Tag: book
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May 27, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Last year I went to Book Expo America and carried home fifty pounds of advance copies that I read and reviewed from July to December. It was a really fun experience to consume the Fall Big Books before . . . more
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November 21, 2007 09:00 PM EST --
I have noticed the big promo for the new "Kindle" e-book reader, who could miss it! Jeff Bezos of Amazon is acting like this is the second coming and it's on the cover of Time magazine. . . . more
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September 25, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig is a
coming-of-age story about a 13-year old boy, Paul,
who is living in Montana in the early 1890's. When
Paul's mother dies leaving . . . more
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August 13, 2006 09:11 PM EDT --
Imagine that you're a distance swimmer training for an upcoming event – one that you do not yet know will set a world record. You are seventeen-years-old and swimming in the cool Pacific just . . . more
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November 16, 2006 12:52 PM EST --
If you're a self-published author, it's hard to get press--there's a couple of sites that specifically review self-published POD type books.
There's POD-DY Mouth--she's been . . . more
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July 05, 2007 10:16 PM EDT --
A new subgenre of mathematical books seems to have evolved over the past few years, in which the author chooses some special number and describes its history and properties. Books have been written . . . more
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January 04, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
Review of Sergio Ruzzier's The Room of Wonders.
Pius Pelosi, the rat and hero of The Room of Wonders, collects many delightful things he discovers in the course of his daily routine: shiny keys, . . . more
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October 26, 2006 07:37 PM EDT --
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
There are some books that are so good that I almost . . . more
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August 02, 2006 10:02 PM EDT --
When I first moved to the city, it took me a while to get my bearings and just come to grips with all the abundance of opportunities. I took an easy job at the airport, so I'd have lots of time . . . more
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September 21, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
I was tagged. Posted this on my blog. Enumerating what came first in my mind. There are too many....I left out Kafka, Nietzsche....
BOOK MEME
1. One book that changed your life?
Fountainhead by Ayn . . . more
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August 24, 2006 03:01 PM EDT --
John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" is a fascinating book that traces out story of two generations of two families whose lives are somehow interlinked. We can say that its by chance rather than . . . more
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September 04, 2007 11:28 PM EDT --
I love cookbooks and books by chefs. I particularly enjoyed Anthony Bourdain's book because it is irreverent, truthful, and gutsy. From his start in restaurants on Cape Cod in Massachusetts . . . more
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August 27, 2006 04:05 PM EDT --
Few adults who had young children in 1996 will forget the Elmo fever that swept the nation as Tickle Me, Elmo become the "must have" toy of the Christmas season. Anyone who unfamiliar with the . . . more
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May 02, 2007 10:10 PM EDT --
How many fairy tales do you read in a years time?
For those who wonder, a fairytale is a literary concoction not bound by any forms of logic, except emotional. Time, common sense and science are generally . . . more
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November 02, 2006 12:24 PM EST --
While I've found them here and there, it is a rare book that can truly get me to reconsider my beliefs. The Innocent Man by John Grisham was one of those books. I do believe in the death . . . more
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December 21, 2007 11:50 AM EST --
Disclaimer: I have only reviewed the book. I am yet to follow it through.
Title: The Ultimate Tea Diet
Author: Mark "dr. tea" Ukra with Sharyn Kolberg
ISBN: 9780061441752 . . . more
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April 30, 2007 09:07 PM EDT --
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August 19, 2006 12:32 AM EDT --
The Piggly Wiggly in Second Creek, Mississippi, supermarket cum community center and town hall, is about to close its doors for good. The Mega-Mart across town has been drawing away customers and Mr. Choppy . . . more
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December 13, 2007 07:43 AM EST --
Title: For the Love of Rachel
Author: David Loewenstein
ISBN: 0979194342
Publisher: Enalan Communications
Pages: 147
David offered this book and I won it from here in a draw. . . . more
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October 05, 2007 01:04 AM EDT --
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is the Jon Stewart of the knitting world. She skewers us with our own needles, unravels our obsession for the uninitiated and helps us learn to laugh at ourselves. Her fresh, tongue-in-cheek . . . more
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