By Dan Brown (New York: Doubleday, 2009, 509 pages)
Another fast paced Robert Langdon novel by Dan Brown. This time the focus is on Washington DC and Freemasonry. Professor Langdon produces under pressure and threat once more to solve every clue and symbol put before him. The life of a close friend, Peter Solomon, is [...]

By Michael Crichton (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, 312 pages)

The last novel of Michael Crichton published posthumously. I received the book as a Christmas gift and couldn’t put it down until the last page.
Typical of any Crichton book, a lot of research must have gone into the work. The story is real and based [...]

By Vince Flynn (New York: Atria Books, 2009, 431 pages)

A brilliant continuation of the story line that started in the previous book of this series: Extreme Measures. The story left of with al Qaeda terrorists devastating Washington DC with a series of explosions and then directly attacking the Counterterrorism Center itself killing 185 people. [...]

By Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett (Indianapolis, Indiana: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2008, 220 pages)

The ultimate book on how to make money while blogging. Both of the writers are successful bloggers who make a 6 figured income doing what they love to do best.
Darren and Chris map out a number of different strategies that [...]

By Brad Thor (New York: Pocket Books (Simon & Shuster), 2008, 480 pages)

Scot Harvath was in Paris with his girl friend Tracy Hastings recovering from his last assignment. Scot, a Navy SEAL who was assigned to the President’s Secret Service detail had been released by the President to seek and destroy terrorists wherever he [...]

By Susan Gunelius (Hoboken,NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009, 362 pages)

The coming of this book is long overdue—a definitive manual on using Blogger. This is bound to become the essential book for those using the Blogger program whether one is starting out in the blogosphere or has been around a while. There is something for [...]

By Lisa Sabin-Wilson (Hoboken,NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009, 394 pages)

Second Edition is quite an improvement over the already excellent original. It is the essential book for those using WordPress in publishing a blog. This edition is updated to feature version 2.7+ which reflects the last major program change.
The writer introduces one to the [...]

By Aaron Allston (New York: Random House Pub., 2009, 318 pages)

“Outcast” is the first book in the new Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series. The war is over, Jacen Solo is dead and gone, and the Galactic Alliance is expanding under leadership of Natasi Daala.
In a move to consolidate her power and to [...]

By Bart D. Ehrman, (San Francisco: Harper One, 2009, 292 pages)

New Testament scholar Dr. Ben Witherington gives an incredible detailed analysis of Bart Ehrman’s New book: “Jesus Interrupted”—in a 6 part series:
 
Bart Interrupted— A detailed Analysis of ‘Jesus Interrupted’ Part One
Bart Interrupted— A detailed Analysis of ‘Jesus Interrupted’ Part Two
Bart Interrupted— A detailed Analysis [...]

By Scott McNulty (Berkeley,Calif: Peachpit Press, 2009, 263 pages)
This is a great book for those starting out with WordPress. McNulty goes into detail on every facet of properly setting up a new WordPress blog. It has lots of illustrations to demonstrate every step. A real find for any beginner–wish this book was around 3 [...]