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Books Reviewed by Individual Reviewers
General non-fiction books reviewed by a Member of the Bookpleasures.com Group.
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DADDY WAS A BAD BOY
Author: Floriana Hall Publisher: CeShore Publishing Co., an Imprint of Sterlinghouse Publishers of Pittsburgh ISBN: 1-58501-070-7 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown
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2-23-2005
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A Celebration of Clematis
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Kaye Heafey and Ron Morgan, photographs by Keith LewisPublisher: Half Full PressISBN-10: 0-97195552-6-3This beautiful coffee table book by Kay Heafey and Ron Morgan “tells the story behind the creation of Chalk Hill Clematis – a business in northern California devoted entirely to growing the queen of climbers as a specialty cut flower and as the perfect garden companion plant.”With anywhere from one to three pages per chapter devoted to the...
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8-2-2007
Views: 3286
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Born Without A Tail
Click Here To Purchase Born Without A Tail Authors: Cayr Ariel Wulff and Dalene E. Dilworth Publisher: BookSurge ISBN: 978-1-4196-6436-6 As an animal lover, Born Without A Tail attracted my attention. I had every right to be attracted to this book, and if you also love animals, I can guarantee you will adore this gem.
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5-2-2008
Views: 2466
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Bylines: 2005 Writer's Desk Calendar By, For and About Writers by Edited by Linda Hagen Miller
The following review was submitted by:
TAMI BRADY
Bylines is a desk calendar created especially for writer's, those writing professionally and those dreaming of becoming a writer.
As with other desk calendars, this spiral bound book divides the years into week-long segments with space for writing appointments
and notes for each particular day.
Unlike other desk calendars, bylines has several unique features
all dedicated to aiding professional and hopeful writers. For...
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1-1-1970
Views: 4981
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Everyday Cat Excuses: Why I Can't Do What You Want
Click Here To Purchase Everyday Cat ExcusesAuthor/Illustrator: Molly BrandenburgISBN: 1-4027-5903-7Publisher: Sterling If you have ever shared your life with a cat, or two or more, Molly Brandenburg’s book, “Everyday Cat Excuses: Why I Can’t Do What You Want” gives you a pretty good glimpse into the thought process of your average house cat.
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7-8-2008
Views: 3021
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Fifteen Legs (When all that stands between death and freedom is a ride…)
Click Here To Purchase Fifteen Legs Author: Bonnie Silva Publisher: River bank pressISBN: 978-0-9728991-1-6Did you know that over five million dogs and cats are killed every year simply because there are not enough homes for them? This is a shocking statistic. It begs the question: Does nobody care for these poor defenceless, loving animals? Gratefully I learnt there are people who do care all thanks to Bonnie Silva who cherishes any time she can get in the company of animals. She writes this...
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8-18-2008
Views: 3596
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FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK
Author: Jacquie McTaggartPublisher: Booklocker.com, Inc.ISBN: 1-59113-408-0The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” Obviously the coiner of this phrase never stumbled across Jacquie McTaggart, author of FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK.
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2-23-2005
Views: 2945
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Game Widow
Click Here To Purchase Game Widow Author: Wendy KaysPublisher: Synergy BooksISBN: 978-1-934454-26-8 Do you know someone who is a game widow? Perhaps you are one yourself? Here author Wendy Kays tries to help you understand what it means to be a game widow and how to build a bridge of communication that you may have lost with yo
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11-1-2008
Views: 7236
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In the Shadow of Suribachi
Author: Joyce FaulknerPublisher: Red Engine Press, Key West, FLISBN: 9780974565202Adult/Creative NonfictionThe following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON &CLICK TO VIEWCarolyn Howard-Johnson's Reviews If reviewing were a different sort of animal I could probably pen three lines of 17 syllables, wind up with haiku that would remain with the reader and call it day. I could describe In the Shadow of Suribachi by Joyce Faulkner with words like "heartfelt, consummat
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7-3-2005
Views: 6675
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Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 Days In Captivity
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 Days In Captivity Author: Leszli KalliPublisher: Atria Books (a trademark of Simon & Schuster)ISBN: 978-0-7432-9131-6Leszli Kalli, who was born and grew up in Colombia, has since left her native country and is studying towards a degree in English and graphic design. Boarding a plane to travel to Israel where work beckon
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10-9-2007
Views: 4340
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Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography
Author: Stephen TrimbleISBN: 0-87358-894-0Publisher: Northland Publishing Stephen Trimble grew up roaming the west with his geologist father and his love for the land and especially the Grand Canyon comes across in beautiful living color in Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography. This photo compilation covers 125 years of spectacular photos of the Grand Canyon. The story behind each photo is as lovely as the photograph. The book begins with the first photographs of the Grand...
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4-29-2007
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Lessons In Stalking…Adjusting to Life With Cats
Author: Dena HarrisISBN-10: 0976846926 ISBN-13: 978-0976846925 The first rule [and pretty much only rule] of “cat club” is that you don’t own them, they own you and your job is to be at their beck and call. It’s like being a personal assistant without the perks of a monetary return. I myself have been “owned” by cats pretty much all my life and just in the past few years have I learned first hand what it’s like to be “shared” by more than one [we’re now up to three]. So upon reading Dena...
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1-27-2007
Views: 2648
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McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant Cookbook
Author: William King (Editor)Publisher: Arnica Publishing (November 1, 2005) ISBN: 0974568651The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Murray Somerset: Click Here To Read Jennifer's ReviewsI have not had the opportunity to dine at McCormick and Schmick’s even though there is a restaurant here where I live. I have heard rave reviews of the atmosphere, the service and especially the food, so I was more than happy to have the opportunity to review their cookbook. I also liked that a...
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4-9-2006
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My Inner Pilgrimage Journal
TITLE: My Inner Pilgrimage JournalAUTHOR: Christina Rodenbeck (Writer and Editorial Consultant)GENRE: Nonfiction/Adult/Journaling and WritingISBN: 1841725196 The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN-HOWARD JOHNSON-CLICK TO VIEW>>Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Reviews Carolyn is the award-winning author of
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10-20-2004
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Rabies Mom
Click Here To Purchase Rabies Mom Authors: Pat Carroll and Jack McGowan Publisher: Rabies Mom LLCISBN10: 0-9801106-0-2ISBN13: 978-0-9801106-0-9 This is quite a moving, unsettling story as depicted by its creepy cover. Pat Carroll had to learn to deal with c
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7-3-2008
Views: 2134
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Reiki Without Rules
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Reiki Without RulesAuthor: Keith BeasleyISBN: 978-1-84799-866-8Publisher: Lulu.comReiki Without Rules is an excellent effort by a Reiki Master Keith Beasley to explain what Reiki is, the history of Reiki including the myths that circulate about the origins of Reiki, the need for symbols, the question of charging and all other details.There are several books on Reiki and each author has rightly presented the material from his/her own perspective. Keith also...
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2-8-2008
Views: 3727
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S.A.H.M. I AM: Tales of a Stay-at-Home Mom in Europe
Author: Christine Louise HohlbaumPublisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, Inc. As part of the Mom-Writers Publishing Cooperative ISBN: 1-932279-14-8 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews “There are days when I feel like quite the superhe
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4-13-2005
Views: 3737
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Slow Dancing at Death’s Door
Author: Amy C. Baker ISBN: 0781442621 The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Reviews CLICK HEREIt is impressive to see that a woman, Amy C. Baker, from the corporate world has stepped forward to show us our deepest human value: the need for serving our departing generation. Her book Slow Dancing at Death’s Door (Life Journey/Cook International, Colorado, 2006) incarnates a healthy form of what has been called ‘Survivor’s...
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4-2-2006
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SMALL CHANGE
Author: Floriana Hall Publisher: DDDD Publications ISBN: 0-9701600-2-X The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown Goodness knows that memoirs have enjoyed their vogue. Seems like personal stories about growing up in the ‘20’s, ‘30’s, ‘40’s, and ‘50’s abound these days. But how many of them are written for middle school aged children? Not many, but Floriana Hall’s SMALL CHANGE is one of them.
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2-23-2005
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The Scouting Way by Sandra and Jeff Schwartz
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin The Scouting Way is divided into thirty daily segments, a preface, how to use the book, message from the Chief of Naval Operations Eagle Scout recipient Jay L Johnson, Baden-Powell’s last message and a note about the authors. The various daily offerings include notes, hints and tidbits from a wide variety of public figures including Astronaut Tom Jones, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Shelton, Coach Joe Paterno, Cartoonist...
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10-11-2004
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The Sport of Schutzhund:A Photographic Essay
Authors: BJ Spanos and Peter Spanos ISBN: 1-884330-09-6Publisher: BJ Spanos Ink As a person brought up around dogs, I have always had a deep passion for these wonderful animals. The canines I know have a fairly easy life - a leisurely walk twice a day followed by a large hearty meal and finally a snooze by the fire or even on the bed!Their life is fairly uncomplicated, casual and workless. However it is easy to forget that this type of living is not always the same with every dog....
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2-1-2008
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Withstanding The Lie
Click Here To Purchase Withstanding The Lie Authors: Roger Brewer and Nicole Brewer Book title: Withstanding The LiePublisher: BookSurge PublishingISBN: 978-1-4196-9550-6 This book is a collection of essays, short fiction and personal memoirs aimed at helping people to just be their selves and not to
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8-12-2008
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50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know by Russ Kick
The following review was contributed by Paul Lappen
Are you being kept in the dark about the world around
you? Do you feel that there things the government and
media won't tell you, but you can't quite put it into
words? This is the book for you.
Written in bite-size chunks, this book presents a
number of things not told to the public. What the
world knows as the Ten Commandments are not what Moses
brought down from Mt. Sinai on those stone tablets
(read Exodus Chapters 20 and...
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1-1-1970
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A Dialogue of Civilizations
Author: B. Jill CarrollPublisher: The Light, Inc., & The Gûlen InstituteISBN: 978-1-59784-110-8North American scholars, writers and politicians frequently refer to the distinctions between Islamic and Western cultures as a “clash of civilizations.” Dr. B. Jill Carroll takes exception to this characterization. As the title of her book suggests, she prefers to look beyond the overt differences between Islam and other cultures and to examine points of similarity between them. Thus,...
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5-28-2007
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A Dialogue of Civilizations: Gulen’s Islamic Ideals and Humanistic Discourse
Author: B. Jill CarrollISBN: 9781597841108 B. Jill Carroll, a lecturer in humanities and religious studies at Houston’s Rice University, undertakes the enterprise of creating meaningful dialogues between some of the most celebrated scholars of human history. In her latest book A Dialogue of Civilizations (The Light Inc, New Jersey, 2007), Carroll selects five major themes of philosophical discussion and brings them up in the light of the teachings of six influential thinkers. The book...
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6-12-2007
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A JOURNEY OF HOPE
Author: Neil WillensonEditor: Kurt ChandlerPhotographer: Katja HeinemannPublisher: Camp HeartlandISBN: 0-9767169-3-3The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown : Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's ReviewsWhen was the last time you hugged a child who has HIV/AIDS? For Neil Willenson, AIDS activist and creator of Camp Heartland, the answer would most certainly be, “every day.” Willenson, whose involvment in fighting for the love and care of children whose lives are affected by...
