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The South Beach Diet Parties and Holidays Cookbook: Healthy Recipes for Entertaining Family and Friends

31 reviews
Arthur Agatston

Rodale Books, 2006

A Must Have For Holiday and Celebrations
If you follow a low-carb lifestyle and ever entertain or celebrate holidays then this book is a must-have. I have several low-carb cookbooks but this one is different. Whatever other low-carb cookbooks you have, you need this one too. So many of us end up putting our diets on hold during the holidays or family get-togethers. Enter: The South Beach Diet Parties and Holidays Cookbook to the ...

Handknit Holidays: Knitting Year-Round for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice

25 reviews
Melanie Falick

"Stewart, Tabori and Chang", 2005

BUY THIS BOOK
For some reason the cover of this book just turns me off. I wasn't interested in it forever. Until of course, I was at a bookstore thumbing through it. I had to buy it. There are some fantastic knits in there. The Santa hat is a MUST make. I plan to do it for this holiday. There are also lovely, strange and totally enticing sweaters, socks and such. The patterns also seem to pass the ...

Jewish Holidays

8 reviews
Michael Strassfeld

Collins, 1993

Our standard Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gift
This is our standard Bar and Bat Mitzvah gift, which has come in handy this year since one of our children is at the age where there is a simcha every weekend. It is accessible for the kids at this age, and will offer more as they keep it on the bookshelf for adulthood. The production values are nice, and the whole thing neither looks nor sounds (in tone) "too heavy," though in fact the book is ...

Holidays on Ice: Stories

162 reviews
David Sedaris

Back Bay Books, 1998

David Sedaris is brilliant. A must own!
Holidays On Ice is a terrific compilation and should be given as a gift to anyone who is less than enthused when December rolls around. David and his sister Amy are two of the funniest people on earth it seems. While there are a couple of stories in here that are less enjoyable than others, it is still superb comic writing and had me in hysterics while reading some parts of this collection. ...

Peter Rabbit's Holiday Collection Deluxe Giftset (Potter)
Beatrix Potter

Warne, 2008

This deluxe gift set contains four special goldjacketed editions of Beatrix Potter’s original tales: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck , and The Tailor of Gloucester . Relive and share these beloved stories of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny’s escapades in Mr. McGregor’s garden, Jemima Puddleduck’s search for a perfect place to lay her eggs, and the skillful little brown mice who help the ...

Holiday in Death (In Death)

58 reviews
J.D. Robb

Berkley, 1998

Holiday in Death
Brilliant book -- and better in audio (I bought the MP3 disc). Susan Ericksen is fantastic with her voice acting, and I can't think of Eve Dallas in any other voice any more. Wonderful product! Collecting the whole series now, on disc!

Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K 12 Anti Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff ...

4 reviews

Teaching for Change, 1998

A wonderful and exciting resource
As someone in the field of anti-racist public education, I found this book very useful and thought-provoking. There are background and theory articles, lesson plans, handouts, and a complete range of resources. And all these items are in bite-size articles and excerpts that make them very practical and useful for staff and students. I was thrilled to find this book and even more thrilled to ...

Rachel's Holiday

179 reviews
Marian Keyes

Avon A, 2002

A great read!
I love Marian Keyes. I first fell upon her during my search for British Chick Lit. I started off with Lucy Sullivan...and have since read just about all of her wonderful novels. Marian Keyes has a zest for emotional humor, sometimes sad, always bringing it all to life on the page. With Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes helps the reader find something in Rachel we can all relate to. Somehow, even ...

Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays

1 review
Judith Gross

Grosset & Dunlap, 2005

Perfect for beginners
This book was a great introduction to Jewish holidays for my 3-year old. I have been introducing her to the basics of the major holidays as they come along over the past year, but the sweet, simple explanations and pictures in this book help her remember and begin to understand.

A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays

23 reviews
Robin Sampson, Linda Pierce

Heart of Wisdom Publishing, 2001

Left Christianity Because they can't see past Christmas
After learning the origins of secular Holidays, I am so ashamed of participating in this.When I was younger I remember making Easter baskets in Sunday school, I look back and wonder what was the church thinking after learning the truth. I have prayed and repented because I took everything granite as being truth. I should have known better. However we no longer celebrate these pagan holidays in ...

