasis in music and biblical language. He continues to attend Wheaton College Graduate School as a recipient of the Charles Colson Scholarship for ex-offenders. It is the only scholarship of its kind. Even though Christopher did not pursue it, God begin to open doors for him to share his story of God’s grace, both in his life and the lives of his parents. Christopher is living with AIDS – God has sustained his health, but he is living with limitations
Highly recommended. The book will open your eyes to what homosexuals and their parents go through, but by God’s grace and mercy everything will turn out ok. God loves everyone – no matter who you are or what you are. Recommend you buy the book for yourself and one for someone you know who is going through the same things Angela and Christopher went through. Maybe through God’s grace they will learn to accept things which they cannot change.
Mary Asher, the Golden Reviewer, is a founding book blogger for BookGateway.com. She describes herself as “An 80 year old avid reader reviews the newest in Christian fiction and non-fiction with a sprinkle of the secular on top.”.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
Playing With Purpose by Mike Yorkey
Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow are last years rookie quarterback phenoms in the NFL. That isn’t the only thing they have in common though: they share the same faith in Jesus Christ as their saviors. This book sheds light on how these three friends came to have that faith and how they grew up and ultimately became the NFL stars that they are.
Playing with Purpose
Inside the Lives and Faith of the NFL’s Top New Quarterbacks
by Mike Yorkey
Barbour Books
Sept 2010
Each of the sections in the book are dedicated to one of the players and delves into their childhood, their careers in high school and college, how they came to faith and how their faith informs their playing. Each section is filled with information that NFL and NCAA fans would find interesting but the book shines when it comes to the players’ faith and how it impacts them on and off the field.
Since there are no first hand interviews in this book, the author relies on previous interviews, quoted liberally, and news clippings. Yorkey does a good job piecing together the biographical information on each of the three quarterbacks for the reader. This is however the biggest failing of the book: this information isn’t new; if Mike Yorkey can find the info we can too.
Another problem that I had with the book was that it seems at times to be so uncritical as to be almost a puff piece on the players. Almost a Saturday Morning special of sappy, happiness.
That said, this book does a very good job at what it says it will do and doesn’t go any further. An introduction to three of the rising stars in the NFL and their common faith. As such, Yorkey delivers an easy to read, entertaining account of the players that I enjoyed.
Scott Asher is the founder and administrator of BookGateway.com. Along with his contributions to BookGateway, he reviews for the commercial site BuddyHollywood.com. His personal blog is AshertopiA – a land flowing with milk and honey… and a lot of sticky people where he cartoons and writes on anything he finds funny and Christianity, which sometimes overlap.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman
Time travel is fun. Some authors are extraordinary for being able to transport you to another time period. Some authors don’t have to transport you to another time because they are already from another time.
The Memoirs of W. T. Sherman
By Himself
1875
A few years back I found myself reading the Memoirs of U. S. Grant. It seemed that for a few months I kept running into statements claiming that General Grant had written the finest set of memoirs ever penned by a Unites States President. I took and plunge and discovered a fascinating life described in a beautiful clear lucid prose. Grant could write!
I only mention Grant’s memoirs because they were the incentive to tackle General Sherman’s memoirs as well. Much to my surprise (though I don’t know why I was surprised) I discovered that Sherman could also write. The prose is a bit wordy but straightforward, clear, and penetrating. You can see how such thinking made a real difference in the outcome of the Civil War.
There is something beautiful and simple about reading Sherman’s accounts of the war and the times. He tells of captured officers being invited to dine with the Union commanders and offered horses to ride befitting their rank. At other times he muses about how cavalry can never overcome infantry but will always be necessary for a successful war campaign. He talks about the need for a good supply of coffee and discusses the merits of some coffee substitutes.
You also discover that General Sherman did more than march through Georgia. During the Mexican American War he was stationed in California. This assignment placed him in the bay area in 1848 when gold was discovered at Sutter’s mill. Later he managed a bank in San Francisco when the vicissitudes of the gold rush created severe panic as well as boom times. It would surprise many to learn that when Lincoln was elected Sherman was leading a small military school in Louisiana that would later become LSU.
Anyone who has even a passing interest in this period of American history will find this a fascinating read. There is much to feast on here. My two favorite moments are probably Sherman’s encouragement likely keeping Grant from resigning after Shiloh and the striking circumstances surrounding Sherman being notified of Lincoln’s assassination.
It’s a fairly long book and filled with a lot of source material such as letters and battle reports, but altogether a book well worth reading.
Ronnie Meek is is a guy who likes to share good reads with other people and warn them about boring or bad stuff. His personal blog is It’s In There Somewhere where he is currently blogging through the New Testament.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
The Wisdom of Pixar by Robert Velarde
Those of us who have children have long known of the overt morality of Pixar’s movies and now Robert Velarde’s new book sheds light on the topic for everyone. Written in 2010, this book covers all the Pixar feature length films through the fantastic Up. Each chapter focuses on a specific virtue in relation to one specific movie (with some overlap, of course.)
