http://www.bookmanhb.com Bookman Huntington Tue, 05 May 2009 20:56:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jamie's staff pick: Meet Dexter Morgan. He's a highly respected lab technician specializing in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely calls attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/darkly-dreaming-dexter-by-jeff-lindsay/ Rachael's staff pick: This is one of the better books on communication and building and keeping relationships alive. In this busy world we have created we need to be more creative in our relationships. John Powell has put together steps that lead to a more accepting and non-judgmental way of life. ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/the-secret-of-staying-in-love-by-john-powell/ Reyn's staff pick: From the school of unemotional investing comes the classic How to Make Money in Stocks, by Wall Street analyst and publisher William O'Neil. Readers new to securities will find it an excellent primer, one that relies on time-honored indicators such as quarterly earnings, market capitalization, and daily indexes. ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/how-to-make-money-in-stocks-by-william-oneil/ Patty's staff pick: Set in 17th-century China, See's fifth novel is a coming-of-age story, a ghost story, a family saga and a work of musical and social history. As Peony, the 15-year-old daughter of the wealthy Chen family, approaches an arranged marriage, she commits an unthinkable breach of etiquette when she ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/peony-in-love-by-lisa-see/ Taylor's staff pick: Cat's Cradle, one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/cats-cradle-by-kurt-vonnegut/ Keimi's staff pick: "Bella woke up one morning and realized she'd had enough." So begins the triumphant tale of one woman's personal vendetta against a world of peeping toms, rapists, and obscene phone-callers. http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/dirty-weekend-by-helen-zahavi/ Maryah's staff pick: Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searing study of modern amorality. http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/the-fall-by-albert-camus/ Rachael's staff pick: It is temping at first but unwise to assume Candace Shapiro is yet another Bridget Jones. Feisty, funny and less self-hating than her predecessor, Cannie is a 28-year-old Philadelphia Examiner reporter preoccupied with her weight and men, but able to see the humor in even the most unpleasant ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/good-in-bed-by-jennifer-weiner/ Jamie's staff pick: The wonderful beginning of the Sookie stackhouse vampire series! Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out.... Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea. A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend of ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/dead-until-dark-by-charlaine-harris/ Taylor's staff pick: "The men as they rode turned black in the sun from the blood on their clothes and their faces and then paled slowly in the rising dust until they assumed once more the color of the land through which they passed." If what we call "horror" can be ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/blood-meridian-by-cormac-mccarthy/