books about: part     books:       The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian165 reviews Sherman Alexie Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009 Good book for 13 yr.old's gift Allows a child rowing into teen age to see another's problems. In this case, the teen agers' ability to overcome a difficult social adjustment would be a model for others.             Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, ...25 reviews Roy Blount Jr. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009 Alphabet Juice For anyone who enjoys examining the curiosities of the English language, this is a good choice for your library. It is not a main course novel; it is dessert. A wordsmith's delight. Pick it up any time you have a spare moment, open it at random, and get a laugh out of the wit and wisdom of Roy Blount Jr.             The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave ...4 reviews Toby Lester Free Press, 2009 Enticing Simon Winchester's review above does not give this book justice, although I must say that Lester's ability to spin a great story around an arcane subject may rival Winchester's. To me this book is about so much more than the naming of America on a map - it is really about the process of discovery and enlightenment and the pitfalls and pratfalls along the way. I ordered the book in an attempt to ...             Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads124 reviews Gary Greenberg, Jeannie Hayden Simon & Schuster, 2004 A Scout's Guide to Daddyhood The picture on the front does a pretty dang good job of encapsulating what the book's like. With all the fears of impending daddyhood, I found myself feeling quite naked about the whole thing. Every guy wants to feel like he has the right gear, the right set of nifty "man-skills" knowledge, and the instincts to solve problems, and we tend to view most things as problems to be solved. This ...             The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide47 reviews Allan Bedford No Starch Press, 2005 Something even for the master builder I've been building with Lego bricks for over 30 years. I bought this book to add to my collection not expecting to "learn" much but have something to share and refer to from now and again. I was very happily surprised after reading and learning a few new building techniques. While this book isn't exhaustive of every single SNOT or other advanced building technique (btw, there isn't one) this is ...             The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad4 reviews Larry Gonick Harper Paperbacks, 2009 Gonick finishes his 30-year masterpiece I first read Gonick's original volume of this series - The Cartoon History of the Universe Volume 1 - back in the early 90's as a teenager. Since then I have kept up with each of the new volumes, so it was with both great excitement and a little sadness that I finally cracked open this final volume. This volume does not disappoint. Gonick keeps up the fast paced run through of history that ...             Curious George Goes Camping8 reviews Margret Rey, H. A. Rey HMH Books, 1999 All kids love all the silly monkey's antics... While on Summer vacation, my nephew was acting up a little bit so I decided to distract him by reading a book. I had my Kindle with me and knew he liked monkeys so I crossed my fingers and got lucky - found some Curious George books. Score! He loved the book and the story of the silly monkey getting into trouble (and saving the day, of course!). All the kids had a great time with the story and ...             Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10)254 reviews Terry Goodkind Tor Fantasy, 2007 something different I am not able to review this book as it was not sent to me....             The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher30 reviews Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong Harry K. Wong Publications, 2009 Great Service! I ordered this book and it arrived 2 days later. It was in great condition and has been extremely helpful for me!             The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge ...921 reviews Timothy Ferriss Crown, 2009 Better Than The First Version By A Very Long Shot . . . Definitely Worth The Investment I reviewed the first edition of The Four Hour Workweek and was surprised by the content, it was a fresh look at a new idea (Lifestyle Design) and it offered some really practical, useful advice that virtually anyone could implement. I recommended the book to many people, most liked it some didn't. I eagerly pre-ordered this version of the book when I first heard about it mostly because I was ...             Curious George Goes to the Beach10 reviews H. A. Rey, Margaret Rey HMH Books, 1999 She is 2 and she loves you George When my grandaughter finds a book that she wants me to read to her over and over and over....that says it all. We love this book. She loves to point to all the people on the beach and tell me what they are doing. It's a keeper.             