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11 reviews
Dennis Kimbro

Main Street Books, 1998

Not just another change your thoughts/change your life book!
I love books like this! This book is not only inspiring, but it gives the reader clear examples and instructions on how to achieve your own greatness. When I first picked this up, I wasn't sure how this book would stand out among all the others I've read that are along the same lines as this. I've read numerous books by Napoleon Hill, Og Mandino, Dale Carnegie, Neville, etc. So, I was ...

In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash

43 reviews
Jean Shepherd

Main Street Books, 1991

A deserved classic
New York-based writer Ralph Parker is sent back to his hometown of Hohman, Indiana, to write an article about small-town life. Instead, he winds up in a bar run by a childhood friend, trading stories and reminiscing about what it was like to grow up in Hohman during the Great Depression, warts and all. Most of you are probably already familiar with at least parts of this book, even if you don't ...

No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One

55 reviews
Carla Fine

Main Street Books, 1999

A Book for Everyone in the Community
Here is an invaluable book, not only to those suffering the wrenching grief of a suicide, but to all of us on the perimeter who have not experienced one in our lives. Carla Fine speaks with an open heart that reaches the soul as she spells out the shock, the horror, the stigma and the abandonment felt by suicide survivors. Far different than a "normal death," she points out that "the initial ...

Your Child's Self Esteem

27 reviews
Dorothy Briggs

Main Street Books, 1975

From the author of, Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves
As the author of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves I recommend Your Child's Self-Esteem with all my heart. Until my book was out I told my clients, readers and workshop participants to read Briggs book. Although I treat tantrums differently, I find most of what Briggs said over 30 years ago still in line with my own guidance. She was way ahead of her time and for the most part the book ...

Youth in Revolt

201 reviews
C.D. Payne

Main Street Books, 1996

Fun and worthwhile, both as a writer and teen
1. Teens: I read Twisp AND then I read a hundred Amazon reviews of this book afterwards. Did anyone notice that the ADULTS said teens don't talk like these characters while the 14 year old TEENS said "a teen can't find a better book?" I tend to trust the teen perspective. As a young-adult writer, I've heard other published YA writers say that if your reader is 14, make your protagonist act ...

Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach

79 reviews
Margarita Madrigal

Main Street Books, 1989

Opinion of Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish
This is an excellent book. Its approach to teaching a language is unique in that it gives fourteen patterns of Spanish words relating to English words. Rather than learning one word at a time, I can learn 50 - 100 words. I don't even have to learn individual words. I just have to remember the pattern, e.g. words ending in "ity" in English usually end in "idad" in Spanish. I also have been ...

Cartoon History of the Universe 1 Vol. 1-7 (Cartoon History of the Universe) (Cartoon History of the ...

50 reviews
Larry Gonick

Main Street Books, 1997

Wow! If only high school/college history had been this fun and insightful
You know it takes a comic to get to heart of humanity. In most history books you get a narrow point of view, and one that is usually "politically correct" according to the standards of the day. By making a comic version of history, the author can get around all of the "PC"ness of most history books and really hit home with the way humanity *is* and *always was.* The "sheep love" of early ...

Cartoon History of the Universe 2: Volumes 8-13

36 reviews
Larry Gonick

Main Street Books/Doubleday, 1994

The universe in comics... finally...
Comics have no limits. Anything can get depicted with words and pictures. And, after Larry Gonick completes his "Cartoon History of the Universe" series, most everything will be. Over the past three decades Gonick has stretched modern comics from the purely fictional into the scientific and historic. He has cartoonified esoteric subjects that would bore most medieval scriveners. Snoozers like ...

Ultimate Journey

24 reviews
Robert Monroe

Main Street Books, 1994

Best of the Trilogy
This is my favorite of the Monroe books but it helps to read all three in order. I think that the jargon he uses (often times different from other source of knowledge about OBEs or Astral Travel) would otherwise be difficult to grasp. Also it is interesting to see how his perception becomes more refined over time (nearly 20 years from the first book to this one). I think that there is advanced ...

