books by Dial Press Trade Paperback     books:     Dial Press Trade P...      Drinking: A Love Story Caroline Knapp Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1997 Thank You & Thank You Her words inspired me to quit drinking, then her death inspired me to quit smoking. I hope her loved ones know, there is one person out here who is alive because of Carolyn. She is my hero. Thank You.             The Water is Wide Pat Conroy Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002 Pat's Best This book is inspiring to say the least. I love Pat Conroy and have read every one of his books and this one is by far the best. Perfect for all age ranges especially as a teacher gift. It is funny, sad and just flat out good on so many levels.             Mister Pip Lloyd Jones Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008 Warm, poignant and inspiring - should have won last year's Booker In the civil war torn island of Bougainville in the early 1990s where rebels face off soldiers from encroaching forces, there lived a native community long deserted by whites who had fled to the safety of Australia and New Zealand except for one with a native wife who ...             Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 Breakfast Of Champions Breakfast Of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut ***** Breakfast Of Champions is satire at it's all time best, and Breakfast of Champions is Kurt Vonnegut's all time best, the only other novel of his to even come close is Slaughterhouse-Five. Which is a must read. But as I ...             Shopaholic & Baby Sophie Kinsella Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007 Smart, Fun Chick Lit This is the first book that I've read from the Shopaholic series. I adore the idea of light summer reading, but I've found myself disappointed by the other chick lit options I've tried in the past. I purchased this book in part because we are considering trying to ...             The Undomestic Goddess Sophie Kinsella Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2006 Best Sophie Kinsella Book Yet I love Sophie Kinsella's books for a light read on a Summer afternoon. Her books are funny and can be touching. This is my favorite book, of hers, to date. :)             Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 Poo-tee-weet Straightforward Fantasy of Baffling Reality Billy Pilgrim has been unstuck in time, and I feel that way too. Through my English class, the whole contemporary style threw me completely off. This is not Dickens. This is not Steinbeck either. The closest I've read ...             Can You Keep a Secret? Sophie Kinsella Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2005 Loved this book Read this book on vacation - I breezed through it faster than any other book because I just could not put it down. Funny and warm - definitely perfect read on the beach with a cocktail! :)             The Brothers K David James Duncan Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1996 Sick Money! This book is the bomb-diggity! I'd gladly trade Dickens, Tolstoy, and maybe Milton for Duncan!             Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 A Dark Novel with a Valuable Moral Lesson ~Mother Night~ by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is a dark novel set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany initially in the 1930s. An American expatriate living abroad Howard W. Campbell, Jr. marries a German woman Helga, and works as a playwright in Germany. But a dark cloud looms ...             Crow Lake (Today Show Book Club #7) Mary Lawson Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2003 Rich with family history This is the best book I've read in recent months. From the perspective of Kate, the third child, it tells the story of her family and, to a lesser but equally compelling degree, the neighboring family in this tiny Canadian community. Lawson's plot is tight; she ...             Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez Richard Rodriguez Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2004 Among the Educated Esteemed a classic, this work has the merit, upon first reading, of making the reader feel he has been initiated into the long lost tribe of truth tellers, something akin to the book readers of Fahrenheit 451. We meet somebody for whom education is a real thing, ...             Intuition Allegra Goodman Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007 original and truthful novel about the world of science I liked the idea behind "Intuition", because it was the first novel I have ever encountered, which was so close to my own life and profession. Allegra Goodman managed to find the underappreciated niche and filled it with a remarkable book. The world of academic life ...             Galapagos (Delta Fiction) Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 Big Brained Humans Enjoy! As usual Kurt Vonnegut's novel is filled with delightful creatures, strange personalities, and psychological messiness yet hope. Apart with providing an interesting description of the Gallapagos Islands, Darwin's original get-away, the book delves into the psychotic ...             The Lords of Discipline Pat Conroy Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002 Duty, Honor, Country The mark of a successful coming of age story is that you, the reader, can see yourself reflected in the protagonist. For me, this book worked very well. Will McLean, the main character and first-person narrator, a second generation Irish boy, son of a Marine, a ...          products you might be interested in search for books champions, discipline, shopaholic, slaughterhouse, slaughterhouse-five, undomestic randomly chosen book: Hugo Suter - Paravent