The Last Emperor

10 best books like The Last Emperor (Edward Samuel Behr): Sophie's Choice, The Bad Seed, The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning, Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!, Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus, Cosmicomics, Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America, I Like It When . . ., The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two, What to Expect the Toddler Years

Sophie's Choice

Author	William Styron
ISBN	0679736379

”Mercifully, I was at the age when reading was still a passion and thus, save for a happy marriage, the best state possible in which to keep absolute loneliness at bay. I could not have made it through those evenings otherwise. But I was an abandoned reader and, besides, outlandishly eclectic, with...

The Bad Seed

Author	William March
ISBN	0060795484

Now reissued – William March's 1954 classic thriller that's as chilling, intelligent and timely as ever before. This paperback reissue includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested reading and more.

What happens to ordinary families into whose midst...

The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning

Author	William Sears
ISBN	0316779245

A fully revised edition of the Dr. Sears guide to breastfeeding, a perennial favorite for parents for nearly two decades.

From pediatric experts Martha Sears, R.N., and William Sears, M.D., a comprehensive, reassuring, authoritative information on:


How to get started breastfeeding,...

Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!

Author	Kurt Vonnegut
ISBN	0385334230

“And how did we
then face the odds,
of man's rude slapstick,
yes, and God's?
Quite at home and unafraid,
Thank-you,
in a game
our dreams remade.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!



My 15-ear-old son broke the screen on his iPhone...

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Author	Barbara Park
ISBN	0679826424

I have heard so much about how great these books are so we decided to check them out. I can't think of a single thing from this book that was a "good example" for the kids. None of the people say anything kind or helpful. Many things are described as "stupid, "hate," and "dumb." My kids don't talk that way .....

Cosmicomics

Author	Italo Calvino
ISBN	0156226006

Italo Calvino's extraordinary imagination and intelligence combine here in an enchanting series of stories about the evolution of the universe. He makes his characters out of mathematical formulae and simple cellular structures. They disport themselves among galaxies, experience the solidification...

Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America

Author	Chris Hedges
ISBN	0743255143

In Losing Moses on the Freeway, Chris Hedges, veteran war correspondent and author of the bestselling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, delivers an impassioned, eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the 10 Commandments. Celebrated for his courageous reporting on the crucial issues of our time, Hedges,...

I Like It When . . .

Author	Mary Murphy
ISBN	0152056491

I love this book because it is so simple and yet so bright and positive.
I Like It When... portrays a young penguin and an adult penguin and explores their loving relationship.
The book makes no mention of age, gender or race. It does not even label the relationship between the two penguins, instead...

The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two

Author

William Sears

The "baby bible" of the post-Dr. Spock generation, already embraced by hundreds of thousands of American parents, has now been revised, expanded, and brought thoroughly up-to-date -- with the latest information on everything from diapering to day care, from midwifery to hospital birthing rooms,...

What to Expect the Toddler Years

Author

Arlene Eisenberg

In a direct continuation of What to Expect When You're Expecting and What to Expect the First Year, America's most trusted pregnancy and child-care books, comes an all-inclusive guide for the parents of toddlers. Complete with information on self-esteem; emotional, physical, and social development;...