The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Tom Buchanan] 'You sounded well enough on the phone.'

Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: Scribner (September 30, 1999)
ISBN: 978-0743273565

Punished by Rewards, by Alfie Kohn

At best, she said, they reported that their programs didn't do too much damage.

Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; 1 edition (September 1999)
ISBN: 978-0618001811

Alfie Kohn's website

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire

Double Damn!

Mass Market Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Harper (September 25, 2007)
ISBN: 978-0061350962

Personal Memoirs, by Ulysses S. Grant

They did not hold the States where slavery existed responsible for it; and believed that protection should be given to the right of property in slaves until some satisfactory way could be reached to be rid of the institution

Paperback: 740 pages
Publisher: Barnes & Noble (2003)
ISBN: 978-0760749906

I Am Not a Cop!, by Richard Belzer with Michael Black

'What time is it in Arizona?' I asked, looking at the number I'd gotten from Sikes as Mickey sped down the block.

Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1 edition (October 14, 2008)
ISBN: 978-1416570660

Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell

He [Alexander Bickel] spoke with an accent, and his family connections consisted, principally, of being the son of Solomon and Yetta Bickel of Bucharest, Romania, by way, most recently, of Brooklyn.

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (November 18, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0316017923

The book's website

The Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan

'Kronos's army will invade camp,' Tyson said.

Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (May 6, 2008)
ISBN: 978-1423101468

An Inconvenient Book, by Glenn Beck

Robinson actually put out a campaign flyer that seemed to suggest that Miller himself might be a homosexual, since he's middle-aged and childless (he'd been married for 24 years.)

Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Threshold Editions (November 20, 2007)
ISBN: 978-1416552192

Ender in Exile, by Orson Scott Card

[Ender] 'I think your bachelorhood and mine are both going to be much in question before long.'

Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (November 11, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0765304964

Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker, by Debbie Stoller

Rbd 1 (RS):Ch 2, hdc in first ch, hdc in each ch around, sl st in first hdc to join--30 hdc.

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (February 20, 2006)
ISBN: 978-0761139867.

Wizard's First Rule, by Terry Goodkind

He thought about how he would get them across the boundary.

Mass Market Paperback: 848 pages
Publisher: Tor Fantasy (July 15, 1997)
ISBN: 978-0812548051

Alex & Me, by Irene M. Pepperberg

[author speaking] 'No, thank you, I don't want corn.'

Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Collins; 1 edition (October 28, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0061672477

Beyond Good and Evil, by Frederich Nietzsche

Here also belong an occasional propensity of the spirit to let itself be deceived (perhaps with a waggish suspicion that it is not so and so, but it is only allowed to pass as such), a delight in uncertainty and ambiguity, an exulting enjoyment of arbitrary, out-of-the-way narrowness and mystery, of the too-near, of the foreground, of the magnified, the diminished, the misshapen, the beautified--an enjoyment of the arbitrariness off all these manifestations of power.

Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Paperback, 189pp
Pub. Date: October 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7607-9107-3

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver

Local is farmers growing trust

Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (May 1, 2007)
ISBN: 978-0060852559

All We Know of Love, by Nora Raleigh Baskin

He had one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand in his lap.

Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Candlewick (August 26, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0763636234

The Snowball--Warren Buffet and the Business of Life

The three paperboys in Beatrice promptly quit: He'd turned it into a sissy job.

Hardcover: 976 pages
Publisher: Bantam (September 29, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0553805093

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien

It was difficult to think of pursuing goblins behind, and when they had put many miles between them and Beorn's house they began to talk and to sing again and to forget the dark forest-path that lay in front.

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (September 1999)
ISBN: 978-0618002214

You: The Owner's Manual, by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

And some people just love to sweat.

Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Collins Living; Upd Exp edition (April 29, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0061473678

The Myth of the Rational Voter - Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

Both treat cognitive inadequacy as a choice, responsive to incentives.

Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; New ed edition (August 24, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0691138732

Hounded to Death, by Rita Mae Brown

'Have you had that fan since childhood?'

Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (September 30, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0345490261

You Can Run But You Can't Hide, by Duane "Dog" Chapman

I was raising all of my children on my own.

Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Hyperion; 1st edition (August 7, 2007)
ISBN: 978-1401303686

Holy Headshot! A Celebration of America's Undiscovered Talent, by Patrick Borelli and Douglas Gorrestein

My influences consist of Vetran's [sic] such as Bruce Willis, Robert Deniro [sic], James Dean, Chevy Chase, just to name a few.
[excerpt from the resume of Jeffrey Zawada]

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (October 28, 2008)
ISBN: 978-1416591122

The Lucifer Principle, by Howard Bloom

I have broken it, sir.
[quoting the Chandogya Upanishad, vi, 13]

Paperback: 466 pages
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (March 13, 1997)
ISBN: 978-0871136640

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, by Robert C. Atkins, M.D.

Your 'just this one taste won't hurt' rationalization is the kiss of failure during this phase of Atkins.

Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Collins Living (July 9, 2002)
ISBN: 978-0060081591

Exposition of Ecclesiastes by H.C. Leupold

The "exploitation (gezel really means 'robbery') of justice and righteousness" is a necessary sequel to the oppression of the poor or is a parallel evil that will be found wherever there are men who prey upon the poor.

Hardcover
Publisher: Baker Book House (June 1966)
ISBN: 978-0801055058

On Becoming Babywise by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam, M.D.

(Please note these are averages--not absolutes.)

Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Parent-Wise Solutions, Inc.; 4 edition (September 25, 2006)>
ISBN: 978-1932740080

Ed. note: Typically I refrain from commentary on books cited within this weblog, but since this particular book concerns some controversial techniques for babycare, I thought it would be best to make readers aware of this article along with the one-star Amazon ratings comments for this book.

Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama

My mother insisted that we go see it that night; she said that it was the first foreign film she had ever seen.

Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (August 10, 2004)
ISBN: 978-1400082773

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

[Dagny Taggart] 'Do you realize what you're saying?'

Paperback: 1088 pages
Copyright, 1957, by Ayn Rand
Signet Book: Twentieth Printing
No ISBN

The Cartoon History of the Universe 2: Volumes 8-13 by Larry Gonick

He headed for the nearest armed Chins . . . led his men across a river, and ordered them to burn their boats and baggage.

Paperback: 305 pages
Publisher: Main Street Books/Doubleday (September 18, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0385420938

The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil

A recent finding that near-infrared light can pass through the skull is also fueling excitement about the ability of optical imaging as a high-resolution method of brain scanning.

Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (January 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0140282023

"The Gospel for the Sunday after Christmas, Luke 2[:33-40]" from Luther's Works, Vol. 52: Sermons II

You see that St. Luke does not wish to say that she [Anna] became pious and a prophetess through works, but that she was, first of all, a pious prophetess and that good works came into being through her.

[Text in Brackets added]

Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Fortress Press (June 1, 1974)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0800603526

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Guys that always talk about how many miles they get to a gallon in their goddam cars.

Paperback, 214 pages
Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) (June 6, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0553149661

"Myths About Youth" by Mike Males, from Everything You Know Is Wrong--The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies

Rather, teenagers' moderate patronage of soft drugs in Western nations appears to be a generally healthy reaction to the alarming damage they see hard-drug abuse causing among adults around them.

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: The Disinformation Company (June 1, 2002)
ISBN: 978-0971394209

Iron Chef--The Official Book

I prepared a dish of steamed sankai fresh eggs.

Cover page states: Complied by Fuji Television, Inc. Edited by the Staff of Iron Chef
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (May 8, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0425180884

Overcoming Law by Richard A. Posner

But random voting by a single judge would not endanger that judge's tenure.

Paperback: 608 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press (October 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0674649262

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

"And we know the major conditions wherein this large populace may turn upon its keepers--
"One: When they find a leader. This is the most volatile threat to the powerful; they must retain control of leaders.
"Two: When the populace recognizes its chains. Keep the populace blind and unquestinging.
"Three: When the populace perceives a hope of escape from bondage. They must never even believe that escape is possible!"

Hardcover: 444 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (April 21, 1976)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0399116971