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120 reviews

Scribner, 2004

Amazing book; couldn't put it down
I only finished this book an hour ago, after 2 solid days of nonstop reading. I've been sick, and as I neared the end of the book, I anxiously hoped I'd get well within the next few minutes because this page-turner was the only thing helping me through this horrible flu!!! The birth stories are beautifully written; I cried when reading most of them :) There wasn't a boring moment throughout ...

Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter

54 reviews

Scribner, 2004

Find Joy In the Most Desparate of Situations
Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter is a powerful and poignant story of impoverished life as experienced by Barbara Moss. Surrounded by poverty, alcoholism, abuse, malnutrition and facial deformities, Moss could easily have allowed herself to be trapped in that negative world. Instead, through determination and the kindness of a few strangers along the way, she rose above adversity and has been ...

Nicholas & Alexandra

105 reviews
Robert K. Massie

Scribner, 1972

best book on royal couple
nicholas and alexandra should never had become czar and crazina of russia.nicholas was just to weak spirit and alexandra to strong without know the real russia people.she saw russian as childern who needed to be told how to run their lives by the papa czar.she hide her son illness and brought in a sexual twisted man of god into her family,ruin the romanov's relationship with it's people.stopping ...

On Food And Cooking

153 reviews
Harold J. Mcgee

Scribner, 1988

Covers everything
I am truly enjoying the depth of cooking knowledge in this book. I am a "down home" type cook. It is fun to learn the chemistry of the cooking procedures I use, and to learn the history of the ingredients I use. The book is well arranged and the style of writing is easy to understand. This is not a cookbook, per se, but an excellent reference for someone interested in the "how" and "why" of ...

A Primate's Memoir

67 reviews
Robert M. Sapolsky

Scribner, 2001

An All Time Favorite
This book is hard to classify: Is it autobiography? Primatolgy? Travel adventures? Humanist philosophy? Humor? Basically it is all of these and more. It is a real page turner. Sapolsky has a truly marvelous sense of humor that includes knowing how to laugh at himself. I rank it with in the top 10 favorite books I've ever read. Bravo!

Mad Cowboy

108 reviews

Scribner, 2004

THE book for vegetarians to argue their case
Vegetarians I encounter are of two types. Cultural Veggies like me who grew up in vegetarian households. Then Veggies by choice, who deserve greater respect for following their convictions. Howard Lyman deserves the highest respect for his Ashoka (famous Indian Emperor who renounced Violence) like transformation to the vegetarian cause from being a cattle rancher. Vegetarians often get queried ...

Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay

133 reviews
Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, ...

Scribner, 2005

Brokeback - story to screenplay - Absolutely Fabulous!!!
This is an excellent addition to anyone's book collection - not only do you receive Annie Proulx's wonderful story, but you can experience Larry McMurtry's and Diana Ossana's sweet, lilting and poignant screenplay. Ennis and Jack jump off the page, fictional characters who have somehow become real, as we are transported with them through the most beautiful twenty years of their star-crossed ...

Manchild in the Promised Land

53 reviews
Kenneth T. Brown

Scribner, 1965

Manchild In the Promised Land
I was able to find this book relatively easy, based on a few keywords. My boyfriend started reading it several years ago and was unable to complete it. The storyline stuck in his memory and I bought it as a surprise for him, because over the years he mentioned it occasionally. Thanks for making the lookup so easy!

From Here to Eternity

58 reviews
James Jones

Scribner, 1976

It gradually earned my affection...
From Here to Eternity is a singular reading experience: gritty, raucous, desperate, raw and, yet, ultimately sublime. James Jones fields a superb cast of characters with which relatively few novels can compete. More than once, it reminded me of Catch 22 (without the intended absurdity) - Pianosa set down in a peaceful Hawaii just prior to Pearl Harbor. Distractingly, there are times when ...

Heart of the Beast

33 reviews

Scribner, 2004

A Great Novel!
HEART OF THE BEAST by Joyce Weatherford HEART OF THE BEAST is the debut novel by Joyce Weatherford, which tells the tale of a family that has farmed and ranched for many generations in eastern Oregon. Their history ties them to the Nez Perce Indians, who now claim that the land, known as Heart of the Beast, belongs to them, and they plan on fighting for it until they get their land back. Iris ...

War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

35 reviews
Andrew Carroll

Scribner, 2002

TearJerker
This book is awesome, I have read it numerous times. My heart goes out to the letters writers and receivers... I urge you to spread the word of this book... It will really open your eyes to see that Military Personel and their signifigant others are real people, with real feelings... I really look forward to another book like this coming out. I will definately buy it.

On Grief and Grieving

32 reviews

Scribner, 2005

On Grief and Grieving
"Grief is the intense emotional response to the pain of a loss. It is the reflection of a connection that has been broken. Most important, grief is an emotional, spiritual, and psychological journey to healing." pg. 227 This book has been a tremendous help to me. I lost my husband, my best friend 7 months ago. I am not the kind of person who opens up to my close friends and family much less a ...

Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

27 reviews
Marta Sgubin

Scribner, 1998

Great recipes & a rare glimpse into private family
Marta was with Jackie and the children for more than 20 years (I believe she is now working for Caroline and her family). Her recipes are very fresh, healthy, and sophisticated. Yet they are relatively simple and straightforward. The memories she shares with us, along with family photographs, provide a glimpse into the life of this very private family, and show happy times, like birthday parties ...

The Resurrectionists

39 reviews

Scribner, 2004

"I got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals."
Frank Cassidy lives on the fringes of society in a succession of demeaning jobs, a wife with an ex-husband on death row in Georgia, an angst-riddled stepson waiting for his father to be executed and an innocent pre-schooler, obsessed with his toy dinosaurs. Frank's edge-of-desperation lifestyle can be traced back to his childhood, his father and mother killed in a fire that erupted on the family ...

The Herbfarm Cookbook

32 reviews
Jerry Traunfeld

Scribner, 2000

Wonderful!
One of the best cookbooks I've purchased all year! A wealth of information--from growing and caring for your own herbs, to harvesting, storage and usage. There's even a section dedicated to edible flowers and a list of herbs used in desserts. The recipes are fool proof and delicious! My only wish is there were more photos, but that's not enough for me to knock off a star!

Halfway Home : My Life 'til Now

26 reviews
Ronan Tynan

Scribner, 2002

A Must Read...Motivational and Inspirational
Firstly this review is not intended in any way to be objective. I love the man who is Ronan Tynan, I love his voice and all that he has contributed to the world. Halfway Home is the story of a man who is passionate, driven, inspired and someone who refuses to beaten down in any way. He is a Maverick, who in this side-splittingly funny book, outlines just some of the things that he has done in his ...

Breaking Trail

32 reviews

Scribner, 2005

A Journey of Spirit and Determination
Arlene Blum has not only written her own story, but bared her soul in doing so. Her honesty in describing relationships and feelings in her quest for equality on the mountaintop and in everyday life is unusual in a memoir. Her passion for climbing high summits, both physical and metaphorical, blends with a compassion for the well-being of all who share her journey. You may have to read between ...

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