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Mellon: An American Life (Vintage)
David Cannadine
Vintage, 2008
A biography that goes above and beyond.
+ Simply the best biography I've ever read.
+ history and sadness
+ AN EXCELLENT AND COMPREHENSIVE WORK
+ EXcellent read but long
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Pied Piper
Nevil Shute
House of Stratus, 2000
Still a Page Turner!
+ Name of the movie is...
+ Very uplifting story
+ One of the best
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Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court
Jan Crawford Greenburg
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Extremely well balanced and very readable
+ The Politics Of Justice
+ Supreme Court Easy Reading Review
This book is excellent. I wish all books that touch upon political matters were written so objectively. Sadly, one can often determine an authors political affiliations (and, perhaps, agenda) when reading a book but that is not the case with Ms Greenburg's book on the Supreme Court. She presents ...
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Never Too Late : A Prosecutor's Story of Justice in the Medgar Evars Case
Bobby DeLaughter
Scribner, 2001
The Tale Of Two Heroes - An Amazing Tale of The Law
+ A Bible For Young Lawyers Like Me
+ Thought provoking wonderful narrative
+ Justice delayed but thankfully not denied.
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Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
Kurt Eichenwald
Broadway, 2005
The Backroom Story of Ethics Failure
+ Read it.
+ a horror story of greed and incompetence
+ Giving You, The Stockholder, The Business
+ Excellent, revealing, very well written
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
James D. Hornfischer
Bantam, 2005
Ranks with Shattered Sword
+ Simply The Best
+ One of the finest book's On Naval warfare I have ever read!
+ The Battle Off Samar
+ Great Valor Should Never Be Forgotten
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Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
Cait N. Murphy
Collins, 2008
One Hundred Years Ago...Nothing Was Different!
+ Baseball's modern era begins here
+ Not Baseball in 1908, but America in 1908
The obvious way to review this book would be to discuss how it chronicles the differences between 1908 and 2008 major league baseball, including the irony of the Chicago Cubs being considered the dominant, clutch team of the entire National League (!). It does that job quite admirably, as Cait ...
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
Terry Ryan
Simon & Schuster, 2005
An absolute joy of a read!
+ the prizewinner of defiance ohio
+ The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
+ Interesting to think what could have been
+ As good as I thought it would be
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The Informant: A True Story
Kurt Eichenwald
Broadway, 2001
Got Greed?
+ Truth Really IS Stranger than Fiction
+ Unbelievable!
+ unbelievable !
+ I thought this book was excellent!
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My Early Life: 1874-1904
Winston Churchill
Scribner, 1996
Churchill at his most human
+ The place to start.
+ A brilliant first hand account.
+ Good gift idea
+ Delightful churchill
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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
my favorite
+ LOVED this book!!
+ My Sister's Keeper is a definite keeper!
this is actually one of the best ive evr read. from teh moment i picked it up i could not put it down. i loved the style of writing, the content, the characters and the story. i'm so grateful it's going to be feature film (and not a lifetime movie) and can't wait for the release!
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)
Rick Atkinson
Henry Holt and Co., 2007
The Lady Be Good
+ Spoiled by An Army at Dawn
+ Engrossing History
+ Another forgotten corner of the war
+ Great Job
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
Homer Hickam
Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006
Amazing True Story
+ escape via rocket
+ Charming and inspirational
+ Rockets in West Virginia
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Stoner,: A novel
John Edward Williams
Allen Lane, 1973
"Moved me..."
+ Almost forgotten masterpiece
+ A gem I stumbled on at random
+ sad but brilliant
+ Stoner: The American Tragic Hero
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Bantam, 2007
Excellent memoir
+ Outstanding, and a reminder of what 'builds character'!
+ A clear-eyed and unsentimental look at the past
+ A Keeper!!!
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