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The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
Amanda Ripley
Crown
, 2008
Wow
Such an in-depth study of the human psyche. Great read. I highly recommend this book.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Tracy Kidder
Random House Trade Paperbacks
, 2004
Another living hero
Paul Farmer is to Haiti what Greg Mortenson is to Pakistan. These are the people who best represent the American citizens to the world and I'm sure there are so many out there who do great sacrifice in their personal lives to help others. Besides being a well-told ...
Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the ...
Dick Morris
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Eileen Mcgann
Harper
, 2008
God help Us!
Have been reading this book and it will open many an eye as it has opened mine. We really need to throw out all the changes to our Constitution and go back to the original before all the addenums muddied the water. Common sense needs to prevail and basics ...
Peek-A Who?
Nina Laden
Chronicle Books
, 2000
Eek-a!
My 13 month old loves this book. It actually inspired her fifth word! We were reading the book and as I was about to say "Peek-A... Moo", I heard this tiny "eek-a" from my daughter. I turned the page for Peek-a-Boo, and before I could say anything, she did it again ...
Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who ...
Ron Hall
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Denver Moore
Thomas Nelson
, 2008
Sane Kind of different As Me
This is one of the most moving books I have read in a long time and I read every day. It's a modern day story of faith, trust and obedience in what God has called them to do. As you share their journey you will laugh and you will cry. Most of all it is a true story to ...
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking ...
Rory Freedman
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Kim Barnouin
Running Press
, 2007
great for a new vegan
I'm a new vegan who's been cooking conventionally for over 40 years and needed help. I'm a good cook but I needed ideas and inspiration to make meals for my family every night without using meat. In the 4 weeks I've been a vegan I have made many of the recipes in this ...
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons
, 1998
thought provoking
this is a great little book that has many applications in life who isn't aware that change is our only constant? but this book makes you reflect on how we deal with the changes makes the difference! i liked it so much -i ordered the kids version for my grandkids
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the ...
Simon Winchester
Harper
, 2008
This is a fascinating story!
Joseph Needham was a bright, elegant, sophisticated scientist with an impeccable pedigree. His work in Cambridge was in biochemistry, a profoundly intense field, and he was a huge and influential success. He was a freethinking intellectual, however, who had ...
Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss
Danica McKellar
Hudson Street Press
, 2008
Buy this for your daughter
This funny math book teaches girls that it's OK to be smart, and that they are perfectly capable of kicking a little pre-algebra butt. McKellar takes a lightweight approach to math, but is deadly serious about it. In the prologue, she writes that "lots of people ...
Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. (ROUGHCUT)
Maria Shriver
Hyperion
, 2008
It touched me deeply!
I didn't know too much about Maria Shriver before reading this book except for the fact that she is the famous Kennedy-Mrs. Schwarzenegger-First lady of California that you see in the headlines from time to time. Then one day the title of her book "Just Who Will You ...
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Timothy Egan
Mariner Books
, 2006
One of the best
I read a lot of non-fiction and history, and this is one of the best I've ever read. It's beautifully and powerfully written, sets the context for the dust bowl, and then describes the dust bowl itself in powerful and gripping imagery. My only tiny quibble is that I ...
Those Who Can, Teach
Kevin Ryan
,
James M. Cooper
Wadsworth Publishing
, 2006
Intro to Edu.
This is a great book for Intro to Ed. Easy to read.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
Oliver Sacks
Touchstone
, 1998
Wonderful book!
I bought this book years ago and I still think it's one of the best I ever read. It's a permanent part of my library.
The Deniers: The World Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political ...
Lawrence Solomon
Richard Vigilante Books
, 2008
Remarkable expose' of a major smear
Step by step, Lawrence Soloman examines the case made by the "Man-Made Global Warming crowd" which has been thrust upon the worldwide scientific community and the public of the Western World in particular. Soloman is no right winger and certainly shows no loyalty to ...
Those Who Save Us
Jenna Blum
Harvest Books
, 2005
Wonderful...more than a WWII novel
This novel is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Blum provides a sophisticated, compelling plot, realistic and complex characters and relationships, and an interesting perspective. The details are raw, reflecting the horror of life under the ...
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