books that you must not miss

paws72 writes "I added this. Thank you."

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:28:07 PDT

I added this. Thank you.

nocreativity writes "Awesome list"

Fri, 02 May 2008 22:08:50 PDT

Awesome list

nocreativity writes "I read this for my Psychology of Death & Dying class. It was very..."

Fri, 02 May 2008 22:07:55 PDT

I read this for my Psychology of Death & Dying class. It was very interesting, funny too.

nocreativity writes "I love this book!"

Fri, 02 May 2008 22:07:08 PDT

I love this book!

maxandevelyn writes "Oooh, thanks for the recommendation!"

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:36:05 PDT

Oooh, thanks for the recommendation!

parnell writes "I agree. I love your reading list. I'm definitely going to check out a few of..."

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:18:15 PDT

I agree. I love your reading list. I'm definitely going to check out a few of these. You've motivated me to read One Year to an Organized Life. That's a glowing review.

parnell writes "It's great, isn't it?"

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:16:43 PDT

It's great, isn't it?

parnell writes "I loved this book. I read it very quickly. The author has a such a gift with..."

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:15:13 PDT

I loved this book. I read it very quickly. The author has a such a gift with language. You might check out her other work of non-fiction, Ex Libris, which is devoted to her love of books and reading.

khahn718 writes "Oh, I love this book. David Sedaris is the best."

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:02:16 PDT

Oh, I love this book. David Sedaris is the best.

One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week by...

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:34:47 PST

One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week by Week Guide to Getting Completely Organized for Good, Leeds, Regina Leeds, Paperback, Book,...

The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health and Well-being When You Have a...

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:31:24 PST

From Publishers Weekly Spero, a practicing nurse who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis over a decade ago, presents an accessible, practical and encouraging self-care...

Amazon.com: Three Day Road: Books: Joseph Boyden

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:17:11 PST

First Sentence: FOR MANY DAYS I've hidden in the bush by the town, coming out when I hear the call, watching carefully for him. Read the first page

maxandevelyn writes "Although not an anthropologist, Lanyon approaches her search for Malinche using..."

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:59:21 PST

Although not an anthropologist, Lanyon approaches her search for Malinche using ethnographic methods, including interviews with local peoples and researching historical documents. She travels the Mayan countryside exploring long forgotten, hidden cities that may or may not have figured prominently in Malinche's pre-Cortes history. She takes time to listen to folk tales and analyzes these for the possible truths they may be. With a couple of informants, she could spend a little more time interviewing them, eliciting their explanations and knowledge in some cases instead of interjecting her own, but otherwise, she is adept at listening to the people and their stories. She writes in a confessional style, which brings to life her own interest in Malinche and interweaves Malinche's story with her own.

Malinche's Conquest

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:58:05 PST

From Booklist To the Spanish conquistadores on the Cortes expedition, she was the honored "Dona Marina," who served as both interpreter for and mistress of Cortes. To the...

baladeva writes "I'm sure you could grab a copy from the library."

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:01:28 PST

I'm sure you could grab a copy from the library.

Live in a Better Way: Reflections on Truth, Love, and Happiness

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:37:03 PST

Amazon.com Occasionally a book comes along that you want to take outside, shove into the hand of every passerby, and say, "Read this and be enlightened." The Dalai Lama's...

maxandevelyn writes "I just kept at it, reading it little by little and somehow it captured me...."

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:27:36 PDT

I just kept at it, reading it little by little and somehow it captured me. you're right, it's not an easy to love read, but I have to say that at the end, I was sad to put it down and the imagery has kept with me several years after I last read it. If you "want" to like magical realism, what about Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits?

looselips writes "I have tried to read this book 3 times. How long until you "got into..."

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:57:04 PDT

I have tried to read this book 3 times. How long until you "got into it"?

southerncharm writes "This is next on my "to buy" list. I'll let you know once I finish it-..."

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:43:05 PDT

This is next on my "to buy" list. I'll let you know once I finish it- Thanks for the recommendation!

vickipedia writes "I love your selections! And it couldn't come at a better time since I'm looking..."

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:52:28 PDT

I love your selections! And it couldn't come at a better time since I'm looking for more reading material =) thanks!

targetgurl writes "Oh my god. Phreakin' hilarious!!"

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:59:50 PDT

Oh my god. Phreakin' hilarious!!

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:11:29 PDT

Amazon.com "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." It...

Skinny Legs and All

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:08:41 PDT

From Publishers Weekly In a phantasmagorical, politically charged tale you wish would never end, Robbins holds forth--through a variety of ingenious, off-beat...

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:04:29 PDT

Amazon.com David Sedaris became a star autobiographer on public radio, onstage in New York, and on bestseller lists, mostly on the strength of "SantaLand Diaries," a...

The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy...

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:03:37 PDT

From Publishers Weekly This collection of columns, originally written for the Arizona Republic, details Notaro's daring exploits and comical mishaps as she matures from...

maxandevelyn writes "As a medical anthropologist, this book opened my eyes to the need for cultural..."

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:00:46 PDT

As a medical anthropologist, this book opened my eyes to the need for cultural competence. As a human being, this book showed me that every person has a story and that my duty is to be as empathic and nonjudgmental as possible. You never know whose life is in your hands.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:55:43 PDT

Amazon.com Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead...

She's Come Undone

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:52:48 PDT

This book was terrific! She's Come Undone is a powerful epic, an emotional journey in the life of Dolores Price. Wally Lamb's Dolores is a perfectly flawed character and...

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:51:55 PDT

From Publishers Weekly "Uproariously funny" doesn't seem a likely description for a book on cadavers. However, Roach, a Salon and Reader's Digest columnist, has done the...

A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:25:56 PDT

Anonymous, then a 34-year-old journalist, started this eight-week diary in April 1945, when the Russians were invading Berlin and the city's mostly female population was...

Paula

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:18:39 PDT

Isabel Allende has made her name as a writer in the genre of magic realism, where fantastical events occur, often without warning. When her daughter Paula collapsed into...

The Portrait of a Lady

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:14:50 PDT

When Isabel Archer, a bright and independent young American, makes her first trip to Europe in the company of her aunt, Mrs. Touchett, who lives outside of London in a...