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I wasn't sure what I was going to find when I picked up this book, but was soon drawn into these stories of not only people that are part of the violent aspect to our country, but to the people whose lives are all affected by them.
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This is a must read for everyone. How can one survive not only physcially but emotionally and spiritually in the midst of something as horrendous as being a prisoner in a concentration camp? This book chronicals how those that did surive were able to do just that. It's an incredible book on survival and how to find meaning in our own lives.
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I took a class on Baldwin and having read all his fiction, this was the book that really struck me in everyway. It is a book about community, love, memory, and living in a world where being black could get you killed. Yet, overall, it is a book about being human with all that that entails.
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Oh, my God!!!! This book was totally awesome!! I laughed so hard while reading this book as I too grew up during the '80s except on the west coast. While my experience was more KROQ and less Bruce Springstein, I could totally relate to her memories of the eighties and the great music and rock stars of that time. Loved this book.
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A J Jacobs
nicjas, August 20, 2007
This is a great book if you like a memoir with some interesting and entertaining information. A great read.(10 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)
Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence, and Forbidden Desires, a Surprising Number of Which Are Not about Marriage by Pete Dexter
nicjas, July 30, 2007
I wasn't sure what I was going to find when I picked up this book, but was soon drawn into these stories of not only people that are part of the violent aspect to our country, but to the people whose lives are all affected by them.(10 of 13 readers found this comment helpful)
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl
nicjas, March 19, 2007
This is a must read for everyone. How can one survive not only physcially but emotionally and spiritually in the midst of something as horrendous as being a prisoner in a concentration camp? This book chronicals how those that did surive were able to do just that. It's an incredible book on survival and how to find meaning in our own lives.(16 of 25 readers found this comment helpful)
Just Above My Head by James A. Baldwin
nicjas, December 23, 2006
I took a class on Baldwin and having read all his fiction, this was the book that really struck me in everyway. It is a book about community, love, memory, and living in a world where being black could get you killed. Yet, overall, it is a book about being human with all that that entails.(3 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)
But Enough about Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous by Jancee Dunn
nicjas, August 28, 2006
Oh, my God!!!! This book was totally awesome!! I laughed so hard while reading this book as I too grew up during the '80s except on the west coast. While my experience was more KROQ and less Bruce Springstein, I could totally relate to her memories of the eighties and the great music and rock stars of that time. Loved this book.(4 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)