Book Reports

The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors That Hold You Back by Flip Flippen What a refreshing book to read. Dr. Flip Flippen is a psychologist, a...

In Search of Identity by Anwar Sadat This was Egyptian President Sadat's autobiography, written in 1978. In it, he detailed his thoughts, how he ro...

The Art of Strategy by Avinash K. Dixit and Barry Nalebuff The subtitle of this book touted it as A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business an...

The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton This was the autobiography of Fr. Merton, of why he left the world and became a Trappist monk. Fr. Merto...

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill I really enjoyed this book. Mr. Hill wrote it in a very straightforward and flowing manner and it was easy rea...

Bhagavad Gita as translated by Stephen Mitchell An absolutely beautiful book/long poem. The words Bhagavad Gita means "The Song of the Blessed One....

Wishes Fulfilled by Dr. Wayne Dyer In this book, Dr. Dyer shared his thoughts on how each and everyone of us can achieve anything that we truly put...

Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge This was the story of Malcolm Muggeridge, a reporter who was skeptical about the efficacy of Moth...

Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace & Jim Erickson This book was an interesting read on how Bill Gat...

Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander, M.D. What a fascinating book. Dr. Alexander described in this book his Near Death Experience (NDE) when he deve...

Mother Theresa's Lessons of Love & Secrets of Sanctity This was the first-hand account of Ms. Conroy’s experience with Mother Theresa over the...

The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony This was the personal story of conservationist Lawrence Anthony and his experience with an elephant herd...

The Third Eye by T. Lobsang Rampa This was the personal story of an upper class Tibetan who at the age of seven was sent to a famous monastery. Mr....

Passages by Gail Sheehy This book was about the inevitable crises of identity that adults have to face as we journey through the passages of life. ...

Guitar Mastery Simplified by Erich Andreas A little over six months ago, I began learning how to play the guitar. This book clarified to me concept...

The Unfettered Mind by Taiwan Soho This book was a small collection of writings from the Zen Master Takuan Soho, the Buddhist that counseled and me...

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley, Ph. D. This book delved into the lifestyle of the millionaires in America, and how they were able to b...

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot This book was written as the memoirs of Dr. Herriot in his experiences as a veterinarian in the York...

True Notebooks by Mark Salzman This was the true story of journalist Mark Salzman's journey into the Los Angeles County juvenile Hall system; and h...

Good Question, Good Answer by Bhikku Shravasti Dhammika This book answered many questions about Buddhism and what it meant to Mr. Dhammikka. He inc...

The Heart of Man: Its Genius For Good and Evil by Erich Fromm This book was very interesting reading. Mr. Fromm presented his take on the capacity ...

The Way to Love by Anthony De Mello This was a book with 31 meditations that I have been reading daily. Even after going through it for the second ...

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain This book was written to give recognition and appreciation to the i...

The Jesuits by Martin Malachi This book detailed how the present-day Society of Jesus, created by St. Ignatius of Loyola, has fallen very far from ...

Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David B. Currie This story was the personal testament of Mr. Currie, and how he reconciled himself bac...

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson This was a very inspiring biography for me. Mr. Isaacson wrote the book quite candidly from numerous interviews he di...

 All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum What a great book! Mr. Fulghum shared a collection of his thoughts on little...

Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross This was some very condensed reading. St. John of the Cross was a Carmelite monk in the 1500's who ...

Parables of the Cross by I. Lilias Trotter From what I gather, Lilias Trotter was an artist that was inspired by Christianity. She believed the pat...

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz In this book, Mr. Ruiz shared some' of his Toltec wisdom by providing what he called the Four Agreements we ...

90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper This was the true story of Baptist minister Don Piper. Mr. Piper was killed in a car accident and was dead for n...

The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life for Today by Hannah Whitall Smith This book was a nice change of pace reading. I found it to be light, easy ...

From Union Square to Rome by Dorothy Day This was a memoir written by Ms. Day to her brother and former comrades, who were all part of the Communis...

Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle This book was written by a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries, an organization that helps ga...

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom This book was such a pleasant surprise. Mr. Albom detailed the story of his college professor, Morrie Schwartz,...

Men & Grief by Carol Staudacher This was not an easy book for me to read. I found myself becoming emotionally invested several times throughout...

When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner Rabbi Kushner wrote this book after his son Aaron died prematurely from an aging disease...

Beyond the Bullet by Heidi Yewman Like the book Transcending ,this book was a compilation of stories of people that were affected by gun violence i...

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran This book could only be described as absolutely beautiful. I had to read it through several times because the words we...

The Lessons of St. Francis by John Michael Talbot This was a very simple and easy to read book by a musician and Franciscan monk. The subtitle tout...