Holidays on Ice: Jacket tag: Featuring six new stories
David Sedaris

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the ...

Tuscan Holiday

1 review
Holly Chamberlin

Kensington, 2008

entertaining look at relationships
Single mom Elizabeth Caldwell is proud of her daughter Marina who just graduated from college. However, she is concerned that her offspring is marrying Boston Brahmin Jotham Grandin for all the wrong reasons. Turning into a pop psychiatrist Elizabeth believes Marina is submissive to her fiancé on everything; and marrying him not out of love or even friendship, but more a reaction to avoid the ...

Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History

13 reviews
Lesley Pratt Bannatyne

Pelican Publishing Company, 1998

great halloween information
this is an awesome book if you are looking for the whole history behind halloween and how it became an american holiday.This book is not for someone who is looking for a holiday read,but rather for someone who really wants to know the history behind this greatest of all holidays.I learned things about halloween that i never knew before,and being a real halloween nut, I thought i knew alot.You ...

Cooking Light Holiday Cookbook (Cooking Light)

4 reviews

Oxmoor House, 2005

"Eat Smart, Be Fit, Live Well."
Lushly photographed and filled with stunning winter holiday recipes from breakfast and cocktail parties to the Big Events themselves, this cookbook features lighter versions of many old favorites and some great ideas for reducing the fat in your own recipes. Ingredient substitutions, decorating tips, make ahead meals, and even wine and food pairings are included, as the editors make the holidays ...

Pillsbury Holiday Baking: Treats filled with cheer for a magical time of year

1 review
Pillsbury Editors

Wiley, 2007

It's okay, but nothing special. And Pillsbury always does great ones usually,.
Because it was a Pillsbury book, I was excited to be reciving. But it's okay, nothing outstanding, nothing new particularly, but just some of the same old recipes.

Wizard's Holiday: The Seventh Book in the Young Wizards Series

18 reviews
Diane Duane

Magic Carpet Books, 2005

Wizards series keeps kids reading
I have read the first 5. I work in a K thru 6 elem library and I recommend to students that like Harry Potter ,Charlie Bone, "LeEngle" stories. Lots of imagination and adventure on a sci-fi level. Reading level 4th and up.

The Last Holiday Concert

16 reviews
Andrew Clements

Aladdin, 2006

A great Christmas story
I recomend The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements because it is a very interesting book. It is not just a book for music lovers. It is also for people that like the thought of kids taking charge and the teacher who's name is Mr.Meinert lay back and relax. You will see what happens when a popular kid get in trouble and the teacher goes crazy. Hart Evens the popular guy at school starts ...

Home For The Holidays: The Forgetful Bride\When Christmas Comes

9 reviews
Debbie Macomber

Mira, 2005

FUN CHRISTMAS STORIES!!
Well, I'm not sure what all the low reviews are for, because I thought this was a fun book. It's an easy to read lighthearted book to read on the these cold snowy days. Something to relax by the fire with and laugh without getting into something too serious and deep. I think they are both warm with lots of laughter and a nice romance, perfect for getting away from it all. We have enough ...

Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny ...

34 reviews
P. J. O'Rourke

Grove Press, 2000

MUST VACATION READING -- BEHIND THE HEADLINES GREAT
PJ O'ROURKE WAS AN INTERNATIONAL editor for ROLLING STONE for years-- he's a dude from Ohio who has traveled the world especially as he says the 'hell holes' -- that's why it's called Holidays in Hell...he revisits some of the war zones he's been too -- Lebanon, Panama, Post-Marcos Philippines, El salvador and then throws in a whole slew of controversial trips -- to such amazing places as Seoul, ...

Keeping Holiday
Starr Meade

Crossway Books, 2008

Blends fantasy and allegory to give families and children a fresh look at the wonder of the Incarnation and of the “Christmas” that occurs when God finds a lost sinner. Dylan loves his family’s yearly vacation to Holiday and wishes it could last all year. When he finds a flyer asking if he’d like to keep Holiday, he encounters a bigger and better Holiday than the one his family has always visited; he also learns that ...

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