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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Tim Weiner
Anchor, 2008
Outstanding Service and Response
My recent order for a book was processed quickly and efficiently delivered in short order. This was important since I was under a deadline for reading the book in time for our monthly book discussion group meeting.
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott
Anchor, 1995
Wonderful Book!
Lamott frames her book with the story of her then elementary school-aged brother's struggle to complete an assigned book report on birds. Lamott recalls her father's advice to his overwhelmed son--"Just take it bird by bird," he said. This is the main message of ...
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2004
A history of polygamy in the US
John Krakauer's account of the history of polygamy in the US is both well researched and enthralling. He simultaneously spins two tales, one of modern day fundamentalists driven to horrifying actions by their faith, and the other of the founding of the Church of ...
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Things Fall Apart: A Novel
Chinua Achebe
Anchor, 1994
What makes fiction important
I know this is the classic debate of all time when it comes to literature: Is it about beautifully written prose (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, incidentally, is a good example of this problem) or does it tell a compelling story? (yet the prose itself is not its strong ...
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bill Bryson
Anchor, 2006
All Time Favorite Book
Thank you to the stranger that recommended this book to me as I wandered through the Cincinnati Airport Book Store looking for something to keep me occupied.
This is a funny funny book and I enjoyed the visions that Bill Bryson gave.
I have given this to ...
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Survivor: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2000
Survivor: A Novel
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk *****
Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe ...
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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin
Anchor, 2008
Prompt shipment - new condition as promised
The book arrived promptly in new condition as promised.
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Choke
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2008
So they said it was Vulgar
They've warned you, the book is vulgar. They've warned you it's not for the timid. You've been told to go away if you have a week stomach. If you can't handle the radicalness, you'd better turn around and go right back to the safest section in the bookstore.
But, ...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 1999
Breathless
I was on lunch break at a previous job and reading Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau for the second time in my life. My co-worker comes up to me and said, "is that a good book, I've never read it?". I told him it was a book I could relate to, because I too like being ...
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2007
Haunting and spellbinding
I purchased this book after watching the movie and, believe me, the book was just as haunting as the movie. The book is written exceptionally well and I found this book difficult to put down. Naturally, I read the book in three days. However, there were parts of the ...
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The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Anchor, 2005
great stuff!
I read this for a MBA class. Out of the stack of books assigned, so far, this is the only one I liked. It is relevant to today's curious questions of how to get crowds engaged, how crowds behave, and why we even care.
I'm trying to teach people to work ...
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The World According to Bertie
Alexander Mccall Smith
Anchor, 2008
Charm in Spades
The wonderful thing about this series is that it keeps getting better with every installment. Filled with warmth and wit the folks of 44 Scotland Street continue their utterly charming lives. Pat ponders Matthew, Angus laments Cyril, vain Bruce arrives back in town, ...
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake ...
Inc. Foxfire Fund
Anchor, 1972
Sure Fire Reference
Eliot Wigginton made his students immortal when he sent them into the southern mountains to interview and record the skills and crafts of the region.
This is the first one of a fantastic series that serves as a standard reference for mountain culture. If you are a ...
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Atonement
Ian McEwan
Anchor, 2007
Briony as Unreliable Narrator
_Atonement_ is a fine book, highly reminiscent of Elizabeth Bowen's work. But I don't understand why the common assessment of Briony as unreliable narrator seems to stop at her end-revelation that Cecilia and Robbie were killed without ever fulfilling their love.
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
Hampton Sides
Anchor, 2007
Great Blood a lot of Thunder
I have enjoyed this book as much as John Adams. Preconcieved ideas of history are put to rest. For the most part this is a part of history that has not been well documented for me. There was Lewis and Clark and then a big gap. This fills in the gap and is a must read.
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