Gross Universe: Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun1 review Jeff Szpirglas, Michael Cho Maple Tree Press, 2005 Great Book! This is a really fun, informative and well designed book. But don't think that it's just for kids - my 31 year-old brother loved it. Gross Universe truly lives up to it's name (esp. the lizard that shoots blood out of it's eyes as a defence mechanism!?)without going too far. It's sitting on the ...             Streetball: All the Ballers, Moves, Slams, & Shine3 reviews And 1, Chris Palmer Collins Living, 2004 So Cool + Great buy!!! I love watching all the AND 1 players on ESPN show and the STREETBALl book gives a real picture of all the stars including photos from before they could even reach the net. The best part are the instructions in the back for pulling off all their sick moves. Insane.             Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood196 reviews Koren Zailckas Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 shockingly hit home + This book really made me think.... When I first picked up the book I thought it was fiction. I got into bed and at first was disappointed to find out it was not. However I decided to give it a chance. I was hooked right away. My breath was stolen while I connected to the writer. At my age now I look at my adolescence and young ...             Skateboarding is Not a Crime: 50 Years of Street Culture1 review James Davis Firefly Books, 2004 A lotta heart gotta give this guy credit - he tried and did a prety good job, better than most out there.             The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor26 reviews Ken Silverstein Villard, 2005 The Atom is Our Friend + Excellent Book + A great quick red There's something not quite serious about The Radioactive Boy Scout. The book jacket has a cartoonish design and each page has a little atomic symbol by the page number. It's a small book, almost like a children's reader. It seemed to me as if it would be a quick, fun read. Well, it was quick, all ...             Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S.31 reviews Alex Boese Harvest Books, 2006 Courtesy of Teens Read Too + Grat book + A fascinatating read + And you thought hippos were vegetarians + An entertaining and informative look at the reality, hoaxes, and b.s. in the "Misinformation Age".             Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science15 reviews John Fleischman Houghton Mifflin, 2004 Phineas's pipe momment + Cool Facts + So Interesting! + Lucky or Unlucky?             The Notebook Girls: Four Friends, One Diary54 reviews Julia Baskin, Lindsey Newman, ... Grand Central Publishing, 2006 Real Life + Good book As a middle school teacher, I was very excited to read this book. Not only was it the real deal, but it's filled with all of the things that I hear inside the classroom, in the hallways, and outside the building from my students. If some parents want to know what most teens are really talking ...             The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action129 reviews Wendy Northcutt Plume, 2002 Macabre and Funny! + The shallow end of the gene pool revisited! + tyhe darwin awards If you can find descriptions of events in which people die of their own stupidity funny -- which I did -- you'll love this book. The premise itself is funny: We are all lucky that folks who die of their own idiocy are therefore removed from the gene pool. Terrific.             Hidden Evidence: Forty true crimes and how forensic science helped solve them17 reviews David Owen Firefly Books, 2000 If your interested + Forensic science explained + Picture-loaded, text-light intro to forensic science This book is good and has a lot of info. if your into forensic Science. This book is pretty interesting if you want to learn in this subject. If you have to do a report on a science subject this is pretty good but its kind of long.             The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir23 reviews Farah Ahmedi Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006 Review + This book will change the way you look at your life. + An extraordinary story + A deeply, moving story from a country of war + Great and fascinating read!             Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood170 reviews Marjane Satrapi Pantheon, 2004 Awesome Experience + Brave New Girl + Fresh perspective + A good read--a lot to think about             Lowriders (Enthusiast Color)1 review Robert Genat Motorbooks, 2001 lowriders by jorge i liked the book because it mostly tell you what you can do with your cars and i like lowriders so i wanted to learn more about them and i did learn more stuff like how many batteries it needs and if you put your own designs your car can be worth way more money and if you enter in a contest your ...             In Cold Blood424 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 Amazing story.......... + Heart-wrenching + Great psychological profile + Capote is to be Respected for this work + A True-Crime Thriller             The Burn Journals41 reviews Brent Runyon Vintage, 2005 Awesome Book!!! + Recommendable Reading + The Burn Journals + Lazy Saturday Read... + True story, real eye-opener             Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers352 reviews Mary Roach W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Don't judge a book by its cover, or its title . . . + All the answers to questions you wanted to ask, but didn't want to say outloud... + 4.5 stars-Things to do when you're dead + Dead-on discussion on the usefulness of the dead + Fantastic             Maria Shaw's Star Gazer: Your Soul Searching, Dream Seeking, Make Something Happen Guide to the Future2 reviews Maria Shaw Llewellyn Publications, 2003 Just for Teens + Divination 101 For Teens Teenage years can be some of the most difficult, as we all know. Most teens must cope with the pressures of expectations from school, peers, and parents, as well as doubts and insecurities about their capacity to measure up and to be accepted as they prepare to make their way into adulthood. ...             Lucky: A Memoir253 reviews Alice Sebold Back Bay Books, 2002 I couldn't put this book down + Brave, compelling read + A Must Read + Very Worthwhile             Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 191645 reviews Michael Capuzzo Broadway, 2002 Excellent book for elementary and middle school + Real Life "Jaws" + Amazing research What I liked the best is the descriptions of the shark attacks were detailed, but not graphic. My son is into sharks at the moment, so this book was perfect. While it retells the story of the Great White Shark on our East Coast with lots os sequential details, there are enough "shark attacks" ...             The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have18 reviews Dennis DiClaudio Bloomsbury USA, 2005 The Title Alone is Worth the Price of the Book + Good gift for the hypochondiac + The Hypochondriac"s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already ave + A hypochondriac's nightmare. + At last! The perfect gift for the man (or woman) who thinks they have everything.