Heaven is Here tells the story of Stephanie Nielson, best known for her blog, ‘The Nienie Dialogues.’ In 2008 Stephanie and her husband were in a plane crash that burned over 80% of her body. Many doctors believed she wouldn’t survive, but through the Stephanie fought through the physical and emotional pain to overcome the […]
Archives for April 2012
Review | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
2012-04-06 · by ·
Michael Lewis can tell a story like no other. In fact, even before I finished reading his “The Big Short,” I wanted to work the book into every conversation I had. The story was that interesting and compelling. Anyone who can take the financial crisis of the last few years, find a story in it that […]
Review | 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
2012-04-05 · by ·
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But what happened next? More than just the discovery of the new world that we call the Americas,Christopher Columbus set off globalization of ecology, trade, biology, and nationality beyond anything that preceded it, argues Charles Mann in “1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created.” The discovery of America did more than […]
