Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder Buy Now

I went 40 years without knowing about Adult ADHD. At first I was relieved to know that I wasn't crazy or the only one with these thoughts. But after learning more about it I felt sad. I wished I had known about this earlier in my life to prevent the many pitfalls and pain I and others suffered at the hands of my undiagnosed ADHD. And many of the books, although very informative, made me feel bad about myself. I had been told by my therapist that I should read "Delivered from Distraction". She felt it would really help and speak to me. So after weeks of procrastination I finally picked it up. This book was exactly what I needed! Hallowell not only wrote it with the ADHD reader in mind - you can and are enouraged to skip around to chapters that appeal to you - he was very encouraging about living with ADHD. He pointed out all of the positive attributes and illustrated the benefits with easy to read references of creative types, stories and his own successful life iving with ADHD. Hallowell's humorus, honest and direct approach really worked for me. Everything from questions, tables, outlines, etc. helped me understand my problem with getting past the negative feelings of having ADHD. At times, sections of the book sounded as if they were pulled from my mind and printed onto the pages. It was comforting and validating to read that many of the addictive thoughts I have had were due to ADHD and that I can overcome them. If you want to feel better about yourself and learn in the process, I highly recommend this book. I have read six others and I have found this one to be the most helpful. Good luck!Get more detail about Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Echo Burning Order Now

I listened to the audiobook and Dick Hill could read the telephone book and make it exciting and enjoyable. However, I wish I had known that the central premise of the book was in support of illegals living in the United States without legal documentation and remaining that way. And bashing the State of Texas and its government. I am not swayed by the author's misuse of the bully pulpit and I hope other readers and listeners are not influenced by the not so subliminal political tripe. To accuse the U.S. Border Patrol, fictional or real, because they do their job is disgusting. If other of Childs' books embrace this same or like premise, I for one will not read or listen to any of his written words. Come on, Lee, get off your high horse and write fiction w/o the political BS.Get more detail about Echo Burning.

Leading Change Decide Now

Leading Change gives the reader the eight steps believed necessary toward creating change in an organization. From the steps given, they are plausible and realistic.
While the author gives the steps for change, the premise of the book is based on the fact that before you can create change you have to have a Vision that your organization subscribes too. Therefore, while you may want to create change in your organization, don't even bother that effort unless you have a specific Vision for what you want the organization to become.

My challenge with the book is the Vision concept. Working in the government space where I want to create change, it is unknown as to what Vision the organization should adhere too. I think if I were to apply this book to the campaign theme of President Obama which was "Change", this book would not help, since Vision is the key to the change.
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The end of the book gives the reader a chapter on leadership. I believe a chapter should have been dedicated to Vision. After all, the author encourages those at the top to embrace the change, but yet left out the road map to get there with Vision.

If you have a vision, and want to instill it in your organization, Leading Change will offer you the steps to get there.



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The South Beach Diet CD Right now

Good book and definitely a great diet! The book arrived in used condition with writing on some of the pages but the price was outstanding for a used book. I was not expecting it to be in perfect condition for the price but it was fairly good in my opinion.Get more detail about The South Beach Diet CD.

Lowest Price The Last Surgeon

Michael Palmer and Robin Cook are the kings of medical thrillers. Robin Cook arrived first and Michael Palmer came in after him, and some say surpassed him in offering his readers an engaging, suspenseful, and tense novel. Medical thrillers differ from crime fiction in that the heroes and generally also the villains are medical personnel and institutions. The stories describe medical situations in a non-gory fashion, usually with current social medical problems being the prime focus.

This tale begins with a sadistic killer-for-hire who specializes in murders that appear to be suicides. He mockingly calls them "non-murders." He offers a nurse a choice of either killing herself or see her beloved sister killed horribly and painfully, and then be brutally murdered herself.

We meet a doctor, Nick Garrity, the hero of the tale, who behaved heroically and with compassion in Afghanistan, and is called Dr. Nick Fury by his friends, after a comic book hero. He runs a mobile medical unit with an unusually compassionate nurse, who has a computer genius foster child. The unit helps people in need who are unable to use a hospital.

Garrity suffers from post-combat-stress because he saw a suicide bomber kill his fiancée and two dozen other hospital personnel. He was saved during the bombing by a friend who disappears after returning to the US. Garrity tries to find him. He discovers that another ex-soldier disappeared in the same way, both saying that they were recalled by the military before they were last seen. The person in charge at the VA, the second villain in the thriller, after the sadistic killer-for-hire, refuses to help Garrity locate either man, just as he had been refusing benefits to soldiers who fought for their county in Afghanistan and are now, like Garrity, suffering post-stress-syndrome. But Garrity finds the other ex-soldier who, surprisingly, acts like a zombie. Two other medical institutions are soon revealed as third and forth villains.

We meet Jillian Coates, the very attractive and resourceful sister of the murdered nurse, who is also a nurse, and who is convinced that her sister was murdered. Julian finds many Nick Fury comic books in her murdered sister's home and is puzzled about their significance. She goes on an all-night call-in radio program and tells her sister's story, and her home is burnt down the next day. However, an ex-soldier who had served with Garrity, who heard Jillian's broadcast, tells her that Garrity had been called Nick Fury.

The sadistic killer sees Jillian and is attracted to her. He decides that he needs to have sex with her. So begins this marvelously constructed and engrossing tale.
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Low Price It's Your Time: Activate Your Faith, Accomplish Your Dreams, and Increase in God's Favor

One of the greatest things I like about Joel Osteen is that in such a negative and pessimistic world we live in he continually reminds us that God is still on the throne and that He wants the very best for our lives ... we just don't happen to believe it. Daily we are bombarded with negative messages that constantly push us back or knock us down, and I find it extremely refreshing to hear a voice of one crying in the wilderness that God is wanting to lift you up ... God is wanting to push you forward .... God is desiring to carry you to greater heights than you could ever imagine. Many complain that Joel accentuates the positive and never mentions the negative ... and that it is just not realistic ... that it is just too simple ... that it is childish and not mature. Well ... I am constantly reminded that to enter the kingdom of heaven we must come come to it as a little child. Joel Osteen's constant reminder that we can take God at His Word and be like a little child again, and simply believe that He truly loves us and wants the best for us ... then it really will be "Your Time"!!!Get more detail about It's Your Time: Activate Your Faith, Accomplish Your Dreams, and Increase in God's Favor.

