© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-jivepicnic Recent reviews written by member jivepicnic en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_185667325572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - The library of works about World War I is massive, indeed, but that hasn't stopped authors from pumping out new volumes about the war in recent years. As might be imagined, each of these authors have a new take on the war or cover it from a new... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185667325572 Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:23:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185667325572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184779443844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - In an age where our domestic foreign policy is focused on establishing freedom in countries around the globe, Sartre's first installment of his Roads to Freedom trilogy, The Age of Reason is just as vital as it was when it first appeared... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184779443844 Mon, 30 May 2005 22:32:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184779443844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_172424728196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - I must admit that I can't get enough of this story. I saw the Academy Award-nominated movie version of Sideways four times in the theater before I read the book, and I never wanted it to end. Something in the story has struck a chord with me... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~172424728196 Sun, 6 Feb 2005 02:11:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_172424728196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_169644691076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - Upon hearing of my recent penchant for memoirs, a friend of mine gave me her copy of David Sedaris' Naked. I was slightly skeptical because I wasn't sure if we had a similar taste in reading material. (Many of my friends question some of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~169644691076 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:35:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_169644691076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_163697430148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - Most people know C.S. Lewis from his classic children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia. If this is the only work with which a reader is familiar, she may think of Lewis as a children's author like Dr. Seuss or Judy Blume. To do this, though,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~163697430148 Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:52:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_163697430148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_161886867076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - When you look at a catalog of microeconomics textbooks, your eyes will likely glaze over before you reach the end of the laundry list of titles. Most of the books probably contain very similar material, so how does a student or instructor determine which... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~161886867076 Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:46:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_161886867076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_153037213316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - Recent world events have made a lot of us reconsider the service and heroism that firefighters (and police officers) provide on a daily basis. The firefighters in New York City got a lot of deserved press in the WTC attacks, but the men and women who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~153037213316 Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:33:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_153037213316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_144771026564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - When most of us reflect on our lives, several people will stand out who have had a tremendous impact. These are our mentors, our role models, and if we're lucky, our friends. Their stamps on our lives are obvious and indelible, and we shudder to think of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~144771026564 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:19:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_144771026564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_137856978564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - Ever since I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, I have been interested in reading memoirs. So when I saw this unique cover at my local bookstore and noticed that it was a memoir, I was eager to give it a try. This is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~137856978564 Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:15:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_137856978564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_136760364676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - I had heard wonderful praise about this book for years. Some of my friends told me that they had read it in school; unfortunately I did not have such an assignment. When I mentioned that my favorite book was Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~136760364676 Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:56:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_136760364676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_127031742084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - No one could have envisioned that a batch of salad dressing whipped up in the basement of a barn for a Christmas present in the early 1980s would evolve into a company that has given approximately $130 million in profits to charity. That's exactly what... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~127031742084 Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:04:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_127031742084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_125383249540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - It's difficult to imagine today that the soldiers of two bitter rivals would lower their guns in order to celebrate Christmas in peace, but that's exactly what happened during the first December of World War I. This book is the story of those... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~125383249540 Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:06:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_125383249540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_113688546948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - How much do you really know about World War I? I'll have to admit that before I read The Guns of August I didn't know very much. I could name some of the major players, and of course I knew the outcome, but I could never really explain how it all s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~113688546948 Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:13:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_113688546948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_105760001668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - Imagine that you are a young woman living in a small, secluded, mountain town where everyone knows e... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~105760001668 Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:04:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_105760001668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_102702026372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - Hesse has grippingly captured the polarities of the physical world versus the spiritual world in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~102702026372 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:08:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_102702026372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_99924807300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - I am sorry to say that the world will never receive another new story from the great Jewish fiction writer Chaim Potok, but Old Men at Midnight,his last effort (before he died in 2002), leaves us with a fitting tribute. Like much of Potok's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~99924807300 Thu, 15 May 2003 14:19:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_99924807300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_97424543364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - The central tenet of forecasting is that forecasts are always wrong. Just look to your local news channel's weather department for daily examples of this phenomenon. Nevertheless, forecasting is important for most businesses and organizations because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~97424543364 Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:56:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_97424543364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_95559192196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - What do you do when your spouse experiences an extreme spiritual conversion that completely changes your family's life? This is one of the central questions in Nick Hornby's newest novel, How to Be Good. I have been a Nick Hornby fan for several... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~95559192196 Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:47:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_95559192196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_92139261572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - This is the book that introduced Eli Goldratt's visionary Theory of Constraints approach to manufacturing management. Since its initial publication in 1986, over 200 colleges and universities (including Georgia Tech where I am studying right now) have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~92139261572 Fri, 7 Mar 2003 18:40:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_92139261572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_88774971012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - It's always difficult to write a review of a book when you've watched the classic cinematic adaptation of the story for years. When you are reading the book, especially one like The Exorcist, the words might not have the same effect on you because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~88774971012 Sun, 2 Feb 2003 03:31:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_88774971012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_88100867716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - The tag line on the books cover reads "The Art of Creating a Life while Making a Living." So where is this book located in the store? In the Self-Help section or the Religion section? No, it's located in the Business section, and what's more, it's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~88100867716 Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:00:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_88100867716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_87684058756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - I must admit that the cover first drew me to this book. I had never heard of the two philosophers, Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, who comprise its subject; but I have always been interested in philosophy. Reading the back cover, I saw that the book... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~87684058756 Tue, 21 Jan 2003 21:54:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_87684058756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_82028957316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - I must begin by saying that this is not the exact version of Winesburg, Ohio, that I read. I read the Viking Critical Edition, but it's basically the same thing. Both versions include the full text as well as background and literary criticism of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~82028957316 Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:04:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_82028957316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_81290432132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - I'm not a law student, nor have I ever had the desire to be one. Nevertheless, I found this book fascinating. I have a good friend in his first year at another highly-ranked law school, and this account gave me some insight into the experiences that he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~81290432132 Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:59:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_81290432132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_77413977732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jivepicnic - I know that this is a very bold statement, but this has to be the best book that I've ever read. It also contains the most chilling description that I've ever seen, "If he could only breathe, he could die." Imagine facing that reality every day of your... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~77413977732 Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:52:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_77413977732?linkin_id=8003929