Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit869 reviews Daniel Quinn Bantam, 1995 Thank you Ishmael + Life Changing Novel + Original, Thought-Provoking and Intriguing + Step out of the box!             Envisioning Information51 reviews Edward R. Tufte Graphics Press, 1990 Envisioning Information + Portable affordable art + A Continually Rewarding Gem + It's a good book             Cryptonomicon834 reviews Neal Stephenson Harper Perennial, 2000 Nerds of the world, rejoice! Stephenson pens a zinger + Fantastic. Stephenson's best. + Count me as a fan + NOT WAR AND PEACE BUT...... + Cryptonomicon             The Heart of the Matter (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)74 reviews Graham Greene Penguin, 1999 Green's tragic masterpiece + Worthy of a claim to greatness + A better book than "The Da Vinci Code"... + Who know "what goes on in a single human heart"?             The Da Vinci Code, Special Illustrated Edition3866 reviews Dan Brown Doubleday, 2004 Calm down people! + Women beyond belief I haven't read this book in a long time, but I feel obligated to write a review due to the vast amount of controversy over it. First, let me just tell you my impressions of the book. I found it riveting to read. It is definitely a page-turner which keeps you hooked until the very end. The ...             Underworld: A Novel321 reviews Don DeLillo Scribner, 1998 An Utterly Non-Porus Book. + Detritus of the modern age + In Search of a Latin Lover + "Under the surface of ordinary things"             The Fourth Hand277 reviews John Irving Ballantine Books, 2002 Irving comes through + Irving for Wisconsinites + Another impressive novel by John Irving One of John Irving's best endeavors, with an un-Irving like ending. Irving's descriptions are vivid and his storytelling becomes nearly poetic in much of this prose, however - I agree with others that this is an extremely readable encounter with Irving and would be good for first time Irving ...             One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club)253 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Harper Perennial, 2004 puleeze + Read it + A profound book, and one of the best I've read It's so disappointing, not to mention depressing, to read the negative reviews of this book on line here. We are speaking of one of the dozen finest books of the twentieth century. The failure is not the book's. I encourage all of you to try again--let the book lift you.             The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice73 reviews Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro Ten Speed Press, 2002 Manners, plus a little more. + Didn't Expect the Section on Pot I found this book very entertaining, quite useful and I recommend it highly. For those of you who are aspiring to be a gentlemen, just looking for some fatherly advice, or wish to brush up on how a modern gentleman carries himself, this text has it all. The authors gave an astonishingly educated ...             Pattern Recognition276 reviews William Gibson Berkley Trade, 2004 Excellent and Multifaceted Story + Couldn't put it down You walk with the protagonist as she tries to figure out who her mysterious employer is and what her real assignment might be; you are variously helped and threatened--sometimes by the same people--and things are rarely only what they appear to be. More than that, this young woman has a ...             Sputnik Sweetheart82 reviews Haruki Murakami Vintage, 2002 sputnik sweethearrt + Lonely but Lucky + like a chrome-plated Alice This is a really really good novel.I highly recommend it. The story is about a triangle relationship. It's really cool.             The New York Trilogy: City of Glass; Ghosts; The Locked Room (Contemporary American Fiction Series)96 reviews Paul Auster Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990 Language and Story Examined Through Existentialism + book + The Existential Dashiell Hammett + painless way into postmodernist metafiction             The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan250 reviews Robert Anton Wilson Dell, 1983 Essential reading + Complete mind f*** + Had I only read it back in '83 I would have been blown away! especially for anyone who is into modern occultism or self programming, etc. RAW bring humor and insight to this work of amazing scope.             The Nuclear Age21 reviews Tim O'Brien Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996 An Interesting Introduction + Sign of the Times + O'Brien is a Gifted Storyteller I was introduced to this book by my girlfriend, who picked it up randomly because she liked the cover. Turns out she loved the book, which inspired me to read it as well. This book ended up being a great introduction to O'Brien, in some ways lighter than many of his other works, but it still has of ...             How to Be Good291 reviews Nick Hornby Riverhead Trade, 2002 Makes me want to be good... or at least better Nick Hornby is quickly becoming my favorite author. I loved "A Long Way Down" and "About a Boy." I don't know which is my favorite, but "How to Be Good" is every bit as good as the others. It's painful in its accuracy of the internal conflict every person faces when debating living comfortably ...             American Gods702 reviews Neil Gaiman HarperTorch, 2002 A deep understanding + Thought provoking...makes you question your beliefs + How Neil Gaiman Re-invents the Fantasy Novel + interesting and engaging, a little stretching             Fugitive Days: A Memoir60 reviews Bill Ayers Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 Revolutionary hubris I fully understand the revulsion that some people feel toward the author of this book, though I do not share that revulsion. William Ayers wanted to end the Vietnam war, which was a noble goal. He contributed absolutely nothing toward ending the war. Like most Americans, I was against the war, ...             Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)135 reviews Haruki Murakami Vintage, 1993 Patience is a virtue + another catching Murakami adventure + Another trip down the rabbit hole + A wonderful novel about the mind and the desire for immortality             A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)962 reviews John Kennedy Toole Grove Weidenfeld, 1987 Smart, Funny, Without the Usual Conceit + The funniest book I've ever read + incredible book + Odd, Sad, Funny, Unique and Just Plain Great! + Hilarious, dark, brilliant             Here We Are in Paradise: Stories12 reviews Tony Earley Back Bay Books, 1997 A genuine voice of the South + What a good writer he is. + Coincidence or not + A Wonderful Voice Of The South