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What Can I Bring? Cookbook (Cake Mix Doctor) 21 reviews
Anne Byrn
Workman Publishing Company, 2007
Good Ideas
I found this very helpful. The recipes are good, as well as the suggestions on how to pack things for a pot luck.
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I See You Everywhere 33 reviews
Julia Glass
Pantheon, 2008
Absolutely Perfect
My friend's and I have always shared books and when we are finished we pass it to the next, so we can "compare notes". This was one of them that we couldn't stop talking about! And we found ourselves relating a lot of the nonsense to our lives. Lol. As I am not one that gives out details of a book I read, I am not going to spoil anything. I am simply going to say that this book what absolutely ...
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Fairy Houses ... Everywhere! (The Fairy Houses Series) (The Fairy Houses Series)24 reviews
Barry Kane, Tracy Kane
Light-Beams Publishing, 2006
Beautiful Photography
Great natural photos. My pre school daughter loved the ideas and created her own fairy house by gathering natural elements from the woods. She adds to it every weeek.
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Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, Book 2) 80 reviews
Kelley Armstrong
Plume, 2004
opening up the series
I read Bitten five years ago and loved it. And I'd intended to look for this one when it came out, but that was before I started keeping a calendar list of what's coming out when, and I ended up forgetting about it. Argh.
Elena Michaels is the only female werewolf. Her job for the pack is to help keep the werewolves' secrecy by investigating anything online that might indicate a mutt (non-pack ...
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There's Treasure Everywhere--A Calvin and Hobbes Collection 52 reviews
Bill Watterson
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1996
Deep fun!
Fans of Calvin & Hobbes who used to read the newspaper strip in the 80s and 90s will find great pleasure in reading this collection of C&H comics. These witty comics about the 6-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, named after the famous philosophers, will amuse people of all ages. The perceptiveness and humor of Watterson deserve the highest of cartoon awards, while his artistic ...
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Critical 43 reviews
Robin Cook
Berkley, 2008
Root of all evil vs. Laurie, Jack, and usual cast
I may be predjudiced because Robin Cook has been my favorite diversion for many years, but I was surprised by all the bad reviews this book got. I particularly like the Laurie and Jack books and thought this was at least as good as any before. As, a chemical engineer (doctor) / wannabe MD (REAL doctor), I also read Cook to learn something more about medical technology. I wonder if the bad reviews ...
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The Surgeon: A Novel157 reviews
Tess Gerritsen
Ballantine Books, 2002
Gripping and Well Researched
I began this book while sitting in the waiting room at my doctor's office. I finished it not long after. This is a great and gripping book with twists and turns. The characters have depth and draw you into their world.
One of the things I really loved about this book is the meticulous research that went into the text. Gerritsen obviously knows her medical facts (because she was a doctor), but ...
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Play Dirty: A Novel76 reviews
Sandra Brown
Pocket, 2008
A definite read
I enjoy Sandra's writing. I am a casual reader of novels only at night before falling asleep (usually 20 pages or less before zzzz!). Very seldom will I want to skip a TV program to read or stay up past my bedtime reading. This book has me doing both. It is light and reads quickly. I haven't finished it yet but I hate for it to end.
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The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else144 reviews
Hernando De Soto
Basic Books, 2003
First Rate Analysis of Poverty and Development
The Mystery of Capital tackles one of the largest issues in development and comparative economics: non-convergence. Why is it that living standards do not converge? Is it because some nations have better technology? Is it because some nations simply have more capital? De Soto focuses on institutions rather than existing technology or capital. The reason why some nations succeed in developing a ...
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Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything7 reviews
Hal Sirkin, Jim Hemerling, ...
Business Plus, 2008
Careful Documentation of What Companies Based in Emerging Markets Are Doing to Compete Everywhere
Globality is an excellent book for corporate executives, business unit leaders, and entrepreneurs. If you are an investor or want to read about the culture of world business, this isn't going to be your cup of tea.
We are in the middle of the great business convergence, an event so epochal that it will be written about as one of the great turning points in world history over the next several ...
