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The Oxford Project
Stephen G. Bloom
Welcome Books, 2008
A Project in Life ... in many ways, perhaps even our own ...
It is amazing that in 1984 all of the residents (except 6) of this small town were photographed and that now they have been re-photographed in the same way PLUS have been interviewed with an inviting, open-ended, "Tell me about your life ..."
The history. The ...
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Vicki Myron
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Dewey deserves your time
I sat down and read this book after purchasing it on a whim at the local bookstore. It was the cover that got me. I usually stick with non-fiction books but never books concerned with the lives of animals. After reading the book I can say that Dewey was a lot more ...
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Who: The A Method for Hiring
Geoff Smart, Randy Street
Ballantine Books, 2008
Fantastic Book on Hiring
I just finished reading a pre-release copy of the book Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street. Wow, it's good. Really good.
Geoff and his father Brad Smart are well known as the team that popularized Topgrading, a thorough interview process that takes the success rate ...
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Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)
Christopher Paolini
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008
The set up to the final book
Before reading this book, I really wasn't happy with the idea of two more books instead of just the 3rd being the last. But after reading this book. I see what CP meant when he said if he didn't split the books he wouldn't be able to do the story justice. All the side ...
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller
DC Comics, 1997
Very high-quality graphic novel.
This is a great purchase for anyone wanting a good Batman comic who's familiar with Batman and his journey through the years. His return sparks much interest throughout Gotham and the world and one of his friends that has fought along side him against the villians of ...
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The Digital Photography Book
Scott Kelby
Peachpit Press, 2006
Great Info...and Humor
Unlike a previous review, I liked the humor. Reading a dull, 'school book' is not my thing. You can learn a lot from this book and not fall asleep doing it. I have read several of Scott's books and like them all BECAUSE they are funny at the same time they are ...
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Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter, 2008
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is the essential Ina Garten cookbook, focusing on the techniques behind her elegant food and easy entertaining style, and offering nearly a hundred brand-new recipes that will become trusted favorites. Ina Garten?s bestselling cookbooks have con-sistently provided accessible, subtly sophisticated recipes ranging ...
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Private Pilot Manual
Jeppesen Sanderson, 1997
I used it, now my students do.
Yes, I know it's pricey. Think of it as an investment. Buy it. End of story.
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The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp through Civilization's Best Bits
Erik Sass, Steve Wiegand, ...
Collins, 2008
History is . . . (a) more or less bunk. (b) a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken. (c) as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Match your answers: (1) Stephen Daedalus of James Joyce's Ulysses (2) Henry Ford (3) Arthur Schopenhauer It turns out that answer need not be bunk, nightmarish, or diseased. In ...
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What to Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition
Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel
Workman Publishing Company, 2008
Great resource for the pregnant
I ordered this book when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. Many of my family members had used earlier editions with their pregnancies. I was not disappointed. I like how it breaks up the chapters into months (weeks) of pregnancy. It goes into details ...
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The Post-American World
Fareed Zakaria
W. W. Norton, 2008
This is a highly informative source for coming to terms with the positive changes that globalization could and is bringing.
Fareed Zakaria has really given a great deal of thought to globalization and its larger meaning, and it is obvious for almost all to see. His thoughts on how the U.S., India, China, and Russia should interact are spot on. His use of statistics is pretty much a welcomed ...
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The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)
William Sears, Martha Sears, ...
Little, Brown and Company, 2003
Comprehensive and easy to read
This book offers comprehensive information about babies and toddlers. A big help to the new mom. And it is written in an easy to read style. I felt well-prepared for starting my journey into motherhood.
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Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2007
Best book yet in a very fine series
While I've loved all of the Sookie Stackhouse novels up to this one, DEFINITELY, DEAD might be the best of the bunch. It isn't just that the novel tells a great story; it contains several game changing elements. Of those in a second. Before I move forward let me ...
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National Electrical Code 2008 Handbook (National Fire Protection Association//National Electrical Code ...
