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19 reviews

G P Putnam's Sons, 2007

VERY CREEPY (and funny)!!!
You simply can't go wrong with this wacky zany summer send-up. Einstein P. Fleet, a loner-nerd trapped at a hellish summer camp in the Mojave Desert, leads us through a wild storyline of escape, with monster costumes, vampires, werewolves and aliens all in the mix. This fast-paced, well-written farce is a quick, irreverent, hilarious read for kids and adult-kids. Highly recommended. It's no ...

The Grand Sophy

42 reviews
Georgette Heyer

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1950

Sophy is Grand
This is one of the best of Georgette Heyer's novels. For anyone unfamiliar with her works, she is Jane Austen with an even strong sense of the absurd and the wit to see through people's pretensions. Sophy is the "not-so-little any more" niece of Lady Ombersley, whose arrival promptly sets the family's well ordered world on its ear. Her cousin, Charles, is at first infuriated and then gradually ...

De profundis,

9 reviews
Oscar Wilde

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908

Strangely moving
One of the most famous - and infamous - letters in all of literature, De Profundis is a strange little piece of work: either much more than it appears on the surface, or much less. It is something I think everyone should read, if only for its insight into the human character, particularly that of one under great personal suffering. Wilde wrote this extraordinarily long letter from prison to Lord ...

Our Tree Named Steve

12 reviews
Alan Zweibel

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005

A Must-Have for Every Family's Library
In a perfect world children would never have to experience the pain of loss. But, of course, this is not a perfect world, and just like their adult counterparts, youngsters need help coping when they lose someone they love. Be it that pet hamster who meets with an untimely (and usually slightly suspicious) end, a beloved grandparent who passes away, or the giant tree in the family's backyard that ...

Angelique and the Ghosts

15 reviews
Sergeanne Golon

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978

Who would like to know ahat happened next???
I am very lucky to be french, and have read them all. Including the ones not yet translated in english of course. To the reader what dress wonders who Angelique wears for her great arrival in Quebec: She wears the ice blue dress, and a white fur coat over it. I have started reading these books in 1960, and still enjoy reading them again and again. They made me love Versailles, wish to know more ...

Mistress Masham's Repose

19 reviews
T. H. White

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1946

Little England
After finishing university T. H. White worked as a teacher in the Stowe School which occupies a gigantic former Baroque stately home: here he conceived of the idea of Malplaquet, modeled after the greatest of all British country homes, Blenheim Palace, where the Dukes of Marlborough have lived and where Winston Churchill was born and raised. Malplaquet, an imaginary dilapidated repository of all ...

An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana Uncovered a National Scandal

13 reviews
Andrew Schneider, David McCumber

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004

Actually, a Real Page-Turner. This book deserves to be read!
I want you to read this book. It is important to you and your family. I consider myself a knowledgeable person and I don't remember this scandal when it came out in 2000-2001. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I live in southern CA, but the problems with asbestos effects all of us in the US. Attic insulation, talc products and even gardening/soil products have asbestos risks that have been ...

Once on a time,

10 reviews
A. A Milne

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922

Wonderful Fantasy book to read to yourself or aloud
This book is a wonderful story about a king, princess and an "evil" countess. The king, King Merriwig of Euralia, is in love with the Countess Belvane. Belvane has her sights set on becoming queen of Euralia. However, Princess Hyacinth is suspicious of how the countess acts. So the Princess enlists the help of Prince Udo from Araby. When Belvane finds out, she wishes for something humorous ...

The Liberation of Gabriel King

10 reviews
K. L. Going

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005

Among our most favorites
I read this to my 7 and 9 year old boys. We couldn't put it down. It now ranks among our favorites with Tale of Desperaux and Ida B. A true treasure of a book.

Hardball: A Season in the Projects

12 reviews
Daniel Coyle

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994

Worth the search
This book is such a great find. Unlike the movie, this is the non-fiction account of a group of volunteer's attempts to organize a little league team in Chigago's Cabrini Green project, possibly the most infamous in the country. Don't expect any Keanu Reeves ex-gambler coaches to show up. Do expect great candor from the kids and an unmistakable affection from the author (who never appears in the ...