The Wisdom of Pixar
by Robert Velarde
IVP
2010
Toy Story is tied to identity; Finding Nemo to family; A Bug’s Life to justice. Each chapter has a brief bio of the movie with some interesting facts, but the highlight of the chapters is in digging deeply into the films to pull out the moral of the story. This is very important in an American culture that many feel has lost its way. How often do we think on what a movie is really telling the viewer? The deeper question becomes: if the movie’s only moral is that we should take vengeance then is it really a movie worth watching?
Velarde does an expert job at showing us how to look at movies critically – not just asking the question, “did I enjoy it?” but “was this a good movie?” in the literal sense of the word. While I believe that parents and interested movie buffs will enjoy and learn from this book it is important to note that most of the values in the book are tied to Christian values and there is no secret that Velarde intends this book for believers.
If you are a parent or a Pixar fan then I highly recommend this interesting and informative book that is in the same vein as the philosophy of or Tao of series of books although from the Christian perspective. I was almost as enamored as I am with the films themselves, which says a lot of how much I enjoyed the book.
Scott Asher is the founder and administrator of BookGateway.com. Along with his contributions to BookGateway, he reviews for the commercial site BuddyHollywood.com. His personal blog is AshertopiA – a land flowing with milk and honey… and a lot of sticky people where he cartoons and writes on current events and Christianity.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
The Internet is a Playground by David Thorne
The Internet is a Playground is a compendium of nearly every post so far – and all of the best posts – from Thorne’s website 27bslash6.com. This collection of hilarious posts cover a wide range of topics from his son attending a school sponsored religious meeting to paying for an overdue bill with a drawing of a spider. Nearly all of them hit the mark and are literally laugh out loud funny: his wit really is unparallelled in Cyberspace and I found numerous times that not only was I laughing too hard to breathe but those I shared the stories with soon found themselves in the same position. (NOTE: It is amazing how nice the customer service representatives are in the book. It certainly isn’t American customer service depicted!)
The Internet is a Playground
by David Thorne
Tarcher
May 2011
Inevitably, there are some that I didn’t find funny, like the posts about monkeys and Lucius landed a little flat. In fact, it seems like many of the things I didn’t enjoy so much were the so-called new content, not available online. Not a big surprise as if they were that great they would probably have been published online already. Also, some stories are hilarious but you may find yourself saying, “I really ought not think that’s funny as it is so very [mean spirited / offensive / fill in the blank].” It should go without saying that very conservative people should not pick up this book unless they are looking for something to be mad about. (We all need motivation sometimes.)
This book is everything that is wrong with the internet. Not because David Thorne probably is an evil genius (he is). Not because the chapters in this book aren’t seriously hilarious (they are). But because you can get most of the best content from this book for free online, which means that aside from fans, those who don’t have laptops/ netbooks/ tablets/ smartphones and are too lazy to carry a book and those who are unaware of the website this book may be an unnecessary expense. And that is what is wrong with the internet: it makes publishing some books almost irrelevant when they really ought not be.
Thorne’s book, because most of it is available for free online, is less of a must buy than a “you really should at the very least read this guy” type book. As for me, I enjoyed the book immensely and will continue to watch for new posts at 27bslash6 to see what new trouble this online evil genius can make.
Scott Asher is the founder and administrator of BookGateway.com. Along with his contributions to BookGateway, he reviews for the commercial site BuddyHollywood.com. His personal blog is AshertopiA – a land flowing with milk and honey… and a lot of sticky people where he cartoons and writes on current events and Christianity.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
I’m Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards
In 2000 only a handful of people saw the value of pure search clearly, and many of them already worked at Google. Quietly, steadily, and without even a hint to their colleagues down the hall, the engineers were building a plan to share their vision of a perfect hammer with a much wider audience.
Because they knew the world was full of nails. (p.140)
Iʼm Feeling Lucky
(The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59)
by Douglas Edwards
July 2011
In 1999 Douglas Edwards was a successful middle aged marketing and product development manager for the San Jose Mercury News. He was married with three children and a mortgage. This seemed to be the perfect time to leave the security of a well paid semi-prestigious position and go job hunting in the wildly uncertain jungle of dot com start ups. Most people in his position who followed that rainbow ended up with a ticket on the Titanic. Doug ended up on Apollo 11.
There are some moments when is seems that Doug just wrote this book to rant about some gal named Marissa; however, even those moments often come off entertaining due to the engaging style of writing. Everyone has a Marissa in their life and while she tends to drive us crazy, in this case the author can at least give us some appreciation for her strengths. It seems that everyone at Google has strengths. When a
company starts out with smart people and has a policy of not hiring anyone who isnʼt at least as smart as you are… well, things can escalate pretty quickly.
