books about: corners

books about: corners

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Corners

Paper-Thin Alibi: A Craft Corner Mystery

Mary Ellen Hughes

Berkley, 2008

A Marvelous Mystery
I loved Mary Ellen Hughes' latest mystery! I love how the characters are so realistic - I really learn to care about them. As I was reading the book, I was reluctant to put it down! I found myself thinking about the next twist in the plot. The humor is laced throughout ...

The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner (Pooh Original Edition)

A. A. Milne

Dutton Juvenile, 1988

So Happy to Own This
We had a very old copy of The World of Pooh in the house when I was growing up, long since lost. I was so happy to find this when looking for gifts for an on-the-way niece or nephew. Sure, TV/Disney Pooh is cute, but this is the way Pooh stories are supposed to be ...

String of Lies (A Craft Corner Mystery)

Mary Ellen Hughes

Berkley, 2007

Reader
The second in the series, "String of Lies" by Mary Ellen Hughes, keeps the energy flowing as Jo McAllister, owner of Jo's Craft Corner, attempts to clear her friend of murder. Lively characters, a charming setting and a good story, keep one turning pages to the end. ...

Pirate: A Thriller (Hawke)

Ted Bell

Pocket Star, 2006

Great Book
Ted writes a fine thriller dealing in some of todays most compelling topics. I read all of his books and will continue to. If you like Tom Clancy and the other writers in this genre you'll love Ted's books!

Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office: Eight Strategies for Winning in Business Without Being a Jerk

Russ C. Edelman, Timothy R. Hiltabiddle, ...

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

A Great Read!
The strategies offered in this book are very insightful. The fact that the strategies are backed by an incredible amount of research with real-life, successful, nice guys makes it all the more compelling. As an 18 year entrepreneur, I recongnized many of the things ...

The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood

David Simon, Edward Burns

Broadway, 1998

The Corner, maybe the most relevant book on the topic
The Corner clearly tells us about the life of inner-city neighborhoods and its inhabitants. The dark side of the world is revealed through extremely realistic descriptions, terrible moments of life that are so usual in there. The gap is deep, the suffering is obvious, ...

Quiet Corners of Paris

Jean-Christophe Napias

Little Bookroom, 2007

Not your usual Paris sights
A friend gave us this book before we left for a month's visit to Paris. We had been there, done that three times before, so we welcomed a guide to the kinds of places we had overlooked on previous visits. This book accomplished that. We visited more than half of the ...

Just Around The Corner (Yaoi) (Just Around the Corner)

Toko Kawai

801 Media, Inc., 2008

The ultimate sensei and student love!
Toko Kawai is one of my must-read mangakas and this love story between a sensei and his much younger high school student is just so well told. Yuuya and Kiriya met one night when they were at the lowest points in their lives. Yuuya, a gifted pianist, has lost his ...

Wreath of Deception (A Craft Corner Mystery)

Mary Ellen Hughes

Berkley, 2006

Well Crafted Cozy Mystery
After her husband is killed, Jo McAllister moves from New York back to Maryland where she grew up and opens up her own craft store, Jo's Craft Corner. Having put all her money into the store, Jo needs as many customers as possible and on opening day she hires a clown, ...

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

Lois P. Frankel

Business Plus, 2004

HIGHLY recommended for every professional woman
I hadn't realized just how many things I was doing on a daily basis that were keeping me from acheiving my full potential at work. Some things in this book applied to me, others did not, but I have learned what I have been doing that is holding me back from moving ...

Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Theory

Princeton Architectural Press, 1999

Not just for Landscape Architects
Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, proposes that when landscape is considered solely as a noun, its active role in the everyday lived experiences of humankind is lost. In this light, the volume seeks to recover landscape as not only ...

From the Corner of His Eye

Dean Koontz

Bantam, 2001

So Happy to Find This!
One of my favorite stories. It has such rich story lines, endearing characters and a wonderful childlike fantasy about it. One of my favorites by Koontz. Don't miss it!

Sewing Edges & Corners: Decorative Techniques for Your Home and Wardrobe (An Embellishment Idea Book Series)

Linda Lee

Taunton, 2000

GREAT BOOK FOR MY SEWING BUSINESS
I bought this book, in the hopes that it would help me with the finer details in making up cushions. Well, I am more than pleased with the book. I was a little apprehensive, after reading some of the reviews here, but am really glad that I went ahead anyways, and ...

Large Parks

Princeton Architectural Press, 2007

In Large Parks, editors Julia Czerniak and George Hargreaves present eight essays by leading scholars and practitioners that engage large urban parks in depth as complex cultural spaces, where key issues of landscape discourse, ecological challenges, social history, urban relations, and place-making are writ large. From historic parks such as New ...

A Corner Of The Universe

Ann M. Martin

Scholastic, 2004

accepting unconditionally
*A Corner of the Universe* is a simple story about Hattie Owens and her brief summer, in 1960, with Uncle Adam. What's interesting is that Hattie didn't even know she had an Uncle Adam until she was 12 years old. Hattie is excited that summer has begun even if it ...