Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil184 reviews Michael C. Ruppert New Society Publishers, 2004 Trying to absorb it and some questions + A MUST READ for all Americans -- especially since the bailouts of Wall Street + PERHAPS THE MOST DIFINITIVE BOOK ON UNDERSTANDING 9/11 + A must read for all Americans             Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return58 reviews Marjane Satrapi Pantheon, 2005 BEST EVER + Inside Iran Persepolis 1 & 2 + Good Insight to a World I Do Not Know This is the only book that I have manged to read the entire of it in one day! It is a comic book, supper easy read and very educational in terms of knowing different culture. I like Persepolis 2 better than 1. U may wanna watch the movie, as well. It won and nominated for many awards in 2007.             Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats66 reviews Mary Enig, Sally Fallon Plume, 2006 Fantastic!!! + Enid & Fallon - They did it again! + Exciting and Hopeful + How to recover your health + Eat Fat Look Thin             The Fourth Turning78 reviews William Strauss, Neil Howe Broadway, 1997 A macro for our time + Life-Changing! + Highly relevant + Provocative, Insightful and Enlightening + Great Place to begin understanding intergenerational communication.             Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our ...33 reviews Peter D. Ward Collins, 2007 Global Warming: Lots of Conflicting Data & No Easy Answers + The Long View of the Earth's Climate and Atmosphere + Read this book and you might have an epiphany... + A must read. + Interesting speculation on cause of past extinctions             The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 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 ...             Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey53 reviews Isabel Fonseca Vintage, 1996 Bury Me Standing Review + "I've been on my knees all my life, so bury me standing." + BURY ME STANDING~THE PLIGHT OF THE ROMA + Bravo! + Gypsy Road             The Secret River14 reviews Kate Grenville Canongate U.S., 2007 Beautiful and touching book + The Secret River as Historical Fiction + An enthralling novel of early white Australian life. I bought this book while travelling in Australia. I asked in the bookshop for the fictional book that would give me some insight into the history of colonization of Australia, and this book certainly did not disappoint me. Beautiful language, touching story, excellent reading. I was absorbed with ...             Black Girl/White Girl13 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Ecco, 2006 Water / Oil Black Girl / White Girl is the story of two 1974 Schuyler College freshmen roommates who could not have possibly been more wrong for each other. Gemma Meade, on the one hand, is a descendant of the college founder and has been raised by ultra-liberal parents to feel somewhat guilty about the ...             Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future49 reviews Bill McKibben Times Books, 2007 A bit repetitive, but incredibly powerful. + Vital Reading for the Future + Hope for New Economic Perspectives + An interesting study on what is and what should be valuable             Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland54 reviews Christopher R. Browning Harper Perennial, 1993 Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach! + Ordinary Men is a grisly look at a German killing squad implementing the Final Solution in Poland + Frightfully banal + Excellent             The Space Between Us: A Novel (P.S.)99 reviews Thrity Umrigar Harper Perennial, 2007 The Space Between Is + I couldn't put it down + well written + An Accurate, Yet Bleak Portrayal of Modern Indian Life + Imitation of Life             The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature1 review David Suzuki Greystone Books, 2006 A life changing, life enhancing read The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place In Nature by David Suzuki offers a conceptual understanding of the human condition and an ecologically sustainable, satisfying and honorable way of life in the world enveloping us all in this day and age. Providing readers with a complete grasp of nature ...             The River Wife: A Novel15 reviews Jonis Agee Random House, 2007 "There's just no way of knowing the infinite devices we have to stitch ourselves together across time." + Jonis Agee is ambitious... + Page-turner + A great summer read + Relentless and compelling as the Mississippi River itself             The Septembers of Shiraz54 reviews Dalia Sofer Ecco, 2007 Exquisite + Interesting and very informative This story seemed too perfect to be made up. Either this writer is a prodigy, or the book autobiographical. Either way, you will not find a more incisively written, detail oriented depiction of what life was like in Iran after the Shah left. The details of prison life were painful to read, and ...             The Road1 review Jack London Aegypan, 2006 The Road Good collection of stories from the road. London delivers. Don't expect Call of the Wild or White Fang, the subject is different. Mainly stories from life as a "hobo".             The Queen of My Self: Stepping Into Sovereignty in Midlife13 reviews Donna Henes Monarch Press (NY), 2004 We rule! + A revealing mirror of my experience + "Finding Moxie, Meaning and Magic in Midlife" + Slow Start - But Worth It! + Hail to the Queen!             Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture11 reviews Dale Allen Pfeiffer New Society Publishers, 2006 We Need to Bring Back the Victory Garden + Very informative! + Crisis in Agriculture I wish I had read this book last year, I would already have prepared a vegetable garden to plant this spring. I know about Peak Oil, etc. but this book really got my attention. It provides a clear explanation of how dependent our food supply is on fossil fuels. Higher and higher food prices are in ...             American Born Chinese55 reviews Gene Luen Yang First Second, 2006 Very good + Interesting Presentation, Positive Story ABC is a great book, very well thought out. It made me think for a long time after I read it.             The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-194529 reviews Jörg Friedrich Columbia University Press, 2006 A Masterful Contribution to the Literature on World War II + For This We Thank The Führer + Germany's massacre Joerg Friedrich's book is an invaluable contribution to the history of the Second World War that was long overdue. Until very recently it was taboo for Germans like him to write about the devastation of their country for fear of antagonizing their Anglo-American occupiers and newfound allies. The ...