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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library) 261 reviews
Valorie Schaefer
American Girl, 1998
great book
This is a great book for a young girl. I purchased the book with the intention of having a "talk" with my 9 yr old. This book explains so much without showing too much. I wanted to talk to her about her period but was not ready to talk to her about sex. This book gave so much more than what I had in mind. It talks about proper hygiene and eating habits. All around great book. I'm considering ...
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Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss2 reviews
Danica McKellar
Hudson Street Press, 2008
Buy this for your daughter
This smart and funny book teaches girls that it's OK to be smart, and that they are perfectly capable of kicking a little pre-algebra butt.
The topic is serious. In the prologue, McKellar writes that "lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college." Girls in particular often use their fear of math to keep them from learning the ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird 1753 reviews
Harper Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
Everyone's Favorite . . .
I honestly have no idea how many times I have read this book. I read it first as an assignment in the eighth grade; most recently, at the age of 41, I read it aloud to three of my children. As with the more recent readings that I recall, I choked up a bit at the end as Scout is experiencing the tragedy and love that surrounds her in the form of her conservatively eccentric father, her ...
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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands214 reviews
Chelsea Handler
Bloomsbury USA, 2005
Really funny
It isn't often that I find a book that makes me laugh so much that I couldn't take it anywhere. I also felt obligated to read parts of it aloud to anyone in my family who was nearby. I read the one-star reviews and can only conclude that they actually want to read literature. This isn't it. This is about a girl with no morals who knows it and doesn't care and has a way with words. She rats ...
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Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World203 reviews
Lisa Lillien
St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
easy cookin
This book is awesome especially if you are a Hungry Girl website visitor. She has compiled all of her online recipes which are guilt free versions of everyday favorites: coffee drinks, brownies, nachos.. etc. Easy to read and easy to follow recipes.
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Biology54 reviews
Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece
Benjamin Cummings, 2004
Great Book
This book is way more informative than my professor. Also, since introductory biology doesn't change within a couple of years, I'm really glad I saved money and purchased the seventh edition rather than the eighth.
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Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making 19 reviews
Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, ...
Wiley, 2006
Excellent Book
This is an excellent book. Each chapter starts with a real life example of the learning objectives that will be covered in the chapter. The concepts are explained in terms that are easy to understand and grasp. There are a variety of problems at the end of each chapter to reinforce the learning objectives. I would recommend this book to anybody who has little knowledge of accounting or ...
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable213 reviews
Patrick M. Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2002
Best book I've read all year
I read a great number of titles on leadership, organizational development, and team building.
This book, told as a fable, is a very quick read and will seem unlike any other book of this sort you've read. As you read it, you'll feel as though the author has been following you through your life at work. It's a very eerie feeling when you realize that each of the characters already works ...
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Twilight (Twilight, Book 1)2071 reviews
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2005
Sucks you right in
This is the only book i ever read in a day. It was so amazing that I had to buy the other books right away. I didn't stop reading until the end. My only disappointment is that i finished reading it. I love it so so much.
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time1221 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Engaging inspirational story
This is one of the most interesting, engaging books I've ever read. One must enthusiastically support the heroes of the story for doing what's right and helping their fellow human beings. I disagree with the main hero politically but strongly support his efforts and the dramatic results he has wrought. The story is beautiful and inspirational.
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The Feelings Book: The Care & Keeping of Your Emotions (American Girl)37 reviews
Lynda Madison
American Girl, 2002
A book for every one!
Don't get misled by the cover. This book is for girls at any age. . . Really.. As we grow older, people assume we know things that we are not supposed to know. For instance, how to keep and take good care of our emotions and feelings.. This is the book that will get you started..
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Principles of Microeconomics 5 reviews
N. Gregory Mankiw
Thompson South-Western, 2006
Micro Book
This was an awesome book although the instructor never used it, I am ready to sell it as like new if anyone is interested please contact me.
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The House on Mango Street 602 reviews
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1991
Hairs!!!
Hairs chapter is my favorite.....it's short and sweet.....as a latina, i can really appreciate having immediate family so rich in differences....that is the beauty of being latino, is that we are so unique!
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They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing18 reviews
Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein
W. W. Norton, 2005
The best endorsement is that my students loved it.
I used "They Say/I Say" with my composition students in the Spring semester of 2008. Frankly, I had some reservations because the department required a fairly expensive handbook, and this would be an add-on. On the plus side, it was brief enough to go over thoroughly and was not too expensive. I thought it would be useful if students read it.
As usual, I made assignments in the book, and we ...
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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists570 reviews
Neil Strauss
William Morrow, 2005
Enlightening and Surprising
I read this book expecting it to be a "how-to" on meeting and getting to know women. I was very pleasantly surprised to find a captivating true story of a man's (and several other men's) metamorphosis from socially inept people to masters of attracting women. For anyone looking for the "how-to" material, it's all there, woven into the story. But there is more. We get to truly see these men ...
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Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing14 reviews
Mignon Fogarty
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
A fellow grammar girl's review
As an editor and author of my own grammar book, I always enjoy reading a colleague's book on grammar and usage. Grammar Girl has quickly become the go-to grammar expert and this book is a perfect reference guide that covers all the grammar basics written in an easy to understand format. Any writer wanting to brush up on those pesky grammar rules, will find it easy to find the answers in this ...
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Fancy Nancy158 reviews
Jane O'connor
HarperCollins, 2005
Love to Be Fancy
What a wonderful book! Well, I admit, mostly I like looking at the pictures. But even for someone who's completely grown out of pink and purple, I often read this book wishing I could have the self-confidence to dress just like Nancy. I've read things about this book saying that there is no deep message, but I think there are several. I love that Nancy's parents make room for her to be herself ...
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Invisible Man279 reviews
Ralph Ellison
Vintage, 1995
The invisibility of man
"The Invisible Man" is a classic novel which uses the first person narrator, the invisible man, to move the reader through various types of racism, dishonesty, and deceptiveness which a black man in the 1950's would encounter. The more the invisible man is used by others, the more invisible he becomes and the less self-identity he possesses. He allows himself, unwittingly, to be used by others, ...
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The Dangerous Book for Boys629 reviews
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Collins, 2007
I knew this stuff but...
I am a geezer and things like this were taught when I was young and had to run from dinos to avoid becoming supper while going home for supper BUT
The IGGIES put everything right here!!
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Get 2 copies of this book, one for the young man who needs to know these things because... a mans gotta know what a man should know.
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Get the other copy for yourself because you've forgotten ...
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Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking ...70 reviews
Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin
Running Press, 2007
great for a new vegan
I'm a new vegan who's been cooking conventionally for over 40 years and needed help. I'm a good cook but I needed ideas and inspiration to make meals for my family every night without using meat. In the 4 weeks I've been a vegan I have made many of the recipes in this book and they've gone over great with my husband (and with me). They were easy, not too time consuming and helped me be a vegan ...
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