books about: hounds
books:
Hounds
Guitar Chord Bible: Over 500 Illustrated Chords for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz, and Classical
Phil Capone
Chartwell Books
, 2006
Excelent
Your service is excelent and I appreciate you all. bye now Agasthin
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the ...
Arthur Conan Doyle
W. W. Norton
, 2005
Calling all Baker Street Irregulars
While most people have read at least one Sherlock Holmes stories others have not only read them all but have studied every detail of them. The author, Leslie Klinger, is one of the latter group. He is one of the foremost experts on the 'Canon' as devotees call the ...
Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News
Bernard Goldberg
Harper Paperbacks
, 2003
The Other Side of the Story You're Not Getting
I just finished reading Bias and now see the "news" through a new perspective. This book is full of great examples of how the information we receive from the major news outlets, whether it be from TV, magazines or newspapers, is most always slanted from the side of ...
Toll the Hounds: Book Eight of The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Steven Erikson
Tor Books
, 2008
Erickson's grand tale continues
The return of Erickson's grand Malazan tale to the locale of Darujhistan. Those of you who've read the series will welcome the return. Those of you new to the series, start with 'Gardens of the Moon', and welcome to one of the best fantasy series put to page.
Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto
Anneli Rufus
Da Capo Press
, 2003
Spoke to me in many ways
I'm not exactly an introvert, but still have many things in common with loners. I'm a person that goes to parties, but has to go outside or to a quiet area to take a breather for a hour or so every time. The best parties IMHO are those that are outside, so a person can ...
Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived
Daniel H. Wilson
Bloomsbury USA
, 2007
Undoubtedly You've Pondered Where Are Many of These Future Technology Visions? Where's My JetPack? Gives some of the Answers!
There are a few books out there that have mastered the format of providing answers to scientific, medical or everyday myths in an entertaining, therefore easy to read non journal/textbook sounding way. Where's my Jetpack? however is the first of these great books, ...
Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles
Pierre Bayard
Bloomsbury USA
, 2008
Another but deadlier "Irene Adler" tricked Sherlock Holmes
Reading this book made me scramble back to my old copy of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. One particularly disturbing aspect of this stunning new analysis suggests Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a vendetta not only against his creation...but also Sherlock Holmes fanatics. It ...
The Hound of Rowan: Book One of The Tapestry
Yearling
, 2008
Filled with exploration, mysteries and adventures
Twelve-year-old Max McDaniels lives with his father near Chicago, Illinois. Every year they visit the Chicago Art Institute on his mother's birthday. This tradition has become especially important since his mom disappeared two years ago. But this year particularly ...
The Modern Drunkard
Frank Kelly Rich
Riverhead Trade
, 2005
Counter Oprah's Beach Club Book...
I read this while on vacation at the beach. Please ensure that your cooler is fully stocked prior to cracking the spine. What a great find! This book is too funny for me to do it justice.
Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World
Bob Torres
,
Jenna Torres
Tofu Hound Press
, 2005
A great primer for those who have recently become vegan
This book covers a wide variety of topics that new vegans, and those interested in animal rights in general, will find useful. While it doesn't go into great depth on any specific topic, it is really not meant to do so. This is meant to be a guide for those seeking ...
Housekeeping vs. the Dirt
Nick Hornby
McSweeney's
, 2006
Another Fantastic Collection
I'll pretty much devour anything Nick Hornby publishes, but this book filled me with a little extra "I know just what you're talking about" glee with the features on Sarah Vowell, probably my next favorite writer next to Hornby, and Jess Walter, who hails from my neck ...
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher
Julian Baggini
Plume
, 2006
Wonderful Collection of Logical and Moral Puzzles
This book consists of 100 logical and moral puzzles. For example, a doctor is not allowed to end a patient life, yet if the janitor accidentally pulls the plug, the doctor is not required to put that plug back in. What is the difference? These puzzles and brain ...
The Hounds and the Fury: A Novel
Rita Mae Brown
Ballantine Books
, 2007
Rita Mae Brown is fantastic!
I would like to step into the world that Rita Mae Brown has created and ride with Sister Jane, Shaker, and the rest of those great people. I would like to lead her life and I hunger for every book that comes out. The fox hunting descriptions are totally accurate and I ...
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category
Vintage
, 2005
Cran-Pepper Hen Loaf, Spiced Saucetail, And Fleen
Overall this is an excellent book, with only a few disappointments, which are inevitable in a compendium of this nature. My favorite part of the book is at the end, and consists of humorous lists (my title comes from a list by Steven Tomsik, "Eleven Lunch Meats I Have ...
The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together
Ty Burr
Anchor
, 2007
A wonderful resource to widen children's movie-viewing horizons
I came across this book in my local library, and after reading it, am going to purchase a copy for myself, and perhaps give it out as gifts for friends that have young children. This is an amazing movie resource. Ty Burr writes in such a familiar, easy-to-read style, ...
products you might be interested in
search for books
baskervilles
,
classical
,
experiments
,
housekeeping
,
illustrated
,
philosopher
toavi.com
web
we recommend
The Other Side of the Story You're Not Getting
randomly chosen
book:
Network+ Guide to Networks, Second Edition