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Clarkson on Cars 3 reviews
Jeremy Clarkson
Penguin Global, 2006
Mr.Clarkson, write more!
Jeremy is brilliant as always. I received my book and, going to the work, in traffic, opened at first random page. Fifteen seconds later I couldn't drive cos laugh until cries... The same experiment I made with my wife that are so far from car theme. It took a few seconds more... Really, Clarkson is inimitable!
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The Little Book of Calm 8 reviews
Paul Wilson
Penguin Global, 2005
Comes with Manny's recommendation
Find a copy of the English series Black Books (it played latenight CBC), if the book doesn't make you calm, at least it can make you laugh.
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God's Fury, England's Fire: A New History of the English Civil Wars 2 reviews
Michael Braddick
Penguin Global, 2009
Splendid.
This is the best overall history of the English Civil Wars that I have read. It concentrates on the political movements that tossed back and forth during the wars rather than accounts of battles, drama or who said what on the scaffold. This book clarifies what the Levellers, Covenanters, Presbyterians and others stood for and what, for example, was said at the great debates in Putney. The wars ...
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Taj: A Story of Mughal India8 reviews
Timeri Murari
Penguin Global, 2005
A Mughal History Lover
What a wonderful piece of work by Timeri Murari...this beautifully written story is about love and loss. Shah Jahan and his beloved wife Arjumand shared a deep bond of love and after her death, Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal. The story also covers extensive details about the day to day life in Agra of 16th century and the struggles inside the court of Mughal empire. I definitely love this book, ...
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Learning to Fly: The Autobiography22 reviews
Victoria Beckham
Penguin Global, 2005
Victoria Beckham
This book is great. Victoria is truly open about her life. It makes you see a different side of the person you see in all the tabloids. She allows you to peak into her world. It is heartbreakingly honest. She doesn't try to skip the hard parts of her life. We can see how the Spice Girls developed and how the girls got along. Victoria allows the reader to take a peak into a marriage (and romance) ...
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The Difficulty of being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma2 reviews
Gurcharan Das
Penguin Global, 2009
"Dharma is subtle"
This is a wonderful read for anyone interested in a dissection of the Mahabharata and the questions it poses. Das evaluates every character and it's place in answering the search for the ubiquitous Dharma, and what it exactly entails, reaching to the only conclusion that the Mahabharata tries to teach, that it is subtle.
Das compares and contrasts the text with various other Western texts, ...
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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Critical Studies Guide)24 reviews
Kathleen Parkinson
Penguin Global, 2003
One of the Great Stories of its Era
I reread this recently and loved it so much more than when I had to read it in high school. Fitzgerald's humor is so much more subtle than most humor writer's today and the funny lines are tucked between such beautifully crafted prose. The story is so simple - basically just describes a few parties at a mysterious Gatsby's mansion - but the humor and just enough foreshadowing keep you wanting to ...
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Thin 4 reviews
Grace Bowman
Penguin Global, 2008
The greatest memoir of anorexia i have read thus far
This has to be my ultimate favorite memoir of a young woman's gripping battle with anorexia. It has been weeks since I read this book, but I wanted to give me some space between reading it at writing my review. The author's writing style is unique and creative. She at times writes in third person as well as first person and at other times she even stops the story to interject very honest and ...
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Design As Art (Penguin Modern Classics)2 reviews
Bruno Munari
Penguin Global, 2009
Where are you, Bruno?
I find it strange that this book is not available except for used copies printed in Canada around 20 years ago. I decided to study design after reading this book, even though I grew up being told I would be an architect or a writer. On the visionary chapter titled "what is a designer", Munari made it clear to me that design is a much needed public and collaborative art. He wrote as translated to ...
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The Cleaning Bible: Kim and Aggie's Complete Guide to Modern Household Management7 reviews
Kim Woodburn
Penguin Global, 2008
I love Kim and Aggie
I've recently gotten addicted to "How Clean is Your House?" on BBC America. So much so that when I finish watching an episode, I start cleaning until my husband stops me or I have to go to bed or work. I have gotten so into the show, I now picture miniature versions of Kim and Aggie on my shoulder with their wit and wisdom as I'm scrubbing away at my bathroom or kitchen.
