This is the first (and my personal favorite) of Koontz's books starring the character Odd Thomas. Odd is a young man who can speak to the dead! He has in-depth conversations with some of his town's favorites, including the ghost of Elvis Presley! He also helps the local sheriff solve crimes. In this book, Odd is troubled by indications that something horrible is going to happen in his community and uses everything he's got to prevent a violent tragedy from occurring. Suspenseful, funny, scary and metaphysical. What an "odd" combination!

This is an epic military novel set in the time from WW II up to the Vietnam War of the 1960s. It is the story of one soldier from Nebraska who receives a battlefield commission and becomes a career officer. I have read and enjoyed this book more than once.

An exercise ball is a great accessory for almost any workout. This book has well-defined chapters and easily identifiable levels of ability. The color pictures are worth more than a thousand words. If only looking at the book counted as exercise!

What would it take to fly at warp speed? To beam down to a planet? To play in a holodeck? You don't need to be a math whiz or a scientist to find out.

Helma Zukas is the ultimate librarian: conservative, careful, well-groomed, and organized. Her family and best friend are on the wild side though, and the occasional dead body throws Helma's orderly life into a spin.

Julia Butterfly Hill, who lived in a Giant Redwood for two years to bring attention to the destruction of old-growth forests, brings us a useful book on simple actions we can do as individuals to change our world.

Heartrending. This novel charts the course of two sisters maturing in different directions; their development is accelerated by family tragedy and an eccentric aunt. This book is far more subtle and nuanced than might be expected.

Imagine a hilarious book about grammar! Lynn Truss, a "grammar activist" from Great Britain, explains the correct usage of such vital punctuation marks as the stop (period), comma, parenthesis, and double and single quotes, all done with her dry sense of humor. Her examples of IMPROPER usage are delightful!

If you think you know what lurks within the pages of this book because of the countless interpretations of the title character in pop culture, think again.

This nightmarish reflection of Victorian xenophobia and sexual repression--but also belief in human nobility--has simply never been accurately translated to the screen. And the first time I read it (reluctantly, I'll admit), I was caught off guard by the novel's inventive narrative structure and the somber richness of Stoker's characters and scenes; I now re-read it every few years.

Meet Dracula again for the first time.

The true story of how Frankl found meaning and even joy in his experience in a Nazi concentration camp. Profound wisdom on where meaning lies in each of our lives.

Set in rural Iowa in the early 1900s, a domestic service worker is drawn gradually and deeply into the lives (and suffers the dynamics of) the family for whom she works. The story builds to a disturbing and apparently preventable climax. Cora is left with a choice and no choice... all at once. Well acted and powerful.

Seo has many brilliant ideas for simple gift giving and simple gift wrapping. I particularly love his flannel-sleeve wine bottle sack. And I'd never thought of using pine needles as packing material. When you want to be simple, cheap, unique or green, pick up this book for fantastic ideas!