Posted Sun, 01/11/2009 - 10:44am by fred
Welcome to my new site - I'm still in the progress of getting all 300 of my existing book reviews on this site and I'm reading many new books as well. Please check back often for new content and thanks for checking out What Fred Has Read Dot Com.
Cheers, Fred
Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 2:20pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
January 2010
Garry Wills studied for the priesthood, took his doctorate in the classics, and taught ancient and New Testament Greek at John Hopkins University. I’ve also read his bestsellers What Jesus Meant (book 209) and What Paul Meant (book 210). Book 338 was a Christmas gift. Read more
Posted Sat, 01/09/2010 - 5:15pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
January 2010
This book’s predecessor – Does Anything Eat Wasps? – by New Scientist editors of the weekly science magazine New Scientist was a surprise publishing sensation of the 2005 holiday season. Both books are collections of the New Scientist ‘Last Word’ weekly column, with questions posed by and answered by readers. Read more
Posted Sat, 01/09/2010 - 3:42pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
January 2010
Elizabeth Strout is a faculty member at Queen’s University, Charlotte, NC, with short stories published in many magazines. She was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the English Orange Prize. Her books Abide with Me and Amy and Isabelle won prizes. And Olive Kitteridge won the Pulitzer Prize. Read more
Posted Sat, 01/02/2010 - 5:24pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
December 2009
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition
James Herriot is the pen name for James Alfred Wight, OBE (1916-1995), a British veterinary surgeon and writer best known for his semi-autobiographical stories, often referred to collectively as All Creatures Great and Small, a title used in some editions and in film and TV attractions. Read more
Posted Tue, 12/29/2009 - 1:28pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
December 2009
John Hick is an internationally read and discussed philosopher of religion and a theologian who is a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences, University of Birmingham UK, and a Vice-President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion and of the World Congress of Faiths. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
Posted Fri, 12/18/2009 - 1:18pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
December 2009
Karen Armstrong was a Roman Catholic nun for seven years. Since 1982 she has been a historian of religion, a freelance writer, and a broadcaster. She has published numerous books and has appeared often on television due to her expertise in the history of religions. (For her books I’ve read, click on her name.) Read more
Posted Sat, 12/12/2009 - 6:11pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
December 2009
Publisher:
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Antonio Damasio is Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychology at USC, where he directs the Brain and Creativity Institute. He is also adjunct professor at the Salk Institute and the University of Iowa. He has received numerous awards (several shared with his wife Hanna Damasio, also a neurologist and neuroscientist). (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
Posted Tue, 12/01/2009 - 5:34pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
November 2009
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Eula Biss has an MFA from the University of Iowa, teaches non-fiction writing at Northwestern University, and is co-editor of Essay Press. Some of these essays have appeared in magazines. She won the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize for this essay collection. Read more
Posted Fri, 11/20/2009 - 4:58pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
November 2009
John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000. He has long been one of the leading spokesmen for progressive Christianity and has been featured on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, FOX News Live, and Extra. This book is based on the William Belden Nobel lectures he delivered at Harvard. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
