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Book Review: Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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The Afghan-American Author, Khaled Hosseini wrote this masterpiece called ‘The Kite Runner. The book was published by Riverhead in 2003. He stopped his physician career and switched to the writing industry when his creative masterpiece hit in the bestselling. The sad stories that the author tells in his books have attracted many people into sending money and other humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and even some started adopting Afghan kids. The novel is about an extremely powerful story of two young boys Amir and Hassan who grew up in Afghanistan. When the civil wars stormed the country, Amir and his dad had the privilege to move to America where they started their new life. In their days In Afghanistan Amir never returned the cordial and honest friendship to his friend Hassan. And since Karma is real, his new life in America was not rewarding. He experienced all sorts of curses; the loss of his father, the infertility and many other misfortunes. On the other hand, Hassan r...

Book Review: "Eat that Frog" by Brian Tracy

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The famous Canadian-American Author Brian Tracy has published this self-help book in 2001 which consists of 123 pages. After I have received many recommendations from different readers, I have decided to add it in my 2019 reading list. Due to the Ramadan Month and my busy schedule, it took me 15 days to read this small book. Upon available data on Google, Brian Tracy is an author, keynote and motivational speaker who wrote more than seventy books which is translated into many languages, his areas of writing and speeches include l eadership, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity, Success Psychology, sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. The main reason that he wrote this book is to help people in dealing with their procrastination problems. Besides, this book, the psychology of achievement is the most popular book among his other books. To continue with my review, this book teach...

Book Review: Enjoy Your Life-A book that will improve your interpersonal skills.

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Enjoy your life by Dr. Muhammad ‘Abdur-Rahman al-areefy” is a great self-help book with 4.9 stars at Amazon. This piece is the most well-known book among all the books of Al-areefy, it was previously published in Arabic edition and lately, it was translated into English in 2012, it is also translated into many other languages. The main theme in the book is the interpersonal skills, it teaches you how to earn the people’s love and to have good relationships with them. The author relates many stories about his personal experience during his course of life and during the 20 years of research, he dedicated to writing this masterpiece.  The prophet Muhammad's stories about dealing with people are also related in the book, I learned from this book that Prophet Muhammad was an amazing creature who received the love of all his followers. This book is not an only self-help book but it is also a guide to the Islamic religion and the way the companions used to live. Though the book...

Book Review: Act Like A lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey

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In 2009, the famous comedian Steve Harvey has published this best-selling and self-help book to give useful hints to women in their relationships with men, Though the book consists of 290 pages, it only took me 9 days to cover it, reading roughly 32 pages per day, and as far as I can remember, I have never finished such a book in that short time. This book was in my reading list of 2019, as I got many Recommendations from different friends with different nationalities, Steve Harvey is an American comedian with many TV shows, and this book is the best and most popular among all his books which are mostly focused on relationships. The book sums up the unique facts, secrets, behaviors, and nature about men, The only thing that I’m sure is that any girl who reads this piece will not fall on trap easily in her relationship with the boys. Here are some of his famous quotations about men. “Not a man will never get into committed relationship until he feels accomplished on his m...

Book Review: 5 Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman

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The 5 love languages is a best-selling, non-fiction book authored by Dr. Gary Chapman published in 1995, this book consists of 151 pages and it took me 11 days to cover it. The main reason that I chose to read this piece is that I never read a scientifically based book about “Love, Marriage, and Relationships” Dr. Gary Chapman is an American Author who studied Anthropology and he is also a pastor at one of the American Churches. His other works include: ·           Your gift of Love, ·          Parenting your adult child, ·          the other side of love, ·          loving solutions, ·           five signs of a loving family, ·          Toward a growing marriage, ·          hope...

Book Review: A book you need long pauses just to cry.

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Thousand Splendid Suns is a fiction novel consisting of 372 pages, by The Afghan-Ameican Author of Khaled Husseini, the book was published on January 2007. About a year ago, I googled the books that made every reader cry and the thousands splendid suns was the first one in every google result I open. Later, one of my close friends told me that he read the book and it is available in Mogadishu, On January 2, 2019, I bought the book from Zaylac bookshop, and finished on January 26, it took me  only  24 days to cover it.  Khaled Husseini is an Afghan-American Author who writes the emotion books with moving stories, to me and to many others “a thousand splendid suns” is the best among all his novels.  He also has other best selling masterpieces including Kite Runner, sea prayer and the mountains echoed. He studied Biology and Medicine and he has no background on Creative writing, but still, he can manage to make you cry and rock your heart through his words. T...

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