books about: escape

books about: escape

books:

Escape

The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness

Pema Chodron

Shambhala, 2001

Very practical, accessible and well-written....
This is one of my favorite books by Pema Chodron. It not only does a very good job of describing the essence of Buddhism, but it goes beyond that in making Tibetan Buddhism more understandable and relevant to a Western audience without deveating from the tradition. ...

Escape The Coming Night

David Jeremiah

Thomas Nelson, 2001

"Right up there with 'Dragons, Grasshoppers, & Frogs' as best in class!"
While not every word of the tape series in contained in the book, this book is nevertheless one of the best on Revelation. Until I read "Dragons, Grasshoppers, & Frogs", I thought this was the easiest commentary on the book. But "Dragons" is specifically written for ...

We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

David Howarth

The Lyons Press, 2007

An amazing story.
I first read this book when I was about eleven, over thirty years later I bought it again, and the story was just as amazing to me as an adult as it was when I was a child. Jan's story has to be read to believed.

Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew

Alex Kershaw

Da Capo Press, 2008

An inspiring story....
As the son of a career sailor who served on submarines (USS Baya, SS-318, USS Menhaden, SS-377, and USS Segundo, SS-398) from the late 40's until his retirement in 1963, some of my earliest memories are of going to work with him and eating ice cream in the galley when ...

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Timothy Ferriss

Crown, 2007

We did it!
I started reading this book last October and was inspired by the mini-retirement aspect. Ironically, I was let go from my job during the time I was reading this. I discussed taking a mini retirement with my husband and convinced him we could go away for the summer ...

Escape

Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer

Broadway, 2007

Hell on earth or hell in the hearafter, or both.
This book provides a graphic documentation of how tyranny, masquerading as religion, can create some of the most pathological societies imaginable, defeating laws and mores that prohibit simultaneous polygyny, slavery, extreme physical and mental child and wife abuse, ...

Follow the River

James Alexander Thom

Ballantine Books, 1986

Great, great book!
I'd read this book once before, a long time ago, and it blew me away then. I know that the author took some literary license, but to know that Mary Ingles went through nearly the same ordeal is incredible to imagine. It's amazing what mankind can endure and still ...

No Escape

Shannon K. Butcher

Forever, 2008

4.5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies
Isabelle Carson refused to believe that so many of her friends have committed suicide. The survivor of a particularly seedy and foul foster home and vile foster father, Isabelle has strived to make something of herself and has done so. But so did her friends that ...

Escape

Robert K. Tanenbaum

Vanguard Press, 2008

A fast-paced thriller
New York District Attorney Butch knows the world is watching because whenever a mother kills their young, the homicide becomes headline news. The mother in this case, NYU Political Science Professor Jessica Campbell has some notoriety for her protests starting in 2001 ...

Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams

Pamela Skillings

Ballantine Books, 2008

This book covers all the basic options available to someone who is tired of the rat race and wants something different.
This was a nice little book. I especially liked the cheery yellow cover. It is divided into three sections and 12 chapters as follows: I. Plan your escape (1-4) II. Exploring your escape routes (5-11) III. Going over the wall (12) 1. This is not your father's ...

Escape from Hell
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Tor Books, 2009

Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined. Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends to harrow hell and free the damned. But now that ...

Papillon (P.S.)

Henri Charriere

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

This riveting autobiography won't let you put it down
The thing that Henri Charriere desired most was his freedom. A French prisoner, he never stopped plotting ways to escape. The only time when he didn't have a plan in motion was when he was either in solitary, or upon personal request of the warden (they would request ...

Escape (Island, Book 3)

Gordon Korman

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2001

Adventure and horror together all in one book! By Brianna
There is no doubt that anyone who reads Island Book Three: Escape By Gordan Korman would love it! In this book there are six kids who get marooned on an uncharted island for 28 days. Things were bad enough when ...

Jack of Fables Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape

Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges

Vertigo, 2007

Jack of Fables
Jack of Fables gets his own spin-off series! I have to admit, at first, I was sort of like, why? But, now I understand. It's because Jack kicks butt! In case you don't know, Jack also goes by Jack of the Beanstalk, Jack B. Horner, Jack of the Tales, and apparently ...

Barefoot

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

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 ...