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10-20-2005
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A Mile Square of Chicago
Author: Marjorie Warvelle Bear ISBN-10: 0-9633995-4-3: ISBN-13: 978-0-9633995-4-0 Author: Marjorie Warvelle Bear ISBN-10: 0-9633995-4-3ISBN-13: 978-0-9633995-4-0 A Fabulous Window to the World!As a talented artist and a landscape designer, a
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2-9-2008
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A Song for the World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Song For The World Author: Frank McGeePublisher: Many Roads PublishingISBN: 978-0-9787948-0-4Date: January 18, 1974Place: Miami, Florida – Orange BowlEvent: Super Bowl X Notwithstanding the belief of many residents of Pittsburgh, the Steelers 21-17 win over the Cowboys may not be the most memorable aspect of Super Bowl X. Those same re
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9-14-2007
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Abuse Your Illusions: The Disinformation Guide to Media Mirages and Establishment Lies by Russ Kick (ed.)
The following book was reviewed by PAUL LAPPEN
This is another in a series of books containing
articles on subjects that will not be covered in the
mainstream press. Spanning the political spectrum, the
independent researchers, media critics and other
experts behind these pieces (many written especially
for this book) blow away the fog that keeps us
confused.
Greg Palast catches the news media in several blatant
lies; not just misinterpretation, but actual, black
and white,...
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1-1-1970
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Adventure in Africa
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Adventure In AfricaAuthor: Connie Lee BerryISBN: 978-0-9772848-2-5 The book starts out with “fun facts about Africa.” Did you know that there were five fastest land animals – and Africa was home to four of them? Did you know that Africa had the world’s largest beetle and the world’s tiniest butterfly? These are just come of the facts presented – all will be interesting to the reader. Summer camp, magic ink and guilt – what a combination! After plotting to...
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2-1-2008
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Alive on the Andrea Doria!
ISBN: 1-930098-74-XAuthor: Pierette Domenica SimpsonPublisher: A Harbor Hill Book published by Purple Mountain Press, Ltd.The musicians are running away. My friends are crying, too. Everybody’s scared of something. I’m scared… Where’s the light? All the screaming in the dark is scaring me. I want my Nonno… Pierette Domenica Simpson Pierette Domenica Simpson, the author of Alive on the Andrea Doria! was just nine years old when the impossible happened. On their last night aboard the luxurious...
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3-2-2007
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Alive! A Courageous Story of Addiction,True Love & Forgiveness
Click Here To Purchase Alive! A Courageous Story of Addiction,True Love & Forgiveness Author: Eileen P. DeClemente Publisher: Infinity PublishingISBN: 0-7414-4578-6 Alive - one woman’s courageous story of how addiction changed her life. I read the first chapter this intriguing book
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8-6-2008
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Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
Author: Maureen OglePublisher: Harcourt, Inc.ISBN: 0-15-101012-9 In the 1830s, few Americans had ever heard of, let alone tasted, beer. At that time, rum and whiskey were the favorite beverages of the American drinking public, with English ale running a distant third. Over the next half-century, however, thousands of enterprising German immigrants transformed American tastes so that, by 1880, beer had decisively supplanted all other liquors as the American national beverage. Ambitious Brew...
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10-20-2006
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AMIGOS & FRIENDS
Author: Vicka Markov SurovtsovPublisher: PublishAmericaISBN: 1-4137-5545-3The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews“…I could see a serene expanse of cobalt waters fringed with white sand and palm trees. To the left, a faint purple outline of tiny distant hills beckoned to be explored, while dozens of sail boats leisurely crawled across the blue waters. …I often go back to those happy years, and picture in my mind the...
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9-22-2005
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AMIGOS, FRIENDS
Author: Vicka Markov SurovtsovPublisher: PublishAmericaISBN: 1-4137-5545-3 The following review was contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman &CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's Reviews
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5-21-2005
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And Then It Was Teatime
Author: Laurie NienhausISBN: 9780979238901 Tea, reading, and conversation go so perfectly well together in literature and real life that teatime has become just another term for get together. And if that sounds a contrivance, take an enjoyable walk across the sundry scenes of teatime depicted in some of the much celebrated works of English literature, as compiled by Laurie Nienhaus in her latest book And Then It Was Teatime (Gilded Lily Publishing, Florida, 2007). And Then It Was Teatime...
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12-28-2007
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Angels in the Wilderness
Author: Amy RacinaPublished by Elite BooksISBN: 0-9710888-9-6The following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's ReviewsSome stories are almost too incredible to believe. They read like fiction even though they are fact and inspire all who read them to look beyond themselves and find faith in a higher power.Such is the story of Amy Racina, who has published her memoir, 'Angels in the Wilderness,' an account of her sixty-foot fall in the Sierra Nevada mountains and...
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7-18-2006
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Architecture Fixtures and Hardware by Maggie Stevenson, Photography by Chris Everard
The following review was contributed by:
CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON
In case you haven’t noticed, everyone is remodeling. Or building. In many locales homeowners save lots of money by moving up or out rather than changing residence. Homeowners’ sensibilities have changed from the days of cottage cheesy ceilings and heavy drapes. The same is true of details like hardware and Maggie Stevenson has created this book to help those whose tastes are changing move with the times.
My hair stylist is...
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1-1-1970
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Awakening To The Dream by Leo Hartong
The following review was contributed by
S.V.SWAMY
The book is a good introduction to and exposition of non-dualism, Advaita (not two). It explores the oft-rising questions like 'Who am I?', ""What is Liberation?' etc., from the monistic (There is only One) point of view. It gives convincing arguments to reject the dualism and demystifies the mystic experiences which are often confused with enlightenment.
The book is extremely readable and after first reading, one can come back to it...
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1-1-1970
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Basketball in America: from the playgrounds to Jordan's game and beyond
Edited by Bob BatchelorISBN: 978-0-7890-1613-3The following review was contributed by: Jim Curtiss: To read more of Jim’s reviews CLICK HERE"Basketball has been ignored for too long," claims Bob Batchelor, editorof Basketball in America: from the playgrounds to Jordan's game andbeyond. The casual observer may find that claim to be somewhat of anexaggeration, given the millions of dollars that grease the NBA and NCAAbasketball machines, the millions of dollars that merchandisers rake...
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5-17-2005
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Bathroom Graffiti
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bathroom Graffiti Author: Mark Ferem Publisher: Mark Batty PublisherISBN: 9780977282746Mark Ferem is a native Californian and has spent most of his life living and working in Los Angeles. From 1992 to 1995, Ferem has worked as an art director where he won a National Addy Award. Ferem has always had an interest in ritual and human nature. He has freelanced in order to fund his graffiti restroom project. His photojournalism has been featured in Beautiful...
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8-25-2007
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Beginning College 101: How to Achieve Real Success in by J.B. Robson
Reviewed by PAUL LAPPEN
Going away to college is one of the biggest, and
sometimes the most traumatic, moments of any person's
life. This book attempts to answer some of the
questions on the mind of every incoming freshman.
If the school is close enough, one of the first
questions to be answered is: To live on campus or to
commute? Living on campus presents much greater
opportunities for meeting people and getting involved
in school activities, but finances may dictate...
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1-1-1970
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Beyond Dancing by Anita Bloom Ornoff
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshAs a young woman in the early years of World War II, Anita Bloom’s main concerns were how to manage her relationships with her Jewish migrant parents and finding a young man that met her requirements. She did not realise quite what she was missing in her life until one day she sees a woman in a Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps uniform and is immediately taken by her sense of independence and purpose. Without hesitation, she signs up to serve her...
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10-11-2004
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Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult by Richard Metzger (ed.)
Reviewed by Paul Lappen Magick is defined as ""the art and science of causing change in conformity with will"" (Aleister Crowley). That's the intention behind the pieces in this book, to look at many aspects of magick and the occult, and thereby do really interesting things with the concept of reality. Peter Levenda looks at Hitler's obsession with the occult, and a side of World War II fought with spells as much as with bullets. Daniel Pinchbeck tells the story of how he...
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10-19-2004
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Brand Clout: Maintaining Relevance & Profitability Amidst Constant Change
Author: Dennis C FlynnPublisher Cameo ISBN: 0 9744149 5 6 The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsThe narrative is not a story book per se, rather this is an educational or training manual for those who hope to create a lasting impression for their work or business. Brand Clout: Maintaining Relevance & Profitability Amidst Constant Change is a 134 page work comprising thirteen chapters filled with information to guide the...
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4-17-2005
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Burn This Book
DreamslaughterISBN: 0997136809 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews This book of quotations had its beginnings in various internet chat rooms overthe past 10 years. That is why the online name Dreamslaughter was chosen as theauthor. It was discovered that using quotes from famous people was a good way tosupport positions in political discussions.Here are some of those quotes:"I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which,...
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1-8-2006
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Cat Detective
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cat Detective Author: Vicky HallsISBN: 0593 052773
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5-22-2006
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Cats VS Dogs and Dogs vs. Cats
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cats VS Dogs and Dogs vs. Cats Author: Ian BlackPublisher: Black and White publishingISBN: 1-845020-22-7 Have you ever wondered what our animals think of us? Or maybe what they think of each other? This book answers all those questions from how to bath cats (do you dare?) to what your cat is really telling you when it’s staring at the cupboard. Also included in part one of this book, are quotes and sayings from famous names and also anonymous people....
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11-14-2007
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Caught Dead & Other Catastrophes by T.G. Browining
The following review was contributed by:
TAMMY COOK
Caught Dead & Other Catastrophes is a collection of 25 anecdotal essays by
T.G. Browning. The book could be classified somewhere along the lines of
""warped memoirs."" Discussing topics as variable as high school sports, home
ownership, car ""maintenance,"" and getting lost while driving, Browning's
essays are very readable because many of his incidents will sound rather
familiar to most readers.
In addition, the book is full...
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1-1-1970
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Censored 2003: The Top 25 Censored Stories by Peter Phillips and Project Censored (ed.)
The present review was contributed by:
PAUL LAPPEN
Based at Sonoma State University in California,
Project Censored is a program that yearly chooses the
top 25 most underreported news stories in America. A
national panel of judges whittles a list of more than
700 nominated stories down to those that are
summarized here. The stories must contain information
that the American population has a right to know, it
has implications for people in America, it must be
backed up with solid...
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1-1-1970
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Chasing Ghosts
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Chasing Ghosts Author: Paul RieckhoffISBN: 978-0-451-22121-6 Until “Chasing Ghosts,” I never understood to what extent our soldiers had to go just to get through the ordeal of a war. Lies seem to be more common than truths and sets the mood for frustration. Back home, we claim to support the troops. Do we really know what goes on and how we can be supportive? After reading “Chasing Ghosts,” I think we have a great deal to learn. This soldier’s bird’s eye...
