Rabbit Redux36 reviews John Updike Penguin, 2006 Updike's most forceful novel + Rabbit depression + Apathetic Harry is jolted + This book grows on you.             Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, "Rabbit Remembered"14 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 2001 Fine read + Rabbit would be proud, almost (4 *s: the Rabbit effect) Updike writes transcendent prose, this is why I always defer to his books. This short story collection also includes a gift, the epilogue to the epic Rabbit series, which was a formative part of my modern reading education in the 80s. As Augustus commanded Rome, so Updike commands English ...             I Love You, Beth Cooper45 reviews Larry Doyle Ecco, 2007 Clever and Hilarious! + I Love "I Love You, Beth Cooper" + Great "Night to Remember" romantic comedy + A witty, fast-paced summer read!             Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories60 reviews Raymond Carver Vintage, 1989 "Who knows why we do what we do?" + just an ordinary reader , not an academic or word critic + Phota stories + Paeans to a lived life + Nice introduction to contemporary writing             Exit Ghost45 reviews Philip Roth Houghton Mifflin, 2007 The past is prologue + Character driven novel w/focus on internal monologue + poignant, as always. This is Nathan Zuckerman's latest novel. For those who may not know, Nathan Zuckerman is Philip Roth's alter ego and is the protagonist in many of Mr. Roth's books. For a decade, Nathan has relocated from the fast paced, daily craziness that is Manhattan to the quietness and solitude of the ...             Terrorist: A Novel142 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 2007 Important book- flaws are minor + Worthwhile, but Flawed The story here is well described by other reviewers. Mr Updike sets out to answer two questions that have haunted Americans since 9/11 i.e., why do they hate us and what makes someone become a terrorist. The answer to both questions is the same. Two words, the Koran. Hatred of infidels is ...             Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)2 reviews Fyodor Dostoyevsky Signet Classics, 2006 A Hard Read + One of my favorite books so far This book is excellent but readers should take the time to read the Translator's Preface before jumping in. This will help to understand the names of the characters and other nuances that apply to a book translated from another language. The book is about redemption. It's worth the effort to get ...             Cities of the Plain102 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage International, 1999 Omit epilogue + The Ending Of Two + A fine book I think the epilogue adds nothing to the novel, unless somehow I missed the point entirely. C. M. has elsewhere more skillfully put forth his theme that our destinies are predetermined practically from the "big bang" and that, appearances to the contrary, we really have no choices. The last ...             In Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and Editor7 reviews Larry L. King PublicAffairs, 2006 From a life of promise and its decline + Willie's back in town + Decoding Willie Morris + Willie's back in town + Willie We Hardly Knew Ye             Team Rodent : How Disney Devours the World102 reviews Carl Hiaasen Ballantine Books, 1998 A Review from someone who has LIVED in FL + "Disney is so good at being good that it manifests an evil." -Which is ripe for satire. Before you spend $9 on this book you need to know that it's less than 100 pages. This is not so much a book but a critical essay. Many Disney lovers have obviously read and reviewed this book and written scathing reviews, you will notice that most of these reviewers live far away from the Disney ...             The Crossing (Border Trilogy, Vol 2)81 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Knopf, 1994 A Haunting and Beautiful Book + Highly recommend!! + A Western Sorrow. I'm really not sure how to describe this book, or that it is necessary to do so. It is an adventure story that has many different sections which, in ways, don't even seem to fit together. Certainly, it is mainly about two brothers and their journey into Mexico to retrieve horses stolen from their ...             Photoshop CS2 Before & After Makeovers (Before & After Makeovers)3 reviews Taz Tally Wiley, 2006 Author Overview + Best hands on introduction to Photoshop CS2 Hello, Taz Tally here, the author of Photoshop CS2 Before and After Makeovers. Greetings from glorious Alaska! I thought you might like to know a bit more about what is in my book and why I wrote it. For years, I have been teaching my Photoshop production techniques in my seminars. I have ...             Child of God52 reviews Cormac McCarthy Peter Smith Publisher, 1994 Sick! But interesting and a dark and desperate adventure. "Child of God" is a story of a poor, lonesome and demented redneck named Lester trying to survive in a poor redneck town. From the beginning we see that he has gotten the boot from society (be it as it may) and has been forgotten and left on his own to survive and pursue his own interests, which ...             A Short Course in Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D Photography (Book & eBook)8 reviews Dennis Curtin ShortCourses.com, 2005 Well worth the money + A very "underestimated book".... + good for its intended purpose This is an excellent, well written manuel for beginner to intermediate owners of a Rebel XT. The book is in black and white and sprial bound (it actually stays open when put down) but there is a full color cd with the entire book on it. This book along with "Digital Rebel: Digital Field Guide" is ...             Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)4 reviews Carla Rose Sams, 2005 Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours + Perfect beginners book! Choose this and not the "dummies" book. Title: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours Author: Carla Rose Publisher: Sams; 3rd edition (May 13, 2005) ISBN: 0672327554 Pages: 528 Reviewer: Dorothy Freeman Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Intrigued by the title's promise, I recently checked out a book called ...             Portnoy's Complaint101 reviews Philip Roth Vintage, 1998 Funny, Influential, Modern, Psychological Jewish Novel -- that's well worth your time... + Laugh-out-loud hilarious! + I thought this was a book about gangsters + Great Reflection of 1969 and Jersey Jews [52][T]             The Lay of the Land (Vintage Contemporaries)74 reviews Richard Ford Vintage, 2007 Best Frank Bascombe + Brilliantly rendered audiobook + ulysses in new jersey This is, to my way of thinking, the best of the 3 Frank Bascombe novels. Frank is now all "growed up" and facing the inevitabilities of late middle age (he's 55): prostrate cancer, ungrateful or at least emotionally angular children, possible failure of a second marriage and re-connection of a ...             God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer92 reviews Bart D. Ehrman HarperOne, 2008 A Fine Search For More Than 'Pat' Answers + Left me wondering why I read it, but I do recommend it for some. + Bulls Eye on the Big Question of Human Suffering + Is There A Good Reason For Evil? + What I Expected             New Orleans Architecture Vol III: The Cemeteries2 reviews Leonard V. Huber Pelican Publishing Company, 1997 Excellent Historical And Architectural Resource! + Much more than cemetaries An excellent, detailed documentation of this very important part of New Orleans, past and present.             The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka Waking Lion Press, 2006 The Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the most famous of Kafka's works, along with The Trial and The Castle. The story begins when a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Curiously, his condition does not arouse surprise in his family, who merely despise it as an impending burden. As with all of Kafka's works, The Metamorphosis is ...