| 1. |  | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $8.51
Customer Review:
Everyone should read this book - its a life changer. However, even better, but for some reason being overlooked by the world, is "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World" by John Woods. I don't understand why 3 Cups is being promoted by booksellers and is being given such high profile, where John... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous
from Tantor Media
Price: $31.49
Customer Review:
I was on board with this book (in audio form) initially, then they got into meat, and were really zealots about it! I have nothing against Vegan folks, to each their own, but this book was disguised as a funny get real book about weight loss, that turned into some kind of podium for why we must all... more info | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
from Little, Brown and Company
Price: $16.49
Customer Review:
This is a fast paced thriller and an incredible true story. Gives great insight into military operations in Afghanistan. However, Petty Officer Luttrell's professed love of country apparently doesn't apply to the Bill of Rights in particular freedom of press. As far as blaming the Rules of... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need
from Berkley Hardcover
Price: $16.32
Customer Review:
JACK JACOBS stands tall as a humble hero. Jack's actions are truly heroic and told with humility, humor and matter-of-fact style that captures the reader. Along with Jack Jacobs, it is my privilege to be a member of our Medal of Honor Society - today, Jan 4,2009 - having ninety nine living members.... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $11.66
Customer Review:
I almost didn't read this book. I mean, it's pretty big. And it didn't really look like it would be the "storytelling" kind of history I had previously been reading. But I went for it. And it was actually quite easy to read the 500-plus pages that chronicle the relationship between the US, Pakistan,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
from Knopf
Price: $19.11
Customer Review:
Finished this one in 9 days - it was truly engaging and very suspenseful, particularly when one considers that everything is true and well-documented by a talented and sophisticated writter. I recommend. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Generation Kill
from Corgi Books
Customer Review:
I haven't finished the book yet - and I'm happy to say that instead of buying it, I got it from the library. The copy I have is hardback, published by Penguin, and frankly, I'm debating whether or not to continue, based on the fact that on page 86 in my edition, he describes the Tarawa Marines as... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
This is a brilliant social history of a Jewish resistance movement in Belarus and Eastern Poland. It focusses on the Bielski partisan group lead by the three Bielski brothers.
What made this partisan unit different from the others active in the area was the fact A) they were Jewish and B)... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
from Spiegel & Grau
Price: $17.16
Customer Review:
I just finished reading Factory Girls. It had received a 5 star rating in a magazine review and I thought it might be good. It really was. I am a big lover of Chinese movies, and thought this book would provide a background between the old and the new. It didn't disappoint. My only critical thing... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - The Definitive Edition
from Doubleday
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
The Jews of Europe are being rounded up to be sent to prison camp. If they are very young children, they are killed immediately! Others can stay alive as long as they can work hard on little food. But they, too, will eventually follow the younger children. It is for this reason Anne Frank and others... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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