books about: underground     books:       Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives (Voice of Witness)4 reviews McSweeney's, 2008 Gets to the heart of the issue Orner and his team of interviewers slice through all the political rhetoric and get at what really matters--the people--by letting "illegals" from all walks tell their stories. Reading these narratives, your heart will break and your blood will boil. With immigration sure to be a hot button debate this fall in the general election, any person who wants to speak intelligently to the issue owes it ...             The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book21 reviews Mike Oehler Mole Publishing Company, 1981 Beyond 5 Stars--Inspirational, Valuable, Practical This book is phenomenally wise, useful, easy to read, and plain inspiring. I picked it up this morning intending to get back to it tonight and ended up not putting it down at all. I have bought and read a number of underground building books as well as log cabin books, and would sort them into three categories: A Expensive log homes for the really rich B Moderate earth-covered (not ...             An Underground Education : The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew ...72 reviews Richard Zacks Anchor, 1999 An Underground Education An Underground Education Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Sigh, just another 98 times and then I have to go home and start my history homework. I guess my teacher didn't like some of my more creative answers to the exam. What does she know? She is totally oblivious to Area 51, Tesla's death ray, or ...             . . . If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad4 reviews Ellen Levine, Larry Johnson Scholastic Paperbacks, 1993 An excellent source of UGRR info for children and adults! As the director of an Underground Railroad museum, I am always looking for clear, concise materials for the public to use. This book is being added to our new education program, for use in elementary schools in our area. The facts are presented in an easy-to-read fashion, and anyone, adult or child, is able to pick up valuable information without being threatened by the reading level of the ...             Underground Railroad Sampler21 reviews Eleanor Burns Quilt In A Day, 2003 Great book Very well written and illustrated with lots of information on how the underground railroad worked. Lots of hints for quilters.             Hero of the Underground: A Memoir25 reviews Jason Peter, Tony O'Neill St. Martin's Press, 2008 Astonishing! Jason Peter has written a memoir that grabs you by the throat and is relentless througout, from his days as a savage defensive linemen at Nebraska and with the Carolina Panthers to his nights, weeks, and years of hardcore addiction to painkillers, cocaine, and heroin. This is a story, not for the squeamish, that will leave your head spinning from an out-of-control life style that few of us ever ...             Notes from Underground136 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Waking Lion Press, 2006 Brilliant Fortunately, I missed reading this in high school- after finally reading it in my twenties, I honestly couldn't imagine having gotten nearly this much out of it. It's a brilliant character study of a sublime anti-hero. If this was "put on you" in high school and you hated it, I would strongly recommend giving it another go.             Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT 2009-2010 Edition (Up Your Score) Larry Berger, Michael Colton, ... Workman Publishing Company, 2008 It's the SAT guide that kids will actually enjoy using. And it's the one that works: The students who developed Up Your Score all aced the SAT and went to the colleges of their choice. Irreverent, credible, delivered with attitude, Up Your Score combines the best math, critical reading, and essay preparation with strategies and tips designed to help kids psych out The Test. Its witty, peer-to-peer voice?like getting advice from a good (and ...             Build Your Own underground Root Cellar3 reviews Phyllis Hobson Storey Publishing, LLC, 1983 Convenience and Saving Money Having a root cellar in your back yard is like having your own private supermarket of fresh fruits and vegetables. Any time you need potatoes for dinner or an apple for a snack, just open the door and walk inside. Anything you need is right there on the shelves. But a root cellar is more than a convenience. In addition to providing the security of having a year's supply of fruits and ...             Notes From Underground1 review Fyodor Dostoyevsky Digireads.com, 2006 Paradox...conflict... Irony..Good work Even though Doetoevsky's underground man perceives himself as a deep, conscious, brilliant man, he still knows that he is skeptical of every thought or feeling he might have. He tries to convince himself of being smarter than any body he encounters, but in reality he has a deep feeling of inferiority that ultimately manages to isolate him from people and society. The underground man never had ...             Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement29 reviews Fergus M. Bordewich Amistad, 2006 A MUST READ FOR ALL AMERICANS BOUND FOR CANAAN should be required reading for every American! Every American! This is one of the most important books about our history and who we are and where we came from.             Kauai Underground Guide: And Free Hawaiian Music CD (Kauai Underground Guide)20 reviews Lenore W. Horowitz, Mirah A. Horowitz Papaloa Press, 2007 Include this one on your list There are two guides that pretty much cover the field for a visit to Kauai. Although I don't have this edition, Kauai Underground has always provided very reliable information about the kinds of things visitors commonly do in Kauai - eat at restaurants, go to the beach, etc. Maybe it's just accident, but I find over and over again that I agree with Lenore and Mira's recommendations. What ...             Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche37 reviews Haruki Murakami Vintage, 2001 Review of Murakami's "Underground" Murakami's analysis of the Tokyo Sarin Attack is exactly the kind needed to understand all terrorism occuring in the world today. A great antidote to main-stream media's simplistic "us vs. them" morality tale description of terrorism. For concerned citizens of the post-9/11 world, I strongly recommend this book, together with Erich Fromm's "Fear of Freedom".             Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad58 reviews Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard Anchor, 2000 Fascinating story! The story presented includes sketches of the blocks in the sampler quilt the slaves memorized to help them on their flight to freedom, along with explanations of each block. The story is well-documented and makes great reading for history enthusiasts, quilting enthusiasts, and even those who just like a good mystery!             Underground (Greywalker, Book 3)11 reviews Kat Richardson Roc Hardcover, 2008 This is a tight, taunt, mystery wrapped in the paranormal Leslee of Night Owl Romance - 4.5 / 5 Hearts If you are looking for a new addition to your urban fantasy collection, then look no further than Kat Richardson. I discovered her by accident when her first book in this series, Greywalker came out. The premise, a private investigator who dies violently and is revived and can now see ghosts and the underlying energy in the world, was unique so I ...             Batman: Gotham Underground (Batman) Frank Tieri DC Comics, 2008             The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts William Still Dover Publications, 2007 A "conductor" based in Philadelphia, Still (1821?1902) helped guide fugitive slaves to safety in the years before the Civil War. He also created this unforgettable history, a collection of carefully preserved letters, newspaper articles, and firsthand accounts about refugees' hardships, narrow escapes, and deadly struggles. Over 50 illustrations. "Highly recommended."? Midwest Book Review .             Underground10 reviews David Macaulay Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 1983 A new perspective on things Macaulay uses his amazing talents to turn the world upside down in this unique book. Children (and even adults) will learn all kinds of things about what's beneath a modern city. I enjoyed showing my son the illustrations and explaining what it all means. Do beware, however, that this is a pretty abstract topic and that it can be difficult for younger kids to fully comprehend exactly what's going ...             Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor17 reviews Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh Harvard University Press, 2008 The Geography and Calculus of survival ghetto Style is not mere La Vie Quotidienne Americaine Here in its fullest glory, we get to see both the geography and the calculus of living in the American ghetto: the everyday tradeoffs being made hourly to survive, between "whoring and pimping" or "flipping burgers and cleaning toilets:" hustling pure and simple, from hawking ghettoware to fixing cars, to selling crack cocaine. No matter how it is parsed; no matter how elegant and academically it ...             Underground Buildings: More Than Meets the Eye7 reviews Loretta Hall Quill Driver Books, 2003 Phenomenal, Practical, Superb Photographs, Detailed At $29 or less, this book is being given away. This is a museum-quality book in terms of the paper, the photographs, the lay-out, and the cover. I bought this book in part because land is becoming extremely scarce around the great universities and the central business districts, and I was looking for something to help me think through how to persuade a university to let me put a building into ...              search for books 2009-2010, accounts, america, authentic, batman, buildings, business, economy, edition, education, everything, first-hand, greywalker, hawaiian, japanese, medicine, movement, narratives, outrageous, psyche, railroad, sampler, science, supplement, thought, traveled, unauthorized, underground, undocumented, witness 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: Exploring Psychology, Sixth Edition, in Modules Study Guide leave a comment home  impressum - about us