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One Child 167 reviews
Torey L. Hayden
Putnam Adult, 1980
Interesting but Sad
This is one I could not put down. Possibly Torey's best book!
Shelia, a bright 6-year-old girl who tied up a 4-year-old and set him on fire and was put in Torey's "crazy kid" class until a space opened up in the State mental hospital for her. She had a high IQ, was a bed wetter, had an abusive, alcoholic father and was abandoned on a freeway by her mother who kept her younger brother. She ...
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The Beast: A Reckoning with Depression38 reviews
Tracy Thompson
Putnam Adult, 1995
One of the best books abot Depression I have ever read
This is a book from the inside out, meaning the author writes well about the subject because it comes from within. I have read several books about depression, and this is the one that has impressed me the most. Honest, well-written, and it tells it like it is. At times I found myself disagreeing with the author's actions (but who am I to judge) as if she was a character (see, it reads like a good ...
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The Last Convertible39 reviews
Anton Myrer
Putnam Adult, 1978
Destined to become required reading - maybe
The Last Convertible is an esquiste trek through the past. Author Anton Myrer takes us on a journey into the lives of five young men who meet and become friends while attending Harvard in the era surrounding WWII. They are bound by a fantastic automobile - a gargantuan Packard nicknamed the Empress. Each of the men has a unique life backstory and is uniquely created to demonstrate a life of his ...
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The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord76 reviews
T. D. Jakes
Putnam Adult, 1998
YOU GOTTA READ IT
I cant imagine going through life as a woman without having read this book. I have read this book over and over again and I have given it out to my girlfriends as birthday gifts. Every woman just has to have it on their shelf-next to the bible.
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Lottery 95 reviews
Patricia Wood
Putnam Adult, 2007
Inside Perry's head
I just put down Lottery. I originally thought that it was a non-fiction book, based on a true story. I was shocked to learn that it was fiction. The author's insight at how a cognitively challanged mind works is amazing! I loved the characters...so rich and believable.
Sometimes we get hung up on the 'stuff' in life and not appreciate the simple beauty of our world and the people that mean the ...
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The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family62 reviews
Martha Raddatz
Putnam Adult, 2007
Will make you feel like you are there!
This was an excellent book. Well written and really made you know the soldiers involved and placed you in the action. It really made it personal. I was expecting the author to point fingers at the rediculous methods employed by the US commanders, but the author just tells the story and lets the reader come up with his or her own opinion. I am in the middle of reading another book about Iraq, ...
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Mrs. Mike140 reviews
Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman
Putnam Adult, 1947
an old friend returns
Mrs Mike is an old friend. I first read and enjoyed this book more than 35 years ago. This story chronicals the life of mountie Sgt Mike and Mrs. Mike. It honestly chronicals these lives and shows that it is in the sharing of the small things that make life joyful. I'm so happy to be able to now be able to now share this book with my neice
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Love, Lucy88 reviews
Lucille Ball
Putnam Adult, 1996
Mom of Sav
This is a wonderful book. I hated for it to end. You should read this and A Book, by Desi Arnaz. I was captivated.
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The Seamstress41 reviews
Sara Tuval Bernstein
Putnam Adult, 1997
Should be required reading....
This Holocaust survival memoir is both unique and remarkable and ensures we will never forget the tragedies suffered at the hands of the Nazis. This story in particular evinces the notion that no two Holocaust stories are the same- so many people suffered in so many different places and in so many different ways.
Seren's story teaches us that survival for so many depended upon connections ...
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Fair and Tender Ladies45 reviews
Lee Smith
Putnam Adult, 1988
ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How I hated for this book to end! I LOVE Lee Smith's writings. She is truly one of THE BEST authors of our time. If you have not read her, PLEASE DO. She NEVER EVER disappoints.
This wondeful book is written in the form of letters by one Miss Ivy Rowe. The letters span the lifetime of Ivy. She LOVES to write letters and writes to friends, family, acquaintances. Ivy chronicles her entire ...
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Metabolize: The Personalized Program for Weight Loss25 reviews
Kenneth Baum, Richard Trubo
Putnam Adult, 2000
Why don't some of these diets work? Metabolize tells you why
I took one look at this book and bought it immediately. The idea that one person's metabolism is probably different than another person's makes a lot of sense to me. And why do all these fad diets assume that they work for every type of person on the planet? First you take a self-test in this book to determine your type. Then you can figure out a diet based on relative amounts of certain ...
