Post by KenBelmont on Jul 11, 2014 20:46:07 GMT
Author: Brendan Vaughan Book: What Would MacGyver Do?
Synopsis: This book has nothing to do with the TV show however it does tell true stories of people and there improvised genius in everyday life.
Critique: I picked this book as a joke and found myself devouring the contents of it at a rapid pace people getting themselves untangled from bad situations in everyday life it ranged from teenagers on a class band trip who broke there door frame to a group of happy go lucky stoners on new years eve with a bag of grass and no pipe or rolling papers to use and it even includes a hilarious anecdote involving a hungry cop.
Publishing Company: Hudson Street Press Price $3.00 USA
Author: Prof. Allen C. Kupfer Book: The Journal of Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Synopsis: Did you ever wonder where the good doctor learned it all did you ever stop and wonder if he was like everyone else a novice at first like us before Dracula here is Van Helsing at the beginning.
Critique: I found this "work of fiction" to have great real time applications also to show the frailties of a man of science and the hardships he faced, the allure of the sexuality of the vampire is overpowering and our "hero" nearly succumbs to it, there is a surprising plot twist at the end which hints that the last person to have held the book is a dhampire.
Publishing Company: Tor Price: $2.00 USA
Author: Jay McCullough Book: The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Survival
Synopsis: The military mindset encompasses much of a persons training luckily there are training manuals out today for the person who wants to be all he can be without going to Iraq.
Critique: I enjoyed leaning about the other aspects that go into making a soldier not just marching, drilling, and killing many people could search a lifetimes worth and watch all the shows on the Discovery Channel and still would not learn half of what is in here.
Publishing Company: Fall River Price $14.98 USA
Author: William Powell Book: The Anarchist Cookbook
Synopsis: Warning!! Read this book but keep in mind that the topics written about here are illegal and constitute a threat. Also, more importantly, almost all the recipes are dangerous, especially to the individual who plays around with them without knowing what he or she is doing. Use care, caution, and common sense. This book is not for children or morons.
Critique: The words of the iconic G.I. Joe come to mind "Knowing is half the battle" Know that this book can keep you alive if you study it long before a fight, will get you arrested if you misuse its data for personal gain and will get you killed if you do not know how to handle certain chemicals.
Publishing Company: Ozark Press, LLC Price $29.95 USA
Author: Editors of Time Life Books Book: Psychic Powers
Synopsis: This book gives real life information of people who possess psi abilities and others that have experienced it in the past up to the present.
Critique: In my life I have learned to use my own abilities some of this book has helped in that and other it has nice tidbits of history.
Publishing Company: Time Life Books Price ?
Author: Jan Harold Brunvand Book: The Vanishing Hitchhiker
Synopsis: Folklore, Urban legends, many things that are unexplained in life but have roots in the past our history some of it funny, some horrific, others to incredible to describe.
Critique: I was not surprised by what I read considering that I have been reading books like scary stories to tell in the dark series since I was a child and it has fueled my curiosity ever since.
Publishing Company: W W Norton & Company Price: $3.98USA
Author: Simon Book: Dead Names The Dark History of the Necronomicon
Synopsis: An ancient Arabic text- a powerful book of spells that could, int eh wrong hands create unimaginable and irreversible destruction Dead Names is the startling tur account of the dark and violent history of the most fearsome of books: from its Middle Eastern origins to its reemergence centuries later from the JFK assassination to the Son of Sam murders; and the terrible fates that befell those who helped bring the Necronomicon out of the Shadows and into the light of day.
Critique: The history starts off with a pair of teenagers trying to get by in life without doing anything, also trying to avoid the draft at the same time and ending up finding things they never expected in the world of the supernatural.
Publishing Company: Avon Press Price: $7.99USA
Author: Simon Book: The Gates of the Necronomicon
Synopsis: Gates is an invaluable companion to the Mad Arabs original work. In it are essential keys to the nuance and complexities of the ancient grimoire, enabling all who dare to pass through the magical gates that separate the body, mind, and spirit; the past and future; the living and dead.
Critique: I was impressed that Simon choose to give more history right off the bat when you open the book, astrology, symbolism, gate walking, lunar cycles and all that is needed to take the first giant steps.
