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The Meaning of Night: A Confession
Michael Cox
W. W. Norton, 2007
A must read! A+++
I loved the way this story was narrated. The narrator confesses to a murder and the premise of the book is the story that leads you to understand his cold-blooded motive. It is a sizzling murder mystery, but the mystery is not who did it, but instead why he did it. The ...
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To Tempt A Scotsman (Zebra Debut)
Victoria Dahl
Zebra, 2007
A hero and heroine who were flawed but deeply in love made this story powerful.
I liked both the hero and heroine in this book. Even when they made some pretty messy mistakes, their regret was genuine. They each had a lot to learn about how to be a couple. Their fears for the future were realistic, and their resulting actions made sense. Dahl ...
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Your Home A Living Canvas: Create Stunning Faux Finishes & Murals with Paint
Curtis L Heuser
North Light Books, 2007
Perfect Gift
YOUR HOME,A LIVING CANVAS sits on my living room coffee table and everyone who sees it wants one. Curtis Heuser's work is stunning and his directions for achieving beautiful results in your own home are clear and accessible. This book is head and shoulders above any ...
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The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
Libba Bray
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007
Perfect Ending
I love this series and the last book is no exception. It is quite long but I was glad for the extra pages as I wanted to spend as much time as possible in this fictitious world. I am a sucker for happy endings so I was upset to hear that perhaps this wasn't going to ...
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Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time (Victorian Mystery)
Emily Brightwell
Berkley, 2009
A two-story killer. Train enthusiast Francis Humphreys took his last breath while relatives and neighbors visited downstairs. But if everyone was downstairs, who could have stolen into Uncle Francis?s study, killed him, and escaped? Mrs. Jeffries will have to lend her downstairs common sense to this upstairs murder mystery.
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Victorian Lace Today
Jane Sowerby
XRX Books, 2008
Good for any challenge!
If you are a knitter or just beginning this a great book! It has the answers in the back!
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
Kate Summerscale
Walker & Company, 2008
Sense and Prejudice
If you enjoyed Daniel Stashower's "The Beautiful Cigar Girl," or either of Erik Larson's books, "The Devil in the White City" or "Thunderstruck," you should find "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" good reading. Like those other books, the author treats the story of a ...
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Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Harcourt, 2002
Better the second time around
This was the first Woolf novel that I read and i am glad that it was. I was a college freshman who had just seen The Hours. I was immediately drawn to this author. After reading it the first time, it is possible to know what the basic story is about: a woman giving a ...
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John Stuart Mill Victorian Firebrand: Victorian Firebrand
Richard Reeves
Overlook Hardcover, 2008
On Mill
A very good look back on the life of the famous public thinker and activist.
Richard Reeves provides the basic information necessary for a modern reader to understand John Stuart Mill's impact on his own age and afterwards, especially as related to the concept of ...
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Victorian Doll House
Willabel L. Tong
Piggy Toes Press, 1999
Not only for kids but audits too
Beautiful book, good quality.Thanks god. some of the pop up books I bought from Amazon that have really bad quality.Pop up with the glue stick around and paper is not strong enough that get easily broken. This is a good one. Very enjoy it myself not only my daughter.
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Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niņo Famines and the Making of the Third World
Mike Davis
Verso, 2002
Imperialism, famine and the weather
It has been known since the 1920'ies that the surface temperatures of the Eastern Pacific influences the rainfall in many parts of the world.
In this book the author describes this phenomena and also tells the story of the important famines caused by these weather ...
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The Queen Anne House: America's Victorian Vernacular
Janet Foster
"Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006
A must-have for architectural history buffs.
Generally, books of this type fall into two categories - either they are dense textbook-like examinations of a particular style of architecture that lack visual appeal, or they are beautifully illustrated with minimal text that amounts to fluff. This book is a triumph ...
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A Victorian Christmas: Sentiments and Sounds of a Bygone Era
Butch Baldassari
Thomas Nelson, 2008
Christmas Candy!
Gorgeous book! Not just eye candy, ear candy also. Beautiful CD included sets just the right mood to peruse by! Everything about this lovely set speaks to my soul!
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390 Traditional Stained Glass Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Hywel G. Harris
Dover Publications, 1996
Stained Glass Designs from Dover
This is an excellent resource book for stained glass artisans. It has a variety of styles and eras in easy to duplicate drawings. Projects range from easy to intricate, designs (in some instances) can be mixed and matched.
Dover has a good selection of stained ...
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Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
Judith Flanders
W. W. Norton, 2005
Amazing reading
A well written comprehensive study of the domestic life during the Victorian period. Amazing reading!
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