A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2007             Stone Butch Blues: A Novel71 reviews Leslie Feinberg Alyson Books, 2004 essential queer / feminist reading + Mom loved it too + Wonderful + A Deeply Moving Novel + Butch to Butch             The Last Time I Wore A Dress29 reviews Daphne Scholinski Riverhead Trade, 1998 An an examination of an era in America mental health treatment + First Hand + Transcending A Living Nightmare Daphne Scholinski wore the label of "inappropriate female" for much of her life. As a tomboy youth, she was often mistaken for male. On one grocery trip, a clerk caught the "boy" for using the women's restroom. When the clerk confronted Daphne's father, instead of correcting the clerk, her weary ...             The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)1406 reviews Barbara Kingsolver Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 Eye-opening, heart wrenching. + or how not to do missions! + One of the best... + Laughed out loud             What Remains10 reviews Sally Mann, 2003 Ethereal Meditations on Mortality + Very pleased WHAT REMAINS is an apt title to this extraordinary photographic portfolio by the sensitive, ever inquisitive, gentle spirit of Sally Mann. Though often criticized for her 'audacity' of material she elects to photograph, Mann is never less than creative and challenging. This well designed book ...             The Dharma Bums149 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976 Something every 20 year old can relate to, at least + Back to the future + Beatizen + Traveling, Hiking, Buddhism             The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation40 reviews Thich Nhat Hanh Beacon Press, 1996 Miracles! + Mindfulness Meditation Made Easy + A wonderful book..... + Practical and enjoyable             Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery11 reviews Jeanette Winterson Vintage, 1997 The title says it all, twice. + As always, with Winterson, a lucious delight + oh, jeannette + A Good Start...             The Alchemist - Gift Edition1249 reviews Paulo Coelho HarperOne, 2006 very good read + a mystery, a future and many good omens + Very spiritual & inspirational + Life-Enchanting + A Simple & Enjoyable Reading             The Beautiful Room Is Empty: A Novel17 reviews Edmund White Vintage, 1994 The Beautiful Room + Construction of gay identity + Eloquent Coming-Out Experience + A Boy's Own Story, continued + the best title ever             The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)297 reviews Alex Haley, Malcolm X Ballantine Books, 1992 anglo-saxon reader + Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication + I know something Malcolm didn't + Strongly written about a fascinating life + Malcolm X             Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits16 reviews Cleis Press, 1996 Green with envy + This is a gorgeous book. + Amazing + Just Great + Empowering             Essential Acker: The Selected Writings of Kathy Acker (Acker, Kathy) Kathy Acker Grove Press, 2002 Kathy Acker pushed literary boundaries with a vigor and creative fire that made her one of America's preeminent experimental writers and her books cult classics. Now Amy Scholder and Dennis Cooper have distilled the incredible variety of Acker's body of work into a single volume that reads like a communique from the front lines of late-twentieth-century America. Acker was a literary pirate whose ...             Bastard Out of Carolina (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)151 reviews Dorothy Allison Plume, 2005 G R E A T + Heartbreaking and Brilliant This book is superb. The use of imagery in the books makes you feel as if you've been thrown into the book yourself...you can see, feel, smell, and hear it all. Highly recommended book.             The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran Pocket Library Series)260 reviews Kahlil Gibran Knopf, 1995 Fabulous writing + The Prophet + If God Himself were to give an opinion... + Walking in Enlightenment + This book will change your life--really.             Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing26 reviews Erika Lopez Simon & Schuster, 1998 Good Going... + hilarious + Frantic, Bizarre, Insightful and Muddled -- I Recommend It + Wicked !             Tipping the Velvet: A Novel163 reviews Sarah Waters Riverhead Trade, 2000 Tipping the Velvet + Great storytelling + SUBVERSIVE, SHOCKING AND SINFULLY GOOD + An engrossing tale + Charming and completely absorbing of a search for love through the sexual underbelly of London that meanders down many roads             The House on Mango Street602 reviews Sandra Cisneros Mcgraw-Hill College, 2000 Hairs!!! + Poverty, Cultural Isolation Hairs chapter is my favorite.....it's short and sweet.....as a latina, i can really appreciate having immediate family so rich in differences....that is the beauty of being latino, is that we are so unique!             Sedaris Collection of 4 Paperbacks David Sedaris Back Bay, 2006 Four trade paperbacks by Best Selling author David Sedaris. The titles are: Barrel Fever, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Naked and Me Talk Pretty. Makes a great gift. Does not come in any special type of slipcase.             The field of Zen1 review D. T. Suzuki Buddhist Society, 1969 The Field Of Zen Consider this to be easy reading, explains Zen very well, gives a good account of D.T. Suzuki's life.In regards to buying this book on line, I was pleasantly surprized at the quality of the book itself. It was in very good condition.