Ember is a city where the sky is always dark. The beginning of The City of Ember leaves the reader wondering about some of the unusual happenings in Ember. Everyone has a job in order to keep the city working. However, it becomes apparent that the city is dying. Lena and Doon are friends from school and work together to learn the long lost secrets of Ember. Can they help save their city before it dies? How can they escape the darkness that threatens to overcome them?

Sometimes I wonder what I am missing out on in life by being afraid. Afraid of what might happen. Afraid of embarrasment. Afraid that I will have made a wrong choice. But what's the fun of living life if we are not going to let a little bit of dancger in?

I think this book makes a great companion to the book A Brave New World.
For high school students who are about to tackle A Brave New World for the first time, this book is a good intro read. It introduces the reader to the concept of the Utopian novel, with a utopian society that is a bit more believeable and comprehendable than the society from A Brave New World.

A strange mishmash of hip-hop, country and whatever else is thrown into the pot, this album has caught on with the younger set and looks poised for a real launch upward.

The "Uncle Kracker" MOD is nicely captured in "Follow Me," a simple countrified tune that seems innocuous enough on the surface, but some music followers think that "Uncle" is referring to dreaded topics of drugs and/or loose married women wanting to spice up their sex lives.

First written and released in the mid-1990s, this astonishing volume reveals an international network of insiders that has shaped world events -- and whose grip on our purse strings is as viselike as ever.

Right from the first page, there is something truly special about this compact 187-page book that can easily fit into your pocket. You can feel the power, and the tranquility, the peace.

This little book is a big masterpice. It is a gateway -- a gateway to understanding. It's not that the present world is all that horrible, it's just that a better way awaits us all.

A young Orthodox Jew is torn between two worlds--the world of his father's religious convictions and the world of art and passion. Young Asher Lev feels smothered by the ideas of his father--Painting is not a noble pursuit for an Orthodox Jew.

Rare treatment of an excellent alternate view of 20th century politics, economics and world events, "Project Seek" includes rare photos, charts and a multilevel analysis of the so-called Gemstone Thesis penned by San Francisco scientist-turned-street preacher Bruce Roberts.

I know a book is good when it manages to consume hours of my thoughts while I am reading it and immediately afterwards.
This book did that to me.

The characters in this book are so real and so vivid, you feel as if you truly know them. It goes through a generous portion of the 20th century; reading the different perspectives on the 1950s, and the Vietnam War, was extremely interesting.

Although a far cry from the movie versions that the Frankenstein creature has become so well known for, this book is a deep, rich, thought-provoking fiction novel that captures the imagination.
The story raises many great questions about the concept of creation, family, and parental responsibility. Most intriguingly, it gives a thoughtful look into the need for human companionship, through a string of first-person narratives.