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Don Miguel. Amber-Allen Publishing, G Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love. Sobel, Dava. Walker Publishing Co, New York, 1999. ISBN 0-14-028055-3. Ghost Map, The. Johnson, Steven. Riverhead Books, New York, 2006. ISBN 1-59448-925-4. Gift
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Epstein, Mark. Broadway Books, Good War, The: an Oral History of World War Two. Terkel, Studs. Pantheon Books, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-394-53103-5. Great Influenza, The. Barry, John M. Penguin Books, New York, 2005. ISBN 978-0-14-303649-4. Guide
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Saint-Exupery, Antoine. , A.
Harcourt Inc, "It seems, somehow, that she has left her own world and entered the realm of the book." —Michael Cunningham H Hiding Place, The. ten Boom, Corrie. Bantam Books, New York, 1971. Home: A Short History of an Idea. Rybczynski, Witold. Viking Penguin, New York, 1986. ISBN 0-670-81147-5. Home-Psych.
The Social Psychology of Home and Decoration.
Kron, Joan. Clarkson N. Potter, Hugging the Shore, Essays and Criticism. Updike, John. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1983. ISBN 0-394-53179-5. Human Cycle, The. Turnbull, Colin M. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1983. ISBN 0-671-22620-7. Hunger in Holland: Life During the Nazi Occupation. Fuykschot, Cornelia. Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-87975-987-9. I Integrity. Carter, Stephen L. BasicBooks, New York, 1996. ISBN 0-465-03466-7. ...Isms: Understanding Art. Little, Stephen. Universe Publishing, New York, 2004. ISBN 0-7893-1209-3. It
Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It.
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Earth, A.
Tolle, Eckhart. Penguin Group, Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. Brooks, Geraldine. Random House, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-385-47577-2. Notes from a Small Island. Bryson, Bill. Perennial, New York, 1995. ISBN 978-0-688-14725-9. O Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. Steinem, Gloria. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1983. ISBN 0-03-063236-6. P Paris to the Moon. Gopnik, Adam. Random House, New York, 2000. ISBN 0-679-44492-0. Path
with Heart, A.
Kornfeld, Jack. Bantam Books, Plato
Not Prozac! Applying Philosophy to Everyday Problems.
Marinoff, Lou. Harper Collins Publishers, Power
of Now, The.
"Woke up this morning with/ a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read."—Raymond Carver R Reading Lolita in Tehran, a Memoir in Books. Nafisi, Azar. Random House, New York, 2003. ISBN 0-8129-7106-X. Rescue Artist, The. Dolnick, Edward. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2005. ISBN 0-06-053117-7. S Seven
Spiritual Laws of Success, The.
Chopra, Deepak. Amber-Allen Publishing, Shakespeare: The World as Stage. Bryson, Bill. Atlas Books, New York, 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-074022-1. Shoah, an Oral History of the Holocaust (The Complete Text of the Film). Lanzmann, Claude. Pantheon Books, New York, 1985. ISBN 0-394-55142-7. Short
Guide to a Happy Life, A.
Quindlen,
Anna. Random House, "A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins."—Charles Lamb T 365
Tao. Ming-Dao, Deng.
Harper Talk to the Hand. Truss, Lynne. Gotham Books, New York, 2005. ISBN 10: 0-7394-6725-5. Taoism,
Way Beyond Seeking.
Watts, Alan. Charles E. Tuttle Co, Tao
of Inner Peace, The.
Tao
of Pooh, The.
Hoff, Benjamin. Penguin Books, Tao
of Zen, The.
Grigg, Ray. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tao
Te Ching, New English Version.
Mitchell, Stephen. Harper Collins Publisher, Tao
the Te
of Piglet, The. Hoff,
Benjamin. Penguin Books, Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization. Isacoff, Stuart. Vintage Books, New York, 2001. ISBN 0-375-70330-6. Thinking Out Loud. Quindlen, Anna. Random House, New York, 1993. ISBN 0-679-40711-1. Thunderstruck. Larson, Eric. Crown Publishers, New York, 2006. ISBN 1-4000-8066-5. Timebends: A Life. Miller, Arthur. Grove Press, New York, 1987. ISBN 0-8021-0015-5. Tuesdays
with Morrie.
"Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier."—Kathleen Norris V Vermeer, A View of Delft. Bailey, Anthony. Henry Holt & Co, New York, 2001. ISBN 0-8050-6718-3. W Wandering
on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu.
