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Night Fall
Nelson DeMille, 2004
Receives Scott Brick's professional, seasoned voice
Nelson Demille's NIGHT FALL receives Scott Brick's professional, seasoned voice as it tells of a deserted island, video sex, and a terrible blast when an airline explodes.
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Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008
Man and Super Men
Time was when a comic book wouldn't have had a snowball's chance in Hades of getting into a library's collection. And while some library systems have grown more open to the notion of comic book heroes leaping about their hallowed halls, there's still a great deal of ...
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The Climb
Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt
St. Martin's Griffin, 1999
Must read this together with Into Thin Air
After i read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, i thought i knew all there was to know about the 1996 Everest tragedy. Was i wrong.
In Jon's book, Toli (Anatoli) was cast as a villian who knowingly put his clients at risks. After reading this book, i felt that Toli was ...
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Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996
Seamus Heaney
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
He who makes English get up and dance...
If you have not read Seamus Heaney, then you are not in touch with what the English language is in its heart. Heaney's simple, unstrained word usage, coupled with a deep knowledge of the rich Anglo-Saxon which is our cornerstone, evokes a strength which comes not so ...
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Jefferson Nickels Folder Starting 1996 (Official Whitman Coin Folder)
Whitman
Whitman, 1996
hold onto your nickels
This item works like you would expect it to: it holds onto your money. It's quite difficult at times to get the coins into the spots, but they won't fall out!
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101 Projects for Your Corvette 1984-1996
Richard Newton
Motorbooks, 2003
If you have a C4 you need this book!
When I got my C4 I read all the Vette mags and ads that told me "just add this miracle part and it will increase your horsepower by 200%".
This book tells you what works and what does not. It also tells you if you add this, you also need to change this.
The book ...
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Hons and Rebels (New York Review Books Classics)
Jessica Mitford
NYRB Classics, 2004
Honestly wonderful
I absolutely loved this book. I had just finished reading the very long and very good "The Sisters" http://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Saga-Mitford-Family/dp/0393324141 about the Mitfords, and wanted more when I was finished. Jessica ("Decca") was the most fascinating of ...
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Holler If You Hear Me (2006)
Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books, 2006
Solid book on the fallen rap star
I must give props to Micheal Eric Dyson. He did a good job on this autobiography of this rebel of the underground. Michael Eric Dyson writes pretty good detailed accounts on Tupac's life without the being bias or partial(something a lot of these trash ragazines ...
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The City of Falling Angels
John Berendt
The Penguin Press, 2005
Berendt has a talent for finding interesting people whearever he goes
I am almost done with this book, and have not been able to put it down. Berendt has a talent for finding interesting, unique people who make up the fabric of a society. This book gives you a real view of what Venice is like behind all the tourist attraction edifices. ...
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Fools Rush In: A True Story of War and Redemption
Bill Carter
Wenner, 2005
eye-opening and impossible to put down
Bill Carter's FOOLS RUSH IN has got to be one of the finest memoirs ever written. Explains what happened in Sarajevo (and Bosnia) better than any book on the subject that I have read.
You'll shed your share of tears at the madness, cruelty and mindless slaughter and ...
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Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Jamling T. Norgay
HarperOne, 2002
A Sherpa Man Finds his Spiritual and Family Roots
This book was absorbing emotionally and stimulating intellectually. It is the only book about the 1996 Mount Everest disaster written by a Sherpa, the indigenous people who work as porters and guides for commercial expeditions. I have read about five of the books ...
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BMW Z3 (E36/7)(E36/8) Service Manual: 1996-2002
Bentley
Bentley Publishers, 2005
VERY informative
A must for any car enthusiast that wants to learn mechanics and be better informed. You can either try to make repairs on your car on your own or you can check it to see if the labor they recommend on your car matches what is in the book or if the mechanic/dealer's ...
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Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
Elizabeth J. Rosenthal
The Lyons Press, 2008
She Brings Him to Life
This is an accurate and vital portrait of Roger Tory Peterson. The author brings the visionary artist/conservationist back to life: She interviewed over 100 surviving colleagues and proteges, so the book is full of excellent quotes and great stories. She also quotes ...
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Ford Full-Size Pickups and Bronco, 1980-1996 (Haynes Manuals)
Mark Christman, John B. Raffa, ...
Haynes Manuals, Inc., 1996
Literary genius
Passes To Kill a Mockingbird as the greatest piece of literature I have ever read. I was up at two a.m. some nights saying, "just one more page." Soon, just one more page turns into several more pages!
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Everest: Mountain without Mercy
Broughton Coburn
National Geographic, 1997
Mt Everest: spectacular photography
I bought this book for the photography alone: this is as close as I am ever likely to get to the Himalayas.
The photographs are spectacular, and I can see why so many people are challenged to want to make the journey to Base Camp if not further. Appearances can be ...
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