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1 review
Pete Hautman, Francine P. Pascal, ...

Putnam Juvenile, 2007

Full house - Full of great stories!
I was lucky enough to get the ARC of this book and wanted to come and review it for others who are considering purchasing it. With story contributions by many of today's prominent YA authors, Pete Hautman puts them together in this collection of stories which have poker as the central theme. We have "Poker for the Complete Idiot" by KL Going which features a hot-shot kid who thinks that ...

UNCLE WALT - The Poet Philosopher

1 review
George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams, 1910

Brilliant rhymes with an old American world charm.
This book of rhymes is full of very practical and "American" ideals. The feeling of the rhymes have a flavor to me of a mixture of E.A. Poe meets Ben Franklin - which I love. My favorite rhyme is called "Useless Griefs", and it goes like this - "A hundred years ago and more, men wrung their hands, and walked the floor, and worried over this or that, and thought their cares would ...

Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days

4 reviews
Joss Whedon

Dark Horse, 2008

A huge improvement over the previous Serenity series
A few years ago fans of FIREFLY/SERENITY were given a rather lack luster series called THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND. There isn't a great deal of narrative squeeze space right now in the Serenity universe. The reason is that Joss Whedon and his stars still hope to make another movie. Whether it would be a direct to DVD (which is more likely) or a a theater release is an open question. There there ...

Tillman Franks: I Was There When It Happened

3 reviews

MAGIC Circle Publishing Company, 2000

A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR COUNTRY MUSIC FANS!!!!
This book was so easy to read and I really could not put it down until I was finished! Tillman Franks did a great job of telling his story and it is absolutely fascinating. I can highly recommend this book!

Rousseau and Revolution (Story of Civilization)

3 reviews
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Books on Tape, 2001

Lush, remarkable Pulitzer prize-winning volume...
...continues the excellence of the series. Originally intended as the final book of the series, "The Story of Civilization", in ended up being the penultimate volume. The Durants lucidly and eloquently summarize the philosophy, life and influence that Rousseau had on the 18th century and, indeed, continues to have to this very day. Rousseau may be regarded as the creator of the Left-wing ...

Serenity: Better Days # 1 of 3 (Serenity: Better Days)

2 reviews
Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews

Dark Horse, 2008

Not quite a home run, but a solid beginning
Warning! Some spoilers below! I'm both a fan of graphic novels (i.e., comic books for grown ups) and FIREFLY/SERENITY, so this was, of course, a must read for me. I was very disappointed in the first Whedon/Matthews/Conrad collaboration on SERENITY, entitled THOSE LEFT BEHIND. The story completely lacked the magic of the television series or the movie. It also wasn't as gripping as the ...

Our Oriental Heritage : Vol.1 : Parts One&Two

24 reviews
Will Durant

Books On Tape, 1994

A GREAT MONUMENT, NOT YET FORGOTTEN
Will Durant's STORY OF CIVILIZATION is such a monumental achievement that, like a monument, it is easy to overlook and underestimate. Its eleven volumes, published from 1935 to 1975, sit on the shelf in many an American home, having been purchased for a few dollars as an introductory offer to some forgotten book club and mostly left unread. Scholars tend to pass the title by, no doubt regarding ...

The Alexander Cipher

2 reviews
Will Adams

Grand Central Publishing, 2009

A Terrific Debut Novel
Will Adams joined a Washington based firm of business history consultants, where he wrote a number of corporate histories and biographies. After working in London for a while, he resigned and sold his home to give himself the opportunity of fulfilling a lifelong ambition to become a writer. If this first novel is anything to go by he will achieve his ambition, with many more books to follow this ...

This Little Piggy with CD: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games and Pantomime Rhymes

5 reviews

Candlewick, 2006

The parents loved it
All those songs you remember from childhood, but have no clue what the words are beyond the first three. This is a great way to share time with your child, whether simply soothing them with song or having fun and teaching them music. --aw

The Age of Napoleon (Story of Civilization)

7 reviews
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Books on Tape, 2001

Excellent overview of the Napoleonic period
The Durant's have done an excellent job in capturing the flavor of the era of Napoleon. The book gives you an excellent overview of military, social, religious, philosophic, and moral attitudes of the day. One should keep in mind, however, that the book is an overview and thus does not deal too deeply with any one subject. This should not be seen as a flaw however but a product of the aim ...

Saint Augustine (Penguin Lives)

31 reviews
Garry Wills

Books on Tape, 2000

Not a Good Introduction but it will be Stimulating for the Informed Reader
Any biography on Augustine will always linger in the shadow of the great Peter Brown's work, which is a classic treatment of the philosopher/bishop without rival in the English speaking world. Therefore, anyone desiring a complete portrait of St Augustine must first behold the masterpiece found in the pages of Brown's Augustine of Hippo. This being done, Wills book can be fully appreciated. ...

The Age of Louis XIV (Complete Two Volume AUDIO set on 23 cassettes)
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Books on Tape, Inc., 1997

23 cassettes in two attractive vinyl slipcases. The Durants explore the apex of European civilization in the years 1648-1715.

The Mystery

2 reviews
Stewart Edward White, Samuel Hopkins Adams

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

An adventure writer's excursion into science fiction.
The Mystery is a sea adventure set around an unexplainable force contained in a chest found on an island. It smacks of the Pandora box opened with the advent of the "Atomic Age." While its technical accuracy is similar to that of the early science fiction movies, it must be remembered that this book was written in the early 1900's -- my copy was published in 1907 and is not a first edition. ...

The Age Of Voltaire Part 1 Of 2
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Books on Tape, Inc., 1998

Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History (Transatlantic Relations)

1 review

ABC-CLIO, 2005

Tom A. Bowen
As an American of German descent, I object to this set of books. Reason being is that there are material omissions and material misrepresentations in the books. With regard to the material omissions, the books do not discuss or identify that two U.S. Presidents are of German extraction, thse two presidents being Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower. With regard to the material ...

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