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26 Fairmount Avenue (Newbery Honor Book, 2000) 25 reviews
Putnam Juvenile, 2001
Autobiography of the best sort
26 Fairmount Avenue (Newbery Honor Book, 2000)I am honored to write a review for this first book about Tomie dePaola's life. I have always admired his other works and now I have a new reason to respect him. This autobiography is a short chapter book written for children by an author who writes for children. How appropriate is that? So many times we parents are asked to find autobiographies for ...
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One Fifth Avenue
Candace Bushnell
Voice, 2008
From one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough and tender women of New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live. One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. For the women in Candace ...
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Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power 7 reviews
John Harwood, Gerald F. Seib
Random House, 2008
Those other Pennsylvania Avenue addresses
For those of us of a certain age who remember the Everett Dirksens and Mike Mansfields of Washington in years gone by, John Harwood and Gerald Seib have put together a compact and informative work regarding where at least some of the power rests in Washington these days. With an increase of coverage by the networks and cable of the major players, the co-authors have compiled a list of ...
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Avenue Q - The Musical (Piano/Vocal arrangement) 12 reviews
Hal Leonard Corporation, 2004
The Way It's SUPPOSED To Be Played
If you haven't seen the show, go and do it. If you have, well done.
What many piano arrangements for recent Broadway musicals nowadays such as Wicked, Mamma Mia, and Spamalot have in their respective arrangements is a lack of a challenging score to play, though it may sound easy, and how oftentimes, they composer tries to alter the original score into something more adaptive for the public. ...
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On Harrisonville Avenue: A memoir 'mostly' of my 13th year
Ronald D. Giles
BookSurge Publishing, 2008
On Harrisonville Avenue takes the reader on an entertaining journey to the mid 1950's. Living in a booming steel-town on the Ohio River, 13 year old Ron is confronted with the many town characters – the Mayor, the town drunk, the barbershop, denizens of the pool hall, Alex the Greek, Eddie the Lawyer and the Police. Loving family, friends and teachers support him through his coming of age, complete with many humorous and awkward ...
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The Arthur Avenue Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from the Real Little Italy11 reviews
Ann Volkwein
Ecco, 2004
This Cookbook Reeks with Honesty
The Arthur Avenue Cookbook is beautifully put together in every way. The recipes, the photographs, the storyline and the quality of the book itself are absolutely first-rate. The people in this book are completely genuine - there is an honesty about their lives and their livelihoods that jumps from the pages. There are no pretenses here: the recipes do not require a lot of complex sauces or ...
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74 Seaside Avenue (Cedar Cove, Book 7)37 reviews
Debbie Macomber
Mira, 2007
My first Cedar Cove!
74 Seaside Avenue
It won't be my last either! At first I had trouble who was who etc. But after awhile I caught on and I couldn't put it down. I loved all the characters and I can't wait to get my hands on all the previous books and the newest one. Debbie writes with such a style that has you begging for more. Maybe it does seem a little too gossipy but I loved it and heck it was enjoyable. ...
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Avenue Q16 reviews
Avenue Q, Zachary Pincus-Roth (Text And Interviews)
Hyperion, 2006
I loved the show and I love this book!!
I dont want to ruin the book for you. If you loved the show then buy the book. I got it for my wife as a birthday present. Enjoy its funny.
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Park Avenue Potluck: Recipes from New York's Savviest Hostesses7 reviews
The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering, Florence Fabricant
Rizzoli, 2007
Savvy and easy (the recipes not the hostesses)
My wife has cooked many of the recipes in the book and they have been incredible meals. Great thing is she says they are mostly easy recipes. Many favorites of these wonderful Park Avenue Ladies.
Ladies you will enjoy these classic recipes. Gents, what a wonderful present. Its a great looking book and you'll get to enjoy many wonderful meals when your wife trys these recipes.
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Grand Avenue: A Novel in Stories6 reviews
Greg Sarris
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995
It is Grand...a must-read!
As a Native American, I found the book to be a compelling and truthful view of the modern world of urban Indian life. The clean lines of the stories are perfectly juxtaposed with the "stuff" of daily life in the urban rez. Sarris masterfully captures the meat and bread of this group of "Injuns" who are trying to get by the best way they can despite their disenfranchisement and despair. The basket ...