The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I23 reviews L. J. Smith HarperTeen, 2008 Can't put this book into words Im young i know. But when I went to barns and nobles and was searching for a book that could catch my eye. The Secret Circle really hit. I have read the previous ones. The Vampire dairies and i must say it was amazing. Now that i read The Secret Circle this one was just way better. I was left thinking, breatheing, even dreaming this book. I loved it, the way Cassie was so selfless. But i had a ...             The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 7: Four Swords - Part 2 Akira Himekawa VIZ Media LLC, 2009 R to L (Japanese Style) In the mystical land of Hyrule, three spiritual stones hold the key to the Triforce, and whoever holds them will control the world. A boy named Link sets out on a quest to deliver the Emerald, the spiritual stone of the forest, to Zelda, Pr Four Swords Pt. 2 The green, red and blue Links reach Death Mountain, where they challenge Shadow Link and Violet Link in battle. Then, inside the Fire Temple they learn a terrible ...             The Messiah: An Oratorio Complete Vocal Score (G. Schirmer's Editions of Oratorios and Cantatas)15 reviews George Frideric Handel Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 1986 i have two copies on my music shelf! extra copy is for family members who want to join in on the fun. i can't sing in choirs like i used to, but i still bust this out during the holidays, and sing along to any part when it comes on the radio. if i feel like a tenor that day, well there's the tenor line. sounding soprano? there it is too...i've memorized most of the alto lines. and of course it has all the solos! binding ...             A Treasury of Curious George21 reviews H. A. Rey HMH Books, 2004 "Don't Monkey Around.......This Is a Great Read!" For those who may not know it, Curious George has been around for 60 years, delighting his audience of children and adults, those of us who grew up reading about him and his adventures. You will crack up as you read about George's adventures and how the man in the yellow hat is always there to help him. You will "go bananas" as you read through this collection of H. A. Rey stories that ...             The Secret Circle: The Captive Part II and The Power (Secret Circle (Harper Teen))15 reviews L. J. Smith HarperTeen, 2009 A Dark Tale of Witchcraft and Romance The first book in this series lacked real suspense and action. I wasn't going to read this one, but my sister convinced me to give it a try. I discovered that this book is extremely suspenseful, as well as surprising and dark, with many twists and turns. The characters are so believable that I began to consider them my own friends as well as Cassie's. Each member of the Circle has a distinct ...             Confessor: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 3 (Sword Of Truth, Book 11)308 reviews Terry Goodkind Tor Books, 2007 Great Ending to an awesome series The final chapter in the Sword of Truth Series, and what a final chapter it was. I really don't have too many complaints about this one. The story picks up right where Phantom left off. Goodkind does an excellent job at wrapping up all of the story lines in the series and given the length, that is impressive. There is some mirroring between the characters and their respective journeys ...             John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 112 reviews John Thompson Willis Music, 2005 learn to play piano These are the best learn to play piano books and this grandmother learned from them also. My grandchildren are ready to start and I am sure they will do well, even if they learn only for their own enjoyment.             How Cars Work29 reviews Tom Newton Black Apple Press, 1999 How Cars Work Easy to read and understand. Illustrations are easy to follow. Purchased for my 14 year old grandson and he loves it.             JavaScript: The Good Parts55 reviews Douglas Crockford, Crockford Douglas O'Reilly Media, 2008 Unique Approach I love this book. Mr. Crockford covers a ton of very usable information in a relatively small volume. If you are the kind of developer who likes to be spoon-fed popular programming idioms, you might want to look elsewhere. If you want to master the nuts and bolts of JavaScript, this elegantly condensed and filtered version of the ECMAScript specification is probably for you. I would welcome a ...              search for books absolutely, alphabet, baghdad, bastille, builder, cantatas, cartoon, chainfire, combinations, complete, confessor, cutting-edge, editions, effective, energies, examples, expanded, handbook, initiation, javascript, oratorio, oratorios, part-time, practical, prepared, schirmer, thompson, treasury, unofficial, workweek 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: Mr. Untouchable: My Crimes and Punishments home  impressum - about us