I guess I was looking for something harder-edged.  
Actually, that's a pretty safe bet. The best politico-econo-philosophy books I've read in recent years have all been more confrontational.
I liked John Dean's book on the mind of conservative...

Migration to other nations has become popular nowadays. More and more people migrate to other nations for several purposes. If you are also willing to migrate overseas then you must lodge your visa application from Migration Agents in Brisbane as ...

A flow switch is a tool used to control a fluid's flow like water, oil, or gas. Flow switches are meant for damage control of the setup by sending a signal to the setup to either start or stop the water flow switch flow. The switch sends the sig...

At nearly 1000 pages (31 hours for the audiobook), the latest Cormoran Strike story from Robert Galbraith (aka J. K. Rowling) is a sprawling affair. The writer seems to relish the gift of space she gives herself. If you've read and enjoyed the p...

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Clearing Your Path to Greatness - New e-book by Kenneth McQueen
The author discusses the barriers often faced by people to achieve success. It will also complement the readers with the strategies needed to avoid them.

I don't know how much roads cost to build. $5 million per mile? No doubt, it depends on the road.
But it's clear Taipei City has spent a bunch of money on the riverside paths around the Tamsui river. They're in fantastic shape.

This is surel...

Here I'm reviewing a great choice for book clubs and for discussion: The Good Sister by Gillian McAllister. It's a book about two sisters who suddenly find themselves divided by a tragedy. Martha's baby died while in the care of her sister, Becky....

If you run any sort of small business, it’s practically a given nowadays that you’ll need at least some small business software.
In fact, not having the right tools – and doing things the old way – means you’re wasting time and setting yourself u...

Here I'm reviewing American Panda by Gloria Chao. Mei is a Taiwanese-American girl who is off to college. Caught between two worlds, her highly traditional Taiwanese family and her American college life, Mei has some hard decisions to make. This c...

This is a review of the non-fiction book The Feather Thief by Kirk W. Johnson, 2018. I just couldn't put this book down! It's about a heist. Without giving away more than what's on the blurb, an accomplished musician broke into a museum to steal b...

For those of you who don't know (which I would hope isn't a lot of you) Taiwan is a little island just off the coast of China. But don't belittle Taiwan because of its size, their reputation for street food is off the charts, and rightfully so. 
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Ordering goods and having them delivered to your home is second nature to most consumers. It’s one of the biggest changes to shopping habits that the digital age has brought about – whether it’s purchasing groceries, pet supplies, or meal kits. Bu...

Noir cyberpunk science fiction is Richard K. Morgan’s speciality and he’s damn good at it. This stand-alone work is the best of his I’ve read so far. Published in 2007 as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America, the book won the Arthur...

Introduction
Customers want to leverage Amazon CloudWatch and ServiceNow together to receive notification of important events and to quickly orchestrate a remediation.
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and management service that enables you to ...

Many people change their textured hair after a textured hair transplant method. If you are one of these individuals, there is no requirement to panic or think it was not worth waiting.Just like a gardener who plants red apple seeds, his required o...

Traditionally, the solution for thin or scanty eyebrows has been to depend on makeup stuff to fill in eyebrow hairs. Though, there’s an improved business in a more stable solution for eyebrow restoration.

A cosmetic or surgeon specialist does a...

This is the place to share the latest happenings on your doorstep, the region you live or the world.  Raise awareness and share your analysis of people and events in the news.

Advertising photography is about creating compelling images that carry the attention of your marketplace. However, even the most carefully crafted shots may be marred by unwanted objects that diminish the overall message with the campaign. This is...

Beard growing has become a trend among men these days. But, growing a beard is not a piece of cake for everyone. Avoiding razors for many days and letting the hairs cover the facial area can sometimes become annoying. However, many folks also noti...

It's All-Star season again so time for some fun at the expense of the Warriors. 
Team Steph didn't win. Team KD did. Klay didn't win the 3-point trophy. Draymond made all his points from the line.  Did he even take a shot away from the basket?
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I got a free copy of this book in return for a review. My first solicited review! The next book in this series, Hail Warning is coming out soon.
Let’s start off by saying I enjoyed the story. It is a clever and inventive read. Since it involves...

People are private animals
We are all multidimensional individuals. “Who are you?” is an impossible question for anyone to answer fully, so our answers are always partial. When asked, we keep parts of our selves to ourselves.
We expose differe...

Platelet Rich Plasma for Hair Loss is presently the most advanced hair regrowth and hair loss surgery trend. prp hair treatment therapy for men's and women's hair loss is growing more popular and shows effectiveness in hair loss when done precisel...

Not many of us write kiss-and-tell memoirs.  But we all just might have the impulse. Life is full of stories and sharing those stories is something we seem bred to do.  Maybe your storytelling is mainly around the water-cooler, the dinner table ...

Does stress cause hair loss?
Everyone feels stress at some phase of their life. Sometimes, that stress induces a physical reaction or physical signs. You may endure flare-ups of the disease, dandruff, or acne. Hair loss is another typical side ef...

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With the visit to Beijing by Kim Jong-un, it's looking more likely that a Trump-Kim summit will take place.
The meeting may even take place in Beijing.
Getting a North Korea deal is important to Trump, and given his loose play with facts, it w...

Everybody cares what their self-image is and how others view them. The idea of maintaining a "good" self image has been around for so long that the desire have a good image to other people seems completely normal; and to an extent it is: but at wh...

This article is my reaction to the wrong accusation that Christianity and the Bible supports slavery and especially the enslavement of the black race. How true and fair is this accusation? Without denying the fact of slavery and the supression, op...