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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2007
Couldn't stop laughing...
This is Bryson at his best, funny, fearless, and factual. He took me back to splendid promise of the 50's when we awaited "Better things through chemistry" and believed they would come.
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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, ...
Michio Kaku
Doubleday, 2008
Soup for the mind
My daughter loved the book. Seems the picture on the cover has images from "Dr. Who", one of her favorite programs. Just the book to interest and challenge the mind.
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard
Broadway, 2006
It's a great book!
It should not be easy to mix history, action, geography, ornithology...in one book, but this book is exceptionally well balanced. The author gives not only the details of Theodore Roosevelt and his companions heroic journey across the uncharted rain forests of the ...
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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
HarperOne, 1978
The Reality of Christian Fellowship
This is a great little book, a classic that all Christians should read. At roughly 128 pages, this is a short treatise on Christian community that is very accessible. In the first chapter of this book Bonhoeffer presents his understanding of the reality of Christian ...
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2007
Evading the threat of human intimacy in immoderation
After watching and liking Sean Penn's movie version of this story, I didn't think I needed to read the book. My daughter told me otherwise. She said, the book has things that are missing in the film. And the book idolizes the hero less than the film does. She is ...
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Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide
Mark Dye, Rick McDonald, ...
Cisco Press, 2007
textbook
THe book is exactly what I needed for class. It is the Networking Cisco system book that will help you get your Certification from Cisco. Great recources on the book and online through Cisco to help you along.
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Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA
Richard C. Hoagland, Mike Bara
Feral House, 2007
Brilliant
Brilliant! Hoagland is on to it. His presentation is engaging, thought provoking, and easy for the layman to follow. I particularly enjoyed his explanations about hyper-dimensional space. It has enhanced my understanding about where I am placed in the drama of the ...
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Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research (6th Edition)
Roger R. Hock
Prentice Hall, 2008
Great Intro to Psychological Research
I'm a psych major in college, so I naturally enjoyed reading about these important studies. However, I think anyone could enjoy this book. It's very readable and covers crucial research from all areas of psychology. Read about one study or all forty; this is a great ...
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Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Stephen Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Undaunted Courage
I will keep it simple. Next to the Holy Bible ~ best book I ever read. I have since then read several of Stephen Ambrose's books and highly recommend them. He and his family put many years of research in before writing any book. I have travelled across the country ...
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz
Henry Holt and Co., 2008
journey long and strange
great research and well written. Our children should be doing this history reviews, if not through this book then through other text books. It is time to change our view of North American History.
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The Terror: A Novel
Dan Simmons
Back Bay Books, 2007
A TRIUMPH of the imagination!!
I'm going to have to be careful that I don't gush too much over Dan Simmons' triumph of the imagination THE TERROR. The book has plenty of flaws...but the power of its story smashes most of those into rubble by the time the end is reached.
The best place to start ...
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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Buddy Levy
Bantam, 2008
Great Read
A brilliant synthesis. I thought i knew this subject well but Mr. Levy heightened my experience of it. Wonderfully nuanced descriptions and the characters come to life. Very well done and hard to put down.
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How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form
Thomas C. Foster
Harper Paperbacks, 2008
a clear voice
As a high school English teacher with two small children, I rarely get a chance to read a book for pleasure--let alone finish one. Amazingly, I read both of Foster's guides this summer. Each was a palatable presentation of issues surrounding literature in general and ...
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I Never Knew I Had A Choice: Explorations in Personal Growth (with InfoTrac®)
Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey
Brooks Cole, 2005
Wonderful Workbook
This was a textbook assigned for an online psychology course. This was one of the best "self-help" books I have ever read. This book is easy to read, plus each chapter has a section for activities pertaining to the topics covered. I learned a lot about myself from this ...
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1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
Gavin Menzies
Harper Perennial, 2008
A Great Read.
This is no more "fantasy" than the "accepted" version of events!
It was a great read, especially compared to official (probably made-up)Eurocentric boring accounts.
If Menzies can get people passionate about ancient history then who cares just WHO went where and ...
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