books about: american     books:     American      When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Keep it coming David Sedaris's new book is finally out after me waiting, like, a whole month for it. It's about time. My only question is, why is he spending so much effort making appearances when he should be back at home writing another book? Anyway, this is just an introduction ...             Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri Knopf, 2008 Lahiri Bounces Back (Note: I'm not Indian but have had plenty of Indian students, colleagues, and friends.) Interpreter of Maladies was probably the best short story collection I have ever read. With The Namesake, Lahiri tried the novel form and it just didn't fit her. Now she has ...             Odd Hours Dean Koontz Bantam, 2008 Odd meets the good guy First off, I am biased... I really like Odd, the character that Koontz has developed in these books. This installment is a continuation of the series and was a very engaging read. I finished it in one sitting (and here I am at the computer at two in the morning!). ...             The Revolution: A Manifesto Ron Paul Grand Central Publishing, 2008 The Revolution A manifesto by Ron Paul This is an easy read and it is an informative one! I want to read his other books and I would like to see someone this intellegent in the White House especially after enduring such unfortunate times as we had with the currant administration! Ahem. Thank you for ...             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 True Compassion and Selfless Service I purchased this book on the strong recommendation of Katie Davis, author of Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment, which is a book on spiritual awakening as a means to world transformation, similar to "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle. "Three Cups of Tea" is a profound ...             Love the One You're With Emily Giffin St. Martin's Press, 2008 Another great book I have read all of Emily Giffin's books based on the recommendation of many friends and my roommate and have yet to be disappointed. Love the One You're With was a great addition to the Emily Giffin library, a classic tale about a woman caught between two loves. What ...             The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria W. W. Norton, 2008 Unique Quest Assistance Zakaria's diligence in his work and writing suitably focuses on generating the right questions through which westerners may acquire an evolving, functional paradigm framing "globalized" world challenges and terrain. All his efforts to date serve us well. His salient ...             The Host: A Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Amazing book. I thought this book was amazing. I'll admit, like many others, I read it because I loved the Twilight books. It truly has very little in common with that wonderful series, but is fantastic in its own way. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days afterwards. It is ...             The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American ... Matt Taibbi Spiegel & Grau, 2008 Exellent Read Fresh view regarding the world at large. You laugh, you cry, it becomes a part of you. It may be an eye opener for some, but for me as I read, I was more relieved someone else was seeing it all besides me. If I had to guess, from Tabbi's accounts, thats exactly why he ...             Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 16) Laurell K. Hamilton Berkley Hardcover, 2008 Not Best in Series - Still Enjoyed It While I understand the bad reviews and agree with some of the comments made (i.e. plot issues and sex not as erotic as it has been), I still stayed up all night to finish reading the book the day it came in the mail. I had to give it 5 stars for that reason alone.             The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz Riverhead Hardcover, 2007 an absolute modern classic First off, you should read Gregory Baird's review of this book on this website. My review is meant to augment his and provide some ancillary information (and opinions). Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic in 1968. He moved to NJ when he was six-years old. ...             A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Great book! I think I liked it even better than "Kite Runner" because it was from a female perspective.             Bright Shiny Morning James Frey Harper, 2008 You're making a mistake not reading this... For those of you still mad at James Frey (silly really) this is a book you must read even if you loved the other two and felt misled about the "reality" of them. Its incredibly well written, interesting, fast moving, so many stories. I feel like I have learned so ...             Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Cokie Roberts William Morrow, 2008 Rich! A great read! This is a great read, in large part because the story is told from a perspective that was ignored in the history classes I was exposed to. The women who lived during this period in our country's history were historians in their own right - recording history, and their ...             Snuff Chuck Palahniuk Doubleday, 2008 Heheh. What an experience! Isn't this EXACTLY how you would feel/think if you had just watched the porn movie in this book? Or, let's face it, ANY porn movie? "All the characters sound the same", "only 197 pages/too short", "content not thought out", "blah blah blah", ... I love you guys ...          products you might be interested in search for books derangement, manifesto, post-american, revolution, terrifying, unaccustomed randomly chosen book: Pasado En El Futuro: Los Movimientos Juveniles, El