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What Happens When We Die?: A Groundbreaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death
Sam Parnia
Hay House, 2007
Death Is A Pleasant Experience
Have you ever wondered what it is like to die? Have you ever wondered about "near death experiences" or "out of body experiences"? Then this is book is for you.
Sam Parnia, MD, PhD in "What Happens When We Die" covers the history of near-death experiences (NDEs), ...
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow, 2006
Freakonomics
This is an entertaining look at economics and gave valid views on how our systems works.
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
Don Piper, Cecil Murphey
Revell, 2004
Best book I've ever read...
This book is truely inspirational. When I first started reading this book it captured my attention to the point I could not put it down. The fact that it is a true story is intriuging. It is very well written. The author almost makes you feel as if you are right beside ...
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The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Anchor, 2005
Excellent Primer
There's a reason why democracy is the crappiest form of government, except all others (to paraphrase somebody famous).
The theme of this book is that groups of people are smarter than individual people. It's sort of counterintuitive to the American spirit of ...
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Sex and the City
Candace Bushnell
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
Carrie Fever
I'm an absolute Sex and the City nut. Been addicted to the show for years. Happy to finaly have the book it all come from.
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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Immaculee Ilibagiza
Hay House, 2007
Anything is possible...
It is unbelievable that people could kill so many people in such a gruesome fashion. It is even more unbelievable that Immaculee could forgive those killers. This book is about more than just the genocide, it is about the power and absolute necessity of forgiveness. ...
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I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye (Updated Edition): Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a ...
Pamela Blair, Brook Noel
Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008
A grief survival manual
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has to make sense of living through this difficult time. It follows a timeline from the death time and assists the reader to make sense of what has had to be dealt with. The advice is practical yet lovingly given. The book ...
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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil Strauss
William Morrow, 2005
How could anyone not like this book???
It's well written, funny and highly entertaining. It's not a 'how to' manual on picking up chicks, it's the author's experience on journey going from an Average Frustrated Chump (AFC) to Pick Up Guru (PUG). Highly recommended.
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Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences
Leonard Sax
Broadway, 2006
For every parent and teacher.
This book should be read by every parent and every teacher. It is very informative and will help you understand the differences in the way kids learn. I thought it was excellent.
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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley
Bantam, 1997
Final Gifts
I first read this book as my dad was approaching death, which was caused by his cancer. It gave me valuable insights into what my dad, and my family, were going through. I have since purchased and given copies of this book to several friends and family members. I ...
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Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Irvin D. Yalom
Jossey-Bass, 2008
We all stare at the Sun
Maybe the best book about our reaction to the 'terror of death' since the classic 'On Death And Dying' by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. A psychology lecturer told me Elisabeth, a world expert on the topic of facing the end of life, ended up alone in a hospice in Arizona. I ...
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The Human Condition (2nd Edition)
Hannah Arendt
University Of Chicago Press, 1998
What it is that We are Doing
Arendt begins her opus magnum with a proposal: she states that the launch of Sputnik in 1957 (similar to Vaclav Havel's proposal of the moon landing) has hearkened in a new age of humanity. Following this proposal is one of the most mysterious but rewarding books of ...
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Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, Second Edition
Hope Edelman
Da Capo Press, 2006
Painfully Beautiful
This book did what 34 years of therapy with expensive and highly degreed therapists could not do. I lost my mother emotionally at the age of 12. While this book starts out addressing the physical death of a mother, it very well includes all kinds of losses that damage ...
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Bunny Tales
Izabella St. James
Running Press, 2006
Exciting look behind the doors of playboy mansion
This is a review from Germany. I like the show "the girls next door" and read the book Bunny Tales in one day. It's exciting to read the views of a bunny, who left the mansion. I always thought, there must be mobbing between the girlfriends and in the book is a lot of ...
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Glimpses of Heaven: True Stories of Hope and Peace at the End of Life's Journey
Trudy Harris
Revell, 2008
Loved This Book!
"Glimpses of Heaven" is a tender and inviting book that will be deeply encouraging to people of all ages and all walks of life. Broken up into 44 short stories--it gives readers an inside look into the final days of those who are dying.
The stories are ...
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