books by Viking Adult

books by Viking Adult

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Geraldine Brooks

Viking Adult, 2008

A wonderful story
Book and manuscript conservator, Dr.Hanna Heath is brought to Sarajevo, after the Bosnian war, to examine what the authorities hope will be a huge find..a Haggadar or ancient Hebrew manuscript, written in the early 15th century. Hanna discovers some unusual tiny clues ...

City of Thieves: A Novel

David Benioff

Viking Adult, 2008

City of Thieves
It is WWII and Lev Beniov is a 17 year old Jew who has stayed in Leningrad while his sister and mother fled for the Russian countryside for safety after they are invaded by the Germans. Lev is caught looting a German paratrooper's corpse with some of his "friends" by ...

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism

Kevin Phillips

Viking Adult, 2008

We must act quickly
A well researched view of how the United States has come to be a seriously indebted, precariously troubled economy which could lead to the end of our role as the world's dominant nation. Everyone should read this book to understand our present situation and what the ...

The Beach House

Jane Green

Viking Adult, 2008

First Book I have read by this author
I love this book, it is the first book i have read by this author and it makes me laugh, cry and everything in between. Very good book and makes me think ALOT

Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel (Lake Wobegon Novels)

Garrison Keillor

Viking Adult, 2008

Give me Liberty or give me another book by garrison keilor
Well written book about Wobegon Lake by one of my favorite writers,Garrison Keilor. Has some very funny spots in it along with both believable and unbelievable persons living in this fictional town.You will enjoy reading this easy to read book.

The Stress Answer: Train Your Brain to Conquer Depression and Anxiety in 45 Days
Dr. Frank Lawlis

Viking Adult, 2008

The bestselling author of The ADD Answer and The IQ Answer offers a powerful remedy for a universal malady Dr. Frank Lawlis has helped hundreds of thousands of families cope with learning disorders, attention deficit disorder, and emotional disconnection. Now he takes on the single biggest difficulty that most of us, children and adults, face ...

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor

Viking Adult, 2008

My Stroke of Insight
The information contained in this book was very helpful to me and my family. My twin brother has a tramatic brain injury from a motorcycle accident a year ago. The book enlightened us and gave us knowledge on how to deal with the peaks and valleys. She lists 40 ...

Anticancer: A New Way of Life

David Servan-Schreiber

Viking Adult, 2008

Why Don't We All Get Cancer?
From: www.BasilAndSpice.com Book Review: Anticancer: A New Way of Life (Viking, 2008) by David Servan-Schreiber Both an informational book and an autobiography, Anticancer begins with the premise that all of us have cancer in our bodies, but not all of us will ...

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

Viking Adult, 2008

Sebastian Barry makes the familiar new
The interesting thing about "The Secret Scripture" isn't its subject matter. That will seem familiar: Ireland in (primarily) the 20's and 30's: its poverty; its civil war; its small town secrets and cruelties; a cold and manipulative priest. Even the device of ...

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause

Tom Gjelten

Viking Adult, 2008

Exceptional Book
I am Cuban-born, and have throughly enjoyed this book and am buying copies to send to all my children, one of which is NPR's Baghdad Bureau Chief. It is historically accurate, very well written, and portrays Cuba and the Bacardi family with knowledge and understanding. ...

Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim, Book 1)

Jan Karon

Viking Adult, 2007

A Fantastic Book !!!!
This book was great. I have to admit that I had a fear that I'd be disappointed after reading the entire Mitford series but I was not disappointed at all. It was different from the Mitford series but still a pleasure to read. Sure, we didn't have the Mitford regulars ...

Deaf Sentence: A Novel

David Lodge

Viking Adult, 2008

"What shall I do with myself today?"
David Lodge's "Deaf Sentence" is a seriocomic novel about a man whose quality of life is steadily declining. Desmond Bates, a former professor of linguistics, takes early retirement, mostly because of a hearing loss that began twenty years earlier. He suffers from ...

The Sacred Book of the Werewolf: A Novel

Victor Pelevin

Viking Adult, 2008

Rich in Symbolism
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf is so rich in symbolism that I hardly know where to begin. On the surface, it seems to be the story of a teenage oriental prostitute named A Hu-Li who falls in love with a werewolf in her travels through modern day Russia. But underneath ...

Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and ...

Ahmed Rashid

Viking Adult, 2008

A deeply troubling book
Ahmed Rashid has long been a leading expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Muslim states of Central Asia that were once part of the Soviet Union. In 2000, the year before 9/11, he published 'Taliban', a book which politicians rushed to read after the attack on the ...

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate

Roger Fisher, Daniel Shapiro

Viking Adult, 2005

Using your emotions positively
As the title suggests, the authors Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro set out to show how to manage emotions during a negotiation - both yours and the other party's. Fisher is the co-author of the best selling book on negotiation, "Getting To Yes" and the similar style ...