When I found they ...
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Selected Poems: Carol Ann Duffy3 reviews
Carol Ann Duffy
Penguin Global, 2009
Great poetry!
Carol Ann Duffy, the first woman poet laureate, explores many different themes in this selection of poems from childhood memories to relationships.
Her poems are accessible and entertaining and yet she is touching, sensitive and witty.
Joyce Akesson, author of Love's Thrilling Dimensions
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Unloved: The True Story of a Stolen Childhood3 reviews
Peter Roche
Penguin Global, 2008
Heartbreakingly true
Somehow, amazingly, despite terrible abuse in his own home, against all odds, a little child manages to grow up. And we get to read his or her story, because of an incredible survival.
Somehow, amazingly, when that person was still a little, defenseless child, a school teacher or someone belonging to institutions aimed to protect the weak, turned a blind eye (to say the least).
Somehow, ...
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Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan2 reviews
Ashi Dori Wangmo Wangchuck
Penguin Global, 2007
Highly Reccomended
This is a very fun and illuminating book. It has a very warm and engaging style and the perspective on this charming little country it offers is impossible to find elsewhere. I am a big Bhutanophile and wrote my undergraduate dissertation on it, but I still learned something new and interesting on every page.
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Penguin History of Canada1 review
Penguin Global, 2008
An eye for Canada`s Ironies
This version of Canada`s story moves at a brisk, entertaining pace through the ages of colonization, nation-forming, and the perils of the twentieth-century. Bothwell shows a keen eye for irony, noting, for example, how French Canada`s loyalty to its British conquerors was bolstered when 50 priests from Old France arrived, fleeing the French Revolution to preach devotion for church and king. The ...
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Volume Two: The Seer of Egypt: The King's Man Trilogy3 reviews
Pauline Gedge
Penguin Global, 2010
Another great story
I have read every book Pauline Gedge has written and she never fails to take me on a fabulous journey to the past. I anxiously await for the next book in this series.
Ms Gedge has made Ancient Egypt so real that one can taste the Leek soup and smell the rich warm earth that is being planted after the floods.
Her descriptions of daily life are very real and she never falls into the bad movie or ...
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The Cook's Companion: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen20 reviews
Stephanie Alexander
Penguin Global, 2004
A must have reference for cooking
As the other reviewers have stated, this book covers almost anything a novice to serious homecook would want to see in a cookbook. From abalone to zabalione, it has the antedotes, stories, history, and backgrounds.
The book does slant towards (urban) Australian cooking since Alexander is Australian. Simply put, if you put aside the concept of Steve Irwin or Paul "Dundee" Holgan crocodile and ...
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Kitchen Heaven1 review
Gordon Ramsay
Penguin Global, 2005
A highly rewarding take on cooking to perfection.
`Kitchen Heaven' by the very English chef / restauranteur / BBC Culinary personality, Gordon Ramsay is a book done in connection with Ramsay's BBC TV series, `Kitchen Nightmares' where Ramsay examines a failing restaurant and makes a series of recommendations for how to improve the restaurant's business fortunes. This book focuses almost exclusively on good recipes as a means of burnishing a ...
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The Creative Economy: How People Make Money from Ideas1 review
John Howkins
Penguin Global, 2002
Howkins measures the creative economy
Overall, I see this book as a documentary treatment, aimed at a general readership. If there is any criticism of this approach, it is that in the attempt to deal inclusively with all creative/IP-related industries, the material frequently traverses already well trodden paths. Some of that material could perhaps have been jettisoned in favour of a more selective and microscopic focus on fewer ...
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Eastern Approaches25 reviews
Fitzroy MacLean
Penguin Global, 2004
Excellent Read
Great story about a time one can only imagine now. The fortitude of people like MacLean is amazing. Was kind of hoping for more of his central asia exploits but the remainder was actually a nice surprise and well written. Very quick and easy reading.
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The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To #4547263 reviews
Rubin Carter
Penguin Global, 1991
AT LAST
LOOKED FOR THIS IN A HARDCOVER FOR YEARS. HAVEN'T READ THIS STORY IN YEARS.. VERY HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND THIS AGAIN.. GREAT SERVICE PRODUCT AS PROMISED..
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