The Fireside Book Chat

The Fireside Book Chat


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Sports Pages by Arnold Adoff - a book review by Joe
March 30, 2010

Adoff, Arnold. Sports Pages. First ed. Toronto: Fitzhenry 8 Whiteside Limited, 1986. Print. This book “Sports Pages” is a collection of sports poems written by Arnold Adoff. These poems range from track poems to playing football. Throughout this bo

The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner - a book review by Dakota
March 29, 2010

Glassner, Barry. The Culture of Fear and Why Americans are Afraid of The Wrong Thing. 10th ed. 1999. New York: Basic Books, 2009. Print. This book is written differently then other books. It uses example after example to get the point across. The main po

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Jeni
March 28, 2010

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickle and Dimed. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. Print. Nickle and Dimed discusses low wages with great certainty that these low wages are the leading cause of poverty. People being under educated is what restricts them from

The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw - a book review by Erik
March 26, 2010

Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation. Random House, 1998. Print. The purpose of Tom Brokaw’s book was to recognize the men and women who contributed to the efforts of World War Two. Some people stood out more than others in not only what they accomplis

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Adam
March 25, 2010

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed. New York, New York: Owl Books Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2001. Print. Ehrenreich wrote this book because she wanted to show the affects and hard ship that American working poor go through. She had her own opin

Hiroshama and Nagasaki: Fire From The Sky by Andrew Langley- a book review by Lynn
March 24, 2010

Langley, Andrew. Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Fire From the Sky. Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2006. Print. Snapshots in History. In the book, Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Fire From the Sky, Langley describes in good amount of detail the bombing of the Jap

A-Rod by Selenna Roberts - a book review by Josh
March 23, 2010

Roberts, Selena. The Many Lives Of Alex Rodriguez. New York, NY: HarperCollins publishers, 2009. Print. Selena Roberts tells the story of Alex Rodriguez as he plays through the baseball’s Steroid Era.  As Alex played through his high school days he fo

Odd Girl Speaks Out by Rachel Simmons - a book review by Brittany
March 22, 2010

Simmons, Rachel. Odd Girl Speaks Out. Orlando: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 2004. 199. Print. This book begins to tell the reader about different teen stories, that many various amount teens suffer from. Some of these issues pertaining to horrible teen iss

The Great Derangement by Mike Taibbi - a book review by Peter
March 21, 2010

Taibbi, Matt. The Great Derangment. New York: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2008. Print. Matt Taibbi, a writer for the Rolling Stone magazine, is on a quest to discover why and how Americans and America’s government are being corrupted. He looks into the cons

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution by Thomas L. Friedman - book review by Dylan
March 19, 2010

Friedman, Thomas L. Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America. Release 2.0 Updated and Expanded ed. 2008. New York: Picador, 2009. Print. Hot, Flat, and Crowded talks about what the world has been doing to the E