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Dinner at the Panda Palace (A Public Television Storytime Book)

8 reviews
Stephanie Calmenson

HarperTrophy, 1995

must have
this book is a must have for any child's library. This book is by far my sons favorite book. The rhyming is very clever, it teaches kids how to count, and the overall message in the book is refreshing.

Buckingham Palace Gardens: A Novel (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)

28 reviews
Anne Perry

Ballantine Books, 2008

An avid thriller
Anne Perry's BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS receives a hard-hitting narration by veteran Michael Page, who has recorded over 50 titles for this publisher alone. His voice spices a survey of Buckingham palace after a fatal house party draws in one Thomas Pitt to investigate the crisis. An avid thriller evolves.

The Glass Palace: A Novel

75 reviews
Amitav Ghosh

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

a sprawling historical novel set in colonial Asia
What a wonderful, wonderful novel! Mr. Ghosh has concocted a deeply engaging, epic, tale chronicling the life of one character (and his extended family) against the backdrop of Burman, Malayan and Indian history over more that 100 years. The novel clocks in at little over 600 pages yet it feels almost two short. In fact my only (albeit small) criticism is that at times the narration feels a ...

Palace of Mirrors

26 reviews
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008

If You Liked JUST ELLA...
This is a good read for the younger teen girl, especially if she is into the "princess" genre. It is a satisfying sequel to its predecessor, JUST ELLA, yet lt leaves one or two questions for a third book in the fuure.

Palace Council

23 reviews
Stephen L. Carter

Knopf, 2008

Riveting mystery meets history
Having enjoyed Stephen L. Carter's Emperor of Ocean Park and New England White, I was very excited to read Palace Council. Of the three books mentioned, Palace Council was by far the best. Carter draws you into a heart wrenching love story of Eddie, a journalist, and Aurelia, a young socialite, who marries an upper class young gentleman who is more "suitable" for a woman of her stature. Then ...

Palace Walk (Cairo Trilogy)

68 reviews
Naguib Mahfouz

Anchor, 1990

Mahfouz Rewards Patience
Naguib Mahfouz, the only Arabic language writer ever to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, begins Palace Walk with Amina, the devout and devoted Muslim wife of al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad patiently waiting for her husband to return home from another long night of drinking, music, and carousing with his male friends and pursuing illicit sexual relations in Cairo's clubs and cafes. Mahfouz thus ...

Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)

32 reviews
James R. Gaines

Harper Perennial, 2006

read this asap
i have read numerous books on j. s. bach and own all the standard biographies yet i was beguiled with this book as the author is supremely adept at placing the information in the right perspective and is such a good writer that you cannot put it down. i read it through in almost one sitting. i have since recommended to other professional musicians that are colleagues of mine and they love it as ...

109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos

24 reviews
Jennet Conant

Simon & Schuster, 2006

109 East Palace
An excellelnt accout of one of the most important projects of the last century. Since reading it, I visited Los Alamos and also Trinity Site. An inspiring piece of history.

The Palace of Illusions: A Novel

23 reviews
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Doubleday, 2008

Panchali as a human
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's new book `The Palace of Illusions' may elicit a variety of responses from its readers based mainly on their background, understanding and loyalty to Indian epics rather than their standing as mere critics of a novel. As one who grew up with Hindu religious stories inculcated into me and as the legend of Mahabharatha with its heroes and villains influenced even my ...

The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization

47 reviews
James Bamford

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1983

Dateline, America, Dec. 19, 2005
The recent revelation that President Bush authorized NSA spying on its own citizens (and the sad fact that the New York Times sat on this for a year, despite being a victim itself in the past) makes this book both incredibly timely and obviously, unfortunately, timeless. The history of the National Security Agency and its predecessor organizations, along with the NSA's willingness to skirt, if ...

Behind Palace Doors: My Service As the Queen Mother's Equerry

4 reviews
Major Colin Burgess, Paul Carter

John Blake, 2008

A "must" read for the Queen Mother's fans
This is a great insight written by a young military officer who was Equerry to the Queen Mother for 2 years. It's written with great respect and fondness of his experiences as her close personal assistant. A rare glimpse into the everyday life of the Queen Mother and her association and influence in the Royal Family. An endearing book that touches on her home at Clarence House, other members of ...

