All Quiet on the Western Front455 reviews
Erich Maria Remarque

Ballantine Books, 1987

Murder on the Western Front

+ A must for any student or non-specialist general reader
+ Great BOOK!!!
+ Unusually packaged, but I got it!
  
  











  



  
The Dark Room: A Novel16 reviews
Rachel Seiffert

Vintage, 2002

Amazing!

+ Memories of war - simply told
+ A national portrait
+ top ten of past year
+ Three German perspectives of the Second World War
  
  











  



  
Crabwalk28 reviews
Gunter Grass

Harcourt, 2003

Crabwalk

+ A sad, compelling novel
+ teaching hatred
+ And so on and so forth
  
  











  



  
El Demonio Y LA Senorita Prym/the Devil and Miss Prym9 reviews
Paulo Coelho

Grijalbo Y Cia Ltda, 2001

excellent

+ Fears...

This book deals with the perennial question of whether man's true nature is good or evil. This book says they are opposite faces of the same coin. Thus, people have both good and evil tendencies. Only one's self-control, or the lack of it, against eternal sins makes one or the other to prevail.

  
  











  



  
The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch)79 reviews
Michael Connelly

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1996

One of Connelly's best Bosch novels.

+ Everybody Counts . . . or Nobody Counts
+ Love Harry
+ A haunting tale of revenge
  
  











  



  
Platform47 reviews
Michel Houellebecq

Knopf, 2003

amazing amazing amazing

+ He's Got that "Voice"
+ Life's a crapshoot

I love this book, I had to read it for class and was not very excited to read it. Turns out this book was sooooo good!!!! The author has you turning every page to see what happens next. I have already told many others about this book becuase I was so blown away by it.
  
  











  



  
I'm Not Scared38 reviews
Niccolo Ammaniti

Canongate Books, 2003

LORD OF THE FLIES meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

+ The innocence of childhood shattered
+ Great Writing
+ good book--translation lacking
+ One of a Kind Book
  
  











  



  
Faceless Killers44 reviews
Henning Mankell

Vintage, 2003

Its Hard To Put Down

+ Swedish police officer Wallender is a tough cop with many human frailties...
+ Good characters and story

It's hard to solve the mystery. But, it's even harder to put the book down... Imagine waking up during the middle of the night. You're awakened by a bad dream that tells you something is terribly wrong, awfully strange. You check your house and everything appears to be normal. You notice ...
  
  











  



  
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela129 reviews
Nelson Mandela

Back Bay Books, 1995

"Study history or it will repeat itself"

+ A required read for anyone going to South Africa
+ A great look into a class act of a human being,
+ great men can write!
+ "it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle"
  
  











  



  
The Meaning of Hitler14 reviews
Sebastian Haffner

Harvard University Press, 2004

Very thought-provoking and explanatory

+ The rise and fall of Hitler - from a different perspective
+ an amazing work
+ Concise and right on the money.
+ Awesome
  
  











  



  
I'm Not Scared38 reviews
Niccolo Ammaniti

Canongate Books, 2003

LORD OF THE FLIES meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

+ The innocence of childhood shattered
+ Great Writing
+ good book--translation lacking
+ One of a Kind Book
  
  











  



  
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela129 reviews
Nelson Mandela

Back Bay Books, 1995

"Study history or it will repeat itself"

+ A required read for anyone going to South Africa
+ A great look into a class act of a human being,
+ great men can write!
+ "it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle"
  
  











  



  
All Quiet on the Western Front455 reviews
Erich Maria Remarque

Ballantine Books, 1987

Murder on the Western Front

+ A must for any student or non-specialist general reader
+ Great BOOK!!!
+ Unusually packaged, but I got it!
  
  











  



  
Platform47 reviews
Michel Houellebecq

Knopf, 2003

amazing amazing amazing

+ He's Got that "Voice"
+ Life's a crapshoot

I love this book, I had to read it for class and was not very excited to read it. Turns out this book was sooooo good!!!! The author has you turning every page to see what happens next. I have already told many others about this book becuase I was so blown away by it.
  
  











  



  
Faceless Killers44 reviews
Henning Mankell

Vintage, 2003

Its Hard To Put Down

+ Swedish police officer Wallender is a tough cop with many human frailties...
+ Good characters and story

It's hard to solve the mystery. But, it's even harder to put the book down... Imagine waking up during the middle of the night. You're awakened by a bad dream that tells you something is terribly wrong, awfully strange. You check your house and everything appears to be normal. You notice ...
  
  











  



  
Crabwalk28 reviews
Gunter Grass

Harcourt, 2003

Crabwalk

+ A sad, compelling novel
+ teaching hatred
+ And so on and so forth
  
  











  



  
The Meaning of Hitler14 reviews
Sebastian Haffner

Harvard University Press, 2004

Very thought-provoking and explanatory

+ The rise and fall of Hitler - from a different perspective
+ an amazing work
+ Concise and right on the money.
+ Awesome
  
  











  



  
The Dark Room: A Novel16 reviews
Rachel Seiffert

Vintage, 2002

Amazing!

+ Memories of war - simply told
+ A national portrait
+ top ten of past year
+ Three German perspectives of the Second World War
  
  











  



  
El Demonio Y LA Senorita Prym/the Devil and Miss Prym9 reviews
Paulo Coelho

Grijalbo Y Cia Ltda, 2001

excellent

+ Fears...

This book deals with the perennial question of whether man's true nature is good or evil. This book says they are opposite faces of the same coin. Thus, people have both good and evil tendencies. Only one's self-control, or the lack of it, against eternal sins makes one or the other to prevail.

  
  











  



  
The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch)79 reviews
Michael Connelly

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1996

One of Connelly's best Bosch novels.

+ Everybody Counts . . . or Nobody Counts
+ Love Harry
+ A haunting tale of revenge