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12-4-2007
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Cheap? The Real Cost of Living in a Low Price, Low Wage World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cheap? The Real Cost of Living in a Low Price, Low Wage WorldAuthor: David Bosshart: ISBN: 0749449934Things, all kinds of things, are cheaper today than they ever have been. The spread of manufacturing technology around the world, especially to places where labour costs are low, has led to an abundance of consumer goods and the laws of supply and demand does the rest. Food, in particular, is cheaper now than it has ever been and the growing problems of...
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1-23-2008
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Citizen Cyborg
Author: James Hughe ISBN: 0813341981The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews New technologies are coming in the near future thathave the potential to radically change what it meansto be human. This book looks at why democraticsocieties must respond to things like cloning, geneticengineering and nanotechnology, instead of pretendingthat they don't exist.What the author calls "bio-Luddites" are opposed tosuch new technologies, because...
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10-13-2005
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Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean, and North Africa
Click Here To Purchase Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean, and North Africa Author: Diana HenryISBN: 1 84533 284 9 Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons is one of those delightful cookbooks that combine colorful and engaging writing as well as intriguing recipes – wonderful to read through, not just to use as a kitchen tool. In the best culinary prose traditions, Diana Henry’s writing – a few pages accompanying each if the twelve chapters – is warm and...
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8-12-2007
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Cruising Cuisine for Home Entertaining, Hors D’Oeuvres and Appetizers, Volume One by Elena Vakhrenova
The following review was contributed by Terre Spencer To read Terre's interview with the author click HERE Elena Vakhrenova’s Cruising Cuisine balances information and inspiration on the unforgiving edge of entertaining. Brave lady, that Elena. You see, a great cookbook must integrate two inherently diverse universes for the reader: information and inspiration; the known and tested believably delivered in tandem with the imaginative and nebulous. Great cookbooks attempt union of these...
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10-19-2004
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Curious Creatures - Wondrous Waifs my life with animals
Author: . Ed KostroPublisher: Publish AmericaISBN: 1 4137 0122 1The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsNot a story book per se, Curious Creatures - Wondrous Waifs my life withanimals recounts writer Kostro's life long love affair with critters.Written in 42 chapters Curious Creatures - Wondrous Waifs my life withanimals opens with 'A Snake, a Rat, and Two Alley Cats', moves on to givethe reader a peek into other animals who have...
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2-25-2005
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Daddy, Will You Dance with Me?
Author: Sandra Schoger FosterPublisher: Countryman PublishersISBN: 1-4041-0350-3 The following review was contibuted by: Katherine J. Turcotte : Click Here To View Katherine's Reviews The years between a father and a
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6-9-2006
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Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: John AcornPublisher: The University of Alberta PressISBN:-13: 978-0-88864-481-7History book, science book, and bedtime storybook all in one! For its size, Deep Alberta is a book that would appeal to many readers on several levels. The range of topics covered in this concise format is broad, encompassing geography, biology, and geology as well.Written in easily digestible sound bites, this is, first of all, a study of the fossil history of...
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8-1-2007
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DIARY OF A MOTHER:Parenting Stories and Other Stuff by Christine Louise Hohlbaum
The following review was contributed by Paschal Eze To read an interview with the author click CLICK HERE DIARY OF A MOTHER is every home’s never-say-fail parenting lighthouse! It is a compelling read for not only young mothers in dilemma but also nubile or married ladies who are either enthusiastic or scared of bearing and taking care of today’s Oliver Twist kids. The book holds that although child-rearing is not easy, with the right frame of mind and the right attitude, it can be a...
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10-28-2004
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Dinner with Da Vinci: The Road Royale Through Rebirth
Author: Leslie J. McclintonISBN: 1933538554The name of da Vinci has reached an acme of attention with Dan Brown's pop buster The Da Vinci Code. Now used in a radically different mode, it shows up in Leslie J. Mcclinton's snazzy title Dinner With Da Vinci (Great Reading Books, Texas, 2006). Combining autobiographical nonfiction with science, history, anthropology, journalism, and spiritual quests, Mcclinton has strummed the thread of rebirth and its conscious experience. The core...
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11-6-2006
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Disinformation: The Interviews by Richard Metzger
Reviewed by Paul Lappen
For a couple of years, the Disinformation TV series
was shown in Britain. It dealt with all sorts of
strange topics. Through a quirk of fate, it was
scheduled right after Ally McBeal, an unintended bit
of surrealism. In America, the show was bought by the
Sci-Fi Channel, but never shown, because they suddenly
realized just what they had. The interviews reprinted
here represent the tame ""intellectual"" part of the show. The companion DVD contains the more...
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1-1-1970
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Displeasures of the Table Memoir as Caricature by Martha Ronk
The following review was contributed by CAROLYN HOWARD- JOHNSON Displeasures of the Table by Martha Ronk is a sort of mingling of peanut butter sandwiches and nostalgia. It is often a sort of examination of how a train of thought moves along a fragmented track, how one image connects us to another event. Reading Ms. Ronk is like discovering we have found a kindred spirit when we notice she can follow us when we go off on a tangent in mid-conversation and she can figure out what the hell we're...
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10-19-2004
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Distant Peaks
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Distant Peaks Author: Peter LenPublisher: Millenial Mind PublishingISBN: 13: 978-1-58982-460-7; 10: 1-58982-460-1 Peter Len is a full-time American software engineer and sometime mountaineer who has scaled mountains in North America,
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12-19-2007
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Does Anyone Like Midges (and 99 Other Improbable Scottish Questions)
Click Here To Purchase Does Anyone Like Midges Author: Jim Hewitson ISBN: 1-84502-114-2 Publisher: Black and White publishing Does anyone like midges? I really don’t know but if you like the Scots you will more than like this book which features 99 other “improbable” Scottish themed questions. I r
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5-25-2008
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Dressed in Fiction
Author: Clair HughesISBN: 1845201728The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read Karim's reviews CLICK HEREStarting with a discussion of the centrality of fashion in dress to human behavior, independent scholar Clair Hughes takes a look at the employment of dress in select English fiction in her book Dressed in Fiction (Berg Publishers, Oxford-New York, 2006). Clair’s work is a confluence of literary criticism and critical description of scenes of...
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4-2-2006
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Effective Elder Caregiving
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Effective Elder Caregiving
Authors: Barbara Rothschild Allen and Lauren BarrettISBN: 1-932196-98-6Publisher: WordWrightWith an aging population and millions of baby boomers set to retire during the next two decades, "Effective Elder Caregiving" by Barbara Rothschild Allen and Lauren Barrett could not be a more timely addition to the current literature. Although in better health than their parents' generation, today's aging generation is still...
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8-25-2007
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Everyday Cat Excuses
Click Here To Purchase Everyday Cat Excuses Author: Molly BrandenburgISBN: 978-1-4027-5903-1 Brandenburg has captured a cat’s nature through her words and artwork. Even if you don’t have a cat, you’ll understand what cats use as excuses to ignore
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5-7-2008
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Everyday Cat Excuses (Why I Can’t Do What You Want)
Click Here To Purchase Everyday Cat Excuses (Why I Can’t Do What You Want) Author: Molly BrandenburgISBN 13: 978-1-4027-5903-1ISBN 10: 1-4027-5903-7 Publisher: Sterling Publishing
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5-5-2008
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Everyman’s McLuhan
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Everyman’s McLuhanAuthors: W. Terrence Gordon, Eri Hamaji and Jacob AlbertISBN: 978-0-9779850-1-2For many, the term “global village” is such a part of everyday language that it’s almost cliché. And it is very likely that Marshall McLuhan, who coined the term, would find great significance in that. Indeed, such was McLuhan’s ability to decipher the interplay between technology, media and society, that before he came along, many of the concepts and...
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2-19-2008
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Exposed
Author: Demetra Dimolopoulos ISBN: 1-897161-28-XThe following review was contributed by: Penny Watkins: CLICK HERE to read more of Penny's Reviews.Exposed tells the story of asbestos contamination by the Zonolite Mine in Libby, Montana. In the early 20th century, vermiculite was discovered in the mountains near Libby. It was eventually mined and sold all over the world as insulation and a soil additive. It wasn’t known until later that the asbestosis in Libby’s vermiculite was toxic,...
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7-27-2006
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Fork Me, Spoon Me: The Sensual Cookbook
Author: Amy ReileyISBN: 9780977412006The following review was contributed by: Kate Andronov“The act of eating is a multi-sensory experience, and when combined with the right ingredients and intentions, food becomes positively sexual”, writes Amy Reiley in her introduction to Fork Me, Spoon Me: The Sensual Cookbook. A unique approach to cookbooks, Fork Me, Spoon Me is a delectable example of the recent trend in the worlds of gastronomy and erotica – the combination of the two, where food and...
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8-24-2006
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FROM A DISTANCE
Click Here To Purchase From A Distance Author: Tamera AlexanderISBN: 978-0-7642-0389-3 The Battle of Franklin that occured on November 30th 1864 in the Colorado territory is often referred to as “The Gettysburg of the West.” This is at the core of this romantic historical novel.
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8-25-2008
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From Darkness to Light
Author: Berdj KenadjianISBN: 1-933538-24-4Berdj Kenadjian, Ph.D., former IRS chief economist and U.S. Army veteran writes, "If society would cease to tolerate misuse of power and money, there would be no more cause for war or excuse for poverty." And "instead of measuring values in terms of dollars only, he would measure them in afers ("appreciation for effective rendered services"), or volunteer favors." The system would mean "citizen participation and...
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11-12-2006
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From the Teacher's Desk
Author: Jacquie McTaggartISBN: 1-59113-408-0The following review was contributed by: Jim Curtiss. To view more of Jim's reviews click hereBeing in the classroom for over forty years can teach you things. Thus,when Jacquie McTaggart brings this much experience to her book titledFrom the Teacher's Desk, one is well-advised to listen. (Or be sent tothe Principal's office. The choice is yours.) Fundamentally the personal and professional memoirs of a retiredfirst-grade teacher, From the...
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6-2-2005
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GATES OF INJUSTICE
Author: Alan ElsnerISBN 0-13-142791-1 Gates of Injustice is an eye-opening, gut wrenching reality check for any citizen of this country. Federal, state and local tax dollars are being devoured by the billions annually by correctional systems throughout the country. The systems are broken, inadequate, ineffective and in many cases, inhumane.
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1-26-2007
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Geochemistry of Marine Sediments
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Geochemistry of Marine Sediments Author: David J. BurdigeISBN: 978-0-691-09506-6 David J. Burdige’s Geochemistry of Marine Sediments (Princeton Univeristy Press, New Jersey/Oxfordshire, 2006) is a comprehensive publication on all the components of marine sediments and every significant process involved in their derivation, transport, lithification, and diagenesis. The book cruises through the marin
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3-13-2008
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HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon of the Conspiracy
Author: Jerry E. SmithISBN: 0932813534The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThe High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a high tech facility based in Alaska. Back in 1998 when Jerry E. Smith’s book was published, it was possible to imagine the potentially immense power of what seemed to be a stunning new weapon type system. Perhaps some form of resonance could be emitted that would kill people while leaving the infrastructure...
