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38 reviews
Nathan Jorgenson

Flat Rock Publishing, 2003

Would make a great movie!
I saw E. Thomas' review and I think that person should go back to reading young adult books, as they can't handle adult life. I loved this book and read it last year. A month ago I read Nathan's second novel, The Mulligan, and loved it also. They are two totally different books.

Down These Mean Streets

51 reviews
Piri Thomas

Vintage, 1997

One of the best memoirs ever written
I've read this book more than a few times and have taught it to different level readers a few extra times. There was one high school student who came to me after the book was done and told me, "This is the first book I ever finished." Even if it's not the first book you've read, you'll find writing that is fearless, honest, and powerful. You won't forget it, and if you're really lucky, you'll ...

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide

305 reviews
Douglas Adams

Wings, 1996

In one word, great.
I am going to make this simple. I read an old paperback copy of the original "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Having enjoyed reading the original, I found the "Ultimate" version in the discount section at Barnes and Noble. What a great buy for ten dollars. Not all may like the series. For those that do, I highly recommend all additional books to the original. You will not be let down, as ...

Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking

30 reviews
Julia Child

Knopf, 2000

What a wonderful cookbook!
This instantly became my favorite cookbook and I use it so much that it doesn't spend much time on the shelf. This cookbook transcends the "collection of recipes" style of most cookbooks; its style is more "how to improve your cooking skills." Even so, some of my very favorite recipes are in this book. All the recipes adaptable and are presented in a way to make your own adaptations ...

Wings Of Morning: The Story Of The Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany In World War II

33 reviews
Thomas Childers

Da Capo Press, 1996

Exceptional
Through the years, I've read a number of histories and memoirs on the Eighth Air Force in World War II. Many of those volumes, published over 6 decades, were more authoritative, complete, wide-ranging, and fact-filled than this volume. Yet if I had to recommend a SINGLE book to give someone the flavor of all of those experiences represented by all those many books, this would be the one. ...

Cosmos

153 reviews
Carl Sagan

Wings Books [Random House Value Pub], 1995

Brilliant!
Carl Sagan's book and TV series called Cosmos has opened the vast universe to millions and millions of people. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and watching the series. It is not surprising that Cosmos is the best-selling science book ever published in the English language...and the series has been seen by half a billion people! Carl Sagan was able to accomplish this feat by tapping ...

Angel Sanctuary, Vol. 1

41 reviews

VIZ Media LLC, 2004

Angel Sanctuary
This book is mainly focused around Setsuna Mudo and his forbidden love with his little sister Sara. Things get complicated almost immediatly (as it has a plot, a subplot and lots of extras), angels, evils, monsters, evil cd-roms that kill you and craziness insue. Basically Setsuna is the reincarnation of the Organic Fallen angel Alexial, who has three wings, incredible power and a physchotic ...

Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One (Wings of War)

39 reviews
Hugh L. Mills, Robert A. Anderson

Time-Life Books, 1994

As True As It Gets....
I was a Crew Chief on an OH-6A and sat behind my pilot each and every time the aircraft left the ground. We flew many a mission for Captain Mills and you will not find a truer account of the life of an Aero Scout Pilot and his Crew Chief as you will in his book Low Level Hell. He was there, we were there, and when you read the book YOU will be there! An excellent account of what we went through ...

Love's Unending Legacy/Love's Unfolding Dream/Love Takes Wing/Love Finds a Home (Love Comes Softly Series 5-8)

85 reviews
Janette Oke

Bethany House Publishers, 2004

Great!!!!!
I thought that the books where wonderful!!! I loved them, great story line, and plot. Love it!!!

Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal

43 reviews
Laurie Wing

New Beginnings Production Company, 2002

A Mom's Choice Awards Recipient!
The Mom's Choice Awards® honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, ...

Complete Prose of Woody Allen

19 reviews
Woody Allen

Wings Books, 1991

Great Fun
Three great books all in one fun filled volume of sheer funny. Including: Getting Even is the comedic genious at his ludicrous best. The reparte between the two chess playing opponents, via e-mail, is worth the price of the book alone. Very funny. Side Effects was released in 1980. It is a very funny collection of Allen's work, much of which first appeared in the New Yorker and other ...

