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Environmental Home by pambo Pros: Good, thorough advice
Cons: None Rather than a rant, "Choosing Green: The Homebuyer's Guide to Good Green Homes" provides a sensible path for those who want to think about homes in a different way.The choice to "go green" is a matter of picking a better lifestyle, the author ...
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Sep 06 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Camel Club, Part III by gamblin_man Pros: Baldacci at his best
Cons: Uncertain ending The Camel Club is back in the novel Stone Cold by the great suspense author David Baldacci. This ragtag group of misfits that hover on the fringes of our nation's capitol was introduced in their title novel, The Camel Club, Annabelle was ...
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Sep 06 '08 |
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Inventive and original...but a bit cold by rmurray847 Pros: Very interesting story. Well-written.
Cons: The theme is tough to discern. This makes the book a bit cold. This is proving to be a very difficult book to describe. The basic plot elements are relatively simple, but trying to convey the tone...the meaning...that's tough. The plot: our narrator, David Zimmer, is remembering a time some dozen or so years ...
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Sep 06 '08 |
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An Ordinary Crush is Hard Enough, Thank You by rmthunter Pros: Well-done yaoi -- story lines, characters, graphics all work together.
Cons: Could be addictive. Hyouta Fujiyama, who created Spell and Lover's Flat, both of which I have discussed in "Reviews in Brief" at Hunter at Random, has also ceated a complex of stories that begins with Ordinary Crush. Most of them take place at Kinsei ...
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Sep 06 '08 |
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A loving glance at a vanished world by chiliqueen Pros: Amazing treasures of early Yiddish broadcasting.
Cons: Sound quality. Yiddish, the Germanic language of Eastern European Jews that was imported to the US during waves of Jewish immigration, was once a thriving language that fueled vaudeville, newspapers such as the Forverts, Yiddish comedians, radio dramas, and a ...
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Sep 06 '08 |
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A mouthwatering combination of memoirs and great Southern pies by chiliqueen Pros: Wonderful assortment of Southern-style pies, heartwarming memoirs and photos
Cons: None Patty Pinner, author of the phenomenal Sweets: A Collection of Soul Food Desserts and Memories, grew up in a large African-American family that had relocated to Michigan from the South. In Sweety Pies, she collects 70 recipes for ...
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Sep 06 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Mermaid, realtionships and lies by drummell Pros: boring life turned to romance and mystery, a questioned past and dark secrets
Cons: None that I can think of now. Very interesting and up and down book! Jessie Sullivan is a married, mother of one in college, woman who has been molded to her life, but soon becomes bored and needs "something" to change. She finds herself becoming very distant and out of touch with herself and her marriage. Soon an ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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How Many Clicks Do You Make in a Given Day? by Bryan_Carey Pros: Turns up some interesting facts
Cons: Not enough in-depth coverage or analysis; some typos Surfing the internet is the new favorite pastime of the past ten or fifteen years. Some still watch television or a pay a visit to their favorite hangout, but spending time online has become the number one social outlet for many people. Everyone has ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s by arkhaine Pros: Erudite and charming
Cons: Many of the books reviewed are forgotten today. The Library of America edition of Edmund Wilson's work, Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s*, contains The Shores of Light, Axel's Castle, and 'Uncollected Reviews' of the period. The collection reviews and examines writers who have been ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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Still elfin, still wry by Stephen_Murray Pros: the stories mentioned in my review
Cons: the three stories I didn't like, the book version of "The Smoking Section" Sometimes I wonder about what many people find funny ("Napoleon Dynamite," for instance) -- and at what they don't find funny (the boldfaces lies of George W. Bush, for instance). It is reassuring that David Sedaris's unpretentious essays often make me ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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the better world Shopping Guide: Every Dollar Makes a Difference by artemis8 Pros: nice format, many different companies
Cons: can't cover every thing I am pretty big into the environment. I try to keep up on news items, write to my reps about issues of concern to me, and I donate to several charities. I also try to buy environmentally friendly products when I can. When I heard about the better ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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Rookie Readers Learn About the Phases of the Moon by befus Pros: Simple, informative, age-appropriate text; good photographs; small book easy for children to hold
Cons: Some might find the book (and photos) too small Any parent or teacher of an early reader knows its a challenge (but a good one) to come up with age-appropriate reading fare. You want to find books that are structured simply enough to build a child's reading confidence, but engaging enough to keep that ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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We Interrupt This Broadcast Is A Garner Best Seller by keithpruitt Pros: Gardner chronicles 42 of the most impactful events of modern history, Bill Curtis
Cons: Some might think some of the events were not necessarily worthy of inclusion Do you remember where you were the day John Kennedy was assassinated? Or how about when you heard the news about the Challenger or September 11th? Throughout history, many events have caused a nation to pause. During the last century many of those ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon by JediKermit Pros:
Not written in a sensationalistic style, clear look at human error and hubris... Cons: A bit long, repetitive. Last month I was visiting Grand Canyon National Park for the first time since 1981. I was there with a bunch of adults, and without any children, which calmed some of my anxieties somewhat--until we came to Lipan Point. Lipan Point is one of the many ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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What makes me Happy? I Don't Know! (and I didn't know I didn't know!) by shopaholic_man Pros: fascinating insight into what makes humans happy
Cons: so.. how can we be HAPPY? Happiness, its pretty important isn't it? The right to pursue it is even in the Constitution of the United States. Everyone wants us to be Happy, Bobby Ferin even has a song telling us to Be Happy. Why are so many of us... NOT?Author Daniel ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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Gone Forever... the sad story of a grisly murder by knotheadusc Pros: Well-written, engaging, a juicy story.
