books about: underground

books about: underground

books:

Underground

Henry's Freedom Box (Caldecott Honor Book)

Ellen Levine

Scholastic Press, 2007

Spare story of one man's struggle against slavery
This story documents the slavery and eventual freedom of one man. Henry and his brothers and sisters work for a good master. However, on his deathbed, the master gives Henry to his son, separating Henry from the rest of his family forever. Henry works well in the ...

Build Your Own underground Root Cellar

Phyllis Hobson

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1983

Convenience and Saving Money
Having a root cellar in your back yard is like having your own private supermarket of fresh fruits and vegetables. Any time you need potatoes for dinner or an apple for a snack, just open the door and walk inside. Anything you need is right there on the shelves. But ...

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam

John A. Nagl

University Of Chicago Press, 2005

Shows the pain of organizational culture
As the war in Iraq slides into it's fifth year I am sure most Americans are perplexed on why things remain so screwed up over there. Why can't American's just handle it and come home. This book sort of explains the why. This book is excellent. It really defines what an ...

Neverwhere: A Novel

Neil Gaiman

Harper Perennial, 2003

Swashbuckling story with fanciful and alluring language
Gaiman has an amazing talent for weaving a beautiful story with the most amazing and alluring descriptions. His words leave vivid impressions in your mind in the most unusual and melodic way.

Those Who Save Us

Jenna Blum

Harvest Books, 2005

Amazing book, seemed like a true and heartbreaking account
Thank you to the author for sharing this amazing story. I truly felt the confusion and desperation of the characters (even, in part, the 'bad guys') and how our life choices can haunt us when we view them through our own shadowed lenses.

The Known World

Edward P. Jones

Amistad, 2006

Riveting! You'll never forget it.
Edward P. Jones's "The Known World": A Study Guide from Gale's "Novels for Students" (Volume 26, Chapter 4)

Hero of the Underground: A Memoir

Jason Peter, Tony O'Neill

St. Martin's Press, 2008

Money, Fame & Drug Addiction...
Great book! I'd personally never even heard of Jason Peter, but the backstory sounded amazing and I love the NFL, so after reading several reviews I decided to give it a try. Jason Peter is a prime example of how the NFL spits you out when your no longer worthy ...

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth and John Sherrill

Chosen, 2006

INCREDIBLY MOVING SAGA OF HEROIC DUTCH FAMILY DURING WW II...
This is an absolutely extraordinary book. Never have I read a book in which the spiritual beauty of the author so resonated throughout the story. The purity of heart that manifests itself in this inspiring saga of a heroic, Dutch family in Nazi occupied Holland during ...

Notes From Underground

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Signet Classics, 2004

Notes From Underground
Notes From Underground is a difficult but immensely gratifying and important read. Critics tend to refer to the Underground Man as a 'Mad Genius'; I beg to differ. He is the epitome of the average thinking human albeit with a shocking amount of self awareness. The ...

Underground (Greywalker, Book 3)

Kat Richardson

Roc Hardcover, 2008

This is a tight, taunt, mystery wrapped in the paranormal
Leslee of Night Owl Romance - 4.5 / 5 Hearts If you are looking for a new addition to your urban fantasy collection, then look no further than Kat Richardson. I discovered her by accident when her first book in this series, Greywalker came out. The premise, a ...

Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT 2009-2010 Edition (Up Your Score)
Larry Berger, Michael Colton, ...

Workman Publishing Company, 2008

It's the SAT guide that kids will actually enjoy using. And it's the one that works: The students who developed Up Your Score all aced the SAT and went to the colleges of their choice. Irreverent, credible, delivered with attitude, Up Your Score combines the best math, critical reading, and essay preparation with strategies and tips designed ...

Streetwise London Map - Laminated City Street Map of London, England - with integrated London Underground map ...

Michael Brown

Streetwise Maps, 2008

A Useful And Durable Map Of Central London
I have used many Streetwise maps throughout Europe, and they remain my favorites overall for ease of use and utility of information presented. Some have criticized this map as only being of central London, and that's true: that's also why the official name of the map ...

The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City

Jennifer Toth

Chicago Review Press, 1995

stays with you
I just came across this title in my Amazon recommendations. I read it about 15 years ago and I STILL think about it and recommend it. Absolutely fascinating. I would love to see a follow up to this story.

Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders With America's Illegal Migrants

Ted Conover

Vintage, 1987

Read it!
As good as a journalistic effort can get... Like Orwell's Down and Out in London and Paris, times TWO! Should be on the shelves of anyone with an opinion on immigration, pro or con. Should be on the shelves of and journalist to teach them what it is all ...

The Dangerous Alphabet

Neil Gaiman

HarperCollins, 2008

super cool-maybe a little...edgy for young ones.
like i said above, super cool, awesome art, maybe a little-edgy(i.e. scary)for young ones. my five year old loved it, but i think she was a little scared of the dark that night. still, very good.