false 94049 0 0 1654964 0786184795 9780786184798 2 <![CDATA[Citizen of the Galaxy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186427808m/1654964.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186427808s/1654964.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1654964.Citizen_of_the_Galaxy 4.00 4 205 3.77 102825 4393 94049 3.47 19 9 1957 6965961 1400138345 9781400138340 0 <![CDATA[Telex from Cuba]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256058144m/6965961.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256058144s/6965961.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6965961-telex-from-cuba 0.0 0 An astonishingly wise, ambitious, and riveting first novel set in the American community in Cuba during the years leading to Castro's revolution, this masterful debut will put Rachel Kushner on the map of American fiction.

Rachel Kushner's mother grew up in Cuba in the 1950s, in the United Fruit Company enclave where Telex from Cuba takes place. Calling on a rich trove of family letters, photos, meticulously kept journals, and historical research, Kushner sets free her brilliant imagination in this profoundly resonant story of a world that was paradise for a time and for a few.

For half a century, Americans controlled Cuba's sugar and nickel operations -- the country's two most lucrative exports. Between the United Fruit Company's three-hundred-thousand-acre plantation and the nearby Nicaro nickel mines, Americans tended their own fiefdom in Cuba's Oriente Province. Everly Lederer and K. C. Stites come of age in this world. Each has a keen eye for the indulgences and betrayals of the grown-ups around them. Meanwhile, in faraway Havana, a cabaret dancer and a French agitator with a shameful past become enmeshed in the brewing political underground. When Fidel and Raúl Castro lead a revolt from the mountains just above the Americans' privileged enclave, torching sugarcane fields and recruiting rebels, K.C. and Everly begin to discover the complexities of class and race and the barely disguised brutality that keeps the colony humming. If their parents seem blissfully untouched by the forces of history, the children hear the whispers of what's to come, as Kushner deftly merges the rural and urban dramas.

At the time, urgent news was conveyed by telex. Kushner's first novel is a tour de force, haunting and compelling, with the urgency of a telex from a forgotten time and place.]]> 164139 3.38 470 161 94049 3.47 19 9 2008 6329381 0739496522 9781606405567 0 <![CDATA[Ghosts Among Us with Headphones (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6329381.Ghosts_Among_Us_with_Headphones 0.0 0 Everyone loves a good ghost story. Perhaps the human fascination with the supernatural stems from the fact that most of us, at some point in our lives, have experienced something we couldn't quite explain. From a very young age James Van Praagh was aware of a dimension that most of us cannot see, and he has dedicated his life to explaining it to the rest of us. Ghosts Among Us takes us on an incredible journey into the spirit world that brings to light one of our greatest mysteries—what happens to us after we die?

Van Praagh, the New York Times bestselling author and co-executive producer of the CBS series The Ghost Whisperer, shares his knowledge and life experience about ghosts, a subject that can seem to many of us both bizarre and terrifying. But when the world beyond is explained fully by an experienced guide, dismissal and apprehension can be turned into knowledge and inspiration. With incredible true ghost stories and surprising details about how ghosts actively participate in our lives, Van Praagh challenges us to question our perceptions and shows us how we can live more fully through understanding the world of spirits. Including eerily accurate readings, the author's development as a medium, and detailed how-to information, Ghosts Among Us is an all-encompassing guide to the supernatural.

]]> 40330 3.91 639 152 94049 3.47 19 9 2008 5689068 1596446315 9781596446311 0 <![CDATA[Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5689068.Pagan_Christianity_Exploring_the_Roots_of_Our_Church_Practices 3.00 1

Many Christians take for granted that their church's practices are rooted in Scripture. Yet those practices look very different from those of the first-century church. The New Testament is not silent on how the early church freely expressed the reality of Christ's indwelling in ways that rocked the first-century world.