NFPA
Delmar Cengage Learning, 2008
Handbook is a usefull tool
The NEC Handbook is a large book that won't fit into your toolbox but it is a good reference and project planning resource. I found the explanations to be clear and, in my case as an occasional electrician, apropos for my objectives. The graphics and use of color in ...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press, 2008
the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society
simply the best book i have read this year...a gripping story that will make you laugh out loud and probably cry a bit...what an enjoyable and inspiring read.
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The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and Longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage
Eric R. Braverman
Sterling, 2005
Get Ur Brain Balanced-- and get to where you wanna be!!
I can't believe there aren't more rave reviews here. I had to jump up and down when I realized that 10 years of discomfort, allergies, forgetfulness, and other annoying symptoms had a chance to finally be resolved.
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The Given Day: A Novel
Dennis Lehane
William Morrow, 2008
THE Great American Novel is a master work!
I love this book. I won't do a synopsis here as others have done so, but I have to say, I am blown away by this book. The eerie similarities of those times and our times shows how history repeats itself. Politics, big money, and mob mentality never seem to change. ...
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
Metropolitan Books, 2008
IRAQ WAR VETS AGREE
Even before I read Col. Bacevich's OUTSTANDING book, I wrote several letters to the editor at my local level warning the same thing; most were not printed as they were seen as being too long or stinging. Every vet who knows anything about anything that I served with in ...
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
"Must" reading
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
How appropriate that the cover of Thomas L. Friedman's book [Hot, Flat and Crowded] be "The Garden of Earthly Delights", painted by Hieronymous Bosch in the fifteenth century. ...
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Crack the Fat-Loss Code: Outsmart Your Metabolism and Conquer the Diet Plateau
Wendy Chant
McGraw-Hill, 2008
Valuable reading
This is a valuable read. If followed strictly... it will train your
body to perfect eating habits.
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Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)
Peter D. Schiff, John Downes
Wiley, 2007
Novice here...
I'm a complete novice to finances. Or at least I was before I read Crash Proof. It made all of those fancy stock market terms easy to understand. I was already anticipating some kind of crash because Ron Paul was saying it was coming, and he's been right every time! ...
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition
Graduate Management Admission Council
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2005
A Few Mistakes
As a primary resource for preparing for the GMAT this book is invaluable. The questions are organized from easy to difficult and separated in to topics to help you find weaknesses. That said, there are a few minor mistakes in the book that can lead to hours of ...
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)
Eckhart Tolle
Penguin, 2008
awake and listening
This book is a profound insight into changing the way that we think to Be a catalyst for a universal awakening into the eternal. It will either activate the spiritual in you or get your mind to delve deeper into an awareness of the process of thinking. It reinforced ...
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The Host: A Novel
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
The Host
Dear Stephenie Meyer,
When I was first considering reading The Host I was reluctant. I was a pessimist thinking about how it wasn't emotionally possible to be as good as your Twilight series. That the writing that made me love the impossible romance where vampires ...
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, ...
Daniel G. Amen
Three Rivers Press, 1999
Fabulous book
This is a most helpful book. It is the only real help I have found on a most complex and difficult subject. What a revelation to find useful information for a lay person to use to help themselves and loved ones. His ideas are simply explained and extremely useful and, ...
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The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
HarperCollins, 2008
It takes a graveyard
Imagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures.
Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into an exquisitely-written, darkly ...
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The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Collins, 2007
My Son loves this book
I bought this for my son and he's carried it with him to and from school for nearly a month. He won't be parted with it, and any book that interests my kid that much has GOT to be good. The book is filled with fun projects, and is not just a father/son book (although ...
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Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2009 (Birnbaum's Walt Disney World)
Disney Editions, 2008
Birnbaum's Walt Disney World , the most respected and well-known name in travel guides, takes readers to the world's most popular tourist attraction. Since ours is the only guidebook that's official, this book includes the most accurate information on prices, changes, and new attractions for 2008. Highlights include the scoop on "Magical ...
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