Kevin's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:46:30 -0700 60 Kevin's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives]]> 140109
ձ> 432 Michael Newton 1567184995 Kevin 5 4.33 2000 Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives
author: Michael Newton
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.33
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Kevin 5 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Autobiography of Mark Twain]]> 2971
Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences. Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.]]> 508 Mark Twain 0060955422 Kevin 0 to-read 3.95 1924 The Autobiography of Mark Twain
author: Mark Twain
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Bradshaw on the Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self Discovery]]> 223517 242 John Bradshaw 0932194540 Kevin 1 3.81 1985 Bradshaw on the Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self Discovery
author: John Bradshaw
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1985
rating: 1
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I only read maybe 10 pages of this book and skimmed other parts, so you can factor that into how you read this review. The basic premise of the book is that many events in our childhood and development cause shame, which caused a variety of problematic destructive events in later life. I don't necessarily take issue with that premise, but the way the author presents his case leaves much to be desired. His tack is extremely alarmist and he does not site specific facts but rather will reference other authors premises as opposed to referencing their research. His sweeping hypotheses seem overly simplistic and matter of fact, again with no research to back up his claims. Overall I think it will fail to satisfy readers with a critical mind.
]]> <![CDATA[The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson]]> 716872 Introduction by Mary Oliver
Commentary by Henry James, Robert Frost, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry David Thoreau

The definitive collection of Emerson’s major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life’s work of a true “American Scholar.� As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embraced a philosophy that championed the individual, emphasized independent thought, and prized “the splendid labyrinth of one’s own perceptions.� More than any writer of his time, he forged a style distinct from his European predecessors and embodied and defined what it meant to be an American. Matthew Arnold called Emerson’s essays “the most important work done in prose.�

INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE]]> 880 Ralph Waldo Emerson 0679783229 Kevin 2 4.37 1983 The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1983
rating: 2
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This was the first work of Emerson's that I attempted to read. I found the flowery language, liberally sprinkled with clauses, inhibited my ability to understand his concepts. This is the only reason I rated this as merely okay.
]]> <![CDATA[The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives Volume 14]]> 113646
Get ready for another year of award-winning journalism from The Onion , America’s Finest News Source. The Onion Ad Complete News Archives, Volume 14 collects every article that The Onion published between November 2001 and October 2002, including opinion pieces, horoscopes, and your favorite columns from all of the Onion regulars.

The Onion Ad Complete News Archives, Volume 14 is packed with material no longer available online or anywhere else. Look for a new volume every year.]]> 272 The Onion 140004961X Kevin 5 4.39 2003 The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives Volume 14
author: The Onion
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17 (Onion Series)]]> 113638
Onion fans hear this! Homeland Insecurity is the largest collection of award-winning journalism from America’s Finest News Source ever released, and that means you must buy it! Featuring every brilliantly biting article printed in The Onion between November 2004 and December 2005, a time in our country’s history ripe for further examination by America’s Finest News Source, Homeland Insecurity collects all the news reporting you were too lazy to read when it first appeared, now delivered in a handy single volume that will fit perfectly on the bookshelf of your dorm, ward, or cell. Homeland Insecurity is Volume 17 in the always bestselling and always entertaining Onion series.

The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication, with more than 3.8 million weekly visitors to its website (theonion.com) and a print circulation of more than 500,000. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.]]> 320 Onion Editors 030733984X Kevin 5 4.28 2006 Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17 (Onion Series)
author: Onion Editors
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fanfare for the Area Man: The Onion Ad Nauseam Complete News Archives, Vol. 15]]> 113648
The latest book in the New York Times bestselling Onion Ad Nauseam series includes every news story, opinion piece, news-in-brief, horoscope...yes, every last word that appeared in The Onion between October 2002 and October 2003. Here they are at all the issues of The Onion that you missed because you had a life to live. And each page takes 0.0 seconds to load!

Fanfare for the Area The Onion Ad Nauseam Complete News Archives, Volume 15 is packed with material no longer available online or anywhere else.

Look for a new volume every year.]]> 272 Onion Editors 1400054559 Kevin 5 4.42 2004 Fanfare for the Area Man: The Onion Ad Nauseam Complete News Archives, Vol. 15
author: Onion Editors
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Embedded in America: The Onion Complete News Archives Volume 16 (Onion Ad Nauseam)]]> 113640
The latest book in the New York Times bestselling Onion series includes every news story, opinion piece, news-in-brief, horoscope . . . yes, every last word that appeared in The Onion between mid-October 2003 and mid-November 2004. And this is the biggest book yet in the series. That’s right� Embedded in America includes eight additional weeks of award-winning coverage from The Onion , including two extra weeks of post-presidential election coverage.

Here they are at all the issues of The Onion that you missed because you had a life to live. And each page takes 0.0 seconds to load!