Save Thirteen Reasons Why

Gut wrenching, heartbreaking and thoughtful! Thirteen Reasons why is centered on the suicide of Hannah Baker - Hannah leaves thirteen recorded reasons for her suicide. Each tape deals with a specific event and person who adds to the snowball that eventually leads her to give up on her life. Clay Jensen (Hannah's crush) is one of the several people who will be receiving the cassette tapes, and who takes us along the journey of a girl's emotional trauma and ultimate choice to end her life. I felt for Hannah's pain and also Clay's. It is a book I highly recommend although it is a teen read it would serve some adult to read as well.Get more detail about Thirteen Reasons Why.

Discount Tish (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED]

I actually didn't read the book, I gave it as a gift, but the receiver was very pleased and enjoyed it.

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Cheapest ChiRunning: A Training Program for Effortless, Injury-Free Running

One section of the book referred to ligaments and tendons being like "rubber bands" in that they would store and release energy when stretched. Ligaments hold our joints together. If they were to stretch like rubber bands, they would not provide stability for our joints. Tendons connect muscles to bones. If tendons were like rubber bands, the contractile force developed by our muscles would not be transmitted to the bones to cause movement. I have played with some of the running technique and have found them very helpful. Brian Lambert, PTGet more detail about ChiRunning: A Training Program for Effortless, Injury-Free Running.

Cheap Lift

My grandmother lost a son during WWII, when his plane went down. He was twenty years old. She marked his birthday and death-day until her own death at ninety-nine years. Did that influence the way I raised my children? The first thing I did when my son was born was to look at the lifeline on his palm to see if I could determine how long he would live. Is that silly? Or is it part of being a mother?

Then there's the other question--will I be alive to see my children grow up? My own father died when he was forty-five and did not see any of his five children grow to adulthood. Having each of my children growing up to adulthood, getting married, and having their own children was a huge relief to me.

I didn't really like my emotional reaction to this sensitive book because I like to avoid those feelings. However, this is the type of writing I might also do for my children. Raising children is challenging, for many reasons, but especially the emotions it brings out of us. Kelly Corrigan writes about motherhood and having to love, protect, and discipline without being a helicopter parent--hovering and overprotective. She also deals with how a mother constantly questions her decisions and judgment.

Corrigan expresses many of my own unvoiced concerns in Lift, a letter to her daughters on their first day of school. She examines her life before and since they were born and critiques her mothering skills. Tender, thoughtful, and courageous, Corrigan gives a voice to our inner joys and fears as mothers. This little book would be a wonderful Mother's Day gift.

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Buying A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)

I bought this audio which is the third in the series of George Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" for my daughter as a birthday gift. She has the other two of these and loves listening to these as she travels back and forth to work. She goes on and on about how great this series is..and this audio set (third of series) is in excellent condition. Its arrival was as stated and no problems with delivery and the condition on receiving was excellent. Thanks again.Get more detail about A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3).

Buy For Women Only CD: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men

Should be required reading for women. Maybe for men too (I'm a guy and found it fascinating). Author did an incredible job of putting honest and accurate info into a clear and simple book. This is the best relationship book I've read so far. I highly recommend it.Get more detail about For Women Only CD: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men.

Purchase The Old Man and The Sea (Annual Review of the Institute for Information Studies)

Classic Hemingway - great story, depressing ending. This book was published in 1952 and was his last work of fiction to be produced and published in his lifetime. The success of this book was a significant factor in Hemingway's selection for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. The book centers around an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago who has one of the great struggles against a giant marlin. For days he battles with this great fish and once he lands the prize and begins his journey back to land the story turns to his battle with the sharks who attack the great marlin which is strapped to the side of his little boat. Santiago does not win the battle with the sharks and returns home with only the skeleton of the great marlin in a quasi-victory to demonstrate not only his own personal achievement, but also the greatness of the sea itself.Get more detail about The Old Man and The Sea (Annual Review of the Institute for Information Studies).

Order God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Hitchens' treatise on religion discloses the truly wretched mindset that religion requires, and the book explores the terribly tragic and horribly grotesque practices of modern religion. I was atheist before I read it, and even I will never look at religion the same way again. Given what happened to Rushdie (who is a friend of Hitchens) and Islamist success in bullying Comedy Central into silence JUST THIS WEEK, this book is desperately needed . . . and Hitchens is definitely courageous. I thank him for taking on the biggest bully the world has ever known - religion - and for doing it with such sharp wit.Get more detail about God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

Where To Buy Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government

I find that Glen Beck must have a very devoted and efficient staff to be able to collect and document every point that he presents. It is enjoyable to read his books because of the interesting way he presents and documents his points.
He is apparently an History buff and firmly believes that the Constitution of the United States is an inspired Document. He also firmly believes that this nation is on a downhill track and that the Constitution can be made to hang by a thread.Get more detail about Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government.

Shop For Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Your Coach in a Box)

If it wasn't already obvious that exercise is good for you then this book will demonstrate how it is also good for the brain. The book is loaded with lots of details about exactly how exercise stimulates and maintains our brains. It also details how to train to achieve optimal brain functionality.

The book contains plenty of medical evidence (the author being a doctor and all) that certainly adds a good deal of credibility to something that seems very obvious. The chapters cover a range of ailments and how exercise has been shown to overcome them. Even though some activity is better than no activity (which is the norm these days) the book demonstrates how you must push yourself physically to get the most from the grey matter between your ears. This is probably the hard part but the benefits seem well worth it.

