Tami Longaberger is CEO of The Longaberger Company, the premier U.S. producer of handcrafted baskets and other home and lifestyle products. With great softness, clearness, and honesty, this book opens her heart, offering readers a sight of her exclusive “American Dream”—the kind not handed down or given freely—but earned... 

Rogoff and Reinhart, two very substantive economists, have produced a extraordinary work which will be read and studied for years. They have gathered tons of data from primary and secondary resources and condensed it to dozens of charts and graphs, a gallant work in its own right. Their purpose, God bless ‘em, is to lay... 

This book is not just a story, but a flight into past history – a view of the world that is long gone by. And it’s not just a view, but a window into which the readers press their faces against and examine into the brightly unfolding occasions portrayed only inches away by means of the printed word. But the readers... 

This book is motivating and simple to read about the issues contributing to achievement. Gladwell theorizes that those very victorious persons in the world, otherwise known as “outliers”, be indebted their victory to many things other than wonderful personal characteristics and attempt. While these persons are really... 

Philippa Gregory’s latest novel in her “The Cousins’ War” series doesn’t vary from her tried and true formula. She is, in a way, the Danielle Steel of historical fiction. What that means for the reader is that her plots all feature the same features. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing because... 

About this novel I just want to say that this novel ROCKED for me. John Carey is an amusing character and I am glad to have discovered him finally. The beauty of the entire thing is that this is what I enjoy about the unusual websites we are a part of, finding new material to read, and the discovery process. The Lion captured... 

In this book the author has fallen into a deep sadness and begins to question his life. He is no longer confident if he even wants to go on living. Planning a suicide in his mind starts a time of powerful soul-searching and introspection. He looks back over the path of his life and zeros on the things that really matter. The... 

Wow. This book should be required reading for scientists and students of life. The true story of Henrietta Lacks and her family has finally been told, beautifully, in this book. The book encompasses science, ethics, and the story of a family who was terribly wronged in the pursuit of scientific research. I could gush about this... 

The newest in the series of Burke’s novels which features the fascinating Dave Robicheaux is a convincing read. All of the Dave Robichiaux books feature the connection of the middle character with his faithful, though self negative friend, Clete Purcel. This part of the description thread is more marked even than typical... 

Sam Kean has written a wonderful book that will delight universal readers and experts alike. The writing is crisp and sharp and comprises a strange political suaveness for somebody treating scientific matters. Kean uses his journalistic abilities to succeed in doing what many, perhaps most; academics fail to do when presenting...