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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction

26 reviews
David Sheff

Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008

Bravo!
As someone who is in recovery for crystal meth addiction, I highly recommend this book to those with addiction issues, their family members and to addiction specialists. David Sheff's insight into the disease of addiction and particularly the insidious nature of crystal meth is pitch perfect. I would also like to add that I attribute any "success" to my recovery process to having done many of ...

The Children of Húrin

251 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

return of THE king
Finally, the long wait is over. I have anticipated reading this book for more than a year and a half. Since the first time that I read on the Internet that our beloved Christopher was working on this project. Counting off the days to its release, (which also happened to be my wife's birthday,) I realized that I probably would not be able to afford the book for some time. It felt kind of lame ...

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills

12 reviews
Alan E. Kazdin

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Finally!
My first child is an "easy" child, but my second child MORE than makes up for it. I have struggled for years to try to "tame" her somehow. I've read dozens of parenting books and even tried the "supernanny" methods, and NOTHING has worked on my child. Timeouts, losing priveleges, even taking everything out of her room, yelling, spanking, you name it we've tried it, nothing has had any effect on ...

Flamingos on the Roof

10 reviews
Calef Brown

Houghton Mifflin, 2006

Wonderful!!
I'm a 62 year old widower who heard Scott Simon interview Calef Brown on NPR. I bought it on a whim and it is everything they said it was....funny, catchy and edgy. Buy it for your grandchildren but keep it at your house to read OUT LOUD when you are taking life too seriously.

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (Caldecott Honor Book)

19 reviews
Robin Page, Steve Jenkins

Houghton Mifflin, 2003

Great book for interaction!
This book is really hands on, and gets lots of talking and questions going with my 3 and 5 yr olds. It's a clever book and we've had a lot of fun with it.

Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your ...

17 reviews
Jay Conrad Levinson

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

like a bestseller must be
great book for those of you who are in a marketing department, and even better for those who are planning or already has their own small business. If you are not a marketing guy, is a great start. (Engineers, hello) A must have for every young entrepreneur.

The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great

5 reviews
Pam Anderson

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Real food for real lives!
I have been a huge fan of Pam Anderson's other "Perfect" cookbooks. Especially "Perfect Recipes for Having People Over," and "How to Cook Without a Book." She is just a great chef and writer. Her insight is always invaluable. However, it is not really practical for me (or anyone) to eat most of these foods on a daily basis because many of them are high in fat and calories. In her new book, ...

The Hearts of Horses

12 reviews
Molly Gloss

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

All Heart
I chose this book because of the plurality in the title, I thought I would learn about the character and soul of non-verbal beings, and the cover photo, clearly female, riding swiftly, freely with purpose, accomplishment and joy. These are superficial reasons for choosing a book and what a splendid surprise I had in the world of this book. I am an urban woman, no country or wide open spaces or ...

The God Delusion

1118 reviews
Richard Dawkins

Houghton Mifflin, 2006

More Enlightening Than I Expected
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from cover to cover. I thought it provided great insight on a lot of human behavior. As far as the "angry condescension" to religion that many people seem to mention - I don't really take it like that. I see it as someone who is greatly frustrated with the horrendous acts and behaviors carried out in the name of religion, like the Spanish Inquisition of olden times ...

How Doctors Think

132 reviews
Jerome Groopman

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007

Not Entirely Accurate, But Great Read
Fascinating read and written in the same spirit as Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. Dr. Groopman investigates how doctors make misjudgments and misdiagnoses because of their failures to understand and acknowledge cognitive limitations and errors in thought that affect all of us and unbeknownst to us. He feels that if doctors take a step back, are introspective and insightful about these deficiencies ...

Sheep in a Jeep

73 reviews
Nancy E. Shaw

Houghton Mifflin, 1997

Sheep in a Jeep can't be beat!
I was first introduced to this book when a friend's toddler received it for Christmas. He loved it. That was 5 or 6 years ago. Recently we found it at the library and my boys loved it so much that we bought our own. My 2yo son loves it and even the 4yo still asks to read it. It's a keeper!

A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America

45 reviews

Houghton Mifflin, 2002

excellent field guide
This was a spare copy for me since it is so indispensable. One in car or golf bag or when going fishing and one at home near where we look at birds at the feeder. Has excellent pictures, concise descriptions and migration maps at the back. And it is small and light enough to carry when you go birding! If you are a beginner birdwatcher, look no further! this is a great book. There is also ...

The Hobbit

1604 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 2002

A Great Adventure For Old and Young
A master of language, Tolkien certainly worked his magic on my four children, ages two to nine. They sat with rapt attention as I read The Hobbit aloud to them. After an hour of reading, they begged for more stories about Gandalf, Bilbo, and the dwarves. Bilbo's adventures serve as the field experience his education was lacking. On the road with the dwarves, he develops his talents spurred on ...

Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier

15 reviews
Robert Emmons

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
This book does provide a path to change and defeat negative thinking. I have bought more than one copy and provided it to people & organizations, e.g., hospice, clergy, who work with people at not only their best but their worse times. Read it. Practice it. Get results.

Proust Was a Neuroscientist

18 reviews
Jonah Lehrer

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Brilliant
I'm an artist and I found this book to be extremely inspiring. Our culture has really devalued art. As the author notes, we associate art with entertainment and aesthetics. But this book is an inspiring survey of some great artists who were much more than mere entertainers. They did much more than just make pretty things. Rather, they used their art as investigations into experience and the mind. ...

The Complete Adventures of Curious George

82 reviews
H. A. Rey

Houghton Mifflin, 2001

Curious George Complete Adventures
I bought this as a baby gift for a little boy. His parents were delighted and I was honored that this was going to be the first book they have read to him. I loved Curious George when I was a child and I am sure this little one will enjoy this curious and mischevious little monkey as well. After all little boys are more curious than they are mischevious, just like Curious George.

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (Sandpiper Books)

42 reviews
Dubose Heyward

Houghton Mifflin, 1939

Absolutely the Best!
I found this book in the attic of our old apartment, before I could even read English. I fell in love with the book then, because I guided myself through the book's gorgeous illustrations. When I finally did learn to read in English, it was even more magical. I carried this book (torn pages and all) for 13 years everywhere I moved until one day, I spotted the bookcover's color out of the ...

Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make
Karen Tack, Alan (Chef) Richardson

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Witty, one-of-a-kind imaginative cupcake designs using candies from the local convenience store. Americas favorite food photography team, responsible for the covers of Americas top magazines, shows how to create funny, scary, and sophisticated masterpieces, using a zipper lock bag and common candies and snack items.With these easy-to-follow techniques, even the most kitchen-challenged cooks can raise a big-top circus cupcake tier for a kids ...

The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)

148 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Nice "leather"
-like black paper bound book. Too bad Amazon has not heeded the complaints from previous reviewers about the false claim that the book is "leather bound" and removed that part of the description. (Maybe the glue is made from melted down horse hide and that's how they get around out and out fraud.) Having read all the complaints about the maps tearing, when my copy arrived I took extra pains to ...

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