Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) – Judith N. Lasker

Posted on February 16, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) "What do they see as the value of having volunteers come to their communities? What, in their opinions, are the qualities of the good volunteers, and what describes the ones who are not so welcome? What are the best kinds of volunteer programs in terms of benefit to their communities?" Overseas…

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My Electrician Drives a Porsche?: Investing in the Rise of the New Spending Class -Gianni Kovacevic

Posted on February 15, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If a youthful electrician on a mountain top can have an epiphany that permanently changes the course of his life, then could a middle-aged doctor like me clue into the ramifications of the largest migration of human beings in the history of the world, and attempt to profit gloriously from it?”…

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Hope We Never Meet Again – Srinath Krishnamoorthy

Posted on February 12, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Darshith Badiyani ) I must admit that I’m not an avid reader anymore but there are a few books that hold my interest right from the prologue until the very end. Hope We Never Meet Again is one of those few books. When I first heard about the title ‘Hope we never meet…

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Disappearing Honeymooner – Pamela Troutman

Posted on February 10, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) “My husband has disappeared”…..   “Inwardly I groaned. It sounded like an old familiar scenario. Tired marriage. Big bills. Nagging wife and bright, giggly new girlfriend. The husband leaves town and his wife until the girlfriend starts to nag and his money runs out. I was about to tell her to…

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Elegant Entrepreneur – Danielle Tate

Posted on February 7, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) “Most big ideas stem from personal pain or frustration. Entrepreneurs are professional problem solvers. They have identified something in our daily lives that could be made better and look for solutions. …Entrepreneurs investigate viable solutions and determine if those solutions have real business potential. “ That was the case with Danielle…

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After the Goode: A Jake Roberts Novel (Volume 3) – Cary Allen Stone

Posted on February 5, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Cary Allen Stone has again drawn me into the world of Jake Roberts. But this time, I’m secretly rooting for the culprit. After the Goode is not only a detective mystery but a love story as well. Unlike the previous two novels in the series, After The Evil and Mind Over…

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Walking the Nile – Levison Wood

Posted on February 2, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) "And, as in my expeditions in the past, I wanted to learn more about the people who lived along this mighty river, people whose lives are dictated by its ebb and flow. In a continent in which borders are always in flux, the Nile is a constant. I wanted to see…

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Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down – Peter Walsh

Posted on January 30, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Here’s an essential truth about clutter: It seems to gather on its own without any involvement from you. Thousands of pounds of it can fill the spaces and cover the surfaces within your home, yet you don’t recall expending any effort to make it happen…The same tends to be true with…

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Red Lights – Georges Simenon, Translated from the French by Norman Denny, Introduction by Anita Brookner)

Posted on January 22, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I met a man in whom, for hours, I tried to see another me, another me that wasn’t a coward, a man I wished I could be like…” Steve Hogan, and his wife, Nancy are driving from Long Island to Maine to pick up their kids from summer camp. It is…

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Bridge of Comprehension – Albert Mordechai

Posted on January 18, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If those rebels get access to Assad’s germ bombs, Hezbollah will have the means to launch them into Israel. I will NOT sit around and watch my people choking to death, crying to death, suffocating and breaking out into hives because of a Syrian projectile. I will NOT sit in the…

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