Posted Sun, 01/11/2009 - 11:44am 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, 07/27/2010 - 7:20pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Black Dog & Leventhal
The editors Frank Lowenstein, Sheryl Lechner, and Erik Bruun have each been reporters, as well as editors, and they have written many articles on a wide variety of topics. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Wed, 07/21/2010 - 6:04pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Fairview Press
Linda Picone was a journalist for many years who experimented with new forms of writing. She learned to be more creative with the use of quotes and dialogue and to write graceful and persuasive essays. Amazon.com lists 8 books by her. This compact (6"x4"x1") book was a gift. Read more
Posted Sat, 07/17/2010 - 5:07pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Doubleday Religion
Mother M. Angelica established Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Birmingham, AL, in 1961. Twenty years later she founded EWTN (Eternal World Television Network). Raymond Arroyo (EWTN Newslead anchor) edited this gift book. Read more
Posted Sat, 07/10/2010 - 1:53pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Algonquin Books
Shannon Ravenel, series editor of The Best American Short Stories for 13 years, has edited New Stories from the South since its introduction in 1987. I was given this book, with of its “new” Faulkner short story, because the giver knew I had read all of Faulkner’s novels and short stories. Read more
Posted Fri, 07/09/2010 - 12:03pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Grove Press; Reprint edition
As of 2008 James Howard Kunstler is the author of nine novels and three nonfiction books, The Geography of Nowhere, Home from Nowhere, and The Long Emergency. This novel is far from a typical post-apocalyptic novel. It was a highly rated book by my wife’s Book Club last year. Read more
Posted Tue, 06/29/2010 - 5:20pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
June 2010
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Mortimer Ostrow (1918-2006), was emeritus professor of pastoral psychiatry at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He experienced 3 major revolutions: psychoanalyst, psychopharmacology, and neuroscience. This was a gift book from a friend who also gave me book 360. Read more
Posted Tue, 06/29/2010 - 5:05pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
June 2010
John Shelby Spong, the retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark, is an open, scholarly, and progressive Christian theologian who wrote 20 books and has gave lectures. (For his books I’ve reviewed, click on his name.) This and book 361 were gifts from the same friend. Read more
Posted Sun, 06/13/2010 - 6:44pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
June 2010
E.T. Bell (1883-1960), attended Stanford and Columbia, taught at U. of Washington and Cal Tech, was president of the Math. Assoc. of America, and a National Academy of Science member. This book is for math lovers. Read more
Posted Sun, 06/06/2010 - 4:43pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
June 2010
Publisher:
Book Sales, Inc
Ben Dupre read classics a Exeter College, Oxford, Before pursuing a career in reference publishing. He has more than 20 years experience of elucidating difficult ideas for a popular audience. This book is from a series of “50 ------ Ideas You Really Need to Know.” This was a gift book. Read more
