books about: hard     books:       Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel60 reviews James Lee Burke Simon & Schuster, 2008 BEST YET........ A NEW HIGH FOR BURKE AND FOR PATTON Let the others try to condense this story into 4 paragraphs, here are my thoughts. Many writers improve with age while others hit a pinnacle and begin a slide back down. This Robicheaux novel is as good as it gets and crosses a fine line from storytelling to real and lasting literature. Burke has no peer, with the possible exception of Cormac McCarthy, in creative and authentic dialogue. ...             Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)33 reviews Steve Solomon New Society Publishers, 2006 Detailed, Valuable Advice Gardening When It Counts is truly a book for our times. There's already a well-deserved buzz about this book among home gardeners I know. For one thing, it firmly refutes the supposed advantages of mulch gardening. In the burgeoning nationwide return to growing our own vegetables, it's important to produce the most food for the least amount of effort and expense, and this book offers the very ...             Plum Boxed Set 3 (7, 8, 9): Contains Seven Up, Hard Eight and To The Nines (Stephanie Plum Novels)12 reviews Janet Evanovich St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007 Plum Box 7-8-9 Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum books #7, 8 & 9 are every bit as good as 1 thru 6 Amazing how she can come up with so many funny and exciting situations! Hope she keeps writing these!!!!!             Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole)67 reviews Robert Crais Simon & Schuster, 2008 Typical Robert Crais Good Book My wife and I have read all of Robert Crais's books, and were delighted to see this one come out. It is a typical book by this author-----dramatic, suspenseful, stretches credibility a little, but still a good, engrossing read.             Killing Floor (Jack Reacher)180 reviews Lee Child Jove, 2006 Jack Reacher Is A Believable Super Hero This is my second Jack Reacher read. I think the author does a great job creating page turning excitement. Even though many of Reacher's exploits may seem over the top. They are achieved in a plausible way. Reacher's brother was a top level treasury department boss who was the top expert in money counterfitting. He came to a small town in Georgia to meet with a former bank executive who was ...             The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl180 reviews Timothy Egan Mariner Books, 2006 The American dust bowl and the grit and gumption of those who will never forget Subtitled "The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl", this 2006 non-fiction account of this American tragedy is historical writing at its best. The author is a Pulitizer Prize winning reporter for the New York Times. I loved his simple but powerful writing style which had a touch of literary description that kept me fascinated throughout its 312 pages. Once upon ...             Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations71 reviews Alex Harris, Brett Harris Multnomah Books, 2008 Great Read for everybody I picked up this book at my cousins house while I was visiting PA. It belonged to her young son (17 yrs). I could not put it down. When he ask if he could read "his" book I felt guilty and ordered my own. I plan on sharing it with every teen I know. This is a great book for all teen leaders to read and share. It is very inspiring, even for retired folks like me.             Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression86 reviews Mildred Armstrong Kalish Bantam, 2008 A WONDERFUL SURPRISING AND INTERESTING BOOK I am sooooo glad that this book was mentioned to me. My husband loves it as he learned a good trick: he wears expensive leather work gloves, the right hand ALWAYS wore out first, he had 9 left handed gloves laying around. The book told the story of a family that 'made do' with what they had during hard times. Turn the left hand glove inside out and you have a right hander. So many little things ...             Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)98 reviews John Sandford Putnam Adult, 2008 Another hit for Sandford Same old, same old: Great descriptive writing, great characterizations, great story and plot development, great dialogue. I try to read slowly because I don't want to reach the end and have to put the book down, but (once again) was unable to do so. I thought the plot device of having one of the "baddies" a "phantom" was brilliant - and fun. Throughout the book I was kept guessing as to how ...             Rough Weather Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2008 A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible? the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past . Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well connected ?and she needs Spenser?s help. In a most unlikely request, Heidi, a notorious gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits the Boston P.I. to accompany her to her private island, Tashtego. The reason? To ...             The Turnaround29 reviews George Pelecanos Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Uplifting Noir? 'The Turnaround' is based on an actual event that occurred in the Washington DC area in the summer of 1972. Three white kids out partying take a turn down a road into a small black enclave looking for a little trouble. They tossed a firecracker into a crowd in front of a grocery store - and then sped off only to learn that the road was a dead end. One guy successfully skedaddled. One guy got shot ...             Harry Potter Hardcover Box Set (Books 1-6)85 reviews J. K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005 Harry Porter Was very pleased with the way this package of books arrived. All sealed in plastic and protected by a thick carboard slipcover. Seller said these books were new and that is what I received. Would buy from them again.             Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time186 reviews Valerie Bertinelli Free Press, 2008 OMG VAL! The sex. The drugs. The rock n roll. And that was even before she met Eddie Van Halen. The shock value not the writing--which has a breezy, high school girl's diary quality--is the reason to read this book. She claims to be an emotional eater -- by the end you understand what she had to be so emotional about. For the longest time VB was on the side of the angels. Presented by the media as ...             The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It: Make a Fortune by Investing in Gold and Other Hard ...44 reviews James Turk, John Rubino Doubleday Business, 2008 This book has been a big help to me I bought the book when it first came out. More importantly, I ACTED on the book's advice. I bought gold, silver, Goldcorp(GG) and a lot more. Goldcorp was selling for about $12 per share at the time. Gold hadn't gone beyond about $430 per ounce. The dollar was trading much higher than it is now. Goldcorp is now at about $40 per share. Gold is near $950 per ounce. Silver is at $18 per ounce. ...             What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask44 reviews Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, ... Walker Books for Young Readers, 1998 Just what I needed! My son went through puberty early (10), and was too embarrassed to talk about anything. I gave him the book. He read it (he hid it, so I have no idea when he would sneak a peak!), and then when I would bring up things, he already knew about them, or would finally ask questions. It actually went along quite well with his school "family planning" program they have in the fifth grade. And I'm ...             It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel44 reviews Jamie Lee Curtis Joanna Cotler, 2004 A book that helped my 5-year old! This book was perfect for my 5-year-old son. Why? When I read it to him, you could almost see him nodding. That's how he felt! It helped him to put words to his emotions of starting full-time kindergarten to having a younger sibling. Made him feel normal and hopeful that things he was having trouble with, friends, temper, school... would get better, and because being 5 is great! The illustrations ...             Rode Hard, Put Up Wet (Rough Riders)4 reviews Lorelei James Samhain Publishing, 2008 5 blue ribbons from Romance Junkies Gemma Jansen's struggling to take care of her ranch on her own while continuing to supply animals for the rodeos. Only none of the promoters seem to want to use any of her animals and none of them can give her a reason why. She's in need of a ranch foreman and believes she knows the perfect man for the job. Cash Big Crow has quit the rodeo and now takes odd jobs to earn a living. Gemma's ...             The Last Good Kiss41 reviews James Crumley Vintage, 1988 Great Read This book is amazing. It kept me turning the pages. Great summer read with lots of twists and surprizes. Enjoy!             The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)133 reviews James Lee Burke Pocket, 2008 "I wasn't sure New Orleans would survive." (4.5 stars) James Lee Burke, whose Dave Robicheaux series epitomizes some of the cultural characteristics of New Orleans and its outlying parishes, reaches his peak in this novel set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Robicheaux is a detective with the New Iberia Parish, outside of New Orleans, and he and his acquaintances, many of them well known to fans of Burke's novels, have been ...             Slash110 reviews Slash, Anthony Bozza HarperEntertainment, 2007 Great All I have to say is this was a great book. I am a huge fan of Guns N Roses and Slash. 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