Generally the book is a good read but there is plenty of medical terminology mixed in which can make it a bit hard to follow. However, if you did want to really investigate the processes detailed here then it seems that the specific mentioned in the book are a great place to start any research.

Although the thesis of the book can be summed up in one simple common sense phrase for those that are interesting in understand better how the brain works and how it responds to physical activity then this book is a recommended read.Get more detail about Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Your Coach in a Box).

Loving Frank

Love affairs are not for sissies. The infamous, much publicized affair between master architect Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Mamah Cheney, typically reported by historians clinically and with moral judgment, is finally expressed over 100 years later through Mrs. Cheney's voice. Mr. Wright and Mrs. Cheney find themselves transcended from an architect/client relationship to soul mates struggling to find the courage to live their lives with a purity and truth that embraces love, beauty of the natural and built environment and women's place in society. This well researched novel tells Mrs. Cheney's believable story of the couple's journey of love, beauty, heartache and tragedy. A "can't put down" book!Get more detail about Loving Frank.

The Piano Teacher: A Novel Review

This book was a huge disappointment. It had an interesting premise and an exotic locale, but the characters were completely unbelievable, so it was impossible to care what happened to them. Claire, the piano teacher of the title, is boring to boot. She goes from an unsatisfying marriage to an affair with a man who isn't very nice to her. As she wonders why she is doing this, so does the reader. Trudy Liang never comes to life as a real character, nor does Will Truesdale, the man they have in common.

The writing is cliched and amateurish. The author doesn't seem to know how to write about seduction or passion, so the characters go suddenly and jarringly from early encounters to already having slept with each other. The truth about the parentage of Locket, Claire's piano student, can be seen coming a mile away, i.e., the first time Will Truesdale asks about the child.

The descriptions of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Will's stay in an internment camp, and what people do to survive--or thrive--during the occupation are interesting, as are depictions of the social structure of Hong Kong with its snobbishness, class system, and underlying racism. This attempt at a novel is doomed, however, by its clichéd characters.
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Case for Christ, The Top Quality

If you're not already a Christian nothing this book insists is evidence is even slightly convincing. If you are a Christian don't give this to you're non-Christian friends to try and convert them, you'll just annoy them (and waste your money).

It is obvious to any skeptic reading this book, that for all of Strobel's insistence that he was a hardcore atheist and bristling skeptic he has absolutely no idea what sort of questions and answers matter to skeptics. Nor does his interaction with his all Christian interviewees suggest anything but compliant and soft handling. He appears to be wearing two or three pairs of kid gloves. He'll say that he can't let them off the hook and that he's going to give them a tough question and then lob some sort of crackpot theory no self respecting skeptic would ever take seriously.

The formula it this.

1. Start chapter with an exciting, but irrelevant anecdote about criminal investigation. It's a terrible and transparent gimmick aimed it showing that investigating the Bible is the same as investigating contemporary crime, even though there aren't any witnesses, material evidence, forensics or really any means at all to demonstrate anything concrete whatsoever.

2. Talk about the dude you're going to interview. Spend a page talking about his credentials, but then tell us not to worry about him bein' some unrelatable academic snot. He likes hockey! And has pictures his kids drew! And and he looks like a nice guy! Frankly I'm surprised he never got around to comparing them to lovable pop culture icons.

Reading this ridiculous dribble about why I should like this academic every-man I couldn't help wondering what he would have said about skeptical academics had he actually interviewed any. I doubt that he would talk about them in such sappy heartwarming language. Would he simply omit the gratuitous page of leg-humping (which really didn't need to be there at all) or would he mention the "cold uncomfortable feeling he felt in their presence" and describe the "lack of human touches in their office"? I don't know. It's one more reason I wish he had included interviews from people that weren't all presenting the argument he was selling.

3. Next you dive into the interview. This involves Strobel asking a question involving the theme of the of the chapter and immediately accepting whatever answer is given. Sometime he admits that that was enough to convince him, but asks a few more softball questions anyway to demonstrate his commitment to academic pursuit. Almost all examples of scholarly opinion and evidence is only vaguely referred to and lacking reference. They say things like "every one agrees that..." but fail to say who everyone is, or more importantly why they agree. It is assumed that hearing that some unknown theoretical scholars think it is as good as actual evidence and evaluation. It's not uncommon for them to insist that agreement is unanimous in the academic community regarding an issue when a simple google search shows it isn't. I shouldn't need to point out that conducting a criminal investigation or trial in this manner would be a joke.

4. Having declared the previous claim fact without actually applying any sort of rigorous evaluation or providing any evidence Strobel then uses it to prove more claims. This is basically all the book is. Making a claim, not really investigating it, declaring it inequivocally proven and then using it to prove other claims.

5. Throw in some strawman versions of skeptic arguments and you're good to go.

In a nut shell, this book argues that what the Bible says must be true because the Bible says it. It never addresses any real arguments against religion in general or Christianity in particular and on the occasion Strobel accidentally raises a legitimate objection his subject wasn't prepared for it is dismissed with a wave of the hand rather than actual logic or evidence. Unless you already accept the Bible as fact this is just going to be a lot of self appreciative nonsense and a giant waste of time.

Some of you may be wondering why someone like myself that so clearly didn't like the book felt the need to read it and review it. It was given me by my mother. She was completely convinced it would show me the light and save me from my atheist ways. This is the third book I have read that was given to me to these ends, and while none of them has come even remotely close to addressing the sort of the things that me make an atheist rather than a Christian, this book was by far the worst of the bunch. I don't recommend giving your atheist or agnostic friends religious books or attempting to convert them, it is more likely to strain the relationship than make good Christians of them.

