| |
|
A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
excellent seller and product
Item as described and received in a timely manner... an excellent buying experience!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Art Of War
Sun Tzu
Filiquarian, 2007
Ancient Timeless Knowledge
While this book is barely 70 pages long, the classic strategies in it are concise and valuble, quite timeless. The book was written 2500 years ago as a basic primer on strategy - and has withstood the test of time. It won't take long to digest the book - but that gives ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Daniel Yergin
Free Press, 1993
Great book, still relevent even today
I learned a great deal from this book, from the rise of Standard Oil, it's dissolution, wildcatters, and the rise of the Middle East. I now have a better understanding of the economics of oil. The knowledge this book covers is still applicable today, including Saudi ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Autobiography of a Yogi: with bonus CD
Paramahansa Yogananda
Self-Realization Fellowship, 2006
Someone has opened his heart for all
In fact I read this after I read the book ""God Talks to Arjuna"by Paramhansa Yogananda. The variuos terminology given in the book and the Kriya Yoga has attaracted me to become a member of the Yogoda Satsang Society and get the lessons. I have never read any other ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Shambhala, 2005
Bare but Flawless
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R20YM6VZTDJYEB This is a magnificent book that tells as much about psychology as it does military strategy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Diane Ackerman
W. W. Norton, 2008
Important reading
When average people are confronted by extreme circumstances and respond by behaving with extraordinary compassion and bravery, their example challenges us all. The story of the Zabinski family and their efforts sheltering Polish Jews and Resistance fighters in the ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
Riverhead Hardcover, 1998
It was great
I don't mean this in a negative way, but the Dalai Lama is one of the few people in this world who has the luxury of spending his days pondering enlightenment, what it takes to be happy, etc. The result is a book that rocks your world and makes you rediscover what ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh
Beacon Press, 1999
Miracles!
Thich Nhat Hanh wrote "The Miracle of Mindfulness" in 1974 to help the politically-neutral aid workers in Vietnam deal with the trauma of war and the challenges of their work. The book is a remarkable reminder of the power we have to be effective, and that power is ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar
Paul Theroux
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
loved it
I couldn't put this book down, great descriptions of Theroux's journey and the people and places that he meets and visits along the way.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq (Yale Library of Military History)
Peter R. Mansoor
Yale University Press, 2008
Excellent, No-Nonsense Account of Iraq following the "End of Major Ground Combat"
I am an Army historian who has accessed many, if not most, of the existing (and they are relatively few) records pertaining to the Ready First Brigade Combat Team's operations in Iraq during the period discussed in this book. Therefore, I can set the "bar" a bit ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
HarperTorch, 2006
Couldn't put it down.
This was a thought provocing and very enjoyable read. Although it isn't "action packed" or anything, that isn't the point. The author's naration tells the tale of his philosophical journey cross country with his son on his motorcyle. Not only was this book ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter
Simon & Schuster, 2006
An HONEST reflection of reality
In this book, Carter succeeded in transparently describing the middle-east crisis through his personal experience, while avoiding hypocrisy and bias. Thus, the text presents an objective and highly ordered presentation of a very misinterpreted reality...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))
James A. Duke, Steven Foster
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
MUST HAVE in yoru library
This is another book I am constantly referencing. It is small enough to pack in your backpack or coat pocket if you want to identify plants in the wild.
Steven Foster also provides clear photographs to make it far easier to determine the plants.
The descriptions ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America (Backyard Birdsong Guides)
Donald Kroodsma
Chronicle Books, 2008
Offering an interactive format in audio word as well as written language and visual images
Any home library strong in field guides probably has more than one bird book; but this is something different, offering an interactive format in audio word as well as written language and visual images. Some seventy unique birds from Eastern North America are featured ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels
Kenneth E. Bailey
IVP Academic, 2008
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Eye opening.
The information in Part 1: "The Birth of Jesus" is worth the price of this book. Previous commentators had remarked that Luke has the Greek word katalyma in Luke 2:7 and again in Luke 22: 11. In the first instance it is commonly translated "inn". In the second ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
