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Howling in Mesopotamia: An Iraqi-American Memoir

7 reviews
Haider Ala Hamoudi

Beaufort Books, 2008

Splendid memoir--honest, charming, intelligent and real
Written with disarming honesty, this memoir of an Iraqi American is a fascinating look at the Iraqi people during the American occupation. Professor Hamoudi returned to the land of his family after the invasion in 2003 with high hopes. As a bilingual lawyer from a prominent Shi'a family, he was in a good position to help with the building of the hoped for democracy. He is obviously a ...

Dollar sign on the muscle: The world of baseball scouting

5 reviews
Kevin Kerrane

Beaufort Books, 1984

very enjoyable
An excellent book for any baseball-fan. Extremely funny and entertaining. Everybody will learn more about scouting und the new edition lets you know how the career of the players scouted turned out.I fully agree with the assessment of Rob Neyer of espn.com, who included the book as honorable mention amongst the best baseball books of all time.

Goblin Market

8 reviews
Christina Georgina Rossetti

Beaufort Books, 1985

Fantastic erotica not for children
I wonder if the good folk at the end of the 19th century when this poem was originally published were just too obtuse to understand the gist of Rossetti's work; if so, we have an innocent artifact that has evolved into something erotic because of our twentieth century sensibilities (we have dirtier minds than our compatriots from the past). Don't let the word "erotica" scare you away. This is not ...

Floor Games (Studies in Play and Games)

16 reviews
H. G. Wells

Beaufort Books, 1976

Another "must have" for the well traveled wargamer
I must admit I had not heard of "Floor Wars" prior to reading "Little Wars". The book predates "Little Wars" but is often considered a companion to the other book. It focuses more on the collecting and building of settings than actual wargaming. The books compliment each other well. "Floor Wars" sparked my imagination even more...taking me back to the little countries and armies that I used to ...

The Power of the Possible: A Book of Hope and Inspiration

6 reviews
Auriela Mccarthy

Beaufort Books, Inc., 2008

A gem of a book
"This is a book of such heart, such wisdom. It is a multifaceted gem that does not cease for a moment to inspire, expand and open the mind to all the joy and wonder of what it would be like to live a life truly worth living. Reading it does not only give profound and meaningful insight into the workings of love and relationships, but it throws wide open the windows and doors of possibility, ...

Winter's Tales

6 reviews
Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen

Beaufort Books, 1942

Winter's Tales is refined prose and wisdom of a lost age.
Isak Diensen's book of ornate, Baroque prose is on an unreachable echelon separate from any writer writing literature today or even from her era. Her stories transport readers to a period where thinking and intelligence were elegant and refined, smooth and intermixed with tints of religiosity. Stories such as "The Invincible Slave-Owner" and "The Sailor-Boy's Tale" show Diensen's strong ...

Vegan Fusion World Cuisine: Healing Recipes and Timeless Wisdom from our Hearts to Yours

76 reviews
Mark Reinfeld, Bo Rinaldi

Beaufort Books, 2007

Vegan Heaven
I've tried about half of these recipes and had good success. Breads, pastas, pizzas, salads, dressings, deserts - it's all here. This is vegan heaven!

Ellen Rosenberg's Growing Up Feeling Good

5 reviews
Ellen Rosenberg

Beaufort Books, 1987

An instruction manual for adolescent life
I first came across this book when I was nine. Since then I have read it a countless number of times. I am sixteen now, and I still look back on it from time to time. It has all the information a young teen would ever need; all in a chunky little manual. The author writes with a very compassionate tone...This is a gem of a book!

One-Way Ticket: Our Son's Addiction to Heroin

5 reviews
Rita Lowenthal

Beaufort Books, 2007

Mother, Son and Heroin
The first two sentences of "One-Way Ticket" by Rita Lowenthal, are: "At 38, Josh was dead from a heroin overdose. In 1970 at the age of 13, he went from shooting hoops in the suburbs to shooting heroin in the ghetto. Of course we want to know how? why? when and where? and how does a mother cope with this tragedy? Rita Lowenthal tells us their story:hers and her son Joshs'. For Rita there ...

The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing

91 reviews
Edward Gorey

Beaufort Books, 1986

Gashlycrumb Tinies is Great!
I bought three of these books as gifts for three retiring teachers -- they are so funny. An ABC book of odd outcomes for students. Love them.

