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The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar) 63 reviews
Claire Huchet Bishop
Putnam Juvenile, 1996
great short story
Avoid the nonsensical reviews written by advocates of censorship and control who try to pervert children's imagination with a sort of patriarchial system that is devoid of all fondness for youth. This is a great short story that I still recall.
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation379 reviews
Joseph J. Ellis
Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2004
A tasteful look into each of those fascinating men
In the afterglow of the HBO series on John Adams, I grew interested in some of the founding fathers, many of whom had seemed boring to me ever since I read their bios in grade school. Ellis does a highly intelligent and readable job of laying out the personalities, conflicts and battles of the whole group during the first years of the nation. I particularly like the chapter on the duel between ...
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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters 101 reviews
Dick Winters, Cole C. Kingseed
Berkley Hardcover, 2006
Quiet Hero
You can always tell a hero... he's the one who will deny it to his last breath. I first found Dick Winters in Band of Brothers, like many others and was taken by the way he handled himself and inspired the men around him. His own book, telling his own story only further solidifys my admiration of the man and the way he lives his life. Anyone who has the same opinion will throughly enjoy his ...
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Little Brother29 reviews
Cory Doctorow
Tor Teen, 2008
Required reading
This book should be required reading for any technologically inclined teenager. And just about everyone else, for that matter. It not only presents a chillingly believable near future where our government has continued to exploit and expand our fears to reduce our civil liberties much further, but it restores the good name "hackers" had originally, before those same forces presented all hackers ...
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I'm a Big Brother75 reviews
Joanna Cole, Maxie Chambliss
HarperCollins, 1997
Read and re-read
They tell me that this book was read twice the day it was received. It gave mom another reason to sit quietly with big brother and give him some attention and give him positive feedback about becoming a big brother. The new baby was adopted and it happened "overnight" almost so big brother was "caught off guard". This book was a big help in smoothing the process.
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Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest420 reviews
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Bravery and Determination was Unsurpassed
One of those books; I can't seem to put down. I'm thankful I have watched the movie, Band of Brothers, for I could "picture" everything that was happening though all these pages. This Regiment was truly remarkably determined and proud to be a participant in this long relentless war. How do you understand anything, unless you were there and have gone through all the circumstances? There are so ...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead (A Newberry Honor Book)329 reviews
James And Chris Collier
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1985
revolutionary greatness
It is a very interesting book. It talks about a boy named Tim who has trouble deciding if he was a tory or patriot.His brother goes to war as apatriot and leaves his family in danger by taking the brown bess from them. Tim hasn't experienced war yet, but he knows that his family are tories.His family makes there annual trip to verplanks point. He betrays his father to help Mr.Heron to deliever a ...
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Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy 1)110 reviews
Nora Roberts
Piatkus Books, 2007
Great book
I love Nora and this book is just a great as all her other books. I love the trilogy's and they just keep getting better and better. I cannot wait until the third book is out in paperback.. I'll have to reread the first too to keep me from chewing off my nail... lol.
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Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years58 reviews
David Talbot
Free Press, 2007
Brothers: A Great Book!
Well researched and well written. This book reveals things about the Kennedy brothers that many of us may not have known. Highly recommended!
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The Brothers Karamazov 105 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
the two infinities
Some literary works are so sweeping in their vision, so penetrating in their understanding of the human condition and its psychology, so inexhaustible with respect to their spiritual insight that a reviewer feels quite small as he turns the last page and turns to comment.
Such is Dostoevsky's THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. The three siblings, products of the unrestrained loins of the hapless Fyodor ...
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Jammin' with the Jonas Brothers: An Unauthorized Biography1 review
Lexi Ryals
Price Stern Sloan, 2008
Jonas Brothers are Keepers
I read this book before I gave it to my Granddaughter. I am truly impressed by all the Jonas Brothers. Nick Jonas sounds like a wonderful, spiritual and gifted, young man. The entire Jonas family sound like a great support group for these boys, as they climb the ladder of success.
The book is a very fast read. Most of it is taken from interviews. I will give you a good insight into the ...
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Three Girls and Their Brother: A Novel2 reviews
Theresa Rebeck
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
Such a family ...
Noted playwright, Theresa Rebeck's tongue-in-cheek debut novel exposes the dark underbelly of all that fame does--and doesn't have to offer.
When three adolescent auburn-haired sisters gain notoriety for--well, not much of anything but their fiery hair and literary giant grandfather--their lives are turned upside down. There's Daria Heller, the oldest at 19, with an inflated sense of self and ...
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Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"11 reviews
Don Malarkey, Bob Welch
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Personal account of what it was like to be a citizen soldier.
Donald Malarkey has been mentioned in nearly every book written about Easy Coy, 506th PIR. Why? Not only has he fought with Company from Normandy to the Eagle's Nest, but because he was a great soldier, and a man in which you could depend on, no matter how low the stakes were.
This is why the book is so good, a very personal account from training to intense combat, from laughter to horror, and ...
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The Brothers Karamazov (Giant Thrifts)1 review
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dover Publications, 2005
hard read, but worth it
This is a long and difficult book, but very interesting. It is an excellent book, but still not my favorite of Dostoyevsky's. This reads like a murder mystery, and there are also lots of philosophical and religious undertones. I would say that this is a good translation and the book includes some helpful tips to get through the story. Honestly, one of the harder things for me was figuring out ...
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The Brothers Karamazov (Everyman's Library)213 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Everyman's Library, 1992
Amazing
"All religions are based upon this desire and I am a believer." He comes as close as any author to expressing truth in fiction.
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Three Weeks with My Brother176 reviews
Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
Warning
Warning. Don't read the front cover flap of this book. It is a plot buster.
This book is for anyone who ever had a brother or sister or ever wanted one. It describes a trip around the world in three weeks to some of the oldest buildings on this planet. While it seems like they spent more time on the planes than actually in the countries, and they saw more museums than they could handle, they ...
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The Brothers K116 reviews
David James Duncan
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1996
Sick Money!
This book is the bomb-diggity! I'd gladly trade Dickens, Tolstoy, and maybe Milton for Duncan!
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I'm Going to be a Big Brother15 reviews
Brenda Bercun
Nurturing Your Children Press, 2006
Great preparation for big brothers!
I bought this book for my 2 1/2 year old son. It is perhaps a little beyond his age but not much. This book written from the perspective of anticipating the baby's arrival and what it will be like when mommy goes to the hospital, and when the baby comes home. I appreciate how it can help children make sense of changes that are happening in the home in preparation for the baby, and help them ...
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My New Baby (New Baby Series)59 reviews
Child's Play International, 2000
A Sweet & Wonderful Book
I absolutely adore this book! The lack of words (which my toddler rarely sits still long enough to hear anyway) means that you can make up explanations for and initiate conversations about the pictures that make sense for YOUR family.
I was delighted to see the emphasis on the positive aspects of having a new baby, as opposed to the "Mommy and Daddy don't love me anymore and I hate the ...
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Brother, I'm Dying21 reviews
Edwidge Danticat
Knopf, 2007
Moving, beyond words
You'd have to be made of stone not to be affected by this lovely, touching memoir by one of our finest writers, writing about her relationships with her two fathers. The fact that she is so eloquent and able to convey this story so well brings it sharply into focus. And that an innocent man, fleeing for his life, is treated with such unbelievable disregard makes me ashamed to be an American.
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