The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home56 reviews George Howe Colt Scribner, 2004 Loved this book + Heartbreaking + The Big House + From the Gilded Age to the Golden Arches             Round-Trip to Deadsville: A Year in the Funeral Underground6 reviews Nader Khalili Cal Earth Press, 2002 Compelling! + A Book to Treasure and re-read + This book was instrumental in my career as a funeral director. + Underground Classic + Ride Along With Tim - Both an odyssey and an adventure!             Over the Edge: The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia31 reviews Greg Child Villard, 2002 One of the Few + great book This is one of the Few or maybe Two true storys i have really gotten into. This and Lost In A Mountain In Maine . This book was obviously well written with 4 different points of veiw because there were four climbers. The story's quite amazing and it was soo suspensful i could hardly blink. ...             Diana19 reviews Sarah Bradford Viking Adult, 2006 Informative, moving, and inbiased + A Glimpse Behind The Facade + Very good book + Better than I expected             Why I Jumped: My True Story of Postpartum Depression, Dramatic Rescue & Return to Hope21 reviews Tina Zahn, Wanda Dyson Revell, 2006 What Matters Most is There in Detail + honest and insightful + terrific read for depression sufferers and those who love them. + Yo comprendo! + Healing to those of us who have been in traumatic places             The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the ...49 reviews William Alexander Algonquin Books, 2007 very entertaining book + A reminder for kindred souls who see ONLY WORK in their gardens. Stop! Remember the JOY! + Can't put it down Loved this book. I so identified with the author. There were so many times I just laughed out loud. I too have grown the $64 tomato!             Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish40 reviews Sue Bender HarperOne, 1991 Plain and Simple + Absorbing read + We could all use a little plain and simple in our lives. I felt this was an extremely well written and moving little book, and I have recommended it to many friends. In fact, I bought copies and sent them out. It made you stop and think about your own life and how we complicate and prioritize.             The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales111 reviews Oliver Sacks Touchstone, 1998 What the maladaptive can teach us + At times dry, but very interesting overall + What the maladaptive can teach us + A Captivating, yet Redundant, Dive into the World of Disorders             A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman126 reviews Joan Anderson Broadway, 2000 A good read if you're in transition + Beautiful! + Take time for yourself Joan Anderson wrote this book to help herself out of a tough life transition. Along the way, she learned, and she teaches us, so much about what we seek in life, how to live with ourselves before trying to live to please others. She shares so much, "A Year by the Sea" is a good example of ...             My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student49 reviews Rebekah Nathan Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 A must-read for college professors! + College is not a linear experience of intellectual and moral development. This is news? + MY FRESHMAN YEAR + Students appreciate this Ethnography             Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers358 reviews Mary Roach W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Fascinating Read! Well Researched and Goes into Great Detail of Options for Those Thinking of Donating Their Corpse to Science! + Could not put it down! + Interesting and entertaining + Wow!             Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash53 reviews Elizabeth Royte Back Bay Books, 2006 A must read for those who throw away trash... EVERYONE! + Garbage Land Is A Keeper + FASCINATING Garbage Land is a well researched look into the world of waste handling. The book not only deals with garbage sent to landfills but also recycling both in the US and around the world. Truly and eye opening book that changed the way that I lived and felt about the world. An amazing book, now ...             Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish18 reviews Joe Mackall Beacon Press, 2008 Plain Secrets: An Outsider Among the Amish + Fascinating book + Plain Secrets was a good book + You'll come away with a new perspective about Amish life             What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out19 reviews David L. Marcus Mariner Books, 2006 A real look into the minds of some troubled teens + If you're a parent worried about your teen, read this book + Riveting and Helpful From my standpoint, this book was not written to be an expose on therapeutic schools. It was not written to tell you what the staff/parents/etc could have done to have better results. It was not written to tell you how to fix your teen. Simply, it is a glimpse into the lives of some trouble teens ...             When Rabbit Howls85 reviews Truddi Chase Berkley Trade, 2002 A rare glimpse into the mind of multiple personality disorder. + A must read for someone considering a field in Psychology + book purchase + One of the best MPD auto/biographies + It's Rabbit Season             Three Mile Island1 review Mark Stephens Random House Inc (T), 1980 There Are More Up to Date Books This is an adequate review of the topic, but to get more up to date details I would suggest a newer book. I did find that I wanted more background detail at times. I would have also liked more details of what was taking place in the White House. Overall, not a bad book, but I wish I had spent ...             All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening ...30 reviews Paula Kamen Da Capo Press, 2006 Highly recommend for chronic headache sufferers + I'm not alone! + Thank You, Paula! + So it's not all in my head afterall + reality at last!!!!             I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers34 reviews Tim Madigan Gotham, 2006 wonderful reading + A Must Read! + A sweet book + Written with feeling...I'm Proud of You + Proud to give this a two thumbs up review             Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil491 reviews John Berendt Vintage, 1999 Read it & visit Savannah + Great + Great Read I visited Savannah this summer & then read the book. I had seen the movie when it first came out & remembered that is was a good one, but I forgot so much of it. After touring the Mercer House & confusing several timelines, I borrowed my sister's book & could hardly put it down, and I am a seldom ...             White House Nannies29 reviews Barbara Kline Tarcher, 2006 I loved it! + Excellent, humorous book + Entertaining read I loved reading this book! As a 'new' nanny, I found this book very useful. At first i said I wouldn't want to work with a family like these mentioned in the book, but then I thought more about it, and I actually wouldn't mind getting the 'experience'. I live in So cal, so we do have families like ...