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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)
Valorie Schaefer
American Girl, 1998
Excellent reference book for girls!!
A friend of mine recommended I get this book for my nine year-old daughter, after my daughter asked me with some concern what people meant by "getting pregnant by accident." In the past, my daughter had resisted all of my efforts to talk about the birds and the bees, ...
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Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Wont Regret
T.D. Jakes
Atria, 2008
before you do think again
many of us are not as good as we can be because we make poor decisions. this book must be studied and absorbed so that you are equipped in the time of decision so that you can make the right choice that will yield you the right reward: not a simply a good one.
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 2007
Smart, eclectic, and hilariously funny.
Full disclosure: I have a major intellectual crush on David Foster Wallace. Yes, yes, I know about his weaknesses - the digressions, the rampant footnote abuse, the flaunting of his amazing erudition, the mess that is 'Infinite Jest'. I know all this, and I don't care. ...
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The Shack
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2008
Soul Searching and Life Changing
There are not even words that can portray the emotions this book evokes! You can not read this book and walk away unchanged. It touches you to the depths of your soul and causes you to analyze the very essence of your being.
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We the People: The Story of Our Constitution
Lynne Cheney
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008
Another Wonderful History Book from Lynne Cheney
I have been a big fan of all of Lynne Cheney's books for children, and this is no exception. Our children need to understand that the Constitution was no accident, nor was it easy, but was the product of the hard work and sacrifice. The illustrations are beautiful, ...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (APA), 2001
APA manual
Product was nearly new. It came within the specific delivery times. No problems
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Spendid is spendid
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better than "The Kite Runner" here comes "A Thousand Splendid Suns." I can't get enough of this genius, Hosseini. I wait with bated breath for his next masterpiece.
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Savage and Beautiful
The Road is one of the best works of fiction I have read in many years. It is a story of raw physical survival. While the catastrophe which occurred is never named, the description fits perfectly that of the "nuclear winter" predicted by scientists to follow a ...
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 1998
Sheer genius.
David Foster Wallace is one awesomely smart guy. This is both his greatest strength and his potential Achilles heel as a writer. Personally, I will read anything this man writes, because I think he is a true genius with a rare sense of compassion, and a hilarious sense ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Great story
I felt like the elephant was almost a person. I really enjoyed reading this book.
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What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids)
Dawn Huebner
Magination Press, 2005
End of Worries
My daughter had chronic stomachaches which we had checked out medically. We were assured that they were stress related. This book was just what we needed. She loved being able to actually write in and draw in the book about her worries. It was engaging and empowering ...
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
Classic romance and tale of a man who isn't exactly what he seems
Set in the Roarin' Twenties, this unforgetable classic is a romance as well as the story of Jay Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald told the story in a unique way, through the voice of Nick Carraway, an impartial aquaintace of both Gatsby and Daisy.
Details of the golden ...
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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
A must read
Resisted reading this for a long time, thought it would be boring. Was I ever wrong, this is a beautiful story that will stay with you long after you finish reading it.
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Diane Ackerman
W. W. Norton, 2008
Terrifying and moving
The most incredible thing about this book is that it really happened. Jan and Antonina Zabinski were zookeepers at the Warsaw Zoo and were disgusted and horrified by the treatment of the local Jews by the Nazis. As the Warsaw ghetto was gradually cleared by the total ...
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Del Rey, 1987
Fahrenheit 451 probably one of the most important books written
A standard in the dystopian utopia that Brave New World and 1984 also capture, this is the third in a triad of phenomenal dystopian books written that everyone should read. While banned in some jurisdictions, the idea of book burning and reading being illegal is still ...
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