books about: camp

books about: camp

books:

Camp

James E. Krier, Gregory S. Alexander, ...

Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2006

Quick delivery
This was the book I needed, the most recent edition, still in the shrinkwrap from the publisher. It was delivered quickly.

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

Rick Riordan

Miramax, 2006

Happy I read it
It was a good book. I am waiting to read the 4th book. I am on the wait-list at the library!

Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne

David Fickling Books, 2007

wow.
I literally just finished reading this novel about ten minutes ago. I found myself just staring at the last page, waiting for some grand explanation to pop out and make it all better, but, of course, that did not happen. This book is deep, and it really makes you ...

Night (Oprah's Book Club)

Elie Wiesel

Hill and Wang, 2006

A new day for Night
I was happy to see that this book was added to Oprah's book club, this ment that millions who never knew of this book would read it or at least hear it's story. I read this in college as part of the debates on wither the US should have entered WW2 before 1941. When I ...

The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2009 (Unofficial Guides)

Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa

Wiley, 2008

A great resource
This venerable Walt Disney World guidebook covers all the bases... and then goes further. It has a no-nonsense, cynical tone that is refreshing and sometimes funny. Anyone planning a visit to Disney will benefit from it. Sound strange coming from a competitor? Well, ...

The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded Paperback Edition)

Simon Wiesenthal

Schocken, 1998

Is forgiveness possible when God takes a leave?
I've used Wiesenthal's The Sunflower as a text in college courses several times. On each occasion my original high estimation of Wiesenthal's narrative grows, while my dissatisfaction with the chorus of responses that takes up nearly two-thirds of the latest edition ...

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)

Rick Riordan

Hyperion Book CH, 2008

Blayre H. (age 10)
"This book is about a little boy named Percy Jackson, who is a half-blood -- part god (one of Triton's sons) and part human. In this Battle of the Labyrinth, Percy is trying to save the half-blood camp, where all of the little half-bloods go; from a boy named Luke, ...

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)

Rick Riordan

Miramax, 2007

A Snappy Book
I liked this book nearly as well as the first book. I had the 3rd book waiting on my lap when I finished this one. A great series for 3rd - 4th graders.

The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)

John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

The best american novel ever written?
As a former resident of California, I was often shocked on how the locals treated the Mexicans. After working all day, some were paid virtually nothing, and some were actually paid nothing. And because they couldn't complain to the government they were just "out of ...

Survival In Auschwitz

Primo Levi

Touchstone, 1996

The Experiences and Reflections of an Italian Jew at Auschwitz
My review of this classic emphasizes matters not raised by previous reviewers, and is based upon the 1986 edition which combines SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ, THE REAWAKENING, and AFTERWORD... Levi wasn't sent to or near the gas chambers and crematoria. Instead, he was ...

Summer at Willow Lake (Lakeshore Chronicles, Book 1)

Susan Wiggs

Mira, 2006

Summer at Willow Lake
Have not read the book, it's for a friend, but the service was good.

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth and John Sherrill

Chosen, 2006

A story of unwavering faith in the face of persecution and Nazi tyranny
The Hiding Place is the moving true-life account of Corrie ten Boom and her family who sheltered persecuted Jews in Nazi-oocupied Holland during World War Two. They did this at great personal risk, but they did it because of their unwavering faith in God, and because ...

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Penguin Classics)

Tadeusz Borowski

Penguin Classics, 1992

A remembrance of things past
Imre Kertesz, a concentration camp survivor and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature often asks in his work: is there life after Auschwitz? Can one live with the ineffable guilt that accompanies survival against all odds? For Borowski the answer appears to be no. ...

The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd

Joe Camp

Harmony, 2008

A must read!!
This is truly a must read. Be prepared, once you begin you won't want to put it down!! Joe takes you on his journey into horsemanshp and its a journey you'll enjoy! He weaves a fictional story alongside his real life story. Even non-horse people will love the book. ...

Contracts: Cases and Materials (University Casebook Series)

E. Allan Farnsworth, William F. Young, ...

Foundation Pr, 2001

Product stands by itself
This is a law book that many 1L's will come across this year and years to come. Having said that if you're reading this review you probably are shopping for a law book because it is on a reading list for a class. When I purchased this book through Amazon, with the ...