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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi
Pantheon, 2004
Awesome Experience
Although this book is written like a comic book, don't take it lightly. The story is a deep and meaningful one. It is a pretty fast read but not as fast as you'd think...I highly recommend it!
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The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture
Marjane Satrapi
Pantheon, 2007
A masterpiece
saw the movie, had to buy the book. thank you for making such a great film! It inspires on so many levels. dont miss this film, it speaks for all cultures and all people
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors: The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series (No. 1 Ladies' ...
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2008
A Cozy Gossip Over Tea Cups
Were this any other writer and any other mystery series, this novel would earn a low rating for its slender plot. Hardly anything "happens". No new ground is broken, however, like all the previous books in this series, I found myself enchanted by the characters and ...
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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus)
Art Spiegelman
Pantheon, 1992
Painting in order to Avoid Self-Portraits
At first glance, Maus might seem like yet another attempt to spin the genocide of the Jewish people into something demeaning. I have seen people turn and walk away from the selection because of that, and when I suggested this as required reading in a class it was ...
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman
Pantheon, 1986
Masterpiece
i was one of the few among my peers who had never read one of the Maus books. When i finally got around to it, i was blown away by its excellence. This is a masterpiece (and i do not use the term lightly). Do yourself a favor and don't miss it.
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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Neil Shubin
Pantheon, 2008
Facinating Read!
Wow! What a smashing blow to the creationist?! Well, I am a creationist but this book gave me many things to consider.
So, the the Tiktaalik is a transitional form. I would like to hear a creationist answer to this!
Also, The same basic gene can be moved from one ...
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Netherland: A Novel
Joseph O'Neill
Pantheon, 2008
A Modern 'Great Gatsby' With Unforgettable Doomed Dreamer
'Netherland' is a powerfully written novel that's deservedly being called the latest Great American Novel. The book's an introspective, slow-paced and mournful story of New York City that has the audacity to evoke both 9/11 and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great ...
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Leonard Mlodinow
Pantheon, 2008
Excellent Anecdotal Introduction to How Randomness Fools Us
Have you ever flipped a coin 100 times to see the sequence of heads and tails that comes up? If you have, you know that there can be long streaks of heads and tails. Random results that end up 50-50 don't look that way in the short term.
Human perception is such ...
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The Age of American Unreason
Susan Jacoby
Pantheon, 2008
Maybe being a scientist and an intellectual is worthwhile after all
I enjoyed this book tremendously. I liked best Jacoby's critique of today's newspapers for reporting at face value patently false statements by politicians, as if actual facts made no difference at all.
I did disagree with a few of Jacoby's points. She is too ...
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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman
Pantheon, 1996
Masterpiece!
As a Jew Living in Israel, holocaust related books are important to read, but it's hard to do it actually. I can remember several holocaust-era semi-biographic novels which are great but those are the exceptions. Most of the books are a bit bothersome though true.
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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2008
In the fabulous new installment in the best-selling adventures of Isabel Dalhousie, Isabel is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug. Our ever-curious moral philosopher finds her interest piqued. Would a doctor with a stellar reputation make such a simple but grave ...
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi
Pantheon, 2005
BEST EVER
This is the only book that I have manged to read the entire of it in one day!
It is a comic book, supper easy read and very educational in terms of knowing different culture.
I like Persepolis 2 better than 1.
U may wanna watch the movie, as well. It won and ...
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
Pantheon, 2002
Your life could depend on reading this book.
Hey folks,
If you're out there considering buying this book, please know that it might prove to be one of the most important books you'll ever read.
You might realize that our government isn't always straightfoward with us. You might even have noticed the lack ...
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The Leopard: A Novel
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Pantheon, 2007
ASTOUNDING AND SUBLIME
Guido Waldman's traslation of Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi's introduction is a boon for the literary scene. Lampedusa's nephew, runs a detailed history of the the novel's publication and more importantly here included are passages Lampedusa wrote for the book that were ...
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The Three of Us: A Family Story
Julia Blackburn
Pantheon, 2008
The Parents From Hell
This is the season for memoirs of dysfunctional parents. First Miranda Seymour published "Thrumpton Hall" of her English upbringing with her eccentric father. Then Doris Lessing created "Alfred and Emily" of her parents, complete with an alternative history of them. ...
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