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The Salt Eaters 6 reviews
Toni Cade Bambara
Vintage, 1992
Salt Eaters Requires Much, Rewards Much
This book is best read straight through in one or two sittings. The main action of the story, Velma Henry's healing, takes place in a matter of minutes but requires the entire book to extend through the minds past, present, and future of multiple characters--onlookers and passersby. Each scene requires subsequent scenes to unpack, unfold, and explain it. Toni Cade Bambara has ensured that the ...
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The Last Sin Eater 91 reviews
Francine Rivers
Tyndale House Publishers, 1999
Excellent author
I have read almost all of her books and I have enjoyed each and every one. This book did not disappoint me. It was much better than the movie.
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The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind-and Almost Found Myself-on the Pacific Crest Trail (P.S.)22 reviews
Dan White
Harper Perennial, 2008
surprisingly great!
My husband brought this home and I was nonplussed about reading it. Thankfully, I did open it and was hooked after the first few pages. Dan White's humor was terrific and addictive, and the narrative was very compelling. As a backpacker and also as an avid fiction reader, I wholeheartedly recommend this book!
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The Seven Silly Eaters 61 reviews
Mary Ann Hoberman
Voyager Books, 2000
Our favorite book!
This book has brilliant illustrations and my children love the cadence of the rhyming in the book. It is a very clever story - and the theme of picky eaters is one that resonates with every Mom I know. We have brought it to school to read to the classes and have given it as gifts to many friends. It's our favorite book. Highly recommended!
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto162 reviews
Michael Pollan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
Clear, entertaining, science-based
Just the kind of information I needed to clear up the murky questions I had about the american diet. A great book for every modern person to read.
AEmeryMD
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Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Reading Rainbow) 11 reviews
Mitchell Sharmat
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1989
Quite funny to very young kids
Gregory, a young goat, likes junk food - all the stuff his parents don't want him to eat. They try everything, taking him to the doctor and even letting him stuff himself with junk food and getting a belly-ache from it. How can they get Gregory to stop eating carrots and eggs and salad and start eating proper, healthy food - like shirts and shoes and tires??
Kids will laugh at the ...
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Eaters of the Dead301 reviews
Michael Crichton
Avon, 2006
Great shorter read.
I read this directly after finishing Sphere. It's a very fun book and Crichton does a good job getting you into the culture. Good action and good character development.
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Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #3: Soul Eater (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)9 reviews
Michelle Paver
Katherine Tegen Books, 2007
Great Series
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #3: Soul Eater (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)
This series if wonderful. My son and I started reading this together as a school project. We have purchased all three books and enjoy the time together reading. This is a book that keeps me interested as well as keeping him interested and reading!
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D.W. the Picky Eater9 reviews
Marc Brown
Little, Brown Young Readers, 1997
For the picky eater
D.W. The Picky Eater is as funny as a parent playing a prank on a kid. First this book is funny because D.W. won't eat anything that stares at her or has eyes. Secondly D.W. won't eat spaghetti with the tomato sauce on it she will only eat it plain without the parsley. In a picture D.W is feeding her seafood surprise to her dog. The last reason you should read this book to your child is it will ...
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The Emotional Eater's Book of Inspiration: 90 Truths You Need to Know to Overcome Your Food Addiction2 reviews
Debbie Danowski
Da Capo Press, 2006
Thank you Debbie
I am a big, big fan of Debbie and her books. This author's books have been instrumental in changing my life.
I have read each one over and over again and each time, I get something new out of it.
The Emotional Eater's Book of Inspiration is unique in that it tackles many of the "myths" that the dieting and non-dieting worlds have "put out there".
One of the biggest problems with ...
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Spider Eaters: A Memoir4 reviews
Rae Yang
University of California Press, 1998
A most moving memoir
"Spider Eaters" is an interesting and creative title and well matches the contents. This is a most fascinating and moving memoir. I have read several autobiographies written about the beginnings of Communism in China and the Cultural Revolution, and this is by far one of the best. Many such books these days are advertised as "belonging on the shelf next to Wild Swans". I've always felt such ...
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Oxford India Paperbacks)53 reviews
Jim Corbett
Oxford University Press, USA, 1993
He Makes the Jungle Come Alive!
In the early twentieth century, British held South Asia was terroized by a number of infamous tigers and leopards. Entire villages were abandoned and literally hundreds of human beings found out they weren't at the top of the food chain. In the "Man Eaters of Kumaon", hunter jim Corbett describes in vivid and suspensful detail his hunt for tigers in Northwest India.
Corbett describes the ...
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The Fig Eater: A Novel 104 reviews
Jody Shields
Back Bay Books, 2001
Murder in Vienna 1910
Jody Shields does a superb job of weaving history and information throughout her novel The Fig Eater. Her knowledge of Vienna in this time period and the techniques that would be used to investigate a murder, in this case, of a young girl, show some outstanding research on the author's part. The ending is a bit odd, otherwise a very enjoyable read.
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The Word Eater34 reviews
Mary Amato
Holiday House, 2005
My Son Loves It!
Pulled this off the shelf at random in the library the other day. I started reading it to my kids without any real expectations but was pleasantly surprised to discover that it was very different from other kids books. Extemely imaginative, highly creative yet displaying great empathy for kids and their perceptions of the world. The author obviously loves words and goes to considerable pains ...
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Poor Eaters: Helping Children Who Refuse To Eat10 reviews
Ph.d., Joel Macht
Da Capo Press, 2002
Poor Eaters Helping children who refuse to eat
This book has helped my 15 month old who has not eaten any food with the help of a SLP, G.I specialist and O.T. The book gives clear directions and started my child eating some solids for the first time.
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The Sin Eater's Last Confessions: Lost Traditions of Celtic Shamanism2 reviews
Ross Heaven
Llewellyn Publications, 2008
A crucial addition to shamanic literature.
I've read several of Ross Heaven's books and they are always uniquely incredible works, especially among the boring flood of New Age platitudes that plague much of Western spiritual thought. This book joins his style and integrity with personal, emotional experience, allowing it to expand into places of the psyche that his past work couldn't as he shows more of his artistic talents as a ...
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Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery (I Can Read Book 2)2 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1989
good beginning reader
My six year old son did very well reading this book. There was enough of a challenge without it being overwhelming. He really liked the fact that this book has chapters. Made him feel even better about reading it. It is also a book he could read all on his own, and a cute story
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo55 reviews
J.H. Patterson
Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2008
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
Excellent book about actuall events in the late 1800's of a British Officer in Africa. The events with the two man-eating lions represents a small portion of the adventures of Patterson.
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Eater's Choice: A Food Lover's Guide to Lower Cholesterol7 reviews
Nancy Goor, Ronald S. Goor, ...
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
Excellent Book
I don't agree with the first person who reviewed this book. I found the information on cholesterol to be very helpful and most of recipes are very good. The book was recommended to me by a friend who said she makes some of the dishes when she has company and always receives compliments. I bought a used copy of this book a couple years ago but noticed an updated version at the library. The ...
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Penguin Classics)4 reviews
Thomas De Quincey
Penguin Classics, 2003
A Great Autobiographical Work of Art
I stumbled on this book while I was a long-haired undergrad in college many years ago, and I selected it (probably because of the intriguing, rebellious-sounding title) to write a term paper on for a class I was taking in biography. I have nursed a special attraction for this work of literary art ever since those days, and currently own it in several different editions, including this one from ...
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