books about: states     books:     States      A Remarkable Mother Jimmy Carter Simon & Schuster, 2008 fascinating read! Similar to "An Hour before Daylight," this book shares stories of life in rural south Georgia during the 20's, 30's and 40's. The book shares a great glimpse into the lives of the former president's ancestors. Anyone who remembers life with telephone party lines, ...             The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria W. W. Norton, 2008 The Return to a Multi-Polar World Fareed Zakaria writes that three great global power shifts have occurred in the last 500 years: the first was the rise of the West with its advances in science, technology, and commerce; the second was the rise of the US, to superpower status after World War II and to ...             Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri Knopf, 2008 Continuing Gulf Between Two Cultures In this brilliant book, Lahiri sustains her control of characters and weaves tight stories. Her plots and characters move effortlessly through each vignette. Once again we meet the structured Bengali culture and their American children who never seem to completely ...             The Revolution: A Manifesto Ron Paul Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Ron Paul = Hope for America I cannot put this book down. I'm almost finished and I have to say it is one of the best - easy to read and understand - informative books I have ever read. The dark cloud that I have learned this world to be with our out of control goverment is dissipating. I have ...             Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Cokie Roberts William Morrow, 2008 Rich! A great read! This is a great read, in large part because the story is told from a perspective that was ignored in the history classes I was exposed to. The women who lived during this period in our country's history were historians in their own right - recording history, and their ...             Audition: A Memoir Barbara Walters Knopf, 2008 An Honest and Authentic Memoir Joanne Scaglione, Author:Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook Well written,I really enjoyed Barbara's honesty as she put herself out there- telling all. I have always admired Barbara but never really got a feel for who she is from her TV performances where ...             The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport Carl Hiaasen Knopf, 2008 A good read for golfers and the game's innocent bystanders. Carl Hiaasen was introduced to the game of golf by his father, who, to Carl's nearly life-long disappointment, was a very good golfer. On a whim that could be argued to be both mature and immature, he gave up the game in his early twenties because he wasn't able to ...             Into the Wild Jon Krakauer Anchor, 2007 What a story, what terrific detail. I was taken aback by this book and found it captivating and haunting. I have a son the same age as Chris and debated giving him a copy because its so tempting to sample the taste of tramping while adding huge risk to a young life, but on the other hand see the ...             The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow Hyperion, 2008 The Best Lecture This is an amazing book!!! I can't stop smiling while reading it. Randy Pausch talks about what really matters in life, reaching your dreams and the importance of the family too. For sure is THE BEST LECTURE!             A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World Tony Horwitz Henry Holt and Co., 2008 Fascinating and vivid When a history book describes Plymouth Rock as looking like a "fossilized potato" and Florida's capitol building as "The Big D...," you know you're in for something unusual. Having gone to college in Tallahassee, I can attest to the reasons for the capitol's nickname ...             Multi-Family Millions: How Anyone Can Reposition Apartments for Big Profits David Lindahl Wiley, 2008 Very informative Most real estate books put me to sleep. This one kept me awake and taking notes about the opportunities I now see in my local area.             Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism Kevin Phillips Viking Adult, 2008 Financialization and Its Discontents For those who have read Kevin Phillips' American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury, many of the themes in the current work will sound familiar. In this book, as well as American Theocracy, he reminds us ...             American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam (War Stories) Oliver North B&H Books, 2008 Read your history Ross Radical Islam is a result of US Foreign policy?...did the US have foreign policy in the 13th and 14th Century?...well no..there was no United States of America...was the USA formed when the latter books of the Quran were written, which called for jihad and had a more ...             Twilight (Twilight, Book 1) Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2005 Excellent, Excellent book. I notice some of the "bad" reviews are being overly critical. Yes, Bella does glare a lot...but Meyer did not write it without cause. I actually enjoyed the narration by Swan, who was incredibly easy to relate to on so many levels. Edward was not only beautiful, ...             The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American ... Matt Taibbi Spiegel & Grau, 2008 Truth ... stranger than reality Got this book Monday, May 5th. Finished it once ... going back again. Matt reveals the absurdity that has this country by the throat. As a former church pastor, the narrative on Matt's adventure with John Hagee's nut bunch was point-on. This book is laugh-out-loud ...          products you might be interested in search for books apartments, derangement, multi-family, post-american, rediscovering, unaccustomed randomly chosen tools & hardware: Inova Mircolight with Cobalt Blue LED, Black #BB-B