Review: If you're a student or fan of the Russian poet/novelist, then this book is a must-read. It is a superb critical biography of the man who is a giant in the literary world. The book enlightens the reader on Solzhenitsyn's life and politics, his timeless as well as his contemporary significance. As is the subject of being written about, this is a giant read - 559 pages in hardcover edition. This is not only a finely wrought literary biography but also a chronice of twentieth-century Russian history. A rich and rewarding read.
(reviewed by Caz)

	Alexander Solzhenitsyn - A Century in His Life	(Hardcover)
	Alexander Solzhenitsyn - A Century in His Life	(Paperback)

Review: With a portfolio worth more than $90,000 and an impressive average return of 23 percent, the Beardstown Ladies' Investment Club has the secret recipe for investment success. These sixteen women have been outperforming mutual funds and professional money managers 3 to 1.
(reviewed by Jan)

	The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide	(Hardcover)
	The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide	(Paperback)
	The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide	(Audio Cassette Book)

Review: This is a truly unique book. In 1987, a cache of letters, albums and clippings was discovered in the attic of a house in Kingston, Ontario, the bits and pieces of an unknown woman's life. Among the overflowing boxes and stuffed sugar sacks was a collection of letters from the months immediately after the First World War, a one-way correspondence written in pencil on flimsy paper. From this careless jumble of papers, there emerged unforgettable characters and an extraordinary story: a convict, a village girl, a penitentiary, and the town that lived in its shadow. The Convict Lover is a dazzling blend of historical detective work and imaginative recreation. You'll be spellbound by the relationship that unfolds through the very secretive, unconventional contacts made between one Joseph Cleroux and his link to the outside world, Phyllis Halliday. Excellent read. This book is an extraordinary stroke of literary good fortune. A reading.
(reviewed by Caz)

	The Convict Lover: A True Story	(Hardcover)
	The Convict Lover: A True Story	(Paperback)

Review: A very thought provoking book. It helps to increase your awareness of your natural instinct's, as well as help you to understand how to react with them.

Also reveals the mind's of violent people, what they do, how they think, and how to predict their next move. Offer's potentially lifesaving information, that is a must read for women and men alike.
(reviewed by Sugar)

	The Gift of Fear	(Hardcover)
	The Gift of Fear	(Paperback)
	The Gift of Fear	(Audio Cassette Book)

Review: A beginner's guide to the basics of investing and business. Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of investing and business in a primer that will enlighten and entertain anyone who is high-school age or older.
(reviewed by Jan)

	Learn to Earn	(Hardcover)
	Learn to Earn	(Paperback)
	Learn to Earn	(Audio Cassette Book)

Submitted by Auntie Bob

Coca-Cola : The Collector's Guide to New and Vintage Coca-Cola Memorabilia

(Paperback)

Submitted by Auntie Bob

Summers' Pocket Guide to Coca-Cola (1st Ed)

(Paperback)

Review: I found this book to be thought provoking - gives you a different outlook on religion and makes a lot of sense!
(reviewed by Vanille)

Conversations With God *an uncommon dialogue* - Book 1

(Hardcover)

Review: This is the true story of James Stockdale's 8 years as a POW in Vietnam and his wife Sybil's fight to bring him home while raising their four sons on her own. The authors alternate chapters, giving this book a very unique perspective in the category of war stories. James Stockdale was one of only two Navy pilots on the scene during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which the United States used as justification for seriously escalating involvement in Vietnam. His account of the events of that night alone make the book worth reading. But most will appreciate this book for it's beautiful portrayal of love, devotion, faith, and incredible courage. This book is a very inspirational read.
(reviewed by Clamcake)

In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacarifice During the Vietnam Years

(Paperback)

Review: {The Man in the Ice} will remain the book to read about the Stone Age equivalent of King Tut... A fascinating book." --Baltimore Evening Sun

"Astonishing...Reads like a forensic mystery." -- Publisher's Weekly

This is a great read about the Iceman, a Stone Age man found recently covered in Ice in a Glacier that recently began melting and moving up higher to reveal a 5,000 year old body almost compeltely mummified by the ice and intact...
(reviewed by Cavester)

The Man in the Ice

(Paperback)

Review: Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect--Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first flying machine, was one of the great universal geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the great storehouse of his theories and discoveries are presented here in 1566 extracts that reveal the full range of Leonardo's versatile interests: all the important writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, astronomy, geography, typography, and other fields are included, in both Italian and English, with 186 plates of manuscript pages and many other drawings reproduced in facsimile size.

There are two books in this set, volume one and volume two...Buy them both!
(reviewed by Cavester)

	The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume I	(Paperback)
	The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume II	(Paperback)

Review: Couched in the romance of conflict and reconciliation, the real drama of O'Keeffe and Stieglitz, as with most couples, was collusion. Especially for men and women whose careers are intertwined, fuled by one another's success, there is a private union and its professional, public face. He has his assigned role, she has hers. A Bargain is struck.--from the cover

Excellent bio of Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband Alfred Stieglitz... If you like her paintings and /or his photography, or just like a good story ... this is a great story...
(reviewed by Cavester)

O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romance

(Paperback)

Review:Amazon review - Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate: "I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me." That comic tone enlivens this account of Bryson's farewell walking tour of the countryside of "the green and kindly island that had for two decades been my home."

Caz's comments - You WILL laugh out loud. This is a combination of history studies, travel journal, comic writing, and more. One of my fave books. Bryson is out and out genius and hilarious all at the same time! A must read!
(reviewed by Caz)

	Notes From a Small Island	(Hardcover)
	Notes From a Small Island	(Paperback)
	Notes From a Small Island	(Audio CD)

Review: "That today the modern world is on such easy terms with the concept of culture, that the words "in your culture" slip from the lips of educated men and women almost as effortlessly as do the phrases that refer to period and place, is in very great part due to this book." ~ Margaret Mead

from me?

To understand our fellow human beings, we must first know how to understand them... this is a primer in how to know how to understand your fellow human beings... a Classic in reading...
(reviewed by Cavester)

Patterns of Culture

(Paperback)

Suggested by: Auntie Bob

Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance

(Hardcover)

Review: Excellent Book on Herbs, and things to do with them, and how to grow them, and and and.. ;D
(reviewed by Cavester)

	Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs	(Hardcover)
	Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs	(Paperback)

Review: Did he, or didn't he? A fresh look at Richard III, York King of England. The author, an entertainment lawyer, comes to no definite conclusions about the death of the princes in the tower, but does present compelling evidence that Richard was badly maligned by Shakespeare and Thomas More. Great non-fiction for the Anglophile!
(reviewed by Badangel)

Royal Blood : Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes

(Hardcover)

Review:Your Sixth Sense unravels the mysterious nature of perception and intuition, and offers each of us the skills to cultivate the extraordinary abilities of our own minds and hearts.

A master psychotherapist and nationally recognized guided imagery expert, Belleruth Naparstek explores the nature of 'psi' - how and why it works - and includes a scientific but easily usable explanation of the physics of ESP as well as some cautions and concerns about maintaining ethics, boundaries and balance in this territory. Finally, Your Sixth Sense offers sensible, clear suggestions and step-by-step imagery exercises to help you recognize, utilize and expand your own dormant intuitive abilities.
(from the jacket)

	Your Sixth Sense : Activating Your Psychic Potential	(Hardcover)
	Your Sixth Sense : Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition	(Paperback)
	Your Sixth Sense : Activating Your Psychic Potential	(Audio Cassette Book)

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