Embedded in America is Volume 16 in the popular and bestselling Onion series. Look for a new volume every year.]]> 320 Onion Editors 1400054567 Kevin 5 4.33 2005 Embedded in America: The Onion Complete News Archives Volume 16 (Onion Ad Nauseam)
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume 1]]> 113643 --Clinton Deploys Vowels to Operation Vowel Storm Will Make Countless Bosnian Names More Pronounceable
--Jesus Christ Returns to NBA
--Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes
--I Can't Stand My Filthy Hippy Owner by Thunder the Ferret]]> 165 The Onion 0609804634 Kevin 5 4.21 2000 The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume 1
author: The Onion
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average rating: 4.21
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 13]]> 113647
The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives features loads of material no longer available online or anywhere else. Look for a new volume every year.]]> 264 The Onion 1400047242 Kevin 5 4.22 2002 The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 13
author: The Onion
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Dispatches from the Tenth Circle: The Best of the Onion]]> 4346 -Conan O'Brien

"Outside of maybe Dario Fo, an Italian who few are sure exists, the Onion people make the most consistently perfect and excoriating social commentary we currently have. But will those Nobel bastards honor them, too? Only God, our merciless and just God, knows."
-Dave Eggers

"The funniest publication in the United States."
-The New Yorker

"This publication is tasteless and destructive to our shared values. Read it for yourself and you'll see what I mean. Seriously, what else could make me laugh-much less laugh uproariously-while being offended week after week after week?"
-Al Gore

"The Onion is the funniest thing in news since Dan Rather's spooky stare."
-Matt Groening

"Brutal satire that rushes into the far reaches of race, class, sexuality, and culture where many publications-and critics-fear to tread."
-Chicago Tribune

"The Onion, unlike any other entity in our media culture, offers a refreshingly honest look at our complicated life."
-Ken Burns]]> 174 The Onion 0609808346 Kevin 5 4.21 2001 Dispatches from the Tenth Circle: The Best of the Onion
author: The Onion
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox and Unusual from the magazine "Morbid Curiosity"]]> 6355365
This quirky book is filled with tales from ordinary people -- who just happen to have eccentric, peculiar interests. Ranging from the outrageous (attending a Black Mass, fishing bodies out of San Francisco Bay, making fake snuff films) to the more "mundane" (visiting a torture museum, tracking real vampires through San Francisco), this curiously enjoyable collection of stories, complete with illustrations and informative asides, will entertain and haunt readers long after the final page is turned.]]> 320 Loren Rhoads 1439124663 Kevin 0 currently-reading 3.77 2009 Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox and Unusual from the magazine "Morbid Curiosity"
author: Loren Rhoads
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> Naked 4138 Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its proverbial ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview—a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son's nervous tics, to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course!) with a quadriplegic companion; a family gathers for a wedding in the face of imminent death. Through it all is Sedaris's unmistakable voice, without doubt one of the freshest in American writing.]]> 304 David Sedaris Kevin 4 Hitchhiking is bad. 4.10 1997 Naked
author: David Sedaris
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.10
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rating: 4
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Hitchhiking is bad.
]]> <![CDATA[Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim]]> 10176 --davidsedarisbooks.com]]> 257 David Sedaris 0965904830 Kevin 4 4.12 2004 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
author: David Sedaris
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> The Green Mile 11566
There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine and one of those wonders might just have stepped in amongst them.]]> 592 Stephen King 0451933028 Kevin 0 to-read 4.48 1996 The Green Mile
author: Stephen King
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1996
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]]> Darkwood 5453478 288 M.E. Breen 1599902591 Kevin 0 to-read 3.56 2009 Darkwood
author: M.E. Breen
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average rating: 3.56
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]]> <![CDATA[When You Are Engulfed in Flames]]> 1044355 When You Are Engulfed in Flames confirms once again that David Sedaris is a master of mystery and suspense.

Or how about...

when set on fire, most of us either fumble for our wallets or waste valuable time feeling sorry for ourselves. David Sedaris has studied this phenomenon, and his resulting insights may very well save your life. Author of the national bestsellers Should You Be Attacked By Snakes and If You Are Surrounded by Mean Ghosts, David Sedaris, with When You Are Engulfed in Flames, is clearly at the top of his game.

Oh, all right...

David Sedaris has written yet another book of essays (his sixth). Subjects include a parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg, an encounter with a dingo, and the recreational use of an external catheter. Also recounted is the buying of a human skeleton and the author's attempt to quit smoking In Tokyo.

