Entries Categorized as 'Books'

Don’t buy this book

February 11, 2007

I enjoy reading Seth Godin’s blog but I don’t think you should buy this book.
To tell the truth, bestselling author and entrepreneur, Seth Godin, doesn’t think you should buy this book.
The reason he doesn’t think you should buy the book is because you can already get it for free by clicking here and downloading it.
Seth [...]

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A Million Penguins

February 2, 2007

Want to write a novel but need a little help?
How about having millions of people from all over the world throwing in their opinions?
Now that we’ve all got used to Wikipedia and the idea of everyone having a go at editing an encyclopedia, you can now help write a wikinovel.
A Million Penguins takes the wiki [...]

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A real surprise package

January 17, 2007

I didn’t remember ordering anything.
Pauline emailed me at work yesterday to say there was a box at home for me. It was a parcel that had been sent from New York. Why would someone send me something from New York?
I didn’t know if it was a big or small box, heavy or light. All I [...]

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Chasing Dugard

January 8, 2007

I finished my first book for the year …. but I cheated.
Saturday morning means cycling. I look forward to getting up early and heading off to catch up with a group of friends. We cycle about 50 kilometres before spending half an hour dissecting the ride over a coffee and muffin then head home to [...]

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Reaching the Hurting

November 29, 2006

How do you recover when the person you should have been able to trust the most has betrayed that trust?
Samantha Nelson is co-founder and Vice President of The Hope of Survivors, a Christian ministry addressing the issue of pastoral sexual misconduct.
Samantha holds a degree in Biblical Counselling and has worked with hundreds of families who [...]

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Which books would you rescue from a fire?

November 15, 2006

I had an interesting discussion this morning with my regular Wednesday morning guest on 98.5 Sonshine FM. Ross Clifford is the Principal of Morling College in New South Wales and current President of the Baptist Union of Australia. Each week we chat about a range of issues relating to spirituality and belief.
Today we were talking [...]