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The Wheelman 27 reviews Duane Swierczynski
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005
Serious Voodoo. Will make you a speed reader, buckle up.
+ Lean & mean + Never has someone said so much by saying so little. + A Crime Novel at Breakneck Speed + Brilliant hard-boiled crime fiction at a furious pace
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John Adams 778 reviews David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Fascinating and in depth...
+ Illuminating + We were fortunate to have him + Magnificent biography + Absolutely Amazing
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The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld 94 reviews Terry Pratchett, 2000
Sam Vimes as an ambassador? Reading is believing...
+ Excellent entry in the Guards Series + I'm pretty sure this is tied for first + Ambassador Sam Vimes
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Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and ... 93 reviews Juan Williams
Three Rivers Press, 2007
A voice of reason.
+ hits the nail on the head
This book was one that far exceeded my expectations. I came in to expecting to find the work of an elitist conservative what I found instead was the calm voice of an everyday normal man. He is no patsy either for slick attempts to repair race relations even going as far as to strike down idiotic ...
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The Blonde 24 reviews Duane Swierczynski
St. Martin's Griffin, 2007
The Life of an Assassin Isn't As Easy As You Think
+ The Kiss of Death + Cool Book + Pulp Fiction is Alive and Well with Swierczynski + Explosive first half, loses steam toward the end.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 184 reviews Jules Verne
Tantor Media, 2003
Wow
+ Reading this with different eyes as an adult. + Reads Like a Travel Journal + Interesting Anachronisitc Book - Inconsistent Quality of Publishing
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The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) 62 reviews John Twelve Hawks
Doubleday, 2007
love this book
+ Keeps reader interested... Full of action + Love this book
I loved this book, just like the first. Definitely amongst my all time favorites. Wake up people!
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Con Ed 25 reviews
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
A Con Within A Con Within.....
+ Very, Very Good Book! + Good Reading, Clever Cons + Good but not great + THE BEST BOOK I"VE EVER READ!!!
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Spock's World (Star Trek (Unnumbered Paperback)) 40 reviews Diane Duane
Star Trek, 1989
The history of Vulcan
+ A Classic + Overtaken by canon, but still a good read
SPOCKS WORLD, logically enough, focuses on Vulcan and its citizens. The story shifts through various turning points in Vulcan's history, ranging the 'present day' crisis concerning Vulcan's proposed withdrawal from the Federation to the earliest days of Vulcan prehistory.
The Enterprise crew ...
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Next 480 reviews Michael Crichton
Random House Mondadori, 2008
Next
The last work of Michael Crichton.
He has a kind of arrogant attitude towards his readers, but I generally agree with him.
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth 128 reviews JULES VERNE
Penguin Books, 1994
Recommended as a faithful translation
+ Enjoyable + No Hollywood Spam + Journey to the Center review
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From The Earth To The Moon 21 reviews Jules Verne
Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2007
A Science Fiction Classic
+ From the Earth to the Moon - teacher's prespective + And interesting ride...
Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, made several predictions
that came true in this book. The book is exciting from cover to cover.
It deserves more credit than it seems to be getting. It was written over
one hundred years ago. I would recommend this book to any science fiction
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Cruel Shoes 26 reviews Steve Martin
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979
Excellent!
+ Brilliant. + Pictures of Martin and text written in the typical absurd style of Steve Martin + early zaniness + It's more than funny, it's Steve Martin!
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From The Earth To The Moon 21 reviews Jules Verne
Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2007
A Science Fiction Classic
+ From the Earth to the Moon - teacher's prespective + And interesting ride...
Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, made several predictions
that came true in this book. The book is exciting from cover to cover.
It deserves more credit than it seems to be getting. It was written over
one hundred years ago. I would recommend this book to any science fiction
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John Adams 778 reviews David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Fascinating and in depth...
+ Illuminating + We were fortunate to have him + Magnificent biography + Absolutely Amazing
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Con Ed 25 reviews
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
A Con Within A Con Within.....
+ Very, Very Good Book! + Good Reading, Clever Cons + Good but not great + THE BEST BOOK I"VE EVER READ!!!
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 184 reviews Jules Verne
Tantor Media, 2003
Wow
+ Reading this with different eyes as an adult. + Reads Like a Travel Journal + Interesting Anachronisitc Book - Inconsistent Quality of Publishing
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Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and ... 93 reviews Juan Williams
Three Rivers Press, 2007
A voice of reason.
+ hits the nail on the head
This book was one that far exceeded my expectations. I came in to expecting to find the work of an elitist conservative what I found instead was the calm voice of an everyday normal man. He is no patsy either for slick attempts to repair race relations even going as far as to strike down idiotic ...
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Cruel Shoes 26 reviews Steve Martin
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979
Excellent!
+ Brilliant. + Pictures of Martin and text written in the typical absurd style of Steve Martin + early zaniness + It's more than funny, it's Steve Martin!
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The Wheelman 27 reviews Duane Swierczynski
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005
Serious Voodoo. Will make you a speed reader, buckle up.
+ Lean & mean + Never has someone said so much by saying so little. + A Crime Novel at Breakneck Speed + Brilliant hard-boiled crime fiction at a furious pace
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