books by Riverhead Trade     books:     Riverhead Trade      I Was Told There'd Be Cake Sloane Crosley Riverhead Trade, 2008 Very Honest Memoir from a New Young Writer! I am very much taken with the complete honesty of Sloane Crosley's self-reflections. I am put in mind of Marjane Satrapi's Perspolis The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture, and even Barack Obama's Dreams of My Father Dreams from My Father: A Story of ...             Drown Junot Díaz Riverhead Trade, 1997 Questioning the value of life. What struck me more than anything while reading Drown, beyond the growing and changing narrative voice of Yunior, was the intensity and honesty of the self-examination involved in the presentation of the stories. While many of the circumstances surrounding Yunior can ...             Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, Second Edition Patricia T. O'Conner Riverhead Trade, 2004 Woe, this is a great book! PRO: A witty a book that makes learning about English grammar fun! CONS: I wish it were longer! CONCLUSION: In the world of SMSes, IMs, and emails, we have sacrificed grammar. As a writer, I appreciate good writing. The way you write tells a lot about you, so ...             The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke Suze Orman Riverhead Trade, 2007 i wish i had read this book ten years ago Suze Orman's book is about teaching young people how to value and respect money, a common theme throughout all of her work. She uses real-world examples to show why it's so important to a) get into a career that we love, and b) use this knowledge to move into a ...             A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future Daniel H. Pink Riverhead Trade, 2006 Beyond the everyday business hype One of the greatest sources of worthwhile reading is my former economics professor. Periodically, a book will arrive at my house with his latest recommendation. Having not failed in his ability to impress, A Whole New Mind definitely stands out above the rest. Going ...             The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the ... Steven Johnson Riverhead Trade, 2007 Medical / Health Related Sleuths of the Origin and Cause of a Cholera Epidemic in London in the 1800s. This book is an excellent and detailed look into the work of a few men who worked to try to solve the cause of a cholera outbreak in London. It shows how the principal investigator used logic and reasoning and investigation skills to try to solve the mystery of what ...             The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition James McBride Riverhead Trade, 2006 Shades of gray I feel almost silly adding another review when others have said so much already. So, I'll keep it brief. This is an extremely well written book. It flows seamlessly back and forth between time periods and generations until, before you know it, it's over. And, contrary ...             The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 wow It's been a while since I was assigned a reading that has moved me as The Kite Runner did. This book is a keeper for my personal library. Hosseini is a remarkable storyteller. Powerful !!             The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need Daniel H. Pink Riverhead Trade, 2008 Excellent guide for recent (or soon-to-be) college grads Looking for a book to give your child who is about to graduate college and enter the workforce? Look no further. Johnny Bunko, written in the manga style of Japanese comics, is the answer. Author Dan (A Whole New Mind) Pink provides six life lessons, packaged in a ...             The Last Summer (of You and Me) Ann Brashares Riverhead Trade, 2008 A Wonderful Book In this book, sisters Riley and Alice are going to their summer home on Fire Island, where they have gone every summer since they were kids. Their friend Paul is going to be there too, whom Riley and Alice haven't seen in quite a few years since he didn't come to Fire ...             Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames Thich Nhat Hanh Riverhead Trade, 2002 The "mindful" way... As someone who has dealt with anger and depression, I read this book with great interest. I have always been interested in the traditional East Asian philosophies and methods of healing. While I don't subscribe to everything suggested in this book, I do think that ...             The Pact Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, ... Riverhead Trade, 2003 A Review by Lacy Peters The Pact is about three young men who lived in the projects around drugs and peer pressure from old friends who did not want anything out of life. So George and Sam and Rameck made a pact to go to college. The young men had positive people in their lives, like a ...             Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls Mary Pipher Riverhead Trade, 2005 Reviving Ophelia I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this book. Dr. Pipher does an outstanding job of exploring all the issues adolescent girls are struggling with.             The Dark Side of the Light Chasers Debbie Ford Riverhead Trade, 1999 Good! Eye-opening book. Ms. Ford explains that our harshest judgments for certain people and the anger directed at them are often emotions/traits that we fear in ourselves. She explains how we hide or deny these dark sides rather than giving ourselves the opportunity to ...             My Grandfathers Blessings : Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging Rachel Naomi Remen Riverhead Trade, 2001 A True Blessing The author shares some inspirational stories of the lessons her grandfather, a Rabbi taught her as a child that served as building blocks for the rest of her life, as a Dr. and then a counselor. Whether you read this from cover to cover, because it is delightful and ...          products you might be interested in search for books adolescent, anniversary, grammarphobe, grandfathers, right-brainers, terrifying randomly chosen DVD: Trading Places (Special Collector's Edition)