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The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Sparks Shines Again
I was introduced to the writings of Nicholas Sparks by a close friend (done indirectly with the DVD of The Notebook). Since then, I have had the wonderful opportunity to read a number of his books. Please understand, I've not usually one for romantic novels (my ...
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman
Picador, 2007
The world is flat 3.0
It is an interesting book, and Friedman brings up a lot of arguable points Its crazy how much outsourcing really goes over seas to China and India.
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A Cedar Cove Christmas (Cedar Cove)
Debbie Macomber
Mira, 2008
A Cedar Cove Christmas
Mary Jo Wyse had the unfortunate luck to meet and fall in love with the scoundrel David Rhodes. Now carrying his child and due in two weeks, Mary Jo goes in search of David in Cedar Cove where he is supposed to be spending Christmas with his dad and stepmother, Ben and ...
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Nights in Rodanthe
Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2003
couldn't put it down
this was an amazing story, it is one of those you couldn't put down. you know you had other things to do, but one more chapter or one more page. actually i read it in two days. can't wait for his next one.
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
Picador, 2008
Great Book
Very eye opening, great reading. I read it while i was in Panama last summer and was able to draw paralles to the building of the Panama Canal
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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who ...
Ron Hall, Denver Moore
Thomas Nelson, 2008
Powerful story of friendship and faith
Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore is a different kind of love story. Two men, who couldn't be more different, are brought together by their love for one woman who has a powerful love for God. Ron Hall is a successful art dealer in Dallas, Texas ...
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Diane Ackerman
W. W. Norton, 2008
Profoundly moving
This book is an emotional roller coaster. Ackerman starts out displaying her marvelous descriptive skills, setting the stage.
"...on warm days, when the linden trees' creamy yellow tassels drugged the air with the numbing scent of honey and the rhumba of bees."
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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Amazing Story!
I read the book after seeing the movie. The movie was fantastic but the book was even better!
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What In the World Is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore
David Jeremiah
Thomas Nelson, 2008
Accurate and Timely
Dr. David Jeremiah's book "What in the World is Going On?" is a guide to events that are ocurring before our eyes. When I got it I could not stop reading it; I red it in 3 nights. (and I'm a slow reader) but the book, is so current, and it is a wonderful guide for the ...
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A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
This should be required reading in our schools
Our country will never be able to live up to the lofty ideals of our founding documents unless we come to grips with the truth of how we got where we are. This book tells the truth about how the people on top have butchered and suppressed others in order to STAY on ...
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Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf, 2008
A Perfect 10
Jhumper Lahiri is doing for America's Bengali community what Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Bernard Malamud did for the Jews of America-and Lahiri lives comfortably with these greats.
Five short stories of love in a foreign climate-Bengali's adapting to ...
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Small Town Christmas: Return To Promise\Mail-Order Bride
Debbie Macomber
Mira, 2008
Outstanding Author
I read all the Debbie Macomber books and I am now waiting for the next one to come out.
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The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
Vincent Bugliosi
Vanguard Press, 2008
Excellent analysis of George Bush's motives and issues.
This book provides a thorough legal outline of the crimes allegedly perpetrated by Mr. Bush. Vincent Bugliosi has once again written a blockbuster.
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition
Joseph Gibaldi
Modern Language Association of America, 2003
Answers my questions
This book seems to answer all questions I had and all questions I am likely to have.
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Night Call
Radclyffe
Bold Strokes Books, 2008
Medivac helicopter pilot Jett McNally's heart belongs to an Army officer she left behind in Afghanistan, and good-time anesthesiologist Tristan Holmes is no substitute, except possibly in bed. When Jett comes home from the war and destruction in the Middle East, everyone she knows thinks she should be happy. How can she explain she left a big ...
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