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Escape 247 reviews
Carolyn Jessop
Penguin Books Ltd, 2008
Mesmerizing
Since it's such a vast departure from mainstream monogamy, polygamy has intrigued me for as long as I can remember. The raid in Texas earlier this year fueled my fire. Prior to reading "Escape," I also read "His Favorite Wife," and "Shattered Dreams." While I enjoyed reading both of the other books, "Escape" is vastly different and in a good way. Somehow in this book, you feel like you're ...
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Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time 6) 2 reviews
Marcel Proust
Penguin Books Ltd, 2003
again, a misleading heading
Though it bears the title of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece, this is actually just the final volume, called "Finding Time Again" in this new translation. This particular book would be the British paperback edition, for the American press run has so far only given us four volumes, all of which are for sale on Amazon in a uniform style.
There are small but real differences between the British ...
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The World According to Clarkson 6 reviews
Jeremy Clarkson
Penguin Books Ltd, 2005
Very very good indeed
Bloody good stuff. So true.
One line that stuck in my mind. In 3rd world countries there's often a desperation in peoples faces whereas in provincial England there's a gormlessness. Describing the Vauxhall nova boys tearing up the neighborhood. Some great lines.
LOL funny book.
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Allen Carr's Easyweigh to Lose Weight 5 reviews
Allen Carr
Penguin Books Ltd, 1997
Common Sense
I finished reading this book today, but its effects have already taken effect: I lost 10 pounds in 2 months. But the most important thing about the book is the way concepts are assimilated and you can really FEEL the changes inside. I think this is just the beginning of a healthy way of eating for years to come. Losing weight will just be one consequence. I had read Fit for Life in the 80's and ...
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell232 reviews
Tucker Max
Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 2006
funniest. book. ever.
I laughed so hard, I cried while reading this book.
if you like the tv show 'it is always sunny in Philadelphia, you will love this book.
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Fast Food Nation2 reviews
Eric Schlosser
Penguin Books Ltd, 2002
Wake Up, America
This book essentially tells several facets to the fast food industry. It goes into detail discussing how some companies in this industry were launched into the monetary success they enjoy today. It discusses what's in the food they sell you, with on site evaluations and observations by the author at many different butcheries and plantations.
This is a good book for getting a fairly complete ...
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Purple Cow173 reviews
Seth Godin
Penguin Books Ltd, 2005
Short, Sweet, and Accessible
At the heart of this book is the notion of "Moore's idea diffusion curve". It's just a bell-curve that shows innovators (sneezers), early adopters, early/late majority, and laggards. The central theme of the book is that you need to target the front of that curve by appealing your "remarkable" product to them as a niche, and treat them very specially.
Contrary to the most popular review here ...
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Lolita14 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov
Penguin Books Ltd, 1998
Selfishness and stupidity cause more pain than evil can
In the field of erotic literature, this novel has probably touched the awareness of the public more than any other, to such an extent that the once innocuous name of Lolita has become another name for youthful feminine charm and sexuality, to put it mildly.
Those are the historical facts, but what of the novel's merits? What is most definitely is not is pornographic: it doesn't contain a word ...
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" You Are What You Eat " Cookbook: Over 150 Healthy and Delicious Recipes15 reviews
Gillian McKeith
Penguin Books Ltd, 2006
You are what you eat cook book
I had to Google some of the things listed to find out what they were but hey it's all a part of the learning process! And getting educated about the right foods to eat is the direction I want to go in. This book is amazing the recipes are amazing and very tasteful. I have to guard this book when I take it to work so that no one "borrows" it from me!
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X2 reviews
Malcolm X
Penguin Books Ltd, 1973
Malcolm X
This is an excellent source for material about the civil rights movement. It is the experiences of a Black Muslim in a White world. I recommend this book for Junior and Senior High School students.
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The Uses of Enchantment (Penguin Psychology)24 reviews
Bruno Bettelheim
Penguin Books Ltd, 1991
A classic psychoanalytical view of fairy tales
It is well known that storytelling is an innate expression of civilization, in an effort to define who we are and to make sense of the world. The fairy tale is an important part of this tradition that has a long and rich history spanning thousands of years.
First published in 1975, Bruno Bettleheim, one of Sigmund Freud's followers and an important contributor to psychoanalysis, has written ...
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Spellbound 3 reviews
Jane Green
Penguin Books Ltd, 2003
England's version of "To Have & to Hold"
Mousy wallflower Alice fell for Joe Chambers and it was love at first sight. She never thought he would reciprocate, but years later, they meet at a party and he sees all the possibilities of molding Alice into a perfect corporate wife. They marry, and she sets out to be the serene beauty he desires in an effort to keep him. What she isn't willing to realize is that Joe is a cad and he has a ...
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Tandia65 reviews
Bryce Courtenay
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1998
Another Beautiful Read
Bruce Courtenay has once again inspired me through his book. The sequel to "The Power of One", Peekay is still in South Africa and realizes and experiences lessons that should never be forgotten.
A great book on all accounts.
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Eat Right for Blood Type O (Eat Right for Your Type)
Peter D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney
Penguin Books Ltd, 2003
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Small Giants1 review
Bo Burlingham
Penguin Books Ltd, 2007
Good to Great for the Private Company
Loved this book. This would be the complementing book to Collins' Good to Great, which focuses on large, publicly traded companies. Small Giants is about private companies that could have sold out, gotten big, went public, etc, but chose to remain a functional working size so as not to lose what makes them special. I work for a large, regional advertising/pr agency and this book is all about ...
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The World Is Flat1123 reviews
Thomas Friedman
Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 2007
flatenning but biased
The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman
"What else but sensationalism could you expect from an American Journalist" My friend commented when I told him I was on a most sensational book by New York Times' Thomas Friedman. I thank my friend and my kids favorite 4th Grade teacher Michael Citrino to have recommended "The World is Flat" which has introduced me to a rapidly flattening world, of which I ...
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When the Emperor Was Divine53 reviews
Julie Otsuka
Penguin Books Ltd, 2004
A Moving Novel That Manages To Provide Evocative Details Using Spare Prose
WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE is nothing short of remarkable. In one hundred and forty-four very readable pages Julie Otsuka brings to heartfelt life the painful realities faced by Japanese Americans at the hands of a paranoid U.S. government during the World War II era. Otsuka (through flashbacks) skillfully depicts the central family's comfortable life in Berkeley, California prior to the ...
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Essential Penguin)1 review
Truman Capote
Penguin Books Ltd, 1998
A Small Jewel!
Just finished reading "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and let out a long sigh right after with a smile on my face. The ending may not necessarily be your typical happy-ending, nonetheless it is delightful. It was a re-read for me, for about like the 4th time and every time I have read it, I have found something different in it. While reading it this time I couldn't separate the movie from the book. ...
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The Last Human (Red Dwarf)3 reviews
Doug Naylor
Penguin Books Ltd, 1995
Hello, How Do I Do?
"Last Human" is the third instalment in the Red Dwarf saga, picking up from where "Better Than Life" left off. While the first two books were collaborative efforts, this novel is a "solo" work by the Naylor half of that writing gestalt known as "Grant Naylor". When the book begins Dave Lister, or rather "a version" of Dave Lister, has been sentenced to eighteen years Hard Thought in the penal ...
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The Hidden Man
Charles Cumming
Penguin Books Ltd, 2004
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