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Masquerade (A Blue Bloods Novel) (Blue Bloods Novel)43 reviews
Melissa de la Cruz
Hyperion Book CH, 2007
Vampire book is different 2nd book in series
I liked this book more then the first in the series because i knew what was going on, and I could understand who these vampires were made. They really never died, their dna is transferred into a new vampire body, but after they turn a certain age they remember the past lifes. But there is a twist Schuyler doesn't have a past life because her father was a human and her mother was a vampire. So now ...
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McKettrick's Pride (The McKettrick Series #7)13 reviews
Linda Lael Miller
Harlequin Books, 2007
Unputdownable!
It's really a toss up for me which of the McKettrick stories I liked the best. I loved them all. Rance McKettrick is a widower with two small girls and a meddling mother-in-law. He's all business in his three piece suits, no fun, no sense of humor and travels all over the world leaving his daughters behind, troubled by how his marriage was less than perfect when his wife died. Then Echo Wells, ...
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Baby Einstein: Water, Water Everywhere (Baby Einstein)12 reviews
Julie Aigner-Clark
Hyperion Book CH, 2003
Always puts a smile on baby
I got this book as a gift when my baby was about a month old. I've read it to her at bathtime everyday since and it still makes her laugh. (She's 7 months old now.)
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Everywhere Babies74 reviews
Susan Meyers
Harcourt Children's Books, 2001
Best first baby book
This was the first favorite book of both my son and daughter, and it doesn't get annoying for parents even after countless readings. We regularly give the board book edition as a shower/baby gift. Highest recommendation!
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Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles161 reviews
Geoff Emerick, Howard Massey
Gotham, 2007
One of the best
I've read many books over the years about the Beatles. It was fascinating to learn from the inside how all that wonderful music was created. The true Beatle fan will enjoy this book. Songs that have literally been a part of my life for over 30 years were explained with precision. I never knew about Paul's expletive in Hey Jude!
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Family Tree 81 reviews
Barbara Delinsky
Anchor, 2008
Delinsky delivers again!
I am a long-time fan of Barbara Delinsky. Her stories are fascinating and her characters are believable and deep. Delinsky consistently delivers a tale with twists and turns, with romance and mystery. In this story, a white couple welcomes the birth of their baby, only to experience a shock when the infant clearly has African American traits. Blue-blood Hugh and his wife, Dana, who never knew her ...
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How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday83 reviews
Gerry Spence
St. Martin's Griffin, 1996
Well done
I was not a big fan of lawyers until I read this book. What a helpful and wonderful persepctive in dealing with anyone anywhere. The use of real world examples is dead-on.
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Angels Everywhere (A Season of Angels / Touched by Angels)4 reviews
Debbie Macomber
Avon, 2002
The Perfect Heartwarming Read.
I thought the book was great, I rated it a 4.5 out of 5. Although I didn't feel the characters were fleshed out enough, the stories of Christmas "miracles of love" were heartwarming. A perfect read for this time of the season. And again, although I love books with more meat in them, more story, ets., I felt this was a great book to read. The first of the two stories, "A Season of Angels" did ...
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Advanced Selling Strategies: The Proven System of Sales Ideas, Methods, and Techniques Used by Top ...30 reviews
Brian Tracy
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Excellent companion piece to "The Psychology of Selling"
For my personal preferences, there are two acknowledged masters of sales. The first is Zig Ziglar, the second is Brian Tracy. While I find great value in the works of Jeffrey Gitomer, Frank Rumbauskas, Tim Connor and others, all roads eventually lead back to Zig and Brian (as well as Napoleon Hill...see below).
Tracy's "The Psychology of Selling" is one of the few books I honestly classify as ...
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A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere17 reviews
Jana Kohl
Fireside, 2008
Amazing!
This book sucked me right in. I am so happy someone has finally stepped up to the plate about puppy mills. Jana Kohl did an amazing job telling people the truth about puppy mills and pleaded with anyone getting a dog to save one and NOT to buy from a store or from a breeder. Although there are responsible breeders many are not and she asks people to become aware and to ask questions, visit and ...
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