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Essential Etiquette Fundamentals, Vol. 1: Dining Etiquette 15 reviews
Mike Lininger
Yellowstone Publishing, 2007
Fine Dining Made Easy
The last book on CD my wife and I bought was terrible: mens' voices for female characters, etc. And what's the alternative on the radio? Pop music or Howard Stern? I spend twenty percent of my waking life in my car. I might as well spend it wisely. The Food Scholar is easy listening and presented in a way that makes the information easy to learn and remember.
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Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me15 reviews
Phillip Hoose
Walker & Company, 2006
Step into the Time Tunnel and return to a simpler place and time.
If you are a guy or gal who was born before 1950 and enjoy the game of baseball then Phillip Hoose's "Perfect, Once Removed" should be right up your alley. Author Phil Hoose had just moved to Speedway, Indiana with his mom and dad in late 1955. He was eight years old and having an awfully hard time adjusting to his new school and making friends. To make matters worse, no one had ever taught ...
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King of the Pygmies16 reviews
Jonathon Scott Fuqua
Candlewick, 2005
Facts I didn't know
I just wanted to say that it's strange that Mr. Fuqua has biopolar disorder. It's strange that he's not embarrassed to say it. I don't think hes weird or anything, but maybe others might. That's sad because I saw him at my school and he's so funny and tells a story about trying to sale a styrofoam boat to Bermuda. He doesn't seem to have biopolar illness if that's being kind of insane. I found ...
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Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA: A Novel23 reviews
Ellen Meister
William Morrow, 2006
No literary masterpiece, but you'll definitely have fun!!!
"Confessions" is certainly no literary masterpiece, but Meister's writing style is fun and breezy, and her characters are a riot. No, they're not particularly believable, and the plot sometimes veers off into ridiculous sit-com territory, but you just won't care. You'll be having too much fun to care, and hoping for the best for these kooky women.
If you're in the moody for something light ...
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The technique of Martha Graham (Studies in dance history)18 reviews
Alice J Halpern
Society of Dance History Scholars, at Princeton Periodicals, 1991
You Need to See
Great Book will enough the wonder hopefully they have it in the school systems or county systems
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Africa Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary Written by 70 African Scholars14 reviews
Zondervan, 2006
Comprehensive and Culturally Relevant
The "African Bible Commentary" is written by and for the Evangelical Protestant Community. All 70 African scholars signed the statement of faith of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa. Thus readers receive a comprehensive and culturally relevant conservative theology applied to African Christian living.
It truly is a unique book--the first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa ...
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Rumpole and the Primrose Path19 reviews
John Mortimer
Viking, 2003
Never Write Off Rumpole
The more I read the Rumpole series, the happier I am and want more. I seem to be reading the series backward in time, but that's working. Apparently, Rumpole suffered a heart attack in an earlier book (perhaps in RUMPOLE RESTS HIS CASE) and the six stories that comprise THE PRIMROSE PATH occur across the year following that event. The first in the collection, the title story, was on the short ...
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Before Jerusalem Fell30 reviews
Kenneth L. Gentry
Intl Scholars Pubns, 1997
Complete and Convincing
This book is a gem of scholarly research. When all the data is pieced together the preterist eschatology is quite compelling. Gentry respectfully reviews the arguments from the late-date scholars and shows that most (but not all) of the evidence comes down to one quotation of Irenaeus. Then Gentry pieces all of Revelation's internal evidence together with the historical record to provide a very ...
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A Little Piece of Ground40 reviews
Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr
Haymarket Books, 2006
A humanizing portrait of Palestinian children
This book is an authentic account of the circumstances that prevailed in Ramallah in the year 2000 and how Palestinian children were influenced by them. The main character aspires to be a champion soccer star and all he wants to do is play, play, play with his friends. The ground he lives on keeps shrinking under his feet as he and his teenage friends clear the rubble froma small lot near a ...
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Girl Drinks14 reviews
Rachel Federman
Carlton Books, 2002
Lame name! Excellent drinks!
Everything about this book of 101 cocktail recipes is on point, except for the title. Rachel Federman has done her homework and produced a set of recipes that will surely impress your friends. I love the pocket-size of it, so I can take it to the liquor store or to the bar. These aren't stuffy drinks. These are caramel martinis and chocolate-covered strawberries and london fogs. Variations on ...
