Archive for August, 2007

Good investment for home-buyers

August 11, 2007
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The School of Home Truths, by Martin Hawes (Schoal Bay, $29.99):  If you’re thinking of buying or selling a house, this book would be a good investment. Finance writer Martin Hawes has written this to be a direct tie-in with the television series of the same name. He says we’re losing about $1 billion...

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A promise kept leads to regrets

August 3, 2007
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A promise kept leads to regrets

Promise Me, by Harlen Coben (Orion, $24.99): When Myron Bolitar promises his best friend’s teenage daughter that he is the one person she can call any time, any place to ask for help, he never imagines it will be a promise he regrets keeping. After a phone call from Aimee during the early hours of the morning,...

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