Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History/Here My Troubles Began/Boxed186 reviews Art Spiegelman Pantheon, 1993 Masterpiece! + Important Educational Information with Range, Good Creativity and Comic-Style Art + A stunning testament to survival, forgiveness, and the human spirit + Maus + Maus I and II             Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything87 reviews Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams Portfolio Hardcover, 2006 Wikinomics Will Change the World + Solid beginning, some frays near the end + Helping ArmstrongAuctions.com succeed + Wicked Wikinomics + Wow, What an eye opener!             The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition56 reviews Upton Sinclair See Sharp Press, 2003 The reason I pay my union dues + Jungle + Timeless Classic + GOOD READ             A Prayer for Owen Meany1 review John Irving Black Swan, 1990 A Prayer for Owen Meany I loved this story for so many reasons: the writing style (John Irving is the best), the well-defined characters especially Owen - such a bizarre little man, the bigger issues - war, love, peace, friendship ties - and of course the car scene. Exquisite. Humorous and tragic, the story grips you from ...             Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel699 reviews David Guterson Vintage, 1995 A Beautiful Story + "Let Fate, Coincidence and Accident Conspire; Human Beings Must Act on Reason..." + A Masterpiece What amazed me about this book was the way the story was told. It's kind of a courtroom drama, kind of a romance, and very much a commentary on the state of a torn and divided nation after World War II. On the North end of Puget Sound there was a murder and the accused, Kabuo Miyamoto is a friend ...             A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)633 reviews Howard Zinn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 No sugar coated, political correctness here! + A People's History of the United States + Wow! + Peoples History of the United States             Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim309 reviews David Sedaris Little, Brown and Company, 2004 This book is a truly enjoyable read. + charasmatic + More poignant than humorous If you like the dry wit of David Sedaris you will love this book. Even if you don't know who he is, once you have read the first page you will probably love this book. Seeing the world through the author's eyes for a while helps us to remember the little absurdities we experience every day and, ...             High Fidelity: A Novel502 reviews Nick Hornby Riverhead Trade, 2005 High Fidelity + Good music, good writing + Worst book ever written! + Like a woman trapped in a man's body + straight out of my head             Anthem438 reviews Ayn Rand Plume, 1999 Excellent Book + A Timeless Warning + Anthem If you read only one book this year, read this one. Thought provoking, moving, soul stirring.             East of Eden215 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 Good job! + East of Eden - A beautifully written classic + Top Ten Favorite + Steinbeck meets Dostoevsky in "East of Eden" + One of the best books I've ever read             A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling24 reviews John Taylor Gatto Berkeley Hills Books, 2002 A Different Kind of Teacher + Gatto's Philosophies on Education will make you Think Deeply about Your Own I wished I would have had Mr. Gatto as a teacher. I wished I would had read this book before sending our son off to public school 35 years ago. I am glad I have read it now, as my grandchildren will be entering school in the next five years. I have purchased two copies so I can share with others ...             Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong416 reviews James W. Loewen Touchstone, 2007 Fantastic + Great read for anyone who hasn't thought about history since high school + Excellent listen and eye-opening information I purchased this book years ago and I still have it. I purchased it after high school (catchy title - what can I say) and have been a history fan ever since. This book should be required reading. Who decided that dry facts and dates are what should comprise a history class? History becomes fun and ...             Cautionary Tales for Children8 reviews Edward Gorey, Hilaire Belloc Harcourt, 2002 Completing the Edward Gorey library + Revisiting CAutionary Tales + Dark humor and delightful drawings + What you do comes back + Deliciously twisted             American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar12 reviews Harvey Pekar Ballantine Books, 2003 "Who IS Harvey Pekar?" + A Slice of Life + A Humdrum Life Writ Large + the best pekar collection + Splendid glimpse into the male mind in a comic book format             Teaching As a Subversive Activity12 reviews Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner Delta, 1971 The beginning of Education Reform + Required Reading + Teaching As a Subversive Activity 40 years since Postman declared the need for reformed education and our school systems still look the same today as it did then. A new age is still growing for the next age of education. This is the most excellent book on the nature of teaching and educating I have yet read. Postman articulates ...             Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't693 reviews Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 It was Great + Challenge to be Passionate + Good to Great experience + Excellent Book             The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1147 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 Loved it, should be mandatory reading in high schools..... + The Book Is Flat + People, read this book. There are some real answers in it. + Should be required reading for every person             Different Seasons (Signet)172 reviews Stephen King Signet, 1983 King, Master of Non-Horror + Not Free SF Reader + four stories + Great collection of short stories + A good book             The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven109 reviews Sherman Alexie Grove Press, 2005 That's How I Do Life Sometimes By Making The Ordinary Just Like Magic... -Sherman Alexie + No Reservations and other states of the Nations + stories as evocative as any novel + Very good writer             The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey74 reviews Ernesto Che Guevara, Cintio Vitier, ... Ocean Press, 2003 Before and Beyond: The Background a Revolutionary + a long journey..... Che Guevara... Whether you respect him or not there is absolutely no denying the fact that he had a profound impact on the history of Central America and the Caribbean. This book is plainly and simply about a young man on a journey to become the person everyone knows in history. He sets out as a ...