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Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer
ISBN13: 9781904233657

This book is soooo awesome if you are into vampires. It has the romance and action. If you are not into all those whiny books were they complain about there lives forever like Cataylast by Laurie Halse Anderson then give this a book a go. The movie will be coming out on December 12, 2008. Dont pass up this national best seller because ummmm.... hello there is a reason why it is a best seller. Smile!

 

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

By Mitch Albom
ISBN10: 0786868716

The book five people you will meet in heaven will really make you think about how you go about your life. It will show you that every little mistake you make or dont make might come back to you in heaven and that things will be explain to you about why you were put on this earth. Everyone was here for a reason wether it maybe making others happy, being there for someone, your brains, ect. This book was also made into a movie if you want to see it. The movie was just as good as the book. I've cried each time I watched or read it. This book will really make you think.

 

Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan

By F. H. King
ISBN13: 9780486436098

A narrative journal of Professor King's journey in Asia around 1908 to examine the agricultural practices of the Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese. There is an abundance of quantitative data, tabulated within the text, that demonstrates the significance of reutilizing all organics to retain soil fertility. The book is loaded with pictures, though many are grainy and often difficult to decipher. A four star rating for content, as - from an agricultural perspective - the material contained within is invaluable for research considerations.

 

The Forgotten Garden

By By Kate Morton
ISBN13: 9781741149982

This is a book to curl up and read on a winters day and let the characters envelop you.
The story follows three women spanning over 100 years, the chapters jump from woman to woman but as they are all linked, I found it very easy to follow and you could feel their pain, sorrow and happiness…a very satisfying read, perfect holiday reading.

 

Evening Is The Whole Day

By Preeta Samarasan
ISBN13: 9780732287528

This is a hauntingly beautiful novel. Simultaneously filled with hope and despair, Ms Samarasan gives us characters who are never just stereotypes (although sometimes the accurate depiction of certain characteristics comes dangerously close to a stereotypical presentation). No, what Ms Samarasan has delivered is a novel peopled with individuals who are generally disappointed in the past and present and occasionally hopeful for the future.
The story finishes in Malaysia in 1980, but circles through the family history, aspirations, hopes disappointments and secrets of the Rajasekharan family since Appa’s grandfather emigrated across the Bay of Bengal in 1899. We view the present through the eyes of Aasha, the youngest of the three Rajasekharan children. Aasha is secretive and far from impartial: she doesn’t want her older sister Uma to leave Malaysia for the USA and is reacting to tensions and other secrets within the family that, at 6 years of age, she can observe without necessarily understanding. By contrast with the relative life of privilege of the Rajasekharan family, is the sad tale of Chellam: the exploited, underprivileged and wronged servant girl who is the same age as Uma.
This novel is primarily about family: secrets, relationships and aspirations. But it is also about life in Malaysia over a century which encompassed independence, race riots and significant migration. Each of the Rajasekharans struggles to find his or her own happiness in a world which is changing rapidly. My favourite character was the 8 year old son, Suresh. He brought a perspective to the story and a hope, perhaps for a collective future that was less apparent from the views of the other characters.