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Archive | November, 2006

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

30. November 2006

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What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money, That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Rich Dad, Poor Dad is an instructional book taking the form of the author’s lifestory, with a certain amount of fictionalization. Because of the heavy use of allegory, some readers believe that Kiyosaki created Rich Dad as an author surrogate [...]

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

27. November 2006

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2003 Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Fiction Middlesex is a powerful masterpiece by the same author who gave us the equally-controversial and successful, “The Virgin Suicides” - Jeffrey Eugenides. In this 2002 epic novel, Eugenides once again left the readers blown away by his distinct easy-flowing style of story-telling and for which he was hailed by critics [...]

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The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

24. November 2006

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For our e-book feature of the day, we picked Audrey Niffenegger’s maiden novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife. In this debut novel, Niffenegger beautifully crafted and weaved the story of Clare, an attractive art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were [...]

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

22. November 2006

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In this international bestseller “The Alchemist”, Paulo Coelho tells the story of Santiago, a native of Andalusia who was trained, briefly, for the priesthood but had the penchant for travelling. When he left the seminary, he joined a group of shepherds and bought some sheep. When he arrived at an abandoned church one night, he [...]

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Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr. Spencer Johnson

20. November 2006

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Dr. Spencer Johnson is an international best-selling author whose books helped millions of readers to discover simple truths in life. Dr. S. Johnson was named by internet giant Amazon.com as the best-selling author for non-fiction and business books of all time for the phenomenal success of his book, “Who Moved My Cheese?”, which we [...]

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