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Domain (The Domain Trilogy) 155 reviews Steve Alten
Tor Books, 2002
Amazing Research, Wild Conclusions
+ Only a few years before the apocalypse + Unbelievable Good Book! Well written! It's a turnpager! + I'm a sucker...
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A Day at the Beach: The Ninth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (Sherman's Lagoon Collections) 2 reviews Jim Toomey
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005
A Great Day
+ Sherman does it again!
The ninth collection of this innovative comic strip. Once again cartoonist Jim Toomey manages to show how much we have in common with the denizens of a tropical lagoon as they deal with life, fishermen, and hairless beach apes. Just how Toomey has managed to make a shark, a turtle and a hermit ...
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Liberty Meadows Volume 3: Summer Of Love (Liberty Meadows) 6 reviews Frank Cho
Image Comics, 2005
Viva Liberty (Meadows)
+ Cho stikes again. + I love this series so far... + Brandy, you're a fine girl + Wonderful book
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Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) 879 reviews Jane Austen
Bantam Classics, 1983
Pride and Prejudice
+ The best book ever written + ITS SOO ROMANITIC!!! + An amazing classic + Perfection
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Detective Inspector Huss 10 reviews Helene Tursten
Soho Crime, 2004
All-star Swedish thriller
+ Nice portrait of Sweden and some very strong characters + When is a Suicide not a Suicide, When it's a Murder + Good book. Bad title.
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Surfer Safari: The Tenth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (Sherman's Lagoon Collections) 2 reviews Jim Toomey
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005
Fun, sarcastic humor
+ Sherman Hits Double-Digits and Has a Kid
Bought this book for my ten year old nephew who LOVES Sherman's Lagoon. He liked this new edition just as well as the others. Sherman's lagoon is a great comic. We have the whole collection for our nephews who come and visit. If you love sarcastic humor, you'll like Sherman's lagoon.
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Death of a Nationalist (Soho Crime) 18 reviews Rebecca Pawel
Soho Crime, 2004
Crime Beat Street Blogger review
+ Pre War World Two events + Much more than a mystery novel + Educational and a Thriller + What A Find
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Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History 71 reviews S.M. Stirling
Roc, 2004
My first Stirling book, but definitely not my last!
+ Who knew it would be this good? + Nostalgia for What Has Never Been + Enjoyable, but with one flaw.
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A Catskill Eagle 28 reviews Robert Parker
Dell, 1986
Looking for Susan Silverman
+ I'm in awe
In this episode of the Spenser series, Spenser receives a cryptic note from Susan; she needs him to come to California. Hawk is in jail and she is afraid she might be in trouble. This is all the coaxing Spenser needs to drop everything and head to California, where he immediately sets out to ...
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Drive to the East (Settling Accounts Trilogy, Book 2) 59 reviews Harry Turtledove
Del Rey, 2005
The war gets uglier
+ Turtledove Scores Again!!!!!! + Book 2 Drive to the East + A Great Read !!!
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Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter 86 reviews Steven Johnson
Riverhead Hardcover, 2005
"Everything Bad" is Pretty Good!
Video games that actually improve our decision-making skills and not just give our thumbs a workout? TV shows that give our brains exercise, not just develop our zoning out skills? Is it possible? In today's society, the typical American watches over four hours of television a day ...
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Thrashed: Zits Sketchbook No. 9 (Zits Sketchbook) 8 reviews Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005
To Ripoff by Thomas G. Field, Jr.
+ Zits.... + Zits Anonymous + Zits
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Oaths and Miracles 8 reviews Nancy Kress
Forge, 1996
Engrossing techno-thriller
+ My definition of fun!!! + Different for sure + If you like the X-Files...
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Planet of the Apes 89 reviews Pierre Boulle
Vanguard Pr, 1963
Fantastic Science Fiction Novel
+ A novel idea + A triumphant look at the world through science fiction + WOW!
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The Circle 5 reviews Peter Lovesey
Soho Crime, 2005
excellent police procedural
+ The Circle + 4.5 stars for the cigar-smoking Hen + Another author who deserves all the awards he's won. + Good book, slightly marred by POV switch in the middle
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At All Costs (Honor Harrington) 97 reviews David Weber
Baen, 2005
Starts Slow, but Ends with a Bang
+ Outstanding + Harrington FTW!
As this is book 11 of the Honor Harrington series by David Weber, this review will not dwell on the back story leading up to At All Costs - read the first 10 books to get an idea of the politics and machinations that this series has taken on.
At All Costs picks up where War of Honor left off - ...
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The Supremacists: The Tyranny Of Judges And How To Stop It 22 reviews Phyllis Schlafly
Spence Publishing Company, 2004
Phyllis Schlafly
+ You will love it or hate it + THE SUPREMACISTS:TYRANNY OF JUDGES AND HOW TO STOP IT
In this day and age when Truth is questioned, the source/author of a book is important indeed. If one believes that God alone is Truth, then one can read with confidence, The Supremacists. The author, P. Schlafly, is on God's Wavelength.
The Left have sought for more than 50 years to control ...
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Trail Fever: Spin doctors, rented strangers, thumb wrestlers, toe suckers, grizzly bears, and other ... 21 reviews Michael Lewis
Knopf, 1997
classic michael lewis
+ Excellent, even at ten years old + Different and Entertaining + Delightful + Morry Taylor for President!!
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1065 reviews Jared M. Diamond
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
Great for classroom teachers
+ Tracing the spread of human culture, language, and empire + so good I bought it for a friend + A tour de force that isn't as biased or presumptuous as some critics have claimed
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Mammoth 52 reviews John Varley
Ace Hardcover, 2005
Pulled Together Very Well
+ Good near-future tale + Not great, but entertaining + nothing deep, but it is a fun quick read
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