Rumpelstiltskin23 reviews
Brothers Grimm

Puffin, 1996

Rumpelstilskin

+ beautiful book
+ How this fairy tale should be told
+ Great pictures
+ fairy tale told true
  
  











  



  
Titus Andronicus (The Pelican Shakespeare)31 reviews
William Shakespeare

Penguin Classics, 2000

The First Wizard of Gore

+ Great service
+ ARDEN NEARLY IMPECCABLE IN ITS DEFENSIBLE EDITION; YET HALF OF COMMENTS DISPOSABLE
+ wild ride for a shakespeare play
+ Titus
  
  











  



  
Kolak of the Werebeasts3 reviews
Adam Pfeffer

iUniverse, Inc., 2004

Best Book On Werewolfism

+ Great Book

This was a great book! One of the best on the subject. It was all about a man who turns into a tiger and then tries to find a cure. There were several more transformations included in the book, including a man who turns into a bear, a woman who becomes a hyena and many more. It was refreshing ...
  
  











  



  
The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nation
Carrie A. Nation

IndyPublish.com, 2002
  
  











  



  
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports110 reviews
Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams

Gotham, 2006

The Changing Face (and Body) of Sports

+ Great, Great, Book. 'nuff said.
+ Well written
+ The Authority in the topic of steroids
+ BALCO + BARRY = Baseball's Beguiled Bondage
  
  











  



  
Mary Poppins: Three Enchanting Classics: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the ...2 reviews
P. L. Travers

Odyssey Classics, 2006

Remember the days

+ Enjoyable

when you used to find a nice quiet spot, away from all disturbances and jump headfirst into the adventures of the Banks children and Mary Poppins? I do. These stories are among the best children's literature ever written. They are right up there with the Chronicles of Narnia and Alice in ...
  
  











  



  
Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big164 reviews
Jose Canseco

William Morrow, 2005

Definitly worth a read!

+ Seems truthful
+ Entertaining
+ unbelieveable at first
+ book
  
  











  



  
Twilight of the Gods3 reviews
Adam Pfeffer

iUniverse, Inc., 2006

A Fascinating Look At the Future

+ A Future Novel At Its Best

Timely and well-written, "Twilight of the Gods" is an interesting look at the future. The book introduces us to the first android president of the United States. Everything is great for a while until something happens to the android. Then a war begins between human beings and the machines. I ...
  
  











  



  
Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics)156 reviews
Richard A. Wright

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1998

Very good insight into that time period, early 1900's

+ Come check out this FANTASTIC Event for BLACK BOY!
+ Fantastic
+ Surprisingly good
+ incredible intelligence that can't be stopped.
  
  











  



  
Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Physician (Great Life Stories)
Tristan Boyer Binns

Childrens Press, 2005
  
  











  



  
Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq96 reviews
Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor

Pantheon, 2006

Cobra 2

+ A Book Well Worth It's Weight...
+ An excellent in depth analysis of the war in Iraq
+ Too bad Petraeus wasn't in charge 5 years ago...
  
  











  



  
Molly Pitcher: Heroine Of The War For Independence (Leaders of the American Revolution)
Rachel A. Koestler-Grack

Chelsea House Publications, 2005

In the tradition of the best-selling series Revolutionary War Leaders, this new series presents 10 figures whose choices of the American Revolutionary War. Ideally suited for middle school students, at 100+ pages these books are the perfect length for school reports and are fully documented. This series meets national history curriculum standards.
  
  











  



  
Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America5 reviews
Elliott J. Gorn

Hill and Wang, 2002

A lively coverage

+ Saint Jones
+ well done!
+ Mother Jones: Everybody's mother
  
  











  



  
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction (Bantam Classic)8 reviews
Stephen Crane

Bantam Classics, 1986

What could have been?

+ A wonderful story, and the extra stories are just bonuses to a great package.

Let me first state that I do not own this specific edition of Maggie, and that I am only reviewing the actual story of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. I wasn't going to review this book since it is not the one that I own; however, after reading a previous review I decided that I had to review it. ...
  
  











  



  
Rumplestiltskin (Rabbit Ears-a Classic Tale)

Spotlight, 2005
  
  











  



  
Gump & CO58 reviews
Winston Groom

Pocket Books, 1995

Gump & Co. is a ok book

+ More Gump Is Pretty Good

Gump & Co. is a good book. You'd have to read the first book (Forrest Gump) to get whet happens in this book. Winston Groom has a way of making every thing that he writes funny. Because Forrest Gump is "special in the head", he gets into trouble. A very good book that most people should read. ...
  
  











  



  
Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle11 reviews
Washington Irving

Dover Publications, 2005

Mystical Truth For The Humble, But No One Else

+ Classic Story Beautifully Illustrated
+ Wonderfully Lazy
+ Great version of Rip Van Winkle!
+ A cool book to read
  
  











  



  
Tropic of Capricorn30 reviews
Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

Among Other Things

+ Miller's Tour De Force

Out of idle curiosity and a desire to reread (third time) Miller's Tropic novels, I checked the consumer reviews of Tropic of CANCER first. I am interested in new generations discovering the stuff that I read going back to the early 60s. I found the reviews surprisingly dense, repeating the old ...
  
  











  



  
Sitting Bull and His World5 reviews
Albert Marrin

Dutton Juvenile, 2000

A Heartwarming Biography

+ Almost fabulous
+ Thorough
+ In-depth, thought-provoking, excellent biography
  
  











  



  
9-11168 reviews
Noam Chomsky

Open Media/Seven Stories Press, 2001

Important Context for 9/11 that's Hard to Find Elsewhere

This is a collection of talks and interviews so it lacks the political models and theories that Chomsky applies to U.S. politics and media that are found in his larger and more in depth works. This book is probably best suited for the moderate dissident or progressive who has read only ...