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To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel 261 reviews
Janet Evanovich
A Superb Must Read
There are few authors who continue to provide strong plots and great, long lasting characters after their first few novels. Fortunately for fans, Janet Evanovich knows how to deliver. Stephanie Plum, Jersey's wild and outrageous bounty hunter returns in the ninth novel of the series strong as ever. Once again Stephanie partners with Ranger, the secretive and sexual bounty hunter superstar to find ...
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Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village33 reviews
Sarah Erdman
Picador, 2004
6 stars for this engaging trip to a challenging place for us armchair travelers
Honest, earnest, compelling, extremely well-written narrative of two years serving the Peace Corps in a remote village of Ivory Coast-- I emerged from this reading with a knowledge and respect for the people of the village, as well as for the sincerity and objectivity of the author. Sarah Erdman's account of how she works out her unique role as an outsider with a mission to improve family health ...
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Ten, Nine, Eight15 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1991
"Ten, Nine, Eight" Is Great!
This book is on my entering-kindergartner's Summer Reading List and I can certainly understand its inclusion: good art and good story.
The drawings of father and child are just so sweet and endearing. My children can not get enough of it. Every night they want to put their little toes over the ones that are 'washed and warm' in the book. We count our window panes, and give kisses on ...
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The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities in America 68 reviews
Lawrence C. Ross Jr.
Kensington, 2001
History
This book is recommended to members and anyone who is interested in joining a African American Greek Letter Organization. It gives a good history on the fraternities and sororities.
The book is kind of old, but the history is there.
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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court135 reviews
Doubleday, 2007
Why Presidential Elections Matter
Jeffrey Toobin makes a strong case in "The Nine" that the 2008 election is indeed a change election if only because another Republican president will doom Roe v. Wade and other constitutional protections hanging by the thread of a moderate Justice (Stevens, Souter or Ginsberg) stepping down during the next Presidential term.
The Nine looks at how the current Supreme Court Justices' ...
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The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the REAL Truth About Becoming a Mom. Finally.33 reviews
Vicki Glembocki
Da Capo Press, 2008
Honest and Honestly Well Overdue
My oldest child is now 10 years old. But reading this book brought back the brutal reality that I felt all those years ago.
Kudos to the author for exposing her deepest feelings of inadequacy and "bad mommy" moments. I myself was plagued with the same thoughts.
It does get easier as your child gets older. I myself did not bond with my firstborn until he was at least 5 months old. Take ...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Fearful Symmetry (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) 4 reviews
Olivia Woods
Star Trek, 2008
Good Condtinution of the story
Ok so I read this book in less than 24 hours and is a good Condtinution of the DS9 Relaunch series. This book is a flip book meaning there is 2 diffrent storys one of DS9 and crew with some new twists and turns. The other of Illana Ghemor I didnt read much of this half the story is mainly about her childhood and years in Obsidian Ordor so i could care less to read this half. I wish Pockets would ...
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Nine Stories156 reviews
J.D. Salinger
Back Bay Books, 2001
Salinger Hits Nine Home Runs.
Published after The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Nine Stories is quintessential Salinger. Having first read Salinger's collection of Nine Stories as a college student, these short stories have remained in my thoughts for years.
"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (first published in the The New Yorker, January 31, 1948) tells the story of war veteran Seymour Glass, who commits suicide while on his ...
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Nine Designs for Inner Peace: The Ultimate Guide to Meditating with Color, Shape, and Sound 5 reviews
Sarah Tomlinson
Destiny Books, 2007
Yantras: An Wonderful Experiential Introduction
Yantras: An Wonderful Experiential Introduction
Sarah Tomlinson, the author of "Nine Designs for Inner Peace: The Ultimate Guide to Meditating with Color, Shape and Sound" was born in England in 1968 and began her study of yoga at the age of 17. After completing undergraduate studies in fine art in London she relocated to New York City, where she participated in an MFA program exploring the ...
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women141 reviews
Geraldine Brooks
Anchor, 1995
Highly recommended
I read this book for the first time well before 9/11, and I think it could be a useful read for a lot of people exactly for that reason- it was not written with the hindsight of 9/11. A lot of other reviewers have described Brooks' standpoint, so I won't go there, but I will say that her writing itself is beautiful. She does not use clunky language to get her point across, and this gives her ...