Times have changed. Pagan Christianity leads us on a fascinating tour through church history, revealing this startling and unsettling truth: Many cherished church traditions embraced today originated not out of the New Testament, but out of pagan practices. One of the most troubling outcomes has been the effect on average believers: turning them from living expressions of Christ's glory and power to passive observers. If you want to see that trend reversed, turn to Pagan Christianity . . . a book that examines and challenges every aspect of our contemporary church experience.]]> 96732 3.73 338 104 32052 3.57 531 163 94049 3.47 19 9 2003 5472373 140010873X 9781400108732 1 <![CDATA[Guernica]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5472373.Guernica 3.00 1 493230 3.85 177 79 94049 3.47 19 9 2008 6453565 0786187271 9780786187270 1 <![CDATA[Mystic Warrior (The Bronze Canticles, Book 1)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6453565-mystic-warrior 3.00 1 In Book One, Mystic Warrior, young Galen Arvad, a human with magical powers, must avoid the ritual that puts those with such talents to death. It seems that in the eyes of the community, magic is a sign of lunacy, and in a yearly ritual the local "crazies" are offered up to the Dragon Priests. Galen is suddenly captured and imprisoned. Now, as Galen’s wife, Berkita, and his friend, Cephas the dwarf, set off to rescue him, Galen learns of the fate that awaits him, a fate far worse than even his own death.

]]> 868 3.87 52667 1437 151890 3.44 876 33 94049 3.47 19 9 2004 6716290 1400160766 9781400160761 0 <![CDATA[The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6716290-the-wikipedia-revolution 0.0 0 1918529 3.68 34 13 94049 3.47 19 9 2949440 3.00 3 0 2009 6315042 BKBLAK001089 0 <![CDATA[25 Things to Say to the Interviewer, to Get the Job You Want: Being Qualified Isn't Enough]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236233878m/6315042.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236233878s/6315042.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6315042.25_Things_to_Say_to_the_Interviewer_to_Get_the_Job_You_Want_Being_Qualified_Isn_t_Enough 4.00 1
If you're looking for a job that lets you do what you're good at and pays you what you're worth, listen to this book. And if you want to make your dreams come true, listen to it over and over again.

It takes a lifetime to learn these life lessons. But you don't have that kind of time. And no one is going to teach them to you. There just aren't that many good bosses around. Most of them are selfish, busy, or under the gun.

Here's a one-of-a-kind book that'll teach you how to get past interviewers. But that's just the half of it. It'll also teach you the life lessons you need to succeed in business, in your career, in your life.

When you finish this book, you'll know what it takes most successful people, at least, half a lifetime to learn. Lucky you found it.]]> 1230670 2.29 14 4 94049 3.47 19 9 2005 1921101 0786184361 9780786184361 0 <![CDATA[The Life You Save may Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190348566m/1921101.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190348566s/1921101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1921101.The_Life_You_Save_may_Be_Your_Own_An_American_Pilgrimage 5.00 1 94047 4.31 203 49 94049 3.47 19 9 2004 5982317 1400157005 9781400157006 0 <![CDATA[The Middle-Class Millionaire: The Rise of the New Rich and How They Are Changing America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5982317.The_Middle_Class_Millionaire_The_Rise_of_the_New_Rich_and_How_They_Are_Changing_America 4.00 1 124798 3.42 45 19 138175 3.35 37 15 94049 3.47 19 9 2008 1116924 1560158484 9781560158486 1 <![CDATA[Why Do Fools Fall in Love?: Experiencing the Magic, Mystery, and Meaning of Successful Relationships]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181140348m/1116924.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181140348s/1116924.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1116924.Why_Do_Fools_Fall_in_Love_Experiencing_the_Magic_Mystery_and_Meaning_of_Successful_Relationships 0.0 0 94049 3.47 19 9 2001 4137559 1400106524 9781400106523 0 <![CDATA[Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America's Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4137559.Heroes_Among_Us_Firsthand_Accounts_of_Combat_from_America_s_Most_Decorated_Warriors_in_Iraq_and_Afghanistan 0.0 0 94049 3.47 19 9 2008 4235182 1560158492 9781560158493 0 <![CDATA[Why Do Fools Fall in Love: Experiencing the Magic, Mystery, and Meaning of Successful Relationships]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4235182.Why_Do_Fools_Fall_in_Love_Experiencing_the_Magic_Mystery_and_Meaning_of_Successful_Relationships 0.0 0 94049 3.47 19 9 2001