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The Diamond of Darkhold: The Fourth Book of Ember (Books of Ember)

2 reviews
Jeanne Duprau

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008

This Ember Glows Dim
Ever since they emerged from the City of Ember, I have been waiting for them to go back and see what has become of their city. This book finally takes us back to the City of Ember. Perhaps others may have been waiting too. The first book of Ember presented with an amazing world unlike anything that we had experienced before. A city of hope, created with love, reflected with a greatly crafted ...

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)

95 reviews
Jared M. Diamond

Harper Perennial, 2006

A tour of the human condition
The only way to describe this book is 'excellent.' Starting with our evolutionary origins, Jared Diamond examines possible reasons for many uniquely human (or so you'd think) behaviors and oddities, ranging from art to relative penis size (after reading this book you will be able to say that you're better hung than a gorilla). Next, Diamond turns his focus to some of the nastier behaviors of ...

Collapse (Penguin Press Science)

399 reviews
Jared Diamond

Penguin Books Ltd, 2006

Warms up after the first couple chapters
Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are introduced that you'll need later - but hey, it's Diamond; you can suck it up for 50 pages. Vikings ...

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

1066 reviews
Jared Diamond

W. W. Norton, 2005

Great for classroom teachers
While this book is difficult for many high school students, its ideas and the methods used to create his thesis are concepts your students can get. This would be a great jumping off point for an interdisciplinary unit and as the years go on, history and social studies teachers need to change the way we present history if we want students to be ready for the 21st century. In a time when students ...

The Diamond in Your Pocket: Discovering Your True Radiance

37 reviews
Gangaji

Sounds True, 2007

Powerful Clarity and Speaking Truth
"The Diamond in Your Pocket" includes conversations that Gangaji has had with her students as she traveled worldwide to share the teachings. This beautiful book points to the resolution of psychological suffering, so that we may realize joy and ever-present fulfillment. When we insist on pretending to be a separated someone, we live the misery and confusion of this disconnection, regardless of ...

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)

332 reviews
Neal Stephenson

Spectra, 2000

A remarkable vision of the future, that doesn't quite become tangible
The Diamond Age is an ambitious book, and one that kept me enthralled through about 350 of its 450 or so pages and then impatiently waiting for what turned out to be a highly improbable, fairly confusing, Hollywood style ending (where at all odds and in spite of massive casualties on all sides and the cataclysmic world-changing significance of the events they are caught up in, all of the main ...

The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life

18 reviews
Geshe Michael Roach

Three Leaves, 2003

An awesome book
Its a very good book, give me lots of inspiration towards my work and my life, sometimes we get confused with our life, but this book leads you to find another way to see our life. such an awesome book.

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl (Prima Official Game Guide)

34 reviews
Prima Games

Prima Games, 2007

Very helpful, but confusing at the same time
The good thing about this guide is that it tells you what to do. It also has tons of stuff in the back of the book like contests and where to find all items, HMs and TMs. I would never have beat the game without this guide. The bad things are that the pokemon trainers and their pokemon are not listed and the order of events are way too confusing. Many are out of order and some events should be ...

Acres of Diamonds: The Russell Conwell (Founder of Temple University) Story

33 reviews
Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton

Arc Manor, 2008

Regular People Can Accomplish Great Things
At 64 pages from cover-to-cover, "Acres of Diamonds" is probably the shortest book I've read in a long time. Written by Baptist minister and founder of Temple University, Russell H. Conwell, this book originated as one of his sermons, which was so popular that it was published as a book. "Acres of Diamonds" is based on a parable told to Conwell by an Arab guide during a trip to the Middle ...

The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World

4 reviews
Larry Diamond

Times Books, 2008

Insightful and engaging
The author opens this extremely interesting book by asking whether it will be possible for the entire world to become democratic and asserts that the answer is yes. What follows in the book is an explanation of why he believes this is the case and what can be done to help expedite the process. The book is extremely impressive in both its breadth and its depth. The author has detailed ...

