books about: dispatches     books:     Dispatches      Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America Alma Guillermoprieto Vintage, 2002 brilliant! Need to know what is happening in Latin America today and don't want some dreary old history lesson force-fed down your throat? Then buy this book for the totally beguiling and endlessly fascinating writing of Alma, Alma, Alma who hits another high note as she sambas ...             Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival Anderson Cooper Harper Paperbacks, 2007 Such an honest account! This book is fantastic! I purchased it and read the entire book within 72 hours. His descriptions of the accounts are breathtaking. The section that touched me most was about Katrina and the Aftermath. I lived in New Orleans as a volunteer relief worker for 1 year, ...             The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier Tony Jones Jossey-Bass, 2008 An Onramp to the Emergent Conversation For anyone who ever asks me what Emergent is all about, I simply point to The New Christians and say, "read this." Fusing the clean style of a journalist, the wisdom of a scholar and the wit of a guy who is immersed in the conversation, Tony Jones has written a timely ...             Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq John Geddes Broadway, 2008 iraq guns for hire I Tried to get this book for at least a year and wasnt dissapointed. Well written gunns for hire, feel like your there , rideing in the seat with the gun pointing at the door!!             Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War Tony Horwitz Vintage, 1999 Fun, fair & worth every penny As will be the case with all my reviews, I'm going to record my reaction to the book, not summarize it. If you want to know what the book is all about, read a few of the longer reviews (which, at the time of this writing, numbered about 250.) Or better yet, buy it; ...             The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives.. (Penguin ... Christopher Columbus Penguin Classics, 1992 No, the Third Voyage is the best! This book contains primary sources ONLY. (How do I "rate" the letters of Christopher Columbus? :-) You can read about the life and times of an historical character by the very best historians for years, but until you read what that character actually wrote about his ...             Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire Matt Taibbi Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007 The doctor is in. As a longtime fan of Hunter S. Thompson's political reporting and social commentary I was first exposed to Matt Taibbi when i learned that he had inherited the very same job that the good Dr. HST held at the Foriegn Affairs Desk at Rolling Stone magazine. Pretty bold ...             Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War Joe Bageant Three Rivers Press, 2008 Serious Book Highly Recommended Senator Obama may or may not have read this book. It's author does open with the observation that life is so hard among the white poor and working poor that they seek solace in beer, overeating, Jesus, and guns. This is, however, a very serious book, a first-hand ...             Dispatches Michael Herr Vintage, 1991 Still a terrific book about wartime and journalism I just read this book for the first time since I was in college and it still is one of the best pieces of work on the hard job of covering a war from behind the lens of a camera. Herr always threw himself into the middle of things and had little patience for people who ...             Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season Matt Taibbi Three Rivers Press, 2006 The most astute observations ever to emerge from a gorilla suit. There's little I can offer that hasn't been said in other reviews here. But I want to add my voice to those championing Taibbi. Readers not paying attention might mistake his writing for sophomoric rant, but it's actually eloquent. Having read his book I read the ...             Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World Rachel Sarah Seal Press, 2007 Thanks! I bought this (autographed copy!) book off of a girl at work and it came at just the right time. I have a nine month old son, I am breastfeeding, working full time, going to school, and single. I kept thinking who the hell would ever want me? When would I find time ...             A Man's Life: Dispatches from Dangerous Places Mark Jenkins Rodale Books, 2007 "A Man's Life" indeed While I'd read and enjoyed Mark Jenkins's writings in "Outside" magazine for a long time, this is the first of his books I've read and I was sorry that it had to come to an end. I now look forward to reading his older books. Jenkins's writing style makes for easy, ...             Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm Jon Katz Villard, 2007 Exceptional Book! This is the second book I have read by Katz. His connection with animals and his insight and understanding of their lives makes remarkable reading material. Katz is a gifted writer with the talented ability to clearly express his stories. I am a dog lover (own three ...             The Accidental Theorist and Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science Paul R. Krugman, Paul Krugman W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Excellent! Definitely a classic! This book is essentially a collection of Krugman's short articles from various sources in 1996 and 1997. I read some of them online after the 97 Asian Crisis. Today is 24th Oct 2002. What, and simply all, he said are still true today. He's a genius and really deserves ...             Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha: A Hedge Fund Manager's Dispatches from Inside the Berkshire Hathaway ... Jeff Matthews McGraw-Hill, 2008 Welcome to the “Woodstock of Capitalism” A professional skeptic offers his thoroughly entertaining first-hand account of Berkshire Hathaway and the surprising goings on at the company's annual shareholders' meeting The weekend-long rite of spring that is the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting attracts tens of thousands of ...          products you might be interested in search for books christians, confederates, connecting, narratives, pilgrimage, unfinished      toavi.com    web we recommend Fun, fair & worth every penny randomly chosen book: Who Cares?