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Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century
Marc Sageman
University of Pennsylvania Press
, 2008
Somebody who gets it
Marc Sageman gets it. He explains in detail how the third wave of terrorists are more apt to adopt their extremist views through social discourse and the need to fit in. Many people believe that this war is ideologically based i.e. people are driven out of religious ...
Allison's Journey: Brides of Webster County, Book 4 (Truly Yours Romance Club #23)
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Barbour Publishing, Inc
, 2008
Excellent book!
Allison cannot remember the accident that took her mother years before. Her unmarried aunt comes to live with her and her brothers to help her father raise the family. Allison is not allowed in the kitchen because she might mess it up. As a result, she grows up a ...
The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors
Chris Coste
Ballantine Books
, 2008
Great book!!!
I bought this for my husband for father's day. He's a huge Phillies fan, but he's said that even if he wasn't he would love this book. It's an inspiring story and a quick read. Would recommend to anyone, even if you're not a Phillies fan.
Summerhill Secrets, Volume 1: Whispers Down the Lane/Secret in the Willows/Catch a Falling Star/Night of the ...
Beverly Lewis
Bethany House Publishers
, 2007
Magnificent Merry
Summerhill Secrets is a super novel about a 15 yr. old girl, Merry, who follow's God's law and grows as a teenage Christian. The 5 stories in this book are very well written and interesting. This book was a quick read, but still awesome and I learned a lot about the ...
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
Aladdin
, 2002
J. Conkey's Book Review
The book Fever 1793 was about a girl who is sick and everybody else is sick as and she needs to help everybody. The girls name is Matilda, Father and Mother. Matilda is facing the fever to protect the citizens of 1793. This book took place in 1793. The book 1793 ...
The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster
, 1987
First person perspecitve on history
This early McCullough book provides a look at one of the most catastrophic disasters to strike America. The Johnstown Flood destroyed more than 2500 lives and changed the landscape of western Pennsylvania. It moved the nation towards relief efforts and spurred a ...
Summerhill Secrets, Volume 2: House of Secrets/Echoes in the Wind/Hide Behind the Moon/Windows on the ...
Beverly Lewis
Bethany House Publishers
, 2007
amish book
book 2 of the summerhill secrets did not let me down. I am thrilled to have been able to read it. Loved it
Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer
Tim Stark
Broadway
, 2008
The Literary Farmer
I just ordered this book today so I can't comment on it per se. However I met Tim in November of '06 and spent about a week with him at an Agriturisimo in Cortona, Italy and can say he was a wonderfully laid back, knowledgable and articulate character who had just had ...
The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America
Lauri Lebo
New Press
, 2008
Lauri Lebo brought the Dover Trial home and made it personal to me!
For those of you who like a quick and dirty review -- Excellent Book! For those who like a little more, I'll get the praise out and then head more into the meat. I enjoyed Ms. Lebo's first hand account of the what happened in Dover. Not only is it well written, but ...
Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets
Kate Gosselin
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Beth Carson
Zondervan
, 2008
Kate Gosselin tells the amazing story of how she and her husband, Jon, have survived the overwhelming odds of birthing not only twins but also sextuplets in three years, and how they continue to strive every day to honor Christ while he teaches them to thrive in spite of emotional, financial, social, and physical exhaustion.
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
Ballantine Books
, 1996
No Way Out
Harry Angstrom is the quintessential eternal youth, whose marriage turns out to be an albatross. The marriage not only deadens his spirit but also accelerates his descent into decadence. Harry's vital life spirit totally rejects the encumbrance of a forced marriage; ...
October Song
Beverly Lewis
Bethany House
, 2001
October brings change
I remember back to this book and how i realy looked forward to reading it! I wasn't dissappointed at all.Get it ,and appease your mind.Hahaha.Nadi Rehmani
Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town: Real Estate Development from George Washington to the Builders of ...
Witold Rybczynski
Scribner
, 2008
Excellent book
This is a great book on how suburban development works. It is very well researched and all the ideas are based on deep reasoning. There's no opinionated ranting, it was a pleasure to follow the stories described in the book. If you are into development, new urbanism ...
The Blue Book, A Uniform System of Citation, 18th edition
the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and the Yale Law Journal Editors of Columbia Law Review
Harvard Law Review Association
, 2005
Great Buy
I'm usually concerned about purchasing items on line, especially books. I can honestly say that this experience was worth it. I would recommend this seller to anyone interested in purchasing good quality books at extremely reasonable prices. Buy with confidence, ...
Out Of This Furnace: A Novel of Immigrant Labor in America
Thomas Bell
University of Pittsburgh Press
, 1976
Highly Recommended
This text was required reading for a college course on immigration and, I must admit, I was not looking forward to reading it. I decided to read it before the semester started and fell in love with it immediately. The characters are well developed from Kracha, to ...
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