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Anything Considered: A Novel
Peter Mayle
Vintage, 1997
Should be sold as a script.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, which was my first introduction to Peter Mayle. It has caused me to go and purchase all of his other books...non-fiction as well. I think this would make a great movie, provided that the producers stuck to the manuscript.
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Nice Dreads: Hair Care Basics and Inspiration for Colored Girls Who've Considered Locking Their Hair
Lonnice Brittenum Bonner
Three Rivers Press, 2005
A great lesson in loc maintenance
I'm so glad I read this book before I loc'd my hair! I assumed that locs would be so easy to maintain...I was wrong. If you want "nice dreads" there is considerable maintenance and care required. I now understand why some locs look beautiful, and others not so much. ...
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Good Hair: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Weaves When the Chemicals Became Too Ruff
Lonnice Brittenum Bonner
Three Rivers Press, 1994
Good for starters
This is great book for starters. Even though she advocates texturizers, it is a good alternative. I recommend it to anyone considering wearing their hair in its natural texture. THe styles and car instruction that she recommends can be done on texturized and natural ...
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All Things Considered: Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese.
Princeton University Press, 2001
a comprehensive Chinese language textbook
This Chinese language text is appropriate for intermediate to advanced students. It contains 32 passages divided into two sections. The first part is a series of dialogues while the second part is a collection of newspaper articles. Each lesson is followed by ...
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What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life
James Hollis
Gotham, 2008
A Wise, Compassionate Man Shares His Insights
If you're looking for simple solutions to your problems, "10 Simple Ways To Experience Enlightenment While Losing Weight and Improving Your Golf Score" and fast-food self-improvement, this is not the book for you.
James Hollis is a very wise man. His prose is both ...
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Plaited Glory: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Braids, Locks, and Twists
Lonnice Brittenum Bonner
Three Rivers Press, 1996
Worth every penny...
I bought this book on the "Bargain Book" aisle and I'm so glad I picked it up. My hair has been locked for 8 years, but I still learned so much about maintenance and care. This book is for you if you are just starting your locs or if you want to learn more about ...
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Ntozake Shange
Scribner, 1997
It Ain't The Same If Your African American
This incredibly precious gem of a book was produced on Broadway back in the late 70's or early 80's but I was too young to see it at the time and probably would not have been able to relate to it anyway. In this prose poem, a "choreopoem" Shange depicts the hardships ...
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Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History
Alan T. Nolan
The University of North Carolina Press, 1996
very interesting and factual
this book shows the flaws of robert E lee. the author disproves many of the myth surrounding Lee about not supporting slavery and being a flawless general -eventhough he was a good general. overall, it is a good read for anyone who wants to learn about Robert E Lee.
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The Essential G. K. Chesterton Collection, 2008
A collection of some of the best works by prolific English author G. K. Chesterton (With an active table of contents): Orthodoxy, The Man Who Was Thursday, What?s Wrong With The World, Manalive, Napoleon of Notting Hill, All Things Considered, Ballad of The White Horse
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Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
Henry Petroski
Vintage, 2004
Cute book, but not a reference manual
I expected a reference manual with a TOC that lists items and then a "chapter" on each one. Instead, it is written like a book that you have to read cover-to-cover. If you are looking for a good book on engineering, this is a pretty good one. But if you are looking ...
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Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine Considered
David W. Ramey, Bernard E., PhD Rollin
Wiley-Blackwell, 2003
Must-read for those who wish to include Alt in their practice!
I worked for a "homeopathic" veterinarian and watched animals get worse or die as a result of her presecribed "treatments". Homeopathy is junk science and junk medicine and SHOULD have no part in AVMA-sanctioned veterinary medicine.
This book gives lots of ...
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Animals rights: considered in relation to social progress
Henry Stephens Salt
Cornell University Library, 1894
A witty and thoroughly entertaining book
So much nonsense is written about animal rights, especially in the media, but hopefully this enlightening book will help redress the balance. What do animal rights campaigners believe? Why is fox-hunting and vivisection wrong? And why should people abandon flesh ...
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Considered Judgment (Princeton paperbacks)
Catherine Z. Elgin
Princeton University Press, 1999
Epistemology done very well
For those who find modern philosophy a rather pointless affair, this book may offer some relief. Elgin offers some hope for understanding the roots of human knowledge by finding a difficult but satisfying middle path between impossible certainty and excessive ...
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All Things Considered
G. K. Chesterton
NuVision Publications, 2008
Chesterton handles all things well
G. K. Chesterton is well known as a novelist, essayist, storyteller, poet, philosopher, theologian, historian, artist, and critic. He's less well-known as a journalist these days, yet all evidence indicates that he viewed his work for the various newspapers as his ...
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The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems
James J. Gibson
Greenwood Press Reprint, 1983
Tearing down the veil of perception
This is one of the greatest books ever written on the subject of sense-perception. It's a masterpiece not just in psychology but in philosophy. Against the view that perception involves taking in raw data and then doing a lot of internal construction and inference ...
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