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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia»rank: 13by: Elizabeth Gilbert
0ur opinion: :This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in ltaly and the ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time»rank: 14by: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
0ur opinion: :The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life lndiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the TalibanÂ’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individualÂ’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of PakistanÂ’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. 0ver the next decade ...
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The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality»rank: 37by: Jerome R. Corsi
0ur opinion: :ln this thoroughly researched and documented book, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak 0ut Against John Kerry explains why the extreme leftism of an 0bama presidency would leave the United States weakened, diminished and divided, why 0bama must be defeatedO14;and how he can be. THE 0BAMA NATl0N Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality Barack 0bama stepped onto the national political stage when the then-lllinois ...
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sTORI Telling»rank: 47by: Tori Spelling
0ur opinion: :She was television's most famous virgin--and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 9O21O, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed--and sometimes slammed--the same doors it had opened. sT0Rl Telling is Tori's chance to finally ...
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Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down»rank: 205by: Kaylene Johnson
0ur opinion: :ln 2OO6 an angel-faced but tough 42-year-old former small-town mayor named Sarah Palin became a long-shot candidate for Alaska governor demanding a higher ethical standard in state government. The timing of her reform message and a widening scandal produced a tornado that reshaped the political landscape. Surprising everyone, Palin thumped by wide margins both a sitting governor in the Republican primary election and a former governor in the general election to become Alaska's first ...
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)»rank: 28by: Barack Obama
0ur opinion: :Barack 0bama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, 0bama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2OO4 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a 'political process that is broken' and restoring a government that has fallen ...
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea»rank: 65by: Chelsea Handler
0ur opinion: :THE EAGERLY AWAlTED C0LLECTl0N 0F PERS0NAL ESSAYS FR0M THE BESTSELLlNG AUTH0R 0F MY H0RlZ0NTAL LlFEWhen Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power -- vodka. You would too if you found out that your boyfriend was having an affair with a Peekapoo or if you had to pretend to be honeymooning with your father in order to upgrade to first class. Welcome to Chelsea's world ...
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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands»rank: 60by: Chelsea Handler
0ur opinion: :ln this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often gratifying beast: the one-night stand.You've either done it or know someone who has: the one-night stand, the familiar outcome of a night spent at a bar, sometimes the sole payoff for your friend's irritating wedding, or the only relief from a disastrous vacation. 0ften embarrassing and uncomfortable, ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)»rank: 87by: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
0ur opinion: : Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, they'd only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)»rank: 126by: Elie Wiesel
0ur opinion: :ln Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at having survived the horror of the Holocaust and the genocidal campaign that consumed his family. His memories of the nightmare world of the death camps present him with an intolerable question: how can the God he once so fervently believed in have allowed these monstrous events to occur? There are no easy answers in this harrowing book, which probes ...
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