Publishing Company: Avon Press Price: $7.99USA
Author: Donald Tyson Book: Grimoire of the Necronomicon
Synopsis: Drawn forth from the astral plane set down in cold print behold the one true book of the ritual magic of the Cthulhu Mythos, The old ones were, the old ones are, and the old ones shall be. Great is there favor toward those who serve them, but greater still their malice against there foes.
Critique: Donald Tyson has spend more than 6 years and 3 books trying to explain the magic and understanding of the Necronomicon he talks about the same history as Simon but paints the picture of the mythos gods as if it where the renaissance and the best thing that comes to mind is the Greek myth of the rape of Persephone in which Tyson uses to describe who the old ones created the earth.
Publishing Company: Llewellyn Worldwide Price: $18.95USA
Author: T. Allen Bilstad Book: The Lovecraft Necronomicon Primer
Synopsis: Written for those curious about Lovecraft and his work, this illustrated guide presents detailed descriptions of 29 of the monsters, creatures, and gods that inhabit the mythos.
Critique: I found myself laughing over this book several times he states that he is not insane however he has edited the works of Donald Tyson which should give some pause for thought.
Publishing Company: Llewellyn Worldwide Price: $11.95USA
Author: Daniel Harms Book: The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia
Synopsis: This is the third edition of Harms popular encyclopedia of the Mythos. Over the years this tome has become a favorite of readers, writers, collectors and scholars of the Mythos.
Critique: I found myself captivated by the details of all things in this book, the history and its completeness, I have never been considered a Rhodes Scholar by any stretch of the imagination but this would give a mythos lover a edge in a debate.
Publishing Company: Elder Sign Press Price: $17.95USA
Author: Arthur Edward Waite Book: The Book of Black Magic
Synopsis: This book contains magical rituals and literature from rare books and even rarer manuscripts- material often written in ancient foreign languages and unavailable to the general public.
Critique: This book has many excellent sources such as medieval grimoires of the 15th and 16th century they are condensed for a greater over all feel but much is missing this text would help you along the way if your trying to learn about different spellcasters and there particular habits and quirks but you would be no better off than Harry Potter was in the beginning.
Publishing Company: Weiser Books Price: $18.95USA
Synopsis: This book has nothing to do with the TV show however it does tell true stories of people and there improvised genius in everyday life.
Critique: I picked this book as a joke and found myself devouring the contents of it at a rapid pace people getting themselves untangled from bad situations in everyday life it ranged from teenagers on a class band trip who broke there door frame to a group of happy go lucky stoners on new years eve with a bag of grass and no pipe or rolling papers to use and it even includes a hilarious anecdote involving a hungry cop.
Publishing Company: Hudson Street Press Price $3.00 USA
Author: Prof. Allen C. Kupfer Book: The Journal of Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Synopsis: Did you ever wonder where the good doctor learned it all did you ever stop and wonder if he was like everyone else a novice at first like us before Dracula here is Van Helsing at the beginning.
Critique: I found this "work of fiction" to have great real time applications also to show the frailties of a man of science and the hardships he faced, the allure of the sexuality of the vampire is overpowering and our "hero" nearly succumbs to it, there is a surprising plot twist at the end which hints that the last person to have held the book is a dhampire.
Publishing Company: Tor Price: $2.00 USA
Author: Jay McCullough Book: The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Survival
Synopsis: The military mindset encompasses much of a persons training luckily there are training manuals out today for the person who wants to be all he can be without going to Iraq.
Critique: I enjoyed leaning about the other aspects that go into making a soldier not just marching, drilling, and killing many people could search a lifetimes worth and watch all the shows on the Discovery Channel and still would not learn half of what is in here.
Publishing Company: Fall River Price $14.98 USA
Author: William Powell Book: The Anarchist Cookbook
Synopsis: Warning!! Read this book but keep in mind that the topics written about here are illegal and constitute a threat. Also, more importantly, almost all the recipes are dangerous, especially to the individual who plays around with them without knowing what he or she is doing. Use care, caution, and common sense. This book is not for children or morons.
Critique: The words of the iconic G.I. Joe come to mind "Knowing is half the battle" Know that this book can keep you alive if you study it long before a fight, will get you arrested if you misuse its data for personal gain and will get you killed if you do not know how to handle certain chemicals.
