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Dora's Storytime Collection (Dora the Explorer)

22 reviews
Various

Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon, 2003

Excellent Choice
My three years old daughter simply loves this book. I have been reading the book to her more than 20 times if it is not 30 times already. She has been bring the book almost every night for bedtime story since the book was came to my door (the binding of hardcover becomes wiggly already). I am enjoying her responses when I read questions in the middle of the stories, just like Dora asked ...

The Tall Book of Christmas

18 reviews
Various

Gramercy, 2006

Best ever!
The Tall stories are really cute and creative. I'm glad to have discovered the book.

Tales of Terror: The world's most terrifying stories presented by a leading icon of fear

23 reviews
Various

Idea Men Productions, 2007

For Karloff fans
Boris Karloff, equally comfortable immersed in literary horrors as he is portraying monsters and fiends on the big screen, collects his favorite ghostly tales of suspense and terror in one big volume of quivering chills. Enjoyable for fans of Karloff and classic tales of terror.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future (L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future)

18 reviews

Bridge Publications (CA), 1997

Some incredible writing (and some bad)
WotF XIX is a compilation of excellent stories (with a few, notable exceptions) spanning the genre range from historical fiction through horror and fantasy to science fiction. Despite the ever-present copy-editing errors, this was a very good read. I would put the stories in four categories of excellence (well, three of excellence and one of crap). Group One: The best Walking Rain - Ian Keane's ...

Hellcats, Vixens, & Vicedolls: Women, Crime, and Kink of the Fifties

23 reviews
Various

Idea Men Productions, 2007

Sexy and Brutal
A fast (as in "easy") and furious (as in "will cut your head off with a band saw if she thinks you are cheating on her") collection of 50, 1950s hellcats running wild and taking a bite out of every thing in their path, only to be corralled and caged by a legion of clean-shaven boys in blue. These cases are the very best in vintage crime reporting.

Zombie Factory: 27 Tales of Bizarre Comix Madness from Beyond the Tomb

24 reviews
Patrick O'Donnell (editor)

Idea Men Productions, 2007

Amusement for the Weird
How can second-rate gory horror comics be so much fun? I reread THE ZOMBIE FACTORY three enjoyable times, and I still can figure it out!

The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It

71 reviews
Lawrence S. Ritter

HighBridge Company, 2008

Baseball's Old Testament
Statistically, baseball back then couldn't be more at variance with the game now. Cy Young threw 511 career victories, and 750 complete games. In 1909, Ty Cobb led the majors both in batting average (.377) and home runs (9). Cobb's teammate Sam Crawford hit over 300 triples in his career. What to make of such numbers? Lawrence S. Ritter's "The Glory Of Their Times" strips away the statistical ...

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

77 reviews
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

Random House Audio, 2008

Delightful Book!
Dear Readers: Don't you just adore a book written through series of letters? That is exactly what The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society does. Juliet Ashton is a writer in London in 1946 at the end of WWII. London is still a city of bombed-out buildings and food rationing. Juliet needs a new subject to write about. The letters she writes are beautiful. She writes to her ...

Reagan In His Own Voice

17 reviews
Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, ...

Simon & Schuster Audio, 2001

Excellent - Thank you Kiron Skinner!
It was during the 2000 and 2004 elections that my father would often reflect upon the Reagan radio addresses of the late 70's, further convincing me that Reagan's greatest ideas were spread, not by text or television, but by radio, at first To my father, and to many others, Reagan's Presidency started with these radio addresses, that gave Reagan the greatest opportunities in expressing his ...

Dinosaurs!: The Biggest Baddest Strangest Fastest

18 reviews
Howard Zimmerman

Atheneum, 2000

Instant hit at our house
Perhaps I'm a little premature in writing this review as we just received the book yesterday, but both my 3 year old and 5 year old really seem to enjoy this book. My daughter who, I'm sorry to say, would generally rather watch TV chose to read this book instead. Only problem is my son wants me to read it at bedtime and he is used to finishing a book and there's a lot of print and info. But we'll ...

