books by Harvest Books     books:       The Reluctant Fundamentalist109 reviews Mohsin Hamid Harvest Books, 2008 Real Connection with Narrator A fantastically written book that pulls the reader in emotionally, as if the narrator was a personal aquaintance rather than a fictional character (I found myself wanting to yell "NO!" out loud on more than one occasion). The plot is so real it is still hard for me to believe this is a fictional novel at all. The entire book is a one-sided conversation between the Pakistani protagonist, ...             Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone15 reviews Sophocles Harvest Books, 2002 A powerful and moving piece! ~I had to read OEDIPUS REX for my pre-IB sophomore English class, feeling not too happy with another dull, lengthy Greek play (we had to read THE ODYSSEY last year, and it got really redundant). But Sophocles' play...wow, it's totally different! The characters are so much more real and the speeches are deep and engrossing. Thebes is fascinating, substantial - and the issues grip you ...             The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure672 reviews William Goldman Harvest Books, 2007 Real Fantasy I was afraid to read this book and avoided it for many years. I so dearly love the movie and I just didn't want to be disappointed either way. If the book was better, as is usually the case, then my movie experience would be tarnished. If the movie was better then I'd be wasting my time with the book. Well nevermind to all of that, because I LOVE this book and now the two separate entities ...             Those Who Save Us80 reviews Jenna Blum Harvest Books, 2005 Amazing book, seemed like a true and heartbreaking account Thank you to the author for sharing this amazing story. I truly felt the confusion and desperation of the characters (even, in part, the 'bad guys') and how our life choices can haunt us when we view them through our own shadowed lenses.             Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts60 reviews Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson Harvest Books, 2008 how ego maintenance exacts a huge price Who wants to admit he was wrong, made a mistake, exercised poor judgment, was misled or conned? None of us do, but most of us are skillful at excusing or justifying those acts. This absorbing book explains why and how we reduce "cognitive dissonance" to maintain a favorable self image in spite of overt misbehavior or failure. Beyond that, the authors show how destructive this tendency can be, ...             Blindness (Movie Tie-In)349 reviews Jose Saramago Harvest Books, 2008 an excellent choice well, what can I say more? I'm just a very big fan of this unique portuguese writer... I just loved it...             Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition)68 reviews Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Harvest Books, 2001 Incroyable! This is probably one of the best books I have ever read. We read it in my fourth year french class, right before graduation. It is such a simple tale wherein lies a deep and meaningful message. It is open for interpretation, which is part of what makes it so great. You really have to think in order to gather the entire message. I hope to purchase the french version soon.             Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog172 reviews Ted Kerasote Harvest Books, 2008 Awesome book It has been a week since I have finished this book and I can't stop thinking about it. I don't live in the country or live off the land like the author but I could still relate to everything. I love the fact that he made his own assumptions and opinions and never pushed it on the reader. For those of the readers who were disgusted by the owners behavior with Merle, I laugh. He let this ...             The Time Traveler's Wife1654 reviews Audrey Niffenegger Harvest Books, 2004 Forgivingly flawed Sweet and well written. Easy to read. Loved the characters. There are certainly flaws, but I easily forgave them because I was so engrossed by the story. Like many other reviewers, I was sad it ended and could not stop thinking about it for days after.             To the Lighthouse (Annotated)167 reviews Virginia Woolf Harvest Books, 2005 An insightful, sensitive reading. The idea of Virginia Woolf's fiction being read aloud effectively has struck me as an impossibility. The very interiority of Woolf's style seemed to suggest that readers hear the narrative voice within themselves. This reading proves me dead wrong. Virginia Leishman's reading--and interpretation--added much to my passion for a novel I have always loved. Readers--and listeners--new to Virigina ...             Flowers for Algernon435 reviews Daniel Keyes Harvest Books, 2005 For all the haters out there I read this book as required reading the the 8th grade and I never did stop loving it. My classmates loved it too but to be fair, a lot of them wouldn't reread it. So when I came to Amazon, I was overjoyed that Flowers for Algernon received so many 5 stars. But at the same time, I was incensed that there were actually people who hated it. I know everyone's entitled to their opinions so I ...             