books by Mariner Books     books:     Mariner Books      The Great Crash 1929 John Kenneth Galbraith Mariner Books, 1997 Spooky I started reading this book the day before the most recent crash started. Every night I picked it up, and it mirrored the current events so closely, that it was more than a little scary. Why won't we learn from the mistakes of the past?             Silent Spring Rachel Carson Mariner Books, 2002 Ahead of its time. This book is more than I expected it to be. It is way ahead of its time and makes an important contribution to the environmental movement.             The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy Egan Mariner Books, 2006 The American dust bowl and the grit and gumption of those who will never forget Subtitled "The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl", this 2006 non-fiction account of this American tragedy is historical writing at its best. The author is a Pulitizer Prize winning reporter for the New York Times. I loved his simple but ...             King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild Mariner Books, 1999 Be careful who you sit down to tea with This is a brutal history of the colonization of the Belgian Congo beginning in the 1890's. Long after slavery was unilaterally condemned on the planet earth, we find that King Leopold and the tiny country of Belgium has managed to take ownership of a chunk of the ...             One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer Nathaniel C. Fick Mariner Books, 2006 Outstanding read for warriors and civilians alike In a time when many people already consider the war in Iraq pure hubris and stretching of muscles by a superpower gone mad, it is refreshing indeed to read true, honest stories from the men who fought the war. The good intentions, the fears, the disappointments and ...             Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 1999 One of the best books I've ever read To give a frame of reference, some of my favorite authors are Margaret Atwood and Barbara Kingsolver. I have searched and searched for another introspective, intelligent, strong female voice, and finally I have found it. I plan on buying every one of her books and ...             How Doctors Think Jerome Groopman Mariner Books, 2008 Do Doctors Think? I am an R.N., and thought I knew how my fellow medical people, the doctors, thought. They acted in unusual ways at times, but I didn't know why. This book is a portal into the ways that the people who hold our lives in their hands, come to some of the decisions that ...             The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Mariner Books, 2008 An intelligently designed argument against theism. Dawkins is one of the most important critical thinkers of our times. His contributions to the field of biology alone secure him among the ranks of great thinkers. In the God Delusion, Dawkins argues forcefully and effectively for a naturistic worldview. His most ...             The Namesake: A Novel Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2004 A great and superbly written story Jhumpa Lahiri writes about a very interesting and commonly neglected new American phenomenon: the rise of the Indian-American middle class. This book is about cultures, values, life and death, love and misery. It is about America. It is about India. It is also ...             Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel Jonathan Safran Foer Mariner Books, 2006 A great read Foer does a fantastic job of putting you into the head of this precocious, hyper-intelligent boy. This story has stuck with me far longer than most fiction I read. If you enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, you will probably also enjoy this. ...             Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown Paul Theroux Mariner Books, 2004 One of his best. Consider what it is like to live with an exceptionally well-developed appreciation of your own flimsy mortality and insignificant standing in this strange and dangerous place we call the universe. Throw in a morbid and febrile imagination prone to generating 'what is ...             The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next Lee Smolin Mariner Books, 2007 This is a VERY good book about the sociology of science, and I agree completely with what it says about it, and on the need to parcel funds and scientists more equably among the several possible approaches (for example, to fundamental physical theories). The trouble is that men are not angels, ...             The Last Chinese Chef: A Novel Nicole Mones Mariner Books, 2008 The Last Chinese Chef You know that the Chinese have one of the world's most exquisite cuisines...yet you often wondered how Chinese food served in this country could pass as part of a world renown 'cuisine.' The Last Chinese Chef will clarify this mystery for you. As part of the "Fast ...             Proust Was a Neuroscientist Jonah Lehrer Mariner Books, 2008 I LOVED IT! One of the most thought-provoking books I've read in a long, long time. It really is just a feast of insight. So many unexpected connections...From Whitman's time as a nurse to Proust's writing habits to how Woolf's mental illness impacted her writing. If you are ...             The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux Mariner Books, 2006 A peerless and unforgettable travel narrative This fabulous account of getting on the train in London and riding trains (including the decrepit Orient Express) through Europe, across Asia as far east as Japan, then looping back to Europe on the Trans-Siberian, is not a bit dated, even though it was first ...          products you might be interested in search for books american, extremely, incredibly, interpreter, neuroscientist, overland      geepe.com    web we recommend An intelligently designed argument against theism. randomly chosen book: Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary - The Ultimate Guide to ...