National Book Award Books Product Reviews and Prices

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Available for the first time in audio, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt is the story of seven ... More at Audible.com

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civi...

ISBN13: 9780375703836. ISBN10: 0375703837. by Drew Gilpin Faust. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 08 More at Textbooks.com

Laurie Halse Anderson - Speak

Melinda Sordino finds herself an outcast at her high school for calling the cops on an end of summer party, and, although she finds comfort in her ...

41 reviews

"Speak-Pages of Irritation"
Reviewed by milknchalk on Oct 25, 2010
"Speak" assumes that dealing with difficult subject matter instantly equals maturity and respect. It doesn't.

Don DeLillo - White Noise

From a National Book Award-winning author comes this postmodern masterpiece. After a deadly toxic accident and his wife's addiction to an ...

12 reviews

"White Noise is Exactly That"
Reviewed by rpeate on Jun 1, 2008
Do not read this book unless you can look past some of the most dry prose and subject matter ever set down on paper.

Douglas R. Hofstadter - Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking ...

11 reviews

"one man's encyclopedia"
Reviewed by CHughett on Dec 18, 2003
with it's connections and relations to everyday life i highly recommend

Barbara Cooney - Miss Rumphius

Seeking adventure in faraway places, Miss Rumphius fulfills her dream and then sets out to make the world more beautiful.Book Details:Format: ...

2 reviews

"Miss Rumphius Encourages a Lifetime of Altruism"
Reviewed by bilbopooh on Aug 23, 2008
Make a difference in the world like Miss Rumphius does.

Robert A. Caro - The Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Book Three of Robert A. Caro’s monumental work,<i> The Years of Lyndon Johnson</i>—the most admired and riveting political ...

3 reviews

"An Epic Biography"
Reviewed by jlr29 on May 29, 2004
This is a lengthy review of a lengthy book. But if you're interested in 20th Century U.S. History, "Master of the Senate" will be worth your while.

$23

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John D. MacDonald - The Green Ripper

In his 18th appearance ladykiller Travis McGee, finally loses his heart to a lovely lady named Gretel. But just as he begins to bear his soul, his ...

1 review

"THE GREEN RIPPER: A One-Man Army Against A Terrorist Cell Group"
Reviewed by Ed.Williamson on Dec 21, 2001
This novel, over 20 years old, still has power and bite in it and is about brains as well as muscle in the fight against international terrorism.

$3 - $7

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E. Lockhart - The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: Library Edition

Tells of the life and transformation of Frankie Landau-Banks who began her teenage years as a quiet member of the Debate Club and grew to become a ...

1 review

"The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: No one puts Frankie in a corner!"
Reviewed by jurgrace on Aug 14, 2009
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is a witty Young Adult novel that questions the status quo and has fun with vocabulary.

$10 - $54

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Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain

Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier Inman, ...

37 reviews

"The Other Side of the Civil War"
Reviewed by canuckster1127 on May 18, 2009
A worthy offering to the typical Civil War novel. A counterpoint to the bravado of Dixie and the Battle Hymn of the Republic, but played in a minor key.

Edmund Morris - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The first volume of Edmund Morris's biography of Theodore Roosevelt covers his life up to 1901, when he assumed the presidency following the ...

5 reviews

"The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris: "The Dude from New York...""
Reviewed by mkp51 on Oct 23, 2011
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris masterfully chronicles the life of the mercurial, complex, and paradoxical 26th President of the United States.

$10 - $31

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Jeanne Birdsall - The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, And a Very Interesting Boy

This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy ...

3 reviews

"A good summer read for children!!"
Reviewed by nancy1972 on Jul 13, 2008
A very enchanting book with endearing characters. You will love all the sisters. Good reading for girls

$7 - $10

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John Cheever - The Wapshot Chronicle

THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLE takes place in St. Botolph's, Massachusetts, a fishing village in which a storm causes ferry pilot Leander Wapshot's boat to be ...

1 review

"Psychological Study of the Author's Impoverished Inner Life"
Reviewed by phylida on Jul 20, 2003
Don't bother. There are so many good books out there. Why waste time with something not up to back-of-the-cereal-box standards?

$8 - $12

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Charles Johnson - Middle Passage

From a critically acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author comes a compelling adventure that "The Seattle Times" hailed as "a work of art that ...

1 review

"Borders between humerous and sad"
Reviewed by familyofspies on Apr 11, 2000
"Middle Passage" is an odd book, that almost runs like two stories combined. The first half deals with the lead . . .

Sean B. Carroll - Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

"Lessons For a Lifetime"
Reviewed by ellsworth78 on Oct 14, 2004
I read a Man in Full at the end of my college career as I was entering the workforce. The story alone captures your attention . . .

$7 - $17

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Results for Books > National Book Award

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

$30.60

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civi...

$6.61

Laurie Halse Anderson - Speak

$6 - $17

Don DeLillo - White Noise

$6 - $18

Douglas R. Hofstadter - Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

$24

Barbara Cooney - Miss Rumphius

$8 - $18

Robert A. Caro - The Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

$23

John D. MacDonald - The Green Ripper

$3 - $7

E. Lockhart - The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: Library Edition

$10 - $54

Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain

Edmund Morris - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

$10 - $31

Jeanne Birdsall - The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, And a Very Interesting Boy

$7 - $10

John Cheever - The Wapshot Chronicle

$8 - $12

Charles Johnson - Middle Passage

Sean B. Carroll - Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

$5 - $6

Adrienne Mayor - The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy

Tom Wolfe - A Man in Full

$7 - $17