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Boys are mysterious creatures, with rich imaginations and inner lives at which most can only guess. Luckily, a few writers have the talent to capture their fantasies of extraordinary adventure and epic bravery. Inspired by the success of The Dangerous Book For Boys , the six titles of the Penguin Great Books For Boys collection celebrate the adventurer within every boy with tales of shipwreck, murder, espionage, and survival. With a striking ...
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The Back Nine9 reviews
Billy Mott
Picador, 2007
Should be the next great golf movie
Great read that you cannot put down, especially if you love the game. Lot's of interesting characters that are easy to envision.
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The Back Nine (Vintage Contemporaries)9 reviews
Billy Mott
Vintage, 2008
Should be the next great golf movie
Great read that you cannot put down, especially if you love the game. Lot's of interesting characters that are easy to envision.
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Nine Marks of a Healthy Church18 reviews
Mark Dever
Crossway Books, 2004
Church Health
Pastor Mark Dever writes from Scripture and from pastoral experience. He writes to pastors, elders, and all committed Christians reminding readers that church health must precede church growth.
"Nine Marks of a Healthy Church" is counter-cultural. That is, it moves counter to the Christian culture of the day that promotes a watered-down version of Christianity and Church life.
Dever ...
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Your Nine Year Old: Thoughtful and Mysterious4 reviews
Louise Bates Ames, Carol Chase Haber
Dell, 1991
Practical, helpful information.
When you know what behaviors are "normal" for your child's age you can relax, stop the worry, and focus on appropriate solutions. This whole series of books accurately defines the ages and stages of children. These books keep your expectations realistic and allow you to avoid anger caused by a lack of understanding of your child's developmental stages.
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The Nine Tailors42 reviews
Dorothy L. Sayers
Harvest Books, 1966
9 Taylors
This was my first but not my last Lord Wimsey novel. I heard a review of this on NPR and being a fan of Poriot I figured I would give this a try.
I was very surprised how fast my first 27 pages were. I was reading about ringing bells (a subject I can say I have little interest in) and found the writting stlye so tight well written that the time went fast.
I have now started from the ...
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9-Patch Pizzazz: Fast, Fun & Finished in a Day23 reviews
Judy Sisneros
C&T Publishing, 2006
Another Great One
Another Christmas present I was looking forward to receiving. It too was a used book, but turned out to be NEW. The shipper had it here in 3 days and I was eagerly checking out the information inside. Can't wait to get a "hurry-up" project finished. Way to go Judy. Keep up the good work.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: These Haunted Seas (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
David R. George III, Heather Jarman
Star Trek, 2008
It is a time of renewed hope. As the U.S.S. Defiant sails through the wormhole and charts a new course of discovery into the unknown ocean of the Gamma Quadrant, powerful individuals from distant worlds gather at station Deep Space 9™ to usher in a bright new era; with the Dominion War now only a memory, Bajor is poised at last to enter the Federation. For Colonel Kira Nerys, Commander Elias Vaughn, and all those who follow them, these ...
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One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers
Andrew Hodges
W. W. Norton, 2008
What Lynne Truss did for grammar in Eats, Shoots & Leaves , Andrew Hodges now does for mathematics. Andrew Hodges, one of Britain's leading biographers and mathematical writers, brings numbers to three-dimensional life in this delightful and illuminating volume, filled with illustrations, which makes even the most challenging math problems accessible to the layperson. Inspired by millennia of human attempts to figure things out, this pithy ...
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Roughneck Nine-One: The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-team at War36 reviews
Frank Antenori, Hans Halberstadt
St. Martin's Griffin, 2007
Realism!
Despite some minor writing flaws (which actually round out the Roughneck theme) this is a great book! I was surprised by the few negative reviews. I think many reviewers miss the point. Decisive combat not is not about luck, it's about having the courage to do a quick risk/reward evaluation and put your training to use. The Army is full of officers like Major X, who hamper our capabilities by ...
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