Master of nothing, at the dead center of his game, Sedaris proves that when you play with matches, you sometimes light the whole pack on fire.
(front flap)]]> 323 David Sedaris 0316143472 Kevin 0 currently-reading 4.08 2005 When You Are Engulfed in Flames
author: David Sedaris
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.08
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]]> Fahrenheit 451 4381 158 Ray Bradbury 0307347974 Kevin 0 to-read 3.96 1953 Fahrenheit 451
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1953
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]]> <![CDATA[Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)]]> 43448 Such wonderful children. Such a beautiful mother. Such a lovely house. Such endless terror! It wasn't that she didn't love her children. She did. But there was a fortune at stake—a fortune that would assure their later happiness if she could keep the children a secret from her dying father. So she and her mother hid her darlings away in an unused attic. Just for a little while. But the brutal days swelled into agonizing years. Now Cathy, Chris, and the twins wait in their cramped and helpless world, stirred by adult dreams, adult desires, served a meager sustenance by an angry, superstitious grandmother who knows that the Devil works in dark and devious ways. Sometimes he sends children to do his work—children who—one by one—must be destroyed.... 'Way upstairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent struggling to stay alive....']]> 389 V.C. Andrews 0743496310 Kevin 0 to-read 3.84 1979 Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
author: V.C. Andrews
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average rating: 3.84
book published: 1979
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]]> <![CDATA[Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect]]> 788677 248 Ian Stevenson 0275951898 Kevin 3 3.96 1997 Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect
author: Ian Stevenson
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret School: Preparation for Contact]]> 48710 268 Whitley Strieber 0061096180 Kevin 2 3.66 1997 The Secret School: Preparation for Contact
author: Whitley Strieber
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1997
rating: 2
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]]> Stardust 16793 Alternate cover edition can be found here

Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.]]> 248 Neil Gaiman 0061142026 Kevin 4 4.11 1998 Stardust
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)]]> 3950967
Additional notes for each story penned by Professor Albus Dumbledore will be enjoyed by Muggles and wizards alike, as the Professor muses on the morals illuminated by the tales, and reveals snippets of information about life at Hogwarts.

A uniquely magical volume, with illustrations by the author, J. K. Rowling, that will be treasured for years to come.]]> 105 J.K. Rowling 0747599874 Kevin 4 4.03 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spiders of Allah: Travels of an Unbeliever on the Frontline of Holy War]]> 6411465 336 James Hider 0312565852 Kevin 0 currently-reading 3.86 2009 The Spiders of Allah: Travels of an Unbeliever on the Frontline of Holy War
author: James Hider
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> <![CDATA[Kiki's Hats: Our Gifts Live on and on]]> 2781992
Oh, but it is also a story about you and me. Kids and adults. And how much FUN it can be to do something good for someone else.

It doesn't have to be complicated or difficult. It can be as simple as knitting a hat. Or raking your neighbor's leaves. Or visiting someone who is sick.

It could also be building a house for someone who needs it. Or raising a pile of money and giving it away.

We each have the power to create something good that can last a lifetime -- and beyond.

That's the miracle of Kiki's Hats.]]> 36 Warren Hanson 0931674948 Kevin 1 4.10 2007 Kiki's Hats: Our Gifts Live on and on
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People (Captain Underpants, #8)]]> 153862 176 Dav Pilkey 0439903815 Kevin 3 4.22 2006 Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People (Captain Underpants, #8)
author: Dav Pilkey
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers (Captain Underpants, #7)]]> 835225 176 Dav Pilkey 043997772X Kevin 3 4.23 2003 Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers (Captain Underpants, #7)
author: Dav Pilkey
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average rating: 4.23
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets (Captain Underpants, #6)]]> 370343 George and Harold are "C" students (and bad spellers), but they are very good at "saving the entire planet from the nasty forces of unrelenting evil" and also at ketchup-toilet pranks. Unfortunately, they can't save Melvin Sneedly from getting paddled by his bionic hamster. But, frankly, they wouldn't want to, because besides being the school brainiac, Melvin is also a tattletale. When his robot-making hobby backfires horribly, Melvin transforms himself into the Bionic Booger Boy instead of a bionic superboy. Can Captain Underpants save everyone from this "greenish, glistening behemoth?"

]]> 176 Dav Pilkey 0439376106 Kevin 3 4.20 2003 Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets (Captain Underpants, #6)
author: Dav Pilkey
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds (Captain Underpants, #3)]]> 153868 144 Dav Pilkey 0439997100 Kevin 3 4.19 1999 Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds (Captain Underpants, #3)
author: Dav Pilkey
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman (Captain Underpants, #5)]]> 325730 176 Dav Pilkey 0439994802 Kevin 3 4.17 2001 Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman (Captain Underpants, #5)
author: Dav Pilkey
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average rating: 4.17
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (Captain Underpants, #2)]]> 153865 144 Dav Pilkey 0439995442 Kevin 3 4.09 1999 Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (Captain Underpants, #2)
author: Dav Pilkey
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (Captain Underpants, #4)]]> 153866 160 Dav Pilkey 0439998190 Kevin 3 4.23 2000 Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (Captain Underpants, #4)
author: Dav Pilkey
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average rating: 4.23
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Captain Underpants, #1)]]> 207266 125 Dav Pilkey 0439014573 Kevin 3 4.01 1997 The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Captain Underpants, #1)
author: Dav Pilkey
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> Goodnight Moon 32929
In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.]]> 32 Margaret Wise Brown 0060775858 Kevin 5 4.31 1947 Goodnight Moon
author: Margaret Wise Brown
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average rating: 4.31
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rating: 5
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]]> Skippyjon Jones 803171 His ears are too big for his head. His head is too big for his body.

"I am not a Siamese cat..." says Skippyjon Jones, a rambunctious kitty boy with an overactive imagination. He would rather be El Skippito, his Zorro-like alter ego. Skippito, the great sword fighter can do anything. He knows just how to save a roving band of Mexican Chihuahuas from a humongous bumblebeeto that is tormenting them. Skippito gets the job done—yes indeed-o.

