books by Harper Perennial     books:     Cambridge   Bosonic   City   Original   Harper Perennial      Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser Harper Perennial, 2005 Fast Food Nation The book was in better condition that expected and we received sooner than expected. VERY Satisfied!             The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less Barry Schwartz Harper Perennial, 2005 Oversimplified but insightful This book falls in the "popular psychology" book category. Its author tries to convince us that maybe not the easiest but an essential way to improve our life and happiness is to "simplify" and to be less choosy. The book is written in an easy to understand but ...             Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ... Harper Perennial, 2008 A Most Delectable Lesson It might just be a matter of thinking about red cars and so suddenly seeing red cars everywhere one looks, but it seems to me that once I started researching organic foods for an article I am writing, I began to see books on sustainable farming, organic food markets, ...             The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression Amity Shlaes Harper Perennial, 2008 The Forgotten Man Extremely well researched and written. Also, provides easy reference to "cast of characters", and a "time line", by year, of relevant events occurring in that year.             The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power Jeff Sharlet Harper Perennial, 2009 Truly unsettling Like many people, I first heard about Jeff Sharlet's work on "the Family" and its role in the recent affair of Senator John Enzine through Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC. Then I remembered his article in Harper's Magazine about Hillary Clinton's involvement in a ...             Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) Stephen J. Dubner Harper Perennial, 2009 Unique connections Freakonomics is a book written to inform readers of many interesting, yet surprising facts. The main theme-if there is one in the story-is to show the power incentives have over the population. The book does a great job of drawing two unlikely things together and ...             Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) Anthony Bourdain Harper Perennial, 2007 "Never judge a book by its cover" I can recall standing at the best seller table in the center of Barnes & Noble holding a copy of "Kitchen Confidential" when it was first published. Not having been a fan of Anthony Bourdain, I quickly put the book down and went about my shopping. As time went by, I ...             Mystic River Dennis Lehane Harper Perennial, 2003 Wonderful This book was so intense and it was so tragic all at the same time. I cared about all the characters and could understand their emotions well. This is my second Dennis Lehane book (Shutter Island was first) and I have to say, both of his books I've read were ...             The Hour I First Believed: A Novel (P.S.) Wally Lamb Harper Perennial, 2009 A page turner I thought this was a fantastic read. I didn't want to put it down and when I wasn't reading it I could not stop thinking about it. I know I will read it again and I can't say that for many books I read. Thanks Wally Lamb, I SO enjoyed it and HIGHLY recommend it. :)             Shutter Island tie-in: A Novel Dennis Lehane Harper Perennial, 2009 thrilling and terrifying A chilling and creepy read. Such a rich wealth of dialog and twists and turns. The characters and scenery seem to come alive off the pages. Truly a thrill to read. Hard to put the book down. Loved it.             American Gods: A Novel Neil Gaiman Harper Perennial, 2003 Twilight of the gods American Gods is written by famed comics writer Neil Gaiman, best known for his work on the Sandman comics and his occassional collaborations with Terry Pratchet. However, I know him best as the translator for Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke, easily one of my ...             The Given Day: A Novel Dennis Lehane Harper Perennial, 2009 A true gem of a novel--epic and beautiful. Novels like this don't come around every day. The last time I was this awed by a contemporary novel was Dan Simmons's THE TERROR, a horror/adventure epic that transcended genre and stereotype. Now, Dennis Lehane has given the world THE GIVEN DAY, an epic novel about ...             The Space Between Us: A Novel ( Deckle Edge ) (P.S.) Thrity Umrigar Harper Perennial, 2007 beautiful prose being a poet, I wanted to literally consume some of the author's prose. This book pulled at every emotion I own, and I loved every second of it. I read this book in 3 days, only because I had to put it down to truly absorb what was going on in Bhima and Sera's world. ...          products you might be interested in search for books confidential, depression, everything, freakonomics, fundamentalism, underbelly      toavi.com    web we recommend Unique connections randomly chosen book: The Dingo: In Australia and Asia (Cornell Paperbacks)