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3 reviews
Antonio Munoz Molina

Other Press, 2007

Makes You Think
I found this book very good and thought provoking. This is written from the perspective of the husband who is the one who loves more in the unbalanced relationship. In the end, I wasn't sure what was real and what was not. I felt it was written intentionally to make you think and wonder and draw your own conclusion. I can imagine two people reading this and describing the story differently. ...

Absence in the Palms of My Hands: & Other Poems

7 reviews
Asha Bandele

Writers & Readers Publishing, 1996

Don't miss out. Read Asha Bendele.
I stumbled across Bendele during an Amazon.com search for new poets and ordered this book as a gift based only on the reviews. I feel SO lucky to have found it. Bendele writes raw, powerful, honest poetry that causes the reader to draw in a deep, sudden breath time and time again as each poem surprises and enlightens. Bendele says the things that need to be said, and she does it so well that ...

Daughters of Absence: Transforming a Legacy of Loss (Capital Discoveries) (Capital Discoveries)

3 reviews
Mindy Weisel

Capital Books, 2001

Filling Absence with Joy
Twelve wonderful, talented women have taken the time to share their view of the world as it was shaped for them by their parent's Holocaust experience. Rather than turn embittered or defensive, these women turned that legacy of loss and pain into beauty, light, joy and love. We can all learn from these women - that we must honor our pasts, but live life each day, full of hope and happiness. That ...

A Chilling Absence of Love

3 reviews
Betty Hunt, Helen-Aurelia Smith, ...

Xlibris Corporation, 2000

A Chilling Absence Of Love
I cant tell you enough good about this book--you simply have to read it for yourself. I had read parts of this book some years ago as I live next door to one of the authors. But I had not seen it in years and when each author was sent a copy for approval I latched on to a copy and read it in one evening. The story is based on a true story of the crimes commited by a still incarcerated inmate ...

In the Absence of Angels: A Hollywood Family's Courageous Story

3 reviews
Elizabeth Glaser

Penguin Group, 1991

Inspiring
If you haven't read this book, you are missing out. An amazing story of a courageous family, it will put your entire life into perspective. They say God doesn't give us more than we can handle but he came close to the edge with the Glaser family. Tp turn tragedy into such a passion to change the way the World looks at pediatric AIDS was an amazing feat for Elizabeth Glaser but she triumphed and ...

The Family Sabbatical Handbook: The Budget Guide To Living Abroad With Your Family

16 reviews
Elisa Bernick

The Intrepid Traveler, 2007

Very detailed, informative book
I was so happy to find this book as I was planning a sabbatical from my university to teach overseas in a developing country with my family. The book is amazingly detailed, and provides lots of great lists that I am comparing with my own lists. The discussion about the benefits about taking the kids abroad is fantastic! I really appreciate the details that the author provides, and the story of ...

Absence of Justice

5 reviews
Millicent Y. Hodge

Xlibris Corporation, 2003

Run Girl, Run
The protagonist, Sidney is a strong-willed African American attorney whose life appears to have had some interesting twists and turns. The author's portrayal of this young woman, is not only realistic but quite edgy. The reader is drawn into the story very quickly. The dramatic elements are intense and well developed. The suspense is great. The author teases the reader's imagination and then ...

In the Absence of Honor

4 reviews
Jim Proebstle

Emerald Book Company, 2008

A North Woods Thriller
An interesting story of the north woods focusing on its Indian heritage. The story offers suspense, romance and a very real connection with the lake country of northern Minnesota. The author uses a technique reminiscent of James Michener by mixing historical fact with fiction. A book that I found difficult to put down!

A Year of Absence: [Six Women's Stories of Courage, Hope, and Love]

33 reviews
Jessica Redmond

Elva Resa Pub., 2005

i cryed for 6 hours
all i can say is that by reading this book the last 3 deployments my husband has gone thru and the time i have spent by myself and the kids are finally validated. im a army wife of 8 years, and 3rd deployment survivor. i am german where my husband was stationed at for 10 years, and deployed to iraq twice from there. i got the book and instantly started to read, and i couldnt stop, i sat on the ...

Pablo Neruda: Absence and Presence

6 reviews
Luis Poirot

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1990

Viva Pablo!
Neruda is a poetry god. And interest in the Chilean writer's work is growing again thanks to Il Postino (The Postman), the Oscar-nominated film in which he's a character. This coffee table compendium presents some of his most exquisite verse coupled with warm, full-page photographs of, among others, his ocean front home, Ilsa Negra, with its nautical knick-knacks. The man's presence pervades ...