Cons: Curious use of psuedonyms. Diane Fanning's afterword. Note: Like everybody else, I had some major issues with the new text editor, hence the lack of bolding and italics in this review. Hopefully these snafus will be fixed soon and I can update the formatting here ASAP.Since I've been scouting the ...
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Sep 05 '08 |
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The City Outside the World by BlackBear Pros: The must have for any psychic charater in the Rifts games
Cons: All source material For many years the only source of psychic characters in the Rifts megaverse was to be gleaned from the core rules book, a text that has been long outdated and due for an overhaul. This was done in 2005. In 1997, Rifts World Book 12: Psyscape was ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Capitalistic Approach to the World's Most Pressing Problems by Bryan_Carey Pros: The pro- free market approach and some of the surprising stands
Cons: Over- simplifies many problems Capitalism is the fuel that powers the strongest economies in the world and it is responsible for creating the great wealth of the United States, Western Europe, and other nations. Many like to criticize capitalism for the inevitable inequalities it ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
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Love, Betrayal, Seduction: Enter the World of Jane Austen by countess_eva Pros: Everything: the characters, the plot, the emotional depth, the writing
Cons: It ended :-( Love. Romance. Seduction. Betrayal. Prejudice. And, above it all, pride. In a world such as this, ruled by social stigma and oppression, where love and truth are subservient to wealth and strict etiquette, can anyone ever truly love?Meet the ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
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The Wanderings of Odysseus: by George_Chabot Pros: Builds vocbulary, comprehension, and cultural awareness.
Cons: More people need to read this. The Wanderings of Odysseus, by Rosemary Sutcliff (1995)The Odyssey is the second known work of Western literature, the first being its sister The Iliad, both works of course attributed to Homer, the blind bard of antiquity. ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
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Good Night, Sweet Butterflies by annalovesbooks Pros: Teaches counting (backwards) and colors, the butterflies are attractive and unusual
Cons: the butterflies are a choking hazard, the rhymes are clunky ISBN 0689856849 – Whether or not you enjoy this book will probably depend on what it is you expect from it. It is easy to become confused by the cover statement "From the creator of Ten Little Ladybugs" (ISBN 1581170912). The creator/author of ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
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Sweet Caroline... by scmrak Pros: Lansdale's sense of place, characters, and nicely twisty plotting
Cons: Cason Statler could be a tad more realistic. Life has not recently been kind to Cason Statler. Once a Pulitzer-nominated Houston reporter, Statler wasted a promising career on an overactive libido and too many Jim Beams with beer chasers. An Army hitch in Iraq didn't straighten him out; it just ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
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Maverick auto businessman spills his ''Guts'' by trailhound Pros: Interesting ''out of the box'' ideas. Some auto industry history.
Cons: Somewhat outdated. Ideas don't work in all careers/industries. Bob Lutz has been a well-known figure in the auto industry for several decades. While now at General Motors, he is probably best remembered for his tenure at Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s and 90s. Lutz has a reputation for thinking outside of the ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
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Rachael Ray 2,4,6,8. A Good Read,... But Cookbook? Not So Much. by cmuir Pros:
Fun and interesting read. Cons: No recipe really interested me. My children knowing how much I enjoy watching Rachael Ray on television bought me her 2,4,6,8 Great Meals For Couples or Crowds for Christmas several years ago. This is of course another of Rachael's 30-Minute Meal Cookbooks for which she has ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
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Another Masterpiece by Koontz by tandaw Pros: Written by Dean Koontz.
Cons: Not his usual style of horror which may turn off some fans. The Author: Dean Koontz is a bestselling author of numerous thriller and horror books. Publishing Info: Bantam Dell- A Division of Random House, Inc.Hardcover edition published in May 2004 - Paperback edition published in ...
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Sep 04 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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