The Wing Chun Compendium

29 reviews
Wayne Belonoha

Trafford Publishing, 2004

Great Reference Book
I train Ving Tsun in the Moy Yat lineage, so my review comes from that perspective. I think Sifu Belonoha's book is an amazing reference guide that can supplement serious Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) training. Bear in mind, however, that this is not a book you buy to learn Ving Tsun kung fu from. It is supplemental material if you are a student in training. It could also be used as a guide for a new ...

The West Wing: The Official Companion (Pocket Books Media Tie-In)

19 reviews
Ian Jackman, Paul Ruditis

Pocket, 2002

Jam-packed with Trivia for the Serious Wingnut
I thumbed through this book in a bookstore and by the time I got home, I realized I had to own it and I was online ordering my own copy. This book is more than just a rehash of the first two seasons. We are treated to a real behind-the-scenes tour of what goes into filming the show. Talk about your West Wing trivia! The asides from the actors on the characters they play are filled with gems of ...

Samurai! (Wings of war)

27 reviews
Saburo Sakai

Time-Life Books, 1990

the old school
Samurai! documents the wartime exploits of Saburo Sakai, the greatest Japanese fighter pilot to survive World War 11, in which he was credited with downing 64 enemy aircraft. Sakai, who died in September 2000 of a heart attack became a legend in his own lifetime. This book explains why. Samurai! takes us from early victories over the Chinese airforce to the later dogfights with the Dutch, the ...

We the People: A Call to Take Back America

28 reviews
Thom Hartmann

Coreway Media, 2004

The Clear and Simple truth
Even my nine year old son could understand the history and politics that are layed out in this book. Thom Hartman once again gives an honest look at the current political situation in our country and points the finger where it belongs -- at greedy corporations and those of us who sit by and let it happen. Truthful, but hopeful, this a great book for every politcal ignoramus you know. I ...

The Tao of Power

21 reviews
R.L. Wing

Broadway, 1986

Change the way you look at the world
The author of Tao Te Ching can never be found out with a hundred percent surety. But what is said is important not the one who said it. Tao Te Ching is basically a book that has great philosophical depth. Only religious books like "Bhagavad Geeta", "The Bible", "The Quran", "The Dhammapada" come close to Tao Te Ching. I personally feel The Bhagavad Geeta comes closest to this work. It is always a ...

Wings (The book of the nomes, 3)

20 reviews
Terry Pratchett

Corgi Childrens, 1990

A triumph for nome-kind!
In Diggers, the nomes living in a quarry found themselves besieged by humans. In the end, Masklin rescued them with nothing short of a miracle. This book is the story of that miracle. This book is so funny that I often found myself laughing out loud while reading it. Not only that, the action is gripping, and the ending is touching. This book is a wonderful buy.

On the Wings of a White Horse: A Cambodian Princess's Story of Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide

24 reviews
Oni Vitandham

Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2006

Review of Oni's Story
A reading of Oni Vitandham's "On the Wings of a White Horse" is an inspiring experience to say the least. It is a tale of immense pain and suffering, yet courage in the face of failure and despair. It is the story of a life that may never have been but for the love of family and friends. A theme that seems often lacking in our world today. It is not an easy book to read. Indeed, it is often ...

10 Wing/1easel: Ruby PB

21 reviews
Breathed

Little Brown and Company, 1995

The Best of The Opus Books
If you purchase this book for the illustrations alone you would still have an incomparable treasure but wait there is more, because this is a story that is a treasure in itself. Opus wants a pair of wings that work. But in his mind wings only work if you can fly. It's not until Santa's sleigh is sinking in the ocean that Opus gets to use his flippers and fly through the water and save Santa ...

The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

18 reviews
Sri Chinmoy

Fireside, 1997

Staggering work on the spiritual life.
It took me a long time to arrive at the place where I inevitably had to find this book. I find it to be the most succinct, beautiful, practical, and accurate work on the spiritual life that I have ever read. Long and bumpy is the path to arrive at this book, Wings of Joy. First I went through Catholicism; its rigid literalistic theology, though, leaves something missing for the thinking ...

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