How to Buy a Diamond, 6th Edition: Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth

60 reviews
Fred Cuellar

Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2008

Read THIS Book Before You Buy a Diamond
I ordered this book before a major diamond purchase. I was able to read it quickly and easily. I was impressed by how well organized and effective it was. I believe that this book prepared me well. The author provides plenty of support for his clear recommendations. I was suprized at how well he used just enough detail without bogging down. He even has included an extensive diamond price ...

The Diamond Sutra

9 reviews
Red Pine

Counterpoint, 2002

The Buddhist text that even cuts like a diamond through Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism has provided some of the most profound texts for cutting right to the core. The Diamond Sutra even cuts through Buddhist beliefs. In this sutra, the Buddha shows even his most important teachings to be provisional. This and the Heart Sutra are the two most chanted sutras in Zen. In this book, The Diamond Sutra is presented in an unsurpassed English translation. I have read ...

Official Nintendo Pokemon Diamond Version & Pearl Version Player's Guide

10 reviews
Nintendo Power

Nintendo of America Inc., 2007

Pokemon must have
I bought this for my son who absolutely loves it. Helpful walk through is very informative and the section dealing with the Pokemon themselves is quite fun. If you're stuck in Diamond or Pearl this guide will be a big help. Most, but not all of your questions will be answered in this guide.

Diamond Castle (Barbie)
Shannon Penney

Scholastic Inc., 2008

Far away, in a land of music and magic, live two beautiful girls. Liana and Alexa are best friends who share everything-especially their love of singing. One day, while walking through the forest, the girls find a magical mirror. As they clean the mirror and sing, something amazing happens! A girl named Melody appears in the mirror's surface. Melody tells the girls about the secret of the Diamond Castle. The Diamond Castle, Melody explains, is ...

Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion

7 reviews
Laura Jackson

Ecw Press, 2005

Neil Diamond, His Life, His Music, His Passion
I received the above mentioned in great condition, and once I started reading I couldn't put it down!!!!!!!!!!! I am a huge fan of Neil Diamond and this book brought me closer to the man himself. Fantastic reading for any Neil Diamond fan.

Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond Novels)

42 reviews
Ian Fleming

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

Bond does Vegas
One of the big movies of recent times was Blood Diamonds, a grim action movie dealing with conflict diamonds, those mined in certain African countries in states of civil war. A few years before that, the final Pierce-Brosnan-as-James-Bond movie, Die Another Day also dealt with these diamonds. Ian Fleming had first introduced Bond fans to the African diamond trade much earlier, however, in 1956 ...

Blood Diamonds: Tracing The Deadly Path Of The World's Most Precious Stones

23 reviews
Greg Campbell

Basic Books, 2004

Good Book
Blood Diamonds was a good book. I wanted to read it before seeing the movie on HBO. Very well written.

In the Realm of the Diamond Queen

1 review
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Princeton University Press, 1993

Manages to hook together several ethnographic schools.
I found Tsing's book to be very informative about the Meratus culture of Indonesia, as well as very pertinent to the recent battling between the postmodernist and femminist thought schools within ethnographic literature. She manages to use a combination of more traditional Enlightment techniques (statistics, generalizations, strong authoratative voice) as well as postmodernist techniques ...

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Pokedex: Prima Official Game Guide Vol. 2 (Prima Official Game Guides)

33 reviews
Prima Games

Prima Games, 2007

Dictionary for Pokemon fans
Even as a mother I can get into Star Wars, Bionicles, dinosaurs, and other hobbies of my 7-year old son, however, I can't say that I enjoy Pokemon. But noone can deny that the over the decade-old Pokemon craze is here to stay as witnessed by the phenomenal success of Diamond and Pearl. My son refers to this book like a bible and Pokemon Diamond is the only DS game that he hasn't grown tired of ...

Diamonds in the Shadow

7 reviews
Caroline B. Cooney

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007

A truly wonderful read
Diamonds in the Shadow begins in a church committee meeting that Jared Finch-much to his surprise-is requested to attend. The church has sponsored a refugee African family of four, and their planned accommodation has fallen through. The Finch family has volunteered to house them for several weeks, much to Jared's disgust. As far as he is concerned, he hasn't signed up to anything, and it is his ...

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