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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Thomas L. Friedman’s No. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world, and globalization, in a new way. With his latest book, Friedman brings a fresh and provocative outlook to another pressing issue: the interlinked crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy--both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and ...
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Audition: A Memoir 198 reviews
Barbara Walters
Knopf, 2008
A fascinating memoir
+ Barbara Wa -Wa
+ Best Memoir Ever
Once I started reading this book, it was hard to put down. I found it fascinating to read about a woman who has had a front-row seat at many important historical events and who has known many history-makers either personally or professionally.
Her story begins with her early life, growing up as ...
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Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove 43 reviews
Jeff Henderson
Harper Paperbacks, 2008
Fantastic read: amazing story!
+ Hard work pays off!
+ It gets no better
+ Inspiring and educational
+ Wow!
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Passed Down Through 4 Generations: Victoria Taylor Murray's Favorite Family Recipes: How it all Began 19 reviews
Victoria Taylor Murray, Joseph E. Taylor
PublishAmerica, 2006
This book shines! Wonderful for any cook!
+ Great history, great recipes
+ Even The Drink Recipes Are Great!
+ No matter how hungry you are,
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A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father 88 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Dark, painful, but rewarding
+ Fabulous follow-up
Augusten Burroughs has written some funny books. Prominent among them is his autobiographical RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, about growing up with an older brother with Asperger Syndrome, a mother with mental illness who retreated from conflict, and a father who was an alcoholic. Burroughs managed to mine ...
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Exposure Behind Closed Doors6 reviews
Victoria, Taylor Murray
Lulu.com, 2007
LIKE A FINE WINE ... this author just gets better with time.
+ Her Best Yet !
+ A Wonderfully Suspenseful Page-Turning Mystery Adventure
+ A WhoDunIt To Indeed Die For!
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My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes20 reviews
Melanie Dunea
Bloomsbury USA, 2007
GREAT BOOK AND GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER
+ My Last Supper
+ Coffee Table book for foodies
+ Review hard cover book
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Le Fin (Lambert)167 reviews
Victoria Taylor Murray
PublishAmerica, 2002
A story you will forever remember,
+ I'm such a LAMBERT fan!!!
+ Unexpected But Delicious Ending For Popular Soap Opera!
+ TERRIFIC ENDING TO POPULAR SOAP OPERA!!!!!
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Friendly Enemies131 reviews
Victoria Taylor Murray
PublishAmerica, 2003
Hello Gabe (XOXOXO)
+ Nouri's Men Have Hearts After All...
I absolutely love this story! Gabe Baldwin is my favorite male character in this MUST READ series. His character is alpha-male, hot, sexy, and mysterious. I like that in the characters I read about. Of course, Charles Mason and Clint Chamberlain aren't bad either. I wouldn't kick either one of ...
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Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets11 reviews
Deborah Madison
Broadway, 2008
Great Recipies and Wonderful Pictures
+ Much More Useful Than I Thought It Would Be
+ Great Cookbook! And really fun to read
+ Fabulous Resource for Local Cooking
+ Great Book for Farmers Market Neighbor. Very Good Read
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Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) 306 reviews
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Press, 2008
As good as anything Janet has ever written
+ Douglas Mallach
+ My expectations were a little too high, maybe.
+ Better Than Expected
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Dead Time26 reviews
Stephen White
Dutton Adult, 2008
great people in bad situations
+ Dead Time
+ Excellent read
Dr. Alan Gregory is a durable hero. He's been shot, stabbed, pushed off of cliffs, almost pushed off of cliffs, stalked, variously assaulted, and attacked by at least one wild animal. And yet he remains a mensch - tiresomely physically fit and over-addicted to healthy living, perhaps, but still a ...
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Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen53 reviews
Alton Brown
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2008
Easy Reading With Excellent Information!!
+ GREAT
+ Great for Spring Cleaning and Beyond!
This is a must have for any Alton Brown fan!! The book is full of great information on kitchen must haves and items to pass up. Highly recommended!
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Home: A Memoir of My Early Years47 reviews
Julie Andrews
Hyperion, 2008
After "Home" by Julie Andrews, we eagerly await Volume 2 of this great star's autobiography!
+ Julie Andrews' Home is a lovely memoir
"Home," Julie Andrews' superbly written autobiography of her earlier years, simply makes the reader eagerly await a second volume, covering the subsequent years of this great star's life. The book is written in a frank and interesting manner, revealing the happenings in a performer's life before ...
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Passed Down Through 4 Generations: Victoria Taylor Murray's Favorite Family Recipes: How it all Began19 reviews
Victoria Taylor Murray, Joseph E. Taylor
PublishAmerica, 2006
This book shines! Wonderful for any cook!
+ Great history, great recipes
+ Even The Drink Recipes Are Great!
+ No matter how hungry you are,
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Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen53 reviews
Alton Brown
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2008
Easy Reading With Excellent Information!!
+ GREAT
+ Great for Spring Cleaning and Beyond!
This is a must have for any Alton Brown fan!! The book is full of great information on kitchen must haves and items to pass up. Highly recommended!
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Dead Time26 reviews
Stephen White
Dutton Adult, 2008
great people in bad situations
+ Dead Time
+ Excellent read
Dr. Alan Gregory is a durable hero. He's been shot, stabbed, pushed off of cliffs, almost pushed off of cliffs, stalked, variously assaulted, and attacked by at least one wild animal. And yet he remains a mensch - tiresomely physically fit and over-addicted to healthy living, perhaps, but still a ...
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My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes20 reviews
Melanie Dunea
Bloomsbury USA, 2007
GREAT BOOK AND GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER
+ My Last Supper
+ Coffee Table book for foodies
+ Review hard cover book
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Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove43 reviews
Jeff Henderson
Harper Paperbacks, 2008
Fantastic read: amazing story!
+ Hard work pays off!
+ It gets no better
+ Inspiring and educational
+ Wow!
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Thomas L. Friedman’s No. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world, and globalization, in a new way. With his latest book, Friedman brings a fresh and provocative outlook to another pressing issue: the interlinked crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy--both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and ...
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