books by Farrar, Straus and Giroux     books:     Suzanna Marshak   Fiddler on the Roo...   A Death in the Family   Master and Command...   Farrar, Straus and...      Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Michael J. Sandel Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009 A lot of real-life topics! If you like ethics, this is the right book for you. I like it because it mentions and debate over many real-life topics that are quite interesting. The book is easy to read. It makes think about ethical topics that you might have not thought about before. It lets ...             The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel Zachary Mason Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 Wish I'd Written It Rarely does a book come along that is so engaging and so impressive that I wish I'd written it. The Lost Books of the Odyssey is one of those books. I have read and taught The Odyssey every year for the last 10 years, and my students and I never get tired or bored ...             Silk Parachute John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 "The New Yorker" made me a fan! "The New Yorker" was one of my first magazine subscriptions after I moved to New York City, and in the first [complimentary] issue there was a short piece about oranges. In those days, "The New Yorker" had no table of contents -- a friend said you were supposed to read ...             A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Compelling Strength from a boy soldier Wow, words can not describe this memoir. Really was eye opening to read, makes you re-evaluate all the things that we tend to take for granted.             The Good Soldiers David Finkel Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009 A Heartbreaking and Engrossing Read A jacket review of The Good Soldiers avers that "[t]his may be the best book on war since the Iliad." That's quite a claim, considering the thousands of years of history and probably hundreds of thousands of volumes that have since been published on the subject. ...             The Ask: A Novel Sam Lipsyte Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 HYSTERICAL I was in New York and read a review of the book in the Village Voice. At the Atlanta airport I decided to buy the book on my Kindle and started reading it. Within minutes I was sitting in the airport and was laughing so loud that I must've looked nuts. Bottom line: if ...             The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them Elif Batuman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 Young Turk Please be patient. I will get to the book in a moment, but first I want to explain why this very good book matters. My Polish grandmother was an austere, white-haired woman perpetually irked by her descent into the middle class. She believed that a lady ...             Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, ... Anthony E. Wolf Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 A must-read for parents of teens What a relief to know that we're not the only ones out there with challenging teen-agers. What a relief to know that "wha" and "hunh" are only a temporary phase in our kids' vocabulary. This book offers insight into the mindset of teen-agers and how to handle ...             The Three Weissmanns of Westport: A Novel Cathleen Schine Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 DEEPER THAN "CLUELESS", AN BRILLIANT NOVEL Aware of the hype surrounding this novel, I opened it with a bit of trepidation. But, happily, it did not disappoint on any level. As a modern retelling of a Jane Austen classic, it is to SENSE AND SENSIBILITY what the movie CLUELESS was to EMMA, only with more depth ...             The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 What else is there to say? Essential reading! By the time more than two hundred people have reviewed a book and a hundred and seventy people have given it five stars, adding one's own two cents to the mix seems almost beside the point. Yet the significant minority who have written highly negative reviews seem to ...             Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip M Hoose Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2009 fantastic, honest, and readable nonfiction for readers of all ages Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice is an illuminating piece of nonfiction. Phillip Hoose tells the story without condescending, but he also doesn't assume the reader knows anything about his story. As an adult reader, I appreciated the deep background provided in ...             The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life Alison Gopnik Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009 Great Topics Great Writing I have not finished this book yet; but so far I love it. The author has great voice. It is very funny and informative. It's the kind of book you'l just zip through and learn a lot in the process.             The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 Paramount challenge to the reader intellect The most powerful work on characters I have ever read and a continuous challenge to my reasoning word after word, statement after statement, chapter after chapter. As a leftover gift this story will provide you unanswered phylosophical questions human beings have ever ...             Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa Dambisa Moyo Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 Eye opening view of aid If you are involved in church mission work or other charitable programs, this book is a great help in understanding why the need in Africa seems to go on forever. Written by an African who understands the functional aspects of aid, the book should open your mind and ...             Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 A must read for understanding the economy and world affairs. I learned a great deal and better understand the political economic world around me for having read this book. 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