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Death with Interruptions 3 reviews
Jose Saramago
Harcourt, 2008
Nobel Prize Winner Hits it Again - Another chilling "What-if" journey...
Saramago takes us on another haunting and chilling "what-if" journey (similar to Blindness & Seeing). This story is set in an unnamed country in modern Western Europe. On the first day of the New Year, no one dies -for unknown reasons. The populace rejoices over reaching the eternal goal.
"Humanity's greatest dream since the beginning of time, the happy enjoyment of eternal life here on ...
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The Professional Bachelor Dating Guide - How to Exploit Her Inner Psycho 90 reviews
Brett Tate
TPB Publishing, LLC, 2007
Tells it exactly like it is
A highly charged topic, and sensationally titled piece. The advice works for 14-80 yr. old men. With so many nonsense PUA titles out there, this is intellectually a level higher. No games, pick up lines, or poser stuff. Manipulative Women, feminists and metrosexuals will hate it, because it tells it like it is. The author sees through women with hilarious wit, knows every rope and technique. ...
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Waterproof Travel Map of Costa Rica22 reviews
Toucan Maps
Toucan Maps, Inc., 2008
Excellent resource
This map was an excellent resource to us as we traveled around Costa Rica. Even the curves in the road are near perfect. Very useful.
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C++ Primer Plus (5th Edition)53 reviews
Stephen Prata
Sams, 2004
Excellent!
This book is great. This really breaks down C++ programming into easily manageable steps. It's better than any programming book that I have purchased in the past. Just like with anything that you want to learn you are going to have to spend some time with it. If you want to learn the basics and start coding today, then this book is for you!
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)5426 reviews
J.K. Rowling
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999
Anniversary Edition nice but not essential.
In today's economy, customers buying books need to know exactly what they're buying. In this case, what your thirty bucks buys is -- apart from the previously published text (the novel itself) and the previously published art (interior art) -- is, essentially, a new cover by longtime Harry Potter cover artist Mary GrandPre, and a black-and-white illustration by Rowling (quite the cartoonist!), ...
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Mac OS X Leopard Bible 17 reviews
Samuel A. Litt, Thomas, Jr. Clancy, ...
Wiley, 2008
Reference how to take over Max OS X Leopard
My first acquaintance started in far 2002 when I went to university. Then I used MacBook Pro of my friend with new Tiger OS on it. It was interesting, but I still didn't understand anything from Mac's and was very afraid to break something.
A couple months ago I decided that it's time for my first Mac and I have went for new MacBook Pro (as I already built my new computer in December 2007).
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The Hedonist: World Travel Guide56 reviews
Dr. Brett Tate
Professional Bachelor Publishing, LLC, 2005
Spot on guide for vacations
Killer guide covering a couple dozen cities around the globe. It's 3 for 3 on designing great vacations for me. I'm a cut and dry guy in a hurry, so the Hedonist was perfect for me. The rules are different overseas. The book guides you to the best pay for play locations to meet the local girls. Saves you a ton of time and money, and gives you more time to enjoy the rest of the trip, which is also ...
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Frommer's Costa Rica 2008 (Frommer's Complete)6 reviews
Eliot Greenspan
Frommers, 2007
Frommer's is Travel Friendly
I went to the bookstore and looked at Fodor's, Lonely Planet, etc and ended up buying this one. This is the most recent up to date version, but not as detailed or as well written as the LP version. Better than Fodors in my opinion. I used Fodors on my last trip to CR. Will use Frommer's this time.
When travelling, I'd rather have up-to-date more so than better details.... but if you've got ...
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The Fire Next Time30 reviews
James Baldwin
Vintage, 1992
It came true
The man knew what he was talking about, when he said the U S would burn because of racial discord.
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Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations, 3rd edition (Schaum's Outlines)9 reviews
Richard Bronson, Gabriel Costa
McGraw-Hill, 2006
Essential Reference
Like most of other SCHAUM'S outlines, the book provides the essential and important knowledge about Differential Equations. If you are dealing with math, engineering and science and would like to have a structured reference about ODE, then this book definitely should be placed on your working desk.
