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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
Disturbing and real.
A true story about the third worst case of child abuse in California at a time when child abuse was not acted upon. This book was hard to put down; I read it in an evening. Mr. Pelzer tells about the brutal abuse he experienced from his mother, yet more poignant was ...
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Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
Martha Sherrill
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
Dog Man
I bought this book because I'm very interested in dogs and had visited Japan. While the book really was about a man who saved Akitas after WWII, it was so much more. Interwoven was a very interesting history of what the Japanese endured from close to the end of the ...
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The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition
Upton Sinclair
See Sharp Press, 2003
Review of the Jungle
I have read one third of the book. I like how the author institutes
scenes that depict a good possiblity of family life back then. Since the formation of the FDA and OSHA made the book famous, I'm thrilled to see the makings of a story that created this congressional ...
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All over but the Shoutin'
Rick Bragg
Vintage, 1998
The best insight of the Upland South written to date
I have never read, heard, seen a better picture of the South than that in the first five pages of this book. Not the Scarlett O'Hara fictional Old South, but the real red clay and hard rocky ground of the Upland where the overwhelming majority of people live.
This ...
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Great Expectations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Charles Dickens
Dover Publications, 2001
One of the best novels ever written
Without a doubt this has to be one of the greatest novels of all time. I won't say it's the best just because once a work of art attains greatness I find it quite incomparable to other great works. Great works are ones which have fully succeeded in expressing the ...
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Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium
Nancy Reyner
North Light Books, 2007
Paint spattered
Yes, that's right, this book is so much a part of what I do that it has paint spatters on the pages. And I think that's a real recommendation. This is not a book sitting pretty on my shelf, it's a living companion working with me in my daily art practice. How cool is ...
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Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better
Gina Trapani
Wiley, 2008
Great book for those wanting to be a bit more efficient
This is a collection of hints, tips and hacks for the technologically inclined. Areas covered are email, organizing your data, tricks to overcome your procrastination, clearing your mind, focusing your attention, streamlining common tasks, mastering the web, honing ...
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Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
Martha W. Hickman
Collins, 1999
Meditations for Healing after Loss
Because I had purchased the book previously from a local Christian store, I know the product is great. I send the book to friends in need.
I appreciated the prompt response from Amazon.
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
Puffin, 1996
Two snouts up!
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf (Picture Puffin)
I use this book for the sixth graders I teach in writing a "response to literature." They look at several aspects of a story and learn to critically respond to it. Since everyone knows the Three ...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2002
Politics aside--a book every upper income person should read
Author Barbara Ehrenreich spends a year as an experiment living on minimum wage and writing about it as a journalist. The book chronicles her year working in 3 states (Florida, Maine, and Minnesota) as, among other things, a waitress, maid, and Walmart employee. From ...
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The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker (Borzoi Books)
Steven Greenhouse
Knopf, 2008
Something we need to care about
If you find yourself wondering, "Is this all I'm worth?" when you look at your paycheck, meager benefits (or lack thereof), other poor job opportunities or rising gas, college and home costs, and the increasingly unattainable "American Dream", you are not alone...
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Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from Working Artists
Rice Freeman-Zachery
North Light Books, 2007
Very informative and full of ideas for growing artists
I did not finish to read the book, however I already love it.
It is a very well-documented and encouraging book for the ones who would like to live a creative life but think they are not able to. A lot of tips to help you find your creative way. The interviewed ...
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Working with Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
Bantam, 2000
Working with Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman encountered many leaders of industry emphasizing the importance of emotional intelligence rather than technical expertise in excelling in their respective businesses. It is through his findings that he decided to write Working With Emotion Intelligence. ...
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The Power of Intention
Wayne W. Dyer
Hay House, 2004
Great Read
Interesting read and application of the force of intention in the universe. Dyer explains this force as an energy that you can reach for and gives true stories on how you can connect and how to use them in your daily life.. This resembles to me The Law of Attraction, ...
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You Want Fries with That: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage
Prioleau Alexander
Arcade Publishing, 2008
You Want Fries With That
Funny and pertinent. Opened my eyes to the low wage earners challenges
developed by Alexander in a humorous yet poignant style. The ER and Dude
Ranch stories were hilarious.
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