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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language16 reviews
Melvyn Bragg

Arcade Publishing, 2006

A nice story of a remarkable character, told by a very talented storyteller
I learnt of this book through the results of a search on English language history books, and I bought it along with Professor's David Crystal's The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. This may sound naïve, but the moment I unwrapped the parcel I kinda felt that I'd got something worth the money I had spent, which was not a small amount, as I live in South America. I'd never reviewed ... 		  
  







  
  
The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade20 reviews
Victor Malarek

Arcade Publishing, 2005

A brilliant call to action
The fall of the soviet union opened up eastern europe to one things: money for sex. The rotten Soviet economy caused the people to be impoverished but at the same time it had offered them education so they were not willing to live a meager life, as many do in Africa and elsehwere, then the state had made them 'open minded' and thus there was no traditional soceity to take care of young women and ... 		  
  







  
  
Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam27 reviews
Michel Onfray

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Atheist Manifesto
I had for a long time believed that god's & religions were an invention of man. This publication was a terrific aid in discovering what I needed to decide that I was a humanist, a polite label for an atheist. You too will enjoy this book if you are looking for proof of what cannot be found in any bible. 		  
  







  
  
Storyteller5 reviews
Leslie Marmon Silko

Arcade Publishing, 1989

There Are No Pigeon Holes For This Pigeon
Librarians have a difficult time finding a place for this book. Should it go into the autobiographical section? There's a great deal of her past and her family's heritage in this book. Should it be placed next to the poetry books? She has included several of her poems. What about fiction? She has several of her famous short stories ("Storyteller," "Yellow Woman," "Lullaby,") collected ... 		  
  







  
  
What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues5 reviews
Jessamyn Conrad

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Just what you need to convince your friends you know what you're talking about.
I picked this book up on impulse, from a table of political books at B. Dalton, and read it from cover to cover, couldn't put it down. After all the shrill, partisan sound-bites that fill the air and make you sick of politics, at last there is a book that tells you what you need to know to make an informed decision. 		  
  







  
  
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out: A Novel2 reviews
Mo Yan

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Masterpiece
This book is written masterfully and encompasses a half century with sorrow and wit. Mo Yan is brilliant and the world he creates is both real and fantastical, while never settling for sentiment or fabulism. The only complaint I have about this book is the number of typos, which ranged from missed periods to misspelled words to forgetting page breaks between voices. I imagine Arcade Publishing is ... 		  
  







  
  
Wise Thoughts for Every Day: On God, Love, Spirit, and Living a Good Life11 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Arcade Publishing, 2005

Wisdom that changes its reader
I had the fortunate job of proof reading and minor editing of this book, for translater Peter Sekerin. As I spent the many hours doing so, I found that Tolstoy's thoughts and wisdom, as you continue to read him over and over, almost permeates your thoguhts and come to mind as you go through out your day. He was a very wise and learned man, but also a very practical one. This project in its ... 		  
  







  
  
You Want Fries with That: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage22 reviews
Prioleau Alexander

Arcade Publishing, 2008

A really funny read
This was a really funny book that got me in trouble on an early morning flight out of town. I save some things to read when traveling, and this seemed just the sort of book. I cracked it just after take-off and began having a tough time controlling my cackles of laughter; much to the annoyance of my neighbor. Prioleau's insights into the minimum wage workforce and the retail customer rang true ... 		  
  







  
  
Still Alive: A Temporary Condition2 reviews
Herbert Gold

Arcade Publishing, 2008

hilarious and wise
This very funny and very wise book by Herbert Gold is a return to form for him, and a reminder of why his storytelling has been so popular for decades. Gold is one of the last true bohemians, and his having the wit to be baffled by his own survival makes this a very entertaining read. Aside from the great stories that he tells in this book, however, there is something new and deep from him--a ... 		  
  







  
  
A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angelsnd Other Subversive Spirits39 reviews
Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack

Arcade Publishing, 2007

Pleasantly surprised
I was pleasantly surprised at the range and number of little nasties in this book. It includes many i would not think to be here, and shows how many are alike. As some other have said, it doesnt go in depth, which would have been nice, but it DOES say how to defeat them, which i can attest work. 		  
  







