Literature and Ourselves: A Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers (5th Edition)1 review
Gloria Mason Henderson, William Day, ...

Longman, 2005

Excellent book

This is a great book for those who like to read short stories, essays, and poems from different genres and authors. I needed it for an Eng Lit class, but I want to own it for myself. Unlike other college books that are sold back to the school, this is a keeper.
  
  











  



  
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts8 reviews
Sylvia Plath

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000

a great poet with heart and soul

+ Excellent Portrait of an Evolving Writer
+ Not her best but I love her anyway!
+ Autobiographical Stories
  
  











  



  
The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing
Michael Meyer

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008
  
  











  



  
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, ...55 reviews
Michio Kaku

Doubleday, 2008

Impossible to some, magic to others, possible with time...

+ future
+ Mission: Possible

A brilliant insight to the possible, and what seems impossible, of future technologies. A must read for both novice and technical readers of physics literature.
  
  











  



  
Frankenstein (Enriched Classics)35 reviews
Mary Shelley

Pocket, 2004

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

+ The Pusuit of Greatness

I bought this for my son for a school reading assignment. He did not like the book at all. Me, on the other hand, I liked it. I read it years & years ago but I enjoyed it the 2nd time around.
  
  











  



  
The Death of Superman72 reviews
Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, ...

DC Comics, 1993

Great Action

+ Essential, but room for improvement
+ Doomsday Wrecks Havoc

There are comics that make have revolutionary writing and make you think (this is not it) and then there are really exciting, thrilling, non-stop action comics (this is it!) so if you enjoy the latter you will enjoy this book. There are some people who complain about the politics that concern the ...
  
  











  



  
Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World (2nd Edition)1 review
Lester Rowntree, Martin Lewis, ...

Prentice Hall, 2007

not too shabby

good used book, fit the description, kinda slow on delivery but may have been postal service
  
  











  



  
Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties: An Indian Declaration of Independence1 review
Vine, Jr. Deloria

University of Texas Press, 1985

A book worth reading

Vine Deloria Jr. was born in 1933 in Martin, South Dakota. He obtained a Master of Theology degree from the Lutheran School of Theology in Rock Island, Illinois in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1970. His works, including "Custer Died for Your Sins", "We Talk, You Listen," and ...
  
  











  



  
The Republican Playbook23 reviews
Andy Borowitz

Hyperion, 2006

clever funny but oh so true!

+ Reviewed by Jim Melcher
+ The Republican Playbook
+ It worked! The Dems are in control!
  
  











  



  
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time116 reviews
Jeffrey Sachs

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

Inspiring, Intriguing, Engrossing

+ Insightful and inspiring perspective on one of the great opportunities of our generation

If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in ...
  
  











  



  
Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy

Oxford University Press, Inc., 2001

Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy provides in one volume the major writings from nearly 2,500 years of political and moral philosophy. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, it moves from classical thought (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero) through medieval views (Augustine, Aquinas) to modern perspectives (Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Adam Smith, Kant). ...
  
  











  



  
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time116 reviews
Jeffrey Sachs

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

Inspiring, Intriguing, Engrossing

+ Insightful and inspiring perspective on one of the great opportunities of our generation

If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in ...
  
  











  



  
Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy

Oxford University Press, Inc., 2001

Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy provides in one volume the major writings from nearly 2,500 years of political and moral philosophy. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, it moves from classical thought (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero) through medieval views (Augustine, Aquinas) to modern perspectives (Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Adam Smith, Kant). ...
  
  











  



  
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, ...55 reviews
Michio Kaku

Doubleday, 2008

Impossible to some, magic to others, possible with time...

+ future
+ Mission: Possible

A brilliant insight to the possible, and what seems impossible, of future technologies. A must read for both novice and technical readers of physics literature.
  
  











  



  
Literature and Ourselves: A Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers (5th Edition)1 review
Gloria Mason Henderson, William Day, ...

Longman, 2005

Excellent book

This is a great book for those who like to read short stories, essays, and poems from different genres and authors. I needed it for an Eng Lit class, but I want to own it for myself. Unlike other college books that are sold back to the school, this is a keeper.
  
  











  



  
The Republican Playbook23 reviews
Andy Borowitz

Hyperion, 2006

clever funny but oh so true!

+ Reviewed by Jim Melcher
+ The Republican Playbook
+ It worked! The Dems are in control!
  
  











  



  
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts8 reviews
Sylvia Plath

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000

a great poet with heart and soul

+ Excellent Portrait of an Evolving Writer
+ Not her best but I love her anyway!
+ Autobiographical Stories
  
  











  



  
Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World (2nd Edition)1 review
Lester Rowntree, Martin Lewis, ...

Prentice Hall, 2007

not too shabby

good used book, fit the description, kinda slow on delivery but may have been postal service
  
  











  



  
The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing
Michael Meyer

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008
  
  











  



  
Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties: An Indian Declaration of Independence1 review
Vine, Jr. Deloria

University of Texas Press, 1985

A book worth reading

Vine Deloria Jr. was born in 1933 in Martin, South Dakota. He obtained a Master of Theology degree from the Lutheran School of Theology in Rock Island, Illinois in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1970. His works, including "Custer Died for Your Sins", "We Talk, You Listen," and ...