books by Penguin Press HC, The     books:       Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work100 reviews Matthew B. Crawford Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 My husband loved this book... My husband has a desk job, but loves riding his motorcycle every chance he gets. The cover of this book is what immediately drew him to it--I'm certain of that. That said, I read one of the negative review for this book and was really surprised by it. As my husband was reading this book, he would periodically read pages out loud to me--I had no problem understanding them. Yes, this author is ...             Googled: The End of the World As We Know It27 reviews Ken Auletta Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Excellent book! A must to read! This is a great gift for Christmas. If you want to exorcise your fear about Google. You must read this book.             Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation22 reviews John Carlin Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Enlightening The book is great, and tells a story that is amazing, since it it so recent. How a country was governed, and the changes brought about. Nothing is perfect ot be sure, but forgiveness is a good theme. I"ve played rugby for almost 30 years, so I also enjoyed the rugby story.             Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives33 reviews Michael Specter Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 smartest book of the year This is the most thought-provoking analysis of the fears, superstitions and magical thinking that get in the way of progress and prosperity in the world. It took on many of my own preconceptions, such as those about organic food, gmo's, and agriculture in general---all topics on which i think of myself as particularly well-informed--and made me reconsider many things i held to be factual. It is ...             Shooting Stars29 reviews LeBron James, Buzz Bissinger Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Great product Product was as advertised ; in great condition. Delivery was slow but not fault of seller, he communicated well with me!!!!             Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater56 reviews Frank Bruni Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 loved it! In another lifetime, this could have been me, although I haven't conquered my delicious demons yet. I can relate to the guilt, shame, resolve, weakness and obsession revolving around food, my drug of choice. I grew up in the South, with a mother and two grandmothers who were wonderful cooks, and never met a carb I didn't like. I actually persuaded my local library to purchase this book, (my ...             Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays4 reviews Zadie Smith Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Bridget's Review This book is a collection of essays that give you a chance to befriend the author. The book is divided into four sections that are: Reading, Being, Seeing and Feeling. Reading this book made me look at some things a little differently. I started understanding things that I never understood before. At the same time, I was forced to rethink some of my own thoughts because I saw them from a ...             The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes41 reviews Bryan Burrough Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 This grew on me This gets off to a somewhat slow start until you grow acquainted with the large cast of characters. By the end, the soap opera of the four Texas oil families called The Big Rich will have you hooked as you follow their inevitable falls. The author exhumed an impressive amount of new research info from Texas libraries and courthouses to give this an air of unmistakable authority. Besides the ...             Inherent Vice75 reviews Thomas Pynchon Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Much more than a beach read... I am perhaps the odd person here in that I'd never gotten around to reading Pynchon until Inherent Vice. So, I can't say much about how it relates to the rest of his canon. That's a canon, though, that I soon hope to explore after reading this novel. Having finished it and digested it for about a week, I've come to the conclusion that Inherent Vice is just a startling book, one of the best novels ...             Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World64 reviews Liaquat Ahamed Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 History Repeating Reading this book in the current economic climate is both chilling and fascinating. It's very well written and researched and despite the nature of its content its not dry at all; in fact its very entertaining. The book contains many troublesome insights. For me, the most shocking, was the fact that the central bankers back then had the same confidence in their own ability as we often hear now ...             In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto318 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 A Must-Read It seems obvious enough -- how to eat, that is. You'd think that, of all things, eating would be the one thing that we humans could do without an instruction manual. But in fact, scientists, the food industry and "(ahem) journalists", have taken great care in convoluting things so completely that an instruction manual is exactly what we need in order to learn--or rather, re-learn--how to feed ...             The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet52 reviews Reif Larsen Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Unique (and bonkers) coming of age story The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet is one of the most interesting and unusual books of 2009 - and certainly the most well-designed. Tecumseh Sparrow Spivet is the cartographically-obsessed child of a cowboy and an entomologist. Growing up in rural Montana, he fills his hours (and his notebooks) by mapping everything he can find - from shucking corn to the Continental Divide. Fortunately for the ...             Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way41 reviews Ruth Reichl Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Astonishing and Tender When my mother died I scoured the corners of her home for her. She was neat to a fault...leaving nary a note or memo or letter. She had neatly listed each item of jewelry she owned and written my name or my sister's name next to it...so we wouldn't fight over it. But there was no box of letters or notes to mine for the stories. So, my mother, a lifelong story teller, left a void. And when ...             Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture34 reviews Ellen Ruppel Shell Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Unexpected Lessons I expected something of a guilt trip hand-wringing exercise, but this is a historical documentary of the inventions that brought about a race to deliver material goods at the lowest possible price and the unexpected steps it took to get there over the course of more than one hundred years. Everyday features of shopping we take for granted had concrete beginnings in some institutions we already ...             The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-200851 reviews Thomas E. Ricks Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 This book has information people should know Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Ricks subtitled this superb description of the recent problems of the Iraq War "General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008." Ricks had disclosed the earlier Iraq War troubles in his New York Times Bestseller Fiasco. Ricks reveals how the United States fought against Iraqi insurgent forces with outdated ...             When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order6 reviews Martin Jacques Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Good book Disclaimer: I was born and raised in mainland China. Currently I am going to college in the USA. Finally there is a book that is not ignorant about China or just outright China-bashing....the author knows his stuff really well. There are few factual errors. All arguments are supported by plenty of data. The author did a good job debunking a myth in the West that the Chinese people are ...             The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures3 reviews Nicholas Wade Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Finally, A Great Evolutionary Account of Religion Nicholas Wade established himself years ago as one of the country's best science journalists but The Faith Instinct is his finest book. Indeed, it is by far the best book on religion written from an evolutionary perspective, far surpassing the cranky and deeply flawed works of Harris, Hitchens, and Dawkins. I say this because these other books fail to acknowledge that religion is universal and ...             Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer32 reviews Novella Carpenter Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 FANTASTIC!!!! At first when I started reading this book I was mad. I thought it was going to be of how to do it the city book. It's not, really. But from the VERY first page I was hooked by her WONDERFUL writing and story telling. I REALLY had a hard time putting the book down. I wanted to read it ALL the time. As it was I ended up reading it in only a few days. NO I'm MAD cause I'm DONE!!!! I could picture ...             The Third Reich at War45 reviews Richard J. Evans Penguin Press HC, The, 2009 Disturbing This detailed book draws a horrible picture of pre-war Germany and its people. Just sick. It should be required reading for every German citizen.             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals575 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 yummy food! if you don't like good reporting, or in depth understanding this book will be a struggle for you, but if you love food, and more knowledge is better than less you are in for a TREAT!              search for books 2006-2008, adventure, american, bankers, becoming, changing, culture, defense, denialism, discount, education, fortunes, full-time, greatest, inherent, instinct, irrational, manifesto, military, occasional, omnivore, petraeus, progress, religion, scientific, selected, shooting, soulcraft, thinking, threatens books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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