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A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin) 5 reviews
Anthony Burgess
Penguin Books Ltd, 1998
MAKE SURE YOU GET THE 21st CHAPTER VERSION
+ Fantastic book
+ A thoughtful exploration of human nature and freedom of choice.
+ Burgess makes it across the tightrope...
+ A Clockwork Orange
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Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel 2478 reviews
Arthur Golden
Vintage, 1999
MEMOIRS OF A MASTERPIECE
+ The best book by far
+ Excellent Portrayal of Geisha Life
+ Definitely Worth Reading
+ Memoirs of a Geisha
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific100 reviews
J. Maarten Troost
Broadway, 2004
Wonderful book about real life in the Pacific
+ THE ULTIMATE IN A TRAVEL BOOK
+ Fantastic read
+ If you have ever traveled abroad or graduated with an MA in something unuseable
+ great travel story
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In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road64 reviews
Allan Weisbecker
Tarcher, 2002
Makes me dream about the beach life
+ I don't even surf
+ A Head-On Collision Between Endless Summer And Electric Koolaid Acid Test
+ Excellent thought provoking and fun read
+ in search of captain zero
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The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean82 reviews
Nick Bantock
Chronicle Books, 1994
Completely Original
+ Incredibly imaginitive...
+ Beautiful, intriguing and enchanting!
+ A truly unique set
+ Worth a hundred smiles
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Wraeththu 72 reviews
Storm Constantine
Orb Books, 1993
A wonderful magical creation
+ Loved this book! Highly recommended!
+ GREAT Sci-Fi
Book One: Enchantments of the Flesh and Spirit
The first part of Storm Constantine's fantasy epic Wraeththu trilogy establishes how it all started.
Pellaz is very young, just thirteen years, living a typically isolated homestead existence for the difficult times man is now experiencing, ...
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A Natural History of the Senses62 reviews
Diane Ackerman
Vintage, 1991
An All Time Top Favorite!
+ The Senses: Everything (and more) Historical, Most Things Cultural, Some Things Biological
+ Fascinating book
+ Such a good writer
+ Warning: This book could change your life!
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Burying The Shadow2 reviews
Storm Constantine
Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc., 2002
Uncovering the Shadow
+ Very Good
Burying the Shadow is a book that involves two major storylines intertwining and finally, at the conclusion of the story, colliding. The story is told by two female narrators who alternate their accounts (not switching off every chapter, but very nearly) and together give the novel an narrative ...
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His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)1079 reviews
Philip Pullman
Laurel Leaf, 2003
Brilliant!
+ Mesmerizing!
+ Great series
+ Imaginative fantasy
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Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books141 reviews
Francesca Lia Block
HarperTeen, 1998
Amazing
+ hyper-stylized slinkster cool
+ The one Weetzie to have if you're having only one!
+ LOVE!
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Calenture7 reviews
Storm Constantine
Stark House Press, 2001
Delicious Weirdness
+ Not Your Everyday Storm Constantine...
+ Buy it!
+ Formulaic fantasy, this is not
+ In A Class By Itself
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The End Of Alice79 reviews
A.M. Homes
Scribner, 1997
this one thoroughly creeped me out
+ Brilliant
+ A Beautiful Tale of Love and Loss
+ Daring
+ There are those....
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The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow: The Mystical Nature Diary of Opal Whiteley17 reviews
Opal Whiteley
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995
Astounding literature
+ An Odyssey in Nature
+ hoff Vs. beck
+ A Tender Heart
+ Will change the way you see your own surroundings
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Some Girls23 reviews
Kristin McCloy
Plume, 1995
Great book!
+ Very good
I love this book! I've read it more than once and it still is one of the very few books that I hate to reach the ending. Kristin McCloy did a great job telling this story - her writing style is so descriptive without being too wordy. The characters are really interesting and she draws you into ...
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Katz on Dogs: A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs 27 reviews
Jon Katz
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
good book for general info
+ Living with dogs
I liked this book as I have liked most of the books about his dogs that Jon Katz has written.
I have trained dogs professionally for over 20 years and while I don't agree with all of the advice given in Mr. Katz's book, I don't usually agree totally with most trainers advice. I take what works ...
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The Tribes of Palos Verdes: A Novel79 reviews
Joy Nicholson
St. Martin's Griffin, 1998
What a Misleading Cover!
+ An Amazing Book
+ PV Girls
+ I'm a teen living in PV
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)670 reviews
Don Miguel Ruiz
Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997
Simple and Wonderful
+ Excellent
+ Exciting Read!! UltimateGBGVitamins.com,UltimateMarketers.info
This book can be read over and over. I pick it up and read it again and again and always get something new. It is simple and practical and about taking personal responsiblity for self! Love this book and the information in it!
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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel57 reviews
Rolf Potts
Villard Books, 2002
Wonderfully Written
+ Gets the travel bug excited.
+ A Must read for all the free spritis willing to roam the world
+ If you are going traveling (and not 1st class) get this book!
+ Travel Light
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Into the Forest127 reviews
Jean Hegland
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998
The best book I've read this year!
+ captivating story of one potential future
Follow the lives of Nell and Eva, two sisters forced to face life in an eerie and horrific apocalyptic world. The authors descriptive first person narrative brings all of the emotions to the surface which grips the reader through this entire book. She also creates a warm and seductive landscape ...
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The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature1 review
David Suzuki
Greystone Books, 2006
A life changing, life enhancing read
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place In Nature by David Suzuki offers a conceptual understanding of the human condition and an ecologically sustainable, satisfying and honorable way of life in the world enveloping us all in this day and age. Providing readers with a complete grasp of nature ...
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