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649 reviews
Laura Hillenbrand

Ballantine Books, 2002

Hillenbrand is a fine writer
I actually wish I'd read this book before I saw the movie. The story was captivating and rare enough that reading about it first would have been a treat to savor for weeks. In my opinion, this was one of the few cases in which the movie was almost as good as the book. In any case, Hillenbrand has done an exemplary job at putting together the ultimate unlikely hero story. Perhaps the greatest ...

End the Fed

295 reviews
Ron Paul

Grand Central Publishing, 2009

A must read
Ron Paul has done society a great justice by writing this book. Dr. Paul explains the reasoning behind the creation of the institution of the Federal Reserve and takes a walk through economic history to our present day calamity. Dr. Paul then systematically unravels the secrecy behind the Fed and debunks any rational for the existence of such an institution. Being a relative newcomer to the ...

THE CODE BOOK

270 reviews
SIMON SINGH

FOURTH ESTATE LIMITED, 2000

A very good book on Cryptography which is critical need in information age
This book has captured everything about Cryptography - past, present and developments taking place for future use. It makes amply clear need of good encryption mechanism especially in information age. Two points, which I found very useful, are: 1) Algorithms can be broken in a radically different and un-expected way. For example just by looking at rate of occurrence of characters in a plain ...

Lonesome Dove

409 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 1985

Rip Roaring Adventure
Before I write a 5 star review, I like to read the 1 star reviews to see if there are valid points that I might have missed. It takes some guts to write a 1 star review on this book because virtually everyone that does gets annihilated by unhelpful votes and comments indicating that they are idiots. Many of the poor reviews (there are only a few) point out 1) thin characters 2) negative ...

With the Old Breed

242 reviews
E.B. Sledge

Presidio Press, 2007

Combat in the Pacific, and the reality of War.
EB Sledge survived one of the bloodiest and most brutal campaigns in world history, nearly being killed a number of times. This account provides a ground-level narrative of just what that experience is like. Later in life he becomes a research scientist, and the book is written very matter-of-factly, from that kind of detached observer viewpoint. Yet the humanity comes through powerfully; the ...

These is My Words

253 reviews
Nancy Turner

Harper Perennial, 1999

Best book ever
Iloved this book. I could not put it down. Ihave read all that I can find of Nancy Turner and looking for more.

The Revolution: A Manifesto

856 reviews
Ron Paul

Grand Central Publishing, 2009

A Must Read For Every American
Extremely easy to read. Flows like a river. The content is genius. If you want your children and your children's children to live in a free America and have the same opportunities that you and I share, then read this book. After you read this book and get blown away, make sure you vote of Ron Paul in 2012. He is one of the very few people who see's the flaws of both the Democratic Party and ...

James Cameron's Titanic

315 reviews
James Cameron, Ed Marsh, ...

Harper Paperbacks, 1997

TITANIC REDEUX
The scope of this majestic book truly befits the epic effort by James Cameron with his cinematic masterpiece "Titanic". Much great information here for the movie buff who likes to see how it is done. Incredible sets including the dining salon, complete even to dishes and decor. I was amazed to see how this particular set was pulled underwater by hydraulics to provide a very realistic feeling of ...

Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

428 reviews
Immaculée Ilibagiza

Hay House, 2006

LEFT TO TELL - INSPIRING
Very inspiring, courageous story of Immaculee Ilibagiza - the divine providence who took care of her and the other women in difficult upheaval, His faithfulness, and how she beautifully responds to His call in complete trust. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it. You cry with her, she paints such vivid pictures and throughout it all, she truly trusts in Him. I hope my faith is never ...

Truman

317 reviews
David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 1992

A Book Every American Should Read
The more US history I read, the more I am astonished how the decisions of one person can impact the course of human events so drastically. Following World War II, the US president was forced to make decisions that would impact the world for the next half century. It just so happened that the man in the White House at the time was a non college-educated regular guy from Missouri. This book ...

All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger

194 reviews
Lloyd Kaufman, James Gunn, ...