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Max (Maximum Ride, Book 5) This instant

Yep, this series, specially the last two books have been all about contradictions. They're in a sub for most of the time and there are a lot of contradictions about water pressure, first the shoot a man put into the water and he's crushed. Then angel comes out into the water and she's fine. then, towards the end, max says that she shouldn't go out of the water because she'd be "crushed like a pancake" seriously. That just pisses me off. And the fact that they're still messing around with the global warming crap? ugh. I only listened to this because my boyfriend bought it (hes been reading the series since they came out) and even he was disappointed with everything after the 3rd book. I honestly think Mr. Patterson should just write one last novel (I'm not sure if the 6th is the last) and end this series with the little dignity it has left. Reading these books used to be exciting. Now all I'm getting is global warming and pollution propaganda, what's up with that? If I want to read about global warming I will go buy a book that was written by scientists, people who know what they're talking about. Not get informed through a damn children's book.Get more detail about Max (Maximum Ride, Book 5).

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk Immediately

Great book whether you're having big or small problems with your child's attitude. Great for all ages. I highly recommend it to all parents,teachers and child-care providers.Get more detail about How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk.

Kindred in Death Best Quality

In Robb's latest book "Kindred in Death" we find Eve still fighting crime and loving Roarke! Having recently solved a case that involved the death of her close friend, Chief Medical Examiner Morris' lady love (Amaryllis Coltrane), Eve is all to willing to relax and enjoy a Sunday at home with her husband. Unfortunately, as the fates would have it, Eve is called in to work the death of the daughter of a NYPSD Captain MacMasters. And the Captain has requested her personally to work the case, and since he is close friends with Chief Whitney called in a favor. While he was away enjoying the Peace Day Holiday, his teenage daughter, Deena McMasters is raped and strangled in their home. Returning home early, MacMasters' and his wife are devastated to find their only child murdered. Navigating a complicated crime scene, and looking for a phantom motive, Eve leaves no stone unturned as she struggles to understand one of the most diabolical and cunning murderers she has faced in a long time. As the killer takes careful steps to prevent his capture, while planning more deaths, Eve realizes that this may be one of the difficult crimes to solve because Deena's last moments in life mirror events that happened in her past. As usual, Eve's ugly childhood rears its ugly head in her present case. And while Eve may be reliving her childhood experiences and coming to terms with it, Summerset and Roarke are thinking about someone they both lost in the same manner. So who is behind this senseless crime and why? Following the leads to a conclusion that will surprise them all, Eve and her "solid" group of dedicated workers will bring this case to a close in a very satisfying end.

What I enjoy about the "in Death series" is the opportunity to see all the usual characters that I have grown to know and love, and honestly can't wait to get more of. Pesky Trina, energetic and colorful Mavis, understanding Peabody, e-geek McNabb, steady Trueheart, loveable Baxter, wise Mira, sassy Nadine, dedicated Feeney, stern Chief Whitney, and even Jaime Lingstrom, a survivor from a previous novel are all present and accounted for. We see Morris' still recovering from his lost love, but even more dedicated to his job of being a voice for the dead. And then there is Charles and Louise's who are preparing for their wedding day and taking steps to make their life together. And we get to see Eve's continuing evolution on the job and in her relationships with those people in her life who mean the most. Just what isn't there to love? And yes, I know I always say this, but I think this may be one of Robb's (AKA Nora Roberts) best in the series to date. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the next one.
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The Lotus Eaters Get it now!

The death of her brother haunts Helen Adams. Taking an instamatic camera with her, she journeys to Vietnam determined to photograph the war. From an initial viewpoint of innocence and naivete, Helen becomes drawn into the drama of the war and the lives of the soldiers and the Vietnamese people. Like the lotus eaters in Homer's Odyssey, the war intoxicates Helen, compelling her towards it despite its horrors. Anxious to make herself accepted by the men photojournalists, Helen must prove her toughness. She develops close relationships with Sam Darrow, famed and experienced war photographer and Linh, a Vietnamese photographer and assistant. Beginning with a powerful account of the fall of Saigon, Helen looks back on Vietnam and the two men.

Tajana Soli's THE LOTUS EATERS is a novel that will provoke several responses depending on one's point of entry. For those readers who lived through the times, The LOTUS EATERS recalls the period with its conflicting emotions without becoming a pawn for current political motivations. Tatjana Soli does not simplify or idealize the war, nor does she make Helen's story a pretense for anti-war sentiments. To readers who lived through the period, Tatjana Soli does an excellent job of evoking the internal confusion and conflicts that unfold. Although the author's bibliography and notes give the reader an idea of the research that underpins the novel, historical fiction lovers might find themselves craving more history within the story. For readers whose young memories of the period are vivid yet ungrounded by being too young to truly grasp the actual events unfolding on the news, THE LOTUS EATERS does a better job at evoking the feel of the period than the history. Readers who approach the book from the point of view of photography and the extensive study in Vietnam photojournalism as I did might find themselves overly troubled by a couple of inaccurately described details that jolt one out of the story and the ability to believe in Helen's character. Leaving those moments aside, at times, Tatjana Soli captures perfectly the spirit of the photographers and their drive and yet I found myself wanting more of a visual emphasis in the narrative given Helen's job. As a whole, the reader does see the development in Helen from a naive inexperienced photographer to a photojournalist through the space of the narrative. Several moments provide a keen sense of the visual, such as Helen's sense of location from the helicopter views, yet as a whole the narrative lacks the desired emphasis and continuity of visual perspective.

Like the conflicts of war, Tatjana Soli's portraits disturb. Helen's relationship with Darrow feels destructive and yet her feelings for him draw her to him much like the compulsion of the lotus eaters. At times, I felt repelled by Helen's overwhelming attachment to Darrow, wanting to see more of Helen as an individual in her own right rather than Helen as attached and focused on Darrow. Certainly, Helen and Darrow's relationship is not the idealized war romance! Perhaps the power in the writing is in the author's ability to provoke such strong emotions, positive and negative, in her portrayal of relationship dynamics. Several key moments in Helen's relationships with Darrow and Linh crystallize the scene and the emotion with a poetical precision. Despite some missed potential in some of the details, THE LOTUS EATERS clearly shows a powerful author in the making.Get more detail about The Lotus Eaters.

