books about: lightning     books:       Lightning295 reviews Dean Koontz Berkley Trade, 2010 Lightning is Koontz at his best, a must read! While I'm a fan of Dean Koontz' current novels and have read almost everything written this centuray, I don't think I'd read anything written before 2000 until I picked up LIGHTNING based on the recommendation of a friend. LIGHTNING is considered one of the author's best novels, and after reading, I'd have to agree that it has definitely withstood the test of time. It is filled with wit, humor, ...             The Lightning Thief (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)609 reviews Rick Riordan Hyperion Book CH, 2010 If you liked the movie...you'll LOVE the book! My children, ages 11-14 all loved the movie and agreed that the book was even better!             The Scent of Rain and Lightning: A Novel65 reviews Nancy Pickard Ballantine Books, 2010 VERY INTRIGUING BOOK This is a very good book. The story opens in 2010 with Jody in bed with Red, her 3 uncles (Chase, Bobby and Meryl) drive up to her house. They have come to tell her that the murderer of her father (Hugh-Jay) has gotten out of prison and is returning to their town of Rose, KS. Jody's father was murdered and her mother (Laurie)disappeared on the same night when Jody was three years old. The ...             Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers, No. 2)81 reviews John Sandford Berkley, 2009 Virgil is a surprise I thought Lucus Davenport was the premire character in the John Sandford novels. Virgil f---ing Flowers may be even more fun. Taking after my own heart, Virgil is a fisherman first, serious crime solver second - sort of. This novel takes Virgil to new levels, testing him through a love affair, old murders tied to the Vietnam War and racial tentions involving the resident Native American ...             Leo the Lightning Bug (with Audio CD)16 reviews Eric Drachman, James Muscarello Kidwick Books, 2001 Leo's story is perfect for preschoolers and up Having enjoyed Ellison the Elephant, I decided to get Leo the Lightning Bug for my 3.5 year-old. We love books that have accompanying audio CDs, and apart from John Lithgow's books for young children [Marsupial Sue, The Runaway Pancake, I'm a Manatee, I Got Two Dogs], Eric Drachman's works [with the book plus accompanying CD format] provides an enjoyable reading and listening experience. In ...             Picnic, Lightning41 reviews Billy Collins University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998 Picnic, Lightning I really enjoyed Picnic, Lightning. I like poetry a lot. I really enjoyed this book because you can relate yourself to it in so many differnt ways. Anyone who reads a poem from this book and interpret it in their own way. You can make the poem be whatever you want it to be. For example, i was reading Aristotle and the futher i got into the poem i started to think he might have been talking ...             The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel18 reviews Michele Young-Stone Shaye Areheart Books, 2010 Strikingly Amazing This book struck my heartstrings over and over again. Becca and Buckley were two of the best developed and most relateable characters I've ever met. I cried. I was going to give it 4 stars for the language and sex that would make this book possibly unsuitable for the immature reader. But I couldn't push myself to do so because it wasn't language for the sake of language, or sex for the sake ...             The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: Lightning Thief Deluxe Edition8 reviews Rick Riordan Hyperion Book CH, 2009 THE LIGHTNING THEIF This book is a wonderful book....especially if you like weird chapter names and mysterious Greek gods! In this book there is a boy named Percy Jackson. His dad is Posiedon.God of water! He starts to search for his father. You will love this book if you like mishap and may hem! The book is mostly about how his uncle Zeus thinks his nephew Percy Jackson stole his lightning bolt! .....But Percy ...             The Color of Lightning: A Novel50 reviews Paulette Jiles William Morrow, 2009 Compelling page turner I confess I am not a fan of novels because I always think I should be learning something rather than walking through someone's imagination, but Color of Lightning has made me a fan of Paulette Jiles. Writing a historical novel about real people and events, Ms. Jiles never descends into stereotypes or archetypes. Her characters are real and multilayered. The plot of the book has been drawn out ...             Summer Lightning10 reviews P. G. Wodehouse Overlook Hardcover, 2003 Lighting or Not - I like Wodehouse in the Summer! A great Wodehouse read, a wonderful cure for what ails you - great plot, very funny and lots of Wodehouse wit. In short, a great farce! I read another of Wodehouse's lessor known, but very funny school boy prank books the other day, it was sooooo funny - if you like pranks, and whatnot - you will enjoy Tales of St. Austin's - Tales Of St. Austin's: A British Humor Classic Enjoy!             When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You)62 reviews Meg Cabot Simon Pulse, 2007 A gr-8 series Review of Meg Cabot's LIGHTNING GIRL Series (1-800- WHERE-R-U) Meg Cabot's books in the 1-800-Where-R-You series are fantastically fun and must be read in the order they were written . The first book, WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES, sets the concept for this series about Jessica who can, after being struck by lightning, locate people in her dreams. Jess sees a picture of a missing child and the next ...             