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Hawke: A Thriller 88 reviews
Ted Bell
Pocket Star, 2006
I have a man-crush on Alex Hawke
I want to be Alex Hawke. Boats, planes, gadgets, butlers I love it. this guy kicks commie butt. I can't wait to read the next in the series. Absolutely an ideal book for a vacation read.
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Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations 20 reviews
Georgina Howell
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
A Fascinating Biography of an Unbelievable Life
One measure of a fine book is if it captures and holds the reader's attention even if the subject is outside the reader's background and interests. This is such a book. Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)led an extraordinary life, whose many facets are captured in this superior biography. Born to a wealthy Yorkshire family, she was the first woman to receive a First Class degree in modern history from ...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Vintage Classics) 261 reviews
Ernest Hemingway
Vintage, 1999
Lives Up To Its Reputation
The ur-text for today's wartime adventure novel, "For Whom The Bell Tolls" remains a standard bearer for pulse-pounding action fiction, and one of the true masterpieces by the most celebrated American author of his time.
Robert Jordan is a Spanish-language instructor from Montana who, now in Spain, has a job of another kind: blow up a critical bridge under enemy control before his comrades, ...
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Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith (Cover Image May Vary)111 reviews
Rob Bell
Zondervan, 2006
Has a helpful, impactful Christian message
Bell writes enthusiastically about his Christian faith and ministry. Although this book may read like a stream-of-consciousness trope at times, it is well-measured and often insightful and revelatory. Bell shares personal anecdotes from his own faith journey and events from his ministry to make his points. He also shares many Scriptures and helpful commentary on Scriptures. I think what makes ...
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Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile
Rob Bell, Don Golden
Zondervan, 2008
There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building. Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city lives in poverty. This is a book about those two numbers.
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Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality93 reviews
Rob Bell
Zondervan, 2008
SexGod is an amazing book
Everyone who is getting married should read this book. Everyone who is dating should read this book. Everyone who is single should read this book. Everyone who is married, divorce, widow or whatever should read this book. Specially, everyone who would like to learn more about God's love an his connection with us should read this. I love this book. My friends and I had a discussion (book club) ...
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Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (A Free Press Paperbacks Book)189 reviews
Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray
Free Press, 1996
Whatever your opinion, a classic.
Murray and Hernstein's book is by now an infamous classic. This is too bad as the content is really mild, sobering, and well worth contemplating.
Far from being a racist screed, the text is more of a kick in the teeth. It asks us to look at reality and to stop day dreaming.
The thesis is rather simple: cognitive capacity is becomming more and more important in the modern United States (one ...
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Tsar: A Thriller
Ted Bell
Atria, 2008
Swashbuckling counter Spy Alex Hawke returns in New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell's most explosive tale of international suspense to date. There dwells, somewhere in Russia, a man so powerful no one even knows his name. His existence is only speculated upon, only whispered about in American corridors of power and CIA strategy meetings. Though he is all but invisible, he is pulling strings -- and pulling them hard. For suddenly, ...
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The Bell Jar478 reviews
Sylvia Plath
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Poetry in Prose
The Bell Jar tells the captivating story of Esther Greenwood, a gifted young woman who has just completed her arduous internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel, written entirely in first person, chronicles her mental breakdown and subsequent emotional deterioration.
This work is a roman à clef, in which some or all of the characters in the ...
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Vintage International) (Vintage International)149 reviews
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Vintage, 2007
A Life Worth Living
Jean-Dominique Bauby is a victim of 'Locked-In Syndrome." At the age of 43, he suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to move or speak. His only means of communication -- his left eyelid. Bauby spent weeks painstakingly dictating this memoir -- letter by letter.
I read this book in one sitting, it was that captivating. Through short vignettes, Bauby manages to describe the minute ...
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Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook21 reviews
Mary Bell
William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1994
very usefull
This book contains all the needed details for how to dry fruits and vegetable and for how to use them for cooking. I haven't used it yet, but I have read it and it is very comprehensible.
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A Bell for Adano24 reviews
John Hersey
Vintage, 1988
Great Read
I read this back in High School in the sixties. I recently saw the movie and remarked how I did not remember much of anything about it, so I got the book and read it. It is an easy read and quite entertaining. The movie is excellent but the book is outstanding. It is charming, warm and real. It demonstrates that in this world we have bureaucrats and politicians out for themselves (like Gen. ...
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Nick of Time24 reviews
Ted Bell
St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
Outstanding read for all ages!!!
This story was filled with adventure and character traits often missing in today's society. It will thrill you and take you back to the childhood fantasy of your youth. Loved it!!!
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Beyond Smells & Bells: The Wonder and Power of Christian Liturgy7 reviews
Mark Galli
Paraclete Press (MA), 2008
Liturgy Impresses, the Personality of Christ Upon Us
Mark Galli goes beyond the externals of liturgy, which in themselves are impressive, to the heart of the reason for liturgy. In the continued worship style debates contemporary worship is seen as being a genuine expression of "our" feelings toward God, however Galli brings out that the primary purpose of the church's heritage of 2000 years of worship was to impress the Personality of Christ upon ...
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Pirate: A Thriller (Hawke)61 reviews
Ted Bell
Pocket Star, 2006
Great Book
Ted writes a fine thriller dealing in some of todays most compelling topics. I read all of his books and will continue to. If you like Tom Clancy and the other writers in this genre you'll love Ted's books!
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The SS Brotherhood of the Bell: Nasa's Nazis, JFK, And Majic-1214 reviews
Joseph P. Farrell
Adventures Unlimited Press, 2006
Factual and Empirical
The common problem I see with the UFO community - and the public in general - is that a distinction must be made between UFO's and ET's (Extra Terrestrials), as I'm sure we are all aware, the definition of `UFO' has nothing to do with ET's. I myself have always thought that the majority of sited UFO's are merely tricks of light or meteors and so forth, but one can not legitimately dismiss the ...
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Spy68 reviews
Ted Bell
Pocket Star, 2007
Just grows on you
Never have I read a thriller as exciting as Ted Bell's Spy. The book is about Alex Hawke and how he discovered a terror camp in the Amazon forest. He was kidnapped by the terrorists there while he was on a mission. Later he escaped and the whole story starts off from there, in a series of chapters going back and forth between the plot threads, all magically heading towards the conclusion.
I ...
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Assassin: A Novel 73 reviews
Ted Bell
Pocket Star, 2008
Great book
I really enjoyed this follow up to Hawke. The adventure was great, and it wasn't trying too hard to be "bond-like" Highly recommended
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All About Love: New Visions25 reviews
bell hooks
Harper Paperbacks, 2001
Very liberating!
I LOVE this book...read through it very quickly and look forward to reading it again. It did more for me than any "self-help" book I've picked up because she explores the issues surrounding love and why we are unable to love ourself. And there is no pressure to "practice" certain healing methods. The book is thought provoking and inspirational. I've struggled with the issue of lovelessness all ...
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The Whole Truth 8 reviews
James Scott Bell
Zondervan, 2008
James Scott Bell's "The Whole Truth"... A Unique Legal Suspense Thriller!
"The Whole Truth" is yet another fine work of fiction from former trial lawyer James Scott Bell. This one, with the backdrop of a sinister cult hidden away in a barricaded compound, is interesting, suspenseful, and thrilling... woven with several unique twists. The author's legal background adds a compelling authenticity dimension which holds the reader's interest throughout. The novel also ...
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