You can join Skippyjon Jones on his great adventures. But be warned—he's a rascal who stops at nothing. And he is out to steal your heart.

Judy Schnachner has a Siamese cat named Skippy who served as the inspiration for Skippyjon Jones. She also owns a dog and another Siamese cat. Ms. Schachner's books have been aclaimed by reviewers and readers. The Grannyman, a book about an old Siamese cat, won the Nebraska Golden Sower Awarn, and Yo, Vikings! won the Chapman Award from PlanetEsme for Best Classroom Read-Aloud for 2002.

Edition MSRP: $15⁹⁹ USA / $24⁰⁰ (ISBN: 0-535-47134-0)]]> 32 Judy Schachner 0525471340 Kevin 5 4.22 2003 Skippyjon Jones
author: Judy Schachner
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average rating: 4.22
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques]]> 131995 573 Ben Willmore 0321321898 Kevin 0 to-read 4.00 2004 Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques
author: Ben Willmore
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage]]> 9602
In this self-portrait by an American genius, Kurt Vonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend, a dead marriage, and various cockamamie aspects of his all-too-human journey through life. This is a work that resonates with Vonnegut’s singular the magic sound of a born storyteller mesmerizing us with truth.

“Vonnegut is at the top of his form, and it is wonderful.”� Newsday]]> 300 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 0385334265 Kevin 0 currently-reading 3.78 1981 Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1981
rating: 0
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]]> Me Talk Pretty One Day 4137 272 David Sedaris 0349113912 Kevin 4 4.01 2000 Me Talk Pretty One Day
author: David Sedaris
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives]]> 34452 224 Brian L. Weiss 0446520594 Kevin 3 4.15 1988 Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
author: Brian L. Weiss
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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]]> Pet Sematary 10583
Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.

Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive note of threat.

But behind the house and away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully clear path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial.

A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding...]]> 576 Stephen King 1416524347 Kevin 3 3.90 1983 Pet Sematary
author: Stephen King
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1983
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Get the Life You Want: The Secrets to Quick and Lasting Life Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming]]> 3803577 Get the Life You Want is Richard Bandler at his best, sharing his remarkable insights, his controversial signature wit, and more than thirty-five time-tested NLP techniques that will bring about quick and lasting change in every area of your life, from breaking free of toxic or non-productive relationships, to delivering business presentations without a knot in your stomach, to quitting smoking for good.



By putting Bandler's techniques into practice, you can literally change your brain chemistry without expensive drugs or endless therapy sessions; most of all, you can finally learn how to "run your own brain" instead of rehashing the same problems.

You'll discover:

How to Hone the Habit of Being Happy
Why Thinking Positively Won't Change Your Life. . . And Why Thinking Precisely Will
The Fast Phobia Cure That Will Banish Any Fear--Including Fear of Flying, Public Speaking, and Heights
How to Fall Out of Love with Someone (for Real!) If you're plagued with the past, stuck in a fear, or just unable to get your mental motor running on time, Get the Life You Want will offer a mental toolbox of ways to get your life in order. If you have spent too much time in therapy or too much money trying to do it yourself, this book is for you. The key to quick and lasting change is not only right at your fingertips, it's in your head--literally. Get the Life You Want will help you unleash it.]]> 264 Richard Bandler 0757307760 Kevin 4 3.95 2008 Get the Life You Want: The Secrets to Quick and Lasting Life Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming
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]]> <![CDATA[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)]]> 140225
The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centuries. King Caspian has built it for his voyage to find the seven lords, good men whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he usurped the throne. The journey takes Edmund, Lucy, and their cousin Eustace to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, toward Aslan's country at the End of the World.]]> 248 C.S. Lewis 006112527X Kevin 2 currently-reading 4.10 1952 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)]]> 121749
Narnia . . . where animals talk . . . where trees walk . . . where a battle is about to begin.

A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.

Prince Caspianis the fourth book in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, a series that has become part of the canon of classic literature, drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over fifty years. This is a stand-alone novel, but if you would like to see more of Lucy and Edmund’s adventures, readThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the fifth book in The Chronicles of Narnia.]]> 240 C.S. Lewis 000720230X Kevin 3 3.99 1951 Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga]]> 78482 288 Hunter S. Thompson 0345410084 Kevin 2 3.91 1966 Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
author: Hunter S. Thompson
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1966
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Daily Adventures of Mixerman]]> 893812 0 159863206X Kevin 2 3.67 2006 The Daily Adventures of Mixerman
author: Thomson Course Technology PTR Development
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.67
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rating: 2
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]]> Lolita 7604 Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141182537.

Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Dolores Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.]]> 368 Vladimir Nabokov 0679723161 Kevin 3 3.87 1955 Lolita
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]> 1618 226 Mark Haddon 1400032717 Kevin 4 3.89 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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average rating: 3.89
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster]]> 44185
Within these pages, Bobby Henderson outlines the true facts—dispelling such malicious myths as evolution ("only a theory"), science ("only a lot of theories"), and whether we're really descended from apes (fact: Humans share 95 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, but they share 99.9 percent with pirates!)

