books by Knopf     books:     Knopf      Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) Tom Vanderbilt Knopf, 2008 A Seriously Fun Look at an Everyday Activity Most of us spend many hours in our cars, driving to and from all kinds of places. This summer I went on long car trips to Dallas (1100 miles one-way) and Charlotte, NC, (870 miles), as well as several shorter trips around Michigan and all the normal, everyday trips. ...             Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri Knopf, 2008 Rich with detail and complexity, these short stories are novels that end too soon As we've come to expect from Jhumpa Lahiri, this collection of eight short stories examines the immigrant experience in America, including the difficulties of adjusting to a new culture and workplace and the clashes between immigrant parents and their fully American ...             Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession Anne Rice Knopf, 2008 An Amazing Read . . . After having read Anne Rice's "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt" and "Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana" TWICE, I was, needless to say, first in line October 7th to pick up her new memoir,"Called Out of Darkness: a spiritual confession." I was not disappointed -- and am ...             The Forever War Dexter Filkins Knopf, 2008 *SPOILERS* "the very life of the darkness" The Forever War kept me up late at night. I'd want to finish just one more chapter, and then just the next one, and then the one after that. But the beauty and urgency of Filkins' writing meant that I couldn't skim it or get through it fast, however hard I tried. ...             Nothing to Be Frightened Of Julian Barnes Knopf, 2008 Lively Thoughts on Death Novelist Julian Barnes thinks a lot about death. And he doesn't like it; he describes himself as "one who wouldn't mind dying as long as I didn't end up dead afterwards." Naturally death has been part of some of his books, but in _Nothing to Be Frightened Of_ ...             The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson Knopf, 2008 Excellent While it took close to one hundred pages to get into this book, I am so very glad that I stuck with it. Yes, translations can be clunky, yes, the cast of characters was huge, yes, it was long. It was worth every one of those minor faults and more. It took all those ...             The Private Patient P.D. James Knopf, 2008 Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, scheduled to have a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar removed, she had every expectation of a successful operation ...             "Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films David Thomson Knopf, 2008 For REAL film lovers only First the obvious: David Thomson is the best writer of film criticism around. By that I mean his actual writing abilty, words, phrases, style, etc. Second the admiration at his success in merely finishing the job of selecting, writing about, and analysing the 1,000 ...             Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali Knopf, 2007 Ahhhhhh, BLISS Do you know how you can just about smell and taste Lidia's dishes as she prepares them on her show? Well, that's exactly what you'll get when you make her delicious and easy recipes in this divine book. She writes them out so well that it's almost like standing right ...             Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (Christ the Lord) Anne Rice Knopf, 2008 Spellbinding and breathtaking Anne Rice takes your breath away in many moments of this book. This story of Christ - part 2, surely anticipating part 3 - is extraordinarily restrained. Christ's voice is a peaceful, quiet one, framed by thoughtful reflection. His miracles are understated, wielded ...             Audition: A Memoir Barbara Walters Knopf, 2008 Hats Off to the Incredible Barbara Walters In the Prologue of this fascinating memoir, Barbara Walters explains that one of her motivations for writing about her life was that young people starting out in television sometimes said to her: "I want to be you." Barbara's stock reply was: "Then you have to take the ...             Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin Kenny Shopsin, Carolynn Carreno Knopf, 2008 A Cookbook and Life Story Joyfully Shared Effective translation from one art form to another is a high wire act of the greatest difficulty - readers may agree for example that the film director faces an uphill battle to craft an effective cinematic experience from even the most masterfully written novel. ...             One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Michael Dobbs Knopf, 2008 No One's in Charge Wow. Even though everybody knows how the Cuban Missile Crisis ended, this book had me sweating it out. The new info that Michael Dobbs turned up made me realize that no one really knew what was going to happen. The politicians, from Kennedy and Khrushchev on down, were ...             What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami Knopf, 2008 Brilliant, Beautiful I did not know Murakami's work at all before I purchased this book. I saw it in the running section at a bookstore and decided to give it a read. As I was purchasing the book the sales staff got very excited- turns out they were all huge fans. One person had even done ...             Icarus at the Edge of Time Brian Greene Knopf, 2008 Excellent story! This is an excellent rework of the ancient story of Icarus and Daedalus. There is very little science in this; but after introducing them to the old tale, mixing in some Einstein and special relativity, then reading about the new Icarus, my 7th grade science class was ...          products you might be interested in search for books confession, frightened, introduction, khrushchev, philosophy, unaccustomed      geepe.com    web randomly chosen camera & photo: Rokinon 70-180mm Macro One-Touch Lens for Canon AE-1 AV-1 A1 FTB F1 T70 ...