Joel Swagman (Reviews / TESOL)

( Book Review ) Having enjoyed the first book in the "Flashman" series (see previous post) I've decided to move onto the s...

( Book Review ) A few months back, when I was reading the biography of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton by Edward Rice , I became very ...

( Book Review ) A former British co-worker of mine in Japan, knowing my fondness for history and audio books , was kind enough to give me...

( Book Review ) Before I get into the meat of this review, a few words about the reasons it ended up on my reading list to begin with. ...

( Book Review ) This is part of the "Introducing..." series, by Icon Books, which seek to introduce great thinkers and philosop...

( Book Review ) I actually read the British edition of this book. (Some British friends were moving out of their apartment in Japan, and g...

( Book Review ) Like “ Me Talk Pretty One Day ” and “ The Mother Tongue ," this is another book I read to help me get ready for my ap...

( Movie Review ) I had read several reviews of this movie before seeing it. I don't know about you, but it seemed to me that pretty m...

( Book Review ) "In a major Arab nation, a secular tyranny is toppled by Western intervention, but an Islamic backlash turns the lib...

( Movie Review ) After reading " The Davinci Code ", I never bothered to continue onto any of Dan Brown's other books. (Mor...