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Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace
Date Read: June 11, 2009 Book Title: Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace Author: Joseph M. Williams Publisher: Pearson/Longman (2006) Nonfiction: 148 pages Style was the eighth book I read in 2009. Reason I read Style: I am very fortunate to have found mentors who help me. Recently, I made a friend here at […]
Book Review: When Prisoners Come Home
Date Read: May 6, 2009 Title: When Prisoners Come Home Author: Joan Petersilia, PhD Publisher: Oxford University Press (2003) Nonfiction/296 pages When Prisoners Come Home was the seventh book I read in 2009 Why I read When Prisoners Come Home: On March 27 of this year, Carole relayed an email message from Professor Joan Petersilia, […]
Prison Author Joe “Black” Reddick, My Friend
The New York Times published a feature article by Peter Duffy that described my friend Joe Reddick as a prison author. I knew Joe as Joe Black, which was the name he used in prison. I feel very proud to have played a role in influencing Joe to develop his writing talents as a strategy […]
Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance
Date Read: March 1, 2009 Book Title: Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance Book Author: Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker Book Publisher: Tyndale House/2009 Nonfiction/260 pages Uncommon was the fifth book I finished reading in 2009. Reasons I read Uncommon: I have been a fan of Tony Dungy’s leadership style ever since I saw profiles […]
My Review of Picking Cotton
Title: Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption Date Read: February 14, 2009 Authors: Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, with Erin Torneo Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (2009) Nonfiction/298 pages Why I read Picking Cotton: A publicist for Picking Cotton requested through an e-mail that I write a review for this book. Carole responded to […]
Blogging for Dummies Book Report
Date Read: February 7, 2009 Book Title: Blogging for Dummies Book Author: Suzanna Gardner and Shane Birley Book Publisher: Wiley Publishing (2008) Nonfiction/368 pages Blogging for Dummies was the third book I read in 2009. Reason I read Blogging for Dummies: A friend of mine sent me this book through the mail when I […]
Obamanomics Book Report
Date Read: January 11, 2009 Book title: Obamanomics. How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics Book author: John R. Talbott Book publisher: Seven Stories Press (2008) Nonfiction/218 pages Obamanomics was the second book I read in 2009. Why I read Obamanomics: My wife Carole and I have been huge fans of Barack Obama since […]
The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging Book Report
Date read: January 6, 2009 Book title: The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging Book author: Arianna Huffington Book publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks (2008) Nonfiction/230 pages The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging was the first book I read in 2009. Why I read The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging: As a long-term […]
The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want To Be by Jack Canfield is a book that encourages the readers to take responsibility for their own success. The book was divided into six sections, each of which contained scores of short chapters that offered strategies for reaching one’s highest […]
My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror
My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror is an autobiography describing the career path of Louis J. Freeh, who was a former director of the FBI. Prior to his post as FBI Director, Freeh had been an FBI agent, a U.S. prosecuting attorney in the Southern District […]
Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why it Matters by Bill Tancer
As a long-term prisoner, I’ve never had a direct experience with the Internet. Through my wife and partners, I’ve been writing content for my Web site at MichaelSantos.net since the late 1990s, but all of my knowledge about the Internet and steps I could take to use it more effectively has come through books and-technology […]
A New Earth, Chapter 2 Workbook Questions
As part of Oprah’s online class, my wife and I are working through Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth, together by reading and answering the weekly workbook questions. Following are my answers to the questions posed in the Chapter Two workbook: Pay attention to any repetitive thought patterns, particularly negative ones about yourself, your life, or […]
A New Earth – Chapter One: The Flowering of Human Consciousness
As part of Oprah’s online class, my wife and I are working through Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth, together by reading and answering the weekly workbook questions. Following are my answers to the questions posed in the Chapter One workbook: Why did you decide to read this book? My wife, Carole, sent me Eckhart […]
Taft Prisoners Contributing to the Lives of Others
TOAD is an acronym for a leadership group in which I participate under the direction of Counselor Griffin at Taft Camp. The letters in TOAD stand for Those Outspoken Against Drugs. Several inmates participate in the group with the intention of helping others make better decisions. Each month, Counselor Griffin escorts a group of TOAD […]
