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Fortune's Favorites
Colleen McCullough
William Morrow & Co, 1993
Scope! Precision! Excellence!
Fortune's Favorites follows some of the great Roman personalities on their respective rises to greatness: Ceasar, Pompey and Crassus, the members of the First Triumvirate (as history calls them). Unfortunately I took a long break in the middle of this book because ...
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Callanetics: 10 Years Younger in 10 Hours
Callan Pinckney
William Morrow & Co, 1989
The Best!
I've done Callanetics off and on for years. Of course, like most people, I get sidetracked and stop exercising for whatever reason, but I always come back to Callanetics because it WORKS! No, you won't lose massive amounts of weight, but if you are relatively normal ...
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The Opposite of Everything Is True: Reflections on Denial in Alcoholic Families
William H. Crisman
William Morrow & Co, 1991
like looking in the mirror!
Did you grow up with an alcoholic parent? Then without question you will find yourself in this book. It's almost too painful to read. Crisman's insights are gently delivered, but still, they slap the reader in the face. Was it really like that when I was growing up? ...
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Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook
Mary Bell
William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1994
very usefull
This book contains all the needed details for how to dry fruits and vegetable and for how to use them for cooking. I haven't used it yet, but I have read it and it is very comprehensible.
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The First Man in Rome
Colleen McCullough
William Morrow & Co, 1990
get some perspective
For those who feel the politics of today are bound to destroy the world: read this first book in McCullough's Roman Republic series and get some perspective! Everything old is new again? You bet! A friend in the military said this was recommended reading from an ...
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
William Morrow & Co, 1989
Hold onto your hats, this is a wild ride
As with other John Irving novels, this one has a sometimes meandering style that is chock full of minutiae. The author is a master craftsman of descriptive language, and it may be initially unclear what many of the details have to do with the evolving story. The book ...
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Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook
Zoe Coulson
William Morrow & Co, 1980
Compare 1980 ed with 2007 edition
I gave the 1980 ed away when I moved into assisted living, after using it 22 yrs. Assisted living didn't work out so I bought a condo, and needed another cookbook. I was happy to find a brand new edition but disappointed after I received it. The older edition has many ...
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Roasting-A Simple Art
Barbara Kafka, Maria Robledo
William Morrow & Co., 1995
Invaluable helper in the kitchen
I am a self-taught cook and have learned mostly from reading cookbooks and being a quick study of my mistakes. Until I first checked this out of the library, I was never truly comfortable roasting meat. I loved this book so much that I renewed it until the library ...
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Changing for Good: The Revolutionary Program That Explains the Six Stages of Change and Teaches You How to ...
James O. Prochaska, John C. Norcross, ...
William Morrow & Co, 1994
If your ready to break your habits read this book
I'm only halfway thru and it's helped already-written for 'the regular guy'-you don't need any other book-this is it!
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The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother
Jeff Smith
William Morrow & Co, 1990
"IT LOOKS LIKE PEASANT FOOD BECAUSE IT IS PEASANT FOOD"!
My title blurb is a funny quote I remembered, Jeff Smith spoke on his entertaining PBS show. Before 'The Food Network' we had the witty and talented 'Frugal Gourmet'. This book deals with some simplistic, yet very good classic old world dishes. Nothing fancy, just ...
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A Father's Story
Lionel Dahmer
William Morrow & Co, 1994
Candid, introspective, one-of-a-kind
Lionel Dahmer's memoir is the story of the dark journey of a father who was faced with the grisly reality of one of America's most notorious serial murder, mutilation, rape, necrophilia, and cannibalism cases. Lionel was a father who had to grapple not with losing his ...
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Steven Pinker
William Morrow & Co, 1994
Great book
I found this book to be an interesting and informative read. While I am interested in linguistics (and thus was probably a bit more excited about the topic than the average person), I think this book would also be enjoyable for anyone. Pinker writes in an ...
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Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga
Stephen Davis
William Morrow & Co, 1985
Armadillos in their Trousers
I used to listen to Led Zep in high school, and until the release of Mothership and the publicity surrounding the reunion concert I never knew anything about the band. This book was a totally enjoyable read and a good overview of the band's history. I came away with ...
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The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian: Recipes from the New and Old Worlds, Simplified for the American Kitchen
Jeff Smith
William Morrow & Co, 1993
Authentic Cooking
Most Americans think of Chicken Parmessan, Alfredo sauce or Italian salad dressing when they hear Italian cooking. As an American soldier stationed in Italy I've never seen either of the above. They are all American inventions. Italian cooking is very diversified. ...
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Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
Arthur T., II Vanderbilt
William Morrow & Co, 1989
Compelling
Since the book was written by a Vanderbilt, I dubiously expected a sanitized version and was delightfully surpised to find the author was brutally honest about the characters covered. This book was engrossing. I could not put it down. The portion about the Gloria ...
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