I have read and enjoyed many books so far this year. I have been reading the literary classics, but I have been balancing them out with books from other genres. Here are 15 book recommendations Summer 2012. For the books on the list that I have written reviews for, I will provide a link to the SummaReviews. Appetizers Peter and Wendy, J M Barrie (Review) The Change Your Life Book, Bill O’Hanlon (Review) Entrees The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emmuska Orczy (Review) The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (Review) Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier (Review) Little Women, Louisa Almay Alcott (Review) Watership Down: A … [Read more...]
Menu of 15 Books for 2012 Summer Reading
June 28, 2012 by Avil Beckford
Filed Under: Book List, Professional Development, Summareview Tagged With: 2012 summer reading list, Alexandre Dumas, Andrea Kayne Kaufman, Baroness Emma Orczy, Count of Monte Cristo, Debbie Macomber, Diane Chamberlain, Little Women, Oxford Messed Up, Richard Adams, Scarlet Pimpernel, summer reading, The Beach House, The Good Father - Diane Chamberlain, Watership Down: A Novel
The Invisible Mentor Week in Review
February 18, 2012 by Avil Beckford
This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Black History Month – Maggie Lena Walker, First Female Bank President in the US, and Jo Ann Langer, Senior Level Retail Executive. Adventures in Learning Here is Craig Murray’s (http://www.phoenix-training.co.uk) guest post. I thought it was an interesting infographic on mentoring. Infographic: Mentoring at a Glance Booked for Mentoring The setting for The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is in France and England in 1792 during the French Revolution. France was radically transformed during the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Adventures in Learning, Book List, Book Review/Summary, Interviews With Successful People, Professional Development, Profiles of Wise People, Self-improvement, Summareview, Week in Review, Wisdom for Life, Women of Wisdom Tagged With: Baroness Emma Orczy, Black History Month, French Revolution, Maggie Lena Walker, Richmond Times Dispatch, Scarlet Pimpernel
Booked for Mentoring: Review – The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
February 14, 2012 by Avil Beckford
Before I launch into my SummaReview (hybrid book review and summary) of The Scarlet Pimpernel, I would like to say something that may be useful to you. Last year, I committed to reading many of the literary classics and I failed to do so. Yes, I read a few of them, however, I didn’t honour my commitment to myself, and it wasn’t for lack of trying. I started several books and put them down after a short time because they didn’t captivate me. Additionally, many of the literary classics are quite long because they were first written in serial form and published in magazines, and the more the author wrote, the more he got paid. Have you … [Read more...]
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