A Perfect Harmony: The Intertwining Lives of Animals and Humans Throughout History3 reviews Roger Caras Purdue University Press, 2002 Highly recommended for all animal rights activists A Perfect Harmony: The Intertwining Lives Of Animals And Humans throughout History by animal expert and author Roger A. Caras is a fascinating, informative, and enlightening look at how domesticating animals forever changed human history and created the fundamental basis (along with agriculture) ...             A Million Little Pieces1824 reviews James Frey Anchor, 2005 Moving read + I broke down because I had to know what all the hype was about! I enjoyed this book a lot. I felt very connected and found myself going through all of the same feelings. I don't care if the story isn't true because it is a book and I believe it is technically classified as fiction so no one is really lying to you if it was made up. It is a good book about ...             Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business14 reviews Dolly Parton Harpercollins (Mm), 1995 A True Diamond + A very informative book! + Hoping for a sequel, though + A laugh a page             Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex33 reviews Olivia Judson Holt Paperbacks, 2003 Sex Advice + Very amusing and informative + A fun look at evolutionary biology + One of My Favorites             The Sound and the Fury191 reviews William Faulkner Vintage, 1991 Why we read + Only The Serious Need Apply + Difficult and Complex + Astonishing             The Secret History534 reviews Donna Tartt Vintage, 2004 Engrossing + A Modern Greek Tragedy + Amazing Read + Good, weird, but a stretch of the imagination + A stunningly brilliant debut novel.             Lust for Life46 reviews Irving Stone Plume, 1984 Living for Lust + Beautiful + An amazing man ! + A Wonderful Introduction to Art + A Man Amongst Men             Franny and Zooey220 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 Entertaining and intelligent Franny and Zooey is not really a single novel. Rather, it's more like two novellas, though the novellas have overlapping characters. These stories, originally published in The New Yorker magazine, concern Franny and Zooey Glass, two members of the family that was the subject of most of Salinger's ...             Anansi Boys180 reviews Neil Gaiman HarperTorch, 2006 Great, as always + A good read, but not quite as great as Neverwhere + Good - but not great + A good read + Funtastic!!             In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto161 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Fresh Perspective on Food + After Omnivore's Dilemma + Best information on nutrition I've read in years This is likely the most useful book I have read in a decade. Having grown up in the clean-your-plate-get-dessert era I greatly appreciate Pollan's fresh (pun accepted) perspectives on food and eating. Despite a medical background, I have long been perplexed by food and the many products now ...             Slaughterhouse-Five696 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 Essential Vonnegut, still relevant today... + The Why of Tralfalmadore + A great book + Complex and Compelling + Great book....             Candide (Dover Thrift Editions)23 reviews Voltaire Dover Publications, 1991 Best of all Worlds + Is our world the best of all possible worlds?? + Great Read + Satisfaction to the Maximum             ReMix: Reading and Composing Culture5 reviews Catherine G. Latterell Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005 Culture Changes + pop culture + Encourages active learning; discourages passivity A fascinating text with a smart premise: culture is mixing, remixing, and reinventing constantly. Lively readings. Students will respond well.             Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim1 review Little Brown & Co., 2004 David Sedaris does it again This book is jampacked with what David Sedaris is famous for...great and interesting stories about himself and his quirky family. With marvelous wit and a somewhat sarcastic tone, Sedaris makes you believe you know his family as well as he does. A fun, quick read that can be picked up and put down ...             Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)448 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage Books, 2007 Worth the time + Depressingly beautiful... + Love in the Time of Cholera Several people have indicated that this is a difficult read. It is. Perhaps it's the translation, perhaps it's the abundance of imagery. But whatever it is, it's worth the effort. Having read One Thousand Years and The Handsomest Drowned Man, I'm familiar with his use of prose and magical ...             Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior155 reviews Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson Harvest Books, 2006 Wholly Fascinating! + wonderful! + Humans, Their Animal Partners and Autism + excellent look into autism + Life expanding read             The Penelopiad (Canongate Myths)17 reviews Margaret Atwood Canongate Books Ltd, 2006 Light, satirical and racy + Cult of the Mother Goddess + A Woman's Take Definitely different than any Atwood I've read. Told from the perspective of Penelope, Odysseus's long suffering, devoted wife, about what really went on during his travels ... and most of it is not flattering of Odysseus or, frankly, of Penelope. This story is light and satirical, if a bit racy at ...             The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure671 reviews William Goldman Harcourt, 2007 Real Fantasy + True Love and High Adventure Indeed! I was afraid to read this book and avoided it for many years. I so dearly love the movie and I just didn't want to be disappointed either way. If the book was better, as is usually the case, then my movie experience would be tarnished. If the movie was better then I'd be wasting my time with the ...             The Alchemist - Gift Edition1254 reviews Paulo Coelho HarperOne, 2006 Great Read + Everyone should read this book + Simple. Classic. + BOUGHT AS GIFT             The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould5 reviews Stephen Jay Gould W. W. Norton, 2007 Love is a many spandreled thing + Good Overview of Gould + Good Overview of Gould, But His Individual Collections Are Better + An entertaining mix of science and social observation + Best condensation of Stephne Jay Gould's work