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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood 170 reviews
Marjane Satrapi
Pantheon, 2004
Awesome Experience
Although this book is written like a comic book, don't take it lightly. The story is a deep and meaningful one. It is a pretty fast read but not as fast as you'd think...I highly recommend it!
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The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 272 reviews
Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer
Collins Living, 2007
Totally won over!
I have never written a book review EVER. But this was the best self-help motivational book ever and I have read dozens and dozens. this is the first and last inspirational book you will ever need.
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Catch-22824 reviews
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Great great book
This book is so good, my weak attempt at a review is not going to do it justice. But I'll try.
I knew before I was half-way through that this is going to be a favorite and I plan to re-read it immediately. The writing is so fresh, the character studies so sharp, and the satire so relevant in today's increasingly bureaucratic (corporate) society, no wonder it was so hard for me to find a used ...
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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel 1018 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
Amazing
This book is amazing.... The author captivates the readers attention in so many ways.... With this book expect the unexpected...its so thrilling that you can't put the book down... with this book you get it all drama, romance, mystery, ect... As a mother I was able to brainstorm and put myself in an uncomfortable position but that is what real life is all about....
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic90 reviews
Alison Bechdel
Mariner Books, 2007
The complexities of identity
I live an hour away from Beech Creek, Alison Bechdel's tiny hometown and the setting for much of her graphic memoir Fun Home. I've always found the area oppressive: dark, looming mountains casting perpetual shadows on impoverished, dying valley towns. But after reading Fun Home, I revisited Beech Creek, to see Bechdel's childhood home and the grave of her father Bruce, and to remind myself of ...
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Something Borrowed370 reviews
St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
Couldn't put it down!
I bought this book because I recently got engaged and the ring on the cover caught my eye. I loved this book and found myself staying up late with coffee because I just didn't want to put it down! I fell in love with Rachel instantly! I know too many "Darcy" women and found myself cheering on the infidelity.... surprisingly. This made me cry, gasp, laugh and say OMG! I highly recommend this ...
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Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength940 reviews
Bill Phillips, Michael D'Orso
Collins Living, 1999
This fitness program is the real deal! Great book!
"Body For Life" is the most approachable, motivational, and effective fitness program I have encountered. Several of my male friends were getting in extremely buff while following this program, and their wives were getting into great shape, so I had to toss my skepticism aside and give it a try. Sure enough, even after 6 weeks, people were noticing that I looked "physically fit."
The ...
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Confessions of a Shopaholic849 reviews
Sophie Kinsella
Dell, 2003
Hilarious from beginning to end!
I picked this book up for a little light entertainment, and I was quite simply blown away by the talent of the author, Sophie Kinsella! I was captured by her story and main character from the very beginning. Becky Bloomwood is the essence of the compulsive shopper's dark side that lingers in all of us. (Well, maybe not all of us -- but it sure lingers in me!)
Her plotting was intense! Every ...
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1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die56 reviews
Patricia Schultz
Workman Publishing Company, 2007
Wonderful Travel Ideas
New Mexico, South Carolina, Montana, Vermont, New York, Virginia, and Maine are some of the places I have lived that are well covered and reasonably represented in this guide (with the East certainly receiving more attention than the West). Although anyone can name worthwhile places not included, or argue about the appropriateness of some of the places that are included, overall, the balance of ...
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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street218 reviews
Michael Lewis
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990
A warning for the uninitiated
This book should be required reading for all wanna be I-bankers. The author very convincingly describes the inner workings of a major financial institution. From the outside, the public only sees the expensive suits and tall glass buildings and are suitably impressed by the knowledge and skills of those who works inside. But the author takes us behind the doors to show frighteningly how the ...
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Lolita450 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov
Vintage, 1989
A road movie of the mind
Praise be to Graham Greene, who was not only an interesting novelist (e.g. The Quiet American), but he also has the merit of saving Nabokov's Lolita from obscurity. When the book found no publisher in the US, it was first brought out by a shady Parisian company that specialized in erotic books in the English language. That was a tourist attraction in Paris. For reasons unknown to me (why would ...
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Toddler Café: Fast, Healthy, and Fun Ways to Feed Even the Pickiest Eater17 reviews
Jennifer Carden
Chronicle Books, 2008
Your child enjoy healthy meals without being duped!
As a former early childhood educator, I was a little dismayed about the trend to sneak healthy foods into children's meals. In my years of working with young children, I found that their palates are much more sophisticated than we know.
By preparing a limited menu and keeping them out of the process, parents unwittingly create picky eaters who'll explode at anything but chicken fingers, ...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)5870 reviews
J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2004
J.K. Rowling Rocks!!!
Yet another great Harry Potter book!! comparing to the movie... this book it's way beyond it. There's nothing like reading a good book and this is one of those books you must read =)
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The Metamorphosis (Bantam Classics)154 reviews
Franz Kafka
Bantam Classics, 1972
Man Turns Into Bug: The Perfect Interpretation of Human Nature
Literature throughout history has tried to exemplify the personal identity of human beings, but none has done it so creatively and as hilariously as Franz Kafka's masterful novella, "The Metamorphosis". Kafka has created the most absurd situation; a traveling salesman wakes up one morning to find that he has turned into a giant dung beetle. Yet Kafka uses the absurdity of this premise to ...
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The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder14 reviews
Carol Stock Kranowitz
Perigee Trade, 2006
Very Helpful
Contains many practical and easy activities that are fun for any child, not just "out of sync." Tried several already and found my grandson loved the originality and the use of everyday objects as situations for play.
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Theory of Fun for Game Design 29 reviews
Raph Koster
Paraglyph, 2004
A Fun Perspective on Fun
Koster has written an incredible book that cannot help but cover game design. The question of "fun" has baffled the game design community for years: it's an unquantifiable concept a designer succeeds at capturing more reliably with luck (and experience) than anything else. This book provides one of the first steps away from that.
For those who harangue the book because of the title, it's worth ...
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The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide54 reviews
Phil McGraw
Pocket, 2003
The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide
Very helpful in teaching which foods to help up your metabolism and use as fuel more efficiently. Also helps you to know which foods are less healthful and to limit them. Rapid Start program helps a lot.
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40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can't Resist (Grades 4-8)6 reviews
Marcia Miller, Martin Lee
Teaching Resources, 2001
Math Improvement the FUN way.
This product helped my grand daughter who was having math difficulty better understand math concepts. She was having fun at the same time.
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To the Lighthouse167 reviews
Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty (Introduction)
Harvest Books, 1989
An insightful, sensitive reading.
The idea of Virginia Woolf's fiction being read aloud effectively has struck me as an impossibility. The very interiority of Woolf's style seemed to suggest that readers hear the narrative voice within themselves. This reading proves me dead wrong. Virginia Leishman's reading--and interpretation--added much to my passion for a novel I have always loved. Readers--and listeners--new to Virigina ...
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Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners39 reviews
Aimee Ray
Lark Books, 2007
Love it!
I really love this book! The designs are all cute, fresh and fun...and I want to make them all. Creative ideas for using embroidery, even if you already know how. But the instructions seem pretty clear if you don't.
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