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| 1. | [no image] | The Lacuna: A Novel (P.S.) from Harper Perennial Price: $11.46 Customer Review:  As the son of a librarian, I have often found myself moving very quickly from book to book simply in order to keep up with the times. One rare occasion where I found myself savoring every page came in Barbara Kingsolver's the Poisonwood Bible. This novel set in both Africa and America tells the tale... |
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| 2. |  | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) from Harper Perennial Price: $7.50 Customer Review: Initially I read this book because it was written by Barbara Kingsolver. I have read her fiction and like her style of writing. I found that I really enjoyed reading this non-fiction book and felt that it was extremely helpful for people who are trying to 'live off the land' in a healthy, ecological... |
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| 3. | [no image] | The Poisonwood Bible Price: $23.95 Customer Review: I read this book several years ago, and I still remember it vividly. It's a great view into colonialism in Africa in the 1960's and a family of white people trying to deal with the fact that they're pretty much cut off from the world as they settle into an African village because the father (Nathan... |
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| 4. |  | Prodigal Summer: A Novel from Harper Perennial Price: $6.91 Customer Review:  With almost 500 reviews already in, I won't rehash them, just add a few points. Kingsolver has been accused of being too female-centric. That is at least a partially valid claim. Each of the novel's three separate story lines consists of a smart woman proving to a man (or men) that he is wrong. Most... |
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| 5. |  | The Bean Trees from Virago Press Customer Review: The Bean Trees is such a beautiful story. It is both elegant and engaging, and when I finished, I felt richer for having read it. The story itself is interesting, and the characters--most notably Taylor Greer and her de facto daughter Turtle--are round and real. The opening lines are memorable for... |
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| 6. |  | Pigs in Heaven from Harper Perennial Price: $5.23 Customer Review: A delightful book from a delightful author. If you haven't yet discovered Barbara Kingsolver, this book is the way to do it. Barbara is an absolute master of the English language and the use of metaphor. Her characters are developed in a way that you know them after the first meeting, and her... |
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| 7. |  | Animal Dreams from Buccaneer Books Price: $17.52 Customer Review: I'm a sucker for reading other people's favorite books of all time. When someone tells me a certain book is one of the books of their life, I get this pressing urge to run out and secure a copy. It generally doesn't matter what genre or style of book it is. I think this is mostly because I know what... |
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| 8. |  | Small Wonder: Essays from HarperCollins Price: $2.00 Customer Review: Every essay in Barbara Kingsolvers's collection is totally entertaining and well-written. Many can transport readers who need a dose of optimism into a very good place. Essays are normally not my favorite genre, but because of the author's choice of subject matter and manner of telling the stories,... |
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| 9. |  | High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never from Harper Perennial Price: $5.00 Customer Review: I've heard Barbara Kingsolver speak and think she's fantastic. These essays are just as good, so clear, touching, and thoughtful. Highly recommended. |
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| 10. |  | Homeland: And Other Stories from Buccaneer Books Price: $16.19 Customer Review: I am not a fan of short stories. It's not that I don't think they're not well-written, because I do think they are. It is just that they're not always so satisfying and leaves one wanting more. Not this time. I enjoyed every single one of Kingsolver's short stories. I have read a few of her... |
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| 11. |  | The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) (Paperback) Price: $18.49 Customer Review: A missionary family goes to Africa, cultural differences are misunderstood, hilarity ensues. Well, not hilarity. More like epic tragedy and sadness. I felt genuinely depressed after reading this book, but it was well-written, moved fluidly, and was enjoyable. |
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| 12. |  | Animal Dreams from Harper Perennial Price: $12.45 | |
| 13. | [no image] | Holding the Line Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 from Recorded Books Customer Review: If you like Kingsolver you'll like this, even though it's non-fiction. It's a great story, very well told. If you're unfamiliar with her works, you might want to start with her non-fiction (Animal Dreams, Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven, etc.). Not because this isn't as good but to enjoy her wonderful... |
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| 14. |  | The Complete Fiction: The Bean Trees, Homeland, Animal Dreams, Pigs in Heaven from Harper Perennial Price: $58.35 Customer Review:  I found that this particular piece was overly depressing. The depth in description of a long, desolate, flat desert is far greater than the typical human brain can endure. Besides being virtually plotless this novel magnifies ethnic struggles in American society to an extreme which disgusts me... |
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| 15. |  | The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land from Counterpoint Price: $8.80 Customer Review:  I'm only about half way through but I think it's okay. Maybe a bit self-satisified. My Dad from Massachsetts, much more conservative, hated it and found it unreadable. He particularly complained about the article on growing food on the commons; it was in Weston, MA - one of the richest towns in a... |
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| 16. |  | The Best American Short Stories 2001 (The Best American Series) from Mariner Books Price: $0.69 Customer Review: Take a trip around the world with some of your old favorite authors and find some new favorites. From China to Wales, these stories take you around the globe. |
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| 17. |  | The Lacuna Audio Book Set from Harper Price: $24.50 | |
| 18. | [no image] | The Bean Trees from HarperCollins Price: $13.43 Customer Review:  Not a bad read, but kind of pointless. Good characters, but it left me feeling like I wanted more of a story... |
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| 19. | [no image] | Another America/Otra America from Seal Pr Price: $121.07 Customer Review: Poems are like songs. And like songs, they should be heard. Listening to Barbara Kingsolver's soothing, lilting voice recite these personal and brilliant poems in the audio version of "Another America" made a long day's drive through the desert a deep and meaningful experience. Her opening... |
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| 20. |  | All Out of Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality (Alabama Fire Ant) from Fire Ant Books Price: $13.49 | |
| 21. | [no image] | The Bean Trees, Animal Dreams, Pigs in Heaven from Quality Paperback Books Inc Price: $17.89 | |
| 22. | [no image] | Prodigal Summer by Kingsolver (hardcover edition) Price: $18.97 Customer Review: One of the best books I've ever read, by one of the best female authors of our time. |
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| 23. | [no image] | THE POISONWOOD BIBLE from New York: Harper Collins, 1998, New York Price: $13.95 | |
| 24. |  | Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands from National Geographic Price: $16.40 Customer Review: Wonderfully creative and inspiring. The authors mesh in a way that is unique. I have been a fan of Kingsolver for many years, and I also love photography (I'm a nature shooter myself)--put these two together and we have a wonderful acknowledgment of our world. |
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| 25. |  | Prodigal Summer from FF Customer Review: I got this book because it was a Book Club choice, but was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it and the different "voices" throughout the book. |
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| 26. | [no image] | Animal Dreams from HarperCollins Price: $13.33 | |
| 27. |  | The Lacuna: A Novel (Hardcover) Price: $18.69 | |
| 28. |  | Kingsolver's The Lacuna A Novel (The Lacuna: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver) from Harper Price: $26.12 | |
| 29. | [no image] | Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude from Viking Price: $8.56 Customer Review: For the 1992 American Booksellers Association (ABA) in Anaheim, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, a San Francisco rock musician who still held a day job--escorting out of town authors to readings and other events--had an idea. What if she could pull together a group of the well-known authors she'd met and... |
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| 30. | ![The Bean Trees [BEAN TREES] [Mass Market Paperback]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rigmkYajL._SL160_.jpg) | The Bean Trees [BEAN TREES] [Mass Market Paperback] from HarperTorch Price: $8.94 Customer Review: The Bean Trees is a great coming-of-age, learning about who you really are kind of novel. The main character goes through a unique set of circumstances, but her emotions are so relatable to everyone. Everyone should read this book. |
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