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Fiction & Poetry
Non-fiction & Creative Non-fiction
I list recent postings here. And see further on for books suggested by friends and family! Under Fiction & Poetry — Edgar Sawtell - novel The Gathering - novel Out Stealling Horses - novel Icefields - novel The History of Love - novel What the Dead Know - novel One Good Turn - novel Under Non-Fiction & Creative Non-Fiction — A Complaint Free World - psychology/spirituality For the Time Being - essay/ philosophy The Political Brain - politics Three Cups of Tea - compassion The Portable MFA - writing Audacity of Hope - politics For other titles, reviewed in the past, click on a"show archived reviews" above. Books I hope to read that you have recommended: From the Family – From Chris Taylor: He’s winning by the way! His new job has him on airplanes a good share of the time. I envy him his reading time! I’m going to start listing his most recent ones first… The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth (Friedman)economics/political - skim he says, it’s long but important! Three Billion New Capitalists (Prestowitzeconomics/political skim this one too he says! The End of Oil (Paul Roberts)economics/political The Innovator’s Dilemma (Clayton M. Christensen)business Everything Bad Is Good For You (Steven Johnson) cognitive thinking / parenting From Nicole DeNooyer: In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez) novel Purple Hibiscus (Chimananda Ngozi Adichie) novel From Dominique DeNooyer: Audio Books! Dominique likes to listen to his books! The Tipping Point(Malcom Gladwell) psychology/business Freakonomics (Steven Levitt) psychology/business Blink(Malcom Gladwell) psychology/business Nickel and Dimed(Barbara Ehrenreich) contemporary culture/sociology From Craig Hoeksema The Way We Eat (Peter Singer) contemporary culture/sociology The End of Poverty (Jeffrey Sachs ) contemporary culture/sociology Pathologies of Power (Paul Farmer) politics/sociology The History of Love (Nicole Krauss) novel (I recommend too, see review) From Meredith Volkema The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan) - ethics & enviornmental food issues And Friends – From Marge DuBois Cage of Stars (Jacquelyn Mitchard) novel From Mary Haab: The Little Locksmith (Kate Butler Hathaway) (pub.ished 1943) novel Dreams of My Russian Summer (Andrei Makine) novel The Sea (John Banville) novel All the Names (Jose Saramago) Saramago won the Nobel in 1998 Yo (Julia Alverez) novel Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa) novel Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Packer) short stories Heart is a Lonely Hunter(McCullers) novel Will in the World (Greenblatt) novel From Peter Haab: Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirosky) novel The Cave (Jose Saramago)novel From Diane Kalusniah: A Thousand Spendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini author of The Kite Runner). novel The Book Theif (Marcus Zusak) novel The Zahir/ A Novel of Obsession (Paulo Coelho) novel One Thousand White Women (Jim Fergus) novel From Melissa Kruse: Buffalo Girls (Larry McMurtry) novel From Leon Midgett Castle in the Forest (Norman Mailer) novel World wihtout End (Ken Follett - sequel to Pillars of the Earth) novel From Sally Mulder Moloka'i (Alan Brennert) novel From Ruth Posthumus Saving the World(Jula Alvarez) novel Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achee ) novel Wicked (Gregory McGuire) novel The Emperor's Children (Claire Messud) novel From Kym Reinstadler The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards) novel Three Junes (Julia Glass) novel The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai) novel (the 2006 Man Booker Prize Winner) From Barbara Saunier The Mozart Effect (Don Campbell) (nonfiction, music and creative expression) From Trent Thompson Ishmael (Daniel Quinn) novel Confessions of an Economic Hit Man(John Perkins) politcs/economics Failed States, The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy(Noam Chomsky) politics From Andrea VerBeek: Memor of Running(Ron McLarty) memoir The Lake, The River and The Other Lake (Steve Amid) novel Glass CAstle: A Memoir (Jeanette Walls) novel |
