books about: cultural

books about: cultural

books:

Cultural

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who ...

Ron Hall, Denver Moore

Thomas Nelson, 2008

Outstanding, Compelling
Outstanding book! While my book club members had mixed reviews on this book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It has a strong spirituality/religious message, which I mostly set aside. What was compelling to me was the cross-cultural relationship between the two authors, and ...

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Anne Fadiman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

Eye Opening
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down chronicles the story of a little epileptic Hmong girl whose family does not accept the ways of the Western world and Western medicine. After reading this book, I find that I am more understanding to other cultures and ways of ...

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

Three Rivers Press, 2004

Poetic Introspection
This amazingly frank memoir bares the soul of a confused and deprived, then ambitious and determined, man of his times. The multi-racial, multi-cultural, migratory experience of Barack Obama both reflects and defines the post-modern secular society that the United ...

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2004

A
Asserting that America's "homegrown religion" is one steeped in and ultimately defined by persecution and violence, Krakauer's extensively researched book about Mormon fundamentalism is an informative look at an aspect of life that people are not always willing to see. ...

Letter to My Daughter

Maya Angelou

Random House, 2008

Absolutely inspiring; I couldn't put it down
"I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters. You are Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian and Spanish-speaking, Native American and Aleut. You are fat and thin and pretty and plain, gay and straight, educated and unlettered, and I am ...

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down

Kaylene Johnson

Epicenter Press, 2008

Is the Republican Party Palin?
Kaylene Johnson writes a small book with details that we needed. Is there more needing to be said? Yes, and you can bet there will be more people talkng about Sarah Palin and her family. The book is a small interesting line on the life of a person, like you and me, who ...

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

3 Cups of Tea
This is an absolutely fascinating read. I could not put the book down. A remarkable adventure by a most remarkable man.

Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph

Alonzo Mourning, Dan Wetzel

Ballantine Books, 2008

Great read
I've read 11 of the 14 chapters in this book so far. I've only had it two days. It is truly a great read and I'm usually pretty hard to please. I don't want to discuss any details and spoil it for anyone who may be reading it. Let's just say there are some ...

The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality

Jerome R. Corsi

Threshold Editions, 2008

Read, despite negative comments
I'm glad I've finally purchased and read this book, negative comments notwithstanding. Reviewer Jonathan Kern correctly notes that its opening chapters dragged. I too found completing Corsi's book illuminating. Thanks to Mr. Kern, too, I needn't expend much energy ...

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Annette Gordon-reed

W.W. Norton & Co., 2008

Story of an interesting family
Following on the heels of several other studies of black families from the time of the Civil War, The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty and the black upper class, Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class this book ...

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

Touchstone, 2007

I have never had a book have such a profound impact on me
This book is a must read. After finishing this book I immediately bought several copies for friends and relatives. I was outraged to find just how much I have been lied to and how these lies and omissions have changed my world view. This was an eye opener. I can ...

The Mexican Dream: Or, The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
J. M. G. Le Clezio

University Of Chicago Press, 1993

Not one dream but many unfold in J. M. G. Le Clézio's conjuring of the consciousness of Mexico, strange and powerful evocation of the imaginings that made and unmade an ancient culture. "What motivated me," Le Clézio has said, "was a sort of dream about what has disappeared and what could have been." A widely respected French novelist with a long ...

Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

Touchstone, 2003

Excellent presentation
I've had this book on my shelf since published in 1991 and decided this week to read it. I am sorry I waited so long. Beautifully written and an invaluable insight into the Chinese mind. In my opinion it goes a very long way toward explaining the historical distrust ...

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life

Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker

Tyndale House Publishers, 2008

Very Inspirational ... Blessed with every word!
This book is very powerful for anyone striving to excel with God as your guide. Tony Dungy is a great example of a faithful man in the face of tremendous success and soul shattering pain. Thanks for writing the book, all of us that read it are indebted to you.

Culture Warrior

Bill O'Reilly

Broadway, 2007

Rational Opinions Count
Bill has done in this book what most people are too scared to do. He has opened the eyes of many, but I'm afraid the politically correct crowd will be offended. In typical O'Reilly fashion, he has been straightforward in his assessment of society. All that is right ...