The Namesake: A Novel (Edition 001)476 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2004 You felt like you knew these people + not as good as the short story collections + A great and superbly written story + Tale of a 1st generation Indian immigrant - different!             The Painted Veil39 reviews W. Somerset Maugham Vintage, 2006 The Painted Veil + Quick-paced story of a woman's transformation + Heartbreaking! + Vintage Maugham             Summer of '49 (P.S.)52 reviews David Halberstam Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Summer of 49 + Simply put, A Great Author at his Best!!! + Baseball. Yankees vs. Red Sox. Halberstam. It's the Triple Crown. + Excellently Done + A pleasant distraction.             Iron and Silk97 reviews Mark Salzman Vintage, 1987 Funny book on cultural differences + A Fantastic, illuminating read + Fun With Culture + Huoshenxian- an Immortal in Human Form + Qong Fu: skill that transcends mere surface beauty!             The Areas of My Expertise127 reviews John Hodgman Riverhead Trade, 2006 Brilliant from start to finish + Don't read in public + The more education you have, the funnier this book gets ! + The Areas of My Expertise             Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects158 reviews Bertrand Russell Touchstone, 1967 Dogma or Progress? + A must read + Relevant Today + Stimulus + This and Ibn Warraq             Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)3238 reviews J. K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007 Great Book ,simply love it! + one of my favorite books + Big Equations! + Amazing, the way Rowling comes up with all of this. + The Magic of Harry Potter             Assassination Vacation135 reviews Sarah Vowell Simon & Schuster, 2006 Fascinating trip through obscure historical byways + One of my favorites + A Trippy Field Trip Through Assassination History + This book rocks! + America needs Sarah Vowell             Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-8220 reviews Elizabeth A. Fenn Hill and Wang, 2002 Pox Americana: A Unique Blend of Storytelling and Critical Analysis of America's Smallpox Epidemic. + Well written. + An excellent study. . . + Remarkably Good.             Insight Guide Cuba2 reviews Danny Aebenhard Apa Productions, 1998 Beautiful Portrait of the Great Isle + Good book Although off limits to American tourist for over four decades already, Cuba has always fascinated American travelers since the early 1900s. The island, which has some the Caribbean's most beautiful beaches and friendliest people has seen tough economic times due to the unjust economic embargo ...             I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel603 reviews Tom Wolfe Picador, 2005 A Really Good Read + How not to go to college + Maybe not Tolstoy or Trollope but an enjoyable read. I thought this book quite accurately, granted it used extremes, depicted the continual decline of American culture. Of course, one must believe American culture is declining to appreciate the books non-judgmental view of it. The book shows college life the way it is on most campuses, it leaves the ...             These Fiery Frenchified Dames: Women and Political Culture in Early National Philadelphia (Early American ...1 review Susan Branson University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001 the Rights of Women Perhaps you thought, as did I, that American feminism sprouted around the mid 19th century, and later flourished into the suffragettes of the early 20th. But Branson makes an intriguing claim. That barely 20 years into the new American republic, there were a bunch of educated, white women who ...             A Man Without a Country190 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 Vonnegut Never Fails + As of 11/04/08, Vonnegut has a country again. + Compare to Kurt and Dlyan + Final thoughts             The Boys of Summer40 reviews Roger Kahn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 The Book That Made Me A Baseball Fan + The Great American Game + We are all "Boys of Summer". + Absolute classic + The Best Baseball Book Ever             Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market14 reviews Walter Johnson Harvard University Press, 2001 Slavery upclose + Very Satisfied Customer + In the Image of God . . . but Treated Like Chattel + Well written             Iron and Silk97 reviews Mark Salzman Vintage, 1987 Funny book on cultural differences + A Fantastic, illuminating read + Fun With Culture + Huoshenxian- an Immortal in Human Form + Qong Fu: skill that transcends mere surface beauty!             Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-8220 reviews Elizabeth A. Fenn Hill and Wang, 2002 Pox Americana: A Unique Blend of Storytelling and Critical Analysis of America's Smallpox Epidemic. + Well written. + An excellent study. . . + Remarkably Good.             A Man Without a Country190 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 Vonnegut Never Fails + As of 11/04/08, Vonnegut has a country again. + Compare to Kurt and Dlyan + Final thoughts             The Namesake: A Novel (Edition 001)476 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2004 You felt like you knew these people + not as good as the short story collections + A great and superbly written story + Tale of a 1st generation Indian immigrant - different!             Summer of '49 (P.S.)52 reviews David Halberstam Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Summer of 49 + Simply put, A Great Author at his Best!!! + Baseball. Yankees vs. Red Sox. Halberstam. It's the Triple Crown. + Excellently Done + A pleasant distraction.