Mary Magdalene - Biography - Bruce Chilton

Must confess am not a christian, never read the bible and knew very little about mary magdalene except for knowing about the controversy of her role in Jesus' life. So when i saw this book picked it up to check what it was all about.

Chilton is unequivocal about the male conspiracy to malign and expunge Mary from all texts. He clearly outlines how each gospel removed more and more evidence and introduced confusion between various Marys to ensure that Mary Magdalene's role was reduced to nothing inspite of all evidence that she taught Jesus various things including the art of healing by anointing.

Nothing that the world has not carried out ever since and nothing that men will not continue to do. Those who like to read up on such erasure of details should read Rosalind Miles - Womens History of the World. Never got over what i read though its now 15 years since i did.

Both books Highly recommended.

Alwaleed by Riz Khan

I must confess i spent a lot o money buying a hard cover edition to just satisfy my curiosity about Al Waleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia fourth richest man in the world, saviour of Citibank (during a time when all my classmates were dying to get in there not knowing it was close to bankruptcy- ha - ha) and of course the guy whose money got rejected by Rudy Guiliani.

Decent read though not the best biography ever read. Clearly a Saudi prince can be a millionaire without doing anything but to be a billionaire he has to work hard. the book tracks his portfolio though does not give insights into his models or methodologies.

Riz khan is a bit of a disappointment. Clearly reading news is a whole lot easier than writing

Double Tap by Steve Martini

Very readable. kind of surprising ending - means more than the end itself, which to a jaded reader like I is kind of rare. Though makes military guys look like idiots - my dad would not have liked that part.

Call of the Wild - Jack London

Downloaded the book free to read with what was called a TK3 e-book reader. The reader is very hep and there are plenty of books mainly classics available on it for free. Had re-read the whole Louisa Alcott series of Little Women, Little Men and Jo's Boys a few years ago. Read This Jack London Book this weekend.

Amazing book in its structure, thought, language and simplicity where every word is possibly just where it should be.

It is a book about a dog, that lived peacefully at Santa Clara, California on a farm/ranch until he is stolen by a farmhand in debt to northerners and suddenly finds himself pulling sleds in Canada and Alaska.

The story tracks his change to a sled dog, his relationship with other dogs, his masters, how he copes with their differing ways, his fight for leadership of the pack, finally finding love for a human and then the call of the wild that leads him to join a pack of wolves.

Short, sweet amazing. Must read for all