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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned 104 reviews Alan Alda
Random House, 2005
A great read, written by one of the most talented people ever to live
+ Getting to the heart of Hawkeye + Alan Alda at his best!! + About Life + So Entertaining!!
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Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship 31 reviews Ed McMahon
Thomas Nelson, 2005
Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship
+ Good Read
Great book, wished I hadn't lent it out to someone because I don't think I am going to see it again. It is great having Ed write this book, good background info on both of them.
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir 813 reviews Augusten Burroughs
Picador, 2003
Certainly Isn't Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
+ Entertaining
If even just half of the instances in Mr. Burroughs' book are true, none of these characters should ever raise children until they get their acts together. The story is funny, very quirky, extremely disturbing and labeling these people as excessively dysfunctional is putting it waaaaaaaay too ...
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Truth & Beauty: A Friendship 126 reviews Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial, 2005
No Ordinary Friendship
+ Couldn't put it down... + Favorite author, favorite book
Readers will likely recognize the author's name from her previous novels, including Bel Canto, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, and The Patron Saint of Liars, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Readers also may recognize Ann Patchett from her articles that appear in such publications as ...
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THE TENDER BAR 151 reviews J.R. Moehringer
Hyperion, 2005
Endearing story
+ Good, fun read... especially if you're a "local" at some bar + "What's your story?" + Raised On Alcohol + This book is great!
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His Excellency: George Washington 219 reviews Joseph J. Ellis
Vintage, 2005
Excellent
Some have wanted to reserve 5 stars to a "War and Peace" type book. To me 5 stars means the book did what it set out to do and did it well. "His Excellency" indeed did. It is an excellent short biography of the father of our country. When I picked this book up, I realized all I knew about ...
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition 629 reviews Anne Frank
Bantam, 1997
Anne Frank
+ A bright soul in a dark time + Diary of Anne Frank + awesome book, sad story + A good example of what it means to be a Refugee.
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 630 reviews John Perkins
Plume, 2005
Unbridled Capitalism & Foreign Policy
+ act out of your conscience or live the consequences + credible
The author gives us a rare insight into how the US conducts "foreign policy" that primarily benefits US corporate/conglomerate profit interests. Similar to the US "military-industrial complex" that President Eisenhower warned us about in 1961, the author sounds a warning about how narrow monied ...
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 140 reviews Tracy Kidder
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004
Living Saint!
+ Another living hero + Very Inspiring! + Great Writer writes of a great man + Mountains Beyond Mountains
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The Year of Magical Thinking 496 reviews Joan Didion
Knopf, 2005
"Let it go."
+ I can relate...
In "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion chronicles the death of her husband, author and screenwriter John Gregory Dunne. One evening, Dunne died of a severe heart attack while the couple ate dinner. The day had seemed like any other, aside from the fact that they had just returned from a ...
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My Friend Leonard 378 reviews James Frey
Riverhead Hardcover, 2005
So touching, so good
+ nice a friend like this + Liked it better than Million Little Pieces + Amazing book!
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Night 925 reviews Elie Wiesel
Bantam, 1982
The Most Gripping Story I Have Ever Read
+ night and day + Great transaction! + What eyes could not see + Night
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Dean and Me: (A Love Story) 91 reviews Jerry Lewis, James Kaplan
Doubleday, 2005
WOW
+ Good book - Dean & Me + Loved it! + Bravo + Dean and Me (A love story)
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700 Sundays 48 reviews Billy Crystal
Grand Central Publishing, 2005
Loved It!
+ What a sweetheart, and funny! + Funny and touching + How can you NOT love this book? + Good book on Crystal's life
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The Beatles: The Biography 203 reviews Bob Spitz
Little, Brown and Company, 2005
The Beatles Rock History
+ Best Beatles Book + Fascinating Despite the Factual Errors + the best beatles book so far + The Beatles: The Biography
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog 1333 reviews John Grogan
William Morrow, 2005
AFun Book
+ Very funny but so, so sad
My Daughter gave me this book to read and was it fun. I was reading it on the plane and started laughing out loud as I could relate to some of Marley's antics. It is easy to read and very enjoyable. He may have been a bad boy but loveable and loyal to the very end.
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 2112 reviews Mitch Albom
Broadway, 2002
A heartfelt reminder of the important things in life.
+ I very confidently recommend + Tuesdays with Bill
After reading so many spectacular reviews, I decided to give this book a whirl myself, and I'm so thankful I did. First of all, I hate to read. Well, let me rephrase that. I USED to hate to read. Doing so much reading in college leaves me with little energy outside of schoolwork to read, but I ...
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 204 reviews Candice Millard
Doubleday, 2005
Best book I've read in a long time
+ The River of Doubt Has Many Tributaries + Wonderful Read + Like watching the history channel
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Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times 69 reviews H.W. Brands
Doubleday, 2005
Andrew Jackson
+ Preserving the Union through a world of struggle + Solid Introduction to Andrew Jackson + Man and Myth Reconciled + A Good Read on Andrew Jackson
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 356 reviews Azar Nafisi
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
purchase only
+ A delightful surprise + Breathe It In
The delivery time was excellent. I gave this as a gift, so I can't comment on the product.
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