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Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
Danica McKellar
Plume, 2008
Not only a good book, but one your daughter might actually READ
My oldest daughter used to like math; she could tear through and do her homework in no time. But after a couple of bad math teachers (who favored massive doses of homework instead of spending time explaining and helping students understand) she simply burned out. She ...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (APA), 2001
Excellent condition, excellent deal
The book was just as advertised and in excellent condition, arriving much sooner than expected.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Deep, but easy read
I loved this book! I'm a slow reader and I was so engrossed in the story, I finished it in five days! When you're staying up all night reading, you know it's a good book!
I was so moved by the story, I bought The Kite Runner afterwards. This book really gives us a ...
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Things Fall Apart: A Novel
Chinua Achebe
Anchor, 1994
The foundation for modern African literature
I was surprised and disappointed in some of the incredibly harsh reviews of this book. Since I've read a decent amount of African literature (not a vast amount), my first thoughts are that "Things Fall Apart" isn't superior to some of those novels. However, it is ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
The Road is a Unique Journey
I'm really surprised by how much The Road affected me. It's so unlike most anything I've ever read. Who would have thought that a post-apocalyptic father-and-son journey would be so moving and haunting.
And it's not just the mysterious journey, the plot, that moves ...
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
Breathtaking
It has been a while since I read a book in one sitting. It has also been a while since I first read "The Great Gatsby". Since then, I read articles and saw movies about F. Scott Fotzgerald and his wife Zelda. It is hard not to draw some similarities between ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
"It's Not His Fault....He's A Paragon Schnitzophonic."
I almost exclusively read nonfiction, with perhaps one or two novels a year thrown in for a diversion. This book was given to me and came with highest recommendations, so I started reading it on a plane trip. I am normally not especially captivated by fiction, but ...
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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
Moving and Touching!
Just finished this book yesterday.
Great novel.
Tells of unconditional love, unwavering loyalty... and then betrayal followed by ultimate redemption.
This book can move you to tears at some point.
It's one of the stories that you'll remember for a long time.
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Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss
Danica McKellar
Hudson Street Press, 2008
Buy this for your daughter
This funny math book teaches girls that it's OK to be smart, and that they are perfectly capable of kicking a little pre-algebra butt.
McKellar takes a lightweight approach to math, but is deadly serious about it. In the prologue, she writes that "lots of people ...
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The Shack
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2007
No religion - just Jesus
I just finished reading "The Shack" and this book surprised me. I've always known in my head that Christianity is less about church and rules and religion and more about relationship with the God of the universe, but I've never read a book that made it feel so real and ...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
Riverhead Hardcover, 2007
Worth the spanish dictionary!!
This book is amazing! Even though I had to get a spanish to english dictionary in the beginning, it was well worth the time to read and translate the spanish slang terms. Great Book!
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
Book Mistake
My book is missing pages 83-114. I've looked all the way through my book, but it's not there. Has this happen to anyone else?
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How Fiction Works
James Wood
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
The Cover is the Key
The retro cover says it all. Farrar, Straus knew that it had the next big thing and that the next big thing consisted of a return to the best of the past. The book is receiving a great deal of attention, confirming their prescience.
How Fiction Works is a study of ...
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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)
Valorie Schaefer
American Girl, 1998
great book
This is a great book for a young girl. I purchased the book with the intention of having a "talk" with my 9 yr old. This book explains so much without showing too much. I wanted to talk to her about her period but was not ready to talk to her about sex. This book gave ...
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Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf, 2008
Dazzling Stories
These are careful, closely observed stories that the author illuminates with telling details: the way a daughter reminds a widower of his dead wife, or the silences that tense the tenuous link between parent and child. These stories focus on relationships, how they ...
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