The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World ...

134 reviews
Freedom Writers, Zlata Filipovic

Main Street Books, 1999

A novel that can inspire anyone who reads it
The novel The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them is an exceptional book detailing the extraordinary things that a teacher and her class managed to accomplish in four years of high school. The novel is a collaborative effort between a teacher, Erin Gruwell, and her 150 students. The novel takes place over a four year ...

A Southern Belle Primer: Why Princess Margaret Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma

45 reviews
Maryln Schwartz

Main Street Books, 1991

Another name for this book is "The Southern Belle Bible"
I would give it more than 5 stars if there were more stars to give. I was reared in the South, and brought up in true Southern tradition by a Southern Belle Mom. Naturally a Southern Belle produces another Southern Belle when she has a daughter. I never realized how many of these things I do and say every day until I read the book about 14 years (I think) ago. My friend found it in a local ...

Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist

102 reviews
Roger Lowenstein

Main Street Books, 1996

Excellent
Well researched, analyzed, and written. I see why Buffett was silently acceptive in autographing it. Superb job in reporting both analytical economics and personal life. Truth. I will read more from this author.

Dead Solid Perfect

17 reviews
Dan Jenkins

Main Street Books, 2000

An Eagle, henceforth and forever...
Still, after more than 30 years, the best golf book ever written... Funny, hilarious, irreverent...Willard Peacock's slice...nobody could (or can)cuss like ole Willard..after all this time, it's still funny. Dan Jenkins at this best.

Breaking the Patterns of Depression

28 reviews
Michael D. Yapko

Main Street Books, 1998

Excellent service
I needed to reference this book for a counseling situation and it came right on time and in great condition. Thanks

Writing to Win: The Legal Writer

10 reviews
Steven D. Stark

Main Street Books, 1999

Enlightening, yet funny
More than one person has referred to Stark as the David Letterman of legal writing instructors. He advances the notion, also advanced by Bryan Garner and for many years by James Raymond, of clear and (hard as it is for a lawyer to do) interesting writing. The several series of commandments at the beginning chapter beginnings enable you to keep the main ideas in your mind. The book is a good ...

Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf

27 reviews
Joe Dante

Main Street Books, 1995

Great!
This book is all you need. Don't believe the other reviews that talk about this swing needing timing, or hurting your back. It requires less timing than the traditional swing and, because the clubface is square throughout the swing, even mis-hits go straight. The biggest difference is the early wrist break under, not around, which feels weird at first. It does get you to the top nice and ...

Far Journeys

34 reviews
Robert Monroe

Main Street Books, 1987

For those interested in the subject: Required Reading
This is an absolutely fantastic read. The stories and method of story telling are new and exciting.I'm very excited when a book can have a lasting and important impression upon my consciousness. This should be require reading if you are interested in the subject of OOBE or AP.

Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist

85 reviews
William R. Maples, Michael Browning

Main Street Books, 1995

Solid Storytelling
In addition to becoming one of the world's authorities in the field of forensic anthropology, William Maples was a solid storyteller. It seems rare that a scientific mind can produce a thoughtful, sensory written work, but Maples, with his co-author, did just that. Readers are treated to the inner workings of his mind - his work was not for the sqeemish - and his mind is a fascinating one. ...

Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

115 reviews
Michael Azerrad

Main Street Books, 1993

Great read!!!
First off, I'm not very much into reading books, never really have been. I found this book for sell at a local flea market. Seeing that I am a huge fan of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana I decided to buy it. Since then I've not been able to put it down.

The Father's Almanac: From Pregnancy to Pre-school, Baby Care to Behavior, the Complete and Indispensable ...

9 reviews
S. Adams Sullivan

Main Street Books, 1992

accessible guide to responsible fatherhood
The author is a father of two sons and a child-center volunteer, but this book is not just one random guy's ruminations on how to be a better father. The author is also an experienced book editor, and he uses those skills to blend the experiences of nearly 50 other fathers of various backgrounds as he compiles this almanac of observations and seasoned advice. The style is matter-of-fact yet ...

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