In addition to being quite entertaining Iʼm Feeling Lucky offers clear insights to what makes Google click. Itʼs called being Googley and it is a dynamic mixture of brilliance, very hard work, very hard play, vision, and a creed that basically consist of “Donʼt Be Evil.” It also consists of an aversion to the standard rules by which Corporate America tends to operate. Sergey Brin, one of the two company founders, once seriously suggested that they take al of their marketing budget and use it to inoculate Chechen refugees against cholera. Why not increase your customer base by saving lives? (Thatʼs a new one for corporate America.)
From the free candy and good home cooked meals, to the company wide ski trips, to a corporate mindset for frugality that innovated placing fifteen hundred servers in a rented space where most companies only placed fifty this book is a revealing insiderʼs view of one of the most fascinating corporations on the planet. Through out the book trends in corporate DNA emerge that makes it pretty clear that Googleʼs secret search algorithms are only one ingredient in the “secret sauce” of their astonishing success.
Doug Edwards writing style is lucid and generally does an excellent job of making sense out of what appeared on the surface to be a fairly incoherent slice of history. Who should read this book? Anyone who is interested in computers and the internet. Anyone who is interested in corporate structure or entrepreneurship. Anyone who is interested in marketing, or the lack thereof. And finally, anyone who is having trouble with any gal named Marissa.
Ronnie Meek is is a guy who likes to share good reads with other people and warn them about boring or bad stuff. His personal blog is It’s In There Somewhere where he is currently blogging through the New Testament.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites …and Other Lies You’ve Been Told by Bradley R.E. Wright, PhD
Sociologist Brad Wright shatters popular myths by sifting through the best available data. He reveals how Christians are doing when it comes to everything from marriage and morality to church growth and public perception. The book gives you the truth behind the statistics and how the numbers are being manipulated.
Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites
…and Other Lies You’ve Been Told
by Bradley R.E. Wright, PhD
Bethany House
July 2010
Here are some facts that might surprise you:
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Evangelicals are more respected by society today than they were twenty yeas ago.
Divorce rates of Christian couples are lower than those of nonbelievers.
The percentage of people who attend church has held steady over the past twenty years.
The book is about myths and misconceptions regarding Christianity – especially Evangelical Christians. Mark Regnerus writes – It is a welcome, calming voice to the cacophony of data interpreters of American evangelicalism. Scott McKnight states it is an extremely needed book that is a delight to read,
If you are into charts, graphs and historical data – this is a book for you; Dr. Wright does an excellent job of getting his point across and diffusing christian myths and misconception.
The book has a lot of information, but I wasn’t too impressed. I, myself, am not into charts and graphs. and do not pay much attention to myths regarding Christianity.
Mary Asher, the Golden Reviewer, is a founding book blogger for BookGateway.com and has generously provided this review. She describes herself as “An 80 year old avid reader reviews the newest in Christian fiction and non-fiction with a sprinkle of the secular on top.”.
Keep the Change by Steve Dublanica (Give Away!)
An interesting book on the art of tipping.
Steve sets out to be the Guru of Gratuity. He travels the world to meet strippers, cab drivers, moving men, bartenders, restroom attendants and many more. Tipping is big in America. The majority of workers in these industries depend on tips to supplement their income. The ideal of tipping first started in Europe among the gentry, but rapidly spread to America. Most of the people are ignorant when it comes to tipping – how much and who should you tip.
Steve has ran the gamut of all kinds of people. His most interesting sojourn seems to be in Las Vegas among the casinos and strip joints – the high class one and the down and dirty ones.Vegas is big on both. Remember the saying – “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Evidently not as Steve has written all the ugly details in black and white. Steve appeared to take his mission too seriously as he spend money like it was water – stating he could write it off as research. (I wonder if the IRS feels the same way.)
If you are concerned who you should tip and how much , I recommend you read the book. However, some of the interview Steve conducted are with people the ordinary man or woman will never come in contact with or probably have never heard of.
I will admit it was an interesting book, but I will stick to my tried and true way of tipping for service received -15% to 20%. I probably will never give my mail person or delivery person a tip either at the time they deliver the item or at Christmas. I was not aware I should have tipped the movers when I moved across the city. After all, it cost a fortunate to do so and I had a number of items broken including an antique dinner room table. Should I move again I am duty bound to tip the movers regardless of what condition my possessions arrive in – according to Steve.
Recommended only if you have question regarding who, when and how much to tip. It may or may not change the way you think – or tip – but you will find it a intriguing read.
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Mary Asher, the Golden Reviewer, is a founding book blogger for BookGateway.com and has generously provided this review. She describes herself as “An 80 year old avid reader reviews the newest in Christian fiction and non-fiction with a sprinkle of the secular on top.” Her former blog was at http://GoldenReviewer.blogspot.com.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.
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