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9 reviews
Christine Townsend

Kimani Press, 2005

Excellent Story with a lot of Heart
This is such a wonderful love story. This is a book that I know that I will read over and over again. The mystery behind the fire was an added bonus to the book. I felt that it could have been a 500 page novel. Johnathan & Lisa shared so much love and desire for each other. As a reader, I felt that I got to know the couple and what their relationship was all about. Loved Lisa's character. She was ...

Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It

6 reviews

Chronicle Books, 2005

Wonderfully refreshing and enlightening book!
This superbly written book, with its poetic descriptions and fascinating stories of the different farmers the author visited and interviewed throughout the country, had me dreaming about owning my own organic farm one day! Also, the wonderful recipes are definately a plus! What a wonderful read! Writing this book from an organic farmer's point of view, Ableman gives one a sense of respect for ...

Origami to Astonish and Amuse

22 reviews
Jeremy Shafer

St. Martin's Griffin, 2001

For the advanced origami enthusiast
This has to be the definitive book on really incredible origami. If you are a beginner, there are a few models in it you can do, but much of the content is fairly difficult, even for the experienced origami craftsperson. There are a number of models made from dollar bills, which is what I was looking for. What I didn't expect was the encyclopedic nature of the models. There is something there ...

Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes (Prairie Home Companion)

7 reviews
Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 2004

The best Prairie Home shows of every year - you just have to laugh
I got a cassette tape of the first PHC joke show years ago and just about wore it out from playing it to keep me alert and upbeat on road trips. Now I found this compilation on 4 CDs and I'm laughing more than ever. Sure, there are sophomoric jokes, 3rd grade jokes, puns, groaners and old chestnuts you've heard before, but somehow they all work when presented by Garrison, Roy Blount, Paula ...

The 40 Day Prosperity Plan

9 reviews
John Randolph Price

audible.com

Hey, it works!
John Randolph Price knows things that most people do not know. The best thing about the 40 Day Prosperity Plan is that one does not have to fully understand it for it to work. I keep mine playing in my car cd player all the time and my finances just keep getting better and better. Gradually, I am understanding more and more of the high concepts that he shares. Thank you, JRP!

Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking

32 reviews
Fuchsia Dunlop

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

A MUST have if you like Sichuan food
I am very impressed by the depth of knowledge the author acquired to write this book and how she carefully shares it with her readers. It is not just a book of recipes. The author did her homework understanding the hows and the whys. I love how she explains the many cooking and cutting methods very clearly, AND she includes the Chinese calligraphy (beautifully done) for each, as well as the ...

Three Magic Words: The Key to Power, Peace and Plenty

6 reviews
Uell Stanley Anderson, U. S. Anderson

www.bnpublishing.com, 2008

3 Magic Words - a "taboo" with the power to change your life
My dad gave me this book when I was 13, and our family was just getting ready for our first major move. That was in 1966. I read the book with great interest, and in some ways it seemed to be like an initiation to my first active pursuit of spiritual things. I read the book several times in the four years I had it, before it was lost when I was 17, and there were subtle shifts in my ...

Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg

19 reviews
Eric J. Wittenberg, J. David Petruzzi

Savas Beatie, 2006

Definitive account of two things -- Stuart's ride and 140 years of postmortem analysis
As a history of Stuart's epic ride, this book has no peer. As even-handed historiography of the critical aftermath, echoing for well over a century, it also no peer. I have two trivial criticisms: 1) the title isn't quite accurate, I think -- however many people were in the decision loop during those critical days, Stuart surely must have realized, at some point, that he had brought his ...

Mondo Enduro

5 reviews
Austin E. Vince, Louis R. Bloom, ...

Rockbuy Limited, 2006

Excellent
We are huge fans of Mondo Enduro. These guys are amazing and oh, the stories they tell. It is a long read and it is hard to put down.(both of which are good things) Also there are a lot of British colloquialisms which can be a bit confusing but tend to add to the experience. Even with that, they are hilarious. I would recommend this book to anyone who has ridden a motorcycle or gone camping. ...

General Plenty - Always and Only the Path to Peace

7 reviews
Mike Nuess

PerfCon, 2003

General Plenty
This is quite simply the most inspiring book I've read in a long time. The message is clear, we have at hand, the knowledge and power to change the course of our lives, our children's lives and the ability to insure the preservation of our universe and her vast resources. General Plenty offers practical solutions to obtain and sustain our physical wants and needs, which insures freedom to ...

