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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
Well written book much like three stones
This is well written book in which the author attempts to be honest about his life to this point. Granted that it is sometimes heavy reading, the book tells a perfectly logical and realistic tale about life in Afganistan during the time whent the Taliban ruled the ...
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Rules of the Game
Neil Strauss
Harper Paperbacks, 2007
Interesting and Fun
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3EHXID1I03836 Bernard Chapin saying hi. Here's a review mostly of the Diaries. The Challenge is the focus for my next INFERNO which I post over at the most famous video site. Thanks for watching.
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One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation
George Will
Crown Forum, 2008
Thoughtful, insightful, lots of big words
I enjoyed One Man's America for its insight, and because George Will refuses to allow readers to be lazy. I must admit, though, that it often seems like he just swallowed a thesaurus, that he's never met a compound adjective he didn't like. "No vulgarity is unthinkable ...
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
The Omnivore's Dilemna
This book is great and should be read by everyone. I think we the "eating public" need this education.
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The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American ...
Matt Taibbi
Spiegel & Grau, 2008
Funny and Frightening at the same time
I read this book, and was continually laughing out lid at the absurdity of the sort of crap that is normal every day in America. However, I found myself nearly depressed at the end though, because while the author makes fun of these sort of mouthbreathing morons, the ...
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow, 2006
Freakonomics vs. Cliff Notes
What do Cliffs Notes and Spark Notes have in common with the book Freakonomics? Both do an unbelievable job of making the complicated and mundane appear accessible and understandable. Those who feel apprehensive and gain a sense of anxiety at the utterance of the words ...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
kept me up all night
My friend recommended this book and it sat on my bedside table for a while. Finally picked it up and started reading. It got me from the very beginning. I read it in two nights. Loved it! Its a beautiful story about friendship and the ties that bind it. Had me boo ...
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What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
Scott McClellan
PublicAffairs, 2008
Affirmation the country was sold a bill of goods!
"What Happened" doesn't give much new information on how we were all misled on the run up to the Iraq war, and it re-affirms all our worst fears that we were sold a bill of goods. Sadly there are still people who don't want to hear it, and are so afraid of the truth ...
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Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter
Rick Shenkman
Basic Books, 2008
The dumbing of the American electorate
Many of us probably have suspected for a long time that our soundbit, infotainmented, and MTVed and Gameboyed culture is eroding our critical skills. As individuals, many of us simply may not care too much. After all, a man's entertainment center is his castle. But ...
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2002
Real Page Turner
This book is absolutely great; you won't be able to put it down. Gives very interesting insights into social phenomenons. I highly recommend this book!
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Great book
I read Guns, Germs, and Steel and was so impressed that I bought Collapse. Although it is slightly less engrossing (perhaps because it is about a less uplifting topic), it is still an amazing book.
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Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
Harper Perennial, 2005
Unexpected, but enjoyable.
I will warn all of you future readers: this is a great book and is rather historical in content. Contrary to my common thought that this whole book was bashing the fast food industry, it really did neither. Instead he really shows how fast food originated, how it ...
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998
great book
This was an outstanding book. You may need to be a social anthropologist at heart to really love it, but the book was so enlightening on so many different levels. The background and customs of the Hmong are fascinating, and their clash with western culture is eye ...
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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Daniel Quinn
Bantam, 1995
Imagine re-learning everything you know
When my friend first told me about "Ishmael" he just said, "telepathic gorilla." I laughed at this notion and how stupid this book must be. But, from the first page I got hooked. The first day I received this book I read it in an entire day. I could not put it ...
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The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Nikki Sixx
Pocket Books, 2007
the
the book was in excellent condition i received it fast i have no complaints it was a very sad book i liked it though
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