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3-31-2006
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Heirloom Baking With the Brass Sisters
Authors: Marilynn Brass and Sheila BrassPhotography by Andy RyanISBN: 1-57912-588-3Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Heirloom Baking With the Brass Sisters is an interesting combination of nostalgia, Americana and delicious recipes. The Brass sisters are expert bakers who also have a penchant for old, discarded hand-written recipes; their delightful new book is a combination of these plus many of their own favorite family recipes.Oversized (so it easily lies flat while in use)...
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7-27-2007
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Highway Hypodermics:Your Road Map to Travel Nursing
Author: Epstein LaRue, RN, BSPublisher: Star Publish, 2005ISBN: 1932993169Nonfiction/Adult/The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON & CLICK TO VIEW Carolyn Ho
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1-17-2005
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Hitler Is Winning
Author: Jerry LeonardISBN: 0-9711756-1-6The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereHave you ever suspe
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9-17-2006
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How Children Become Violent
Author: Kathryn Seifert, Ph.D.Publisher: Acanthus PublishingISBN: 1-933631-48-1It seems that hardly a month goes by in which Americans don’t hear of violence involving children. Sometimes, children assault or kill adults. Often, adults assault and kill children. And far too often, children assault and kill other children. Repeatedly, we gather in our lunchrooms, on our subways or in our churches and ask each other: Why did this happen? What is this world coming to? What can we do to...
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11-14-2006
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How to Teach Your Baby to Read
Authors: Glenn Doman and Janet Doman ISBN: 1591170079The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews According to this book, little children (0-5 years old) are more intelligent andcapable of learning than previously imagined. After it is understood that theyhave a huge amount of curiosity about the world around them, the authorsstrongly recommend enriching a child's environment by teaching them to read.The Institutes for the Achievement of Human...
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4-25-2006
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Human Species and Beyond
Author: Rajesh SinghISBN: 0976498170 The follow review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE The rather effusive start of Rajesh Singh’s Human Species and Beyond (Synergy Books, Texas, 2006) sets the reader on precarious footing while grappling with the metaphysical codes that come riveting at him/her from the very first page. With no preface or foreword, Singh’s book starts brusquely with the assumption that man is suffering...
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7-23-2006
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I Know I'm In There Somewhere by Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D
The following review was contributed by: Rachel Newcombe & Click Here To View Rachel Newcombe's ReviewsSub-titled A Woman's Guide to Finding her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity, this book is a well thought out and intriguing guide for women who strive to accept themselves and live accordingly. Written by Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D, a psychologist and director of Women's Counselling and Psychological Services in Frederick and Bethseda, Maryland, the book offers an alternative...
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2-27-2005
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I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis, Illustrated by Jane Dyer
The following book was reviewed by
CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis is a lovely little board book destined to become a keeper for any adopted child. The author sings a lullaby in prose to her newly adopted Chinese baby, one that baby and others will treasure. Illustrator Jane Dyer captures a nostalgic 40s look that still manages to look up-to-date.
A book that is narrowly targeted to adoptive parents and children, I believe it would be most appreciated by...
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1-1-1970
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I Never Held You by Ellen DuBois
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin I Never Held You is a small work of 7 sections designed to aid women who are suffering the results of loss of a baby. Areas covered in the book are Miscarriage, Grieving, Blame, Letting Go, Moving On, My Angel Baby and Online Resources. Writer DuBois has crafted a well written book based on her own experience with miscarriage and the struggles she, and other women must combat as they learn to deal with it. DuBois asked that I review the...
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10-11-2004
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Identity Theft
Author: Silver Lake Publishing StaffISBN: 1563437775The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews Identity theft is the fastest growing consumer threat in America. The explosionof computer and graphics technology has made it a much easier crime toperpetrate than in the past. It is the sort of crime that can happen to anyone,and be perpetrated by anyone.The most practical documents to obtain for an identity thief are a SocialSecurity Card or a...
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12-29-2005
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If I Did It ( Confessions of the Killer)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon If I Did It (Confessions of the Killer)Publisher: Beaufort Books:ISBN 13: 978-0-8253-0588-7: ISBN 10: 0-8253-0588-8The year 1994 will strike a cord in many Americans who remember the brutal murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. Ex-husband Orenthal James Simpson (better known as O.J Simpson) was made a suspect and taken in for interrogation for the murders. Later he walked a free man. The Goldm
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12-12-2007
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Improve Your Piano Playing
Author: Dr. John Meffen Publisher: Allworth Press ISBN: 13-978-1-58115-476-4Improve Your Piano Playing brings its readers quite close to personally accessing an exceptional piano teacher, Dr. John Meffen, who has poured extensive years of teaching, research and performance into his 160-page book in such a personal way as to make the concepts practically jump off the page. Geared largely towards students in the beginning intermediate stages through advanced, Improve Your Piano Playing is...
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5-23-2007
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In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed
Title: In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement isChallenging the Cult of Speed: Author: Carl HonoreISBN: 006054578X (General non-fiction)The Following Review Was Contrubuted by: Paul Lappen -CLICK TO VIEW>>>>Paul Lappen's ReviewsWe live in an era of speed, where everything movesfaster than ever before. Ever since the IndustrialRevolution, the idea has been to cram more into eachminute of the day. Any unoccupied time during the day,whether for adults or children, is...
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10-14-2004
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Inside the Space Race
Author: Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.ISBN: 1-933538-39-2Rumors will be forever going around about the "moon landing" -- did we really get there? If so, why, if there is no oxygen, did the flag blow as if by wind? Why did the astronaut's boots kick up moon dust, but the landing modular sat on smooth moon dust -- wouldn't the rockets have kicked up as much or more of that dust? There's one rumor that, for many years, was hard to put to rest -- that about Deke Slayton -- disgruntled astronaut...
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2-10-2007
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It Ends With You by Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D.
The following review was contributed by: WARREN THURSTON
Doctor Tina Tessina's new book tackles a problem that is difficult to live with. Dysfunctional families do cause life long problems for their members. It leaves them with emotional baggage that is very difficult to dispose of.
I know this is true because I live in such a family. The exact details of my problem will not be revealed in this review. But I think it gives me a greater understanding about what Doctor Tessina is trying...
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1-1-1970
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It's My Rainbow Too by Arlene Evans
The following review was contributed by:
RACHEL NEWCOMBE
Most of us take the ability to see color for granted, but for those affected by color vision deficiency (CVD) life can be challenging. In Seeing Color: It's My Rainbow Too, the book starts by illustrating the difficulties faced by a child, Joey Knight, who struggles to identify
colors in the same way as other children. As a toddler, the color of shoes or crayons was a mystery to Joey, and as he grew older colored maps and clothing...
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1-1-1970
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Keeping the Masses Down: How to Escape the Vicious Downward Spiral of Poverty
Authors: August K. Anderson and Nola L. KelseyISBN: 1420867520This workbook will help to prepare anyone, young or old, for success in anAmerica with a rapidly shrinking middle class.Do you have a wildest dream or a lifelong goal? If cost was no object, whatwould you like to do with your life? Why don't you start to do something aboutit? This does not mean abandoning your present life, all at once and startingover, but working, step by step, toward that Ultimate Goal.No one can change the...
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10-29-2006
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Leaving Microsoft To Change The World
Author: John Wood ISBN: 98-0-06-11108-1 WARNING: If you are not willing to be challenged or motivated to act, do not read John Wood’s new book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World. In the late 1990’s Microsoft Marketing Director John Wood took a three week vacation in order to go trekking in the Himalayas. At the time Wood had no idea that the 200 mile walk would be the beginning of a radical change,...
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9-29-2007
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Let Us Share; A Conversation on Growing Older
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Let Us Share; A Conversation on Growing OlderAuthor: Lou Dunn DiekemperISBN: 1-933538-76-7 Reading Lou Dunn Diekemper’s latest book Let Us Share: A Conversation on Growing Older (Synergy Books, Texas, 2007) rolls your fear of aging one-eighty degrees to bring the bright side of aging to the attention of your thought. And thinking is what her viewpoint underscores: ‘introspection can increase our victories.’
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2-23-2008
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Life After Betrayal
Author: Lynda BevanISBN: 978-1-932690-31-6“This book is written for those who have suffered the hurt, humiliation and embarrassment of being betrayed by their partner having an affair.” Trust is (or should be) the basis of a relationship. When that trust is compromised, it becomes broken. Often we wonder why we didn’t see signs of it or examine our lives to see if there was anything we had done to deserve this situation. Our mind and emotions often spin out of control, leaving us “emotionally...
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5-18-2007
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Life is Sweet
Click Here To Purchase Life Is Sweet Author: Ulysses BravePublisher: Black and White publishingISBN: 978-1-84502-183-2Ulysses Brave is a self-help guru who specializes in animal self-consciousness. He is the author of several light-hearted philosophical books filled with careful choices of words and images.He was born on an island north of Scotland and has since travelled throughout the world, honing his gentle wit through much observation and active listening. Life certainly is sweet if...
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9-1-2008
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Little Grapes on the Vine
Samantha GianulisISBN: 9-787774-583809 From the moment I open the book I was hooked! Food – who doesn’t like that subject? But “Little Grapes on the Vine” is not just a cookbook. Personal stories compliment the easiest mouth-watering recipes that even I, a cake-in-the-box-girl, could make. The first story is about how Samantha and Pete met – on a sandy Caribbean beach. Pete was Greek – she was not. And, so it began. When the wedding day came, Pete’s mother baked and served her famous...
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3-11-2007
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Little Grapes on the Vine…Mommy’s Musings on Food and Family
Author: Samantha GianulisISBN: 1-932279-49-0Just like there is comfort food, there is comfort reading, the kind of book that you can curl up with on a rainy day, warm and relaxing. For me, one of the most comforting genres is the essayistic cookbook, a kind of “food prose” with recipes thrown in. And “Little Grapes on the Vine” definitely fits the bill when it comes to comfort reads.Samatha Gianulis creates a memoir around food and family, inextricably connected and intertwined, one...
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3-3-2007
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Loving Natalee (The True Story of the Aruba Kidnapping and its Aftermath)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Loving Natalee (The True Story of the Aruba Kidnapping and its Aftermath)Authors: Beth Holloway with Sunny TillmanISBN: 978-0-06-145227-7Publisher: HarperOne Beth Holloway has written this wonderful book with the help of full-time freelance writer and producer, Sunny Tillman. Tillman has been Beth’s friend for years, working with her on media relations, speaking engagements, the International Safe Travels Foundation, and of course this book. The...
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3-17-2008
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Mad Cover to Cover
By the Mad Editors; Commentary by Frank JacobsPublisher: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000ISBN: 0823016846Adult/Nonfiction
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4-5-2005
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Many Children Left Behind
Authors: Deborah Meier and George WoodISBN: 0807004596The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsThe nationwide No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is thelatest attempt to reform American education. It issupposed to do this through enforcing a system ofstandards and accountability through standardizedtesting. According to the authors in this book, NCLBactually hurts, instead of helps, children, especiallyurban children.The biggest problem is...
