This is a small paperback book with 175 pages of alien language from the Star Wars movies. The book covers Bocce, Huttese, Ewokese, Jawaese, Droidspeak, Gunganese, Neimoidian, Wookie-speak, Sullustan and Tuskan. The book includes individual words and phrases as well as a short history of each race.
As a humor …

Recently I went to a nearby library to apply for a library card for my daughter. It was a weekday afternoon, so it was not as crowded as the weekends. I went to the counter and told the librarian that I would like to register my daughter as a …

Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger
What is supposed to be the definitive chronicle of the cigarette business in the United States from its glorious rise to it apparant fall truly falters almost from the outset.
The problem with the book is that he tries to compensate for for any criticism …

My husband got this Atlas at the airport in Johannesburg for R 155. It was foreseen that after doing Namibia and South Africa in August, we would also do another toad trip in Dec. 2009. We are always travelling and even if there is a GPS in the …

The book, “Organisational Behaviour“, by Fred Luthans, entails the area of organisational atmosphere describing in detail the emergence of the modern subject and the need to study and implement its ideologies pertaining to business and official environment.
The contents illustarted in the book are spread on a vast arena featuring …

I am a huge fan of Margaret Atwood and have read all of her books, (of course I have-I’m missreadalot). Her books are excellent and always an enjoyable read. Cat�s Eye is infused with autobiographical overtones and is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who …

Gunsight Crossing is a western written by William W. Johnstone.
This is my favorite of the Blood Bond series which Johnstone writes.
I like both main characters Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves. I like the comraderie of the two men in the book. I also like Josiah Finch …

I love young adult fiction. It has less about sex and more about great storylines. This book was really good. I bought this book on impulse, since I was running out of books to read. It looked interesting, the cover was interesting, and the reviews …

I bought Elegant Tatting Pattern by Janet Carroll from Amazon.com awhile back ago for an exact amount I do not remember but I am sure it was a very low price of around $5 and to top it off Amazon was having one of their 4 for the price of …

Wimpy kid Diary —“ Rodrick Rules is the second book from “Wimpy Kid Diary” series, by Jeff Kinney. This series was starts as posts in a blog, and it became so famous that the story was changed in books. Jeff is the author and the illustrator of the blog …

Dorland’s is one of those I consider one of my most reliable tools when I was in Nursing school years ago. It helped me greatly during my 4 years of study, as I use it everyday as it is packed with all the information I need from cover to
cover. …

I love to read, though my interest only extend to the paranormal type books. Yeah I know what some of you might be saying right now “Oh great another one”. Wrong! In my defense I started reading paranormal books before twilight even became as popular as it is today. …

Charade by Nyrae Dawn is a very emotional and touching book. It’s about two people that between charades and farces find themselves, matured and learn that everyone has their flaws. That it’s okay to need people and be needed. It has a very pretty message and it inspired me, …

This book is a collections of short stories about what a special, powerful and even magical influence horses can have on our lives. Featured in this book famous horses such as Seabiscuit, Ruffian, and Funny Cide as well as everyday horses like yours who have …

“Raising Dragons” is the first book of a Christian fantasy series that introduces a rather unusual concept of people who are actually… dragons. That is, dragons living in a human form. And some of them do not even know it. For Billy Banister, a school kid, the amazing discovery …

In this book, Thomas L. Friedman, best-selling author and writer for the New York Times, carefully proposes ideas for a national strategy for the “greening” of the United States. He has done his research well and presents strategies that he believes will be the power sources for the …

The Intermediate Geography Workbook is produced by Rand McNally Schoolhouse Products. It covers how to read a map useing the legend. The Intermediate Geography Workbook covers longitude, latitude, world time zones and hemispheres. It covers customs, culture, animals and landmarks of the world besides geography of the seven contitinets …

When the young gentlewoman Emma Woodhouse sees her governess marry a nice man named Mr. Weston, she flatters herself that she has arranged this match, subtly leading the two people to become interested in each other. Inspired by this success, Emma takes up matchmaking as a hobby. She thinks …

Born of a father who came from Kenya, August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, United States, 47 years later, Barack Obama became the center of attention in the world. November 4, 2008, citizens of African descent, won the presidential election in the United States. All welcomed the presence of Obama. …

I borrowed the book The End of Advertising as We Know It from the library the other day. This book is written by Sergio Zyman and Armin Brott. My friend told me that the book’s price is around $27 or something. That is really lucky of …

Rachel Stanislaski meets Zachery Muldoon and Nicholas LeBeck in this second installment in the Stanislaski series. And yup, it’s another hit by Roberts!
Nick gets Rachel as his PD when he gets involved in a burglary. However, it doesn’t stop there. While Rachel goes to the wall to fight the …

“Jungle Bullies” is a children’s book written by Steven Kroll and illustrated by Vincent Nguyen. It is published by Marshall Cavendish Children Company in 2006. This is a book that tells a great lesson about bullying while using wonderful illustrations to hammer the point home. Is …

Baby You are a Rich Girl is the third chapter of the manga, The World God Only Knows; written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki
The next chapter introduces a new character and their new target for runaway spirits, Mio Aoyama. Keima and Elsee spend time at their classroom pretty funny. …

“Going After Cacciato” is a novel about a squad of infantrymen in the Vietnam War. It’s an interesting story and has a surrealistic quality about it that at times makes the reader feel as if he were experiencing the disorientation many of those who served in Vietnam experienced.
There are …

When I heard that Kate Gosselin was publishing a cookbook, I immediately decided that I wanted to purchase a copy. To this day, I’m not entirely sure why. I think it was because I knew the book, like Kate herself, would be very polarizing. I knew there would be …

