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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Perfect Packages from Sedaris
Sedaris has a talent not only for being hysterically witty, but also for poignancy. Each of his stories in this volume is a perfect package. He's especially mastered his endings; they blew me away, one after the next after the next. Each in a different way. I was ...
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Barack Obama
Three Rivers Press, 2004
Worth Reading Whether You Support Obama or Not
Don't let other people tell you what's in Obama's autobiography. Just read it yourself. You may be surprised.
Whether you agree with him or not, Barack Obama is worth getting to know. You may find, as I did, Obama is thoughtful, self-critical, and honest about his ...
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Audition: A Memoir
Barbara Walters
Knopf, 2008
Audition
Audition I very much enjoyed the audio book by Barbara Walters entitled Audition. I highly recommend it. It was even better because the audio book was read by Barbara herself.
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Good story if you relate the lessons to your own situation
I loved this book (on CD).
I felt like I was along for the ride; walking through the streets of Italy or scrubbing a tile floor in the Ashram.
I don't know that I would have enjoyed the written word as much I enjoyed her narration of it. She imparted feeling as ...
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Jill Bolte Taylor
Viking Adult, 2008
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
What a great book! I highly recommend this book. This book help educate me on what the effects of stoke can have on someone, and also emphasized the importance of how the right side of the brain has to do with enlightenment. Jill is an excellent writer and scientist!
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Great book!
This was a very good book! I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended!
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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport
Carl Hiaasen
Knopf, 2008
Normal trials and tribulations of golf made funny
Millions of golfers could play like Tiger Woods only if they had his golfing skills. And millions of golfers who play and score like Carl Hiassen could write a book like this if they had his wit and writing skills.
Chuckling about Hiassen's antics on the links reduced ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Inspiring!!!
If you want to renew your hope for humanity, read this book. This is the best non-fiction book I have ever read. Greg Mortenson's story is compelling, engaging, and inspiring. We owe him our gratitude and respect for making a difference in our world and sharing his ...
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Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life
Tim Russert
Miramax, 2005
A blueprint for fatherhood
This book should be required reading for all young men who eventually will become fathers. It's filled with wisdom and real-life examples of how to set the stage for success in raising a child.
It reads like a novel but in the end it's like an invauable user's ...
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008
HILLARIOUS
I laughed out loud throughout the entire book. I absolutely love Chelsea now, and I can't wait to read her first book
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Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of ...
Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer
William Morrow, 2008
Great book
I cannot get enough of the subject of the FLDS nad polygamy and have been reading everything I can get my hands on, Elissa's story should give hope to all the women and girls who are stuck in the FLDS.
On a side note, it is a very fast, easy read.
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Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not ...
Jen Lancaster
NAL Trade, 2008
Amazing Read!
Just like her other two books this one is an amazingly funny tale of Jen's life. It made me laugh out loud!
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sTORI Telling
Tori Spelling
Simon Spotlight, 2008
Loved it!
I was always a bit intrested in Tori Spelling's life being able to grow up at the Manor. But I really appericated her story. She digs DEEP into her life she doesn't hold anything back. Especially about her mother. This is a great book and I think everyone should read ...
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
WE MUSTN'T FORGET!!!
Night is the accounts of one man's one year survivial of one of our worlds worst atrocities. Clearly, while reading this book I too would question with every turn of the pages, "where was god?". If anything would test one's faith, I couldn't imagine anything more ...
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Always By My Side: A Father's Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other
Jim Nantz
Gotham, 2008
Fathers Day gift
I enjoyed reading Jim's book and gave it to my two sons-in-law as a Fathers Day gift
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