Warning: this book will change the way you eat and live!
Book title: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Harper Perennial P.S. Edition)
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Schlosser has written an excellent book in a tradition of anti-Corporate muckraking that seems to have all but disappeared from the American media landscape. This is not only a persuasive polemic against the harmful fast-food industry, it sheds light on the dark horror of the meatpacking industry, exposes the immorality of Disney and others who market products to children, suggests why labor unions aren't such a bad thing, and shows why consumerism in general is destroying so many facets of the once-great American culture.Essential reading for all Americans.But be forewarned: you may never eat another hamburger (or McNugget or beef-flavored fry or ...)
EAN: 9780060838584
Pages: 416
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Authors:
Eric Schlosser
A fun book that leaves one looking forward to more!
Book title: Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Mary Jane Clark has given us a mystery filled with riveting twists and turns. And her descriptions of the Sacred Heart Cathedral left me thinking a trip to Newark would be interesting!?! Perhaps like Mary Jane Clark's book, the city offers more than one would expect. I'm looking forward to reading her next book. Thanks reader from NJ for clearing up the reader from Florida's disturbing misunderstanding of Catholic compassion.
EAN: 9780312192600
Pages: 296
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Authors:
Mary Jane Clark
Best Time Management Book on the Market
Book title: The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management: Proven Strategies for Increased Productivity and Inner Peace
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
I have read quite a few of the available crop of time and life management books and this is the first one that worked for me. The exercises are useful and the prose is free of new-age/youcandoit/religious cant. I do not agree with the three star reviews that allude to hidden agendas. However, the book is often sold with the Franklin Day Planner kit (Franklin has merged with Covey/7 Habits to form Franklin Covey), and makes the most sense when used in conjunction with the day planner. I recommend both the book and the planner with no reservations.
EAN: 9780446517416
Pages: 219
Publisher: Warner Books
Authors:
Hyrum W. Smith
One Child's Courage to Survive
Book title: A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Rating: 5/5
Binding: School & Library Binding
Rating: 5/5
Binding: School & Library Binding
Kids at the age of 10 and older will injoy the book, A Child Called,"It." It is about a childs courage to survive when being abused by an adult. David is the main character. He has trouble in school by stealing food from kids lunch boxs because his mom is so mean that she doesn`t even feed David. His mom is usually mean and abusive because she is an alcoholic. Will David survive? Read, A Child Called,"It" to find out.
EAN: 9780613171373
Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
Authors:
Dave Pelzer
Exciting detective-novel with a social dimension.
Book title: Death in Good Company
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Gretchen Sprague is a brilliant newcomer to crime-fiction. Emma Lathen meets Walter Mosley when privileged lawyers work for justice for the multi-ethnic underclass, but which side of the social divide are the criminals on? As the gripping climax develops, clues previously scattered throughout the tale are unobtrusively pulled together, making this a beautifully constructed classic novel of detection. Lawyer Martha Patterson makes a splendid detective, cool, sharp, with an dry sense of humour and a social conscience. The most enjoyable detective novel I have read in many years. John Frankis.
EAN: 9780312168131
Pages: 213
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Authors:
Gretchen Sprague
A remarkable program
Book title: The Weekend Novelist
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Robert J. Ray's "The Weekend Novelist" can help just about anyone realize their potential as a novelist. I don't think any of us out there can drop everything to become a professional novelist (unless you're born into wealth, I guess). We all have to work sometime. So, Mr. Ray puts together a program that will allow you to not only write a novel on the weekends but also write a novel with depth and meaning.Before I read this book, I wrote lots of short stories and the start of a few novels. I used this book to turn some of my old ideas into the reality of a manuscript.I felt myself getting bogged down at first by following his program of hashing out the details of the lives of the characters. But I quickly realized the commitment that is involved in writing a novel. It's important to develop meaningful characters/structure before you start writing.Thanks, Mr. Ray! I highly recommend this book to any aspiring writer.
EAN: 9780440505945
Pages: 288
Publisher: Dell
Authors:
Robert J. Ray
A Hiliarious Night Before Thanksgiving
Book title: Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Dav Pilkey's 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving is a wonderfully folksy way to celebrate Thanksgiving. Following in the style of the famous Christmas poem, this book takes us through a class' trip to a turkey farm on the titled night. The poem is updated and tweeked a bit to bring a smile to both adults and children. The pictures add to the festivity and incorporate a little "Starry Night." Get ready for a fun read!
EAN: 9780531059050
Pages: 32
Publisher: Scholastic
Authors:
Dave Pilkey
Can numerical analysis be fun?
Book title: Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
This is the only book on numerical methods I can stand. But, not only can I stand it: now I love it. It's one of the cleverest books I ever met. Hamming must be a genius of insight. Even if you wrote your thesis on differential equations, I bet you will be enriched by reading his considerations on them, from the numerical precision viewpoint. The same is true for Fourier methods, only much more, as this is the main topic of this surprising and wonderful book. Since then I bought every book written by Hamming during his lifespan, which is unfortunately over.
EAN: 9780486652412
Pages: 721
Publisher: Dover Publications
Authors:
R. W. Hamming
This book is the reason I became a neuroscientist
Book title: Stress, the Aging Brain, and the Mechanisms of Neuron Death (Bradford Books)
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
True. Though probably not for beginners, this book is probably good for anyone with alittle college experience in biology. Sapolsky writes in his normal clear, thoughtful style to explore the affects of stress on the brain. The ability of this book to describe a scientific problem and then explore the experiments and the analysis of experiments to come up with a hypothesis demonstrates the artistry and passion which underlies the scientific experience.
EAN: 9780262193207
Pages: 441
Publisher: The MIT Press
Authors:
Robert M. Sapolsky
Your choice...the blue pill or the red pill?
Book title: The Attractor Factor : 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (or Anything Else) from the Inside Out
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
After reading this amazing book by Dr. Joe Vitale I feel like Neo from the movie the Matrix. I now see life in a different way, and now that I am able to see it this way, I'll never be able to go back.
After implementing a few of the assignments in the book, some 'weird' but cool things began happening. For instance, a phone call from someone I hadn't heard from in a long time shortly after I wrote his name on a piece of paper while completing an assignment from the book.
Coincidence...or the Attractor Factor at work? Who is to say. I thought it was pretty wild.
Put simply, the Attractor Factor is way cool and a must read for everyone in your family and for everyone you care about.
Ask yourself this question first, "Can you handle the truth?!?"
EAN: 9780471706045
Pages: 240
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Authors:
Joe Vitale
