The Areas of My Expertise127 reviews John Hodgman Riverhead Trade, 2006 Brilliant from start to finish + Don't read in public + The more education you have, the funnier this book gets ! + The Areas of My Expertise             World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War455 reviews Max Brooks Crown, 2006 Story of Human Nature at its Best (and Worst) + Not a story- but a world + Really Cool Zombie Book + A strong read for the end of times + well thought out and mature 'zombie Lit'             The Great Zapruder Film Hoax: Deceit and Deception in the Death of JFK34 reviews Open Court, 2003 Excellent work by Fetzer This book describes the results of painstaking work by Fetzer and others, using simple tools of geometry and measurements of the still-existing concrete structures at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, to prove that the Zapruder film was heavily and professionally modified to show an incorrect series of ...             The Gates of the Forest: A Novel14 reviews Elie Wiesel Schocken, 1995 A response to SOPHIA, and all the other Sophias out there + loss of identity/triumph over despair + An incredible literary piece + Into the Woods + Another amazing book by Weisel             The Hoax7 reviews Adrienne Jones Mundania Press, LLC, 2006 One of the best of 2006 + The Incredible Hoax + Fans of sci-fi wouldn't want to miss this one + Damn + Favorite Read This Year             Here in Cold Hell (Lionwolf Trilogy) Tanith Lee Tor, 2005 Killed by the power of the god Zezeth, his true father, Lionwolf has been cast into a bleak and icy hell lit just by a cold blue sun. Here he and others of the living dead must wage endless combat and war, to appease the whim of a deathly King whose face is made of stone. But when Lionwolf encounters the King's wife, she is none other than the beautiful, god-fashioned Chillel, his own former ...             All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs22 reviews Elie Wiesel Schocken, 1996 disagree with "mediocre" label + Cascading Memories + Memoirs of a a gadol b'Israel + My own small word + 6 stars?             The Gaon of Vilna: The Man and His Image Immanuel Etkes University of California Press, 2002 A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known as the "Gaon of Vilna." He was the acknowledged master of Talmudic studies in the vibrant intellectual center of Vilna, revered throughout Eastern Europe for his learning and his ability to traverse with ease seemingly opposed domains of thought and activity. After his death, the myth that had been woven ...             The Kite Runner2517 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Ki + Wonderful + Fantastic + powerful and moving + Could Not Put it Down             Hoax: A Novel57 reviews Robert K. Tanenbaum Pocket Star, 2005 Who is the real author? I don't know who wrote this, but it couldn't have been the Robert Tanenbaum I've followed loyally for years. Previous novels in this series have exhibited an enchanting metamorphosis for the Karp/Ciampi clan. The entire writing style is completely different. I have no words to express my ...             Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams4 reviews Catherynne M. Valente Prime Books, 2005 Wow. + A love for imagery + Dreams of the Book + Delicious Language.             The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code65 reviews Carl E. Olson, Sandra Miesel Ignatius Press, 2004 True research + Great source for debunking Brown + Good book for what it is. + Thorough and interesting             Mirrormask162 reviews Jason Barry, Dora Bryan Sony Pictures, 2006 Images and Ideas, Mirrormask + Close to You? The Jim Henson Company, Dave Mckean and Neil Gaiman are binge stealing unique images and ideas from talented artist around the world, making "their big names" out of it. In 1998 I worked for the Jim Henson Creature Shop in London. They scaned a lot of my artwork during my job interview with ...             The Road1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy Knopf, 2006 A Road To Treasure + Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine. Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...             Rashi2 reviews Maurice Liber Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2006 Buy the Dybbuk Press Version Ok I have published Rashi and Merely Mary Ann at the same time, because I'll be publishing Michael Boatman's horror anthology and The Big Bow Mystery later this year and I want to devote as much time as possible to promotion of those books. In writing a review, I know that I have essentially ...             The Hoax14 reviews Clifford Irving Permanent Press (NY), 1981 Irving's audio Hoax + A ripping good yarn Before James Frey bogus biography of A Million Little Pieces, there was Clifford Irving! Now unlike Frey, Irving tried to write an autobiography of Howard Hughes. In the 1970, Irving was a hack spy novelist and Hughes was a reclusive millionaire who was in hiding. Irving prayed upon the ...             Oral Vices2 reviews Adrienne Jones PublishAmerica, 2004 Oral Vices, by Adrienne Jones + VERY CLEVER!!! This is my second attempt and from here I learn my lesson--stop trying to predict where an Adrienne Jones novel is going to take you. You will always be wrong. ORAL VICES sets the tone with its first sentence: "It was a festival of freaks." And it doesn't let up, ever. From the moment Samuel ...             Dogs in the Moonlight Jay Lake Wildside Press, 2005 Dogs in the Moonlight showcases yet another of the powerful voices of one of speculative fiction's hottest new writers. Less than three years after his first publication, Jay Lake has already been nominated for the John W. Campbell Award, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award. His stories, appearing in dozens of markets worldwide, have been translated into five languages. This collection of ...             Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S.32 reviews Alex Boese Harvest Books, 2006 A fascinatating read + Grat book + And you thought hippos were vegetarians + An entertaining and informative look at the reality, hoaxes, and b.s. in the "Misinformation Age".             The King of Schnorrers2 reviews Israel Zangwill Dover Publications, 2003 A masterpiece of Jewish humor as you probably see there are many versions of this half-forgotten book floating around and, as i write, one positive but curiously mild review so i thought i would weigh in here where i might have some impact. this book is beautiful. not beautiful like lovely writing in particular, though ...