books: the story of     books:     The story of      A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Deep, but easy read I loved this book! I'm a slow reader and I was so engrossed in the story, I finished it in five days! When you're staying up all night reading, you know it's a good book! I was so moved by the story, I bought The Kite Runner afterwards. This book really gives us a ...             The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals Jane Mayer Doubleday, 2008 A Must Read for Pre-Election Congratulations to Ms. Mayer for a very consise and clearly set-out examination and explanation of the Bush Presidency and the dark motivations and the unexplicable dealings of his co-horts and cronies. It's a condemnation, pure and simple, of the misuse power and ...             The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism Ron Suskind Harper, 2008 How Do You Spell Impeachable Offense ?? Have mercy!! What to say. Saw the author in an inteview say it's written like a movie. True enough. It's a screenplay, shouldn't be any problem getting it into film. Only thing is, maybe where it belongs is on the committee where Rep. Kucinich's articles of impeachment ...             The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition J. K. Rowling Children's High Level Group, 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition In December 2007, J.K. Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard , a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. Amazon was fortunate to come into possession of one of the original copies, and it was our ...             Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2006 Better than The Vampire Chronicles (or just as good at least!) I was skeptical when I had purchased the saga, however, I was completely immersed in the story line. It is a wonderful, romantic tale that I just wasn't able to put down! Kudos to Stephanie Meyer & her fabulous characters! I am a huge Anne Rice fan, and I LOVE the ...             New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 New Moon This series by Stephanie are just wonderful. They would delight the high school set plus their seniors! If you like romance and vampires, you'll love these books.             Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 Breaking Dawn My daughter just could not put this book down and now she is reading it again!             The Host: A Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Amazing read! What a page turner w/ an emotional pull! I loved this book...yes, I agree it took me until page 60 or so before I was hooked but I definitely was hooked! Stephenie Meyer has so quickly become my favorite author by far with her writing methods. I feel the connection she does with her characters...I like that ...             The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel David Wroblewski Ecco, 2008 Sign of the Times I have to begin this review with a caveat: This book is not for everyone. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle leans largely on backstory and detailed description. The backstory is necessary. It builds Edgar's character and explains who he is and how he got where he is. The ...             Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007 Eclipse Thought it was an excellant ending to the series. Couldn't put it down til I was finished.             First Day Jitters Julie Danneberg Charlesbridge Publishing, 2000 Wonderful book! I read this book to my middle school students at the start of every year. They just love it! They giggle and laugh about my use of a picture book, then they really get into it. It's a wonderful icebreaker!             The Alchemist Paulo Coelho HarperCollins, 2006 Great Read Loved this book and I am having my boy teenage boys read it. Just wish I had read it when I was there age. A must for anyone on the side lines !             The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of his Life--His Own David Carr Simon & Schuster, 2008 You Can't Know the Whole Truth So says David Carr. "But if there is one, it lies in the space between people." Something haunting in that line, and relevant to anyone regardless of whether they share Carr's story of self-destruction and recovery. This reformed thug, drug addict and spiraling loser ...             Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama Three Rivers Press, 2004 It's even better than 5 stars I wish that every American could read this book! I was moved and impressed as I learned about who Barack Obama is. This book was written shortly after graduating from law school and before Obama entered politics. It highlights what an intelligent, perceptive, ...             Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) J. K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007 continued strength I've read all of the Harry Potter books aloud to my son (who is now 10), and, while we're not yet far into Deathly Hallows, we can see that it will be as fun as all the others. We became engrossed in it from Page One. We're excited to see how the series ends, but we'll ...          products you might be interested in search for books alchemist, american, extremism, inheritance, investigates, thousand      toavi.com    web we recommend continued strength randomly chosen pc & video games: Hard Rock Casino (Sony PSP)