Book: The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More It’s now been quite a while since I read this book. It’s well worth thinking about the changes the internet has made to what kinds of products can find a market. A few decades ago, it was only possible for a …
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book: Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Book: Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Given how big a West Wing fan I am, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that this book was a birthday present, and that it didn’t take me too long to get through it. I didn’t know much about Rob Lowe’s career (especially the early …
book: the next story: life and faith after the digital explosion
Book: the next story: life and faith after the digital explosion Popular Christian blogger (and prolific reader) Tim Challies has written a new book on how technology impacts faith. As a working web developer, he has a uniquely insightful perspective on the impact of technology. It’s up-to-date, intelligent, not preachy, and grounded in the bible. If …
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Book: Gospel Powered Parenting
What does it mean to be a Christian parent? There are many answers, an a lot of emotion weighs into this question, but this book attempts to provide a straightforward basis for an answer. The gospel – the news that Jesus came to earth to die on a cross for the wrongdoing of hopeless, helpless …
Book: Miniskirts, Mothers, and Muslims
Book: Miniskirts, Mothers, and Muslims: A Christian Woman in a Muslim Land A friend loaned me this book, and I picked it up and read it in between a few other things that are going on. It’s a book written by a Christian lady who has lived in a range of different countries, many with …
Book: We need to talk about Kevin
Book: We Need to Talk About Kevin Recommended by a friend at work, this is a book I wouldn’t recommend reading while you wait for the birth of your second child. Written as a series of letters from the mother of Kevin to his father. Kevin was the architect and executioner of a school massacre. The …
book: all my friends are dead
Book: All my friends are dead. A picture book that has moments of humour, and moments of poignancy. If you’re looking for a picture book for grown-ups, this is worth a look. Click through the title above, and you’ll be able to read some excerpts of the book.
book: A Confederacy of Dunces
Book: A Confederacy of Dunces From the list of the bbc book meme, a friend loaned me a few books, this being the first I’ve read. Ignatius J. Reilly is the hero of this novel – he’s a Masters graduate who, at 30, still lives with his mother. His complete disdain for everyone, and the …
book: Questioning Evangelism
Book: Questioning Evangelism I was introduced to this book through some Christians at work: we’ve been reading through some of the earlier chapters together. The main thing that this has to add to the skills that you might have from many number of evangelism books that you’ve read over the years is the idea of …
Book: They Were Pilgrims
Book: They Were Pilgrims It’s been a while since I finished reading a book – I’ve been doing a lot more skimming of different books (or starting books), and trying to learn Hebrew vocabulary, so this feels like an achievement of sorts. This book is a collection of 4 biographies of Christians who lived in …