Everything Corgi: Wit and Wisdom for Lovers of Cardis and Pems

10 reviews
Various

CorgiAid, Inc., 2002

Corgis - "Let us entertain you"
Everything you want to know or need to know about the two breeds. An excellent book on how to raise, train and care for any dog. One thing I do not understand though, is why more people don't own corgis. They're not huge dogs, but they think they are and are one of the most trainable of dogs, plus they are a laugh a minute because no one can convince them they aren't "people". You just need ...

Flight, Volume Three

11 reviews
Various

Ballantine Books, 2006

Roseann the Librarian ....and new mom
I love this one...and ordered a copy for myself after seeing it at the library. Unique, colorful, clever imagery and stories in comic form that are not to be missed. A real treat after a long day. I have not read issues 1 & 2 yet myself, but heard several times that this one is even better than both those prior editions.

An Exhilaration of Wings: The Literature of Bird Watching

11 reviews
Various

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001

The Heart and Soul of Bird Watching
This book offers a wonderful look at the historical roots of bird watching. How refreshing to read truly emotional responses to the experience of learning about birds through observation. The wonderful blend of writings underscores the universality and agelessness of the sport. This book is perfect for short reads -- great to pick up for a moment, either to refresh oneself or to share with ...

Highlander: An Evening at Joe's

12 reviews
Various

Berkley Trade, 2000

A book worth reading
Very interesting book. Written not only by professional writers, but also by members of the cast and crew, it turns out to be a good source for new Highlander related stories, for the delight of those who followed the TV series -- and always wanted more. Some of the short stories complete the ones developed on TV, filling those blanks you didn't see on the show; others, makes you feel as if ...

For the Love of Books: 8115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most

14 reviews
Various

Berkley Trade, 2000

Reading Group Pick- Martha's & Alice's "Notes in the Margin"
Shwartz is a Boston trail lawyer with an unabashed love for the well-written word. In the introduction Shwartz wrote about reading, "I would read, as readers do, to tame the unfamiliar or see the familiar through new and enlightened prisms; to see how different or eerily familiar, another person's interior life could be from my own." This is a book of short commentaries by 115 writers on ...

Brand New Readers Blue Set (Brand New Readers)

11 reviews
Various

Candlewick, 2003

Great Beginnings!
This series of books is the best I have found for beginning readers! Most other beginning readers are so DRY and BORING. At this stage, reading is hard work, and the Brand New Readers' stories all have clever endings that actually make it worth the child's time and effort to read! The pictures are bright and lively, and provide plenty of clues for tackling the simple words on each page. Just ...

From the Ashes

12 reviews
Various

Highbridge Audio, 2001

There is so much wisdom here.
I stumbled across beliefnet.com a few days after September 11 and found it to be full of much of the best and most insightful writing to be found anywhere. This book, which compiles many of the articles Beliefnet has published on the tragedy, demonstrates that the spiritual issues raised in the articles Ñ justice, evil, retaliation, even the very existence of God Ñ are not just timely. They are ...

Mythology (Ologies)

12 reviews
Lady Hestia Evans

Candlewick, 2007

Neat Quill in the back of the book
My 8 yr old loves the ology books. He received this one as a birthday gift and was pleasantly surprised to find the quill in the back of the book. Apparently he has wanted one since he saw Harry Potter... The quill has a ball point pen inserted in it, so that you can write without the mess of Indian Ink. As to the stories in the book. They are great as usual. He likes that the stories or ...

Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook

10 reviews
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gulliver Books, 1997

Lush and lovely
This beautiful book has gorgeous slick illustrations from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as clearly printed piano scoring to accompany the lullabies. It is by far the best book of its kind I've seen. I send it to every new baby on my list and hope it never goes out of print!

The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence (Library of America)

10 reviews
Various

Library of America, 2001

Source Documents of our Revolution with great helps
No matter what you have learned about the American Revolution, this terrific volume from the wonderful Library of America will give you a richer understanding of how it happened and who was involved and when. It is full of documents that are contemporary with key events of the Revolution from various points of view. They are from diaries, newspapers, letters, speeches, key official documents, ...

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