There is some strange idea in society that women can do it all. That they can have family and a successful career without making any sacrifices. It is propagated through a variety of means including the pressure that women put on themselves. In the book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg blows this idea out of the water.
She is a successful career woman. She did graduate from Harvard and is the COO of Facebook. She does have kids to raise. While some would call her lucky because she didn't come from a poor neighborhood
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead
by T Akery April 18th, 2013 | Book Review, New Releases, Nonfiction
The Dam Busters
by T Akery March 12th, 2013 | Book Review, Nonfiction, Topic of the Month
The Dam Busters is a book written way back in 1951 by Paul Brickhill. The book was turned into a film in 1955. There is a remake of this film currently planned by Peter Jackson who delayed the project to work on The Hobbit. The release date of the film called Dambusters is not yet available. There have been some minor changes planned such as the dog's name which could be considered offensive by today's standards. Because the 1955 version of the film does contain the original dog's name, it should be noted that the word's use was
Wheat Belly
by T Akery February 21st, 2013 | Book Review, New Releases, Nonfiction
Wheat Belly: Lose the Weight, Lose the Wheat, and Find Your Path Back to Health is written by William Davis. This is a book that one must approach carefully. Opinions vary on the effectiveness of the plan. You and your doctor are the only ones who can determine whether or not this is the right diet for you. This review is only about the merits of the book and not the merits of the diet presented at the end or how well the diet actually works.
The first part of the book is about the evolutionary progress of wheat. The
The first part of the book is about the evolutionary progress of wheat. The
An Invisible Thread
by T Akery January 25th, 2013 | Book Review, Nonfiction
An Invisible Thread is written by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski. This is a story about a meeting between two unlikely people. Laura is a sales executive and the book is told from her point of view. Maurice is a street urchin looking for a little cash on which to survive. Laura walks by barely noticing him. But then she turns around and decides to take the boy to a local fast food place. After a few times, this becomes a weekly pattern and they share their life stories. But after her marriage, they drift apart.
When she
When she
Proof of Heaven
by T Akery January 17th, 2013 | Book Review, NonfictionProof of Heaven is written by a neurosurgeon. Dr. Eben Alexander III, M.D. has been a neurosurgeon for 25 years. He worked at Duke University, the Brigham Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Every day, it is his job to bring about new beginnings for his patients though surgery. Thus, when his own life was threatened by an illness, he found himself in a unique position. He was now the patient. The one that doctors hovered over, unsure of how to best treat his disease. When he slipped into a coma, his near death experience provided an