See what impressively credentialed top scientists have to say:

"If Intelligent Design is taught in schools, equal time should be given to the FSM theory and the non-FSM theory."
—Professor Douglas Shaw, Ph.D.

"Do not be hypocritical. Allow equal time for other alternative 'theories' like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice."
—J. Simon, Ph.D.

"In my scientific opinion, when comparing the two theories, FSM theory seems to be more valid than classic ID theory."
—Afshin Beheshti, Ph.D.]]> 169 Bobby Henderson 0812976568 Kevin 2 currently-reading 3.79 2006 The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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]]> <![CDATA[The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)]]> 18122
But how can he go looking for Lord Asriel when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and intrigues that beset him.

The two great powers of the many worlds are lining up for war, and Will must find Lyra, for together they are on their way to battle, an inevitable journey that will even take them to the world of the dead...]]> 465 Philip Pullman 0440238153 Kevin 2 4.11 2000 The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
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The first 1/3 to 1/2 is intreesting but then it just drags on. I got completely bored and asked a friend how it ends, so I didn't read the very end.
]]> The World According to Garp 7069 610 John Irving 0345915593 Kevin 5 4.11 1978 The World According to Garp
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]]> Amazing . . . but False! 638856 Edison invented the lightbulb—and motion pictures. Camels store water in their humps. Captain Kidd was a notorious pirate. What do these so-called "facts� have in common? They’re all false! Every one is a myth that, through time, has achieved the status of reality. Finally, someone is here to set the record straight, once and for all. In this fully illustrated color collection of popular misconceptions, freelance writer and journalist David Diefendorf uncovers hundreds of widely accepted truths in various categories: famous firsts, health and the body, history, misquotations and misusages, people, religion, science and technology, and more. It’s fun and informative, and a great gift for any brainiac, trivia buff, or know-it-all. James Randi, the internationally-known debunker of pseudoscience and a brilliant magician, provides the entertaining foreword.]]> 256 David Diefendorf 1402737912 Kevin 4 3.28 2007 Amazing . . . but False!
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth]]> 1805607
It also features maps, including a fold-out world map at actual size. Readers will learn about every country from Afghanistan, "Allah's Cat Box," to the Ukraine, "The Bridebasket of Europe."

Today's news-parody consumer cannot possibly understand made-up current events without the context of fake world history and geography. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us.

Our Dumb World is an invaluable tool for any reader interested in overthrowing a weakened government in East Asia, exploiting a developing nation in Africa, or for directions to tonight's party at Erica's. It is a reference guide to 250,000 of the world's most important places, such as North Korea's Trench of Victory, the Great Human Pyramid of Egypt, and Saudi Arabia's superhighway, the Mohammedobahn.]]> 240 The Onion 0316018422 Kevin 4 4.13 2007 Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report]]> 156724 Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works.

This collection includes all of the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including some previously unpublished stories) covering the years 1954-1964.

"A useful acquisition for any serious SF library or collection" -- Kirkus

"The collected stories of Philip K. Dick is awe inspiring". -- The Washington Post

"More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds". -- Wall Street Journal

Volume 4/5. Includes stories from 1954-1964:
- Autofac (1955)
- Service Call (1955)
- Captive Market (1955)
- The Mold of Yancy (1955)
- The Minority Report (1956)
- Recall Mechanism (1959)
- The Unreconstructed M (1957)
- Explorers We (1959)
- War Game (1959)
- If There Were No Benny Cemoli (1963)
- Novelty Act (1964)
- Waterspider (1964)
- What the Dead Men Say (1964)
- Orpheus with Clay Feet (1987)
- The Days of Perky Pat (1963)
- Stand-By (1963)
- What'll We Do with Ragland Park? (1963)
- Oh, to Be a Blobel! (1964)

Other editions of this volume have the same stories, and were published under these titles:
- The Days of Perky Pat,
- The Minority Report,
- The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories.

]]> 396 Philip K. Dick 0806512768 Kevin 3 4.22 1987 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report
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]]> Stardust 1778908 333 Neil Gaiman 0755337514 Kevin 4 3.78 1998 Stardust
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]]> <![CDATA[The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)]]> 119324
Each is searching—Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father—but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives, their loves, and their destinies are bound together... until they are split apart.]]> 326 Philip Pullman 0679879250 Kevin 3 4.12 1997 The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)]]> 119322
Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want--but what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.]]> 399 Philip Pullman 0679879242 Kevin 5 4.02 1995 The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey]]> 345301 "A fascinating book. In clear and forceful prose, Becoming Justice Blackmun tells a judicial Horatio Alger story and a tale of a remarkable transformation . . . A page-turner."--The New York Times Book Review
In this acclaimed biography, Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times draws back the curtain on America's most private branch of government, the Supreme Court. Greenhouse was the first print reporter to have access to the extensive archives of Justice Harry A. Blackmun (1908-99), the man behind numerous landmark Supreme Court decisions, including Roe v. Wade.

