Book Reviews & Beyond

Mark Manson’s Theory of Personal Growth

I've met Mark Manson; as I wrote about in my book I was almost robbed on my way to meet him for dinner in Medellin, Colombia. Given that I had dinner with him once and that I’m obviously interested in networking my way up and self-promotion, you might think that I would just gush positive about his very popular book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. But actually, I’ve got some fair criticism to level at this book and I’m not even sure if I recommend it.

This book, while well-written and entertaining typifies a problem with the personal development sphere which is a lack of rigorous empiricism.

Book Review: Disseminating a dangerous degree of freedom

This book is a hybrid between a manifesto and a memoir of this young Texan who invented the 3D-printed gun. I liked this book because it lays bare the unique American philosophy, this review will comment on that philosophy and make it concrete in the context of a politically tectonic event, the site of which I’m not far from at the moment.

Book review: Why Scientific Materialism is WRONG... About Almost Everything

This 170-page yellow book, by Alex Tsakiris host of the Skeptiko podcast, is a striking nail in the coffin of scientific materialism. I was raised an evangelical Christian, in young adulthood I became a (quiet) agnostic, then a materialist atheist because of philosophical arguments I absorbed, but now I'm a Christian again - a decision solidified by the evidence detailed in this book. I'll touch on my transformation of worldview here...

It's often said that the best books are old books, having just finished the novel The Star Rover published in 1915, I'm a bit more convinced of this!

Authors of ages past spoke frankly and with some damn common sense about things that get modern authors excluded from the literary mainstream for talking about. Something this beautifully written and compelling tale is a sensational example of.

Thrills & Chills As A Terrifying New Criminal Forces A Struggling Detective To Think & Remember Better Than Sherlock Holmes...
After years working his beat under dreary skies, early cognitive decline is starting to drag on Detective David Williams.

When a serial killer the police nickname ‘Flyboy’ learns of Williams’ checkered past, the unusual crime scene signatures become increasingly cryptic, leading Williams to one final encounter with a man who murdered his family two decades ago.

Now Detective Williams must come to grips with his own past transgressions while exercising his memory to keep up with the complex demands of the most gruesome and grisly foe of his career.

From MagneticMemoryMethod.com