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Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength 931 reviews
Bill Phillips, Michael D'Orso
Collins, 1999
I've benefited from BFL yet recommend SFL even more highly
I've benefited immensely from Bill Phillips' 1999 mega-bestseller, Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength (BFL). It dramatically helped to rekindle my passion for fitness.
Using the BFL approach, by combining dreaming; goal-setting; planning; tracking; frequent small meals; weight training and brief but intense aerobic training, I personally completed multiple, 12 week ...
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The Shooters (Presidential Agent Novel) 49 reviews
W.E.B. Griffin
Putnam Adult, 2008
Sad, finished reading The Shooters, waiting for more?
As always Griffin keeps adding to the list of excitement. Book hard to put down.
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The Constant Princess 156 reviews
Philippa Gregory
Touchstone, 2006
Loved this book
I really enjoyed reading this book. Who knows what the real truth is about Catherine. The story presented here is very well done and believable.
Well done.
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of ... 354 reviews
Kate Dicamillo
Candlewick, 2006
an awesome mouse
This book is so good, and a lot of other people that I know think so, too. This book is about a mouse that broke two rules of being a mouse. Those rules were not to talk to humans, and not to let humans touch you. The mouse' name is Despereaux. His brother's name is Furlough. Despereaux falls in love with Princess Pea, but gets sent to the dungeon for breaking two very strict rules of being ...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America1071 reviews
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2002
The Invisible Americans
I found Nickel and Dimed to be a good book. I read it for my ESL class and it helped me to improve my vocaburaly even though it was so hard at the beginning. It was amazing to realize how some Americans being Americans - as Barbara said in Nickel and Dimed - being white, English speakers, struggle in their own land with an unreasonable economic system. Barbara shows very well how poor workers ...
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Cinderella: The Love of a Daddy and His Princess 4 reviews
Steven Curtis Chapman
Thomas Nelson, 2008
This Will Bring Tears To Your Eyes
I was driving down the road a few days ago and heard the song "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman for the first time. I have been a fan of Steven Curtis Chapman for a long time. He has written and recorded several songs that grasp us and remind us of the importance of love and family. "I Will Be Here" has become one of the best wedding songs of all time.
I moved from Florida to Tennessee a ...
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Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Event of the Century (Angel Series)7 reviews
Brian Hicks, Chris Nelder
Wiley, 2008
Peak Oil
According to the authors, the supply of oil is dwindling
rapidly. We must have viable alternatives in the short to
intermediate term. Simultaneously, the supply of oil
is dwindling and global population is soaring to 9 billion
by mid-century. 50% of USA imports of oil are from
Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Ultimately,
true oil could reach $500/ barrel by the author !
How do ...
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The Paper Bag Princess (Classic Munsch)108 reviews
Robert N. Munsch
Annick Press, 1992
Empowering Book for Girls
i first came across this book in college. now, i give it to anyone with a young daughter. a must-have!
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Protect and Defend: A Thriller109 reviews
Vince Flynn
Atria Books, 2007
Can't wait for the movie!
This is another great Mitch Rapp thriller. It is scary to see the parallels to real-life political circumstances. Flynn has yet again done a supberb job.
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive1903 reviews
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
The Child Called It
The Child Called It is the saddest book. It makes you cry. The characters are Dave, his brothers, his crazy mom, and his dad. Dave never got food.He only got leftovers. Where Dave lived, you do not want to know. If Dave had to live with his mom, he will die. In The Child Called It, there were no adventures at all!! I like the beginning of book . My least favorite character is mom. So start ...
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Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, New Expanded Edition, (Paperback)75 reviews
Michael W. Covel
FT Press, 2007
Great Read
I bought both of this author's books on the recommendation of Amazon. The first book, the Complete TurtleTrader was the one that I read first. I wish I would have read them in reverse. Trend Following built up the story. After reading Trend Following I went back and read the Complete TurtleTrader again.
What made the book great? Well like most reading these types of books, I am a person ...
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Silesian Station2 reviews
David Downing
Soho Press, 2008
At the Far Edge of WWII
David Downing's novel (Zoo Station) proceeds with breakneck speed, pausing only for food and sex, but not an overabundance of either. Zoo Station is an apt title, for it captures metaphorically the odd mix of politically caged creatures that populated Germany in 1939.
Downing's research is remarkably intensive, for if one reviews a map of pre-war Berlin, it becomes evident that he describes in ...
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The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel343 reviews
Jasper Fforde
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Fantastic Series
Amazing writing, amazing creativity. Think of Harry Potter for literary adults. It's a fantastic peice of fiction.
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American Psycho1071 reviews
Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage, 1991
not everyone can stomache it
i really love this book. this is a very discriptive and detailed book, and not for weak stomaches. its grotesquely detailed. but wonderfully written. i highly suggest it if you can stomache it. some desctiptions are along the lines of being x-rated
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Septimus Heap Box Set: Books 1 and 2 (Septimus Heap)6 reviews
Angie Sage
HarperTrophy, 2007
Septimus Heap rocks and this set is the best way to get started.
Pitched at 4th-8th graders, the Septimus Heap books are awesome and have wider appeal (my second grade son is now reading the 3rd and his mother and I devoured these with glee). They are well written with relentless page turning pace and, while packed with danger and excitement, light enough not to cause nightmares or anxiety. Septimus Heap novels are situated in a Tolkien-style magical world ...
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Cracking the SAT Biology E/M Subject Test, 2007-2008 Edition (College Test Prep)9 reviews
Princeton Review
Princeton Review, 2007
The Book That Gives Hope
First let me start off with a background. I was a junior when I bought this book and I was barely pulling C to C+ in my AP Biology Class. The Class seemed standard and the teacher was great. My problem was that, as interesting as biology was, I found it hard just to memorize so many things in such a short period of time ( The textbook was 2000+ pages!)
The time to take the AP test came and I ...
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CliffsAP Biology (Cliffs Ap Biology)91 reviews
Phillip E., Ph.D. Pack
Cliffs Notes, 2007
An AP Biology Trainer's Recommendation
Great Resource. All you need is this book with Paul Sanghera's AP Biology Flashcard Quicklet, and you will be in very good shape to pass the AP Biology exam. This book is a no-nonsense, to-the-point guide to prepare for the exam, and Paul Sanghera's Biology Flashcard Quicklet is a great tool to quickly review your preparation. I have found that these two books together is a blast. Although the AP ...
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The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us25 reviews
Robyn Meredith
W. W. Norton, 2008
Excellent read for every American
Robyn Meredith does an excellent job of analyzing the rise of China and India as world economic powers and the effect this is having - and will continue to have - on America. She puts this rise in the historical perspective of silk and spices a few centuries ago with the "American" 20th century of technical innovation. The work is very readable, making a lot of what we hear discussed on the ...
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Septimus Heap, Book Three: Physik (Septimus Heap)4 reviews
Angie Sage
HarperTrophy, 2008
Horrid Service
My book was nice. The Amazon staff and shipping were very horrible. I will not be purchasing from Amazon again. The book's cover was literally taped into the OUTSIDE of the box. The customer service was polite but forced me to return the ruined book. This involved me having to give the nasty book to someone for a gift and then replacing it, packaging the damaged book back up and going to the ...
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Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition)68 reviews
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Harvest Books, 2001
Incroyable!
This is probably one of the best books I have ever read. We read it in my fourth year french class, right before graduation. It is such a simple tale wherein lies a deep and meaningful message. It is open for interpretation, which is part of what makes it so great. You really have to think in order to gather the entire message. I hope to purchase the french version soon.
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