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Ocean of Lard (Choose Your Own Mindfuck Fest #17) 12 reviews
Carlton Mellick III, Kevin, L. Donihe
Eraserhead Press, 2005
Excellent Parody and Great Story
"Ocean of Lard" is a parody of the Choose Your Own Adventure/Destiny books we read when we were young. Over the top writers Carlton Mellick and Kevin Donihe team up to provide various different trails you can take to various different endings.
A man on the run from the cops finds a secret ocean of lard and has to join up with pirates in order to get away. This book pulls out all of the ...
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Thirst18 reviews
Dania Deschamps
White Bull Publishing Co., 2005
Powerful stuff!
The Prologue alone was enough to send chills up my spine! This is the story about attorney Dominique Olivet, who has come to sultry Key West to practice law. She is appointed by the court to defend a student who is accused of sexually assaulting a pregnant women and then brutally slashing her throat. Dominique soon finds herself embroiled in the macabre world of a serial killer. You won't be able ...
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Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect 1 review
Joachim C. Fest
Polity, 2007
Fascinating take on history
In some ways this is more phycological than historical. While the facts are all there, at least all the fact that Speer allowed them to be told, it is the authors presentation of the facts that is so interesting. At every step of the unfolding drama of Speer's life, the author challenges the facts in an effort to get Speer to reveal more of his knowledge and, ultimately, his responsibility for ...
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Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich 30 reviews
Joachim Fest
Picador, 2005
the dark, nihilistic end of the Thousand Year Reich
Fest's haunting description of the last days of the Third Reich is a magnificent accomplishment. Despite its brevity, Fest manages to weave larger historical issues into a narrative full of surreal, compelling details about the Nazis' end. There are the evocative stories of Berlin in turmoil: SS patrols summarily hanging whoever they felt was a shirker, citizens struggling to survive in the ...
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The Art of Jazz: Monterey Jazz Festival 50 Years 1 review
Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman
Monterey Jazz Fest, 2007
A comprehensive view
I have taken the content for this review from the Monterey website. Make your own assessments:
celebrates the historic images that were created to promote and memorialize the Festival. In the last 50 years, the MJF posters have become legendary for their representation of the time, place and attitude. From the early days when the posters were created as hand-pulled silkscreens to the present ...
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Fairest66 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollins, 2006
A Cute Book
I bought this because I loved the Ella Enchanted movie. I was impressed with the book it kept you interested and I love that the heroine is not a "great beauty". This story has an excelent theme about liking your self the way you are.
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Auditioning in the 21st Century: An essential handbook for those auditioning and working in the ...1 review
William A Killmeier
AuthorHouse, 2001
A MUST HAVE IF YOU ARE GOING TO GERMANY
Auditionging in the 21st Century, is a wonderful book for any singer/artist. It has a very personal touch from someone who has been there done that and is not afraid to talk about experiences good or bad. I wish there were more books like this that just " Tell it like it is".
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Plotting Hitler's Death: The Story of German Resistance6 reviews
Joachim Fest
Metropolitan Books, 1996
Very Good Book
The author of this book, Joachim Fest, is one of the better know of the German World War 2 historians so I was expecting a well researched and factual book. What I found was just that. Fest first takes us through a history of a number of the failed plots and people responsible before sending the second half of the book on the plot that actually got the closest with a bomb blast injuring Hitler. ...
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Hitler17 reviews
Joachim C. Fest
Harcourt, 2002
the best
I'm certainly not an expert on WW2, and I know that there are other books out there (such as Ian Kershaw's) on Hitler that are very good. But several avid readers and history buffs told me that Fest's book was the best, so I read his first. It's true that he does not devote a lot of content to the Holocaust, but he is very graphic and adamant about what happened with that. He is harldy an ...
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Speer: The Final Verdict9 reviews
Joachim Fest
Harvest Books, 2003
An eerie glimpse into the dark side of the human nature
I am trying to write a review of this book but inevitably every attempt ends up being mostly about Speer and my conviction that such an intelligent, shrewd and powerful individual simply could not have been in the dark about the "Final Solution". This book is a very powerful indictment and a must read for any serious world history reader. Besides solidifying my beliefs about Speer, it is a ...
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LAN Party: Hosting the Ultimate Frag Fest (ExtremeTech)6 reviews
William Steinmetz
Wiley, 2004
An excellent guide to making it all work
Yeah, I've hooked a few PCs together to go head-to-head with buddies, but getting more than that organized? No chance. We've talked about it, but who wanted to do the legwork? Now, the legwork's done. This book covers everything, from putting it together to making a big party work. There's security information and stuff we just wouldn't have thought about. We're getting ready to set up a ...
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Food Fest! Your Complete Guide to Florida's Food Festivals2 reviews
Joan Steinbacher
Bee Cliff Press, 2006
The ultimate guide to eating your way across Florida
A great resource--filled with helpful information. I might just head out to the Zellwood Corn Festival this year! Great for yourself and of course as a gift for family and friends.
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Mega Fest 2004
T.D. Jakes, 2004
Full length 8 cassette set
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Pest Fest1 review
Julia Durango
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007
Great Science Tie
I am an elementary school teacher, and when I read this book I could immediately see the wonderful factual information included. I created an extension activity for my unit on insects using Pest Fest as the basis. This book would also be a terrific springboard for a discussion of verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and taglines. Julia has such a great handle of children's lit. I would also recommend ...
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New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History
Michael P. Smith
Pelican Publishing Company, 1991
An extraordinary documentation through photographs of the evolution of this yearly festival that in New Orleans has become a seasonal ritual comparable only to the revelry of Mardi Gras. Photographs.
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The Face Of The Third Reich: Portraits Of The Nazi Leadership 4 reviews
Joachim E. Fest
Da Capo Press, 1999
Well-rounded summary of the key players in the Third Reich
Fest provides the reader with a well-written summary of the high-ranking and crucial members of Nazi Germany. This book is a good background for the general reader on the Third Reich and is an essential first-step in any investigation into the period.
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Story Fest: Crafting Story Theater Scripts
Dianne de Las Casas
Teacher Ideas Press, an imprint of Libraries Unlimited, 2005
Contains 25 story theater scripts appropriate for Grades 2 through 6. The scripts are designed to accommodate whole- classroom participation. The book also includes a description of the process for working with students to create a school Story Fest. Grades 2-6.
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