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The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)
Joseph Campbell
New World Library, 2008
proof is in one's life
Perhaps the greatest validation I could afford this book is its applicability to my own life.
I read parts of this book when I was younger. It was somewhat interesting then in a very abstract way of "Oh, look at how all the stories are similar. Cool."
Since ...
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Eat This Not That!: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-or More!
David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
Rodale Books, 2007
I loved this book!
My daughter gave me a copy of this book a little over a month ago. I've eaten a whole new way and I've lost fifteen pounds. I can't thank David and Matt enough. I just finished Michele Cozzens award winning women's fiction A Line Between Friends and I highly recommend ...
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The Bookseller of Kabul
Asne Seierstad
Back Bay Books, 2004
Honest and candid account
Asne Seirstadt writes an honest and candid account of her four months of life with an Afghan family, following the fall of the Taliban and the end of the reign of terror they subjected the Afghan people to.
She spent these months with the family of Sultan Khan who- ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2008
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Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007
Fine Fairy Tale Revisited Option
Hale has mastered these other kingdoms so unlike our own, yet so familiar. Book of a Thousand Days brings to life a little known Grimm's tale (not for the Disney-hearted) and a way of life from long ago, far away. However, the book resonates with teens who are ...
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Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers
Thomas Horn
Anomalos Publishing, 2007
Finally an intelligent scholar addresses the "under the rug" Biblical warnings...
I can't imagine a better time for this book to be released. Skeptics beware! Tom's findings are extremely well-founded and researched. I was skeptical at first, and being the kind of independant person who thinks for myself and bases my own theories on my OWN ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Riverhead, 2007
Spendid is spendid
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better than "The Kite Runner" here comes "A Thousand Splendid Suns." I can't get enough of this genius, Hosseini. I wait with bated breath for his next masterpiece.
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A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
Stephen Kinzer
Wiley, 2008
Fascinating and Insightful Read
I read this book in preparation for trip to Rwanda later this year. Mr. Kinzer has done exhaustive research into the history or Rwanda from the early 20th century through the present. From the time of Belguin colonialism, the rise of the RPF in Uganda and the ...
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The Abs Diet Ultimate Nutrition Handbook: Your Reference Guide to Thousands of Foods, and How Each One Shapes ...
David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker
Rodale Books, 2007
Excellent!
I can't believe no one has reviewed this yet. It is definitely a worthy companion to the actual Abs Diet book. This book alone can do wonders for your diet in my opinion. Tons of health tips!
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The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
A play about racism or business ethics?
Most reviewers focus on the issue of religion - Shylock as a Jew - but fail to look past the issues of faith and consider the discussion of business ethics in "The Merchant of Venice".
I won't go into the racism and religions arguments because I have nothing new to ...
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
Eugene H. Peterson
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005
Christ Plays In 10,000 places
A wonderful book with many new insights into God's interaction with his people. Concrete examples of daily living for God. God can only relate to us as humans by using the exact time, place and method of His Creation...as planned by Him. Once we realize that we were ...
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) (Puffin Modern Classics)
Eleanor Coerr
Puffin, 2004
A story with simplistic compassion about a little girl whose illness made her a hero
For many years after the nuclear weapons that ended World War II were exploded over Japan, the radiation effects lingered to cause sickness and death. Sadako is a young girl who was an infant resident in Hiroshima when the explosion took place. She is a lively girl and ...
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501 Spanish Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in A New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged
Christopher Kendris, Theodore N. Kendris
Barron's Educational Series, 2003
essential
Anyone who is a student of Spanish, especially at the beginning or intermediate levels, will benefit from having this book. It quickly answers your questions about verbs without the wild goose chase of looking through a text book or other reference. I own one in every ...
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A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure
Marlena De Blasi
Ballantine Books, 2005
From Venice to Tuscany
Left wanting more from Ms. DeBlasi's previous book, I moved with her from Venice to Tuscany and never wanted to leave. The prose in these books is as sumptuous as the life seems to be--rich in detail, rich in emotion and rich in love for the place, the people and the ...
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Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism
AA Services
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 2002
This book illustrates a way of live
In having some personal experience in alcoholism and having now recovered from that aspect of my life for over 20 years now I can only say that the program of recovery outlined in this book and in AA has resulted in a life for me beyond what I ever thought I could ...
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