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Key Weirder
Robert Tacoma
Mango Press, 2005
It keep's getting weirder and I keep laughing.
The fun continues. The sequel to Key Weird, this book explodes with hilarity and fast pace action. Tacoma's laid back style, again, sweep's you into the world of Taco Bob the ex-possum rancher and the crazy's that he deals with in as relaxed a style as the book is ...
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Ataturk: The Biography of the founder of Modern Turkey
Andrew Mango
Overlook TP, 2002
Great Subject; Pedestrian Writing
Andrew Mango has obviously done a great deal of research into his fascinating subject. The book is a thorough history of the life and career of Mustapha Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Even though he was autocratic in many respects, there can be no denying ...
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The Land of Mango Sunsets
Dorothea Benton Frank
Avon, 2008
Great Read
Wonderfully written about the inter-relationships of a dysfunctional family, who find their way with love to a new beginning.
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The Essential Baby Organizer: Birth to One Year (The Essential Organizers)
Dani Rasmussen, Antoinette Perez
Mango Media, 2007
best baby organizer we've found
I'm on my second kid and have seen a bunch of books like this. This one is definitely the most organized and helpful. Everything is all in one place by date, so poor tired Mommy doesn't have to go hunting each time she switches from feeding to diapering baby (and so ...
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Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali
Kris Holloway; Consulting Editor John Bidwell
Waveland Press, 2006
Delightful and fulfilling
This is a delightful book, made more special by the fact that it is a true story. Kris is a skilled writer who captures the sense of life in Mali and the personality of her beloved Monique. I am glad she decided to tell her story: I will never forget it, or ...
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The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1991
poetry to my ears
This is a beautifully written book about a girls who lives in a house on Mango street, a house that is far blow her expectations and a neighborhood she does not want to belong to. This book reads more like a poetic form in a novel. There's a lot of wonderful details ...
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La casa en Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1994
Spanish student who loved this book!
I read this book for my intermediate Spanish class, and I found it to be a wonderful challenge because it expanded my vocabulary and helped me uncover the different ways things can be taken in Spanish. I liked how poetic the book is, though it was a bit confusing at ...
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A Mango-Shaped Space
Wendy Mass
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2005
Wow Wendy mass!
Mia has always seen colors; she See's them for Letters, sounds, and numbers. She hasn't told anyone since the 3rd grade "Freeeek" incident.
She tell her parents and they take her to the Doctor she finds out that she isn't the only person like that. It's a great ...
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Key Weird
Robert Tacoma
Mango Press, 2005
one way ticket to the keys
i've never been to florida. never wanted to go to florida. that is, 'til i read robert tacoma's books.
now everytime i see an exit sign for a highway going south a little part of me wants to just take it and drive until i hit the keys.
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40 Weeks +: The Essential Pregnancy Organizer (The Essential Organizers)
Dani Rasmussen, Antoinette Perez
Mango Media, 2006
A planner for the mom that loves to plan
I am a Planner - I plan every second of my day. Not knowing what to expect or plan for in pregnancy really freaked me out. I love this Organizer and carry it with me everywhere I go. My nurses have all been impressed with how many details I have in it. I have used for ...
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Favorite Recipes the Costco Way
Costco Wholesale
David W. Fuller, 2007
This is the Sixth cookbook in the Costco Series. It contains all new recipes and an expanded Chef's Choice secion. 248 pages.
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Where is the Mango Princess?
Cathy Crimmins
Vintage, 2001
Well-written, Powerful and Excellent!
I read this book in four nights, right before bed. I tore through it like no other memoir before. This book, for me, was like reading my own parents' memoir. My father suffered a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) when I was four/five years old. Of course, so much of what ...
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The House on Mango Street (MAXNotes)
Elizabeth L. Chesla
Research & Education Association, 1996
House on Mango Street
I teach this piece of literature to my Freshman classes of Intro to Literature. At first glance, this tiny novel is deceptively simple in its structure and format. Without serious looking at the novel, it would appear to be flat and empty. Most of the chapters are ...
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The Mango Season
Amulya Malladi
Ballantine Books, 2004
Amulya's work is wonderful.
I've read all of Amulya's books to date and have been so pleasantly surprised with her ability to write, that I have begun to love reading again. This book does not disappoint... unfortunately, I tend to finish them within two days. :)
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The Bite of the Mango
Mariatu Kamara, Susan McClelland
Annick Press, 2008
The astounding story of one girl's journey from war victim to UNICEF Special Representative. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she ...
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