Through the lens of Blackmun's private and public papers, Greenhouse crafts a compelling portrait of a man who, from 1970 to 1994, ruled on such controversial issues as abortion, the death penalty, and sex discrimination yet never lost sight of the human beings behind the legal cases. Greenhouse also paints the arc of Blackmun's lifelong friendship with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, revealing how political differences became personal, even for two of the country's most respected jurists.

From America's preeminent Supreme Court reporter, this is a must-read for everyone who cares about the Court and its impact on our lives.]]> 288 Linda Greenhouse 0805080570 Kevin 5 4.09 2005 Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey
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]]> <![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front]]> 355697
In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war�. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier� experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.]]> 296 Erich Maria Remarque 0449213943 Kevin 0 to-read 4.04 1928 All Quiet on the Western Front
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]]> Watchmen 472331 Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, presents a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history—the U.S. won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the Cold War is in full effect.

Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes.]]> 416 Alan Moore 0930289234 Kevin 4 4.38 1987 Watchmen
author: Alan Moore
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.38
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley]]> 712665
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based on hundreds of interviews and nearly a decade of research, it traces the evolution not just of the man but of the music and of the culture he left utterly transformed, creating a completely fresh portrait of Elvis and his world.

This volume tracks the first twenty-four years of Elvis' life, covering his childhood, the stunning first recordings at Sun Records ("That's All Right," "Mystery Train"), and the early RCA hits ("Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel"). These were the years of his improbable self-invention and unprecedented triumphs, when it seemed that everything that Elvis tried succeeded wildly. There was scarcely a cloud in sight through this period until, in 1958, he was drafted into the army and his mother died shortly thereafter. The book closes on that somber and poignant note.

Last Train to Memphis takes us deep inside Elvis' life, exploring his lifelong passion for music of every sort (from blues and gospel to Bing Crosby and Mario Lanza), his compelling affection for his family, and his intimate relationships with girlfriends, mentors, band members, professional associates, and friends. It shows us the loneliness, the trustfulness, the voracious appetite for experience, and above all the unshakable, almost mystical faith that Elvis had in himself and his music. Drawing frequently on Elvis' own words and on the recollections of those closest to him, the book offers an emotional, complex portrait of young Elvis Presley with a depth and dimension that for the first time allow his extraordinary accomplishments to ring true.

Peter Guralnick has given us a previously unseen world, a rich panoply of people and events that illuminate an achievement, a place, and a time as never revealed before. Written with grace, humor, and affection, Last Train to Memphis has been hailed as the definitive biography of Elvis Presley. It is the first to set aside the myths and focus on Elvis' humanity in a way that has yet to be duplicated.]]> 560 Peter Guralnick 0316332259 Kevin 0 to-read 4.15 1994 Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
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]]> Bird by Bird 12543 A newer edition of this title can be found here.

"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said. 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'"

With this basic instruction always in mind, Anne Lamott returns to offer us a new gift: a step-by-step guide on how to write and on how to manage the writer's life. From "Getting Started,' with "Short Assignments," through "Shitty First Drafts," "Character," "Plot," "Dialogue." all the way from "False Starts" to "How Do You Know When You're Done?" Lamott encourages, instructs, and inspires. She discusses "Writers Block," "Writing Groups," and "Publication." Bracingly honest, she is also one of the funniest people alive.

If you have ever wondered what it takes to be a writer, what it means to be a writer, what the contents of your school lunches said about what your parents were really like, this book is for you. From faith, love, and grace to pain, jealousy, and fear, Lamott insists that you keep your eyes open, and then shows you how to survive. And always, from the life of the artist she turns to the art of life.

]]> 238 Anne Lamott Kevin 5 4.24 1994 Bird by Bird
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]]> Zen in the Martial Arts 424340
"If one of your goals is to live with maximum zest and minimum stress, read "Zen In The Martial Arts." The great beauty of the book is that as Hyams' mind receives enlightenment, so does our."-- "Playboy.]]> 135 Joe Hyams 0553275593 Kevin 5 4.16 1979 Zen in the Martial Arts
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name: Kevin
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Kanji Pict-O-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics]]> 389271
"Kanji Pict-o-Graphix offers an engaging way to learn and memorize Kanji."—Rocky Mountain Region Japan Project

"A fun book for studying kanji. The illustration reveals more of its contents and method than any description ever could."�Japan Times

"It is a very nice book, simple and pretty effective. A useful addition to the library of all beginners who aspire to learn Japanese. Recommended."�Protoculture Addicts

Learn more about kanji from Stone Bridge Press: KanaPict-o-Graphix, Designing with Kanji,Kanji Starter 1&2, and Crazy for Kanji]]> 216 Michael Rowley 0962813702 Kevin 4 3.82 1992 Kanji Pict-O-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Dos and Don'ts: 10 Years of VICE Magazine's Street Fashion Critiques]]> 618 272 Vice Magazine 0446692824 Kevin 4 4.17 2004 Dos and Don'ts: 10 Years of VICE Magazine's Street Fashion Critiques
author: Vice Magazine
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Kevin 3 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Kevin 4 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Kevin 3 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)]]> 18131
It was a dark and stormy night.

Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure—one that will threaten their lives and our universe.

A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's classic Time Quintet.]]> 211 Madeleine L'Engle 0440498058 Kevin 0 to-read 4.04 1962 A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws]]> 9005
Here, Bornstein bravely and wittily shares personal and unorthodox methods of survival in an often cruel world. A one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive outside the box, Hello, Cruel World is a much-needed unconventional approach to life for those who want to stay on the edge, but alive.

Hello, Cruel World features a catalog of 101 alternatives to suicide that range from the playful (moisturize!), to the irreverent (shatter some family values), to the highly controversial. Designed to encourage readers to give themselves permission to unleash their hearts' harmless desires, the book has only one directive: "Don't be mean." It is this guiding principle that brings its reader on a self-validating journey, which forges wholly new paths toward a resounding decision to choose life.

Tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy, Kate Bornstein is the radical role model, the affectionate best friend, and the guiding mentor all in one.

]]> 234 Kate Bornstein 1583227202 Kevin 3 currently-reading 4.01 2006 Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws
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]]> <![CDATA[We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us]]> 69833
Allison DuBois invites us into her world where she delivers messages from our lost loved ones. She convinces us that those who have passed away are constantly with us, providing comfort, love, and support. They are as eager to reach us as we are to stay connected with them.

But the dead have a language of their own. They communicate through signs, dreams, songs, coincidences, and messages delivered in unexpected ways. Allison takes us on an odyssey of these signs � how to recognize them, how to read them, and how to interpret them. In these pages, you will meet people who have had both heartbreaking and heartwarming communication with the other side, providing comforting proof that our deceased loved ones stay with us and continue to share in the joys of our lives.]]> 211 Allison DuBois 0743291131 Kevin 2 3.84 2006 We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us
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]]> A Thousand Splendid Suns 128029
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.]]> 372 Khaled Hosseini 1594489505 Kevin 0 to-read 4.44 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns
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]]> Night 1617 Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must simply never be allowed to happen again.]]> 120 Elie Wiesel 0374500010 Kevin 5 4.38 1956 Night
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]]> <![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream]]> 894814
Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0586081321 here.]]> 190 Hunter S. Thompson Kevin 5 4.03 1971 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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]]> Catch-22 168668
Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy—it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he’s assigned, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller’s personal archive; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.]]> 453 Joseph Heller 0684833395 Kevin 5 3.99 1961 Catch-22
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]]> Ceremony 588234 ]]> 262 Leslie Marmon Silko 0140086838 Kevin 4 3.84 1977 Ceremony
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rating: 4
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]]> Last Chance to See 8696 222 Douglas Adams 0345371984 Kevin 4 4.30 1990 Last Chance to See
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]]> Starship Troopers 17214
In one of Robert A. Heinlein’s most controversial bestsellers, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe—and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against mankind’s most alarming enemy.
]]> 264 Robert A. Heinlein Kevin 4 4.01 1959 Starship Troopers
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]]> <![CDATA[The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time]]> 359 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its classic sequels. Sadly for his countless admirers, he hitched his own ride to the great beyond much too soon. Culled posthumously from Adams’s fleet of beloved Macintosh computers, this selection of essays, articles, anecdotes, and stories offers a fascinating and intimate portrait of the multifaceted artist and absurdist wordsmith.

Join Adams on an excursion to climb Kilimanjaro…dressed in a rhino costume; peek into the private life of Genghis Khan—warrior and world-class neurotic; root for the harried author’s efforts to get a Hitchhiker movie off the ground in Hollywood; thrill to the further exploits of private eye Dirk Gently and two-headed alien Zaphod Beeblebrox. Though Douglas Adams is gone, he’s left us something very special to remember him by. Without a doubt.]]> 298 Douglas Adams 0345455290 Kevin 0 to-read 3.93 2002 The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
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]]> <![CDATA[Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)]]> 360
Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the usual Ford Prefect form of hell, fresh hell in the form of an all-new version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected hell in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one.

Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself?

Of course not. He never works out what is going on, exactly. Will you?]]> 240 Douglas Adams Kevin 3 3.98 1992 Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)]]> 357 307 Douglas Adams 0671742515 Kevin 4 4.05 1988 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)]]> 365
Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza � not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge).

To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it, then read it) � or contact Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. ‘A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy epic.� The author]]> 306 Douglas Adams Kevin 4 3.98 1987 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)]]> 8694
“Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”� Chicago Tribune

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads—so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.

They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-president of the galaxy; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.

How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert “universal� Armageddon and save life as we know it—and don’t know it!

“Adams is one of those rare an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.”� Arizona Daily Star]]> 224 Douglas Adams 0345418905 Kevin 4 4.20 1982 Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)]]> 8695 alternate edition for ISBN 0345418921/9780345418920

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle through space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly.

