books about: snow

books about: snow

books:

Snow

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel

Lisa See

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006

Lisa See is AMAZING!
Rarely have I come across a book that so completely immersed me in a world of the author's creation. Back in my reading heyday (when summer vacation meant three full months of leisure time) I would have finished it in a night; as it was, it took me a few sittings, but ...

Snow

Orhan Pamuk

Vintage, 2005

Snow
Orhan Pamuk's novel "Snow" is a meditation on Religion, Poetry, Love, Gender relations, and Politics. It is a difficult, challenging work. Although the author himself described "Snow" as a political novel, it is much more. I learned something of Turkey and its ...

Tiny Yarn Animals: Amigurumi Friends to Make and Enjoy

Tamie Snow

HP Trade, 2008

Big Yarn Fun
I just got this book tonight and I'm so excited about all the projects I have planned in my head. Not only do you get the patterns to make all these adorable yarn miniatures, but you also get the inspiration to come up with your own patterns. Thanks, Tamie. Well done!

Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

Bill Willingham

Vertigo, 2002

Decent detective story
This collection is an intro into the Fables-world. Simple detective story is used as a plot to introduce major characters & places.

The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats

Puffin, 1976

More than a snowy day
Ezra Jack Keats crosses social and cultural boundaries in this book when he creates a story where the hero is a black boy in a big city. The book is a vibrant story of a little boy named Peter and the excitement of the first snow of the season. The story is ...

Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)

Neal Stephenson

Spectra, 2000

Sci-Fi for Anyone
This is the only science fiction novel that I'd recommend to anyone. It stands on its creativity, literacy, and wicked humor. It's complex, engaging, and just plain cool. Perhaps it's not high art, but it's certainly highly entertaining.

Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel

David Guterson

Vintage, 1995

A Beautiful Story
What amazed me about this book was the way the story was told. It's kind of a courtroom drama, kind of a romance, and very much a commentary on the state of a torn and divided nation after World War II. On the North end of Puget Sound there was a murder and the ...

Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince

Bill Willingham

Vertigo, 2008

Definitely one of the best volumes
This volume pretty much blew my mind away. Flycatcher had usually been such a insignificant character, and now... wow. The whole story was incredible, and I am eager to see what Volume 11 will bring.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander)

Diana Gabaldon

Delta, 2006

Satisfying, as usual
Gabaldon paints her books with thick color. Her characters are so well-developed that I feel I know them all very well. A Breath of Snow and Ashes closes some questions left from earlier volumes, and rounds out some character detail. I don't want to give anything ...

Buddhism for Beginners

Thubten Chodron

Snow Lion Publications, 2001

Great Buddhism Overview!
I agree with the title of another review, "Buddhism 101". This book gives you all the basics in a thorough, yet easy to understand manner. If you know a little about Buddhism but want to know what it all means, this is the book for you. Another review said it was ...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Little Golden Book)

RH Disney

Golden/Disney, 2003

Snow White done right..
Since this is a book taken from Disney's film version, I can see where much change was made. The illustrations are beautiful, more colorful, brighter than the original film. Everything seems to be in order: from the Evil Queen sending the huntsman to kill Snow White ...

Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book)

Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Through a lens whitely
Last week when PK-4 came to the library for story time, I had picked out "Snow Friends" to read. Because the weather had been cold, I had the little ones put their hands aside their faces, concentrate on snow, and say, Believe, believe, believe. We said that a few ...

The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Snow Lion Publications, 1998

Ultimate Dreaming
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche presents Tibetan dream yoga in full detail, and most importantly, fully contextualizes its practice in the Dzogchen spiritual tradition. As I slowly worked my way through this illuminating book it increasingly dawned on me that this work was not ...

Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution (Melanie Kroupa Books)

Moying Li

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2008

A balanced perspective
Moying Li's memoir serves as a balance to traditional Chinese literature. The women in her story are strong, self-directed, and anything but subservient! Moying's grandmother was especially inspirational.

Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs

Gerry Roach

Fulcrum Publishing, 1999

Definitive volume on Colorado 14ers
This is the definitive volume on all Colorado 14ers. It includes detailed information from locations of trailheads to routes and photos that will allow even a novice to safely climb in Colorado.