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The Chronicles of Narnia 972 reviews
C. S. Lewis
HarperCollins, 2001
Entire set of books is excellent!
I loved them as a child, and I still believe they are excellent! My nephews and niece especially enjoyed the series.
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Ascendancy of the Last (Lady Penitent) 2 reviews
Lisa Smedman
Wizards of the Coast, 2008
Lovely conclusion
Up front, I am a Lolth-worshipping drow lover. As such I loved this book, it was my favorite out of the three which recovered amazingly the stumblings of the second one. The plot as usual for Smedman was nicely woven together and in some ways rivals the skill of Salvatore's for writing about drow, displaying an excellent understanding of them.
In a similar way to WotSQ, this series at times ...
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The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About 468 reviews
Kevin Trudeau
Alliance Publishing, 2007
This truly is a cure for weight problems.
The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau has all the answers. You must purchase and use an injection of super hormones that create a pseudo pregnant state -- and this is why it works.
He guides you through purchasing the product that helps you -- but you cannot deviate from the diet at all. It is worth it. I don't have any to lose, but if I did, I would be on ...
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The Great Divorce209 reviews
C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2001
An insightful look into heaven and hell
In this book C.S. Lewis sets out to present a picture of the nature of heaven and hell through the device of an allegorical journey - by bus! - from hell to a place called the valley of the shadow of heaven. This book reads more like an expose than a traditionally plotted novel. Nevertheless, it's one of the most memorable books I've read. Among the most memorable notions of this book: the dense ...
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Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #4: Outcast (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)1 review
Michelle Paver
Katherine Tegen Books, 2008
Total Original Story
This story gets you deeper into the secrets of Torak, Renn, and the forest. Torak is banished from the clans because of his worst secrect. Being in outcast Torak is not able to talk to Renn unless she is an outcast too. During his adventures Torak meets two very smart crows. Read this book to find out what these two crows help Torak with and many other secrets.
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The Brothers Karamazov105 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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The Master and Margarita336 reviews
Mikhail Bulgakov
Vintage, 1996
The Master and Margarita (Review)
Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita provides a scathing social commentary on life in Russia during Stalinism. This Gnostic work taking place in the 1930s serves as an excellent new historical look on life under Socialism. Bulgakov's masterpiece, which was censored and unpublished until 1972, tells the story of Satan's visit to Moscow and all the unusual events that take place while he's ...
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Tempting Evil (Prison Break, Book 2) 2 reviews
Allison Brennan
Ballantine Books, 2008
Being adored can be deadly
"Tempting Evil", the second book in the Prison Break Series by Allison Brennan, makes it clear that being loved and adored can be deadly. Joanna Sutton recently suffered the tragic loss of her husband and son. She is now helping her family run their lodge in
the secluded mountains of Montana. But all is not well. A killer has become obsessed with Joanna... and he is coming to take her away ...
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The Promise: God's Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts8 reviews
Jonathan Morris
HarperOne, 2008
A True Promise!
Wonderful! Inspiring! Father Jonathan beautifully reteaches the core of our Catholic faith and candidly describes his own experiences and those of others. He offers a divine and practical understanding of even the most unimaginable suffering...thank you!
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Angels & Demons 2155 reviews
Dan Brown
Pocket, 2006
Angels Demons by Dan Brown
This is the greatest spellbounding novel I've read in quite a while. I could not put it down and yet at the end, I wanted it to go on and on just to keep the emotional high going. Good piece of work by Mr. Brown
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Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius6 reviews
Gavin D J Harper
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2007
Increasing depth of understanding.
I have been a solar electric and solar hot water installer for 3 years. I can design and install a system with ease and confidence, but the projects in this book increased my understanding to a whole new level. It was like learning about solar from the inside out. I always enjoy it when I can learn about something I know well from a different angle. Some of my friends bought the book for ...
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A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency60 reviews
Glenn Greenwald
Three Rivers Press, 2008
Bush dissected
With surgical precision the Bush doctrine is dissected to the bone. And what is displayed is definitely not pretty, yet incredibly insightful. From my perspective a must-read for anybody wanting to understand the mechanics and legacy of Bush the younger.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer390 reviews
Patrick Suskind
Vintage, 2001
Perfume
A thoroughly perfect book. Loved it for so many reasons: perfect writing, great story-telling, originality, unpredictability to name but a few. Ten stars.
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True Evil: A Novel133 reviews
Greg Iles
Pocket, 2007
seeing what's true
It's interesting to spend time with characters who know more than simply how to destroy and how to hurt. True Evil assembles a group of professionals who know a lot and let their knowledge influence how they think and what they notice. Even the "bad guys" use their intelligence and apply their commonsense. Serial killers are so often thought of as damaged in some way, even insane. But when ...
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil55 reviews
Philip Zimbardo
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
An important book of our time.
First let me disclaim that there was a section of the book I did not read because it was incorrectly bound -- it went from page 426 to page 375, but the new p. 375 was different from the one that had preceded it. [I'm guessing that the reason Amazon is out of stock while the book enjoys top 10 status is because they are trying to restock with "good" copies]
Nonetheless, this book is so rich ...
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People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil143 reviews
M. Scott Peck
Touchstone, 1998
Must Read for Mobbing Mediators
Mobbing experts need an incredible amount of knowledge to understand group evil and its capability to destroy.
The People of the Lie explains the motivation behind group evil - and how it is justified in the minds of group. The book makes an important point: that the group is collectively immature and willing to do things that no one would do alone.
Mobber alone are cowards. But once the ...
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Swan Song454 reviews
Robert McCammon
Pocket, 1987
An Epic Story You Just Can't Put Down
This is a very long book that spans almost a thousand pages. However, Swan Song is a captivating story that keeps the reader hooked from start to finish. It's a delicious blend of horror, drama, science fiction and adventure.
It's been a long time since I first read this book (some 20 years ago), so some of the details of the story are a little hazy to me now. Fow many years Robert R. McCammon ...
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If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans 349 reviews
Ann Coulter
Crown Forum, 2007
Entertaining, but Not Comprehensive
This book is entertaining, and offers insight into Ann Coulter's conservative views in a lively way. The format of the book, though, appeals mainly, if not solely, to devoted Coulter fans who are familiar with her past works. It is mostly a collection of quotes, some rarer than others, made by Coulter on a wide array of issues.
The book focuses on giving the reader a broad idea of Coulter's ...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil481 reviews
John Berendt
Vintage, 1999
One of those books that you won't be able to put down
I've never been to Savannah before, but after reading this book, I really want to go there! "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" is a fantastic book about the leaders of Savannah society in the early 1980's. It's actually a work of non-fiction (although it reads very much like a novel), and it chronicles the events in author John Berendt's life when he ventures out of his New York City home ...
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The Problem of Pain89 reviews
C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2001
Essential reading
As a dentist I've had the opportunity to treat several patients with chronic idiopathic oral-facial pain. While I can access the best scientific medical literature in the world on the topic I am consistently reminded of the spiritual aspects of pain by my patients. In this excellent treatment of the topic by the Oxford professor and prolific writer C.S. Lewis, we are challenged to see a loving ...
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