Source: douglasadams.com]]> 250 Douglas Adams Kevin 4 4.22 1980 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)]]> 8698
"HE LOST ALL FAITH IN THE STRAIGHTFORWARD OPERATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT THE DAY HE GOT UP INTENDING TO CATCH UP WITH SOME READING AND ENDED UP ON A PREHISTORIC EARTH WITH A MAN FROM BETELGEUSE AND A SPACESHIP-LOAD OF ALIEN TELEPHONE SANITISERS...".

Left at the end of LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING with the address for God's Final Message To His Creation, Arthur Dent let this crucial information slip his mind. He tries everything to jog his memory - meditation, mind-reading, hitting himself about the head with blunt objects. But none of it works. Of course, as everyone knows, the answer lies in making life flash before your eyes...
Source: douglasadams.com]]> 167 Douglas Adams 0330491237 Kevin 5 4.09 1984 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 216 Douglas Adams Kevin 5 4.21 1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us]]> 173907
The possible existence of extraterrestrial life is a phenomenon that has sparked more debate, controversy, fascination, and passion than any in recent history. Outpourings of UFO sightings, alien abductions, and covert government activity point to a truth which-as much as some people would like to-simply won't die. Now, in this provocative new book, bestselling author and UFOlogist Whitley Strieber boldly explores the vast territory of alien encounters, uncovering the most conclusive evidence of physical evidence that aliens may really be here.

Marvel as Whitley Strieber tells his own compelling story-and those of countless others-while you

-Shocking new close encounters, many involving groups of people
-Thousands of sightings worldwide, many captured on video
-Shocking evidence of five mysterious implants surgically removed from human bodies
-And much, much more!

The most compelling question in the universe has remained unanswered for centuries. Now, finally, there is... Confirmation.

With a gallery of thought-provoking photos!]]> 324 Whitley Strieber 0312967047 Kevin 2 3.52 1998 Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us
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]]> <![CDATA[Transformation: The Breakthrough]]> 656939 288 Whitley Strieber 0380705354 Kevin 5 3.61 1988 Transformation: The Breakthrough
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]]> Communion: A True Story 294285
Six hours later, he found himself suddenly awake... and forever changed.

Thus begins the most astonishing true-life odyssey ever recorded—one man's riveting account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from "elsewhere"... how they found him, where they took him, what they did to him and why...

Believe it. Or don't believe it. But read it—for this gripping story will move you like no other... will fascinate you, terrify you, and alter the way you experience your world.]]> 320 Whitley Strieber 0380703882 Kevin 5 3.51 1987 Communion: A True Story
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]]> The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 940353

From the Paperback edition.]]> 430 Carson McCullers 0679424741 Kevin 5 4.02 1940 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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]]> <![CDATA[From Ashes to Healing: Mystical Encounters With the Holocaust : Fifteen True Stories]]> 270985 202 Yonassan Gershom 0876043406 Kevin 4 4.42 1996 From Ashes to Healing: Mystical Encounters With the Holocaust : Fifteen True Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives]]> 104979 278 Michael Newton 1567184855 Kevin 5 4.32 2000 Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives
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]]> <![CDATA[Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament]]> 36434 The definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity, from the bestselling psychologist of bipolar disorders who wrote An Unquiet Mind.

One of the foremost psychologists in America, “Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness� (William Styron).

The anguished and volatile intensity associated with the artistic temperament was once thought to be a symptom of genius or eccentricity peculiar to artists, writers, and musicians. Her work, based on her study as a clinical psychologist and researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists subject to exalted highs and despairing lows were in fact engaged in a struggle with clinically identifiable manic-depressive illness.

Jamison presents proof of the biological foundations of this disease and applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of some of the world's greatest artists including Lord Byron, Vincent Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf.]]> 384 Kay Redfield Jamison 068483183X Kevin 1 4.03 1993 Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
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]]> <![CDATA[An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness]]> 361459 NATIONAL BESTSELLER � A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.

Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.

Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.]]> 240 Kay Redfield Jamison 0679763309 Kevin 3 4.06 1995 An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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]]> The Art of Happiness 38210 322 Dalai Lama XIV 1573221112 Kevin 0 currently-reading 4.17 1998 The Art of Happiness
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]]> <![CDATA[The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo]]> 197451
Written with uninhibited candor and manic energy, this book is Acosta's own account of coming of age as a Chicano in the psychedelic sixties, of taking on impossible cases while breaking all tile rules of courtroom conduct, and of scrambling headlong in search of a personal and cultural identity. It is a landmark of contemporary Hispanic-American literature, at once ribald, surreal, and unmistakably authentic.]]> 208 Oscar Zeta Acosta 0679722130 Kevin 3 3.94 1972 The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
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]]> Gandhi: An Autobiography 112803
In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to adopt Gandhi's "attitude of experimenting, of testing what will and will not bear close scrutiny, what can and cannot be adapted to new circumstances," in order to bring about change in our own lives and communities.

All royalties earned on this book are paid to the Navajivan Trust, founded by Gandhi, for use in carrying on his work.]]> 528 Mahatma Gandhi Kevin 3 4.13 1927 Gandhi: An Autobiography
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]]> The Catcher in the Rye 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919�2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 Kevin 3 3.81 1951 The Catcher in the Rye
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Kevin 4 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown Kevin 5 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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