The Absence of Tears (Book One)

2 reviews
Ashton Knight

1st Books Library, 2002

Awesome Break-through Novel
Aside from a few errors in grammar (which the author admits to), this is one of the best break-through novels I've ever read. Not only does it combine several realms of fiction which most author's do thier best to avoid in the context of one novel(fantasy/sci-fiction/religion/mythology)--Knight pulls it off well, making The Absence of Tears into a fast paced page turner, bound to keep the ...

Absence of Nectar

2 reviews, 2001

A MASTERFUL AND COMPELLING NOVEL...
This is an unusual and engrossing page turner of a novel, beautifully and deftly written. In this, her second novel, the author sustains the quality of writing found in her amazing first book, "The House of Gentle Men". Those readers, who have read and enjoyed the author's first novel, will certainly love this book. I know I did. "The Absence of Nectar" is a well crafted thriller, as well as ...

The Weaver's Inheritance (Roger the Chapman Medieval Mysteries)

3 reviews
Kate Sedley

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001

a brilliant and chilling read
"The Weaver's Inheritance" is a follow-up mystery novel to the very first Roger, the Chapman adventure, "Death and the Chapman." However, it is not necessary to have read that novel first, as Kate Sedley does a wonderful job of blending elements of that novel with this one, all the while keeping things fresh and interesting. To summarize briefly, in "Death and the Chapman," Roger was asked by the ...

Absence Unexpected

2 reviews
Bill Robinson

AuthorHouse, 2000

a must have
my life was inexplicably changed after I read this compelling story written by an exquisite newcomer of an author...this book ranks in my top ten list and I recommend it to all my students to read. I am quite suprised it has not sold more copies. Mr. Robinsons use of humor, suspense, and character development should be an example for all aspiring authors who dabble in the worlds of fiction and ...

The Absence of Angels

2 reviews
W. S. Penn

Permanent Press (NY), 1994

No Absence of Heart
This is a wonderful story. Calling all film makers -- especially native ones -- this would make a hell of a screenplay. But readers and writers will love the book. The tone of the story is superb, the author writes of painful things without selfconsciousness and explores the experience of growing up a mixed blood Indian in ways that make it real for any audience. The characters are memorable, ...

Mourning Wood: A Novel

3 reviews
Daniel Paisner

Volt Press, 2004

Funny, perceptive and highly entertaining!!
This is a great book. A real surprise. What a treat. On the one hand, this is a tale of reinvention. It's a story about having (or having had) everything you wanted - and then still wanting to call a do-over. On the other hand, it is hysterical. Sometimes it's hysterical in a laugh-out-loud sort of a way. Sometimes in a sneak-up-on-you-the-next-day-in-the-shower sort of a way. It is a ...

Lavish Absence: Recalling and Rereading Edmond Jabes

3 reviews
Rosmarie Waldrop

Wesleyan, 2003

awash in a gift
Rosmarie Waldrop presents small, various accounts of the relationship she has had with the French poet Edmond Jabes. The relationship is manifold for her as she recounts, first as a poet and reader, then as a translator and friend to Jabes. These sparks of recollection accumulate unpredictably and gently. Waldrop generously shares her intelligent courses of reading Jabes, her nearly vertiginous ...

The Art of Absence

2 reviews
Joy Passanante

Lost Horse Press, 2004

transgressing the boundaries
There's wit, variety, and imaginative boldness in this collection of stories, as well as a pleasurable richness of detail that captures different social, geographical, and natural environments with precision and grace. That attunement to place--whether the nursery downstairs from the Middle America bowling lanes or the TriBeCa restaurant with its trendy menu-of-the-minute--conveys not only the ...

This Blinding Absence of Light

3 reviews
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Penguin Books Ltd, 2005

A journey into human suffering and the will to survive!
I picked this book up from the libary and entered a world where untold cruelty and human suffering were a daily part of life. I finished this book about a week ago, and it is still affecting me. No longer do I complain or feel sorry for myself. It is a story that needed to be told. Put this on every American's "to read list" as after you read it, you will never be the same.

Absence of Absalom

2 reviews, 2008

Thank you for reading
Hello everyone, I'm James, the author of this book. This is my first Kindle book. Here is a quick overview of the novel and a few of my thoughts on it. This book was about two years in the making. Originally it was written as an exploration of fear. I had seen too many sci-fi movies where the writers hit you over the head with their "monsters" or antagonist. In my opinion, the most ...

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