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Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
David Cordingly
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
A History Major's Review
As a child pirates fascinated me, but as a college student studying history I found that serious forays into the historical truth of piracy were few and far between. My boyhood fascination and adult inquisitive nature both found outlets in Under The Black Flag. The ...
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Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
Ravi Zacharias
W Publishing Group, 2002
Great Book
Ravi has carried the mantle of C.S. Lewis as the voice of christian apologetics in the 21st century. He draws from a wealth of resources not the least of which is his mind.
As his disclaimer advises in the forward, he did not wish to bash other faiths BUT I would ...
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Dying to Live: A Novel of Life Among the Undead
Kim Paffenroth
Permuted Press, 2007
Good book!
This was a really good book! There was a lot to keep me interested the entire way through and I really honestly did not put it down. Great action and great story!
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Among the Enemy (Shadow Children)
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Aladdin, 2006
Among the Enemy
This is for my 14 year old daughter she loves all of Margaret Haddix books. I love writers that can hold a child's intrest, and she does hold her in a dfferent world, also can tell she enjoys the books because she shares things that happen in the story line.
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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Maxine Hong Kingston
Vintage, 1989
Prepare for the unexpected.
This is a tremendous novel. The author threads the stories her mother told her when she was a child, through the retelling of her own life, using them to draw you into her own imagination. As she grows up, living half immersed in traditional myth and half in gritty ...
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A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Robert M. Sapolsky
Scribner, 2002
An All Time Favorite
This book is hard to classify: Is it autobiography? Primatolgy? Travel adventures? Humanist philosophy? Humor? Basically it is all of these and more. It is a real page turner. Sapolsky has a truly marvelous sense of humor that includes knowing how to laugh at himself. ...
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Life Among the Dead
Lisa Williams
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008
Eye Opener
I was pleased and entertained by the book and found it hard to put down. Finished the book in 2 days. There are not many books that I do that to. Lisa willaims has her act together and so un-like others in her field. She seems to be the real deal. The Bible even speaks ...
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Among the Free (Shadow Children)
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Aladdin, 2007
Among The Free
This was purchased for a student. He had read all other parts of the series and when he finished this book, he was extremely satisfied. Thank you Amazon for having what I was unable to find in local book stores.
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Alien Agenda: Investigating the Extraterrestrial Presence Among Us
Jim Marrs
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
AN EYE OPENER----!!!!!
Once again, Mr. Marrs is on the money. Step by step, he takes you through the history of this subject to our present day. It's another piece of our planets' puzzle that people need to understand. Read carefully with an open mind. There were things that I knew about all ...
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Among the Betrayed
Margaret Haddix
Aladdin, 2003
Among The Betrayed by Margret Perterson Haddix
Nina is among the many shadow children in her school. She has done nothing wrong in her life, except for being illegal. One day, she woke up in a prison cell, handcuffed to the ground. She finds out that her beloved, Jason, has now betrayed her. Later on she meets a ...
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Abide in My Word 2009: Mass Readings at Your Fingertips
Word Among Us Press, 2008
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Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Love Beyond Our Fears
Ronald Rolheiser
Image, 2007
A Timely Collection of Essays Regarding the Spiritual Life
Ronald Rolheiser has many gifts he brings to spiritual writing. First he is a person of deep faith. He is also aware of the world we live in today, both its good points and its flaws. Combine this with a keen insight into people and a Catholicism that combines the best ...
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Always Enough: God's Miraculous Provision among the Poorest Children on Earth
Rolland and Heidi Baker
Chosen, 2003
lover of books
An extremely well written book, that is hard to stop reading.
All serious Christians need to read a book about surrender, humility, and love for
God. As a result of the author's utter dependence upon God and their willingness to
live with and help the "poorest of ...
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May Bird Among the Stars: Book Two
Jodi Lynn Anderson
Aladdin, 2007
Ghost Town
May Bird-Among the Stars
May Bird- Among the Stars, by Jodi Lynn Anderson, is a fun fantasy fiction. It is also a sequel to the first book, May Bird and the Ever After.
May Bird- Among the Stars is about May Bird, and her journey through the world of ghosts. ...
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Everyday Encounters with God: What Our Experiences Teach Us About the Divine
Benedict Groeschel, Bert Ghezzi
Word Among Us Press, 2008
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