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Experiencing America: Through the Eyes of Visiting Fulbright Scholars: Stories of Foreign Fulbrighters in the ...10 reviews
AuthorHouse, 2006
Mutually Exclusive Set of Definitions from the Universal Set of USA!
Well! When I got this book as a gift from one of my friend, my initial thought (after reading few pages was) that it will have similar definitions and "New things" again and again by different scholars in the following pages.
But, that wasn't true, each scholar experienced USA in a unique way, every one has their own set of definitions and likes/dislikes about USA.
USA is the most diverse ...
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Bottom Line Results: The 10 Strategies for Achievement13 reviews
Randall Bell
Owners Manual Press, 2006
Interesting, Fun, and Inspirational
Interesting and unique stories that have a lot of lessons from which we can all learn from. Bell teaches us how to apply them in our lives. Highly recommended!
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Dear Tooth Fairy12 reviews
Alan Durant
Walker Books Ltd, 2003
What a great book!
My 5 year old son lost his 1st tooth. When we went to look for Tooth Fairy books he didn't like all the "fairies". He wouldn't even consider this book because it was pink. I started reading it and loved it. When I read it to him at home he LOVED it! He got so excited to open the envelopes in the book. He had me play the riddler that came with over and over again. His eyes lit up when he ...
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Ladies: A Conjecture of Personalities14 reviews
Feather Schwartz Foster
PublishAmerica, 2003
A Delightful Story of the First Ladies of the Land
Lucy Hayes, wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and Carrie Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison, challenge the other First Ladies to speak in their own voices and write what it was like to be the wife of the President of the United States or whatever they want really. The book ends with Mamie Eisenhower, because we know about the later First Ladies. However, they are not left out, as ...
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Mallory and the Trouble With Twins (Baby-Sitters Club #21)12 reviews
Ann M. Martin
Scholastic Inc, 1989
One Of The Best!
When 11 year old Mallory baby sits for Marilyn and Carolyn Arnold, she thinks it's going to be okay. But when Mrs. Arnold leaves, the twins turn into horrible brats. Taking care of The Arnold Twins is a baby sitting nightmare. But Mallory's a responsible member of the BSC- and she's not giving up!
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Boundaries10 reviews
Maya Lin
Simon & Schuster, 2000
Beautiful
There are two ways to read this book, as Lin points out in the preface. First is just as a coffee table picture book. In that role, "Boundaries" gives a photographic tour of many varied monuments and installations. Lin is best known for the Vietnam Veteran's memorial. At the time, it was an unprecendented look and a deep controversy. Since then, I think it has become what Lin had hoped: one of ...
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Auslander10 reviews
Lewis Kelley
Musterion, 2006
If you want to be entertained, understand racial struggle and why Black people love themselves read this book!
Lewis Kelley has written a book that is historical fiction at its best and that deserves better editing by his publisher. You feel like the story could be happening today, but you gain insight into the times that both reveal and shape the righteous character of Black people in this book, even though the characters are living in a time of war. Vince LaSalle is heroic in his intellectual and ...
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Song of the Crow10 reviews
Layne Maheu
Unbridled Books, 2006
Imaginative new look at an old story
I didn't really know what to expect from the title of this book, but it certainly was not what I could have even imagined. This is truly a work of a very vivid imagination and a very skilled writer. The images are so clear that you can almost hear the water slopping around the hull of the boat.
The descriptions of the beastmen (Noah and his family) are brutal--a realistic portray of ...
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Essential Etiquette Fundamentals, Vol. 2: Wine Selection & Etiquette13 reviews
Mike Lininger
Yellowstone Publishing, 2007
Excellent Resource For Novice Wine Drinkers
Although drinking good wine isn't difficult, learning about wine can be. Once on a winery tour a vintner explained that there are 15,000 different choices that can be made from grape to bottle. Sometimes picking out a wine can seem daunting. Food Scholar's Wine Selection & Etiquette does a superior job of teaching those of us who would like to learn more without the information being overkill.
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The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America10 reviews
Barnet Schecter
Walker & Company, 2005
Our other Civil War
Thank heavens for independent scholars!
Barnet Schecter is rapidly becoming one of the best chroniclers of New York's history. His previous book, "The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolution", was an eye-opening revelation at how this city was the true "heart" of our separation from England, and how we (and Boston, as well) were that country's main target for ...
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