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A Natural History of the Senses 61 reviews
Diane Ackerman
Vintage, 1991
An All Time Top Favorite!
+ Fascinating book
+ Such a good writer
+ Warning: This book could change your life!
+ The Human Experience
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Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith 201 reviews
Martha Beck
Three Rivers Press, 2006
If you want to know about the mysterious Mormon church . . .
+ An original work from an original thinker
+ Precisely the reason why I left
I grew up in a town that was 98% Mormon. Being in the minority, I spent my youth being either left out because I wasn't Mormon or barraged by members of the church to become one of them. If they are anything, Mormons are as relentlessas they are exclusionary. So I thought I knew a just about ...
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Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic195 reviews
Martha Beck
Berkley Trade, 2000
A compelling "different" kinda memoir
+ Lovely and Strange
+ Taking it on faith
I was primed for this book. Our third grandson, Adam, had just been born (August 5), when I visited a bookstore just down the street from the hospital. So the title, Expecting Adam, quite naturally practically leapt off the shelf into my hands. I originally thought, what a great gift for my ...
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society161 reviews
Dave Grossman
Back Bay Books, 1996
on combat
+ Must read for the military or police.
+ Good but the second book is much better
+ On killing review
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia1702 reviews
Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Easy read of a lovely spiritual journey
+ Inspiring
+ Great read!
+ A powerfully moving personal journey
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals459 reviews
Michael Pollan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2006
Eye-opener/mouth-closer
+ Enjoyed this book from cover to cover!
+ Very good book!
+ Well Blended Research & 1st Person Narrative
+ a delight to be educated through wit and prose
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The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World72 reviews
Lynne McTaggart
Free Press, 2007
Our Power is in Our Thoughts
+ Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World
+ Lotus Guide review
Based very much on the principles of the Law of Attraction...which in essence tells us that, that which we focus on, think about is what we draw into our lives. This book does a wonderful job pointing out the need to live in the now; consciousness is the key. I do beleive that our thoughts are the ...
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking961 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell
Little, Brown and Company, 2005
The art of split-second thinking
+ Great book even if I don't agree with it...
+ Intuition is No Simple Subject Matter to "Thin-Slice" - Gladwell does it Well!
+ Blink - A Must Read
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Everything You Pretend to Know And Are Afraid Someone Will Ask9 reviews
Lynette Padwa
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996
Now you really know what you're talking about!
+ Good, except the computer section
When I picked up this little tome;I didn't really expect it to amount to much. As usual,I read the customer reviews,and was really left wondering.Quite a spread of opinions!
After reading,I have to say that I fully agree with those who gave it top marks.
I didn't count the things covered ...
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The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number 82 reviews
Mario Livio
Broadway, 2003
another mysterious and fascinating irrational number like pi and e
+ Excellent Job
Several years ago I prepared a review for amazon on this book. Since that time there have been many others to contribute. There are those like me who found it fascinating and gave it five stars, others that gave it a 4 or a 3 because they quibbled with the author over some mathematical issues and ...
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Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live106 reviews
Martha Beck
Three Rivers Press, 2002
Wonderful
+ Finding Your Own North Star
+ Martha Beck does not disappoint....
+ Fast
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Five Minds for the Future25 reviews
Howard Gardner
Harvard Business School Press, 2007
Five Minds for the Technology Professional
+ Thought-provoking Work for Academics
+ Visionary
+ outstanding book
+ Insight into five pivotal thinking habits
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less100 reviews
Barry Schwartz
Harper Perennial, 2005
Excellent and easy to read
+ Excelent Book!
+ A Must-Read Manual for Those Suffering from Mall Malaise
+ Insightful, Never Boring
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Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff: The Q.U.I.C.K. Way to Bring Lasting Order to Household Chaos 16 reviews
Rodale Books, 2002
Take it bit by bit
+ Need book for the TRUE Clutter Bug
+ Help! I'm Being Eaten by Clutter!
+ A delightful, helpful book
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Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (2nd Edition ...6 reviews
Rupert Sheldrake
Park Street Press, 2002
Sheldrake is a genius
+ Seven Experiments that could change the world
+ Perfection
Okay, I do not have much time to respond but I just had to voice some opposition to the single reader review this book has posted. Sure, the experiments outlined are a bit more involved than your run of the mill fourth grade level chemical mixing but they are that much more involved. Sheldrake ...
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Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the ...123 reviews
Lynne Truss
Gotham, 2005
So honest and accurate!
+ One Woman Answers an Eternal Question-"How Rude Was That?"
Although the book was a bit dirty looking when it arrived at my house (at least the cover was pretty filthy), when I got into the guts of the book, I really enjoyed it. Truss' writing is both interesting and humorous. I think she makes many valid points and observations about the world today and ...
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Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted ...12 reviews
New Scientist
Free Press, 2006
EDUCATIONAL
+ Interesting collection of facts
+ Fun, but limited
+ Very Hungry Birds (and More !)
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The Coconut Oil Miracle (Previously published as The Healing Miracle of Coconut Oil)47 reviews
Bruce Fife, Jon J. Kabara
Avery, 2004
Very informative book
+ Very good book
+ Great
+ Great book
+ Coconut oil works...
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An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain26 reviews
Diane Ackerman
Scribner, 2005
Alchemical magic and delight
+ A Sensualist's Portrait of the Brain
+ A book that will bring you closer to your mind.
+ Metaphors vs. knowledge
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On Ugliness 5 reviews
Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen (translator)
Rizzoli, 2007
Ugliness Explored Through the Imaginative Eyes of Umberto Eco
+ ON UGLINESS UMBERTO ECO
+ easy read
+ A Wonderful Meditation on A Complex Subject...
+ A Very Unique Work
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