Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)324 reviews Herman Melville Penguin Classics, 2002 Bloody Battle in Affghanistan! Grand contested election for the Presidency of the United States! + a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering... + Get back to the Pequad please! + Hey! You Can't Be Ishmael Again! It's My Turn to Be Ishmael! + Hard to ignore and not wonder about the meaning of Ishmael's ambiguous sexuality             The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol. Set)137 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1986 The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol) + Wonderful Narrative + A wonderful odyssey through a terrible time. + American Civil War             Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays1 review Frederick Jackson Turner Yale University Press, 1999 Turner's "Frontier Thesis" Unfiltered This is a very useful collection of ten essays by University of Wisconsin/Harvard University historian Frederick Jackson Turner written through out his career. Edited and introduced by John Mack Faragher, this book is a very fine entrée point to the thought of Turner. The first of the essays ...             The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way15 reviews Eugene H. Peterson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007 Spiritual Portraits and the Purification of Means + Life Changing Freshness! + Never read a book that has moved me like this one has + The Jesus Way + An insightful and timely book.             Desert Solitaire122 reviews Edward Abbey Ballantine Books, 1985 Not just desert love + I now understand why this is considered a "Nature Classic". + Must reading + Fantastic Book             Worldview: The History of a Concept4 reviews David K. Naugle Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002 Excellent Book on Different Worldviews + Great Summary of a worldviews and a Christian worldview + dissertation on intellectual history, followed by passion Having read this book for Dr. Naugle's Philosophy class, I got this book first hand. It was one of our textbooks for his class, and it was a hard read. It was his dissertation, and the language in it can tend to be obscure. He sets out to analyze various worldviews from various perspectives. ...             Excalibur (The Arthur Books #3)75 reviews Bernard Cornwell St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 An EXCELLENT ending to a good trilogy. + Not just for Arthur legend freaks + Amazing! + Excellent Arthurian retelling + Arthur Books             The Surgeon's Mate20 reviews Patrick O'Brian W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 Maturin's book + Another good one + Another stellar effort for Patrick O'Brian as Aubrey and Maturin wear a bit about the edges + I'll be coming back for more!             Sword Song (The Saxon Chronicles, Book 4)44 reviews Bernard Cornwell Harper, 2008 Cornwell is the best! + review of new b ook + Wonderful Tale + Sword Song             A Royal "Waste" of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World6 reviews Marva J. Dawn Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 Beyond Singing + This book hits the mark + Good Book Those who have read anything by Marva Dawn will love "A Royal 'Waste' of Time." Those who aren't familiar with her work are in for a book that is very compelling and challenging. This book isn't merely about worship singing; it is about being a church community centered on the worship of an ...             The Diary of Mattie Spenser71 reviews Sandra Dallas St. Martin's Griffin, 1998 All time favorite! + First Hand Account of Life on the Prairie + surprisingly captivating + Prairie Life in Living Color             Purity of Heart: Reflections on Lust and Love3 reviews Sam Torode Philokalia Books, 2004 A "must-have" primary source for Catholic Studies reference + a good introduction + "Anyone who looks on a woman lustfully..." Purity of Heart: Reflections on Love and Lust is the second book of a four-part series, "Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body in Simple Language." These transcribe a series of the pope's fifteen-minute talks, given from 1979 to 1984, which draw upon the Bible to offer an antithesis to the ...             Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)34 reviews William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 2003 If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library + Greatness + Review If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that ...             The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)2501 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2005 Must read + Review for the original Kite Runner + The Voice + Beautifully touching story! + Heart wrenching tale of friendship and growing up!             Treason's Harbour (Aubrey Maturin Series)17 reviews Patrick O'Brian W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and Espionage on Malta + Interesting Installment + Treasons Harbour + Espionage takes center stage in ninth Aubrey-Maturin novel + Interesting Twists, Enhancing the Realism             For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War37 reviews James M. McPherson Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Why did they fight? The title says it all...... + Satisfaction Guaranteed + Another Time To Try Men's Souls ...well almost. In 'For Cause & Comrades' James McPherson has set out to explain exactly why the average soldier sacrificed so much for his respective cause in the American Civil War. He has succeeded in convincing me. As the backbone of his thesis, McPherson has used hundreds of letters and diary ...             Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology23 reviews Eugene H. Peterson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005 Christ Plays In 10,000 places + A good, thought-provoking book by a knowledgeable theologian and educator.. + A vibrant and concrete God-focused life A wonderful book with many new insights into God's interaction with his people. Concrete examples of daily living for God. God can only relate to us as humans by using the exact time, place and method of His Creation...as planned by Him. Once we realize that we were created to interact with God, ...             Preaching the Lectionary: The Word of God for the Church Today2 reviews Reginald Horace Fuller, Daniel Westberg Liturgical Press, 2006 The best single volume for preaching the three year cycle + The very best lectionary commentary for preachers! Reginald Fuller's work has been indespensable for my preaching as an R.C. Priest. His introductory notes on homily preparation and homiletics should be set reading for all aspiring preachers in a liturgical context. I use this book for is it's very clear presentaion of relevant background biblical ...             Peace Like a River387 reviews Leif Enger Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002 A gem on every page + PEACE LIKE A RIVER + Deserves more than 5 stars! + A great read - "Peace Like A River" + different voices of characters             Richard III (Folger Shakespeare Library)7 reviews William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 2004 Classic Shakespeare (i.e., sheer genius) + Portrait of a villain as an old man + Fast and Easy It may not be Hamlet, but Richard III is still one of the finest works of literature ever created, in any medium. It's a classic piece of Shakespearian (and therefore, literary) character development, full of irony, wordplay, nuance, tension, imagery, and jaw-dropping poetic virtuosity. ...