Values at the core of the issue The recent saga around the National Library Board’s (NLB) removal of three children’s books that…
![[Movie Review] The Wolf of Wall Street (R21)](https://alvinology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/movie-review-the-wolf-of-wall-st.jpg)
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Jordan Belfort's memoir of…
Buying books from bookshops seem to be a thing of the past now, with many major bookshops like Borders closing…
Last weekend, I brought Asher to the KidsFest 2014 preview at the British Club where he met some of the…
![[Book Review] Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://alvinology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/book-review-total-recall-my-unbe.jpg)
We all have fixated views about beefcakes and supermodels don’t we? When you hear the name Arnold Schwarzenegger, what comes…
![[Book Review] Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich](https://alvinology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/9604926871_fb8192bab9_o.jpg)
Singapore is a fast becoming a nation of widening wealth disparity. In the 2013 World Bank report, Singapore has the highest…
![[Book Review] Year of the Tiger by David Miller](https://alvinology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/9478394461_61ca166927_o.jpg)
David Miller is a former Straits Times journalist and I got to knew him while he was working in corporate…
To be able to spend and save at the same time is an oxymoron, but it is true with The…
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Here's a great book which I picked up at the Los Angeles International Airport earlier this year - Mitchell Zuckoff’s Lost…