Columbine Buy Now

Dave Cullen wrote a book for many that will be taken as a book that depicts everything that happened involving Columbine, and how it came to be. It will be taken as pure fact and entirely true by most who haven't seen or heard about more of this tragedy than what a normal viewer or reader has seen or heard. Maybe as a high school student, my views on this book are different but I thought the book itself was great. The thing that frustrates me was that Cullen tried to explain everything clearly and easily with one answer for everything when there was more than one problem. After reading the book, and many of the reviews others have written I am stuck on what to say, yes Cullen made many mistakes in his grammatical side of this story, and yes Cullen left out some parts of what happened but in total Cullen has made so much clear, that wasn't clear before. It makes me wonder though, why some people feel like critiquing a book about its grammar and language when the message the writer is writing about is so strong and powerful. Many reviews have said that the book saddened them and made them wonder why things like this could happen, or that it scared them and made them hate what happened, but many other reviews said he lied about things, or didn't tell the whole truth. I can see both sides of these reviews, but I think we should be looking more at the factors Cullen was aiming to connect with. The problem with many of the reviews saying that Cullen missed parts of the story or over simplified, was that he had too when writing this story. So much of what really happened is still unknown, whether still kept secret, or not remembered because of time, and it will never get better. So much of what happened, happened so long ago that we may not be able to find out the truth, and the only truths left to find out, will never be known because the only two that know what really happened, were the cause of this tragedy and are both dead. This tragedy had so many aspects to it that Cullen had to simplify it and had to make it readable and understandable without, outright lying. Bullying was a big aspect of the tragedy and was left out. Maybe the bullying was left out because Cullen didn't have enough information, or not enough sources to help him with that, that he felt it was easier to leave out. Overall though, the book was an outstanding depiction of what happened, the most clear and overall public description of what really happened. The book is the greatest description of this event available to the public ever made and has helped me see the whole tragedy as a whole.Get more detail about Columbine.

The Last Detective Order Now

Elvis Cole is watching 10-year-old Ben Chenier, the son of his girlfriend Lucy, who is away on a journalistic assignment. Ben wanders out behind the house one evening while Cole is on the phone. When he's finished with the call, Ben is gone.

A man calls and says he has the boy and that he is acting in revenge because Cole got some rangers and innocent civilians killed in Vietnam. Cole denies the accusations, but now he's got something to work with.

Cole and his lethal pal, ex-marine, ex-cop Joe Pike learn that the kidnappers are three soldiers of fortune whose leader is wanted as a war criminal for his part in genocide in Sierra Leone. The man was a ranger, like Cole. He's one tough character and he's buried Ben in a box with a tube for him to breath by. Ben is brave, but he is no match for his kidnappers.

Cole's enemy is younger and better trained and he has two professional aides. But that doesn't matter. Cole and Pike live by a sort of Hemingwayesque code combined with a warrior's pride. Like Rambo, they don't back down and like Rambo, when ticked off, they leave violence in their wake.

In the "The Last Detective" Robert Crais takes his readers on a wild, twisting and tension filled ride that will have them reading throughout the night. He expertly uses flashbacks to give his readers Cole's back story, something many of us have craved. The flashback's also serve to humanize Cole in a that we haven't seen before.

There are a lot of tough guy characters out there who are fun to read about, Jack Reacher comes to mind, but for my money Elvis Cole is the king of the hill. Well, his sidekick Joe Pike is one pretty tough mutha too, good thing he fights with Cole and not against.Get more detail about The Last Detective.

A Short History of Nearly Everything Decide Now

This book took me back to a period when I used to love science and wonder about things. With the breadth of knowledge this book has about science and scientists, it has a potential to influence career choices not only for only kids but for adults as well.Get more detail about A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Healing Back Pain Right now

I have been aware over the years that our mind does affect our bodies. But this book gave me so much insight into just how much the brain takes charge of our body so that we
don't experience emotions that the mind finds intolerable. I enjoyed this book so much that I went on to buy the book on the Divided Mind. Am waiting for it now.Get more detail about Healing Back Pain.

Lowest Price The Enemy (Jack Reacher)

With the Berlin Wall coming down in 1990, The Cold War in ending. There will be a downsizing within the military and some commanders want to be sure that their commands are not lessened.

Major Jack Reacher had suddenly been transferred to a new post and is the duty officer with the Military Police on New Year's Eve. He's notified that a two-star general has been found dead in a motel used for romantic lesions. When Reacher goes to the general's home to notify the general's wife, he finds that she has been murdered.

Reacher finds that the general was on his way to a meeting and that his briefcase, containing the meeting's agenda, is missing. As he continues to investigate, he is ordered to refrain because it would only bring disgrace to the military.

Reacher and a young female officer who is assisting him, Lt. Summer, feel that it would be disloyal to the general and the general's wife's memory if they stop the investigation without finding out who was guilty. At the risk of their careers, they continue their investigation.

There is conflict with a Delta Force unit when one of their men report that Reacher beat up two civilians without provocation. Later, when the Delta Force sergeant is murdered, the men in his unit give Reacher seven days to find the killer or face their reprisal.

This is a page turner in the highest sense of the phrase. Reacher is one of the best characters in action adventure and his bravery and dedication are shown here as never before. Many readers wanted to know why Reacher left the military and this story tells the events that led up to his resignation from active duty.

The story itself has excellent action scenes and Reacher's motives are properly explained and logical. It only took the first few pages before I was grabbed by the story's events.Get more detail about The Enemy (Jack Reacher).