Rob Zombie and Steve Niles team up once again in a follow up to their previous teaming for the excellent “The Nail.”
This time, they bring a new mini series (four issues) dealing with a man’s revenge againt (you guessed it) BIGFOOT! Bigfoot murdered his dad and raped and murdered …

Billion Girl is a ten volume long manga by Sakai Miwa. The manga has the genre of comedy, drama, mature, romance, shoujo, and school life. I think it can also be labeled on tragedy because a lot of situations in the manga are really too tragic. The story runs …

When I first began reading the Harry Potter, I did it to burn a little time. This time, as the release date approached, I found myself reviewing the books in excitement. While I was not one of the fanatics waiting outside a book store at midnight, I …

I love this book, Don’t Stop Me Now by Jeremy Clarkson so much. You don’t have to be a car enthusiast to appreciate the writings of this book. Jeremy Clarkson is a very humorous and good author and if you have yet to read any of his books, …

Since this book came out, everybody was talking about how wonderful it was, how good author Rainbow Rowell is and how painful the ending is. I finally decided to give it a chance, and I found a beautiful and real love story, but it’s a story that lacked a little …

For anybody interested interested in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, or perhaps looking for some challenging - though not difficult to read - material, the book “Thus Spake Zarathustra” makes for an excellent book, though perhaps not so much an excellent starting point in the philosophy of Nietzsche.
Though Nietzsche …

Mark Haddon’s debut novel is superbly written. The story is unique and refreshing. The author’s style of writing is plain, yet very strong.
The book is about an autist boy who finds his neighbourhood dog murdered. He wants to find the murderer under any cost, because he thinks it’s wrong …

As soon as I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I went online to search for information to help me understand the changes I would be going through and how I was going to cope throughout the next nine months. The lists of pregnancy and childbirth …

Harry Potter was not bad. It was pretty good. I’m halfway through the series. The descriptions are fantastic, J.K.Rowling has every detail down to a T. The books keep you reading and reading and are addictive. I think they are great if they get people to read that don’t …

Seeds of Evil (written by Carlton Smith and published by St Martin’s Paperback, 1997)
This is a true crime account which highlighted the reality of today’s young and wealthy —“ people to whom money comes with minimal or no effort. One wonders if the parents or guardians had …

I first discovered Shelby Foote by watching Ken Burns wonderful “Civil War” series on PBS. He was the charming, soft-spoken, southern gentleman who spoke about events and peoples as if he were talking about his own family history and reminiscing about close friends. He actually was. Foote was a …

This is another story by Mary Higgins Clark. It is the story of Ellie Cavanaugh who is seven when her elder sister Andrea gets murdered near her home in New York’s Westchester Country. It is Ellie’s testimony that puts Rob westerfield in jail despite there being more suspects in …

During our Literature class, one of the most catchy stories that had a great impact on me was “A Little Incident” by Lu Xun. It’s somehow a great work of art. It may be light to read but it depicts a wide range of …

Ralph Roberts is a 70 years old recent widower living in Derry, Maine. Still grieving over the loss of his wife and trying to adjust to his new, lonely life, he has trouble sleeping, which he thinks is normal for his age and may also be a part of …

I am an avid fan of paranormal romances that include some action and intrigue. Ms Sands definitely has not disappointmed me with this series of books. This book is one of a whole serious of books about the Argeneau family who are all vampires that have …

The Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Needlework is one of my favorite books and one that I actually purchased for my home use instead of just checking it out from the library. I do not do a lot of needlework but when I do I sometimes need some …

The Recipe Writer’s Handbook is hands down the BEST useful information about writing recipes I’ve come across. I’ve read plenty of articles from professional chefs and paid recipe writers, and none of them has broken down the mechanics and pure enjoyment of writing recipes the way Barbara Ostmann has.
When …

If you’re old enough, you will remember Ruth Dickson from her early work, most notably the notorious bestseller “Married Men Make the Best Lovers”. After a thirty-year hiatus, she has come roaring back, at age 80, with the delightfully dishy “Life, Death and Other Trivia”.
Witty, clever, …

So I’ve read this book a few weeks ago and I still can’t get over it! Some books bring out the worst, others bring out the best of our emotions. But this book brought out the most.
After reading this book I was so upset there wasn’t a sequel, …

I love post-apocalyptic stories, where people band together and figure out ways to survive. The relationship dynamics and rawness of the plots of those books always excite and interest me, so I was happy to delve into Alas, Babylon, a story about the United States after a nuclear apocalypse.
The …

Horsemanship by Waldemar Seunig was originally published in 1956. I found this treasure on classic riding by lucky chance and have never let the book out of my sight. This is a comprehensive look at English riding beginning with the origin, history and then practical application of taking a …

Graphic novels are a good way to engage a reader, and Jeff Smith has
written a great series of them.
The Great Cow Race is a fun second book following Out from Boneville. It
continues the story of the three Bone cousins.
They are great books for kids aged 8 and up, and work …

Dan Brown has done it again with Digital Fortress! This novel kept me glued to its pages for endless hours, and I must admit to being somewhat sad when I completed the read! I found that it provided me with a great activity to look forward to …

I had a chance to go through this book written by John Wright –The former Coach of Indian Cricket Team.There was much hype for this book.But i don’t think this has the content as expected.May be the media is the reason for the artificial hype.John Wright in his …

Has anyone here heard that the next Warriors series by Erin Hunter after the New Prophecy is going to be called The Power of Three, a three volume set. They will deal with what happened with Firestar after the battle with Bloodclan in Firestar’s Quest, as well as another …