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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Paperback)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:14:05 PST

Author: Michael Pollan "Facing the dilemma I have been avoiding for years" By W. Doyle (Boston suburbs, USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover) Since I read Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" over five years ago, I have refused to eat any fast food of any kind. Both morally and nutritionally, my position

The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition (Paperback)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:18:55 PST

Author: The College Board "Great book, but there are some errors" By Richard Corn - See all my reviews I am a private math tutor and author of Math Study Guide for the SAT®, ACT®, and SAT® Subject Tests - 2010 Edition. I gave this book five stars because it has the best collection of practice tests. However I found some errors: pg 618. The answer to problem 6-14 is 5, not 6. pg 641.

Have a Little Faith: A True Story (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) [LARGE PRINT] (Hardcover)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:06:26 PST

Author: Mitch Albom "More Than Just a Little Faith" By Larry Underwood "Author, 'Life Under the Corporate Microscope' (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews This review is from: Have a Little Faith: A True Story (Hardcover) Mitch Albom has been one of my favorite sportswriters for years; his style is eloquent, yet concise and very witty. His words are well-chosen when he writes and this

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (Hardcover)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:20:34 PST

Author: Niall Ferguson Editorial Reviews From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com Reviewed by Shelby Coffey III Big money is intoxicating. During the great bubble of the late 1990s, I escorted one of the newly really rich to be interviewed at CNN, where I headed the financial network. "I just made $400 million today," he boomed, taking the stairs two at a time. The

The Great Gatsby (Cambridge Literature) (Paperback)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:05:17 PST

F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Ken Bush (Editor) "Decades later, still great but on different terms." By mirope "mirope" (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews Having reread this book for the first time in 20 years, I can confirm that there's a reason that it's considered one of the very best American novels. However, my reaction to the story was different than when I first read it in high

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Vintage) (Paperback)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:18:39 PST

Leonard Mlodinow (Author)"Chances are good you'll like this one"By Julie Neal "The Complete Walt Disney World"(Sanibel Island, Fla.) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Hardcover) This smart book will make you think. Academic yet easy to read, it explores how random events shape the world and how human intuition fights that

Cracking the GRE, 2010 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation) (Paperback)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:57:15 PST

Princeton Review (Author)Inside This BookFront Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!Cracking the GRE is by far the most user-friendly and helpful GRE prep book!!!By Ian W. Ettinger - See all my reviewsI just finished studying for the GRE with Barron's, Kaplan, ETS, and Princeton Review, and Cracking the GRE is by far the best out of the four. Its math and verbal sections are

The Magic of Thinking Big (Paperback)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:14:10 PST

David Schwartz (Author)"Abaracadabra-The Magic of Thinking Big"By Rita - See all my reviewsWhat's it about? Changing your thinking patterns to get the things you want such as a higher income, financial security, or greater enjoyment in living.What's the main idea? Success is determined not so much by the size of your brain as it is by the size of your thinking.How does it accomplish this? In

Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)

noreply@blogger.com (khnapha) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:02:21 PST

Author: Malcolm Gladwell"Where do you lie?"By Bethany Jameson - See all my reviewsThe main tenet of Outliers is that there is a logic behind why some people become successful, and it has more to do with legacy and opportunity than high IQ. In his latest book, New Yorker contributor Gladwell casts his inquisitive eye on those who have risen meteorically to the top of their fields, analyzing