Tao Te Ching1 review Lao Tze Barron''s Educational Series, 2002 A Beautiful and up-to-date translation and commentary (A review of Stephen Hodge's Daodejing) I have many different translations of the Dao De Jing and this one is very good. It relies on the most recent scholarly research and archaeological finds. Hodge, who is an ordained Buddhist monk, provides insightful and easily understood commentary. I don't ...             Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America17 reviews Theodora Kroeber University of California Press, 2002 HUMANS-COME TOGETHER! + Meet the Monster....and He is Us + Ishi in Two Worlds + very good             The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley296 reviews Ballantine Books, 1992 Should be Required Reading! + A revelation. + anglo-saxon reader + Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication + I know something Malcolm didn't             Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life133 reviews Jon Lee Anderson Grove Press, 1997 MY REVOLUTIONARY BROTHA + superlative and always relevant + One of two essential biographies + Tales of Power + yes             The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case, Second Edition7 reviews Richard L. Rashke Cornell University Press, 2000 One Conspiracy Theory That Just Might Be True + An important piece of recent American history. + An Excellent Addition to Studying Karen Silkwood! + Courage Where We Find It + Outstanding             Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying33 reviews Ram Dass Riverhead Trade, 2001 Still Way Ahead Of His Time + even when he's not..he's dtill here + GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL HERE + Why we like sunsets             Eat the Document: A Novel21 reviews Dana Spiotta Scribner, 2006 Blessed from page 1 + Great book, but ending peters out A far-ranging, thoughtful, compelling exploration of Fitzgerald's great themes of lost youth and the futile American pursuit of self-reinvention, this time through the prism of two Seventies radicals gone underground and the withering of their cultural legacy. It also works as an affecting lament ...             Anarchism and Other Essays14 reviews Emma Goldman Dover Publications, 1969 Emma Goldman's essays collected + A Nice Introduction on Anarchism and other Radical Thought + Wonderful writer + Very good collection of Goldmans essays             The Life of DH Lawrence: An Illustrated Biography Keith Sagar Chaucer Press, 2004 Since his death in 1930 at the age of 44, D H Lawrence has become a legend as both a writer and a man. In The Life of D H Lawrence, Keith Sagar has written an authentic, vivid biography, drawing on the five thousand five hundred Lawrence letters now available, and the many accounts of him by his relatives, friends and contemporaries. He tells the story directly and dramatically, revealing the ...             Mating: A Novel77 reviews Norman Rush Vintage, 1992 A compulsive talker writes and writes Original, insufferable, grandstanding, unbearable, relentless, and (in its evocations of Africa) often stunning and memorable. I so much prefer Norman Rush's astounding short stories in WHITES. In a more disciplined form he is able to contain his stories and contain himself, but the liberating ...             Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (Civilization of the American Indian)19 reviews Vine Deloria University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 Excellent source for the Native American viewpoint + Custer DID die for your sins + Insightful, funny . . . and frustrating Despite the authors name, he has Indian ancestry, as do many contemporary author's do today. Non-Indians expect to see traditional names like Sitting Bull as writers. Due to many reasons, the first Americans have changed names or had them changed for them over a long period of time; a sad fact in ...             The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics)68 reviews Peter Matthiessen Penguin, 1987 a great travel log with a little zen + One of the classics of travelogue literature: The Snow Leopard + Interesting and Compelling Book Matthiessen is a talented writer who consistently manages to capture the essence of what he sees. He insists that he is a fiction writer, first and foremost, but the honesty and vibrance of his words in nonfiction are phenomenal. As an "travel log"-type book, this is one of the best. His ...             Drop City115 reviews T.C. Boyle Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 A searing vision, & first-rate, high or straight + Dystopian Corrective to Free Love 60's Myth- Weird anachronisms though + Read On and Drop Out! Already a clear-cut five-star, even before I finish, TC Boyle's ripe and agitated revisit to the hippie extremes of the late '60s offers both a celebration and a slam. DROP CITY is the first novel of his I've tasted in a while; for years I'd sampled only the sharply-cornered ironies, their ...             The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.47 reviews Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson Grand Central Publishing, 2001 Required reading! + A must read + The best read of the year + Required reading + Great             An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire17 reviews Arundhati Roy South End Press, 2004 Imperial mix democracy + A Book to Make you Squirm + America in the eys of the rest of the World Arundhati Roy's book "An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire" is a collection of essays and speeches compiled into a book. While some people may be disappointed in the format and the repetition of some information, that does not detract from her brilliance as one of the most prolific writers of our ...             Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)74 reviews Allen Ginsberg City Lights Publishers, 2001 Great book, great price + Ginsberg the 'greatest'?.. hmmm + Seeking Jazz or S*x or Soup + Howl, And Other Pocket Poems + Amazing             Clearcut10 reviews Nina Shengold Anchor, 2005 Strong on Many Levels at Once + Clearcut + Compelling and tender + Great until the last 24 pages + Fabulous read             A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas 1492 to the Present25 reviews Ward Churchill City Lights Publishers, 2001 An Eye-Opener + American History From the Victims' Perspective + A Little Matter of Genocide review + States of Denial + Fast and Perfect Condition             Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles)272 reviews Bob Dylan Simon & Schuster, 2005 Not a Tell-All But Definitely a Work of Art + the truth...but what is truth? + I Was Wrong + Not like Writing Lyrics             The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel560 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1998 I wasn't expecting this!!!! + A 21st century 1984 by George Orwell + Great Review This book was written very well. I had the creeps while I was reading it. It reminded me of the movie "Children of Men" and the book "The Giver". The entire time I was reading this book, I kept thinking of a certain female vice presidential candidate. I am afraid that she would love the form of ...