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Deep, mystic, powerful

Review from The Rebirthing of God →

Deep, mystic, powerful read on God, pilgrimage of Iona island, Celtic traditions, the earth, rebirthing, ….. infusions of Gandhi, Merton, Carl Jung (quite a bit), about the way of love …. I feel not fully doing justice to Christ, yet maybe because of that it is an amazing book for all to read. No matter..

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Light, but entertaining.

Review from Violent Graduation →

Shades of the Richard Jackson saga: tall, handsome, fit, and intelligent young man with a penchant for inventing leads a charmed life with lots of awesome and remarkable events and achievements. Most of the dangers that crop up are dealt fairly easily and quickly. Still, I found it entertaining to listen to.

Authentic history straight from real heroes

Review from The Rifle →

This book is brilliant! For WWII Vets, it tells their stories and the story of America’s greatest generation. For other veterans, it shows they aren’t alone in their experiences and there is life after war. For the history buff, it’s a goldmine of first-account true stories. And for everyone else, it’s filled with things school..

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Lost to the Ages

Review from Lost! →

I found the opposing philosophical outlooks aboard the vessel so intriguing and the dynsmics of the relationships between the three people captivating. Ultimately I found all three sympathetic figures in spite of their foibles. Bob’s survival as the lone non-believer is tainted by the loss of his two shipmates and isnt necessarily a testament to..

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DNR:Space soap opera w/suspense of disbelief

Review from Leviathan’s War →

Humanity with romanticized view on embracing issues caused by cultural differences continues completely destroying 95% of members of other cultures they meet in interstellar setting. Following the brain worms, to humans incomprehensible battleship Leaviathan’s telepathic AI, whims and wishes human space force discovers incongruities in AI’s narrative, what a shocker. The conflict progs (progenitors) have..

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