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Stephen Kings the stand

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:48:29 +0000

Want to read some fiction that may actually happen someday… Well you can and if you have not read this book you really should….

Well it turns out that the flu problem was not really a problem at all, and some are saying that it may have been mostly media hype, but if that is true then what is the real story and can we trust the media to tell it…

Every time I hear a news story about h1n1, I think about the stand, which is based on an influenza virus that escapes a government lab, of course this is just fiction, but in the book and the movie, this fictional virus is very lethal, leaving a world just about empty of its previous inhabitants.

With all the insanity going on about the flu bug you have to wonder about the real possibility of the stand being more than just a book some day perhaps some of todays politicians have read the stand and are having a hard time differentiating between reality and a well written book, or even more diabolical, what if the book gave someone an idea, a very bad one.

If you have the chance you should read this book because it is a good read. Of course considering the way the book ends, there are a lot of interesting topics, in the book, being just a fiction and probably a little more and the book is also mentioned in the dark tower series as well as other honorable mentions in several other books.

The Stand as a book is nothing short of incredible, the stand as the movie, ahh, could be better, as far as stephen king movies go it was better than most, but still fell short of the real thing, which is most always the book, either way it is worth going after and in the end they all stand.

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:00:24 +0000

Is there a way to manage the risk of the Gods, the title is suggestive but perhaps the book is a little different.
Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the more distant past. When investors buy stocks, surgeons perform operations, entrepreneurs launch new businesses, and politicians run for office, risk is their inescapable partner. Bernstein clarifies the major components of risk, explaining how they can be applied to our professional endeavors. 4 cassettes.Amazon.com Review… More >>
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:36:53 +0000

If you want to know what this country needs to do in order to be great again? There is only only one thing, we have to go back, to what we were.

At a time when economic crisis, ever-expanding government, rising international threats, declining civic education, and many other problems cloud America’s future, political leaders increasingly pay lip service to ‘first principles’ – the principles on which the nation was founded. But just what are those principles? On that question, sadly, politicians and pundits have little to say. Fortunately, Matthew Spalding provides the answer in “We Still Hold These Truths”…. More >>
We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future