Innovations Dirty Little Secrets by Orborne

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through the Booksneeze program in exchange for a review. I am very glad I got it free, as it would have upset me to have paid for such a book. The book is not bad, it is just too short and makes a redundant point. The writer encourages people to see innovation as a process where most ventures are not financially productive and encourages would be inventers to create as many projects as possible, to invest as little in each one as possible since most will not be successful and to be grateful when one does catch up. I do not see how any of that is a dirty little secret. or a surprise in any way. What it all seems to boil down to is not putting all your eggs in one basket: or diversification strategy. The author makes some good points and its a brief work easily read in a day or a single sitting. He encourages people to have a way out, or exit plan and to pick their battles. All the advice offered is good; but its not a great book. It is a very short book and if you want it for a stocking stuffer, you might enjoy it but I feel like for the money, this book is a bad investment. That is exactly how it is written; he put as little effort and time into the book as he could and still attempt to get it published. Reading this book made me mad. I do not recommend it to anyone. A better use of the same money would be to google the topic while holding a pen and note pad while drinking a latte in a coffee shop. In fact, for the price of this book you could buy a latte for a friend and you could both google innovation strategies and your results would likely way out produce the rewards of reading this particular book. Normally, I give favorable reviews but this book falls short all across the board. I understand that the writer is a preacher and I hope he puts more effort into his sermons than he did into writing this book. I simply fell like the book short changes the reader because you can sum it all up in one sentence; diversify your efforts with the lowest capital investment and do not expect great results. That's it! I just felt cheated out of the time it took me to read this book. Fortunately, as I said I did receive a free copy from book sneeze so at least I did not have to buy it.

The Daniel Plan by Rick Warren, et all

I was very unhappy with this book. It provides a great plan for a healthy lifestyle but in no way shape or form is it a book about the 10 day diet Daniel and his friends went on when they were first taken to Babylon. Daniel went a 10 day raw food, veggie and water diet. Rick Warren writes in this book about a 40 day diet that is half non starchy veggies, a quarter lean protein and a quarters starchy veggies with a bit of fruit on the side. He also pushes exercise. It is a big disappointment to see a preacher call something the Daniel diet when it does not even remotely compare. I would give this book a 5 star review if it was called anything else; but I have to say its a no star book because it does not advocate for the name sake. I received this book free through the Booksneeze program in exchange for writing a review. There are some good recipes in the book for COOKED foods and there is a section on exercise and how it benefits our health. There was also a section which speaks to the value of friends and how integrations reflect on our health. But again, the book was not at all about the Daniel diet! If Pastor Warren had called it any other kind of diet book, I would have as I said, enjoyed it. But the diet in Daniel was a ten day raw diet of veggies and pulse or unleaved breads. no wine or meats or any foods from the Kings table. This book however, does not support that diet. It instead encourages from a more Dr Oz formula of eating a balanced diet. Again, I am not saying its a bad book but it is not on topic and I was very disappointed in Rick Warren. Millions will read the book just because he wrote in it but he should know the Daniel diet better than any lay person - so I am sadly unhappy with his work right now. Physically the book is well put together and hard copy with a dust jacket. It is thick and large print makes it easy to read. A better title could have been, ' A Modern Day Twist On the Daniel Diet' as it is a book that combines the SAD (Standard American Diet) with healthy choices. The book will likely increase the readers health as any effort to eat batter and exercise will but the book is not about the diet that Daniel and his friends went on for 10 days when they taken to Babylon. As I said, I received the book free from the publisher and I can say I am very thankful for that; as I would have asked for a refund from the publisher if I had paid money for it. It could have been called anything else and I would have enjoyed it; it does contain good advice but again; it is not the Daniel Diet. It is not even advocating a vegetarian diet!!

The reason for my hope by Billy Graham

You can never go wrong with Billy Graham. This book is a better read than his previous book, Nearing Home. This book speaks to how he came to know Jesus. It speaks of how salvation is our reason for hope and he continues to tell stories about his journeys and travels around the world and he tells specific stories that helped him to walk nearer to God. He talks more to the reader and directly than in his previous book. This book will make a great Christmas present. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing a review. If you think that gives a book a good review then you read to some of my other reviews as I can be very brutal when the situation calls for it. I simply can find no fault with the good reverend. Billy Graham always produces excellent work and I am always inspired by his words and his work is no different. I enjoyed reading about the ways he came to walk with God as he shared his life he also recounts his struggles along the way. Among my favorite of all of Mr Grahams recounts is when he talked one time about how he had not been able to tithe and then he promised God that the next week he would tithe then his son Franklin, became very sick and he had to take his son to the doctor - and he found out that his son needed some shots but he could not pay because he did not have any money any except his money that he had already promised to God so he was struggling with how he was going to pay the doctor because he didn't have any money but his son was sick so he had to take him to the doctor - and as he was just going to explain to the doctor that he had no money that was when the doctor explained to the reverend that his son was going to have to have several shots over time and that the bill was best to be settled when the shots wer3e finished. Mr Graham said that was the moment in his life that he knew for certain that God would take of him if he did what God wanted his to do; the things that he knew he was supposed to do in order to be a good Christian. I have never been disappointed with anything by Billy Graham. This book as I said, would make a wonderful Christmas gift especially to an older family member or friend who grew up with Mr Graham.