  
  
My New Mediterranean Cookbook: Eat Better, Live Longer by Following the Mediterranean Diet6 reviews
Jeannette Seaver

Arcade Publishing, 2005

A step-by-step approach and includes tips for complete menu plans
Followers of the Mediterranean diet will want to have Jeanette Seaver's My New Mediterranean Cookbook: Eat Better, Live Longer By Following The Mediterranean Diet in their collection: it comes from a French-raised gourmet chef who provides hundreds of recipes based on the diet plan, emphasizing fresh fruits and vegetables. Recipes are easy to prepare, especially with an approach geared to ... 		  
  







  
  
The Juggling Pug5 reviews
Sean Bryan

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Good rhymes, cute pug...and some poop
My 3 1/2 year-old son loves this book. It's a cute 2 minute read, with a pug who loves to juggle all kinds of things, who breaks mugs, tugs on curtains, has a friend named Doug, and who likes to poop on the rug. The town is up in arms and wants the pug out, but the pug only started the juggling act for hugs, so they all learn to live together in peace. Hugs are one thing we all want more of! The ... 		  
  







  
  
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account49 reviews

Arcade Publishing, 1993

Gripping Horrific Account of Life in the Auschwitz Death Camp
Dr. Miklos Nyiszli has written (1960) a graphic, gruesome, first-hand account of his time working as a doctor in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Due to his previous medical training in medicine and pathology, Dr. Nyiszli was spared by the hideously inhuman Dr. Josef Mengele, to be the medical doctor to the Sonderkommando, the 600-plus Jewish prisioners who actually operated the creamatorium ovens ... 		  
  







  
  
The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle13 reviews
Dan Brown

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Even the worst situation is not without hope
Dan Brown surpasses the similarly named charlatan by the second page of this tender recollection, so enough conversation about how one is not the other, eh? Anyone comparing the two (myself included) is drawing a tenuous, superficial connection. Simply put, it would be a discredit to this Mr. Brown to be associated with that one. The Great Expectations School is a story from the intersection ... 		  
  







  
  
Sorcerer's Apprentice27 reviews
Tahir Shah

Arcade Publishing, 2002

Mostly about street magic as it is done in India
When I purchased this book, due to the title of the book, I expected the book to have an esoteric, occult, flavor and to describe some of the esoteric practices of India - perhaps something along the lines of the books on Aghora, given the illustration on the cover where the individual looks as if he were a devotee of Kali. To me the word "sorcery" represents working in some way with ... 		  
  







  
  
A Girl and Her Gator7 reviews
Sean Bryan

Arcade Publishing, 2006

fun
We loved A Boy and His Bunny and so checked out a Girl and her Gator. These stories are just plain fun. The pictures are bright and entertaining; the story line is goofy; the words are fabulous. Highly recommend it. 		  
  







  
  
One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation ...31 reviews
Simon Reeve

Arcade Publishing, 2006

The death of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
This is an exceptional read on the killing of Israeli athletes in the 1972 Munich Olympics. These were defenseless individuals, not even properly guarded by the German authorities. The Palestinian Fatah movement commissioned Black September to take as many of the team hostage so they could force the release of over two hundred other hardened killers. The Israeli authorities would not do this. ... 		  
  







  
  
Dreams of My Russian Summers: A Novel40 reviews
Andreï Makine

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Lyrical memories of idyllic summers past
Andrei Makine, born in Siberia in 1957, has written an prose ode to his French grandmother, a memorable account of life in Communist Russia as lived by the woman who gave him joy, comfort, and permission to dream of other worlds. Each summer, Andrei and his sister visited this grandmother at the edge of Russia's vast steppes, and in the evening she told them stories of her past. Trapped in ... 		  
  







  
  
Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary21 reviews
Traudl Junge

Arcade Publishing, 2005

WW II Account Of A Would-Be Ballerina Who Instead Wound Up Working For Hitler
First of all I would like to correct a statement made elsewhere that this book was previously published in 1989 under the title Voices From The Bunker. That volume, reviewed elsewhere under its title, was co-written by Pierre Galante, author of The Berlin Wall, Operation Valkyrie, The General, and Malraux, as well as being a writer for Paris Match, and Eugene Silianoff, a one-time Bulgarian ... 		  
  







  
  
The Elephant, The Tiger, and the Cell Phone: The Emerging 21st- Century Power5 reviews
Shashi Tharoor

Arcade Publishing, 2007

A great book for non Indians too
I wanted to know a bit more about Indian culture and Indian history and I love this book. It's so well written. You must have some basic knolwedge of Indian history to understand it though. If you don't know who Nehru was and what the "partition" was you need to read some books before this one. The book helped me to discover many facets of the Indian culture and society: the importance of ... 		  
  







  




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