The Places In Between148 reviews Rory Stewart Harvest Books, 2006 The Places In Between The Places In BetweenThis book was a fascinating and provided an insight into everyday life of the Afghanistan people in the villages including excellent and insightful references to historical events significant to the area. It also showed the impact of 25+ year war yet somehow came across with a sense of humanity. The book includes small maps of the area which were helpful, but I got out the ...             The Whistling Season54 reviews Ivan Doig Harvest Books, 2007 The Whistling Season This is an awesome story and the writing is absolutely amazing. I originally borrowed the book from a friend, and when I finished reading it, I actually went back to the beginning to read it through again. It was just as enjoyable the second time through. And then, just to make sure, I bought a copy of the book from Amazon. This book is definitely a "keeper". I loved it and have recommended ...             Chosen by a Horse120 reviews Susan Richards Harvest Books, 2007 a wonderful story A wonderful story abut the impact that "Lay Me Down", a formerly abused horse has on the book's heroine and the other people and creatures that "Lay Me Down" interacts with. Be prepared for tears,but definitely a worthwhile read.             A Poetry Handbook27 reviews Mary Oliver Harvest Books, 1994 An Excellent Handbook This book by Mary Oliver is an excellent resource for any poet seeking to improve their understanding of the craft. She acknowledges the need for creativity and experimentalism, yet does so by confirming time-honored techniques and explanations of formal structures. I tend toward the free verse form of poetry, but do dabble in iambic rhyme. I have always felt that structure is the enemy of good ...             Invisible Cities86 reviews Italo Calvino Harvest Books, 1978 Reads like poetry A ruler of an empire so vast he has never seen most of it, and a foreign traveler who describes for him the cities he has visited. The narrative voice is poetic, even nostalgic, and the story derives from a conversation between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, a conversation which is interrupted by a series of vignettes describing the many fantastical cities that Marco Polo has seen, dreamed of, or ...             The Seven Storey Mountain96 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 1999 After "The Confessions," maybe the best-ever 'autobiography of Faith' Today I delivered a gift copy of this book to a widow, "Grace" whose husband had been my late father's closest childhood friend. A week earlier, Grace had asked: "Have you ever read Thomas Merton's SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN? I read it in 1953; and found it very moving. I'd love to find a copy and read it again." When I presented her with a new copy of this edition, I asked if I could read aloud ...             Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior156 reviews Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson Harvest Books, 2006 Humans, Their Animal Partners and Autism With all the force of revelation, an autistic scientist offers the rest of us revolutionary insights into the animal mind. It is written in clear, deceptively simple prose. There's so much here that it is hard to keep it in the bounds of a short review: The first section is about Temple Grandin and her autism, how she has coped with it and used her unique perception to help animals and the ...             All the King's Men175 reviews Robert Penn Warren Harvest Books, 1996 The Web Of Things I put off reading this novel for almost twenty years from when it was first recommended to me for the simple reason that I dismissed as a "political" novel and, ergo, not of the first water. - How wrong can a prospective reader be?!? - To begin, this is not a "political" novel, per se, and the character of Willie Stark, as compared with the odyssey of Jack Burden, not very gripping. As another ...             Free to Choose: A Personal Statement78 reviews Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman Harvest Books, 1990 The principles of economic freedom are found in this book. A must read! The relationship between freedom and economics is undeniable. Also undeniable is the relationship between government and freedom. Milton Friedman brilliantly makes a clear persuasive case for the perpetuation of free markets and the elimination of big government, as a means of augmenting freedom worldwide and as a result expand prosperity. Although this book is over 27 years old, the ...              search for books adventure, algernon, animals, annotated, antigone, behavior, between, blindness, classic, colonus, decisions, freethinking, fundamentalist, handbook, invisible, language, lessons, lighthouse, mistakes, morgenstern, mountain, mysteries, personal, princess, reluctant, sophocles, statement, translation, traveler, whistling 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: Theologenspieß und - spaß. Christliche und unchristliche Scherze. we recommend Forgivingly flawed Impressum - about us get your own tag board