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7-29-2005
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Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book
Author: Gerard Jones,ISBN: 0465036562This book is a history of that ubiquitous part of contemporary Americanadolescent life, the comic book.In the early part of the 20th Century, there were an entire generation of malegeeks and outsiders who enjoyed reading this crazy literature called sciencefiction. Mainly Jewish, and usually living in the Lower East Side of Manhattan,they combined their fantasies and youthful traumas into the square-jawed heroeswho are now a central part of pop culture.A...
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10-29-2006
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Miracle Dog: How Quentin Survived the Gas Chamber to Speak for Animals on Death Row
Author: Randy GrimISBN: 1-57779-071-5The following review was contributed by Tami Brady & CLICK TO VIEW Tami Brady's Reviews Miracle Dog: How Quentin Survived the Gas Chamber to Speak for Animals on Death Row is the heart warming story of Quentin and his guardian Randy Grim. Quentin is a very unique dog for a variety of reasons, perhaps surprisingly the least of which is that he miraculously survived fifteen minutes in the gas chamber while watching his fellow inmates die. Quentin's...
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4-13-2005
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Miscellaneous Philosophy, The Underclassman Years
Author: Stefan Koski ISBN: 1-58736-411-5The following review was contributed by: James M. CurtissOne does not expect perfection from beginning writers, especially whenthe writer happens to be 16. And though Miscellaneous Philosophy, TheUnderclassman Years by Stefan Koski has some extremely bright spots, thereader is repeatedly left wanting just a bit more than the writer seemsready to give.Koski's book is actually a time machine for the adult male reader.Through him, we return back to the...
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4-11-2005
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Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle For America's Soul
Author: Edward HumesISBN: 978-0-06-088548-9In Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle For America's Soul author Edward Humes presents a compelling snap-shot of the Kitzmiller, et all v. Dover Area School District federal court case that made national headlines in 2005.In this case, for anyone who may not be familiar, the school board members of the Dover, Pennsylvania school district instituted in 2004 a new education policy for the local high school biology class. The...
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2-4-2007
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Mother’s Speak . . . For Love of Family
Author: Rosalie Fuscaldo Gaziano ISBN: 1-930754-73-6The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews When I learned that Ms. Gaziano had been awarded “National Mother of the Year 2002” by National Mothers, Inc., in part because she had raised five incredibly successful sons, I thou
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7-27-2005
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Muhajababes: Meet the New Middle East—Young, Sexy, and Devout
Click Here To Purchase Muhajababes: Meet the New Middle East—Young, Sexy, and Devout Author: Allegra StrattonISBN: 9781933633503Publisher: Melville House Publishing In Muhajababes: Meet the New Middle East, twenty-five year old BBC journalist Allegra Stratton traverses the Middle East in search of the an
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7-8-2008
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My Office Is A 3-Ring Circus!: Must I Take Orders From Clowns?
Author: JudiMISBN: 0595351859 JudiM is a career oriented business woman who achieved everything she set her heart on. In ‘My Office Is A 3-Ring Circus!: Must I Take Orders From Clowns?’ JudiM writes an inspirational account and a career guide from her years as a marketing director, tour booking agent, and Dancing Bear with the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. In her book, JudiM turns every lesson learnt into a career advice. She analyses the obstacles encountered while touring with the circus...
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10-3-2006
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Natural Harmony Jade’s Story
Title: Natural Harmony Jade’s Story Author: Gail AlbrechtsonISBN: 141200392XThe following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's "In loving memory of Jade July 1, 1979-January 12, 1986" Jade was born, tiny, beautiful and sleepy. Her parents could not believe there might be something out of the ordinary despite their pediatrician’s words that she suspected certain anomalies. Test results were held up for hours and then days as the terrified...
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11-28-2004
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Never Better – All Things Considered
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Never Better – All Things ConsideredAuthor: Sally A. ConnollyISBN: 978-0-9772653-2-9 I thought this book would be about making the transition from married to widowed. It was not. Instead, it was a fragmented recounting of one woman’s life for two years after the passing of her husband of 37-years. The fragmentation is what I believe most interesting – because that is exactly how most people feel after a loss (unexpected or not). We seem to want to pay...
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2-27-2008
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Old Age is a Terminal Illness
Author: Alma H. BondPublisher: Universal PublishersISBN: 1-58112-904-1When five of her friends died within the space of a few years, Dr. Alma Bond, acutely aware of her own advancing years, grew depressed. Dr. Bond finally decided to deal with her problem by keeping a dream journal. Believing that her dreams held clues to the issues underlying her depression, she perceived the journal as a means for analyzing, understanding and, ultimately, controlling her psychic, emotional and spiritual...
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3-1-2007
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Ordinary Miracles by Sir Rupert A. L. Perrin, MD with Kristin J. Johnson
The following review was contributed by:
Carolyn Howard Johnson award-winning author of This is the Place, Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, and The Frugal Book Promoter: How to do What Your Publisher Won’t
Here is a man--this Sir Rupert A. L. Perrin, MD--with a remarkable story to tell. In Kristin J. Johnson, he has found a partner with the passion and skill to help him tell it with the fervor it deserves.
Though not a traditionally-constructed memoir, this pair of...
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1-1-1970
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Our Space
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Our Space Author: Christine HaroldISBN: 978-0-8166-4954-9 (hc:alk.paper) / ISBN-10.0-8166-4954-5ISBN: 978-0-8166-4955-6 (pb:alk.paper) / ISBN-10.0-8166-4955-3 As I understand it, the triple purpose of Christine Harold’s book is to delineate the consumer culture of America that many deep thinkers deplore, to describe the strategies used by so-called “activists” to attack it, and to offer an alternative to those strategies.
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11-5-2007
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Outdoor Photography (Better Pictures for Outdoor Enthusiasts)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Outdoor Photography (Better Pictures for Outdoor Enthusiasts)Author: Jon Sparks ISBN: 1-85284-356-XPublisher: Cicerone Jon Sparks is a professional photographer and writer who specializes in landscape and outdoor subjects. His picture library includes images from New Zealand to Morocco and Pakistan. Jon publishes Lake District cards and posters and is the author of Car-free Cumbria. He is currently working on preparing books about the Lancashire Cycleway and...
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3-18-2008
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Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage
Author: Tom MastPublisher: Greenleaf Book Group, 2005. The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews Oil will run out in somewhere between 100 and 120 years from now. Peak production of oil may have already occurred or else will occur within the next decade. Recent events which have temporarily restricted the supply of oil show how quickly consumer panic can arise and the problems face when their lifestyles and businesses are based so strongly on...
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9-16-2005
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O’Connor’s Federal Rules: Civil Trials 2005
Author: Michael C. SmithISBN: 1884554962 The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE Michael C. Smith is an attorney with The Roth Law Firm in Marshall, Texas, where he specializes in product liability, and complex commercial and patent litigation in federal and state courts. Smith has served as chairman of the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas since...
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5-24-2006
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Party Like a Rock Star Even When You're Poor as Dirt
Author: Camper English ISBN: 1555838774The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews This book gives many ways for people to save money on their rock and rolllife-style.The single best thing to do is to visit many websites as possible, for bands,clubs, art galleries, etc, depending on your interests. While you're there, lookfor freebies or other discounts, but sign up for their e-mail list. The vastmajority of messages received will be little...
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4-8-2006
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Passed Down Through 4 Generations
Author: . Victoria Taylor Murray ISBN: 1413784569The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin: CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews BEVERAGE recipes offered on the pages of Passed Down Through 4 Generations include Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic. This reviewer found CHEF TELL’S CREAMY HOLIDAY EGG NOG to be especially tasty. CHEF TELL’S PECAN CHEESE BALLS proved a hit at a recent holiday gathering. I am anxious to try PAPPY’S STICK-TO-YOUR-RIBS CREAM OF POTATO & ONION SOUP or CHEF...
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6-1-2006
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Peace, Love and BarBeCue
Author: Mike Mills and Amy Mills TunnicliffeISBN: 1-59486-109-9 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan, Writer & Author of NCO-No Compassion Observed: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereMost of us have had a barbecue in the backyard with friends and family. Someone gets the coals hot, meat is placed on the rack, and someone in a Best-Cook-In-The-Universe apron stands over the smoking grill with a spatula, meat fork and lighter fluid. And, when one hears the term "pit...
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5-10-2006
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Pornography: Film and Culture
Editor: Peter LehmanPublisher: Rutgers University PressISBN: 0-8135-3871-8Pornography: Film and Culture, is a compilation of thirteen essays (fourteen if one includes the editor’s introductory essay) in which British and American scholars examine pornography as social phenomenon, social critique, historical commentary and as film and literary genres. The essays are divided into two sections. The first of these, Historical Context, provides six classic essays that were published in several...
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1-8-2007
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Presenting Wales From A To Y: The People, The Places, The Traditions by Peter N. Williams, PH.D
The following review was contributed by: PAULA BARDELL
Opening with the entry: ‘A Oes Heddwch’ (‘Is there Peace’), the
“stirring three-time cry of the archdruid of Wales… at the
National Eisteddfod”, and ending with ‘Zito, Jayne’, the person
who set up the Zito Trust to campaign for “better support and
treatment of the mentally ill”, Peter’s N. Williams’s
alphabetical guide to the people, places and traditions of Wales
is a rich source of fascinating information for students,...
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1-1-1970
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Private Guns, Public Health
Author: David HemenwayPublisher: The University of Michigan PressISBN: 0-472-03162-7 Professor David Hemenway, of Harvard University, has spent much of his career studying public health policy. In Private Guns, Public Health, Hemenway examines many intersections between American gun policies and American public health issues.
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6-21-2007
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Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folk Song
Author: John BealleISBN: 0-8203-1921-XThe following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsThe fundamental question of “Public Worship, Private Faith” is this: if Sacred Harp (shape-note) singing was born out of a music reform movement led by educated clergy, why is it now associated with American folksong? To answer this question, Bealle delves very deeply and intricately into the history of sacred singing in America; if the reader doesn’t...
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3-28-2006
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Raising a Reader: A Mother's Tale of Desperation and Delight
Author: Jennie Nash ISBN 0312315341 (non-fiction/child care - 9/10)The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews Teaching a child to read, and getting that child tolike reading, can be one of the most frustrating, andheartwarming, jobs for any parent. This book looks atone family's journey through such a process.One of a parent's biggest wishes for their child isthat they find something about which they arepassionate, something on which they...
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4-14-2005
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Rambling Thoughts
Author: James C. Sandefer, Ph.D.Publisher: 1stBooksISBN: 1-4107-5434-0The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's ReviewsHave you ever seen a bumper sticker and wondered who is the clever person that sits around and thinks up those quips? Have you ever needed a quote and searched and searched only to find nothing that really fit the bill? Have you ever wished you could get your hands on a book that was filled with nothing but witty,...
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6-18-2005
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Random Thoughts
Author: Howard WuISBN: 9781425162382 Letting one’s thoughts ramble is sometimes a delightful venture. Meaning and order may arise from the apparent randomness, like the Brownian motion of particles that determine the temperature of an object. Howard Wu’s anthology Random Thoughts (Trafford Publishing, British Columbia, 2008) is an instance of creating meaning through randomness of thought and content.