American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century106 reviews Howard Blum Crown, 2008 For lovers of the Lost City of Z I love books (think Michael Connelly) and films (think The Changeling) set in Los Angeles and that alone was reason to read American Lightning. What I discovered in addition was a thrilling non-fiction read akin to The Devil in the White City and The Lost City of Z. What is better than learning about history while your pulse races? American Lightning moves at the speed suggested by its title ...             Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks48 reviews Arthur Benjamin, Michael Shermer Three Rivers Press, 2006 Great book! After growing woefully bad at mental arithmetic, I purchased this book in preparation for an MBA program this fall. It is amazing how much "Mental Math" has helped me regain my confidence and improve my math skills. You should note, however, that this book doesn't offer any magic secrets. The book offers systematic approaches toward mental math, but it takes practice and effort to master these ...             When Lightning Strikes19 reviews Kristin Hannah Ballantine Books, 1994 Lightning Did Indeed Strike When Lightning Strikes is not your average time-traveling romance. It introduces you to two very interesting, very unique characters. Alaina Costanza (Lainie), an edgy, wise-cracking romance writer with a rough past, and John Killian, or just Killian as he is mainly known, the villian from the historical western she is in the midst of writing. So when she gets struck by lightning, she gets way ...             Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France1 review Daniel S. Pierce The University of North Carolina Press, 2010 A Great Book for Fans and Newcomers Alike I am not a NASCAR fan and will likely never see a NASCAR race but I nonetheless found this book a fascinating read. Pierce presents NASCAR's much-more-colorful-than-I'd-ever-expected history and personalities with both clarity and charm. But more than that, I was particularly engaged by how, in Pierce's telling, NASCAR's story becomes a quintessentially American tale--a microcosm of U.S.-style ...             Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age46 reviews Michael A. Hiltzik Harper Paperbacks, 2000 Highly Inspirational I read this book years ago and I frequently find myself reflecting on the different challenges faced by the group at the Palo Alto Research Center. Reading about such smart and creative people working together, overcoming obstacles, and creating things that were revolutionary at the time really inspires me. I've bought the book twice now (someone borrowed my first copy and never returned ...             Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places2 reviews Peter Nabokov Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Court battles for Native sacred places Peter Nabokov's WHERE THE LIGHTNING STRIKES: THE LIVES OF AMERICAN INDIAN SACRED PLACES surveys Native American culture and the myths and legends which have kept their close connections with the environment. Chapters are arranged by the four cardinal directions and use four major court cases in which Indians fought against destruction of key sacred places to bring together both past belief and ...             Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft32 reviews Natalie Goldberg Bantam, 2001 If Natalie Goldberg can't crack your muse, nobody will!!! I love this book! I love Natalie Goldberg! I have listened to "Thunder and Lightening" two times already while taking my afternoon walks (what luxury), and I can't wait to get that headset on. Natalie writing in the coffee shops- eating chocolate, hanging out at the library and bookstores--Natalie's valuable insights into the writing life is electifying and invigorating and inspiring; she ...             Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America10 reviews Philip Dray Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005 Benjamin Franklin, the scientist Stealing God's Thunder by Philip Dray is extremely well-written. Unlike many biographies of Franklin, it focuses on his science first and his role as a founding father second. This way of characterizing Franklin's life was more interesting than writing about him as a politician first and scientist second. What is most interesting is the influence that Franklin's science had on his politics and ...             Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief609 reviews Rick Riordan Penguin, 2010 If you liked the movie...you'll LOVE the book! My children, ages 11-14 all loved the movie and agreed that the book was even better!              search for books 1-800-where-r-you, amazing, america, american, benjamin, calculation, century, computer, cracking, dealers, edition, flowers, franklin, handbook, hollywood, invention, jackson, lightning, mathemagician, mental, mystery, nascar, olympians, secrets, stealing, strikes, survivors, thunder, tricks, virgil books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Im Schatten der Finanzkrise: Muss das staatliche Zentralbankwesen ... home  impressum - about us