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Follow the River
James Alexander Thom
Ballantine Books, 1986
CAPTIVATING
This book was impossible to put down....I felt the fear, the uncertainty, the tears and even at some points the laughter....A must read!!
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Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
Alex Kershaw
Da Capo Press, 2008
Gripping
This is not a book made great by the writing. Rather, this book is great because the author didn't get in the way of this epic story. No US submarine sunk more enemy tonnage than the Tang and whether any US sub sunk as many enemy ships is debatable. Dick O'Kane, the ...
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How'd You Score That Gig?: A Guide to the Coolest Jobs-and How to Get Them
Alexandra Levit
Ballantine Books, 2008
Excellent guide to figuring out your path in life when it comes to careers...
One of the toughest times in life is getting to that stage where you're expected to go out on your own and make a living, but yet you don't have a clue as to what your dream job would be (or at least a *realistic* dream job). Alexandra Levit helps to cut through some ...
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No Escape
Shannon K. Butcher
Forever, 2008
4.5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies
Isabelle Carson refused to believe that so many of her friends have committed suicide. The survivor of a particularly seedy and foul foster home and vile foster father, Isabelle has strived to make something of herself and has done so. But so did her friends that ...
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Papillon (P.S.)
Henri Charriere
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
This riveting autobiography won't let you put it down
The thing that Henri Charriere desired most was his freedom. A French prisoner, he never stopped plotting ways to escape. The only time when he didn't have a plan in motion was when he was either in solitary, or upon personal request of the warden (they would request ...
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Escape
Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer
Broadway, 2007
A Book About Far More than Polygamy
"Escape" has had a more profound impact on me than perhaps any book in recent memory. This is not just a book about a fundamentalist religion and its abuse of women. Her experiences in the FLDS provide a roadmap for how dogma of any kind can so quickly be used by the ...
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Timothy Ferriss
Crown, 2007
Challenge Your Assumptions
Ask yourself if it is necessary to work forty hours; ask yourself if you should work your whole life to provide for a few lean, relaxing years at the end of it. Timothy Ferriss comes back with some surprising answers in "The 4-Hour Workweek". Take mini-retirements ...
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Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams
Pamela Skillings
Ballantine Books, 2008
This book covers all the basic options available to someone who is tired of the rat race and wants something different.
This was a nice little book. I especially liked the cheery yellow cover. It is divided into three sections and 12 chapters as follows:
I. Plan your escape (1-4)
II. Exploring your escape routes (5-11)
III. Going over the wall (12)
1. This is not your father's ...
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Escape The Coming Night
David Jeremiah
Thomas Nelson, 2001
"Right up there with 'Dragons, Grasshoppers, & Frogs' as best in class!"
While not every word of the tape series in contained in the book, this book is nevertheless one of the best on Revelation. Until I read "Dragons, Grasshoppers, & Frogs", I thought this was the easiest commentary on the book. But "Dragons" is specifically written for ...
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The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness
Pema Chodron
Shambhala, 2001
Very practical, accessible and well-written....
This is one of my favorite books by Pema Chodron. It not only does a very good job of describing the essence of Buddhism, but it goes beyond that in making Tibetan Buddhism more understandable and relevant to a Western audience without deveating from the tradition. ...
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Barefoot
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Fresh and breezy.
Elin Hilderbrand has written a novel of life that still endures even when faced with adversities. Vicki is afflicted with lung cancer but manages to find strength in her love for her two young sons. Her sister Brenda places her future at stake when she succumbs to a ...
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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
David Howarth
The Lyons Press, 2007
An amazing story.
I first read this book when I was about eleven, over thirty years later I bought it again, and the story was just as amazing to me as an adult as it was when I was a child. Jan's story has to be read to believed.
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Escape from Hell
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Tor Books, 2009
Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined. Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends to harrow hell and free the damned. But now that ...
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Escape from the Carnivale: A Never Land Book
Ridley Pearson, Dave Barry
Disney Editions, 2006
Good Short Story Involving the Minor Characters of the Original Barry/Pearson Prequel Masterpieces!
Although this short story does not contain either of the two great main characters Peter and Molly from the masterpieces Peter and the Starcatchers or the sequel to that prequel Peter and the Shadow Thieves and its length is only a fifth at most of either of those two ...
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Frommer's Best Day Trips from London: 25 Great Escapes by Train, Bus or Car (Frommer's Best Day Trips from ...
Stephen Brewer, Donald Olson
Frommers, 2008
Indispensable
I just got back from England last night and took three of the day trips described in this book: Winchester, Dover and Hampton Court. Obviously these guides are somewhat subjective, so I didn't always agree with the authors' opinions on certain things, but the factual ...
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