The link below is to a book review page at National Public Radio (NPR) in the USA for the book ‘The Twilight War – The Secret History of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran,’ by David Crist. Looks like an interesting book.
For more visit:
http://www.npr.org/books/titles/156487361/the-twilight-war-the-secret-history-of-americas-thirty-year-conflict-with-iran
The link below is to an article that briefly reviews five non-fiction books that every geek should read. The five books are:
– Generation Xbox by Jaime Russell
– The Master Switch by Tim Wu
– The Race for a New Game Machine by David Shippy and Mickie Phipps
– Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, and
– You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier.
For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-non-fiction-books-every-technology-geek-must-read/
The following link is to a book review on Stephen Akey’s book, ‘Library.’
For more visit:
http://www.themillions.com/2012/05/librarian-distressed.html
The following link is to a book review on John Piper’s book, ‘Don’t Waste Your Cancer.’
For more visit:
http://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/blog/book-review-dwyc/
The following link is to an article reporting on the reliability of consumer book reviews when compared to media expert reviews.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/16/amazon-consumer-reviews-media-experts
The link below is to an article about the life of a book reviewer – an interesting read.
For more, visit:
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/09/confessions-of-another-book-reviewer/
I have started reading ‘A God Entranced Vision of All Things – The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards,’ with John Piper and Justin Taylor as the general editors of the book. It was published in 2004 by Crossway Books and has 275 pages.
This book is a collection of studies on Jonathan Edwards – his life, ministry and legacy. Each chapter investigates some facet of Edwards and each chapter is penned by a different author. The authors of these studies include John Piper, J. I. Packer, Paul Helm and Sam Storms, names widely recognized in reformed circles. The studies are expansions of messages delivered at a Desiring God Ministries conference in October 2003, celebrating 300 years since the birth of Jonathan Edwards.
In my journey through this book, I have thus far reached the end of chapter 2. What I can say is that this book is very easy to read, but difficult to put down. It has the readability that many books associated with Desiring God Ministries have, yet the weightiness of the subject matter does not allow one to just move through the book without serious reflection.
The book doesn’t leave you contemplating the past and Jonathan Edwards in particular, but the God of Jonathan Edwards and leads the reader to a serious contemplation of the glorious God who is all. Edwards life was about God and his enjoyment of Him, and this is the subject of chapter 1, ‘A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later,’ by John Piper. Chapter 2 gives an overview of the life and legacy of Jonathan Edwards in ‘Jonathan Edwards: His Life and Legacy,’ by Stephen J. Nichols. With chapter 3, ‘Sarah Edwards: Jonathan’s Home and Haven,’ by Noel Piper, the subject matters of the first section of the book is dealt with brilliantly, ‘Part 1 – The Life and Legacy of Edards.’ Certainly I can speak to the first two chapters as having achieved that and I have little doubt the third will compliment the first 2.
The treatment of the guiding principles of Edwards’ life and the brief overview of it, leads the reader to the God of Jonathan Edwards and this would surely be the legacy that Edwards would have hoped for.
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