Book Recommendations
My Name Is Red
by Orhan Pamuk
A dead man, a dog, a murderer, a coin, two lovers, and a tree take turns narrating this tale, which is Pamuk's follow-up to the well-reviewed but little read The New Life (1997). Set in sixteenth-century Istanbul, the book is equal parts mystery, love story, and a philosophical discussion on the nature of art and artistic vision.
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Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
Lisey's Story - The new book by Stephen King - is, at its core, a love story--heart-wrenching, passionate, terrifying and tender. It is the multi-layered and expertly crafted tale of a twenty-five year marriage, and a widow's journey through grief, through discovery and through a nightmare scape of the ordinary and extraordinary.
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The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue
The story of Henry Day, a seven-year-old kidnapped by a strange group living in the dark forest near his home. The real triumph of the book is that, while our backs were turned, Donohue has performed a switch and delivered a luminous and thrilling novel about our humanity. (Graham Joyce)
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Dispatches from the Edge
by Anderson Cooper
Few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict around the world than Anderson Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news. In this gripping, candid, and remarkably powerful book, he offers an unstinting, up-close view of the most harrowing crises of our time, and the profound impact they have had on his life.
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American Backlash
by Michael Adams
In his insightful, award-winning work Fire and Ice, Environics president Michael Adams explored the growing divergence between American and Canadian values. Using the same mixture of polling and analysis in American Backlash, Adams fixes his penetrating gaze on contemporary America-the exceptional society.
American Backlash goes beyond the red and blue dichotomy, beyond the litany of divisive political issues that receive so much attention in American public discourse: abortion, stem-cell research, euthanasia, same sex marriage, Darwin versus Genesis, and prayer in schools. Widening the lens to examine the psychology of American society as a whole, Adams's research suggests that it is neither Red nor Blue America that represents the overall trajectory of social change in the United States. Rather, it is politically disengaged Americans, people who increasingly embrace values of brash individualism and hedonism, who are the greatest barometer of where American society is headed.
| Posteb by Robert Martinengo on April 15,2006 |
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Manhunt : The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
For 12 days after his brazen assassination of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was at large, and in Manhunt, historian James L. Swanson tells the vivid, fully documented tale of his escape and the wild, massive pursuit. Manhunt is an excellent reading for people who find most history books to be dry and dull. Ably researched and seamlessly written, this engrossing book is recommended for all Civil War and Lincoln collections.
| Posteb by BooksPrice.com on March 12,2006 |
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For Laci : A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
by Sharon Rocha
Every mother's worst fear became Sharon Rocha's reality. On Christmas Eve 2002, she received a phone call from her son-in-law saying that her daughter, Laci, was missing. A beautifully written book honoring Laci's life and understanding this horrible tragedy from her mother's point of view.
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The Summer He Didn't Die
by Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison's new book, The Summer He Didn't Die, is a collection of novellas showcasing the flair that has made him a contemporary master of the form, and a celebration of love, the senses, and family, no matter how untraditional. Following on the novel True North, this set of short fictions shifts pitch-perfect perspectives effortlessly, with a lightness that belies its depth
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The Beatles: The Biography
by Bob Spitz
The story of Henry Day, a seven-year-old kidnapped by a strange group living in the dark forest near his home. The real triumph of the book is that, while our backs were turned, Donohue has performed a switch and delivered a luminous and thrilling novel about our humanity. (Graham Joyce)
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
by Bill Watterson
The collection consists of 3 books within one slipcase. Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996.
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Until I Find You: A Novel
by John Irving
In his 11th work of fiction, Irving stakes out the story of actor Jack Burns, the son of Alice, a Toronto tattoo artist, and William, a runaway Edinburgh organist. Irving's strength has always been his characters, and this novel is rich with them: Jack himself; his best friend, Emma; his no-nonsense psychiatrist; his distant mother and fun-loving father; and his teachers, lovers, and, yes, even his childhood sexual predator all come alive to make this novel a rewarding and meaningful experience [Library Journal].
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The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
In 1972, a 16-year-old American living in Amsterdam finds a mysterious book in her diplomat father's library, and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known..
The novel contains elements from many genres - thriller, suspense, mystery and historical fiction...
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No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
Seven years after Cities of the Plain brought his acclaimed Border Trilogy to a close, McCarthy returns with a mesmerizing modern day western book. An entertaining novel from one of our best writers. Often seen as a fabulist and an engineer of dark morality tales, McCarthy is first a storyteller." The Washington Post
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