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Avenues of Participation : Family, Politics, and Networks in Urban Quarters of Cairo1 review
Diane Singerman
Princeton University Press, 1996
Avenues of Participation
Singerman spent years living in "popular" (i.e., poor) parts of Cairo and came away with a fund of knowledge. In "Avenues of Participation" she explains many of the subtleties of everyday Egyptian life and then, with great verve, shows the significance of these patters for the government. Perhaps the most fascinating of her explanations have to do with marriage. As every resident in Cairo will ...
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The Park Avenue Diet: The Complete 7 - Point Plan for a Lifetime of Beauty and Health4 reviews
Stuart Fischer
Hatherleigh Press, 2008
An Excellent Value
Dr. Fischer's approach to weight loss is replete with common sense, practical advice, humor, and tantalizing recipes. I especially liked the psychological contributions of Dr. Stanley Krippner on how to develop self-confidence and replace negative beliefs about one's eating habits with positive, constructive beliefs. Additional contributions by specialist in exercise, interpersonal relationships, ...
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Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess (Abacus Books)43 reviews
Danny Sugerman
Little, Brown Book Group, 1993
Gimme Danger Little Stranger
The extraordinary young life of Danny Sugerman is chronicled in this second book covering the L.A. scene of the 1960s and 1970s.
Jim Morrison has died, The Doors are attempting to hang on as a group, Sugerman is chasing his own demons and Detroit's answer to the Lizard King arrives on the scene. Iggy Stooge (Pop) becomes the icon of decadence; destroying luxury cars parked at the palatial ...
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1185 Park Avenue: A Memoir 18 reviews
Anne Roiphe
Touchstone, 2000
I couldn't put it down
I don't understand the negative reviews posted about this book. Granted, the author's style is a bit overblown at times, but the story and aspecially the characters were fascinating and honestly portrayed. The author has a wonderful eye for detail and captured a lot of the sense of assimilated Jewry with which I am familiar. This book deserves to be read, and I will be passing my copy around to ...
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The Mayor of Lexington Avenue18 reviews
James Sheehan
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007
Can't wait for his next book!
If you have any question about the death penalty you need to read this book. As a civilized society how the U.S. can continue to practice this barbaric punishment is really questioned. The number of people who have recently been vindicated by DNA should in itself speak volumes about its need to be discontinued. The evidence that it is not a deterrent to murder or whatever it is applied to must ...
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Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith47 reviews
Gina B. Nahai
Washington Square Press, 2000
Love, loss, guilt and how one woman lives out her destiny. Disturbing but excellent.
This is the third book I've read by this author. And so, even though her books are strangely disturbing, I keep coming back for more. Ms. Nahai is a native of Iran. She's also Jewish. This gives her a unique perspective. Her books however, are not political. Instead, they are narratives of love, loss and guilt. But she throws in so much magic realism that her books all read like fairy ...
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The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue4 reviews
Manuel Munoz
Algonquin Books, 2007
Beautiful Contradictions
Every writer has the power to rescue their troubled characters. Brave writers do not. Manuel Munoz is a brave writer. This is a collection of stories that honors the idea that in our lived lives we are not the sole authors of our respective destinies. Here, the rewards handed out for goodness, and the punishments for transgression, are appropriately capricious and true to life. In remarkable ...
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Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus10 reviews
Alex Halberstadt
Da Capo Press, 2008
Wow!
What a great book. You never think about songwriters when you listen to a song but after reading this book you will. It's the story about the man behind some of the biggest hits of the 50' and 60's but it's so much more. Doc's story is more then his music, it's the life that he led and the trials he overcame to get there. If you're into music or not this is one book that will make you laugh, cry ...
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New Business Lessons from Madison Avenue3 reviews
Cleve Langton
JMC PUBLISHING, 2008
Passion for the pitch
Most how-to books tease you with a lot of fluff and a few insights you could fit onto one page. Langton's book is literally overflowing with hard-won experience described down to the smallest details but in a highly readable fashion. It makes you want to run out and try some of his ideas right away!
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Little Italy of the Bronx Book: Belmont & Arthur Avenue1 review
Back in The Bronx, 2002
Like Going Home
Having grown up in Litle Italy of the Bronx in the 50's & 60's, I eagerly bought this book. It consists of mainly photographs of the area from the 40's through the 60's with a lot of family stories and history of the area. Included are several charming drawings centered around life in this neighborhood. Almost every picture brought a flood of memories of a place & time that no longer exists. I ...
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