Hapless Child

4 reviews
Edward Gorey

Beaufort Books, 1995

A masterpiece!
This is one of Gorey's best stories, about the sad life of a sickeningly sweet orphan. Some people might prefer "The Gashlycrumb Tinies", but I think "The Hapless Child" is superior. This book is the epitome of Gorey's weird style, a parody of Victorian fiction, and always funny in a gruesome way, or gruesome in a funny way, depending on how you look at it. "The Hapless Child" is also ...

Princes in exile: A novel

4 reviews
Mark Schreiber

Beaufort Books, 1983

This is what's on the back of the book:
This is what's on the back of the book: A heart-warming novel of courage and love Princes in Exile Camp Hawkins - it's a special place for cancer patients in remission. For three short weeks these bunk mates are allowed to be normal teenagers, battling hormones, challenging dares, and competing for prizes, despite theri extraordinary knowledge that they may never greet their twenties or watch ...

Hegel's Philosophy of Mind

3 reviews
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Beaufort Books, 1972

The Development of Absolute Spirit
G.W.F. Hegel is surely one of the most notable figures in German Philosophy. His 'Philosophy of Mind' (also known as 'The Philosophy of Spirit') is the third part of an encyclopaedia work showing, in essence, the dialectical 'nature' of the world as a Notion. In his earlier works in this triad (The 'Logic' and 'The Philosophy of Nature') Hegel dealt with, first, the logically necessary ...

Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

4 reviews
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Beaufort Books, 1969

"it was a good book and I could read it over and over again.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin was a very good book. I wouldn't encourage younger people like 4th and 5th graders to read it, but I think everyone needs to read it by the time they graduate from school."

Terror In The Starboard Seat

4 reviews
Dave McIntosh

Beaufort Books, 1980

Canadians are different
Perhaps it comes from living next door to Americans, but Canadians have a knack for staring tragedy in the face and remembering something to laugh about afterwards. It's little wonder that many of the funniest modern comedians, from John Belushi to Peter Jennings, are Canadians. World War II produced "the greatest generation," says Tom Brokaw, who wasn't there. Dave McIntosh was there, ...

According to Mark: A Novel

3 reviews
Penelope Lively

Beaufort Books, 1985

Penelope Lively in top form
I am sorry that this one is out of print and hope that it will be reissued soon! I think this is one of the great Penelope Lively's finest novels. It's a page-turner, a skillful interweaving of infidelity, the English countryside, travels abroad, meditations on the writing of history and books, and realistic observations of such foibles as romantic delusion and academic pompousness. Ultimately ...

Stride for Stride: A Legacy of Bright Dawn Novel

3 reviews
Thomas Marshall

Beaufort Books, 2005

A thrilling thoroughbred read
Ireland, the Emerald Isle, known for its luscious, rolling country sides, links golf is also the home of some of the greatest horses in the history of thoroughbred and steeplechase racing opens the first act in Thomas Marshall's novel "Stride for Stride: The Legacy of Bright Dawn." The first-time author introduces the reader to Bright Dawn, a mare, ready to give birth in Ireland, but is involved ...

Abe Gilman's Ending: A Novel

4 reviews
Glenn Frank

Beaufort Books, 2006

I loved this book
Glenn Frank hits a home run with his first visit to the plate. This is a moving and compelling novel, a taut and involving story that's a kind of house of mirrors of reflections on reflections on the meaning of life, where form and content work beautifully together to tell an engrossing story. Think of this terrific novel as a combination of Isaac Bashevis Singer, O. Henry, and Tolstoy's Death ...

Rebels of Mindanao

5 reviews
Tom, M.D. Anthony

Beaufort Books, 2008

Read it for a number of reasons
The story line is simple: try to grab the funds,suppress the insurgency, and keep the change. And along the way see if there is a way to make the Turkish warrior disapear. It is the implimentation of the story that is great. Anthony knows the Philippines and uses this knowledge to build a moasic of threads of history, culture, and geography that provides a rich background for the story. Read it ...

Cook-Book Decoder

3 reviews
Arthur E. Grosser

Beaufort Books, 1955

Cooking is not just for eating
I am both a chemist and an amateur chef. I have, on occasion, cooked chinese food for as many as 25 people - which is not bad considering that I am not Chinese! But, of course, the question that always lies at the back of my mind when making something is "why?" as in "why do eggs turn white when fried?" or "why does cornstarch thicken a sauce?". Arthur Grosser's "The Cookbook Decoder or ...

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