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The House of the Scorpion 310 reviews
Nancy Farmer
Simon Pulse, 2004
Amazing book for even the most conservative readers
This book is simply amazing--fluidly well told, with none of the typical "coming of age" tawdry sexualization, no offensive language, just an interesting take on contemporary issues. The realistic characters and well-paced story make this book worthy of all the awards it garnered. Buy your kid this book--then read it yourself!
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The Scorpion's Gate 61 reviews
Richard A. Clarke
Berkley, 2006
HAD ME FROM THE FIRST SENTENCE
This novel, which I found in a used bookshop, had me from the first sentence! And it held me spellbound to the end as the single worst-written book I have ever read in a lifetime of reading. No kidding! This mass on incoherence will have you holding your sides too. How bad can writing get? This book should be studied in writing programs to give even the most clubfooted fledgling writer a sense of ...
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Scorpions (The Real Thing)
Mary Packard
Tangerine Press, 2006
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Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion46 reviews
Ed Offley
Perseus Books Group, 2007
Excellent
Excellent book. Liked it so much I bought another for my Dad for Father's Day. Great price and arrived right away.
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Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)148 reviews
Walter Dean Myers
Amistad, 1996
Scorpions by Walter d. Myers
By Walter d. Myers
Have you ever been asked to kill or beat up someone? Have you ever been asked to be in a gang? Well, Jamal a 12year old boy is questioned time after time this question. Since his brother Randy was the head leader of the gang "Scorpions". He is asked because his brother is put in jail. So Jamal is asked to become the leader. It's all up to Jamal will he become the leader ...
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The Serpent and the Scorpion: An Ursula Marlow Mystery
Clare Langley-Hawthorne
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
A gripping mystery of scandal and intrigue starring a spirited and beautiful Edwardian heiress It?s the end of 1911 and Ursula Marlow, struggling to maintain control over her father?s textile empire, finds her business trip to Egypt interrupted by two violent deaths. The first victim is her new friend, Katya?the mysterious wife of a wealthy Russian financier. Then when a young woman dies in a fire in one of Ursula?s factories just days later, ...
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The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl11 reviews
Bruna Surfistinha
Bloomsbury USA, 2007
Interesting but sad
Here are the stats: inked up in three places, pierced in two, sex with 1,000 and counting,doped up for a while but now clean. Here is her story: unhappy home life albeit comfortable, a desire to be free, stumbling into the sex trade, marketing her story to the media and getting a measure of fame. Lessons? It is better for people to express their desires than to suppress them and she helps to ...
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Allah's Scorpion (McGarvey)16 reviews
David Hagberg
Forge Books, 2006
Riveting thriller
Riveting thriller
David Hagberg gets better with each novel. Allah's Scorpion is an excellent, tightly written contemporary thriller. There is plenty of action, but it is not overdone as is typical in so many action thrillers today. Mr. Hagberg takes a plausible plot, stocks it with realistic characters, and presents it in a contemporary way to keep the reader engaged. The storyline grows ...
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Hardy Boys 58: The Sting of the Scorpion (Hardy Boys) 10 reviews
Franklin W. Dixon
Grosset & Dunlap, 1978
One Blast of a Mystery!!!... by David House
One blast of a mystery! I can't beleive that other reveiwers don't like this book at all!(maybe they're mystery haters...no offense.) The Sorpion Sting is about when the Hardy Boys find the Safari Queen drop two things out of the sky. A small object that exploded, and a elephent that also explodes. The Hardys go an investigate and can't because of the gaurd's orders not to let them in. The ...
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Scorpions (Complete Pet Owner's Manual)8 reviews
Manny Rubio
Barrons Educational Series, 2008
THE BOOK for those new to scorpions
Despite a few inaccuracies and errors described elsewhere by another reviewer, this book will offer anyone new to keeping scorpions or who is curious about these most remarkable of animals an easy to read offering covering many diverse aspects of scorpions.
For those interested in keeping scorpions in captivity with little or no experience, this book should be considered a must read (along with ...
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The Scorpion and the Frog: High Times and High Crimes7 reviews
Salvatore Lauria, David S. Barry
New Millennium Entertainment (CA), 2003
the guys who panned this book must work for the mob
this is a really good book. lauria has a great story to tell, david barry does a great job of telling it. a fascinating but chilling account about what really goes on behind closed wall street doors...
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Race of Scorpions 8 reviews
Dorothy Dunnett
Vintage, 1999
Discovering Niccolo
This is the third book in the House of Niccolo series. We join Nicholas as he is trying to move to a new stage of his life after the tumultuous events of Trebizond. Alas, Nicholas and his skills are too well known and he is being courted by many while still being hunted by his enemies.
During this particular journey, Nicholas becomes involved in the battle for Cyprus between the Lusignan ...
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Scorpion in the Sea17 reviews
P. T. Deutermann
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1994
Gritty and Real
I've spent a lot of time in the "tin can navy" and can tell you that Deutermann knows his stuff. His ability to describe the machinations of Navy polictics is unparalleled. I cannot recommend his books too highly.
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The Scorpion Shards (Star Shards Chronicles) (Star Shards Chronicles)13 reviews
Neal Shusterman
Tor Fantasy, 1996
A Dark Fantasy
Shadow-black tentacles wrapped around the cradle of the telescope. A clouded face that swarmed with a million hideous insects descended upon the astronomer's desk and something with cold dark fur brushed past Tory, its breath sickly sweet.
Scorpion Shards by Neal Shusterman is an exciting novel in which six kids, each with a strange physical or emotional mutation, must discover how to get ...
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World 20 reviews
Adrienne Mayor
Overlook Press, 2004
An Outstanding and Much Needed Book
Greek Fire is an extraordinary book. To put the subject of the book plainly, it deals with biological and chemical warfare in the ancient world from myth to history. I had not given much thought to the use of chemical and biological agents in the ancient world, focussing instead on the more familiar weaponry and tactics. The majority of historians and certainly the people we know probably ...
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The Scorpion King4 reviews
Max Allan Collins
Berkley, 2002
Action like the pulp magazines of yesteryear
I have never been disappointed in a Max Allan Collins novel. The Iowan is a capable writer who also has several mystery and adventure series under his belt. This venture simply adds to his reputation. His novelizations resonate well with the source films and yet are enough different to warrant handing over a few bucks. You get more than a sorry re-hash of the movie; you get a great story ...
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All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion42 reviews
Kenneth Sewell, Jerome Preisler
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Things We Never Knew
Incredible story of submarines and spies. A hugely interesting book on the things we never knew about the Cold War. G. Gordon Liddy might not be right about everything (I suppose) . . . but the G Man sure told it straight when it came to this one!
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Best of Scorpions (Guitar Recorded Versions)3 reviews
Scorpions
Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002
Great Book on learning ... Da' Scorpions!!!
I am a BIG Mathias Jabs fan, and this book gives a wonderful breakdown of his lead guitar style that you just can't learn from tabs alone! If you really want to learn these songs inside and out, you have to at least understand how to read traditional notated music; at least understand how to read rhythm in traditional notation. This book gives both!
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