books by Vintage Books     books:     Vintage Books      Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston Vintage Books USA, 1989 It Helped Me Understand My Own Heritage I have a different perspective from many readers who view this book primarily as a work of Women's Literature. As a half-asian male with a emigree mother, I read this book many years ago, in those formless, questioning years of the late 'teens. Even though I could ...             The Six Wives of Henry VIII Alison Weir Vintage Books, 2008 Henry the World-class Glutton Alison Weir's well-written, easy to read book about the Six Wives of Henry the VIII is an outstanding work of history about England in the 1500s, Henry's six wives, and the role they play in English politics and international relations with Spain, France and Germany. ...             The Road (Oprah's Book Club) Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 The Road This beautifully written work is quite intelligent and evocative. It provokes deep emotion and thoughts in this reader. Both poignant and horrifying all at once, this tale of post apocalyptical earth and the father and son trying to survive is breathtakhing. I could ...             The Life and Times of Michael K J.M. Coetzee Vintage Books, 2005 A tale at once subsumed by race and yet never mentioning it Literary historians credit much of Ireland's rich literary tradition to its often tragic history. No surprise then that the nation of South Africa, likewise so rich in grief that it might as well diamonds, has produced so many extraordinary writers, two of whom, ...             The Game of Kings (Lymond Chronicles, 1) Dorothy Dunnett Vintage Books, 1997 The first of a wonderful historical series I have just finished the last of the six - Checkmate. I was gripped from the first - Game of Kings. The writing is stunning, the plots complex and very exciting and the hero, Francis Crawford, is mesmerising. I highly recommend all six to anyone who is fond of ...             Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage Books, 2007 Worth the time Several people have indicated that this is a difficult read. It is. Perhaps it's the translation, perhaps it's the abundance of imagery. But whatever it is, it's worth the effort. Having read One Thousand Years and The Handsomest Drowned Man, I'm familiar with his ...             2008 Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide Vintage Guitar Books, 2007 The best book on VINTAGE guitars available If you're a total guitar nut like me, this is a must have book. The 2008 edition is the best yet. It's a tremendous resource for brand information, model specs, history, and pricing. While I found some errors and disagree with a few price listings, it is still one of ...             The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding Robert Hughes Vintage Books, 1988 Cultural Amnesia The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding By Robert Hughes Australia is one of those faraway places you read about in National Geographic or watch on Discovery. Remote, exotic, modern yet solidly based in its history, it's a chamber of commerce ...             The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough William G. Crook Vintage Books, 1986 Saved my life... This book and it's companion cookbook literally saved my life, after years of getting no help ~ or getting sicker ~ from the established "medical profession." I changed my diet and in three days the pain disappeared, and a week later I tossed away my cane and bounded ...             The Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham Vintage Books, 2007 "Tiger" begging for a film remake! Challenges Grishom books For excellent plot summaries, read the longer reviews in this string. I won't rehash what others have said so well... Allingham does in this book what Sayers and sometimes Christie did. They take a break from routine or just lighthearted mysteries & get a bit ...             Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books, 1975 Bobby birthday My son loves Edgar Allen Poe so this was like a penny from heaven. He constantly has his nose in this book and I think that I have actually hit the nail on the head with this purchase. Thank you.             Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives Alan Bullock Vintage Books, 1993 Were they human beings? This book has become a classic and justifiably so. It succeeds in drawing a chronological, sociological and psychological comparison between the two most inhuman dictators in recent history. Some pictures are as revealing as Bullock's brilliant text: the school class ...             Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson Camille Paglia Vintage Books, 1991 An Erotics of Art Way back when Susan Sontag was still an important critic, she said, "In place of hermeneutics we need an erotics of art." Well, here it is. The basic thesis of this book is simple, though its consequences are far-ranging. She maintains that aesthetic principles are ...             The Devil's Star Jo Nesbo Vintage Books, 2006 a phenomenal thriller -- great plot and characters This is a complex thriller set in Norway with an unusually intricate plot and an exceptionally well developed main character --I purchased this in Scotland and finished it within a little more than a day. This is is in the same genre as the stories written by Henning ...             An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and Its 360 Symbolic Phases Dane Rudhyar Vintage Books, 1974 Buy the Book. It is refreshing & splendid. Review: Dane Rudhyar: An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and its 360 Symbolic Phases. Rudhyar's books are like Dane Rudhyar the man,- profound, universal and original- A true Renaissance man. His book is for every thinking person, who wants a ...          products you might be interested in search for books astrological, breakthrough, chronicles, connection, international, transformations      geepe.com    web randomly chosen book: History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (Railroads of America ...