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I spontaneously picked up this book at the airport on the way to Alaska and read the whole thing probably because I was trapped on a plane... and trapped in Alaska. I don't know what made me choose this book. It's certainly not a genre that typically appeals to me (is Lifetime Movie Network also a book genre??). For some reason I gathered that when the back of the book said, "Together, these two women--one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother's love--will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined" ... I thought it might have been suggesting something much more scandalous and action-packed would take place.

But, no. The plot and characters were pretty stereotypical. It was literally something you might see on the Lifetime Movie Network... you know, one of those totally unoriginal stories that was based on something true that could have happened to one of your neighbors. Jodi Picoult also came to mind.

Content-wise, this book was trite. It's full of women who are breeders and can't feel whole without a man or children in their lives... and of course the men here are all movie star quality. I guess there are plenty of women who live and think this way and can identify with this book, but for those of us who aren't so needy and helpless on our own... it was just plain irritating reading about these women wallowing in such self pity and helplessness. The ending does have some redeeming qualities, however.

And yet I read on. Why? Because Kristin Hannah has a talent for appealing to your senses and this draws you into her stories and you do lose yourself. Technically, she's an excellent writer. I actually marveled at her ability to make me visualize every scene and hear all the dialogue. And, I even had lasagna for dinner after all the good Italian cooking mentioned. However stereotypical, you still care about these characters. This is a writer who knows how to show family dynamics. The thread of popular songs playing during every couple of chapters or so seemed a little contrived in terms of appealing to a reader's different senses... and I gather even the title of the book was based on that old 70's song. This is a writer who doesn't have a whole lot of original ideas... but is skilled at making you experience her fantasy life. And ultimately, escapism is why a lot of people do read. I can definitely see the mass appeal of this writer. I won't ever pay for her books again if I want to read her again... but I can definitely see the mass appeal.

I recommend it for the same reason I recommend giving in to the occasional LMN drama... just one of those guilty pleasures you can momentarily lose yourself in... like when you're stuck on a plane... or trapped in Alaska.Get more detail about The Things We Do for Love.

Save This is Where I Leave You

This has got to be the worst book I've read in several years. It actually tops 1000 Acres. I'm apart of a book club the values all types of book. This has no value that I can find. It reminds me of your typical American Pie type of story that only fills the pages with one crudely described sex act or thought after another. Really, the plot should have been a short story. This is the first and last book I'll ever read from this author. Thank goodness, I borrowed it from the library instead of spending real money on it. I'm not sure how it won any awards at all, as I see nothing new, funny or noteworthy. Don't waste your time or energy.Get more detail about This is Where I Leave You.

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Recently the "How to Train Your Dragon" came out, and it reminded me how much I loved the books when I was younger. After reading them again, I still love them. "How to be a Pirate" is a swashbuckling story of how Hiccup, his friend Fishlegs, and Toothless are taken along on a journey to find the lost treasure of Grimbeard the Ghastly. Hiccup escapes danger at every turn, and his cleverness saves him from many tough situations. The whole story will keep just about anyone's interest, with it's constant action and humorous characters. This story will appeal to the young, and the young at heart. I totally reccomend this book.Get more detail about How to Be a Pirate.

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Mitt Romney presents the case for why we need to change direction in various areas: dependence on foreign oil, uncontrolled government spending,dependence rather than self reliance, military readiness and strength.Get more detail about No Apology: The Case for American Greatness.

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A must read - but read the other 2 first. This Trilogy is great one and Nora Roberts knows how to keep your interestGet more detail about Finding the Dream.

Buying Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even

"Getting Back to Even"
Crammer is implying that he as a way to get back the money almost everyone lost in 2008.
This is just dishonest. Crammer is playing on peoples emotional response whenever they lose a lot of money, i.e. If I could just get back to even then I would not feel so badly...

My point:
Lets say you have two investors, one lost a load of money and the other made a lot of money in 2008.
So Crammer's book would only help the investor who lost money and then some how Crammers special investing advise would not work for the invester who made money.
What does this mean: some how the "market" knoww who made money in 2008, so Crammer's advise on getting even would work for an investor who didn't lose money in 2008?

Crammer's books and show should just be used as entertainment for the silly masses.
Wise up man in the street ...nobody who has an MBA in Finance from a top school or is a succesful money manager takes Crammer seriously.

Check out Crammer's interview confrontation with SYLVAIN RAYNES on CNBC, discussing Goldman Sachs fruad allocations, April 16 2010 on youtube...very funny!

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Buy The Whole Truth

It's amazing how this happens over and over again. A writer gets a little famous, and then he gets some money, and then he starts pumping out a book every 9 months or so and guess what? All of them are terrible.

In this particular instance of suckitude, Baldacci simply does a little rip-off of Jack Reacher and dances a little Machiavellian jig about an unrealistically drawn billionaire defense contractor with evil designs on what he sees as the corrupt political hegemony that refuses to realize how safe we were back in the good old days of the Cold War. Through an unrelenting series of episodes of entirely overblown violence, gratuitous bloodshed, and plot coincidences that leave one gasping at their transparency, the novel somehow manages to stagger to a conclusion that leaves the world intact. Though I will confess that I actually did finish the book, I am almost embarrassed to admit it, and did so only under the influence of the same theory on which I force my children to finish their dinners (i.e., the somewhat suspect theory that you should always finish what you started). The only good thing about the book is that Baldacci killed off the hero's love interest before she could further entertain us with her fluency in 15 languages and multiple Ph.D's in various esoteric sciences, which of course are known to always go hand-in-hand with the storybook good looks of the highest paid runway models. Bang, bang, she's dead, thank God.

Although pop fiction can be amazingly bad, this book is almost a parody of how low it can go. Let me count the ways: Awful. Bad. Cretinous. Defective. Enervating. Feeble. Gross. Hideous. Insipid.
I can't think of a pejorative word starting with the letter J offhand, so I will simply end my review here. If it hadn't already sold a million+ copies, I'd tell you not to buy it, but I guess it's too late.Get more detail about The Whole Truth.

