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Boss of Bosses: The FBI and Paul Castellano37 reviews
Joseph F. O'Brien, Andris Kurins

Island Books, 1992

Great book and hard lessons.
First off, I'd like to say that I appreciate the way the authors were to Paul Castellano. They weren't necessarily sympathetic, but they were respectful. Some people ask why respect a killer, many people kill for many different reasons, currently, many people are killing other people under the guise of war. They respected him as a human being, a flawed person like the rest of us and saw no ... 		  
  







  
  
Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things (A Bloom County Book)10 reviews
Berke Breathed

Little Brown & Co (P), 1985

Priceless and timeless humour
Although perhaps not the best introduction to the characters of Bloom County, this book will please fans of Opus, Steve Dallas and the rest. Opus heads off to the South Pole, Steve Dallas becomes a sex gargoyle but still doesn't get the girl and the 'roaches continue to cause trouble. Despite it's vintage, Bloom County continues to appeal and it looks just as good from both sides of the ... 		  
  







  
  
Island Style: Tropical Dream Houses in Indonesia3 reviews
Gillian Beal, Jacob Termansen

Periplus Editions, 2002

Great book!!
This book features many amazing pictures- of exclusive hotels as well as private homes. I was most impressed with the pictures of Amanjiwo- a famed Aman resort - and with Begawan Giri in Bali. This book is also well laid out and well written. Highly recommended for people who are interested in Balinese and tropical architecture and design. 		  
  







  
  
Requiem for a Dream: A Novel80 reviews
Hubert Selby Jr.

Da Capo Press, 2000

Prepare yourself before you read
You need to be ready before you read this book. Upon finishing this little dandy I was physically shaking. I can't think of any other book that has made of shake. The manic style and never ending punch in the face flow of this Hubert Selby Jr. masterpiece will stay with you for the rest of your life. If you saw the movie and so decided to not read the book, you are making a mistake. The book is a ... 		  
  







  
  
The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America19 reviews
Susan Faludi

Metropolitan Books, 2007

Creation (of a) myth
Being a long-time Faludi fan, I was not quite sure if I wanted to read a book about 9/11, not because I had been traumatized by the event or anything, but I was unsure that I would find a book that looked at all of the complex views of such a complex event. However, I found, as usual, Faludi's insight into the propagation of the Male-as-Hero Myth and the Female-as-Victim/Weak Myth to be an ... 		  
  







  
  
Corelli's Mandolin: A Novel399 reviews
Louis De Bernieres

Vintage, 1995

Captain Corelli's Mandolin...Bernieres' masterpiece
An unique love/war story. This is my favorite of the two De Bernieres' novels I own; the other being 'Birds without Wings', which is excellent, but just not my first choice. The novel is set in Greece during the Nazi/Italian occupation during WW II . It's a tale of the hardships during occupation, the Greek resistance and an developing relationship that begins between one of the Italian ... 		  
  







  
  
Key West: History of an Island of Dreams10 reviews
Maureen Ogle

University Press of Florida, 2006

Couldn't put it down!
I grew up in the Florida Keys, and this historical account has been my favorite so far! I could feel, smell and see Key West through the author's writings, which were peppered with personal stories of the people who lived there throughout history. Wonderful details were included that enhanced my knowledge of events I've always been curious about. Highly recommended! 		  
  







  
  
The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real (Popular Culture and Philosophy)35 reviews

Open Court, 2002

More of a Matrix Critique Piece Than Anything Else
If you are looking for a book that details the Philosophy of The Matrix movie, this book isn't for you. I thought that The Matrix raised some unique and interesting philosphical questions that I wanted to see expanded, so I bought this book. While parts of this book are interesting and well-written, most of it relates to how The Matrix interacts with other philosphical models that we are ... 		  
  







  
  
The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne ...183 reviews
L.M. Montgomery

Starfire, 1990

Pure delight!
The Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set is perfect! These stories take you back to a magical time and place but they are still realistic. Each book pulls you deeper and deeper into the set. My grandmother and I read this series together and both loved it. Highly recommended. 		  
  







  
  
The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream5 reviews
Christopher B. Leinberger

Island Press, 2007

Urbanism, meet Realism
Written from a perspective that most urban critiques fail to provide, this book grounds the reader in the real estate, demographic and policy realities that have shaped the American built environment into what we see today. Leinberger knows this stuff cold, both as a developer and through his more recent positions in Brookings and academia. He writes in an approachable style and provides the ... 		  
  







