Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo is the true story of the author’s son’s brush with death and the near death experiences he had at the age of 3. Following a life-threatening illness, Colton began, over the course of time, to reveal experiences and insights he had when he briefly entered “Heaven”. I don’t [...]

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Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 by Steven Cook   The Struggle for Egypt My new book, The Struggle for Egypt, was reviewed in yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Book Review. Here’s what the Times had to say: On the morning of Feb. 11, 2011… a half-dozen retired generals sipped coffee poolside at the Gezira [...]

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THE POP[ES AGAINST THE JEWS: The Vatican’s Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-semitism, by David S. Kertzer. 355 pages. Knopf, $27.95 In 1998, the Catholic church attempted to absolve itself of guilt in the persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews by publishing a defense based on documents from its archives. There was something odd [...]

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It is a rare event that I pick up a non-fiction book and actually enjoy reading it. Based on my track record, non-fiction usually results in disappointment: my previous experiences were mostly based on reading memoirs where I just didn’t sympathize with the authors. It thus failed to provide a temporary escape from reality, which [...]

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The Apollo Guidance Computer has much lot to offer many different types of readers. Photo Credit: Springer/Praxis Springer/Praxis has produced a small library’s worth of books about the Apollo Program. A recent offering from the publisher focuses in on the Apollo Guidance Computer. This topic, for the uninitiated, can be more than a little intimidating [...]

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