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Dune Encyclopedia37 reviews
Willis McNelly
Putnam Adult, 1984
Holy Grail found!!
Just recently I found a good condition copy of The Dune Encyclopedia at a local used book dealer. I was completely shocked to have found it on the "recent arrivals" shelf in the Sci-Fi section. I grabbed it up and leafed through it to verify its existence. It was real alright. The fact that I bought it for only $4.50 is more extraordinary. Yes, $4.50 !!! They must not have realized what a ...
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Ten Thousand Islands32 reviews
Randy Wayne White
Putnam Adult, 2000
One of White's Best Doc Ford Novels
In TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS Doc Ford and Tomlinson investigate the bizarre case of a dead girl's grave being dug up and her mother's home being burglarized by thieves who are in search of a gold medallion found by the girl shortly before her death several years ago. The story takes place around Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Marco Island and Key Largo. The reader learns a lot about the ancient ...
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This Thing Called You19 reviews
Ernest Holmes
Putnam Adult, 1948
Deeply Grateful
If I had only one book to buy in my entire life, This Thing Called You would be the one. No other book that I've read so clearly speaks the truth about who each of us is and our place in the universe. And it's all about merely changing our minds, changing our attitudes towards life. Pretty simple stuff, really. But unbelievably powerful and attainable for everyone. Don't miss this book!
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Take Big Bites22 reviews
Linda Ellerbee
Putnam Adult, 2005
Travel, Food, Fun, Friends, Lovers, and Misadventures
Ellerbee writes just the way she speaks, and when you read Take Big Bites, you feel like she's talking directly to you. This is a book that you never want to end. It's a memoir about travel and food and friends and lovers and misadventures. She has done it all. Most of the time, she travels alone. She prefers that so she's forced to talk to the people where she's visiting. Occasionally, she goes ...
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The Miracle of MSM : The Natural Solution for Pain24 reviews
Stanley W. Jacob MD
Putnam Adult, 1999
Best book on MSM by far ...
This title by Drs. Jacob and Lawrence is by far the best word on MSM (along with product manufacturers dmso2.com etc). I, also, prefer the hardback version of this book. It is out of print but I found that it is still available at the distributor (msmsupplement.com as mentioned by someone in another review). I hope that there is a new, updated version of this book on the horizon, because I know ...
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November of the Heart31 reviews
LaVyrle Spencer
Putnam Adult
A Tender and Sweet romance! One of the best i have ever read!
Levyrle Spencer can just make you feel what her characters are feeling so effortlessly that you laugh and cry with them and almost forget that they are not real.
Lorna and Jens are one of her most real characters and their situation is also so real. The way they are helpless against their attraction to each other even after knowing it would be disastrous was so beautifully written that you could ...
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Takedown: The True Story Undercover det Who Brought Down Billion Dollar Mafia Cartel20 reviews
Douglas Century, Rick Cowan
Putnam Adult, 2002
Unbelievable!
Over the course of the past few years, my love of reading books about the mafia went dormant. When I arrived upon a copy of "Takedown" in a used book store, my interest was revitalized. The story in "Takedown" is unbelievable not because it is untrue, but because it is unbelievable how many times Rick Cowan avoided certain death. Though it is unbelievable at times, it is a true story.
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Incredible Hulk 00: What23 reviews
Peter David
Putnam Adult, 1995
Peter David writing the Hulk.....what more can one ask for?
I've been a fan of the Hulk for almost two decades now, so I was very excited when I first heard he would be featured in a full-length book.
Having been ousted by his former Pantheon teammates, the Hulk is left with only one alternative: to keep a low-profile and try to lead a normal life with his beautiful and understanding wife, Betty. However, things have never been that simple for the ...
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Healing Anxiety and Depression34 reviews
Daniel G. Amen
Putnam Adult, 2003
There is help!
There are a lot of self help books out there, and in that there are a lot of them that don't help. This book helps people do what they need to do to not suffer anymore. It talks about medication if needed, and other natural alternatives as well. I like how Dr. Amen stresses that it is a change in a whole lifestyle. Taking medicine, natural or not needs to be accompanied by a GOOD DIET ...
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