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9 reviews
Diana Kennedy

Harper & Row, 1972

Make your own mole!!!
We've had this book for years and have enjoyed most recipes - there was one lackluster soup we tried. The duck mole is so amazing and easy!! We even tried it with watercress in place of radish leaves and used leftover cornmeal & ground walnuts (used to coat our souffle pans) in addition to the pumkin seeds she calls for - excellent! We finally mastered her Mexican rice - you really do need to ...

The Death of a President November 20- November 25 1963

11 reviews
William Manchester

Harper & Row, 1967

couldn't put it down
Bought it and read it again after 30+ years, having seen the article in Vanity Fair about Mr. Manchester and what the project did to him personally. I confess that when I first read it, I didn't focus upon the political climate in Dallas at the time of the assassination. Comparing it with the political hatred and vitriol present today gave me chills and made me want to warn Mr. Obama to be ...

A Thief Of Time

46 reviews
Hillerman Tony

Harper & Row, 1988

One of Hillerman's best
Thief of Time, Tony Hillerman's eighth mystery novel featuring the Navajo Tribal police, is one of his most compelling and compassionate mysteries, along with Coyote Waits, and The Wailing Wind. Hillerman catches the reader's attention within the first few pages. The book opens with Dr. Eleanor Friedman-Bernal, an anthropologist studying Anasazi pottery, arriving at her campsite in a remote ...

The Ending of Time (Dialogue)

21 reviews
J. Krishnamurti, David Bohm

Harper & Row, 1985

Death Has Very Little Meaning.....
The reviewer preceding me is questioning the contradiction he senses on reading this fine dialogue contained in this book between the scientist Bohm and philosopher Krishnamurti on the nature of ending conflict. Indeed It is hard to get deeper than this dialogue.. The impossibility of loosing one's ego is discussed within, as well as humanity's construction of reality with both the negative and ...

Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives

49 reviews
Pia Mellody, Andrea Wells Miller, ...

Harper & Row, 1989

Really Helped Me
It was hard for me to realize I might have a problem. It took a very good friend, someone I trusted, to make me get up the gumption to buy this book. It has helped me. If you have or have a loved one or even a friend who has a codependence problem or a possible resulting substance abuse problem or who has failed at every twelve step program they've tried, I can't recommend this book highly ...

Christ and Culture (Torchbooks)

14 reviews
H. Richard Niebuhr

Harper & Row, 1975

A Concise Summary of Niebuhr's 5 Types
Two Extremes: Niebuhr illustrates five different ways that Christian faith can relate with culture. He first presents two extreme options followed by three median ones. In the first type, Christ against culture, the answer to the "enduring problem" is separation. Christ is seen as opposed to culture, and Christians should not be part of culture. Tertullian and Tolstoy are two notorious ...

Children of Alcoholism: A Survivor's Manual

3 reviews
Judith S. Seixas, Geraldine Youcha

Harper & Row, 1986

Excellent book!
After dealing superficially with my own depression, I finally read this book and started confronting some of the issues in my life that were rooted in my upbringing with an alcoholic parent. This was a break-through point in working toward my own healing. Very readable. Not a lot of psychobabble.

Holy Bible: From the Ancient Eastern Text: George M. Lamsa's Translation From the Aramaic of the Peshitta

48 reviews
George M. Lamsa

Harper & Row, 1985

Bible of all times absolutely must have!!!!
I have owned a Lamsa Holy Bible for 15 yrs and it is totally awesome, It is the only bible you must have, being a translation and not a revision has helped me grow in my ministry spiritually, my congregation consisting of ministers in training are all required to read from the Lamsa only. the only thing that I do not like is that it is in paperback being a thick book that it is the pages tear ...

A People's History of the United States

725 reviews
Howard Zinn

Harper & Row, 1980

History as it should be taught.
This should be required reading for all High School US History students. Gives a whole new look at what is being taught or isn't being taught today...

The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel

65 reviews
Benjamin Graham

Harper & Row, 1986

Buffett's most favorite investment book
Buffett consider this book the best ever written about investment. He wrote the preface for the book. In the preface, he said if we learn two things from the book, first take advantage of Mr. Market (As stock market prices go up and down, we should buy good company stocks with good discounts, and sell to take profits when prices gone too high) and second have Margin of Safety (One should only ...

Piaf: A biography

3 reviews
Simone Berteaut

Harper & Row, 1972

Incredible Woman, Great Biography
With the current interest in Edith's Piaf's life due to the film La Vie En Rose, many people will want to know more about her. You can't do better than Simone Berteaut's book. They were companions for almost every moment of Piaf's life, and it's a pretty amazing and unbelievable story. Berteaut renders every moment with detail, and much love for her friend mixed with healthy skepticism. There are ...

The Treasure Chest - a heritage album containing 1064 familiar and inspirational quotations, poems, ...
Charles L Wallis

Harper & Row, 1965

The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1

3 reviews
Fernand Braudel

Harper & Row, 1982

Fascinating!
I don't care for (or much understand) economics. And I often find history to be very dry. This book, however, was a VERY enjoyable read. I originally checked it out of the library because I needed some information for a paper I was writing...and I was hooked enough to buy this books and others by this author. Braudel sees the big picture AND the details -- and not only that, he writes in ...

Where the Wild Things Are

479 reviews
Maurice Sendak

Harper & Row, 1963

Fun read for all ages
I ordered this book for my daughter and had completely forgotten the story. I had remembered loving the illustrations as a child and Max's costume. She loves the story and the illustrations as well; and has already began memorizing it which is great for her reading lessons and skills.

Death of President: November 20-November 25 1963
William Manchester

Harper & Row, New York, 1967

Amo, Amas, Amat and More (Hudson Group Books)

13 reviews
Eugene H. Ehrlich

Harper & Row, 1985

Seize the day...
Eugene Ehrlich's 'Amo, Amas, Amat and More' is a wonderful shorthand guide to Latin literacy for those who are struggling with Latin, or those of us who had a lot of Latin but little use since our last conjugation, er, um, examination. Gives new meaning to 'conjugal visit' now, doesn't it? (Well, look it up for the distinctions.) There is a very interesting introduction by William F. ...

Charlottes Web

2 reviews
E.B. White

Harper & Row NY, 1952

Lessons of life, love and friendship for us all
I read Charlotte's Web as a child, and loved it. Recently I had the pleasure of rereading it with my daughter, taking on a chapter a day. The descriptive phrases E.B. White uses while helping us to fall in love with the characters and their world are wonderful. I will admit I was concerned reading some parts of the story to a 4 year old, whether it be the "circle of life" comments by ...

A Concise History Of American Architecture (Icon Editions)

2 reviews
Leland Roth

Harper & Row, 1980

Classic text
I was amazed at how well this classic treatise on architecture has held up over more than 25 years. It's a thoroughly engaging history of architecture with something to please anyone interested in building and design.

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