For the Royal Table: Dining at the Palace
Kathryn Jones

Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd., 2008

A lavishly illustrated behind-the-scenes look at three hundred and fifty years of royal banquets, from Charles II to the present day.

My Fairy Princess Palace

3 reviews
Maggie Bateson

Macmillan Children's Books, 2004

Hours of portable imaginative play!
My daughter received this shortly before she turned 3 years old. It is a delightfully detailed pop-up book that turns into a free-standing fairy palace, with many paper fairies to play in the four intricately decorated rooms. There are doorways and secret passageways inbetween the rooms, and all sorts of delightful suprises, including a pie baking in the oven -- open the oven door and peek in! ...

Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War

15 reviews
Ed Rasimus

St. Martin's Press, 2006

The Flight Of Arnold The Pig
After writing the superlative "When Thunder Rolled" about his early F-105 tour in Vietnam, Ed Rasimus, one of the most literary of all pilot-authors, turns his attention to his second tour flying F-4's. The result is "Palace Cobra" and it is another masterwork of first-person combat narrative plucked from the skies of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. Although I prefer "When Thunder Rolled" ...

Commander's Kitchen : Take Home the True Taste of New Orleans With More Than 150 Recipes from Commander's ...

9 reviews
Ti Adelaide Martin, Jamie Shannon

Broadway, 2000

Creole Class Act
As a longtime fan of Commander's Palace (and creole and cajun cuisine in general), I found the book as much fun to read as the dishes were to prepare. The beautifully presented recipes and well written preparation tips were made all the better by the inclusion of tidbits of New Orleans and Brennan family history. This book is a must have for both veteran and novice cooks interested in preparing ...

A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer

4 reviews
Elisabeth de Feydeau

I. B. Tauris, 2006

A Scented Palace by DeFeydeau
This is an excellent book, with amazing research and insights that I have seen nowhere else in books about this period. You get such a feel for what is going on that it is like you are part of the "in-crowd" of the day. You also get a feel of what the people were like at a time when there was no indoor plumbing or sanitation and smells had to be disguised (like the animal parts that were thrown ...

Palace of Desire (Cairo Trilogy II)

17 reviews
Naguib Mahfouz

Anchor, 1991

One man's family . . .
Although published as a trilogy, Mahfouz' story of a Cairo family was originally written as a single novel. "Palace of Desire" is one-third out of roughly the middle of it. The time is now the 1920s, and the focus is chiefly on three characters, the father, Al-Sayyid Ahmad, and his two sons, Yasin and Kamal. Desire as a theme runs strongly through the entire trilogy, and it emerges here in three ...

The Dream Palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age

6 reviews
David Wallace

"Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006

Voyeur
I loved this book. Something about the pictures... one feels like you're actually there... technically part of it is that the human eye sees inside and outside. Photographers get one of the other... but not both. In these pictures it feels like you are walking through a house... seeing it as a guest of the famous resident... and seeing it as you would if you were there in person. You can look at ...

Egyptian Palaces and Villas: Pashas, Khedives, and Kings

5 reviews
Shirley Johnston

"Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006

An inspiring collection of photographic and informational documentation of historical and modern Egyptian architecture
Deftly authored by Shirley Johnston with help from Sherif Sonbol, Egyptian Palaces And Villas: Pashas, Khedives, And Kings is an inspiring collection of photographic and informational documentation of historical and modern Egyptian architecture and the progressive means by which it has come to be. Focusing on architectural design from the nineteenth century, Egyptian Palaces And Villas ...

Versailles: A Biography of a Palace
Tony Spawforth

St. Martin's Press, 2008

The behind-the-scenes story of the world?s most famous palace, painting a picture of the way its residents truly lived and examining the palace?s legacy, from French history through today The story of Versailles is one of historical drama, under the last three kings of France?s old regime, mixed with the high camp and glamour of the European courts, all in an iconic home for the French arts. The palace itself has been radically altered since ...

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