Mair, Victor H. Bantam Books, What's Going on in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life. Eliot, Lise. Bantam Books, New York, 1999. ISBN 0-553-37825-2. When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win. Liefer, Carol. Villard Books, New York, 2009. ISBN 978-0-345-50296-4. "I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them—with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms; captured and carried off to myself." —Eudory Welty Children'sObviously, I've read many more, including hundreds of wonderful picture books not listed. These are classics and/or among my favorites. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The. Twain, Mark. 1884 Adventures of Pinocchio, The. Collodi, Carlo. 1891 (English) Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland., Caroll, Lewis. 1865 Amy's Eyes. Kennedy, Richards. Harper & Row, New York, 1985. ISBN 0-06-023219-6. Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery, L.M. David R. Godine, Boston, 1989. ISBN 0-87923-783-x Because of Winn-DixieDiCamillo, Kate. . Candlewick, 2001 ISBN: 0763607762 Birds’
Christmas Carol, The.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Welcome Books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl, Roald. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1964. Charlotte's Web. White, E.B. Harper & Row, New York, 1952. Child's Garden of Verses, A. Stevenson, Robert Louis. 1885 Cricket in Times Square, The. Selden, George. 1960 Enormous Egg, The. Butterworth, Oliver. Little, Brown & Company, New York, 1956. ISBN: 978-0-316-11920-7. Farthest Shore, The. LeGuin, Ursula K. Bantam Books, New York, 1972. ISBN 0-553-23828-0. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Konigsburg, E.L. . 1967 Graveyard Book, The. Gaiman, Neil. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-053092-1. Half Magic. Eager, Edward. 1954 Harriet the Spy. Fitzhugh, Louise. 1965 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling, J.K., Scholastic Press, 1997. ISBN: 0-590-35340-3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Rowling, J.K., Scholastic Press, 1998. ISBN: 0-439-06486-4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Rowling, J.K., Scholastic Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-439-13635-0. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Rowling, J.K., Scholastic Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-439-13959-7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Rowling, J.K., Scholastic Press, 2003. ISBN: 0-439-35806-x. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Rowling, J.K., Scholastic Press, 2005. ISBN: 0-439-78454-9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Rowling, J.K., Scholastic Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-545-010224. Heidi. Spyri, Johanna. 1884 (English) Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. MacDonald, Betty. Harper Trophy, New York, 1957. ISBN 0-397-31715-8. House at Pooh Corner, The. Milne, A.A. 1927 How to Train Your Dragon. Cowell, Cressida. Little, Brown & Company, New York, 2003. ISBN 978-0-316-73737-1. Incredible Journey, The. Burnford, Sheila. 1985 Indian in the Cupboard, TheBanks, Lynne Reid. . 1982 Invention of Hugo Cabret, The. Selznick, Brian. Scholastic Press, New York, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0-439-81378-5. James and the Giant Peach. Dahl, Roald. 1961 Jungle Book, The. Kipling, Rudyard. 1894 Little WomenAlcott, Louisa May. . 1868. Little Men. Alcott, Louisa May. 1871. Little Princess, A. Burnett, Frances Hodgson. 1905 Mary Poppins. Travers, P.L. 1934 Moffats, The. Estes, Eleanor. 1941 Mother West Wind's Children. Burgess, Thornton W. Little, Brown, Boston, 1911, 1939.. Mother West Wind's Neighbors. Burgess, Thornton W. . Little, Brown, Boston, 1913, 1968. Mouse and the Motorcycle, The. Cleary, Beverly. Avon Books, New York, 1965. ISBN 0-380-72799-4. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. MacDonald, Betty. Harper Trophy, New York, 1947. ISBN 0-397-31712-3. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic. MacDonald, Betty. Harper Trophy, New York, 1949. ISBN 0-397-31714-X. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm. MacDonald, Betty. Harper Trophy, New York, 1954. ISBN 0-397-31713-1. Nine
Lives or The Celebrated Cat of Old Mother West Wind. Burgess, Thornton W. Little, Brown, Boston, 1910, 1960. Peter Pan. Barrie, J.M. 1904 Phantom Tollbooth, TheJuster, Norton. . Random House, New York, 1961. ISBN 0-394-81500-9. Pippi Longstocking. Lindgren, Astrid. 1950 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Wiggin, Kate Douglas. 1903 Reluctant Dragon, The. Grahame, Kenneth. 1938 Secret Garden, The. Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1911. Stuart Little. White, E.B. 1945 Teddy Bear Habit or How I Became a Winner, The. Collier, James Lincoln. Dell Publishing Co., New York, 1967. Tehanu. LeGuin, Ursula K. Bantam Books, New York, 1990. ISBN 0-553-28873-3. Tombs of Atuan, The. LeGuin, Ursula K. Bantam Books, New York, 1971. ISBN 0-553-23903-1. Through the Looking-Glass. Caroll, Lewis. 1871 Understood BetsyFisher, Dorothy Canfield. . 1916 Wind in the Willows, The. Grahame, Kenneth. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1908. Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne, A.A. 1926 Wizard of Earthsea, A. LeGuin, Ursula K. Bantam Books, New York, 1968. ISBN 0-553-23461-7. Wizard of Oz, The. Baum, L. Frank. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1899. Wrinkle in TimeL'Engle, Madeleine. , A, 1963 Zorgamazoo. Weston, Robert Paul. Razorbill, New York, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-59514-199-6.
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