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3-26-2008
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Real Life Notes by Kenneth Jedding
Reviewed by PAUL LAPPEN
So you've just graduated from college or are otherwise
about to enter the workforce. Now what? This book
attempts to give some answers.
This book doesn't try to say that Career X will be the
fastest growing in the next 10 years, or entry-level
jobs in Career Y will be worth a certain salary per
year. It asks questions like: What is your goal in
life? A goal of ""making lots of money"" would seem to
indicate a career in computers or the financial
sector....
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1-1-1970
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Rhythm Is Our Business: Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
Author: Eddy DetermeyerPublisher: The University of Michigan PressISBN: 0-472-11553-7For more than a decade, from the mid-1930s until the late 1940s, Jimmie Lunceford’s Orchestra (aka: the Harlem Express) was acknowledged as one of the leading jazz bands of the swing era. The group was famous for its rhythmic precision and “bounce,” its rich sonority, its discipline and its impeccable showmanship. Musically, the Harlem Express did it all: toured the USA and Sweden, played radio gigs, clubs...
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1-21-2007
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Rock Climbing (Introduction To Essential Technical Skills For Leaders And Seconds)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Rock Climbing (Introduction To Essential Technical Skills For Leaders And Seconds) Author: Pete HillPublisher: CiceroneISBN: 978-1-85284-529-2Pete Hill, who has climbed in many continents and countries across the world, is the holder of the MIC award and has been delivering rock and mountain sports courses at the highest level for a number of years. Pete lives in Scotland and has two daughters. He is a frequent contributor to a variety of magazines and...
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11-5-2007
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Rock Formations
Author: Dave WilsonPublisher: Cidermill Books (January 28, 2005) ISBN: 0974848352 Genera: Popular MusicThe following review was contributed by:
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8-16-2005
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ROVER, GET OFF HER LEG!Pet Etiquette for the Dog Who Pees on Your Rug, Steals the Roast, and Poops in Improper Places
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon ROVER, GET OFF HER LEG!Pet Etiquette for the Dog Who Pees on Your Rug, Steals the Roast, and Poops in Improper Places Author: Darlene ArdenISBN: 0-7573-0544-XThis handy gem of a book is a must for all dog owners! Admit it, if you own dogs you have been faced with one of the following situations: Rover humps guests the minute they walk in the doorGives not so subtle ‘love bites’Doesn’t get along with other dogs, thinks he is Top DogHas selective hearing
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9-4-2007
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Sacred Grief
Click Here To Purchase Sacred Grief Author: Leslee TessmannISBN: 978-1-932690-53-8 Tessmann takes a new look at the grief process. We are complicated human beings and live in such “complicated times,” that “today’s losses are no longer as simple as they once were.” It’s a relationship with our grief – not jus
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5-7-2008
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Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers Author: Edie ClarkISBN: 0-9719934 - 5 - 9 Most readers are familiar with Edie Clark's writings from her column in Yankee Magazine. The column was originally called The Garden at Chesham Depot and later when Edie moved it was renamed Mary's Farm. Edie Clark has written three books. The Place He Made, her first book, was an unforgettably searing memoir of love and bittersweet tragedy. Edie's second book, The View From...
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12-17-2007
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Scottish Place Names
Click Here To Purchase Scottish Place Names Author: Maggie ScottISBN: 978184502193-1Publisher: Black and White Publishing What’s a craig? No, this word isn’t a boy’s name like you might
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5-2-2008
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Scottish Wildlife (Say it in Scots!)
Click Here To Purchase Scottish Wildlife (Say it in Scots!) Author: Chris RobinsonISBN: 978-1-84502-195-5Publisher: Black and White Publishing Chris Robinson
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4-22-2008
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Seasoned With Love
Author: Valerie B. BarberISBN: 1-59800-285-6 I wanted to see what could possibly be in a cookbook that has a price tag of $51.95. Inside the deep orange cover, we start off with 'deviled eggs," one of my favorites, and other mouth-watering appetizers. All are pretty straightforward and easy to make. Then, it was on to soups and salads. Ms. Barber included all of my favorites and, again, these are easily put together. There are soups and salads for every taste and all include ingredients...
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12-10-2006
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Seven Bridges Turning Adversity Into Victory by Dessa Byrd Reed
The following review was contributed by:
CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON award-winning author of This is The Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered
Poetry as Therapy
Poet Dessa Reed's Book Builds Bridges
In an introduction to one of the sections in Seven Bridges, poet Dessa Byrd Reed readily admits that ""poets love to create a poem about creating a poem."" That should make the subject taboo for poets for, after all, their goal is to see the world and tell of it in a new...
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1-1-1970
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She Blew Him Straight to Heaven: The True Story of Troy Patten
Click Here To Purchase She Blew Him Straight to Heaven: The True Story of Troy Patten Author: Lola CrossISBN-10: 0979527600 ISBN-13: 978-0979527609 The old adage that there is a book in everybody takes a sad turn with Lola Cross’s She
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7-11-2008
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Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music
Author: Bill C. MaloneISBN: 0-8203-2551-1The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsWhen it comes to tracing the roots of American music, there's just no place likethe South: jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll, gospel - most music that comeswith a "made in America" stamp originated south of the Mason-Dixon line. Whilethe world obviously owes a huge musical debt to African-Americans for theircontributions in the...
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6-7-2006
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Smart Man Hunting: How to Get Out There, Get Dates and Get Mr. Right! by Liz H. Kelly
The following review was contributed by: Rachel Newcombe
According to Liz H. Kelly, one of the keys to finding a man is to get out
of your Home Box or, in other words, the comfort zone of regular activities
and relationships you're used to. That may sound tough to many, especially
those new to or experiencing dating for the second time around. However,
armed with this book as your guide you'll wonder why you never tried it before.
Liz H. Kelly's SMART Man Hunting is a sassy,...
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1-1-1970
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Society at the Crossroads: Choosing the Right Road
Author: Steven Cord ISBN: 0971174245The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews In some ways, America has never had it so good. There is more prosperity, lessdiscrimination and great scientific advances. But, America has to deal withinvoluntary poverty, crime, drug use, violence in the media and falling schoolstandards. While these problems have surface causes, the fundamental cause is aradical change in attitudes, specifically ethical relativism....
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1-17-2006
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Soldier’s Heart
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Soldier’s Heart Author: Elizabeth D. SametPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN: 13: 978-0-374-18063-8; 10: 0-374-18063-6 It was slightly more than a decade ago that Elizabeth D. Samet graduated from an Ivy League university and accepted a position as a civilian faculty member at America’s oldest mili
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2-21-2008
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Soul of Work by S. Louise Underdahl
S. Louise Underdahl takes the reader on an adventure into the world of work. It is an activity which all of us participate in. How we react to the kind of work we do varies from individuals and the workplace.
In the world of today the education of new starters is well rounded. This presents to management a new challenge that must be resolved. Workers now have a broader expectation of what a job must consist of.
The nineteenth century saw workers as tools to serve the needs of...
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1-1-1970
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Speaking of Radio: Chuck Schaden's Conversations with the Stars of the Golden Age of Radio
Author: Chuck SchadenISBN: 0-9743180-0-0"You wouldn't go to a theater on Sunday unless the manager promised to stop thepicture and let you hear the Jack Benny program." -Phil Harris to Chuck Schaden"You're bringing back memories I thought I had forgotten. Thank you." -DonWilson to Chuck Schaden"Man, you got a book there, I tell ya!" -Phil Harris to Chuck SchadenThe 19th century had its sheet music and the 1950's had television. Sandwichedbetween these two...
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12-4-2006
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Spirits in the Garden (The Amazing Realm of Secret Life Around Us)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Spirits in the Garden (The Amazing Realm of Secret Life Around Us) Author: Joan SolomonPublisher: Grynwild PublishingISBN: 0-9786166-0-XJoan Solomon is an artist, writer and photographer whose love for nature is ever-growing. She lives and works at her lakeside studio surrounded by friends, animals and Nature Spirits. This book has to be one of the most beautiful photography books I have ever come across. I loved it as soon as I saw it, even befor
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11-7-2007
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Spiritual Perversion
Author:Steve SanchezISBN: 0-9754803-3-2The following review was contributed by: Jim Curtiss: Click Here To Read More Of Jim’s Reviews Have you ever wondered what kind of person joins a cult? Or what beinginvolved with such a group might be like? If so, Spiritual Perversion isthe book for you, because it faithfully captures precisely what cultmembership entails.A thoroughly-detailed account of Steve Sanchez' 15-year involvement in aspiritual/psychic cult in Berkeley, California, Spiritual...
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8-18-2005
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Spiritual Survival for Law Enforcement
Author: Rabbi Cary A. FriedmanISBN: 0-9761966-1-1Rabbi Cary A. Friedman is a consultant on spirituality for the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI and has high respect for the men and women who work in law enforcement. Spiritual Survival for Law Enforcement demonstrates that respect and Rabbi Friedman’s compassion and concern for them.Law enforcement officers are constantly at risk for physical, emotional and spiritual injury. Physical injury can be sudden and catastrophic; emotional or...
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3-6-2007
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Staking Out the Home Landscape
TITLE: Staking Out the Home LandscapeAUTHOR: Paul E. Stake ISBN: 0971917205The Following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: To view Paul Lappen's Other Reviews Click Paul Lappen's ReviewsThis book consists of a series of newspaper columns ongardening, published between 1995-2002 in theWillimantic, Connecticut Chronicle. Stake was aprofessor in the University of Connecticut College ofAgriculture and Natural Resources for more than 25years, until failing health forced his...
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10-12-2004
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Stardust Melodies: A Biography of 12 of America's Most Popular Songs
Author: Will FriedwaldISBN: 1556525575The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews"How potent cheap music is." -Noel CowardI believe that Will Friedwald included the Noel Coward line about the potency ofcheap music in the introduction to his "Stardust Melodies" simply to see thosetwo words - potent and music - in the same sentence. There is nothing "cheap"about the popular songs featured in his book,...
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6-3-2006
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Success Without A College Degree: Dissolving The Roadblocks Between You and Success by John T. Murphy
The following review was contributed by:
PASCHAL EZE
Is success the preserve of college grads?
Success is a real attention grabber, not only as a
human condition but also as a subject for discourse,
and the reason is not unconnected with the fact that
it is everybody's desire. Everybody wants to be
successful in life, but not everybody thinks, speaks
and acts towards success, which explains why some
people are successful and others are not.
In Success Without A...
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1-1-1970
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Texas Judicial Cookbook
Author: Dennis MottsISBN: 0979027527Recipes from Texas notables as President George W. Bush (Crab Cakes), Texas Governor Rick Perry (Chuck Wagon Chili and Aunt Gene’s Coconut Pie) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (Cousin Susie’s Perfect Fudge and Easy, Hearty Corn Chowder) fill this cookbook with 59 simple yet mouth-watering recipes. The spiral-bound book is also abundant with color photographs and descriptions of historic Texas county courthouses. County courthouse judges,...
