Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See59 reviews Robert Kurson Random House, 2007 Informative, distinctive perspective on vision + Quality Service + Finished it and wanted more + Another outstanding read             The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud21 reviews Julia Navarro Dell, 2007 Very good and accurate. This is a great book, for those of us who are fans of historic novels; this book will definitely be very satisfying. It contains a very accurate history of the shroud and it is very well mixed with fiction (not something absurd). I didn't give the whole five starts since the ending wasn't that ...             The Seven Daughters of Eve119 reviews Bryan Sykes W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 DNA Diva + Genetics, human migration and archeaological findings + Eve + Fascinating on many levels             Custer's Brother's Horse4 reviews Edwin Shrake John M. Hardy Publishing Company, 2007 A Terrific Novel! + Pulls you right in + One of the best books I have ever read. What a terrific novel! This type of entertaining story-telling just doesn't come along very often. Put it among the best-written historical novels of Texas, with THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY and LONESOME DOVE, and with great recent post-Civil War novels, ENEMY WOMEN and COLD MOUNTAIN. There are ...             Mrs. Dalloway (Annotated)4 reviews Virginia Woolf Harvest Books, 2005 A League of Her Own + Terrible book- great edition + Nice Resource + Notice             Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World16 reviews Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu Back Bay Books, 2004 Fantastic Story!! + Namu, who are you? + A Fascinating & Unusual Bildungsroman + Goodbye Mother Lake + A life much less ordinary             Waiting: A Novel303 reviews Ha Jin Vintage, 2000 Perfect Novel About the Chimera That Never Leaves You + simple story elegantly written + An enjoyable and memorable quick read + In love with the history             The Memory Keeper's Daughter873 reviews Kim Edwards Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Freeze Frame + What a memory!!! On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...             Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival155 reviews Joe Simpson Harper Paperbacks, 2004 Exciting read + Outstanding book - you won't be able to put it down After watching the movie version of this book I wanted to read Touching the Void. I usually like to read the book first but in this case I am glad that I did it in reverse. I am not a mountain climber and do not know the terms used in the sport. So watching the movie helped set up the book to ...             The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1)406 reviews Alexander McCall Smith Anchor, 2003 Utterly Charming + life-affirming book with the unforgettable main character These books are not serious fiction, finely constructed mysteries or the greatest books ever written on Africa. Instead, they are a quiet, gentle and heartwarming series of vignettes that provide insight into the human condition and a peak at the Africa of Botswana. Further, they are not ...             Broken for You86 reviews Stephanie Kallos Grove Press, 2004 Beautiful. Memorable. + One of the loveliest stories I have ever read. + Not at all what I expected + Worth trying to 'get into'             No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year26 reviews Virginia Ironside Viking Adult, 2007 Smart and Funny + LOL + Snow on the Roof, Fire in the Furnace + OK             Mary, Mary (Alex Cross Novels)182 reviews James Patterson Vision, 2006 Mary, Mary ; Seventh Heaven; You've Been Warned + James Patterson is back in form! + Mary, Mary by James Patterson + Amazing Twists! + Alex Cross returns in more ways than one!             The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel583 reviews Diane Setterfield Washington Square Press, 2007 Beautiful book + A Modern Gothic Romance + "When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void" + A little heavy on the dysfunctional, but still a great read + A book for book lovers             The Stories of John Cheever55 reviews John Cheever Vintage, 2000 Cheever, A grand story teller! + Quantity over quality + J. Cheever John Cheever tells his short, thought bending stories with the eye of a pained man. In the swimmer he outlines the deapths of alcoholism with an eye to detail and a symbolism that provkes great loss.             The Joy Luck Club12 reviews Amy Tan Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 magnificent + Beautifully written, insightful + Very Good Amy Tan is a magnificent writer, telling us stories that translate across cultures, nationalities and even ages. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.             Between a Rock and a Hard Place111 reviews Aron Ralston Atria, 2005 Between a Rock & a Hard Place - Inspires beyond the imagination + Inspiring Book Aron is an inspiration to all of us and an incredible writer. He fully acknowledges his flaws as a human being which makes this book all the more powerful. He loves life to the limit and paid a high price to do so. My son was seriously injured in the Iraq war and I purchased a copy for him. It ...             Galveston: A History of the Island (Chisholm Trail Series, No. 18)6 reviews Gary Cartwright Texas Christian University Press, 1998 The best of its kind + Galveston: A History of the Island + Galveston lovingly analyzed by an aficionado + Galvanizing Galveston + The heart of Galveston             City on Fire: The Explosion That Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle4 reviews Bill Minutaglio Harper Paperbacks, 2004 Fantastic tragedy long forgotten + pipi + Page Turner + Unknown tragedy             The Great Train Robbery125 reviews Michael Crichton Avon, 2002 Robbers Win + Great Train Robbery + Classic Crichton + Probably Crichton's best + Entertaining Heist