Publishing Company: Ozark Press, LLC Price $29.95 USA
Author: Editors of Time Life Books Book: Psychic Powers
Synopsis: This book gives real life information of people who possess psi abilities and others that have experienced it in the past up to the present.
Critique: In my life I have learned to use my own abilities some of this book has helped in that and other it has nice tidbits of history.
Publishing Company: Time Life Books Price ?
Author: Jan Harold Brunvand Book: The Vanishing Hitchhiker
Synopsis: Folklore, Urban legends, many things that are unexplained in life but have roots in the past our history some of it funny, some horrific, others to incredible to describe.
Critique: I was not surprised by what I read considering that I have been reading books like scary stories to tell in the dark series since I was a child and it has fueled my curiosity ever since.
Publishing Company: W W Norton & Company Price: $3.98USA
Author: Simon Book: Dead Names The Dark History of the Necronomicon
Synopsis: An ancient Arabic text- a powerful book of spells that could, int eh wrong hands create unimaginable and irreversible destruction Dead Names is the startling tur account of the dark and violent history of the most fearsome of books: from its Middle Eastern origins to its reemergence centuries later from the JFK assassination to the Son of Sam murders; and the terrible fates that befell those who helped bring the Necronomicon out of the Shadows and into the light of day.
Critique: The history starts off with a pair of teenagers trying to get by in life without doing anything, also trying to avoid the draft at the same time and ending up finding things they never expected in the world of the supernatural.
Publishing Company: Avon Press Price: $7.99USA
Author: Simon Book: The Gates of the Necronomicon
Synopsis: Gates is an invaluable companion to the Mad Arabs original work. In it are essential keys to the nuance and complexities of the ancient grimoire, enabling all who dare to pass through the magical gates that separate the body, mind, and spirit; the past and future; the living and dead.
Critique: I was impressed that Simon choose to give more history right off the bat when you open the book, astrology, symbolism, gate walking, lunar cycles and all that is needed to take the first giant steps.
Publishing Company: Avon Press Price: $7.99USA
Author: Donald Tyson Book: Grimoire of the Necronomicon
Synopsis: Drawn forth from the astral plane set down in cold print behold the one true book of the ritual magic of the Cthulhu Mythos, The old ones were, the old ones are, and the old ones shall be. Great is there favor toward those who serve them, but greater still their malice against there foes.
Critique: Donald Tyson has spend more than 6 years and 3 books trying to explain the magic and understanding of the Necronomicon he talks about the same history as Simon but paints the picture of the mythos gods as if it where the renaissance and the best thing that comes to mind is the Greek myth of the rape of Persephone in which Tyson uses to describe who the old ones created the earth.
Publishing Company: Llewellyn Worldwide Price: $18.95USA
Author: T. Allen Bilstad Book: The Lovecraft Necronomicon Primer
Synopsis: Written for those curious about Lovecraft and his work, this illustrated guide presents detailed descriptions of 29 of the monsters, creatures, and gods that inhabit the mythos.
Critique: I found myself laughing over this book several times he states that he is not insane however he has edited the works of Donald Tyson which should give some pause for thought.
Publishing Company: Llewellyn Worldwide Price: $11.95USA
Author: Daniel Harms Book: The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia
Synopsis: This is the third edition of Harms popular encyclopedia of the Mythos. Over the years this tome has become a favorite of readers, writers, collectors and scholars of the Mythos.
Critique: I found myself captivated by the details of all things in this book, the history and its completeness, I have never been considered a Rhodes Scholar by any stretch of the imagination but this would give a mythos lover a edge in a debate.
Publishing Company: Elder Sign Press Price: $17.95USA
Author: Arthur Edward Waite Book: The Book of Black Magic
Synopsis: This book contains magical rituals and literature from rare books and even rarer manuscripts- material often written in ancient foreign languages and unavailable to the general public.
Critique: This book has many excellent sources such as medieval grimoires of the 15th and 16th century they are condensed for a greater over all feel but much is missing this text would help you along the way if your trying to learn about different spellcasters and there particular habits and quirks but you would be no better off than Harry Potter was in the beginning.
Publishing Company: Weiser Books Price: $18.95USA