Tag: Charles Baxter

by CG FEWSTON December 28, 2014
Non-Fiction

Mars and Venus on a Date (1997) by Dr. John Gray & Tips to a More Loving Relationship

“A soul mate is someone who has the unique ability to bring out the best in us. Soul mates are not perfect, but perfect for us.”

by CG FEWSTON December 25, 2014
Non-Fiction

Warrior of the Light (2002) by Paulo Coelho & the Joy of Persevering

A Warrior of the Light “is someone capable of understanding the miracle of life, of fighting to the last for something he believes in—and of hearing the bells that the waves set ringing on the seabed.”

by CG FEWSTON December 19, 2014
Non-Fiction

If Life is a Game, These are the Rules (1998) by Chérie Carter-Scott & the Power of Integrity, Forgiveness and Compassion

“I promise you that your life will magically transform, and that you will learn the secrets to manifesting your heart’s desire.”

by CG FEWSTON December 17, 2014
Non-Fiction

Notes from the Universe (2003) by Mike Dooley & the Secret to Dreams Coming True

“Learn from your dreams, because the stuff of time and space is no different. Forget your past. Pitch the logic. And drop the cursed hows.”

by CG FEWSTON December 11, 2014
Non-Fiction

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (1992) by John Gray, including Man’s Intimacy Cycle & What’s in Her Head vs. the Truth of a Man’s Heart

A remarkable, eye-opening book that dispels any belief that men and women are in fact the same.

by CG FEWSTON December 9, 2014
Non-Fiction

Dark Matter (2011) by Gregory Sholette & the Emergence of Humanity’s Evolving Spirit

“Digital technology also functions like a prosthetic memory permitting the excluded to document and narrate ephemeral, every day activities and overlooked forms of expression or resistance.”

by CG FEWSTON November 14, 2014
Non-Fiction

Rework (2010) by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier & Their Advice for Greatness

“To do great work,” write the authors, “you need to feel that you’re making a difference. That you’re putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you’re part of something important.”

by CG FEWSTON November 7, 2014
Fiction

The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Hosseini & the Rape of a Friendship

If you think Khaled is the boy Amir who witnesses his servant and childhood friend, Hassan, being anally raped in an alley and does nothing and then seeks a life-long journey of redemption, then I am afraid your credulity may make it difficult to separate fact from fiction in any story or event.

by CG FEWSTON October 16, 2014
Fiction Non-Fiction Pictures

*** 140th Post *** Manuscript Found in Accra (2012) by Paulo Coelho & the Keys to Success

A book you’d like to keep by your bedside to read a chapter each night before sleep or upon waking early in the morning.

by CG FEWSTON March 17, 2014
Fiction Film Pictures Videos

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1, 2005) by Stieg Larsson

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the first book in the trilogy and recent film with plans for the others to follow, illustrate how a writer can, on faith alone, understand what is necessary to write a compelling story.

by CG FEWSTON March 15, 2014
Fiction Film Pictures Videos

The Mosquito Coast (1982) by Paul Theroux

As a writer there is always the temptation to be a cruel god over the imagined characters, typing down conflict after conflict without sympathy; there is also an even greater risk of loving the characters too much, coddling them as babes, and becoming benevolent creators over the fiction.

by CG FEWSTON March 11, 2014
Fiction Pictures Videos

The Crying of Lot 49 (1965) by Thomas Pynchon

Oedipa stumbles upon a conspiracy in California which eventually leads her onto an amazing adventure, landing her by the end of the book in an auction room as she awaits the crying, or an auctioneer shouting out a sale, of a stamp collection once owned by her former lover, Pierce Inverarity, who is deceased.