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The Dear America: The Fences Between Us Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've just finished reading Kirby Larson's The Fences Between Us and learned more about what our Japanese American citizens had to endure during WWII than I ever learned from a history class. We re-live this tragic era in our history through the eyes of teen Piper Davis, whose father, a pastor for a Japanese...

How Brands Become Icons: The Principles of Cultural Branding Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm no business-head. I find modern consumerism more disturbing than exciting. But I read this book as part of a study on public relations and I must say Holt's passion for the subject is contagious.First of all, his writing style is superb. He alternates nicely between anecdotes, charts and philosophy,...

Soul Hunter (Night Lords) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It has been quite some time since Simon Spurrier's very enjoyable "Lord of the Night", and finally, the Night Lords Legion is deigned with another novel dedicated solely to them. Somewhat different in tone and atmosphere from much of the Warhammer 40,000 fiction, "Soul Hunter" is a well written, atmospheric...

Secrets of My Hollywood Life 6: There's No Place Like Home Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)One of the first rules of writing is to write about what you know. The author has worked as a Hollywood journalist for years, interviewing the hottest teen idols in the business. What was so enjoyable about the series (okay, I only read #5 and #6) is that Calonita creates likeable protagonists, likeable...

Haven Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I almost didn't read this book because of the cover. The cover gods did not smile on Kristi Cook's debut novel. But, thankfully, she didn't need it. Bit's and pieces of this novel reminded me of different parts of other books, but it was unique in it's own way. I could see where people could see where...

Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book actually changed my WHOLE outlook and approach to gardening. I've never had a garden book change me like this. Its just so incredible. I ate up every chapter and couldn't put it down and when I was done I went out into the garden and got my hands dirty like never before. This author completely...

The South Was Right Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)...Born and bred in upstate NY. I am also civil war buff. This book is extremely important, for the fact of the matter is that MOST of the history that is taught today is WRONG. Not wrong in the general outcomes/ what happened sort of way, but wrong in explaining the TRUE motivations of the involved...

The Gift: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A Good Read for anytime of the year, but an especially good read at Christmas...A coming-of-age story that leaves you wanting more...More about the soldier telling the story, more about his family, more about the other people in the story, all of whom are interesting and well-crafted...Set in 1952 during...

How To Want What You Have Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Tim Miller's book is the Real Thing: a synthesis of the best of a multitude of religious and philosophical traditions which is directly applicable to twenty-first century everyday life. Its language is clear; its ideas are sound; and despite its initial burst of success, it has temporarily gone out of...

The Art of Living Consciously: The Power of Awareness to Transform Everyday Life Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In the early seventies just after the publication of The Psychology of Self-Esteem, I went to the library looking for other books on the subject. I found only one other book with self-esteem in its title. Over the years, I've watched closely as the word self-esteem has exploded into American culture,...

The Horns of Ruin Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Eva Forge is the last Paladin of the God of War Morgan. The problem is he is long dead from his brother's hands Amon. This leaves only the last brother immortal Alexander as the last living god in charge of the city of Ash and its surrounding areas. As Paladin Eva is entrusted with the security and protection...

The Kid Who Became President Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Let me put it out on the table right now, right up front--this book is not to be taken seriously. Dan Gutman wrote the wildest, most implausible, fun book he could think of. Why? How have adult presidents done in office? Great? Really good? Horrible? Just to stir the waters a bit, Gutman published his...

The Thieves of Manhattan: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Thieves" is magically entertaining. I loved Langer's wonderfully inventive literary references. Famous author's names can become verbs or evocative nouns such as when Ian, the main character, gets fed up with his crazy life and wants to pull a salinger, meaning he wants to hide away for awhile a la...

Exquisite Corpse Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)So you're a Poppy Z. Brite fan? Read Drawing Blood? Read Wormwood? Read Lost Souls? Consider yourself able to handle anything she could possible deal out? Think again. Do not read this book just because you loved her other work, and certainly don't read it if you've never read her other works. There...

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths chronicles the last days of a doomed unit of the Japanese Imperial Army in the last days of World War II. In an afterword, Shigeru Mizuki describes the story as "90 percent fact," and because it is drawn from his own experiences in a very similar unit, it is at heart 100...

Just One Citizen: A Recipe for Positive Change Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a book well written. It deals with America's working men and women and their concerns for today's economy and leadership. Whether you agree or disagree, it touches base with so many who are faced with the trying times of today's America. Rich or poor, this is the book you need to read. You will...

Charlie Mike Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a Viet Nam veteran this is the first book on Nam that I have ever finished and I am ordering three more of his books today. I lost track of the number of times I cried when I read this book and that was only one of the many emotions I felt. If you like action or want a realistic idea of what Nam was...