Book of the week

This weeks choice is the book Just Past Oysterville by Perry P. Perkins found on shelf Fiction
Review of this book:
Even before I read JUST PAST OYSTERVILLE, I knew Perry Perkins was an amazing writer from reading his short stories, but this book placed him permanently within the group of authors whose books I will buy immediately upon release. This book is so much more than the usual hyper-censored, unrealistic story to be found in Christian fiction. The characters are real people with strengths and weaknesses, and they live real lives filled with anguish, love, mistakes, and triumphs. And the underlying message of God's love is relayed so effortlessly and so poignantly that it comes through loud and clear and leaves the reader with such a wonderful feeling of hope--just the way I believe Jesus would have done it. I encourage everyone who loves ... Rest of this review on the reviews page.
(Review by Perry P. Perkins)
Information and 2 reviews for Just Past Oysterville.

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Sunday 22 January 2012

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for Crypto : How the Code Rebels Beat the Government -- Saving Privacy in the Digital Age :
The full history of modern computer cryptography. Includes the complete story of breakthroughs like asymmetric encryption which enables a lot of modern security. And the story of the relaxation of the ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Sunday 22 January 2012

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for Wiring Up The Big Brother Machine...And Fighting It :
Mark Klein was there when the network of telecommunication giant AT&T was 'enhanced' with fiber taps into major links, with the duplicated data going into a secret room under NSA (national security ag ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Sunday 22 January 2012

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey :
This book is not just 'the best of 2600', this book is also a history of technology, personal freedom, activism, communication systems that have grown and passed away and the people around all these s ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Sunday 22 January 2012

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us :
Francis Tapon is not a person to sit still at home. He decided to learn about all of "Eastern Europe" by taking his backpack and visiting those countries in person. He tries to take away the (American ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Sunday 10 July 2011

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for Diagonal Lengths: Rethinking Our World :
What could be improved to life on this planet if we were able to leave a lot of our current ideas how that life should be behind us and redesign our society. This book is one big thought experiment: w ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Sunday 27 February 2011

Reviewer Nathalie wrote in a review for Pet Sematary :
I really enjoyed it. If I sum up Stephen King in one word, it would be EERIE. He keeps you capivated with mystery, suspense and unpredictability. Although he is a touch long winded for my taste (examp ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for Look for Our Mother and Our Father :
A book which tries to make the reader rethink lots of things by questioning everything. But the author misses any source of the questions, using only sources like "I think", "I read somewhere" and "I ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Sunday 13 February 2011

Reviewer Marcella wrote in a review for Matilda :
Excellent book, my favorite part is when Matilda puts crazy glue in his father's hat. Roald Dahl is one of my favorite authors, I wish I could meet him in person to ask him how he writes such good boo ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin Mitnick :
The story of Kevin Mitnick, as told by Jonathan Littman, who took the time to get to know Kevin. Describing the background of Kevin, how he got interested in the phone system and computer security and ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book

Monday 16 August 2010

Reviewer Brenda Sargent wrote in a review for Prey :
I loved this book. The thing I love about Michael Crichton is that he takes REAL scientific studies, theories, and practices and he throws them into "what-if" and often worse-case scenarios. This bo ...Rest of this review on the reviews page for this book
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