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Loving Frank: A Novel 110 reviews Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2007
Gives a Voice to the Voiceless
+ good book club choice + art meets love + Excellent read
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Thread Count 7 reviews Terri Kirby Erickson
AuthorHouse, 2006
Wrap yourself in Terri's world
+ First Book Winner + The Matrix we live in. + Thread Count--Excellent Imagery + Shared
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Extras (Uglies) 48 reviews Scott Westerfeld
Simon Pulse, 2007
Twist in the series
+ the extra book in the series + A little more Uglies... + A Search for Fame (and Other Things) + A new twist to the series
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Voyage of Plunder (Chronicles of Courage (Yearling)) 1 review Michele Torrey
Yearling, 2007
A New "Pirate Yarn"
As a vivid reader who takes whatever she can get, ,pirate stories have long been a point of interest. But it gets a little old to hear about the daring exploits of the brave and dashing swashbucklers of the high seas. That is why I like this book more than most of the other pirate stories I've ...
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Brushed By Feathers: A Year Of Birdwatching In The West 1 review Frances L. Wood
Fulcrum Publishing, 2004
This Little Jewel May Surprise You
Buy this delightful book. And be prepared, because it may surprise you. This is another crossover book, like "Parrots of Telegraph Hill" and "Red Wings in Love", that will appeal to everyone, not just bird lovers. Beautifully written, filled with wonderful bird and nature anecdotes, all shining ...
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David Suzuki: The Autobiography 1 review David Suzuki
Greystone Books, 2007
A look into the extraordinary life of one of the most passionate and visionary people on the planet!!!
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"Why would anyone else be interested in my life? I know people like to delve into the hidden parts of the lives of people who have acquired some notoriety, hoping to find juicy bits of gossip, signs of weakness or faults that bring the subjects down off pedestals, or simply to expand on ...
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The Spanish Bow 11 reviews Andromeda Romano-Lax
Harcourt, 2007
A total pleasure.
+ a beautiful, extraordinary book + a great read + Stirring Look at Genius Swept Up in History + wonderful experience
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The Rapture of the Deep: And Other Dive Stories You Probably Shouldn't Know 41 reviews Michael Zinsley
1st Books Library, 1999
Rapture of the Deep
+ Loved It + Very Entertaining + Funny, fascinating stories of dive travel + WOW
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Not Flesh Nor Feathers 10 reviews Cherie Priest
Tor Books, 2007
Not Flesh Nor Feathers
+ Not as good as the first two, but still a good read + The Last Eden Moore Book is the Best One Yet! + A fantastic finish to a great trilogy
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South to Alaska: From the Heartland of America to the Heart of a Dream 3 reviews Nancy Owens Barnes
New Leaf Books, 2007
An amazing and inspirational tale of one man's solo 10,000 mile expedition, as told his daughter Nancy Owens Barnes.
+ An Armchair Adventure + A great tribute to an amazing man
South to Alaska: From the Heartland of America to the Heart of a Dream is the true life travelogue and biographical excerpt of one man's voyage by sea from Arkansas to Alaska. Melvin Owens single-handedly constructed the 47-foot "Red Dog" in his backyard, and launched it on the Arkansas River in ...
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Six Years of Grace: Caregiving Episodes with My Mother Jennifer Sokol
Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2006
What will a young woman do, who has just left a cloistered monastery and is now faced with the difficult transition of getting back into normal society? And what will her mother do, who had just suffered a crippling stroke and now faces the remainder of her life as an invalid? The answers are described vividly in Six Years of Grace: Caregiving Episodes With My Mother, as Seattle violinist ...
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A Handbook for Drowning: Stories David Shields
Perennial, 1993
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Jimi Hendrix: An Illustrated Experience 6 reviews Janie Hendrix, John McDermott
Atria, 2007
great book
+ Excellenet Purchase + unique + Definitely NOT a biography - but fun to play with and explore
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Strange as This Weather Has Been: A Novel 12 reviews Ann Pancake
Counterpoint Press, 2007
Layer upon layer
+ Strange as the weather has been + Couldn't Put It Down! + Beautiful First Novel + Excruiatingly Beautiful and Painful
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Aria 8 reviews Nassim Assefi
Harcourt, 2007
Coming Home
+ exotic, touching, insightful + I recommend ARIA to any person experiencing major grief, especially parents + A tour de force first novel! + Lyrical and passionate writing awaits
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories 36 reviews Raymond Carver
Vintage, 1989
Wonderful Carver
+ Beautiful and Melancholic + A Walk on the Dark Side We Should All Take + good book
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Counting Heads 27 reviews David Marusek
Tor Books, 2007
Visionary Science Fiction
+ A Creative Challenge to Read
Most of this novel concerns the fate of a cryonically frozen head of an upper class lady. Along the way David Marusek introduces us to the future, circa 2130. It is amazing and dazzyling indeed. David writes in a style that seems to transport the reader to this future, visionary in the utmost, an ...
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God Laughs & Plays; Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right 19 reviews David James Duncan
Triad Books, 2007
Critical Thinking in Religion
+ Too Powerful to Express in Words + Gore Tex Mystic + thought provoking + A David Duncan Appetizer Sampler
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Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy 6 reviews Jay Inslee, Bracken Hendricks
Island Press, 2007
The Four Horsemen of the Energy Apocalypse
+ Best book I've seen on energy tech and solutions to Global Warming + Solving Global Warming ISN'T Rocket Science! + Apollo's Fire, Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy
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Prime: Adventures and Advice on Sex, Love, and the Sensual Years 26 reviews Pepper Schwartz
Collins Living, 2007
Share this book with a friend
+ "The Creepy Professor" + I Couldn't Put it Down
I couldn't wait to share Prime with my women friends who are questioning whether the time for fun and games is gone from their lives. Pepper Schwartz has laid herself bare in this book in order to give women "of a certain age" a fresh perspective about dating and loving men honestly and openly and ...
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