One of the best Haldeman books
Book title: Mindbridge
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Haldeman has a dedicated following for a reason, one of the big reasons is this book. I read Mindbridge after reading Worlds and Worlds Apart. Since then I've read most of Haldman's novels. My favorites are easily, Forever Peace, Forever War, Mindbridge, and Worlds Apart. This is a great place to start if you are new to Haldeman. My only complaint is it's a little short. More like a long novella. It does make for a nice quick read on a weekend when you want to relax with a good book.
EAN: 9780575071148
Pages: 186
Publisher: Orion Pub Co
Authors:
Joe Haldeman
Manchester's US history
Book title: The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Willaim Manchester's narrative is a must read for anyone interested in modern US history. It covers every aspect of American life from the great depresion to the end of the Vietnam war. It is descriptive and enlightening. I enjoyed every sentance! Manchestor, as an author, is adicting and I, as a reader, am only waiting on his last volume of The Last Lion. Willaim were are you and were is your final Last Lion? Please don't die before completing it.
EAN: 9780553345896
Pages: 1408
Publisher: Bantam
Authors:
William Manchester
Another great read......Factual and informed
Book title: Evidence of Harm : Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
This is the second review I have penned on this topic.
The other was for a book titled Mercury: The Winged Messenger.
Parents must read these two books. The information presented leaves little doubt to what happened to all of these vaccine injured / Autistic children......MERCURY !! The evidence is overwhelming and the documentation proves the fine points.
I liked this book, it was well written. Parents need to educate themselves on this tradedy from non governmental sources. They tend to protect the Big Pharma. ( As you will see in this book and in the book titled, Mercury The Winged Messenger )
Thank You
Roger from Portland, OR
EAN: 9780312326449
Pages: 480
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Authors:
David Kirby
It made me think about heroism in today's world
Book title: A Lesson Before Dying
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Audio Cassette
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Audio Cassette
What I most enjoyed about this book was the indefinition level: in a large part of the story, the characters don't know exactly what they want or what their role in life is. This has pushed me into their world. I felt lost with them. I craved for a hero, which is inconsistent with my view of heroism. I disagreed with the writer, wishing he showed me this story in another way. I was not passive, so when in the end of the book I cried, it didn't feel manipulative. I'm glad I read this book.
EAN: 9780375402586
Publisher: Random House Audio
Authors:
Ernest J. Gaines
A Fine Portrait of Frontier Life
Book title: Death Comes for the Archbishop
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Death Comes for the Archbishop is an anomaly among Cather's works, and, for that matter, all twentieth-century works. In this book, you will not find chronology, action, or drama. You will, however, find a story that will grip you and will not let you go until Death finally does come for the Archbishop. If you are interested in precise, simple prose, a heart-warming story, and have a few hours to spare (the novel is rather short; the font is large), pick up a copy and enjoy yourself.
EAN: 9780394716794
Publisher: Vintage
Authors:
Willa Cather
An Interesting Book to Hit the Top
Book title: Living Planet : Preserving Edens of the Earth
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
It was interesting to note that this book is among several top 10's in science. It must result from good educational institutions: I saw this book courtesy of my daughter and was able to spend time with it over the holidays. There is an urgent message here, as everyone knows and WWF is able to get important people on board, not only with endorsements but with their explanations of the threat the world's ecology is facing. This book does a good job of framing out the larger picture already set by books this year which have given compelling narratives also illustrating the biodiversity crisis-- Goodall's Reason for Hope, Johnson and Coates' Nabokov's Blues, and other books like Quammen's Song of the Dodo. Its good to see all these books getting attention. It is going to take a mammoth awareness to really move the world, most of whom will never see amazon.com and this review away from the global destruction that today is most often the norm.
EAN: 9780609604663
Pages: 256
Publisher: Crown
Authors:
Frans Lanting
Galen Rowell
David Doubilet
Super Book
Book title: Homeless Bird
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
13 year old Indian girl Koly is forced to marry a sickly boy, she soon becomes a widow. She then has to live with her sass and sassur (mother and father in-law). They do not like her much. She thinks she's doomed and is going to be sweeping the courtyard for the rest of her life. Suddenly all this changes when sassur dies, Sass and Koly go to live with sass' family. They stopped at the holy city of Vridian, and Sass leaves Koly there. She knew she was done for until she found Raji. Koly and Raji become really good friends, and when Raji is ready to be married, he asked Koly, she was surprised because it is unusual for a man to want to marry a widow. This is described as the homeless bird finally flying to its home
EAN: 9780060284527
Pages: 240
Publisher: HarperCollins
Authors:
Gloria Whelan
Anna of Byzanitum
Book title: The Mask of Ra
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
This book is I think very interesting and very easy to understand for anybody, even for people which english is as their second language. The presentation of this book is very formal way. I think the authour must be very famous because ofthis book. I'ver read many historical fiction books, but this is the first book that I found it very interesting and easy. I encourage people to read this book. I don't want to give them the summery of the book, because I want everyone to read this very interesting book.
EAN: 9780312205607
Pages: 240
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Authors:
P. C. Doherty
What Waiting for Godot could have been.
Book title: Iceman Cometh (Modern Library Paperbacks, P28)
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
These desperate souls spend their days (and nights) with Harry Hope, in his seedy bar on the lower west side before there was a West Side. O'Neill creates a world and characters that are true to life; the downtrodden, hopeless men and women that so many after him have tried to recreate both on stage and on film. Few have been able duplicate the desperation and loneliness of the alcholic and disillustioned among us. O'Neill's play presents us with seven Willy Loman's; people who are living in a better past and dreaming of a future that even they know will not be attained. Yet, through the entire play we believe it may happen for them. There may just be a little farm and better, sunny days for each character.
EAN: 9780394700182
Publisher: Vintage
Authors:
Eugene O'Neill
Sharpe: Wellington's Only Hope!
Book title: Sharpe's Gold
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Audio Cassette
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Audio Cassette
'Shapre's Gold' is another wonderful novel in the great Napoleonic war series. This time, Richard Sharpe is up against the French, Spanish paritsans, and Wellington's own military police. Wellington, desperate to defend his hold on Portugal, sends Sharpe on a special errand into Spain to collect hidden gold. Along the way Sharpe Sharpe falls in love with one of the partisans and manages to make an enemy of her intended husband. This, like most of Cornwell's Sharpe novels, is a novel that can take the reader back in time and place him at the heart of the action. The battle scenes, as usual, are first rate and Cornwell's ability to create characters is unmatched. If you love adventure or war novels this one will not dissappoint!
EAN: 9780001048935
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Authors:
Bernard Cornwell
