View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

United States of Banana

by Giannina Braschi

Published: 2011-09-27

Kindle Edition: 317 pages

0 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

Giannina Braschi explores the cultural and political journey of nearly 50 million Hispanic Americans living in the United States in this explosive new work of fiction, her first written in originally in English. United States of Banana takes place at the Statue of Liberty in post-9/11 New ...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World

by Peter Chapman

Published: 2009-07-08

Paperback: 240 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

In this compelling history of the United Fruit Company, Financial Times writer Peter Chapman weaves a dramatic tale of big business, deceit, and violence, exploring the origins of arguably one of the most controversial global corporations ever, and the ways in which their pioneering exampl...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Shaking Eve's Tree: Short Stories of Jewish Women

Published: 1990-03-01

Paperback: 292 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

Shaking Eve’s Tree is an anthology of short stories by contemporary Jewish women writers, many on mother-daughter relationships. The seventeen stories echo a major concern in the larger sphere of Jewish women’s fiction: they deal with healing and new ways to form relationships within t...

View Reading GUide

* * * * * Optimistic,
Romantic,
Insightful

2 club reviews

Review This book

The Way of Beauty

by Camille Di Maio

Published: 2018-05-01

Paperback: 384 pages

0 members reading this now
2 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

Recommended to book clubs by 2 of 2 members

Hearts and dreams evolve in the shadow of the once-magnificent Penn Station.Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City, finds her life upended when the man she loves becomes engaged to another woman. But Angelo Bellavia has also inadvertently opened...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Defy the Stars

by Claudia Gray

Published: 2017-04-04

Hardcover: 512 pages

0 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

Shes a soldier Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet Genesis Shes willing to risk anything-including her own life To their enemies on Earth shes a rebel Hes a machine Abandoned in space for years utterly alone Abel has advanced programming thats begun to evolve He wants only...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children

by Shefali Tsabary Ph.D.

Published: 2017-05-30

Paperback: 368 pages

1 member reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Parents . . . you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali]." —Oprah WinfreyAs seen on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday, a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their best, tru...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

The Theory of Happily Ever After

by Kristin Billerbeck

Published: 2018-05-01

Paperback: 288 pages

0 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

After a famous happiness expert gets dumped by her fiancé, she''s still expected to be the speaker on a singles cruise. Can a handsome stranger help her find her own bliss?

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Jack Glass

by Adam Roberts

Published: 2013-10-01

Paperback: 374 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

Golden Age SF meets Golden Age Crime in this British Science Fiction Award winner for best novel, from the author of Swiftly, New Model Army, and Yellow Blue Tibia Jack Glass is the murderer—we know this from the start. Yet as this extraordinary novel unfolds, readers will be astonished...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

My Unexpected Forever (The Beaumont Series) (Volume 2)

by Heidi McLaughlin

Published: 2014-01-03

Paperback: 380 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

Book 2 of The Beaumont Series I expected a life of music. I expected to raise my son. It took one look to make everything change. I never expected happiness. I never expected to find her. I never expected to feel desire. I never expected I'd be a family man. I never expected to be loved. I...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Cutting Back: My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of Kyoto

by Leslie Buck

Published: 2017-05-03

Hardcover: 280 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

“An unusual and entertaining memoir.” —New York Times Book Review At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman...