Review:Peter Jenkins becomes more comfortable as a writer. His ability to express himself with more range benefits his descriptions. Though his newly acquired wife may perhaps sidetrack the "walk" , this adventure remains generally untainted.
I enjoyed the first, this one was more absorbing. Read more

Review:Imagine the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of people displaced and in danger. Families separated and unsure where to go or what to do. A government in chaos, unable (at least initially) to be of any assistance. Then imagine that this chaos had lasted an ENTIRE decade. That some of these families were so poor and so desperate to keep their children safe, that they sold just about every possession they owned in order to PAY to try and keep their children from being conscripted into a re... Read more

Review:I HAVE NEVER PREFERRED BOOKS ABOUT HIKING----ALTHOUGH I LOVE NATURE AND THE OUTDOORS; BUT AFTER READING THE SAMPLE, I JUST KNEW I WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK, AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED! I JUST COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN FOR LONG! I BELIEVE THE AUTHOR HAS TO HOLD YOUR ATTENTION AND MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ACTUALLY THERE EXPERIENCING IT ALL FOR YOURSELF, AND HE HAS CERTAINLY ACCOMPLISHED THAT. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HIS FLUID TRAN... Read more

Review:Have never thought about life in North Korea . This story amazed and shocked me. The oppression and cruel lack of any freedom in this country is appalling. Brave and finally successful search for freedom. Read more

Review:I had 8 hours drive from Cincinnati to Cleveland and back. Listened to this book along the way. Thoroughly entertaining, engaging and amusing. I am not saying I laughed my ass off but i was certainly smiling all along the way Read more

Review:Alex Garland's debut novel, "The Beach," is possibly one of the strongest first books from a writer in the 1990s. Published in 1996, it combines a psychological thriller, a travel story, and a portrait of why young people decide to leave home for months on end and travel around the world. While any and all of these themes could become (and have become, in other books) cliché in a matter of pages, it is a testament to Garland's skill as a writer and as a thinker that he manages to create a book... Read more

Review:Many of us thoroughly enjoy Donna Leon's mysteries set in Venice and featuring Commissario Guida Brunetti. I've always thought Brunetti was an interesting detective because he's convincing as an Italian man (Leon is an American woman, a New Jersey girl), as a happily-married family man, and as a cop in a milieu very different from Harry Bosch's or Matthew Scudder's. Leon has lived in Venice for thirty years and My Venice and Other Essays is just what the title says it is.

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Review:the positive things about this book (mentioned in other reviews) so far outweigh anything negative about this book or this man. It reminds me of what George Bernard Shaw said: The reasonable man adapts himself to the world - the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

This book has led me to adjust some of my most basic beliefs about what life is all about. Read more

Review:Read this, and read it again. The language is so precise and nuanced. It was a pleasure to read. Matthiessen recounts his journey, literally and figuratively, in the most captivating way. You will feel that you have been to Tibet, and you won't want the journey to end. So re-read it. Read more

Review:Laughing Without an Accent is every bit as good as Funny in Farsi, her first book, with insights into the cultural differences faced by Mrs. Dumas.
This book was also read by friends and family and all loved it! Read more