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Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness
Kathy Freston
Weinstein Books, 2008
The Law of Attraction!
The author gives you 8 steps to health and happiness. Easy read and identifiable with the Law of Attraction we all know as The Secret. The best book on achieving happiness and all you want for me is Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook because it all makes ...
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
HarperCollins, 2006
Special
I appreciate The Alchemist for what it is, and to me, it is special. I am a writer and I often write about that special place inside we all have and can touch at any given time. The Alchemist not only touches that special place within me, it also seems to be a story ...
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
David Sheff
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008
A MUST READ For EVERY Parent
This was an amazing, heartwrenching true story about a father who is dealing with his son's addiction to meth. I loved this book and feel that it is a MUST READ for every parent in America.
David Sheff was able to write the most tragic story of his life ...
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2007
Great book for adventurous souls
I read this book years ago and picked it up again recently. What a great read! It explores youthful restlessness and a describes very accurately the desire many of us have to break free from the shackles of society and "live" for a little while. This feeling is a ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Bleak, Bewitching and Remarkable
I guess I'm in one of those post-apocalyptic moods. Venturing to the library these two weeks ago, I picked up two titles with similar subjects - "The Pesthouse" by Jim Crace (which I am readying to read) and "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. Having never read any of ...
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Jill Bolte Taylor
Viking Adult, 2008
A top pick for both medical and general lending collections
The author, a neuroanatomist affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine, narrates her own autobiography which tells how a 37-year-old brain scientist experienced a massive stroke from an aneurysm, observed her own extensive deterioration and recovery ...
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The Shack
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2008
Open Your Heart and Read This Book
I was given a Post-it note with the name of this book on as a good book to read. I took my little note to the library and asked for the book only to find a huge waiting list. When my hubby findly brought it home to me, I couldn't even remember asking for the book and ...
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Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me
Jon Katz
Villard, 2008
Eloquently Truthful
I've read all Jon's books and loved them all. But, this one is my all time favorite. It touched my heart so deeply. Jon portrayed beautifully the connection between dogs and humans. His honesty about not always finding the right words to describe this connection ...
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A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce
Alec Baldwin
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Not a loving divorce
I couldn't put the book down! It's well written and reads like a novel page turner, filled with suspense, intensity of emotions, and drama.
Having just completed a divorce myself as a mother of two where I kept not only the welfare of my girls' future emotional ...
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Best Book I've Ever Listened To
I listened to this in traffic for about a week. I actually looked forward to sitting in traffic. Her voice is soothing, the content is inspiring, and I can't imagine why anyone would give it one star. I loved it and was sad when I got to the last cd. Wonderfully ...
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Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism
Jenny McCarthy
Plume, 2008
Energizing and inspiring!
As a mom of two boys with neurological disorders, I could Identify with many of the authors experiences with the "science based community". Our experience with doctors, therapists and schools has been the same. The have Poo Poohed any efforts to step outside of the ...
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Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom
Jerry Boykin
FaithWords, 2008
Helpful, Illuminating, and Inspiring
I ordered this biography on a whim, as one of a dozen books on irregular warfare that I am using to review the thoughts of others before I publish my own book. When the three boxes from Amazon arrived, this book was buried under others, but was immediately the most ...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
Vintage, 1998
A classic
I read this first in college, and then again recently. It's still just as funny and wonderful as ever.
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Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove
Jeff Henderson
Harper Paperbacks, 2008
Fantastic read: amazing story!
What a life this gentleman has led, and what a brilliant effort he's put forth here telling his tale. Well-written, totally gripping, and an inspiration. I hadn't heard his story prior to reading the book, which made it that much better.
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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Neil Shubin
Pantheon, 2008
What a great book
I personally feel that this should be required reading for every biology or anatomy and physiology class in the country. I read the book over the summer and have been looking for ways to work it into my science class. It is a lucid explanation of why the human body ...
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