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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens
Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007
Untitled, Sorry.
I've absolutely loved everything Christopher Hitchens has said about religion in this book and everything else he's had to say about religion before and after. He's a brilliant man who's done his homework. But I think the title is misleading because I don't think ...
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008
Superb Children's Book
While I am an adult and not chronologically a child (one could argue my outlook is somewhat childlike at times), I certainly enjoyed this book and think children would enjoy it as much if not more than I. It feels a bit like reading a Harry Potter book in that fantasy ...
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The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
Libba Bray
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007
The best book ever!....
This book is amazing amazing does not even describe how wonderfull this book is.
This book is the third book of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy it was well written a wondefull and beautiful story. I loved it I just finished reading it yesterday and my eyes are still swollen ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Deep, but easy read
I loved this book! I'm a slow reader and I was so engrossed in the story, I finished it in five days! When you're staying up all night reading, you know it's a good book!
I was so moved by the story, I bought The Kite Runner afterwards. This book really gives us a ...
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The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt
Clarion Books, 2007
Four thumbs up!
On the suggestion of a friend who has excellent taste in books, I bought this book for my eleven year old son, who's appetite for books exceeds what I can keep up with! It was so gripping that he sat up until two in the morning to finish the book. (I can sympathize; ...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007
Best book ever!
This book was so awesome I couldn't put it down. I read it in 2 days and couldn't wait to get Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. I hope this author writes a lot more books because they are very enjoyable and entertaining.
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
This book needs to be read by everyone...
Rarely has a book had such an impact on me. Ismael Beah's epic journey from carefree childhood to inhuman adolescence to enlightened adulthood tells the story of hope for mankind. As Beah has said, it puts a human voice to the war and violence in his country of Sierra ...
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The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Collins, 2007
I knew this stuff but...
I am a geezer and things like this were taught when I was young and had to run from dinos to avoid becoming supper while going home for supper BUT
The IGGIES put everything right here!!
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Get 2 copies of this book, one for the young man who needs to know ...
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press, 2007
Great Book for Adults and Children
We read this book as a family. My youngest son hates to read but with this story he was the first to ask if we could read each night. Great visualizations and illustrations for the reader.
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Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
Les Beletsky
Chronicle Books, 2006
Bird Songs book review
I received this book as a gift a few years ago, and since then, I have given 4 of them as gifts to my bird-loving friends! I also shared it with a friend who just turned 3 years old. She enjoyed learning the names of the birds and the sounds they make. I have ...
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The Savage Detectives: A Novel
Roberto Bolano
Picador, 2008
Strange and chaotic book
First of all if you are trying to grasp Bolaņo I would recommend by far 2666 (Narrativas Hispanicas) (Paperback)2666: A Novel, an excellent novel.
I read the Spanish version and the Mexican slang all over the novel can be sometimes overwhelming.
The story is chaotic ...
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
Michael Chabon
HarperCollins, 2007
Great writing, brilliantly read!
This is a fun, fast paced, brilliantly imagined detective story set in a fanciful present. Might be particularly interesting for those with an affinity/awareness/interest in Jewish culture. As this is an audio book,the reading is as critical as the writing, and we are ...
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The World Without Us
Alan Weisman
Thomas Dunne Books, 2007
The World Without Us
Excellent book. Full of information on what we are doing to our environment and food for thought as to possible solutions. Definitely not a scare tactic treatise like many environmentalist-type books tend to be, but a honest look at where we've come from, and where ...
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Things I have learned in my life so far
Stefan Sagmeister
Abrams, 2008
self help books usually turn me off
There is one section of bookstores that I traditionally avoid when browsing:
the self-help section. It's not that the ideas of how to live a fuller life are not
worthy of my attention, but the way these book are written usually wears me
down by their linear nature ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
HarperCollins, 2007
Eat me!
Barbara Kingsolver's lyric prose is so fun to read, and it's good for you too! It's heartening to see the locavore movement get such attention on a national scale. Maybe American food culture isn't doomed after all. The inserts from her family are entertaining, but ...
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