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6-26-2007
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The Art of Writing Great Lyrics
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Art of Writing Great Lyrics Author: Pamela Phillips OlandISBN: 1-58115-093-8It is sometimes implied that people who are talented in a particular field don’t have the time necessary to teach or write a book in their area of specialization – i.e., they’re too busy with their successful careers to do so.Not so with prolific lyricist Pamela Phillips Oland, author of The Art of Writing Great Lyrics. Combining an extremely accessible and encouraging...
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9-10-2007
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The Baptist Health Care Journey to Excellence
Author: Al StubblefieldPublishers: Wiley. HardcoverThe following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews Inspiring, Instructive, Energizing. Must Read. When Gordon Bethune, then President and CEO of Continental Airlines, wrote “From Worst to First” in 1999, executives in all fields were fascinated by his tale of how he
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12-14-2004
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The Blog Ahead: How Citizen-Generated Media is Radically Tilting the Communications Balance
Author: R. Scott HallISBN: 1-60037-045-4 (Paperback): ISBN: 1-933596-77-5 (Hardback)The Blog Ahead is a softbound, 8 chapter, 214 page book. Four appendices supplement this primer on the topic, and include axioms (appendix A), author-selected “best and worst” blogs (appendix B), a glossary (appendix C), and selected readings (appendix D). This last appendix includes an interview with Robert Scoble, an extremely well-written (reprinted) article by Richard A. Posner, and (reprinted) articles by...
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2-6-2007
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The Cancer Monologue Project by Tanya Taylor and Pamela Thomson (Editors)
The following review was contributed by
S.V.SWAMY
The Cancer Monologue Project is a collection of 30 monologues written and presented by survivors of cancer and in a few cases by their close kin. Two of them are about one person, written by the person and his spouse.
In the space of a few pages, each account took me deep into the psyche of the sufferer. I got a close-up view of the problem. The accounts are totally frank, since the participants in this project have chosen this way to...
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1-1-1970
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Composition
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Complete Idiot's Guide To Music CompositionAuthor: Michael Miller ISBN: 1-59257-403-3 The first bullet point on the cover of "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Composition" states that reading the book will "hel
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12-22-2007
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music TheoryAuthor: Michael Miller ISBN: 1-59257-437-8 One might postulate that any study of theory is only as meaningful as the action it precedes. A basic knowledge of notes, clefs and rhythm, for instance, usually enables the beginning piano student to play simple songs. The music theory provided in Michael Miller’s "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory" is pointed in a decidedly compositional direction. It is...
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12-11-2007
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The Creation-Evolution Debate
Author: Edward J. LarsonPublisher: University of Georgia PressISBN: 13-978-0-8203-2912-3; 10-0-8203-2912-6In January 2006, Edward J. Larson presented a series of three lectures on the topic of this book at Stetson University. In this volume, Larson offers those lectures in print form. Each of the book’s chapters corresponds to a lecture, each of which was designed to stand independently of the others. Nevertheless, all of the lectures taken together provide a coherent overview of the ways...
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5-7-2007
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The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World
Authors: Paul H. Ray, Ph.D. and Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D.Publisher: Three Rivers Press; paperback editionISBN-10: 0609808450: ISBN-13: 978-0609808450You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon How “Cultural Creatives” are changing our world Have you finally stopped defining success in terms of earning and spending money? Are you concerned about the environment and easily annoyed by people who don’t recycle? Are you ready to trade your gas-guzzling truck or SUV for a smaller, energy efficient...
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7-24-2007
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The Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money Author: Michael GilbertISBN-10: 0977655237: ISBN-13: 978-0977655236 Compared with medieval, Victorian, and early-20th-century times, women today enjoy an awesome degree of freedom with work, relationship, and individual life choices. Or is it an awful and undue burdening of the female members of society at the expense of men? In the context of evolutionary biology, Michael Gilbert, of the University of Southern...
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2-13-2008
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The Gallagher Guide to the Baby Years The real moms’ survey of top rated products and advice
Editor: Stephanie Gallagher ISBN: 0 7434 8476 2Publisher: Atria BooksThe following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsThe narrative is not a storybook. The Gallagher Guide to the Baby Years The real moms’ survey of top rated products and advice is a 222 page compilation of new parenting information gathered by the editor. Chapter one covers Pregnancy including ways to cope with morning sickness, maternity wardrobe and picking the baby...
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5-31-2005
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The Gay Face of God by Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson
The following review was contributed by:
TAMY BRADY
The Gay Face of God is the autobiography of Archbishop Bruce J.
Simpson. The story starts with the Simpson's birth, the result of a rape, and his troubled childhood. The book then proceeds through the author's search for his calling.
This journey takes the author to the air force where he becomes the first military man to be discharged for being gay.
Simpson then becomes an award winning police officer and eventually joins the...
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1-1-1970
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The Genomics Age
TITLE: The Genomics AgeAUTHOR: Gina SmithISBN 0-8144-0843-5The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & CLICK TO VIEW Roger E. Herman's ReviewsWe’ve all heard about DNA. It’s an issue, a science, a research endeavor, a discovery, a breakthrough that affects all of us. DNA is in the news, in some context, practically every day. Science is unquestionably a central part of our lives—today and in the future. But why did AMACOM, a publisher of business books, produce a book on...
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10-25-2004
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The Good Good Pig
Author: Sy MontgomeryISBN: 0-345-48137-2 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click Here
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6-4-2006
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The House That George Built: With a Little Help From Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The House That George Built: With a Little Help From Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty Author: Wilfrid SheedISBN: 978-1-4000-6105-1There are several ways in which to write a book on the subject of classic American popular song. One would be to collect a set of interviews when most of the main players – or their associates and progeny – are still alive. That’s the route Max Wilk took in 1974 with They’re Playing Our Song.Another way would be to...
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9-4-2007
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The Little Guides: CATS
Genre: TrainingAuthor: Paul McGreevy (Editor)Publisher: Fog City PressISBN: 1875137653The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsThe Little Guides: CATS is a 320-page work divided into three sections. Part1: 55 pages 'All About Cats,' presents a synopsis of the modern 36 speciescat family. The biological chronicle of felines together with an overview ofcats in general is presented. 'Cats in the Wild' offers a discussion of the'big' cats...
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2-25-2005
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The lost years
Authors: Kristina Wandziak & Constance CurryPublisher: Jeffers PressISBN: 0-9777618-1-9Told from the complementary perspectives of an addict and her mother, The Lost Years is a rich chronicle of drug and alcohol addiction and recovery from those addictions. Kristina Wandziak describes her long, painful slide into addiction, crime and life on the streets. Constance Curry, Kristina’s mother, describes the denial and co-dependence by which she unwittingly, and certainly unwillingly,...
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10-19-2006
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The Orb Project
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Orb Project Authors: Miceal Ledwith, D.D., LL.D and Klaus Heinemann, Ph.D. ISBN - 13: 978 - 1 - 58270 - 182 - 0 There is so much more to existence than we can fathom with our limited 5 physical senses. The authors of the Orb Project share with us their experiences with photography and the spheres of light which manifest in many photographs taken by the authors and others around the world. It is thought that these spheres or orbs of light are...
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9-27-2007
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The Ostrich Wakes: Struggles for Change in Highland Kenya
Author: Jean Davison ISBN: 0-9785150-0-5 Development, economic and social change, is moving very rapidly around the world. Within the space of a generation, the remote rural areas of Kenya have become linked to the global coffee and tea markets, as well as such modern amenities as the internet and MTV. Any form of change will benefit some and disadvantage others; it is the heart of the capitalist system that the concept of creative destruction will bring wealth to some and woe to others....
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4-2-2007
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The Ostrich Wakes: Struggles for Change in Highland Kenya
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Ostrich Wakes Author: Jean Davison Publisher: Kirinyaga Publishers, Texas, USAISBN: 0-9785150-0-5When the American anthropologist and author Jean Davison returns to her home base in Kenya’s verdant highland, she is not merely crossing political boundaries; she is, instead, transcending ethnic lines to assess the social change in her beloved Kenyan people. It’s been over a decade now since she last enjoyed her stay with her friends in Kenya and Jean’s...
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6-5-2007
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The Perfect Assassin
Author: Jerry LeonardISBN: 0-9711756-2-4 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereA 1950's CIA memo describes "a scenario in which a government-programmed assassin-defector kills and American official and then is himself slain while in police custody." Was it a dark government plan? "T
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9-17-2006
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The PlumpJack Cookbook
Author: Jeff MorganISNB: 1-59486-321-0This is a very reasonably priced cookbook -- $35.00. It contains meals that are easily prepared and sound more than appetizing. The PlumpJack story starts "back in 1992," when "a young food-and-wine-savvy entrepreneur named Gavin Newsom opened a small San Francisco wineshop with a mission to provide quality wines at reasonable prices. In the years that have passed, PlumpJack has grown to become a group of seven restaurants, two hotels, two...
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2-10-2007
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The Rapture of Maturity: A Legacy of Lifelong Learning
Author: Charles D. HayesISBN: 0962197947The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews"What will people say about me after I'm gone?" "After the funeral, and afterthe will, how will everyone think of me?" For the average young person, suchthoughts are not important. However, once a person reaches their 50th birthday,such thoughts become much more important. That's what this book is all about.The author looks at properties of...
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5-2-2006
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The Sacred Harp: a Tradition and its Music
Author: Buell E. Cobb, Jr.ISBN: 0-8203-2371-3In the early days of the 18th century, the quality of music in the churches ofcolonial New England was less than ideal. Congregational singing wasaccomplished through a method called "lining out," a process in which a songleader would sing a psalm, one line at a time, and the congregation would followsuit. Although the 9th edition of the Puritan Bay Psalm Book - published in 1698 - did include printed music (and was the first edition...
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12-6-2006
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The Shadows of Nikki
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Shadows of Nickki Author: Christine D. Patterson ISBN: 978-1-4327-0833-7 It was once said that “child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.” There are thousands of children being abused or neglected every year.
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10-22-2007
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The Sky in One Piece by Hannah Podob
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshAs a child, Hannah Podob was forced to spend more than two years inside a tiny lean-to improvised by a Polish farmer who has taken her and her parents in to protect them from Nazi persecution. Her only view of the outside world is obtained from tiny holes in the ceiling and her greatest desire is to be able to see the sky in one piece. This forced imprisonment continues for so long that her father, unable to stand up for the whole period,...
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10-11-2004
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The Sleepeasy Solution
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Sleepeasy Solution Authors: Jennifer Waldburger, LCSW, and Jill Spivack, LMSWISBN: 978-0-7573-0560-3The book is for sleep-deprived parents. The authors wrote the book because there were too many exhausted moms and dads out there that needed the confidence and guidance when it came to their child learning a sleep schedule. They offer guidance as you create your own customized sleep plan and based on their experience, they let you know that you are doing...
