Read the INK Q&A with Howard Blum and save 30% on American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century.
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Read the INK Q&A with Howard Blum and save 30% on American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century.
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Krystal, May 13, 2008
This book is full of information, history, suspense, and murder. It is made even more intriguing knowing that it is solidly based on fact. The plot jumps back and forth between a story about the World Fair and a heart wrenching murder mystery. The World Fair is important contextual information under which the murders took place and the murderer got away with it, but the amazing level of detail depicted in this book should really have been its own book. Having the two stories running concurrently in this book took away some of the magic of each story. While I enjoyed the overall book, I think both stories would have been done more justice to be their own individual story.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
Social Animal (9TH 04 - Old Edition) by Elliot Aronson
Krystal, June 28, 2007
Aronson provides a good overview of the research on human behavior. Even though the book is an overview of research, it does not come across like a textbook. Instead, Aronson uses examples to make it understandable and easy to read. If you are interested in human behavior, this is a good read.(6 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)
Murphy's Boy
Krystal, April 6, 2007
Hayden portrays the life of a boy who has endured unspeakable pain realistically and empathically. She writes about the difficulties of treating a child with selective mutism, portraying the difficulties, but also instilling hope that he can recover. It is a heart wrenching tale of a troubled youth and someone who really cared. All of Hayden's work seems to have one underlying theme which is a belief that those children that so many have given up on can actually get better and be competent members of our society because one person cared enough to see them through their tough times.(4 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)
Learned Optimism by Martin E P Seligman
Krystal, April 6, 2007
Seligman reports on studies of how optimism effects people. He discusses the benefits that optimists appear to have over pessimists in many areas of life. Seligman discusses the reasons why people may have an optimistic or pessimistic view on life. The book includes Seligman's Attributional Style Questionnaire so that you may determine which way you tend to perceive the world.(7 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)
The Center of Winter (P.S.) by Marya Hornbacher
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1-5 of 17 nextKrystal, August 20, 2006
During a dep Minnesota winter, a family's lives are forever changed when Arnold gives in to the darkness and commits suicide. The story is told from altering points of view of 6-year-old Kate, 12-year-old Esau, and Clair, former wife and current mother, who is just trying to make it through. Information is not lost in the changes in narration, but rather more depth is created from the different points of view.(10 of 19 readers found this comment helpful)