Berkley Trade, 1998

Awesome look into the mechanics of a b-movie empire
Lloyd made me promise to review this book if he autographed it for free, and although I'm late in doing so (this was several months back at the Monsterfest in Cherry Hill, NJ)I intend to keep my word. Granted, I may be somewhat biased, in that I'm one of the few people I know who can actually sit all the way through a Troma film without gagging, but I have to say, this book was a highly ...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

170 reviews
Alison Weir

Grove Press, 1991

Another winner by Weir.
I have loved every book by Weir that I've read. She's an excellent author who doesn't stray from the facts and keeps the content clean.

Here Be Dragons

171 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Avon Books (Mm), 1987

Beautiful 1st book of Penman Welsh trilogy
Though written more than 20 years ago, Penman taught me so beautifully through her lyrical writing about the Welsh, what made them unique of all the inhabitants of what we call Great Britain. This 1st book of her Welsh trilogy brings alive the heroic and legendary Llewellyn Fawr, Prince of Wales, and the other inimitable figures of 12th century Wales. Because of Penman's scholarship and feelings ...

Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell (Live Oak Histories: Dear ...

174 reviews
Kristiana Gregory

Live Oak Media, 2005

Educational Gold Mine!
Excellent book for teaching the Oregon Trail journey! I have used this book for 4 years to teach about hardships pioneers faced while traveling west on the Oregon Trail. It gives a realistic view of life on the trail, from joys to the lose of life.

I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

179 reviews
Livia Bitton-Jackson

Simon Pulse, 1999

Amazing author - Livia Bitton-Jackson
At the time of the Holocaust, Elli was a very young girl. The Nazi regime killed many of her family, imprisoned her and so many others in concentration camps, kept them on starvation rations, and worked people to death. Truly terrible and tragic! It was extremely brutal, senseless, and ruthless violence against Jews and others. What amazed me wasn't so much her story, but it was her ...

Michael Jackson Conspiracy

189 reviews
Aphrodite Jones

iUniverse, 2007

So Glad the Truth is Out
As much as I have been dying to read books on Michael Jackson, I have been very careful in choosing which book I purchase. I am NOT interested in supporting those authors who claim to have the "scoop" on the truth about MJ. I certainly don't want my mind muddled with false information or personal opinions that have no factual standing, whatsoever, or out-of-context factoids just so these ...

House to House

188 reviews
David Bellavia

Free Press, 2007

One of the finest first-person soldier accounts ever written
Staff Sergeant Bellavia, with John Bruning, has produced what may be one of the finest personal battle memoirs ever penned. In the Second Battle of Fallujah, American forces faced a rutheless enemy. Given weeks to dig in and to prepare the battlefield, the "insurgents" brought in experienced Chechnan fighters, turned entire buildings into 'kill zones', wired whole complexes with great piles ...

The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)

238 reviews
Gary Larson, Steve Martin

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003

Gary had no idea he'd drawn so many cartoons, until one day they were published...and couldn't fit into a single volume!
If you're like me, when you REALLY like an author, composer or, um cartoonist, you want to get their COMPLETE works...or at least know you CAN get them! (I still haven't got ALL of Mozart's, but getting there). Anyway, I got tired of all the compilations of Larson's greatest, I wanted to see it all! The good funny, the bad funny and the ugly funny. This book lives up to the hype, and the heft! ...

If Chins Could Kill : Confessions of a B Movie Actor

222 reviews
Bruce Campbell

L.A. Weekly Books, 2002

There's a reason there are so many 5-star reviews
Last week my husband and I were browsing the bookstore, and I stumbled across If Chins Could Kill. The title immediately caught my attention, and as a fan of the Evil Dead films I was intrigued and amused. However, I walked out of the store empty-handed. The next morning I woke up with the closest thing I've felt to a pregnancy craving for a book. I just had to read If Chins Could Kill, and it ...

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was

174 reviews
Barry Hughart

Del Rey, 1985

Bridge of Birds
I don't think I've read such a completely fun book in a very, very long time. Bridge of Birds is one of those amazing fantasy novels; while you read it, it seems so simple and light a story, and then when you finish, you realize how wonderfully the author captured the world in his imagination. Hughart is hilarious- truly, deeply so. He writes with a completely unself-conscious air of fun, and it ...

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