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9-11-2007
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The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
Click Here To Purchase The Slippery Art of Book ReviewingAuthors: Mayra Calvani and Anne K. EdwardsISBN: 1933353228 Book reviewing has been the hobby, profession, and passion of many practicing and potential writers as well as ardent book readers. Still,
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6-27-2008
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The Snake Charmer
Click Here To Purchase The Snake Charmer Author: Jamie James
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7-14-2008
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The Taste of Home Cookbook
Published by: Taste of Home/ Reader’s Digest Reiman Media GroupEditors: Janet Briggs, Beth WittlingerISBN 0-89821-497-1 Cozy dishes from real home cooks, and the accuracy and results of a professionally-tested recipe – the best of both worlds are combined in this colorful, 1, 125-recipe cookbook. Published by the popular magazine of the same name, The Taste of Home Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of the best, carefully selected recipes submitted by home cooks across the country, along...
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1-17-2007
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The Transformed Leader
Author: Ernest L. Stech, Ph.D.Publisher: Trafford PublishingISBN: 1-4120-3695-XGenre: Non-fiction, Management, Psychology, LeadershipThe following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY & CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's ReviewsThe Transformed Leader by Dr.Ernest Stech (ErnieStech) is a study of the traits that differentiate aleader from a manager. He differentiates the leaderfrom the manager by the use of the word 'transformed'and describes the process of transformation. The book has 17...
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8-1-2005
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The Ultimate Cat Lover
Click Here To Purchase The Ultimate Cat Lover Marty Becker, D.V.M., Gina Spadafori, Carol Kline, and Mikkel BeckerISBN: 978-0-7573-0751-5 This collection of stories and tips about our feline family members is only bettered with the pictures of our furry friends included.
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9-16-2008
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THE VALLEY OF CANCER: A JOURNEY OF COMFORT AND HOPE
Author: Angelina Fast-VlaarISBN: 1553060229 The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERETo read Diane's Interview With the Author CLICK HERE
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2-23-2005
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The Value of a Good Idea: Protecting Intellectual Property in an Information Economy
Author: Silver Lake PublishingISBN: 1-56343-745-7 The following review was contributed by: Penny Watkins: CLICK HERE to read more of Penny's ReviewsI don’t know where we’ll be at the end of the 21st century, but at its beginning we are living in the media age, in a global, information-driven economy. Information used to be power; now it’s everything. We also live in an egalitarian age as far as information goes. Anybody can access information, and anybody can contribute information. And...
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8-24-2006
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The “Perfect” Disease
Author: Jerry LeonardISBN: 0-7596-6809-4The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereLeonard again gives us well-documented work that makes more sense than any explanation I have heard so far as to how and why there is such a disease as AIDS.W
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9-17-2006
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Theaters and Theater Companies of New York
Click Here To Purchase Theaters and Theater Companies of New York 2008 Authors: Mike Stefan Strozier and Anthony Rubino JrISBN: 193420983XPublishers: World Audience Publishers (New York)
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10-21-2008
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This is Burning Man
Author: Brian DohertyISBN 0316711543The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews Burning Man is the arts/creativity/freedom/whatever festival held everySeptember in the Nevada desert.It started in 1980s San Francisco, in part as a reaction to Ronald Reagan'sAmerica. A man named Larry Harvey and some friends gathered on a San Francisconude beach to burn a wooden effigy of a man (for no especially good reason). Theevent was "adopted" by...
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1-3-2006
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Throwing Sticks and Skipping Stones by Gloria MacKay
The following review was contributed by: TAMI BRADY
Throwing Sticks and Skipping Stones is a humorous, heart warming,good for the soul book. This book is filled with true life stories exerts, life lessons, thoughts, and rants on every subject possible. Some of these topics make you laugh until your sides hurt. Other stories remind the reader to take advantage of the important things in life. All of the stories are entertaining.
I suggest that you take this book, sit yourself down on a...
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1-1-1970
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Tonya Harding’s Story Revealed in The Tonya Tapes
Click Here To Purchase The Tonya Tapes Author: Lynda ProuseISBN: 10: 1934209805: 13: 978193409806Publisher: World Audience IncAfter a good 14 years of infamous silence, US skating icon Tonya Harding is back on the scene! This time, best-
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5-18-2008
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Trash Talk
Author: Robert GussinPublisher: Oceanview PublishingISBN: 1-933515-04-X The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears, Click here to read more of Evelyn's Review: Violence in major league sports is not unusual. Athletes fight each other. Fans fight each other. Athlet
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8-25-2006
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Tree: A Life Story
Authors: David Suzuki and Wayne GradyDrawings by Robert BatemanPublisher: Greystone Books, 2004ISBN 1-55365-016-6The following review was contributed by: Dan GoldmanIt seems fitting that on the same day I received an e-mail regarding Kimberly-Clark's indiscriminate use of old growth forests to produce Kleenex tissues I finished reading "Tree: A Life Story," a new book by acclaimed geneticist and environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki, and nature writer Wayne Grady. The book focuses on...
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2-23-2005
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Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition
Author: Thierry Hentsch: Translated by: Fred A. ReedISBN: 0889225095ISBN: 978-0-88922-509-1Before leaving the world to join the eternal spirit, the late Thierry Hentsch gifted the western literature a book of literary criticism, history, and philosophy that is rich in meaning and universal codes of the human existence as recorded in the western literary traditions of our planet. Translated by Fred A. Reed, Truth or Death (Talon Books, Canada, 2004) analyzes full circle the theme of death and...
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5-20-2007
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TV a-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol
Author: Jake AustenISBN: 1-55652-572-9The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsAccording to author Jake Austen, televised rock music is in some ways an impossible combination . . . and one that he absolutely adores. Rock music is essentially "wild, raw, and dangerous" but when Bo Didley first performed it on the Ed Sullivan show in 1955, television and rock music began a long partnership which proved, according to...
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12-31-2005
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Unidentified Flying Objects: Starcraft by Der Voron
Review by Denise M. Clark- Guest Reviewer The existence of extraterrestrials has long been a subject of heated debate between scientists, scholars and stargazers who've spent many an hour studying the night sky and the universe beckoning beyond. Scientific proof of whether distant life forms and existence are legitimate causes yet an addition bone of contention between UFOlogists and skeptics alike, and while it's easy to make jokes about Area 51 or Roswell, there is certainly a basis for...
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10-19-2004
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Vinegar 1001 Practical Uses
Click Here To Purchase Vinegar:1001 Practical Uses Author: Margaret BriggsPublisher: Black and White PublishingISBN: 978-1-84502-162-7
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7-15-2008
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We Know What You Want: How They Change Your Mind
Author: Martin HowardISBN: 1932857052 The marketers and public relations firms of this world are constantly improvingthe myriad of ways they have to get inside your head and manipulate you to theirway of thinking. This book looks at some of them.Today's supermarkets intentionally place popular items, like milk and bread, asfar from the entrance as possible. That way, the shopper must pass all thoseimpulse items at the end of each aisle. Also, they are subjected to muzak tracksthat will cause...
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10-30-2006
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What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy
Author: Thomas Nagel ISBN 0-19-505216-1. A Small Taste Of Academic Success to Begin the Scholarly LifeDuring that first week of the first semester of the freshman year of college, before the social fraternities might have planned and executed their first parties for the year, before the sports tryouts, play auditions, talent shows, and football games can begin in earnest, for those very few days, the meaning of college and a scholarly endeavor can still be shaped by a teacher. In those two or...
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1-25-2007
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Who Lied and Said We Left The Garden of Eden? Memoires of a Homeless Man
Click Here To Purchase Who Lied and Said We Left the Garden of Eden? Memoirs of a Homeless ManAuthor: Daniel MartinPublisher: OutSkirts PressISBN: 978-1-4237-2939-4 Daniel Martin was among one of those unfortunate types of people who experimented with drugs from an early age and was unable to free himse
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10-14-2008
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Whose Land, Holy Land? by Dorothy Drummond
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshThe modern world is a complex place and modern technology enables migration and processes of globalization that add to the complexity. The claims that people have to the truth and to ownership can be difficult to separate and adjudicate. In many cases, modern society is capable of coping with complexity and ambiguity and these are indications of civilisation. In other cases, it is necessary to cope with absolutism or fundamentalism,...
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10-11-2004
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Why Intelligent Design Fails
Editors: Matt Young & Taner EdisPublisher: Rutgers University PressISBN: 0-8135-3433-XIt has been less than two years since citizens in Kansas and Pennsylvania fought two significant legal battles regarding the public school science curriculum. In both cases, some folks sought to expand the curriculum to include instruction in Intelligent Design alongside of Darwinian evolution as a plausible scientific alternative to that theory. The proponents of Intelligent Design lost both of these...
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3-8-2007
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Wicked Sexy Tales Of Legendary Lovers
Editor: Mitzi SecretoPublisher: Cleis PressISBN 1-57344-206-2The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN & click to view Shelly's reviews. The title is intriguing, although slightly misleading. This book is a compilation of short stories. They are not about the actual sex lives of the famous. They are fictional versions of how those, such as: Lincoln (who fears that the Whitehouse guards will see them, which is something that Mary Lincoln greatly enjoys),...
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5-24-2005
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Winning the Hepatitis C Battle:Understanding the Disease& How To Treat It Successfully by Dr. Shekhar Challa, M.D.
The following review was contributed by
S.V.SWAMY
Winning the Hepatitis C Battle is an extremely reader-friendly book, meant for patients, supporters,doctors and health-care professionals - in short, any one who needs to know about hepatitis C and the treatment options against it. Written by Dr.Shekhar Challa, M.D., Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, the book provides a single-stop handy reference to patients and their families/friends, when the diagnosis of Hepatitis C comes up...
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1-1-1970
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Witness to Roswell (Unmasking the 60-Year Cover-Up)
Click Here To Purchase Witness To RoswellAuthors: Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. SchmittISBN 13: 978-1-56414-943-5ISBN 10: 1-56414-943-9Publisher: New Page Books Nowadays if you are to broach the subject of Roswell, most people will inevitably remember the unidentified flying object
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6-25-2008
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Write it Right: The Ground Rules for Self-Editing Like the Pros
Author: Dawn Josephson and Lauren HiddenISBN: 0-97449662-6 The following review was contributed by: Rev.Marie Davies: : Click Here To Read More Of Marie's Reviews: A writer types ‘the end,’ breaths a sigh of relief and breaks out the chocolate but the celebration maybe premature. The last word of a manuscript signifies the beginning of the editing process. As the author of numerous sermons, academic papers, articles, as well as, fiction, I have found the editing process to one...
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8-21-2005
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You-Turn: Changing Direction in Midlife
Click Here To Purchase You-Turn Changing Directions in Midlife Author: Dr. Nancy B. IrwinISBN-10: 1419695010 ISBN-13: 978-1419695018
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7-14-2008
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Your Active Child by Rae Pica
The following review was contributed by:
S.V.SWAMY
'Your Active Child' by Rae Pica is a 'must-read' to
all modern parents, educators and any one else
connected with and interested in child health. The
book focuses on such questions as,
- Is Physical Activity important for children?
- If yes, which is the appropriate type?
- Is there a situation of too much?
- Which activities are not appropriate for children?
- Is there a correlation between physical activity...
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1-1-1970
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Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World
Author: Vicki CourtneyPublisher: Broadman & Holman PublishersISBN: 0-8054-3055-5The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears: Click here to read more of Evelyn's Review:
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6-7-2006
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