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This was a book I found to be a very powerful read, though it is simply written. The book is written from the viewpoint of Agu, a child who after witnessing his father die becomes a child warrior in Africa. He reflects back on his life before the war, and life is his band of guerilla warriors...

A short book, only about 140 pages and told in 5 chapter. Each chapter from a different view point. This is a story about the internment of Japanese amaericans during WW2. The book starts with the mothers' view as she is told to evacuate, the duaghters view on the train ride ro camp, the son...

Similar to the Nanny Diaries. It is about one womans experience as a Hollywood nanny to the Ovitz family. It is a fairly scathing account of the life of the elite and their parenting styles. They crazy demands of the uber rich. As well as the nanny who in many ways justs allows herslef to be...

Well, I did not see a thread started on this one already. I found this book very interesting. It is about towns which have purposely kept themselves all white for decades, and there are many more of them than you think. It questions not only the past, but the perceptions which people still hold...

I just finished this book and must say I truly enjoyed it. As someone who is a bit of a history buff, this book was just fascinating. It deals with the history of the KGB from 1918 to 1992. The books main focus is on the action of the soviets against 'ideological dissidents', but also deals...

I just finished this book today and thoroughly enjoyed. The author's writing style is very entertaining and I found the story itself to be interesting. This is the story of Biff, Jesus Christ's childhood pal, who takes it upno himself to tell the whole story of Jesus' life. I found it to be...

I enjoyed this book. It as an easy and interesting read. Some parts were quite funny while other were horrible disgusting. Obviously, the author comes out in favor of recycling, but is not overly preachy with this view. In fact when it comes to recycling plastics she may well be against that. I...

I have been searching Amazon to find a copy of A Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian nights) only to find that there are many different translations. So, I start doing a bit of research to attempt to figure out which translation may be the most complete and the most accurate. I read quiye a...

Hello to all. Hmm, Summary of me. Well, I am from the Unites states. Florida to be more precise. I am married, I am an RN, and I spend almost all my free time with my nose in a book. I usually get through about a book a week. I started looking around the web for places I could talk about...