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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Could not put it down for a secon
This is the best book i've read in a while. I could not let it go. She has great sense if humor as well as honesty.
I can't recommend it more.
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Great send-up of the French
For anyone who has ever been to France, or anyone who has suffered the indignities of learning a foreign language, this is the humor book for you! Only be sure to read it in private, because if you're like me you might find yourself laughing out loud on public ...
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama
Three Rivers Press, 2007
Reclaiming America
I first feel the need to note that many of the negative reviews of this book are from people that have not actually read the book and never had any intention of voting for Barack Obama. Hence the reason for disliking the book and the ideology presented in the book. ...
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008
Funniest author alive!
This was the literally the best book that I have ever read! I am a 14 year old, and I still enjoyed the book. It has hilarious stories from her entire life, from childhood to adulthood. She is one of the funniest people on TV, so I knew that her book would be good, but ...
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
John Grogan
Harper Paperbacks, 2008
Touching in an ordinary everyday life sort of way...
I loved this book. It made me laugh and cry (sometimes within pages of each other). The twists and turns of the story are John Grogan and his family's everyday twists and turns. That is the beauty of the story.
As we live our "ordinary" everyday lives we are ...
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Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons
Tim Russert
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
Thoughtful
What a wonderful, heart-warming and inspiring book. The letters were funny, inspirational, touching and sometimes brought me to tears - but in a good way.
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Hachette Audio, 2008
Love the half I received - ony 4 of 8 discs in pack
We have loved listening to the discs, but the second package of sleeves is empty. We didn't notice it until this morning when we looked for disc 5. You can't imagine our dissappointment. This set has made us chuckle constantly while listening and throughout the day ...
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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)
Bryan Peterson
Amphoto Books, 2004
great book!
I bought this book after knowing quite a bit about my SLR digital camera, such as how to change the settings, and knowledge of what ISO, shutter speed, focal length and ASO are. This book was AMAZING. I learned so much within the first few chapters that I was ready to ...
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Sloane Crosley
Riverhead Trade, 2008
Fun and entertaining read.
This is a great book to take on a plane or while waiting at an appointment. Her style is as absurd and humorous as Seinfeld, which is high praise in my opinion.
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Love the half I received - ony 4 of 8 discs in pack
We have loved listening to the discs, but the second package of sleeves is empty. We didn't notice it until this morning when we looked for disc 5. You can't imagine our dissappointment. This set has made us chuckle constantly while listening and throughout the day ...
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The Official LSAT SuperPrep
Law School Admision Council, 2007
Outstanding official prep materials from LSAT
The LSAT is sufficiently idiosyncratic in both the form and substance of its content that studying with anything other than the official, exams released by the LSAT board (LSAC) runs the risk of doing more harm than good. The problem with such advice until recently is ...
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Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most ...
J. Maarten Troost
Broadway, 2008
Traveling With Maarten...Nothing Better!
J. Maarten Troost has taken us to a small atoll in the South Pacific and to the volcanic Vanauatu in his previous books, Sex Lives of Cannibals and Getting Stoned With Savages. Now he turns his wit and observational skills on that great unknown,China, in his latest ...
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My Custom Van: And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays that Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face
Michael Ian Black
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008
Michael Ian Black loves Black People
As an African American who frequents Michael Ian Black's blog I can unequivocally say that "My Custom Van" was the best book I have read since "The Color Purple." Never has one man said so many things in so few words in such a profound way to so many people. From the ...
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee
Scribner, 2004
top stuff
I think it's important to point out this book is realively small for the degree of degtail it contains. If you want to find out the answers to a great deal of cullinary questions without wading through highly verbose food science texts, then this is your book. It is ...
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A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL
Stefan Fatsis
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
What a ball!
If you like sports or competing, you'll love this book. It's an Every Man story of a regular guy trying to find out how it feels to be a professional athlete. And for those of us who'll never get a chance to find out, it's a ton of fun.
Fatsis takes us inside the ...
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