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After Dinner Freud (Parlor Cards) 1 review
Joseph Aguayo
Viking/Allen Lane, 1996
Out-of-the-box ideas - boxed!
'Parlour cards' smacks of after-dinner liquer and Cuban cigars - not my cup of tea (pardon the mixed metaphor!) mainly because I don't move in those haloed Page 3 corridors. I bought 'After-dinner Freud' and 'After-dinner Shakespeare' - sight unseen as it were - mainly because the form of packaging and presentation fascinated me. It was only later at home that I discovered what a treasure I had ...
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After Dinner Games: The Constitutional Re-Structuring America Needs1 review
Robert D Doell
AuthorHouse, 2000
Great Read
I believe that this is a great read for anyone. Essentially it is a Mystery Romance Novel with a Christian base. True stories of Mr. Doell's home life are mixed in and it is fun whether you know him or not. Strongly recommended for anyone looking for a range of characters in their novels.
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Dinner After Dark: Sexy, Sumptuous Supper Soirees4 reviews
Colin Cowie
Clarkson Potter, 2002
Jetsetters cookbook
So you've been to France, Japan, Italy, Cuba and Russia and whatever hot international destination, or do you just want to eat and entertain like you have? This book let's you do this. Its really thorough- from making cocktails to setting the table, to making theme based dinners. The recipes are thorough too - you can have a country type garlic chicken (inexpensive) but you'll also reach for ...
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The after-dinner gardening book12 reviews
Richard W Langer
Collier Books, 1971
Fun and helpful
What a fun book! Informative too. I couldn't put it down, and have since grown my *own* avocado plant with my toddler (we named ours Audrey). The stories associated with the author's experience with each plant are funny, sometimes hysterically so. My favorite was the image of him standing on a ladder forcefully throwing coconuts into a bathtub filled with saltwater to simulate coconuts ...
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The Little Book of After Dinner Speeches1 review
JAMIE STOKES
BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKS, 2003
book review
The chances are that some time in your life the spotlight will be turned on you, while everyone waits expectantly for words of wit and wisdom to pour from your lips, Whether its a formal speech or just a funny story to amuse your friends, this book will provide everything you need to keep your audience entertained. So leave behind incoherent mumblings and enter the world of zany stories, comic ...
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The After-Dinner Gardening Book1 review
Richard W. Langer
Collier Books, 1972
What are you doing after dinner?
Minding my own business gnawing on some litchi nuts I started to remember back to science class where you would grow things such as avocados in water. One always wonders why we are buying this if we can grow it. At least it would be fun to try. I did a pretty good job of maintaining a sweet potato vine for a while.
Well we are not alone "The After-Dinner Gardening Book" by Richard W. Langer ...
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The best of William Irish; including Phantom lady, After-dinner story, Deadline at dawn1 review
William Irish, 1945
A Great Storyteller
I just finished Phantom Lady, and came to Amazon looking for more of Cornell Woolrich's work (pen names William Irish and George Hopely.) There were times during the reading of Phantom Lady that I had to stop reading and just settle down! You will not believe some of the things that happen! Of course, he wrote REAR WINDOW, which is the main reason he's been on my Books to Read list for years. ...
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The New York Times After Dinner Crosswords: 75 Refreshing Puzzles1 review
The New York Times
St. Martin's Griffin, 2006
Great puzzles for when you only have an hour or two
Challenging and fun but not as demanding as the larger NYT puzzles. Great for when you don't have a lot of time to work on a puzzle.
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After Dinner (Williams-Sonoma Lifestyles , Vol 4)3 reviews
Kristine Kidd
Time-Life Books, 1998
ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS!!
I own many, many dessert cookbooks, and I find myself returning to this one again and again. All of the recipes that I have made (which is pretty much the entire book at this point!) have turned out great. (Brownie Bites and Fruit Tarts are two of my favorites) The pictures in the book are beautiful, and there are great ideas for after dinner drinks and nibbles. This book is a must have ...
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After Dinner Games: 40 Of the Greatest After Dinner Games2 reviews
Lagoon Books, 1999
Unusual, simple but very interesting and amusing games
This tiny book has a great collection of amusing and interesting games to play with friends and family. Some are targeted to adults but most anyone can play and enjoy. Great icebreakers for parties and social functions, the well-described games cover everything from word games to physical games including interesting variations of charades.
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After-Dinner Drinks: Choosing, Serving and Enjoying 2 reviews
Jon Beckmann, Frankie Frankeny, 1999
A Useful Book in A Non-traditional Area
Many wine lovers in the United States don't really know much about after-dinner drinks - it is partially because most of the people drink coffee with desserts, not wines or spirits. This book provides information from the very basic to the in-depth inspections - helping the readers explore this wonderful new territory. Nice illustrations/pictures are a definite plus. Hopefully, this book ...
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101 Ways To Stop Eating After Dinner 2 reviews
Berkley, 2001
Dietitian's kudos for "101 ways"
As a Registered Dietitian who uses a cognitive behavioral approach to help clients change their eating habits, I recommend starting new habits to replace (or displace) the old habits that interfere with current health and nutrition goals. Now that I have found Nancy Butcher's book, I recommend it to all my clients as an indispensible book to keep on the dinner table... It is a practical "how-to" ...
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After-Dinner Conversation: The Diary of a Decadent (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American ... 1 review
José Asunción Silva
University of Texas Press, 2005
Not So Modernista After All
There's little work of the Modernista poets available in English, so whatever there is becomes important. Silva was Colombia's contribution to the school--the Latin world's answer to French Symbolism. Sadly, Silva's novel After-Dinner Conversation is more Decadent than Symbolist and to my mind wears less well than his infrequently-translated poems. Silva certainly is offering anything here that ...
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Dinner After Dark Deluxe Journal (Potter Style)1 review
Colin Cowie
Potter Style, 2003
Journal
Dinner After Dark Deluxe Journal (Potter Style)
Received in good condition however description didn't imply that this was a blank book. I thought it would be more like a diary/journal of special dates, ideas etc.
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Dessert Cocktails: Classic And Contemporary After-Dinner Drinks2 reviews
Michelle Dompierre-southern
Collectors Press, 2007
Beautiful Recipes and Pictures
This book has so many great recipes in it (especially love the "Chocolate Caramel Martini" on pg 18). It has been fun to go through and try new things. It works great if you want to have a not-so-typical cocktail party; set up your bar area, and put this book out with the drinks and let your guests mix what they like. The pictures are beautiful and whimsical - and not the normal photographs that ...
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50 Of the Finest After Dinner Games (Party Games Books) 1 review
Lagoon Books
Lagoon Books, 2000
No games for my crowd
A colorful, pleasant looking little book. But, none of the games fit our group of friends. If you blindfold someone, spin them around, and then they kiss whoever they are in front of, not for us. With 50 games, you might think that there would surely be games for everybody. Not for us, maybe the Enlish social situation is just too different. Anyway, I found about 20 good games in Mary ...
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100 Best After-dinner Stories
Piatkus Books, 1992
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After Dinner Shakespeare (Parlor Cards)1 review
Barry Kraft
Viking/Allen Lane, 1996
Basically a deck of trivia cards that are all on Shakespeare
It isn't really fair for me to rate these, since they weren't at all what I expected. There are no pictures, except for a pen and ink type depiction of the subject himself. The cards are about 3 x 5 inches and are basically in typical trivia card format (question on one side, answer on the other). If you or your family are REALLY into Shakespeare, these might be for you. If you are not, but would ...
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