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis This was quite an interesting book. Mr. Lewis wrote it in the form of letters from a demon named Screwtape to h...

Musahi by Eiji Yoshikawa The epic novel was written about the story of Miyamoto Musashi, a famous Japanese samurai that became a legend his time. T...

Thriving Through Ministry Conflict by James P. Osterhaus This book was from the self-help class, Conflict Management From a Christian Perspective. ...

Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl What an inspiring book. Viktor Frankl was a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camps during World War II....

Diagnosing and Treating Co-Dependence by Timmen L. Cermak, M.D. This was one of the required books for me to read in my ADS 108 course, Family Syst...

People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck, M.D. There was a stark difference in the message of this book compared to his other works. Whereas in The Road ...

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse The German philosopher and poet Herman Hesse wrote this book. The translation was a little difficult to understand in ce...

Born Again by Charles Colson This book was about the journey of Special Council to President Nixon, Charles Colson, and his conversion to Christian...

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey I first read this book several years ago, and although I knew this was one of those specia...

The Dream Shattered: Vietnamese Gangs in America by Patrick Du Phuoc Long This book was written by a Vietnamese counselor that worked with numerous...

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis This has got to be the most inspiring and profound book I have read thus far in my life. Mr. Lewis wrote a very sim...

Lifeskills by Virginia Williams, Ph.D. and Redford Williams, M.D. This was a very practical book. It was written to give the reader eight simple wa...

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray, Ph.D. I really enjoyed this book. Dr. Gray wrote it in an easy-to-read, simple, flowing style...

Real Magic by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer This book really opened my eyes to a deeper and more personal sense of spirituality and faith in my life. Dr. Dyer ...

Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims by Howard Zehr This was a compilation of different interviews with crime victims. They shared their stor...

Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton,. Ph.D. This book was written before Strengthsfinder 2.0, and I found it to be...

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, M.D. What an inspiring book. The story revolved around four characters. Two were mice, named Sniff and Scu...

Addictive Thinking by Abraham Twerski, M.D. This was an awesome book. Practically every page 1 read had something insightful for me. Every subject ...

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, M.D. I had actually read this book when I first went on "C" Status last year. It opened my eyes to a diffe...

What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson This book was quite interesting. Mr. Bronson had compiled the stories of fifty-five people that he had...

Good to Great by Jim Collins There are so many good books out there. This was another one that I was fortunate enough to read. Mr. Collins involved...

Dark Side of the Inner Child by Stephen Wolinsky This book examined the dark side of our inner child, what Mr. Wolinsky refers to as our trance sta...

This book was first published back in 1950. The subtitle touted it as the Modern Science of Mental Health, and from what I gather, the Church of Sc...

This was a memoir written by Nicholas Sparks, the author to the great novel and movie, The Notebook. It tells about a 3-week vacation that he and h...

The Gallup Organization, famous for its Gallup Polls, is a company built on the premise that every person has their own individual talent and stren...

This is one of those books that I will be rereading for the rest of my life. There is always room for improvement in myself, and there will be situ...

This book was the sequel to Mr. Follett's original best seller, The Pillars of the Earth. It takes place a couple hundred years later in the mid 13...

 This was a very short book but every paragraph packed so much knowledge. Mr. Allen felt that it was our thoughts that determined who we are. He s...

I had no intention on writing a book report for this book at first. I have just enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell as a writer ever since I read Blink. Then ...

I loved this book. Contrary to popular belief, Ms. McGonigal states that online internet games should not be dismissed as escapist entertainment activities.

Absolutely awesome book. Brian Tracy talks about our motivations, beliefs, and thoughts, and the effect they have on how we achieve and succeed in the world. 

This book was quite interesting. A little different from authors such as John Bradshaw or Alice Miller but I still enjoyed the book.

I only started this book because it was slim and I did not have a book.to read at the time. What a pleasant surprise it was. It not only occupied my evening but made me reminisce on better times.

This was a very eye-opening book that was originally published in Germany. Ms. Miller described how the traumatic events we encounter as children that are called child rearing by our parents could in actuality be child-abuse.

This was not an easy book to read. Mr. Bradshaw spoke about shame and how it affects us and our daily behavior . It was a hard concept for me to grasp…

This book was written more like a guidebook to self-help therapy. Mr. Grudermeyer first identified terms such as anesthesia, happy…

Some things are up to us, and some things are not up to us.” It sounds so simple, yet most, if not all of us, at one time or another in out lives…

Before reading this book, if you had asked me if I had any self-esteem issues, I would have said, “Absolutely not!” This book really opened…

One of the most powerful books I have ever read. I learned about my wounded "Inner Child," also known as my unresolved…