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The Secrets of the Alchemist Dar
Author: By Michael StadtherISBN: 978-0-9760618-7-8 The Secrets of the Alchemist Dar is the sequel to Michael Stadther's last book A Treasure's Trove, and fans of that book will be glad to see more of their favorite characters- the woodcarver, Zac, his Halfling wife of two years Ana, and of course, their faithful dog like 'doth' Pook. In this tale, reminiscent of classic fairytales, the evil Alchemist is trying to steal the good fairies rings of life in order to give eternal life to the...
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2-3-2007
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Uneversaurus
Author: Aiden PottsISBN: 978-0385751193Uneversaurus is a picture book that walks kids through how paleontologists find dinosaur bones, how they put them all together, and how they make deductions about how the dinosaur lived and what it looked like by comparing them to what we know about the animals that are alive today.Uneversaurus is illustrated wonderfully with a fun mix of splashy full color pages and small comic book like asides that manage to convey a lot of information in a fun way....
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6-14-2007
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Foundling
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Foundling Author: D.M. CornishISBN: 0142409138 Life has not been kind to poor Rossamund Bookchild. He is an orphan, knowing nothing about his past other then that as an infant he was left on the doorstep of Madam Opera's Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls. Pinned to his diaper was a slip of paper with the name Rossamund- a very lovely name if the child had been a girl. However things are tough for a little boy growing up with such a...
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2-4-2008
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The Unnatural Inquirer
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Unnatural InquirerAuthor: Simon R. GreeenISBN: 0441015581 In The Unnatural Inquirer Simon R. Green's popular character John Taylor is back for more butt kicking, sarcastic humor, and a nice bit of paranormal detective work. For those unfamiliar with Green's wry genre mixing he is the master of mixing the noir detective novel, with a fantastical paranormal setting, creating something fresh and new. John Taylor is the classic Green protagonist; a wise...
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2-4-2008
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Minds Eye
Author Philip HenryISBN: 1-84685-297-8 Johnny Knox was that high school kid that every one knew, and no one actively disliked, but no one was friends with. Students are surprised when he dies, in what is first called a suicide and is later deemed natural causes, but life goes on pretty much as normal. Normal that is for everyone except for Steve Norton who has a terrifying experience shortly after the death that makes him realize that there was nothing 'natural' about the cause. In time he...
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4-26-2007
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Selling Sickness: How the Worlds Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning Us All into Patients
Author: Roy Moynihan and Alan CasselsISBN: 156025856XSelling Sickness starts off with the now famous quote where the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Merck lamented that his company was limited to selling its products to only sick people and that his dream was to make drugs he could sell to everyone, including the healthy. This book shows how much has changed in the thirty years since that statement was made. Chillingly Selling Sickness paints a picture of Merck's fantasy coming true. Roy...
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4-4-2007
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Through a Glass Darkly
Author: Karleen KoenISBN: 1402200447Barbara Aderly lives a near idyllic life in the 18th century. She is the willful, and much doted upon, granddaughter of a strong aristocratic woman, surrounded by a gaggle of beloved younger brothers and sisters, with free run of the English countryside. But as reaches her teen years the world she has always known is being taken away from her. With a surprise visit from her black sheep mother Barbara learns her marriage has been arranged to a much older man...
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1-16-2007
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Wildwood Dancing
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Wildwood Dancing Author: Juliet MarillierISBN: 9780375833649Wildwood Dancing follows the lives of five sisters in medieval Transylvania, as seen through the eyes of middle sister Jena. Unknown to their doting father the five girls, each month on the night of the full moon, leave their cozy bedroom in the castle to travel to the Other Kingdom. The girls spend each full moon dancing through the night with the fairies and other fey creatures of this enchanted...
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8-26-2007
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The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventures, and the Dawn of Empire
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventures, and the Dawn of Empire Author: Susan RonaldISBN: 978-0060820664When Elizabeth Tudor became Queen she was beset with struggles. The Queen was constantly under threat from relatives, all trying to lay claim to her throne, religious fracturing was pulling her country to pieces, and her treasury empty. The Pirate Queen takes a fresh look at the reign of Elizabeth I, and shows how she used piracy as the...
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8-27-2007
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The Prince's Diary by Renee Ting
Author: Renee Ting: Illustrated by Elizabeth O. DulembaISBN 1-885008-27-9The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews What was Cinderella's handsome prince doing while his future lady was toiling away at her work and wishing for a way to the ball? The Prince's Diary, a sweet new picture book from Renee Ting and Elizabeth O. Dulemba, answers that question.The book gives a charming and humorous flip side to the famous fairy...
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11-26-2005
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The Great Pretender
Author: Millenia BlackISBN: 0451216482 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Imagine for a moment you are living a double life with a wife and two teenage daughters in Miami, while tucked away in Orlando you have for six years being living with your mistress and a young daughter born out of this adulterous relationship. You divide your time between your two families, spending two weeks with each. On the other...
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1-21-2006
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Celebrity Anecdotes- Volume 1
Author: J. Julian PaynePublisher: Anecdotage PressISBN: 0973622105 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews It would probably be very difficult to write a dull book about the witty quotes, anecdotes, and tidbits pertaining to some of the most well-known celebrities, whom many of us read or hear about in the print or the television media.Celebrity Anecdotes- Volume 1 does not disappoint, providing us with many
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11-3-2005
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