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My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes
Melanie Dunea
Bloomsbury USA, 2007
GREAT BOOK AND GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER
+ My Last Supper
+ Coffee Table book for foodies
+ Review hard cover book
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Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels)
Robert B. Parker
Putnam Adult, 2008
Maybe the best of the Stone series...
Perhaps I was just in the right mood, but I devoured this one in two sittings, and the break I took in order to go to sleep was done regretfully. For a change, the actual suspense/mystery/thriller plot was better than the personal relationships depicted. Thus, it qualified for me as a ...
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The Serpent's Daughter: A Jade Del Cameron Mystery (Jade del Cameron Mysteries)
Suzanne Arruda
NAL Hardcover, 2008
terrific action-packed historical thriller
+ Jade Goes to Morocco
+ Love Jade Del Cameron...
+ Armchair Adventure on the Distaff Side
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Audition: A Memoir
Barbara Walters
Knopf, 2008
A fascinating memoir
+ Barbara Wa -Wa
+ Best Memoir Ever
Once I started reading this book, it was hard to put down. I found it fascinating to read about a woman who has had a front-row seat at many important historical events and who has known many history-makers either personally or professionally.
Her story begins with her early life, growing up as ...
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Blood and Circumstance
Frank Turner Hollon
MacAdam Cage, 2008
"You can't get away from your blood and my blood's poison."
+ Riveting
+ A stark, compelling treatment of mental illness and crime
+ Dark, disturbing, and memorable
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Flower Net: A Red Princess Mystery (Red Princess Mysteries)
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
Murder and mystery in China
+ Fascinating Chinese Intrigue
+ Fascinating View Of Chinese Culture
+ Over looked mysteries
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Exposure Behind Closed Doors
Victoria, Taylor Murray
Lulu.com, 2007
LIKE A FINE WINE ... this author just gets better with time.
+ Her Best Yet !
+ A Wonderfully Suspenseful Page-Turning Mystery Adventure
+ A WhoDunIt To Indeed Die For!
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Blood of the Wicked
Leighton Gage
Soho Crime, 2008
fascinating but violent Brazilian police procedural
+ Outstanding and Gripping Story
+ Warning: May cause insomnia.
+ Suspenseful story of frontier justice south of the equator
+ Debut mystery brings Brazil vividly to life
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Priest: A Novel (Jack Taylor Series)
Ken Bruen
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008
Irish Noir
+ Kne Bruens's the Priest
+ Pitch-black noir in Galway
There is no joy for Jack Taylor. This book is like a train wreck. A glorious , noir train wreck that you wouldn't look away from even if you could. The running dialog inside Jacks head is a fascinating window into the mind of a man that reads voraciously out of a desperate need to mask the pain. An ...
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Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Julie Andrews
Hyperion, 2008
After "Home" by Julie Andrews, we eagerly await Volume 2 of this great star's autobiography!
+ Julie Andrews' Home is a lovely memoir
"Home," Julie Andrews' superbly written autobiography of her earlier years, simply makes the reader eagerly await a second volume, covering the subsequent years of this great star's life. The book is written in a frank and interesting manner, revealing the happenings in a performer's life before ...
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Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook
Tony Danza
Scribner, 2008
Italian cookbook
+ tony dana's father son cookbook
+ Don't Fill Up On The Antipasto
+ Memory Lane
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An Invitation to the White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Simon & Schuster, 2000
History comes alive in the Peoples' House
+ Contemporary First Lady
+ Wonderful Photos (Except for the Cover)
I actually purchased this book in Washington, D.C., while there for a conference. One of the great First Ladies of the twentieth century provides fascinating glimpses into the most important Home in history, while entertaining the reader with bold and whimsical insights into its many and varied ...
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Passed Down Through 4 Generations: Victoria Taylor Murray's Favorite Family Recipes: How it all Began
Victoria Taylor Murray, Joseph E. Taylor
PublishAmerica, 2006
This book shines! Wonderful for any cook!
+ Great history, great recipes
+ Even The Drink Recipes Are Great!
+ No matter how hungry you are,
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Death Comes for the Fat Man (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)
Reginald Hill
Harper, 2008
Every page enjoyable
+ Great read
+ Fat Andy "half in love with easeful death"? Not bloody likely!
+ You can't have one without the other.
+ Can't have One without the Other
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Blue Mercy
Illona Haus
Pocket, 2007
Blue Mercy is a Masterpiece!
+ More than a fine debut novel...
+ Blue Mercy
+ Wow.
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