Purchase Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, No. 1)

What a bunch of drivel...the main character couldn't have a drier, more uninteresting personality if she were a soda cracker! Beyond being totally predictable as a mystery, the rude, dismissive, and completely cold and colorless attitudes of the two "siblings" made this book almost unreadable. Why should the reader care about anything in this book when the humorless main character barely can bring herself to care acout anything but herself? The characters in this book, with the possible exception of the policeman, are ridiculously flat and self absorbed. I've never felt the need to write a review before, but I couldn't let go of the irritation that felt reading this. The most irritating thing about it is that it could have been executed so much better by an author who even pretended to appreciate her readers by inserting even an ounce of personality into her characters. I felt like I needed to wash the dust off my hands after reading this formulaic and shallow piece of...work.Get more detail about Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, No. 1).

Order The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

There are many good things about this book. Firstly, it is a very enjoyable read. The examples and stories may hurt the organization of the ideas somewhat but they make the book hard to put down. Secondly, Taleb makes some very reasonable criticisms of the use of the normal curve for variables that are clearly not normally distributed such as book sales or market prices. He exaggerates the problems with statistics quite a bit, however. I hope that non-scientific readers do not take these to heart and cease trusting anyone who uses traditional data analysis methods- in most scientific endeavors these are appropriate and superior to alternatives. Later in the book he does admit that there are legitimate uses of this approach- he gives the example of empirical psychology specifically(it was refreshing to hear his praise of this science).

His idea about using a fractal distribution for data with 'fat tails' is an interesting alternative, though I'm not sure how reliable such a technique really is. This may be part of the point- the normal curve and traditional statistics simply don't work in these cases, but we don't really know how these variables are distributed, so using a fractal tail is an alternative but imperfect tool. The major problem that I see with this tool is that you have to estimate what the power exponent of the tail will be- and making a mistake will have huge consequences for the model. Taleb himself admits that you could give ten different analysts the same data and they could all come up with a different value for the power exponent! This seems like a major Achilles Heel to using a fractal approach to these situations. I wish instead Taleb had simply emphasized that these variables don't behave in a way that lends themselves to exact modeling, especially because of the higher possibility of 'Black Swans' or what could simply be called very extreme cases.

My gripes with the book mostly come down to Taleb's arrogance and exaggerations. Taleb can be pretty full of himself, which gets old fast. As I mentioned above, I wish he hadn't exaggerated the problems with statistics- in the first part of the book he acts like nothing interesting calls for the use of statistics and calls the normal distribution an intellectual fraud. The normal distribution is not a fraud- it is an excellent description of many phenomena, despite the fact that there are situations to which it should not be applied. Taleb is also extremely critical of certain disciplines and professions, especially economics. He does make legitimate criticisms of economic ideas and models, but he does so in an insulting and tactless manner.

Despite Taleb's arrogance and exaggerations, this book has many interesting ideas and several great discussions of the philosophy of knowledge and science that make it worth reading. Just make sure to exercise a healthy dose of skepticism when you do so (as Taleb himself advocates).Get more detail about The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.

Where To Buy The White Tiger: A Novel

This book talks about all the things about India that everybody knows about but nobody wants to talk about. Afterall it is much easier and safe to be politically correct (or "culturally sensitive") to talk about its ancient spirituality and new age abrstract, and to avoid the topics of the filth, social and domestic violence, corruption, and miserable conditions of the poor and women, condoned by religion and "traditions". The metaphors of "rooster coop" and "the caged tigers" are appropriate for the conditions of the under-previleged, trapped in the rigid caste system and sense of helplessness. It is a well written book with important message, very dark, depressing and hilarious at the same time. I am giving only 3 stars because I have read many books by English-speaking Indian authors, Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry by far the best, and they all seem so similar. I guess I expected this one to be radically different, but it wasn't.Get more detail about The White Tiger: A Novel.

Shop For One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1)

Gawker announced today (April 30, 2010) that Katherine Heigl (!?!) will star in the upcoming One for the Money movie.

I'm so depressed to have waited so long for this movie to come to fruition and this is the actress that was chosen to play the role of Stephanie Plum. :(

How could this happen? No one but Sandra Bullock belongs in this role.

Talk about running a movie before a scene is ever shot. I'm bummed.Get more detail about One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1).

The Watchman

Here we have the author's take on the action/conspiracy thriller. Rich girl sees something she shouldn't and after two failed murder attempts, a favour is called in and Joe Pike is brought in to protect her. After a couple more failed attempts, Pike brings in his partner Elvis and decides to take the fight to the bad guys. Not knowing who to trust, Pike decides to cut everybody out of the loop and do things his way.........

This moves with pace and is, like all the author's novels, thrilling and entertaining with more then a few great one-liners thrown in. The focus here is more on Joe Pike then Elvis Cole and we see some flashbacks into his early Police years, all helping us to understand Pike's character.

A slightly rushed ending, but good stuff from Crais once again.
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Order The Girl Who Played with Fire

Do also watch the movies available in Swedish with English subtitles. All three are excellent movies. Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander gives an outstanding performance, especially in the final movie, The girl who kicked the hornet's nest. She is brilliant in The girl with the dragon tattoo and The girl who played with fire. Definitely Oscar worthy performances from Ms. Rapace.Get more detail about The Girl Who Played with Fire.

Where To Buy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I can't imagine a more boring read than this book. I only stuck with it because it was highly recommended by someone with a college edumacation. While I am not among the most scholarly people on the planet, I do know what is a poor excuse for literature. And The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is just that.Get more detail about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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Not a horrible book, I have read worse, I think he has potential. I did not need to read the names over and over again, very annoying.Get more detail about The Dark Tide.

