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Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back

Josh Hamilton

FaithWords, 2008

RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "HE FELL IN LOVE WITH CRACK... AND SPENT $100,000.00 IN 6 WEEKS WITH HIS NEW BEST FRIEND!"
When Josh Hamilton was six-years-old he could throw a baseball FIFTY-MILES-PER-HOUR... when he was eleven-years-old he could throw a baseball SEVENTY-MILES-PER-HOUR... when he was twelve-years-old in Little League in one game he batted five times... and FIVE TIMES HE ...

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2002

Must read book
Macolm Gladwell's approach in this book is that of an observer. His deductions are thoroughly logical and offer a refreshing alternative to traditional thought. This book was a joy to read. I am also half way through his second book entitled Blink. As an author he ...

Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
Ina Garten

Clarkson Potter, 2008

Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is the essential Ina Garten cookbook, focusing on the techniques behind her elegant food and easy entertaining style, and offering nearly a hundred brand-new recipes that will become trusted favorites. Ina Garten?s bestselling cookbooks have con-sistently provided accessible, subtly sophisticated recipes ranging ...

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

Back Bay Books, 1998

YES, YES, YES.
Not every essay is great, but some of them are so sharp, witty, original and insightful that you'll wish he were your best friend--the one you talk to on the phone every day, the one who tells you the story about an every day event but makes it so fascinating and fun ...

IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit

Creations by You

Creations by You, 2006

writing for the young person
I bought this book for my grandughter that is 10 years old and loves to write stores. It was a wise pick for me , as it is right at her age level. Easy to understand , Easy to follow directions . For any child that loves to write stores, or to encourage a child to ...

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Marcus Luttrell

Back Bay Books, 2008

A rare, inspiring perspective. An excellent book.
Luttrell's book offers a ground-level perspective on the kinds of operations the US Military's Special Operations Forces are engaged in all around the world, all the time. Too often this topic (Special Forces, SEALs, Delta Force, etc) is dominated by superficial books ...

Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

Back Bay Books, 2007

Smart, eclectic, and hilariously funny.
Full disclosure: I have a major intellectual crush on David Foster Wallace. Yes, yes, I know about his weaknesses - the digressions, the rampant footnote abuse, the flaunting of his amazing erudition, the mess that is 'Infinite Jest'. I know all this, and I don't care. ...

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

Back Bay Books, 2006

One of the best...
Sadly, IJ will forever now remain as DFW's crowning piece of work. We'll always have to wonder how many more IJs and beyond he had in him. That said, this book is incomprehensibly fantastic. I'm not sure many, if any, could understand the full breadth of it. But, ...

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Dan Roam

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

The Back of the Napkin Is A Book For Entrepreneurs
When Dan Roam wrote The Back of the Napkin, he probably never thought he was writing a book for entrepreneurs. But that is exactly what he did. The book is about discovering ideas, developing ideas, and selling ideas. That is the entrepreneurship process. That is the ...

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2007

blink...and then it's gone
There's not much substance to this book. Rather than being a resource of information, it is merely a book of examples. There is no broad takeaway you can gather from it after reading except to say perhaps that many of our decisions are based on split-second thoughts. ...

Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

John E. Sarno

Warner Books, 1991

Learning to read might be the first emotional problem to overcome
I was sort of amazed that at least five reviewers here knocked Dr. Sarno's book because they couldn't find a method in the book to follow. For example: "I read it, and it didn't change a thing. And there is no description of the actual method." "Sarno's book ...

Then We Came to the End: A Novel

Joshua Ferris

Back Bay Books, 2008

One of the best you'll ever read!
A truly great book and a very very talented writer. You'll enjoy every minute of it.

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Back Bay Books, 2001

Right on time
What was reported of the book by the seller was true and was delivered on time.

Barefoot: A Novel

Elin Hilderbrand

Back Bay Books, 2008

Fresh and breezy.
Elin Hilderbrand has written a novel of life that still endures even when faced with adversities. Vicki is afflicted with lung cancer but manages to find strength in her love for her two young sons. Her sister Brenda places her future at stake when she succumbs to a ...

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

Back Bay Books, 2001

Not heartwarming... in a good way.
Before reading this book, I very much thought from the title (and because at the time I did not know who David Sedaris is)that it would be a "heart wrenching tale" about some child who is physically unable to speak or doesn't have access to a decent education. It was ...