Dakota Cowboy : My life in the old days

8 reviews
Ike Blasingame

G P Putnam's Sons, 1958

Home on the Range
Ike Blasingame was a Texas cowboy working for the Matador Land and Cattle Company when the company expanded its operations in 1904 and leased just-opened range land along the Moreau River in South Dakota south of today's Mobridge. Blasingame was among the cowboys sent along with 3,000 head of cattle to this new area, and this being 1904 both men and beasts went the modern way - by train. Evarts ...

Her privates, we,

8 reviews
Frederic Manning

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930

Elegant, true, vivid, and memorable
Of course, I say this work is elegant, true, vivid and memorable as a work, not the events it depicts. In parts of the world that used to make up the Commonwealth and serviced by Penguin books, the title may be THE MIDDLE PARTS OF FORTUNE. Having had 25 years in the military I can only say I read this book from cover to cover, and relished every word in it. Artistically, as an artifact, it has ...

The rosary,

8 reviews
Florence L Barclay

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909

A Timeless Romance
Written in 1910, THE ROSARY still proves to be a very successful story in the year 2003. By today's standards, it may be described as quaint but still very enjoyable. The writing is lyrical, descriptive, and charming; the love storyline is ageless. The story revolves around Jane Champion and Garth Dalmain. Jane is talented, smart, good-natured and independent. However she is a unique ...

Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes!

7 reviews
Jack Douglas

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970

The douglas family gets REALLY away from it all.
This book is hilarious. The Douglas family moves far into Canada for some privacy, much to the dismay of wife Reiko, who likes to grocery every day rather than every six months. I can still envision the two seater airplanes delivering theDouglas furniture strapped to their wings. This book and its companion piece, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY HASHIMOTO are both wonderfully entertaining. ...

The Fat-to-Muscle Diet

9 reviews
Victoria Zak, Cris Carlin, ...

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987

Awesome Book!
I purchased this book in March of 2002 and began my "diet" in April. I was obese to say the least. I have since lost a total of 60 pounds and overall 22 inches (13 from my hips and waist alone)I am sure that my personal motivation has had a lot to do with my success and I now have more energy than I have had in years. I am now able to wear a pair of jeans that I purchased my senior year of high ...

Typhoon,

7 reviews
Joseph Conrad

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902

A storm and how to survive it
Taking maximum advantage from his long years at sea, and from his innate insight into the human soul, Conrad tells an outright and direct story about a huge typhoon in the midst of the Yellow Sea. But the book is not so much about the storm in itself, but about the human character and how it reacts to disaster. Captain MacWhirr is famous for being an efficient, calm, dull and silent man, someone ...

The gardener's year,

6 reviews
Karel Čapek

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931

Eternal spring....
I don't know much about Czech literature, so I don't know if the Prague Spring had anything to do with the writing of Karel Capek, but I would not be surprised to discover a connection. "Leaves wither because spring is already beginning, because new buds are being made, as tiny percussion caps out of which the spring will crack....if we could only see that secret swarming of the future within us, ...

The memoirs of an amnesiac

8 reviews
Oscar Levant

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965

Laughing All The Way To The Nuthouse...
This has always been one of my favorite books. I recall reading it for the first time as a pre-teen, and chuckling at his OUTRAGEOUS stories. I'm probably among the last generation that remembers this brilliant man, which is a shame. In the days of the great "talk shows", like Jack Paar, etc.., Oscar Levant was always one of the most coveted, and controversial, guests. I remember seeing him on ...

The Wolf's Chicken Stew

8 reviews
Keiko Kasza

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987

Easy and Fun
This terrific book says alot with few words. The watercolor pictures are beautiful, and the text is carefully written. We adore the picture of the wolf carrying a 100 pound cake to fatten up the chicken before he eats her. The ending is so sweet it leaves you feeling like life is great. I consider this one of my favorite read alouds.

Rolling Thunder

7 reviews

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989

Best Vietnam Air War read
I've read a number of books on the Vietnam War -- fiction and non-fiction. Rolling Thunder is one of the best. This book is the start of a five book series that covers the Vietnam war pretty much from the big American buildup era of 1965 to our last big air battle -- Linebacker II. For a novel, Rolling Thunder reads like a memoir, and I guess that's because it partially is one for Berent. His ...

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