ShaderX3: Advanced Rendering with DirectX and OpenGL (Shaderx Series)

4 reviews
Wolfgang Engel

Charles River Media, 2004

Up To Date View of the State of the Art
This book is a collection of forty-seven articles around the common theme of shading images in real time. Many of these effects have been common in the movie world for many years, but in that application the shading can be done on very expensive machines and the time it takes to produce an image is not important because the resulting image is to be shown on screen rather than immediately on a ...

People of plenty: Economic abundance and the American character (Charles R. Walgreen Foundation lectures)

2 reviews
David Morris Potter

University Of Chicago Press, 1973

Brilliantýýas in, truly illuminating
This is one of the seminal books on understanding what it means to be an American, and on what makes our character distinctive, if not utterly unique. Potter was a remarkable professor of American History at Stanford, where his final lecture in my Junior year taught me what the phrase " the crowd lept to its feet" meant. Among other remarkable traits, Potter never once uttered that or any ...

Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty

4 reviews
Mark Winne

Beacon Press, 2008

A fresh and engaging perspective on food justice
Having read almost every book out there on food policy (and having written my own), I can safely say that Closing the Food Gap has something unique and important to offer. The author has been in the trenches and speaks from first-hand experience, which is rare to find among writers on this topic. Even though I am familiar with the many of book's issues, I thoroughly enjoyed the personal, ...

Dreamers of the Valley of Plenty: A History of the Napa Valley

2 reviews
Cheryll Aimee Barron

Simon & Schuster, 1995

Dreamers of the Valley: etc...
I have not yet finished the book, but the rating stars can only increase. We returned from Napa Valley after a three trip and it was interesting to find the places spoken of in the book. Barron writes in a startlingly brutal fashion and probably hasn't been in contact with many of her subject acquaintances. This a beautifully written book, by an artist of our language;not written for the common ...

Husbandry: The Surest, Cheapest Way to Leisure, Plenty, Prosperity & Contentment, Plainly Illustrated

3 reviews
Nathan Griffith

Cobblemead Pubns, 1998

Good living in the country without tons of money.
Nathan Griffith's "Husbandry" tells how anyone can achieve a good living in the country, even if they don't have lots of money. It's the only book of its kind I have seen, giving the author's first-hand, no-nonsense accounts of good living by sustainable management of rather small, cheap parcels of land. The author is a classically trained musician, but for many years has lived primarily from the ...

Democratic Capitalism: The Way to a World of Peace and Plenty

2 reviews
Ray Carey

AuthorHouse, 2004

Why should democracy and capitalism be in conflict?
For my generation, it's a foregone conclusion capitalism is synonymous with greed and selfishness; it is a zero-sum game where only a fortunate (highly connected and privileged) few succeed. My peers, many of whom are highly educated, believe the democratic ideals we've learned to appreciate--freedom, hard work, trust, and opportunity--have nothing to do with today's breed of capitalism, which ...

How We Behave at the Feast: Reflections on Living in an Age of Plenty

3 reviews
Dwight Currie

Diane Pub Co, 2000

A Feast Worth Reading
Mr. Currie shows us through humor and inspirational passages, how to accept, behave and share the bounties we all have. Want verses need, give rather than take, and a general outlook of thankfulness are topics on which all humans need to reflect. This book makes us step back, look at ourselves and, perhaps, live a more comassionate life. Good Work Mr. Currie!

Plenty Good Room (Fjord Discoveries, No. 1)

5 reviews
Teresa McClain-Watson

Fjord Press, 1997

For boys with no daddies
I am a teacher who plans on teaching this book to high school students. When I read an excerpt from Chapter Two to 10th graders, they were hungry for more. Though this book may be scorned by some parents because of its use of profanity, it is a raw revelation of a young teenager's inner feelings towards a dad who rejected him. The protagonist's feelings are complex and often he is torn by ...

Five Have Plenty of Fun (Famous Five)

4 reviews
Enid Blyton

Chivers Audio Books, 2001

Very good reading for children
I have read most all of Enid Blyton's books, esply her adventure series of Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers and dog, and also her three boarding school series. Most children outside the US read a lot of her work. Her work is not only creative, thus appealing to children, but it establishes fundmental concepts of right and wrong, and a simple code of ethics. Some would call it ...

Cruising the Pomona Valley 1930 thru 1970

2 reviews
Charles Phoenix

Hom of Plenty Pr, 1999

Seeing the sights of Pomona Valley both past and present.
What a great book to help the reader realize that the signs and buildings you pass by every day are actually historical art! This book covers in brief descriptions and pictures significant milestones in Pomona Valley history. It includes a great section on the architecture of the LA County Fair, wonderful descriptions and photos of sinage and homes and other special places in Pomona Valley ...

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