books about: perennial

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Perennial

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

Christopher R. Browning

Harper Perennial, 1993

Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach!
This book (as described by previous reviewers and the product description) details what the men in the Nazi Reserve Police Battalion 101 went through, specifically during the SS Invasion of Poland. Browning describes in detail the process of dehumanizing the Jews, ...

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002

Everyone's Favorite . . .
I honestly have no idea how many times I have read this book. I read it first as an assignment in the eighth grade; most recently, at the age of 41, I read it aloud to three of my children. As with the more recent readings that I recall, I choked up a bit at the end ...

Brave New World (P.S.)

Aldous Huxley

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Dystopia, i long for thee
I purchased Brave New World after reading 1984, and while I must confess that I enjoyed Orwell's book just a little bit more, Huxley's work was still an immediately compelling read. I think what I liked best was just how "british" this future was, by which I mean, ...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)

Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...

Harper Perennial, 2008

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 ...

Fast Food Nation

Eric Schlosser

Harper Perennial, 2005

Corporatism at the worst
In Eric Schlosser's first devastating book on the malpractices of the fast food industry, he pieces together history, facts, and numerous sources to reveal some disturbing truths about their nature. Fast Food Nation is less an expose` on how unhealthy junk food is ...

Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)

Anthony Bourdain

Harper Perennial, 2007

Read before you board the pirate ship
Not a cook book, but a fine read for anyone interested in fine food; and required reading for anyone considering a career in the back of the house. You will laugh out loud at some of the antics of Tony Bourdain and his cadre, and shudder in horror wondering if you were ...

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)

Michael Chabon

Harper Perennial, 2008

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 ...

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)

Howard Zinn

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005

No sugar coated, political correctness here!
Well written, intensely compelling, and mind expanding. This book should be a mandatory read for every high school student in the country. Throw away The American Pageant, and hand out Zinn's book instead.

Run: A Novel (P.S.)

Ann Patchett

Harper Perennial, 2008

Family Stories
Ann Patchett is a wondrous writer, capable of small miracles of grace that come seemingly from nowhere, illuminating her characters and bringing joy to the reader. Even though RUN, her latest novel, may have flaws, how can I give it less than five stars for the joy it ...

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Please read this book! I'm serious! The writing is pure poetry, with fantastic images that will stay with me forever. Also, the historical value cannot be exaggerated. The author, Nora Neale Hurston, gave us a tremendous gift.

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

Harper Perennial, 1998

Beautiful poetry that is no casual read
I borrowed this book from a friend's library because I heard so many good things about it. Although it can be confusing at times with multiple flashback events, I love the wordplay and the little details of life from multiple perspectives. Some aspects of the story ...

The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)

Barbara Kingsolver

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005

I can't say enough good things about this novel
I love the Poisonwood Bible. It's easily on my list of favorite books. It's a heartwrenching story of the disintegration and survival of a family. Kingsolver rotates the pov through the four daughters and you learn to love them all, even the shallow Rachel. And that ...

Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)

Thornton Wilder

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003

The Face of Eternity and the Mind of God
By most accounts Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) considered himself a teacher rather than a writer--a curious situation given than he won numerous literary awards, including three Pulitzers. Among these prize-winners was OUR TOWN, first staged in 1938. It is generally ...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)

Betty Smith

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

A Wowing Historical Fiction Classic
I am in total awe after reading this book. In the beginning I thought it was going to be a boring and long novel. But throughout my reading I became to grow more attached to the story. The main character Francie was an intriguing and delightful creation that anyone ...

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005

Mood controlling pills and uniformity
As I watch the commercials for Zoloft and other psychiatric drugs that are frequently encouraged to the general public today thanks to advertising, I can't help but smell the essence of the stew descibed by Huxley in this wonderful book simmering in our own modern ...