books:
Down River
55 reviews
John Hart
St. Martin's Minotaur
, 2007
A Beautiful Mystery!
Down River by John Hart is a mystery story that is packed with much more than its intended. As I breezed through this carefully woven tale, I found myself falling in love with the characters of the tale. Hart has not only crafted an intelligent, simple, mystery but has also crafted some finely drawn characters that really add real literary substance to the pages. When reading the book I felt a ...
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, ...
Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
149 reviews
Les Beletsky
Chronicle Books
, 2006
Birdtastic!!
This a just a great book/gift. Everyone that looks at it ends up ordering it.
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
286 reviews
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
,
Jeff Cox
North River Press
, 2004
Remember the Goal
In reading The Goal, I was not completely sure what to expect when I first began to read it. I was told that it was a novel, but at the same time I was being required to read it for an engineering Statistical Quality Control class, so I figured it would be quite interesting to see a novel used to explain something for engineering. The novel, as soley a a story, was entertaining and brings up ...
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
18 reviews
Tony Horwitz
Henry Holt and Co.
, 2008
Excellent Read!!!!
As a student of American history and prehistory for many years, I had to read this book after reading the reviews! Am I glad that I did...... The Spanish presence is underreported in North America though that has been changing as sites are discovered and archaologically investigated. Few know that Jamestown Fort was built not in response to any Native American threat but rather because of a ...
The True Story of the Bilderberg Group
35 reviews
Daniel Estulin
Trine Day
, 2007
A must read for world conspiracy theorists!!!
Daniel Estulin's book provides an inside look at three of the most influential organizations in the world and the wealthy and powerful people that make up its members. The book focuses primarily on the international Bilderberg Group with supporting documents and photographs from their annual secret meetings, and its American sister organizations - the Council on Foreign Relations, and the ...
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
76 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 ...
American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam (War Stories)
35 reviews
Oliver North
B&H Books
, 2008
Heroes
Excellent book! Col. North's experience with the brave young men and women of the American Military is amazing. I was truly touched and filled with pride at the same time. I'm thankful to live in a country where there are so many Heroes that are willing to put themselves in harms way for others. We owe our soldiers a debt of gratitude to which could never be paid. God Bless them all!
The Revolution: A Manifesto
490 reviews
Ron Paul
Grand Central Publishing
, 2008
The Constitution & Common Sense.
Ron Paul has written this book as more than a "campaign" book. It's a warning detailing just how far we have strayed as a nation founded on the Constitution. He exposes the lunacy of calling that all important document a "living Constitution". The only reason anyone calls it that is to avoid the amendment process in favor of judicial interpretation. Here are some of the topics Dr. Paul ...
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
138 reviews
William McDonough
,
Michael Braungart
North Point Press
, 2002
solutions for a future
this book introduces one to a new way of making things and eliminating the worry about pollution and garbage. It should be read by every manufacturer, politician, teacher, parent... in short by everyone who lives on this planet!!!!! it shows the right approach to production and consumption ....cradle to cradle, where waste becomes food or is comletely reused by the industry without leaving ...
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
59 reviews
David Allen Sibley
,
Rick Cech
Knopf
, 2003
Excellent Field Guide for Young Birdwatchers
My Uncle, G. Max White, gave my son a hand-crafted peanut butter feeder that he'd made and stained. He explained to his great-nephew, in specific detail, the kinds of birds he would start to see. We hung the feeder outside my son's window and within three days the birds started to arrive. My son was elated! We decided to add a birdseed feeder, a woodpecker feeder, a finch feeder, and a ...
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 ...
Once Upon a Time in the North (David Fickling Books)
14 reviews
Philip Pullman
Knopf Books for Young Readers
, 2008
the ruby in the smoke by philip pullman
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman is the pinnacle in young adult adventure. The pre-feminist protagonist, Sally Lockhart, is a realistic and compelling role model. The storytelling is tight and crisp, the subject matter manages to be sophisticated without pandering. Though it differs greatly from his most famous books (the Golden Compass trilogy), it is a wonderfully rendered yarn for ...
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening ...
48 reviews
Edward C. Smith
Storey Publishing, LLC
, 2000
Practical and helpful
I borrowed this book from our library a couple times this winter as I was making plans for this summer's garden. Then Spring hit and I needed it again, so I purchased it as I know it is a book that I will refer to again and again. And I have used it extensively already. It lays out all you need to know to garden using raised beds including bed preparation, soil amending, composting, watering, ...
Serpent of Light: Beyond 2012
28 reviews
Drunvalo Melchizedek
Weiser Books
, 2008
Perfection
Just what I needed to read at just the time I needed to read it. The perfection of Divine Order.
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 Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
116 reviews
David Halberstam
Hyperion
, 2007
Read it and you will be shaken.
It took me a long time to finish reading The Coldest Winter. I would read for a while and then leave it behind as I picked up another book only to find myself returning to another section of what is a really great book. The beauty of Halberstams book is that it has eleven parts which read as self contained essays. Frustrating some readers will be the lack of an overall narrative. I, for one, ...
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 Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
51 reviews
Houghton Mifflin
, 2002
My favorite birding guide
Some folks like the Sibley guide and a couple of the others but I have stayed with this one since my first birding days in the '60s. Since that time, I've been many places in the Eastern U.S. where this field guide has been invaluable. Of course you need the softcover edition to use in the field (which this one is). It will fit in a pocket IF you have a big pocket! As the years go by and this ...
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition
41 reviews
Jon L. Dunn
,
Jonathan Alderfer
National Geographic
, 2006
Know your birds!
This book is very helpful in figuring out just what bird is outside your window. It does help if you have a general knowledge of birds.
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