God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
8 best books like God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre (Richard Grant): The Wild Christmas Reindeer, The Very Quiet Cricket, The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness, Dreams Underfoot, Thunder Cake, The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals, Spirits in the Wires
The Wild Christmas Reindeer
| Author | Jan Brett |
| ISBN | 0698116526 |
Little Teeka thought she had to be firm with the reindeer to get them ready for Santa's important flight, but when her bossy yelling only got their antlerstangled up, she knew she had to try something different."Beautifully conceived and finely wrought." -- Booklist (starred review)"Brett's precise,...
| Author | Eric Carle |
| ISBN | 0399218858 |
A VERY classic from Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
One day a tiny cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is no sound. The quiet cricket then makes his way into the world, meeting one insect after another,...
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
| Author | Simon Wiesenthal |
| ISBN | 0805210601 |
While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying SS man. Haunted by the crimes in which he'd participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--& obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion &...
| Author | Charles de Lint |
| ISBN | 0765306794 |
Welcome to Newford…
Welcome to the music clubs, the waterfront, the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street gathering...
| Author | Patricia Polacco |
| ISBN | 0698115813 |
A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients...
| Author | John Wesley Powell |
| ISBN | 0142437522 |
One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man remains as fresh and exciting today as it was in 1874.
The Exploration of the Colorado River and...
The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
| Author | Peter Heller |
| ISBN | 1416532463 |
This is a sobering book. The devastation wrecked on the world’s fisheries is extraordinary. 90% of the predatory fish, so essential to a healthy ecosystem, have been destroyed or fished out since 1950. Traditional food fish have all but disappeared. If we had any sense, we’d stop eating fish immediately....
| Author | Charles de Lint |
| ISBN | 0312869711 |
At a popular Newford online research and library Web site called the Wordwood, a mysterious crash occurs. Everyone visiting the site at the moment of the crash vanishes from where they were sitting in front of their computers. Christy Ridding's girldfriend Saskia disappears right before his eyes,...
