Pegasus Book Club

Freakonomics

Alexis Leon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:39:10 +0000

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do school teachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? Has your name any influence on your career opportunities? What has nylon stockings in common with crack cocaine? Why did the crime rate in America fell in 1990s? Has the legalization of abortion to [...]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Alexis Leon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:14:10 +0000

Roald Dhal is one of my favorite authors and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is my favorite Dhal book. I finished reading it to my nephew and niece a couple of days back. I think this is one book that they have enjoyed very much. Reading the book again after all these years was fun. [...]

My Life in France

Alexis Leon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:40:24 +0000

Last week I saw the beautiful movie Julie & Julia, which was based on two books—My Life in France by Julia Child (with Alex Prud’homme) and Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell. I wanted to read both the books. The first book I could get my hands on [...]

Ladybird Favourite Tales

Alexis Leon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:06:55 +0000

Ladybird Favourite Tales are the timeless, treasured stories that generations of children have grown up with and loved. These easy-to-read retellings, enhanced by rich, colourful, and exciting illustrations beautifully captures the all the magic of the original stories.

These books are ideal for reading to the kids when they are young. Once they start reading on [...]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alexis Leon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:52:09 +0000

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an award-winning crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, the first in his “Millennium Trilogy“. The other two being The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest.

Before his death in November 2004, he left three unpublished novels that [...]

Outliers

Alexis Leon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:48:09 +0000

Outlier means something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body. It also means a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample. In Outliers, author Malcon Gladwell uses the term outlier to mean a truly exceptional individual (or group) who, in his [...]

The Constant Art of Being a Writer

Alexis Leon — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:34:25 +0000

“The most difficult part of being a writer is living the life. There are no guarantees that you will be a success, and, if you are, there are no guarantees that you will continue to succeed. But you keep on working. You have no choice: it’s as if being a writer is encoded in your [...]

The Writer's Idea Book

Alexis Leon — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:19:15 +0000

Jack Heffron, the author of this book, is a freelance writer, editor, actor, and teacher. In this book he has created a resource that will help writers to jump start their writing by developing ideas from the more than 400 prompts.

According to the author writing is an act of hope, courage, joy and celebration. Writing [...]

Ignore Everybody

Alexis Leon — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:11:49 +0000

Hugh MacLeod has been blogging about marketing, the Internet, and various other topics since 2001 on his blog called Gapingvoid. He is also famous for his cartoons on business cards. He sells limited-edition prints of the drawings. He is also the CEO of Stormhoek USA, which markets South African wine in the States.

In 2004, Hugh [...]

The Dip

Alexis Leon — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:04:59 +0000

This small book (96 pages) by Seth Godin is one of the best books that I have read this year. It has totally changed my approach to work and life. It is a book that teaches when to quit and when to stick.

It was Vance Lombardi who said “Quitters never win and winners never quit.” [...]