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The Glass Castle: A Memoir 1119 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Adults as Children and Children as Adults
+ BRILLIANT!
+ food for thoughts on food
+ Such shocking behavior, it's almost unbelievable
+ Glass Castle
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The Badge: True and Terrifying Crime Stories That Could Not Be Presented on TV, from the Creator and Star of ... 4 reviews
Jack Webb
Da Capo Press, 2005
Great True Stories of Crime in Los Angeles and the LAPD
+ Brilliant! Best Cop Book ever!
+ The Badge, then and now.
+ GOOD READ FOR CRIME BUFFS
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Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut205 reviews
Jhonen Vasquez
SLG Publishing, 1997
Homicidal
+ Intelligent, thoughtful, and hilarious
+ brain explody
+ Best ever
+ NNY
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A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed 118 reviews
Jon Atack
Lyle Stuart, 1999
The Never Ending Story
+ Helpful and Informative
+ EXPOSING SCIENTOLOGY
I became interested in the various books of scientology and unfortunately ordered some from their headquarters, from that moment on I had no peace, phone calls and mail poured in, even after explaining to them I had no interest in being a member of their organization they did not cease. They even ...
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The Girl Next Door156 reviews
Jack Ketchum
Leisure, 2007
Riveting
+ Horrifying
+ Real life horror
The Girl Next Door is one of the few books that I have read that I absolutely could not put down. I devoured the book in just under 24 hours. The story focuses on David, a young teen, and what he witnesses as Meg and her sister move in with a neighbor, Ruth.
The story builds slowly, hinting at ...
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Escape307 reviews
Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer
Broadway, 2007
Hell on earth or hell in the hearafter, or both.
+ Great Book and it arrive in Excellent Condition
This book provides a graphic documentation of how tyranny, masquerading as religion, can create some of the most pathological societies imaginable, defeating laws and mores that prohibit simultaneous polygyny, slavery, extreme physical and mental child and wife abuse, arranged marriages, nepotism ...
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Seaspray and Whisky: Reminiscences of a Tramp Ship Voyage2 reviews
Norman Freeman
Akadine Press, 2001
Discover a Hidden Gem!
+ An armchair voyage on the good ship Allanwell
I was surprised to see that I was the first customer to review this book. Why wasn't this book a big hit? It reminds me of Frank McCourt. Mr. Freeman creates a fascinating and surprisingly sympathetic cast of characters out of the random, ragged, largely alcoholic and thieving crew of a rundown ...
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005316 reviews
Thomas E. Ricks
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Best Documentation of Iraq War to date
+ Fantastic
+ Pleasantly Surprised
+ The story of an incredible American folly
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A Short History of Nearly Everything632 reviews
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2004
like drinking out of a fire hose
+ Not really short, nor about everything, but worth the effort
+ Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything
+ ALMOST EVERYTHING
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Shot in the Heart54 reviews
Mikal Gilmore
Anchor, 1995
An Incredible Book...
+ Riveting
+ One of the finest narratives of growing up in a ASPD Household.
+ One Of The Greatest Books Ever Written
+ Shot in the heart
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1566 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece
+ Miserable but Persistent
+ Relentlessly downbeat
+ 5 stars versus ANYTHING (except maybe the Bible)
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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us110 reviews
Robert D. Hare
The Guilford Press, 1999
Highly readable intro to psychopaths by world's leading expert
+ Fascinating and Informative
+ A Truly Insightful Book
+ Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
+ ASSISTANCE IS FUTILE!
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence304 reviews
Gavin De Becker
Little, Brown and Company, 1997
The Gift of Fear Is the Gift of Awareness
+ Highly Recommended!
+ Listening to your inner voice.
+ Empowering!
+ About fear's affects
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Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance (revised edition)26 reviews
Stephen Herrero
The Lyons Press, 2002
Great book
+ The best bear book. Period.
+ Pay attention to this if bears are mauling your garbage bins
+ The Bear Facts
+ Bear Attacks
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Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)571 reviews
Anthony Bourdain
Harper Perennial, 2007
No Reservations... this book is GREAT!
+ The best
In reading this book, I could actually hear Anthony Bourdain's voice in my head. Since this was written prior to "A Cook's Tour" and "No Reservations" I felt as though I was getting the uncensored, ungroomed Tony Bourdain.
My ex-husband told me that I shouldn't read this book because if I did, I ...
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Lucky : A Memoir255 reviews
Alice Sebold, 2002
Precise Memoir
+ Should be essential reading for college women
+ Brave, compelling read
+ A Must Read
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Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance (revised edition)26 reviews
Stephen Herrero
The Lyons Press, 2002
Great book
+ The best bear book. Period.
+ Pay attention to this if bears are mauling your garbage bins
+ The Bear Facts
+ Bear Attacks
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1566 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece
+ Miserable but Persistent
+ Relentlessly downbeat
+ 5 stars versus ANYTHING (except maybe the Bible)
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence304 reviews
Gavin De Becker
Little, Brown and Company, 1997
The Gift of Fear Is the Gift of Awareness
+ Highly Recommended!
+ Listening to your inner voice.
+ Empowering!
+ About fear's affects
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Escape307 reviews
Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer
Broadway, 2007
Hell on earth or hell in the hearafter, or both.
+ Great Book and it arrive in Excellent Condition
This book provides a graphic documentation of how tyranny, masquerading as religion, can create some of the most pathological societies imaginable, defeating laws and mores that prohibit simultaneous polygyny, slavery, extreme physical and mental child and wife abuse, arranged marriages, nepotism ...
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