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66 reviews
Jhumpa Lahiri

Knopf, 2008

Outstanding
Jhumpa Lahiri just keeps getting better and better. "Unaccustomed Earth" is her third book and her second collection of short stories. I'm amazed that she was able to top "Interpreter of Maladies" with such rich, emotional portraits of love and loss. This book contains eight stories, three of which are linked together, and like all of Lahiri's previous works, each story focuses on individuals ...

Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga...

80 reviews
B. K. S. Iyengar

Schocken, 1995

It's what Robert's Rules of Order is to parliamentary bodies
Iyengar himself has disavowed this book long ago...even so, it's the single greatest reference book out there. The first thing that will blow you away is the treatise on hatha yoga. The ease with which he describes the philosophy of yoga foreshadows his complete book on the subject. It's quite a foreshadowing! The bulk of the book is an exhaustive detailed pictorial and written ...

The Plague of Doves: A Novel

16 reviews
Louise Erdrich

Harper, 2008

What a Beautiful Book
It's very rare to find a combination of tremendous writing, complex narrative, and memorable characters. Erdrich has managed this. In a book that moves from one point of view to another, it is often easy to lose track of where and when you are. Not here. Erdrich's characters are so distinct, their voices so strong and individual, that I never got lost. This is a story of a family, a community, ...

Interpreter of Maladies

454 reviews
Jhumpa Lahiri

Mariner Books, 1999

Excellent Reading!
Jhumpa Lahiri is an enthralling story teller. The short stories are riveting and gives you a keen sense of the emotions felt by each character in the stories. I read this in one weekend which is hard to do as a mom of 4-yr old twins working fulltime... I simply couldn't tear myself away from the pages. The ease with which she writes and depicts each character is superb.... Highly recommend this ...

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

250 reviews
Jim Fergus

St. Martin's Griffin, 1999

A Thousand White Women
This was a wonderful book. Hard to put down. Well written and very informative.

The Secret

2147 reviews
Rhonda Byrne

Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006

The best reference on Law of Attraction (The Secret to Happyness)
Law of Attraction handbook: Revealing the Secrets to Manifest Your Desires Instantly to Success As I started reading this book, I realized my options and choices expanded and I am beyond what I am now. This book worths millions of wisdom and secrets that can swiftly change your reality and life. It is really a must read for anyone seek breakthru in his or her life and at no time.

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

289 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage, 1992

Senseless violence viewed as the driver of all human destiny in a shocking Wild West setting
Around 1850, a gang of Americans roamed the U.S.-Mexico border. The Mexican government had contracted them to hunt down the Apaches and bring scalps back as proof, but the "Glangton gang" ended up ravishing innocent villages, robbing the inhabitants and scalping them instead. This episode forms the basis of Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel BLOOD MERIDIAN: Or the Evening Redness in the West, which ...

A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West

29 reviews
James Donovan

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

The Best Book on the Subject, Period.
A few reviewers are making a big deal out of the discovery of a few factual errors in A TERRIBLE GLORY. Here's a revelation: this is a 500-page book of history. Every big historical book contains some errors--you can find them in David McCullough, too. It happens. But don't let that blind you to the fact that this is an excellent book. How do I know? Because I've read TONS of books on the ...

Island of the Blue Dolphins

601 reviews
Scott O'Dell

Yearling, 1987

A Warm Novel
I read Island of The Blue Dolphins sometime before Christmas this year. It was a pleasure to read--it was simple, brief, and the characters were fresh and realistic. O' Dell used very descriptive writing, nevertheless, it did not go to where it is tedious to read because of the overload of words. If you do not like novels without much action besides attacks with sea critters I would not ...

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

77 reviews
Sherman Alexie

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007

A Good Read!
This book is well written, with interesting believable characters. If a child wonders what it would be like to be "different" in a community, this book would give him a good introduction. The protagonist in this book is confronting insecurities in himself and in his Navtive American community. For young people who wonder what it is like to live with differences, this book would be a good ...

Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

124 reviews
Leslie Marmon Silko

Penguin Books, 2006

A MASTERPIECE
Stepping Off the Edge: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice A classic in Native American literature, Ceremony tells the story of Tayo, a young Native man who returns from W.W.II with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Silko's masterful writing interweaves the personal, social and societal causes for Tayo's illness with traditional Native legends and cures. Beautiful, inspiring and very harsh. Like ...

The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice

31 reviews
T. K. V. Desikachar

Inner Traditions, 1999

An Amazing Resource
I have used this book both a teacher and a student. I use this book for all our teacher training programs with huge success. This is a gem of a book. A necessary read for students and teacher's of Vinyasa. Having practiced at the KYM mandiram and having met Desikachar makes this book even more amazing as he is a living vibration of this book.

Zen And the Art of Happiness

19 reviews
Chris Prentiss

Power Press, 2006

This book is worth it's weight in gold
Pound for pound you'll never find a better book than this. Amazingly simple (just like Zen) yet incredibly profound (just like Zen). No matter what religious belief you adhere to, I promise you will find something in this book that will make your life better. This book is a quick read, but it is a book you will want to read over and over again. Make no mistake about it, my library and my ...

The White Tiger: A Novel

8 reviews
Aravind Adiga

Free Press, 2008

Four Thumbs Up
Hilarious, moving, smart, captivating. Like other reviewers here, I read slowly, hoping it wouldn't end. My favorite quality: the consistent smartness and edginess in each line. It's hard to write a comic novel that's funny from start to finish, but Adiga succeeds. Incredibly, it's also social commentary.

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

188 reviews
Charles C. Mann

Vintage, 2006

Terrific
The other reviewers have more than admirably summarized this book. It is a wonderful compilation of current thinking on the history of the Americas. Mr. Mann's writing takes you effortlessly into what could have been a very dry subject. I couldn't put this book down. Bravo and thank you Mr. Mann.

The Satanic Verses: A Novel

215 reviews
Salman Rushdie

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008

The Satanic Verses Through Western Eyes
I was a kid when the controversy around this book hit, and I guess for that reason I always thought it was a very heavy, tedious, high-brow work. In fact, "The Satanic Verses" is a fun and funny narrative. The style reminded me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- the lines between the supernatural and the mundane are erased. For Western readers who do not know as much about Islam as they might like ...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda

19 reviews
Sri S. Satchidananda

Integral Yoga Publications, 1990

easy reading, great comprehension
I love this book! Easy to read, simple explanations from Sri Swami Satchidananda, allows you to dive deeply on the true meaning of each Sutra. Truly a book commented by an enlightened soul.

Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West

122 reviews
Hampton Sides

Anchor, 2007

Blood, Thunder and Manifest Destiny
This is a terrific story told in a dramatic yet even handed fashion. It helps that much of Sides narrative is focused on Kit Carson, the famous scout whose exploits made him a Western legend and the subject of numerous pulp,"blood and thunder" Western novels. Carson comes off here as an authentic hero; modest, brave and resourceful, but also much more pragmatic than the wild West shoot-em-up ...

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

265 reviews
Nathaniel Philbrick

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Great, Great Book!
Being from the Boston area, one cannot escape the legend that is the Mayflower. Yet, Mr. Philbrick's narrative brings the reader close-up to the struggles these brave people faced, not only when they crossed the North Atlantic, but the problems they faced when they came ashore. As an American History Teacher, this is probably the best book on the subject I have read. A terrific read!

The Sign of the Beaver

190 reviews
Elizabeth George Speare

Yearling, 1994

The choice
This book is about A boy named Matt who builds a cabin with his father and then his father leaves him alone to pick up the rest of his family. Now Matt is alone and puts marks by every day that passes.Then Matt meets an indian named attean and they become friends. Now Matt is teaching Attean to read and write and Attean is teaching Matt how to survive on his own. then time goes by and his dad ...

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