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Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella20 reviews
David Shalleck, Erol Munuz
Broadway, 2008
A delightful... (even a little suspenseful) read.
Excellently written. There's the excitement of how David finds his provisions in each port. There's also the fear of whether of not a particular meal will "work" with the extremely demanding owners of the yacht. And the suspense of how a meal will be prepared (for sometimes over 100 guests!) within the confines of a yacht's galley. Then there's the thrill of some moments of real sailing ! ...
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Guide to Costa Rican Spanish11 reviews
Christopher Howard
Costa Rica Books, 2005
Speak Easy
I spoke Spanish before coming to Costa Rica, but found the people in San Jose spoke with more slang and pachuco. Chris Howard's book helped me to communicate better and with more credibility. When I moved to the coast, the dialect was even more different. People considered me snobby when I spoke like I did originally. His information was even applicable in the countryside. I give this book ...
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A Collection of Essays24 reviews
George Orwell
Harvest Books, 1970
Such, such is the joy of reading this book...
Orwell only gets better with age. Not a dud essay in the lot, and a couple are all-time classics. Oh, if only George had lived long enough to eviscerate the post-modernists, deconstructionists, and structuralists!
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Development Across the Life Span (4th Edition) 6 reviews
Robert S. Feldman
Prentice Hall, 2005
Concise with current views on life development psychology.
I used this book in our Life Development Psychology. In the course of my study, everything I needed to know is in the book. Feldman is very thorough and organized. I have read other books on this subject in our library but by far this is a superior book. This book deserves 5 stars.
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Costa Rica (Country Guide) 24 reviews
Mara Vorhees
Lonely Planet, 2006
As always a good help
The lonely planet helped as as always to plan our vacation. We spend only one week in this interesting country, but managed to plan an interesting and packed two day trip. Instead of booking through the hotel and spending at least $250 per person we took all the information out of the book. Besides saving some money, we had a lot of information and explored the country a lot better than with a ...
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Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare)4 reviews
William Shakespeare
Penguin Classics, 2001
Pelican Ed. good for experienced readers of Shakespeare
The Pelican Hamlet is an attractive, straightforward, inexpensive paperback edition for readers already familiar with Shakespeare. The text is based primarily on the second quarto edition with some additions from the Folio; a section at the beginning includes the lines from the Folio that were not incorporated in the text. (These include the "Denmark is a prison" remarks in Hamlet's conversation ...
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The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide29 reviews
Richard Garrigues
Cornell University Press, 2007
Best Costa Rican Bird Field Guide
I purchased this book among others prior to taking a summer birding tour to Costa Rica. This is the book you will, currently, need to take with you!!! Don't even hesitate to purchase this one if you are going to be doing some serious birding.
Another nice supplemental bird book is the Hummingbirds of Costa Rica; I know it is a large book (not a field guide) but the information and photography ...
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Costa Rican Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist - Waterford Press)14 reviews
James Kavanagh
Waterford Press, 2001
Great for Its Intended Purpose
The guide is intended to be a quick reference guide to some of the more common and most interesting creatures of Costa Rica, as indicated on the back summary above the UPC symbol. This waterproof pamplet accomplishes this goal just fine. Pamphlet is VERY sturdy (no worries in ALL weather) and pictures 1 inch square. Captions list Latin name, size in inches and centimeters and, for some, a short ...
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Seeing27 reviews
Jose Saramago
Harvest Books, 2007
First - Open Your Eyes and Your Mind
In Saramago's normal humorous manner, he again takes on the political structure of Portugal. His style cuts with the ease of a razor blade, while easing the pain with his wit. The characters are stereotypes that bring to mind people you have met (think Dilbert). You are only given enough about the characters for you to mentally "slot" them. The meat of the book is the underlying attitudes of the ...
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Moon Living Abroad in Costa Rica (Living Abroad)35 reviews
Erin Van Rheenen
Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007
This book helped me move to Costa Rica
This wonderful, practical and well written book helped me move to Costa Rica several years ago. It covered just about everything I needed to know to make a successful transition to a new culture and society, and all the details that go with it.
It is well organized and has many useful tips, examples, and lists of contacts. It is realistic and down to earth.
I heartily recommend this book ...
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