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Books

The Interpretation of Murder

by Vivek on May 6, 2009

An interesting read I should say. While the story outline is based on a lot of facts, it is not a real story. A lot of events, the social status and development were all perfectly correct at the time this story is supposed to have happened. He did some very nice research to get this [...]

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad

by Vivek on January 2, 2009

I was successful in taking home few lessons Robert Kiyosaki taught in this best seller. Though I got my hands on it very late (first published in 2000) I am happy I got to it anyway. There are numerous reviews available online written in the last 8 years. So, I don’t want this post to [...]

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Not a penny more – Not a penny less

by Vivek on November 5, 2008

This is a book I put my hands on after ‘Simplicity’. A nice change for me from all the ways that life and work should be organized. It’s about business, money and fraud. It is fun. I read a book by Jeffery Archer before. But that was a collection of short stories. I like the [...]

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Simplicity

by Vivek on August 1, 2008

I read this book by Bill Jensen. This is a management/ leadership book published in 2001. It’s all about finding our way in a cluttered world of information overload. If you can read the complete book and draw the conclusion you desire, this is a very useful tool. There’s one concept that I exceptionally liked [...]

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Casino Royale

by Vivek on December 22, 2006

Oh, no. Not a movie review. This was the first novel of the Bond 007 series, back in 1953! It’s interesting to know the history of 007! Author: Ian Lancaster Fleming. History of Bond. CHRONOLOGY OF BOND NOVELS: 1953 Casino Royale 1954 Live and Let Die 1955 Moonraker 1956 Diamonds Are Forever 1957 From Russia, [...]

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