  
  
Gitchi Gumee3 reviews
Anne Margaret Lewis

Mackinac Island Press, 2006

A beautiful presented tale of a young man's remarkable journey
Gitchi Gumee by Anne Margaret Lewis is an original picturebook story enhanced with the museum quality paintings of Kathleen Chaney Fritz. The result is a beautiful presented tale of a young man's remarkable journey through the deepest, greatest bodies of water in a small sail boat. Inspired by the Native American tales of the "big water" and as exemplified in the famous "Hiawatha" saga poem of ... 		  
  







  
  
Summer Dreams: The Story of Bob-lo Island (Great Lakes Books) (Great Lakes Books)
Patrick Livingston

Wayne State Univ Pr, 2008

Located twenty miles south of Detroit where the Detroit River meets Lake Erie, Bob-lo Island was the ultimate summer playground for families from Detroit and Windsor for nearly one hundred years. In its heyday, the island housed an amusement park with one of the world s largest dance halls, an elegant restaurant, and a hand-carved carousel. It also employed two large Frank Kirby designed ferry steamers complete with dancing and other ... 		  
  







  
  
In His Dreams (Michigan Island, Book 3) (Love Inspired #407)1 review
Gail Gaymer Martin

Steeple Hill, 2007

Good Christian Romance
Lou Gehrigs Disease is a slow killer. Marsha Sullivan nursed her husband through a prolonged illness, and even though he's been gone for four years, she can't let go and move on. She and her sister, Barb, have come to Beaver Island, to the cottage Don and Marsha owned. The island is as beautiful as ever, but memories are everywhere she turns. Her brother-in-law, Jeff, has been through his own ... 		  
  







  
  
Island Dreams Caribbean (Island Dreams)
Joan Tapper

Thames & Hudson, 2005

Color, vitality, seductive landscapes, and dazzling blue seas—the essential ingredients of the graceful arc of islands distributed around the azure waters of the Caribbean Sea. The variety and beauty of the islands of the Caribbean, celebrated here in Joan Tapper's commentaries and Nik Wheeler's breathtaking photography, have become bywords for the good life, as places to visit and places to live. There is something for everyone here in ... 		  
  







  
  
The One The Only Magnificent Me6 reviews
Dan Haseltine

Mackinac Island Press, 2007

beautiful
I am a teacher and enjoy reading to my own 2 and 4 year old children very much. I loved this book as much as my little ones did. It isn't the story itself that is so wonderful. It is the combination of the story and the amazing illustrations. For me it is the illistrations that make the book so beautiful. I feel the criticism about the book not being more God centered, considering the author, is ... 		  
  







  
  
Amethyst Dreams10 reviews
Phyllis A. Whitney

Crown, 1997

Not one of Phyllis whitney's better novels....
But I enjoyed it just the same. As someone else mentioned, i too had problems with some of the dialogue that ran throughout the novel. It read like the characters were reciting from a travel brochure. However, the story itself was interesting to me and read like a typical Phyllis A Whitney novel. AMETHYST DREAMS is about the mystery behind a missing person, Susan Trench. An old college ... 		  
  







  
  
I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women who Changed America11 reviews
Brian Lanker

Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1999

This is Great "Her"story
I was given this book when I was a freshman in architecture college. When I saw Ms Sklarek, I immediately wrote the publisher and got her addres and wrote her a letter. To my surprise she wrote back to me and her later inspired me to continue studying architecture. Now...17 years and three degrees later I came across her name again during a conversation and I decided to contact her again and ... 		  
  







  
  
Good Night Nantucket (Good Night Our World series)1 review
Adam Gamble

Our World of Books, 2007

Excellent bed time book
I have enjoyed this entire "Good Night Our World Series" with our son for almost 2 years now. Any child 1 1/2 years or older will love these books. I would go as old as 7 years for the reader, depending on your child. I highly recommend this particular book, Good Night Nantucket, for anyone who has lived or visited this special island. I especially recommend it if you will be visiting Nantucket ... 		  
  







  
  
'Twas the Night Before Summer
Anne Margaret Lewis

Mackinac Island Press, 2008

Take a ride with Luna Bee May on her enchanting bug ship, as she shares the gift of discovery with a young girl and her brother. All it takes is one southern belle luna moth and one certain wishing star to rekindle the true spirit of their imaginations. Glow-in-the-Dark cover! 		  
  







  
  
Dream Lover33 reviews
Virginia Henley

Island Books, 1997

The Perfect Scorpio Man
I am a great fan of Virginia Henley. She is such an intriguing writer. Her books have more "depth" than many other historical romance writers. What I mean is that she is a wonderful combination of the "old school" Roberta Gellis type books that my mother used to read (chock-full of history) and the more modern sensual writers. She taps into both of these worlds and provides her readers with full, ... 		  
  







  




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