Buy The Help

Thank you, fellow two-star giving reviewers! I thought I was the only one who was disappointed and irritated by this amateurish book. Let me see if I can assemble all my reasons together.
Reason #1: I agree that the dialect was "off" for both black and white.
Reason #2: Historical inaccuracies. In the afterword, the author admits to using "The Times the are A-Changing" and "Shake-n-Bake" anachronistically, but there are so many more examples. The book is set in 1960-1964, which are not the Hippie Sixties, but rather then tail-end of how we imagine the Fifties. Yet people in this small southern town reference hippie culture, and that just jarred.
Reason #3: Un-subtle use of historical events. Even the historical events that did happen during this time period were used like a bludgeon to reinforce the author's intention to depict change. I think that's probably why she moved some of the late 60s stuff forward. But as a fan of Mad Men, I know that it is possible to weave history into plot in more subtle, authentic ways. I also have a pet peeve about the way Rosa Parks and MLK Jr and Medgar Evers were pretty much the only people mentioned in terms of civil rights action. Yes, they played significant roles, but Rosa Parks was not the first or only person to protest bus laws. And she didn't do it as a spur of the moment heroic thing. She was part of a much wider, very organized network of activists. I got little sense of this network in Stockett's portrayal of the black community.
Reason #4: I agree with others that Skeeter was an obvious stand-in for the author. How convenient that she was so beloved by the black community. If you read the Afterward it is obvious that the author is seeking wish-fulfillment.
Reason #5: Skeeter is a crappy protagonist. And there's that stupid trope of the ungainly unpopular chick who gets the hot guy to love her because she's a writer! More wish-fulfillment.
Reason #6: Barely-there characterization.
Reason #7: The pie thing *is* SO DUMB and unbelievable.
Reason #8: Lots of telling, not showing.
So why 2 stars and not 1? Because I feel that the author was well-intentioned, and she actually made me shed a tear at one point because of empathy for a character.Get more detail about The Help.

Buying The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Stieg Larsson's third novel in the Millennium series is an international `police procedural.' It was translated into English from the Swedish by Reg Keeland in a good, flowing style. The chapters are divided into short segments, keeping readers involved with the professional and personal lives of several key characters.

The story is exciting and full of suspense from beginning to end. There are detailed descriptions of various law enforcement agencies in Sweden, with only one delay in the action as a result of a multi-page detailed description of the secret service agency "Sapo".

The plot includes high tech internet activities presented in a realistic, believable way that adds to the suspense. There are interesting presentations of political and journalistic organizations in the novel relative to the plot. The novel is self-contained meaning readers can enjoy it without reading the first two books in the trilogy. Also, the third novel does not `spoil' the first two, but rather it encourages first time Stieg readers to go back in time and read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire.

I recommend this lengthy novel to readers who enjoy novels of suspense, international intrigue, and police procedurals. It is not a book to be read quickly, but it is worthwhile and enjoyable.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a series of short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle to be published in serial format in The Strand Magazine. They are each complete unto themself, so if you missed one you could still go out and get the next one without much of a bother. The character Sherlock Holmes became much beloved in England over this and people even wrote into the magazine asking if he was a real man (to which the editor gave a suitably vague response). Sherlock Holmes solves mysteries through logic and observation, and oftentimes just had to hear about a case to piece together what happened, he is famous for his large magnifying glass, his tall lanky figure, and of course his pipe. His is still the figure people think of when they think of a detective even today.

The plots are sometimes weak, but often intricate and they leave you guessing until the final plot twist at the end as to who did what and how. Occasionally you can guess early just what is going on but you still want to read on because you find you care about what happens to Holmes and Watson and whatever other innocents become involved in the case and you need to see what happens next! If you love mysteries you need to give this classic an honest try. It's highly readable, and well worth a go. You won't be disappointed.Get more detail about Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Save Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (Maison Ikkoku)

I have tried to read Treasure Island numerous times. A couple times when I was younger and once as an adult. Every time I found it to be a bit boring and ended up not finishing it. This time I was determined to make it through it. I made it, and the book was okay but I think compared to modern day adventures the adventure in this book was pretty tame. I read this on my Amazon Kindle

I think everyone knows the basic story. A young boy and some companions form a company of sailors and take off to find buried treasure on Treasure Island. Ends up part of the company are pirates and mutiny upon landing at the Island. Struggles on Treasure Island commence between the loyal sailors and the pirates.

The writing style of this novel has definitely aged with time. It isn't horrible to get through; it's pretty readable and the beginning of the story really grabbed my interest. As time goes on though the story gets bogged down with description and predictability. This isn't a story where characterization or action scenes are a strong point. It is an excellent adventure in the sense that they end up on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere; the struggles they face though are more related to dealing with the pirates than dealing with any trouble the Island throws at them.

Maybe this story is just too well known, but for some reason I found it very predictable and this made getting through the lengthy descriptions even tougher. This book does do a wonderful job describing pirates and personifying their characters, but it isn't much fun.

I think younger readers will find the story tedious and boring, they may also struggle with the stilted language. Older readers may appreciate the lush descriptions, but will ultimately find the action scenes lacking and the adventure to be not quite as adventurous as in modern day works.

Overall an okay novel. Not as exciting and engaging as I had hoped for. Now I can say I read it and move on. I don't know that this is one I will read to my son when he gets older, I think it would bore him. When compared to other classic novels I have read this year, this was my least favorite. I found both "The Left Hand of Darkness" and "Pride and Prejudice" to be more engaging and interesting.Get more detail about Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (Maison Ikkoku).

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I really enjoyed reading this one. It was suspenseful and I know it's fiction but I could visualize how this could really happen in real life. Great summer read! Pick it up. You won't be bored.Get more detail about Caught.

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i read this book in about a day and thats with breaks in between. the story is well written but repetitive. although the journey of the author is very inspiring, it isnt captivating and personally i would leave this book as a book about a near death experience rather than an inspirational and spiritual finding.Get more detail about 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Life and Death.