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Olives and Oranges: Recipes and Flavor Secrets from Italy, Spain, Cyprus, and Beyond
Sara Jenkins, Mindy Fox
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Oranges and Olives my number one cookbook
I love this cookbook. From the 30+ recipe books on my kitchen shelf, this has become my # 1 creative source for preparing a delicious meal. The recipes for red onions in orange sauce, warm escarole with hot anchovy dressing, sweet pea and squash blossom risotto are ...
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The South Beach Diet Cookbook (The South Beach Diet)
Arthur Agatston
Rodale Books, 2004
Now that's what I like - diet recipes that are also tasty!
The recipe book and its companion paperback guide make it easy to sort out where all the "sugar" and "fats" are hidden in the prepared foods at the grocery store so you can make healthy decisions according to your own needs. The recipes are good - some a bit too ...
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Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2008
Not bubblegum - a 5 course dinner
I love to read, no two ways about it. Unless a book is so dull it puts me to sleep, I will try it. I watched the first True Blood HBO espisode and thought I would try the book series it was based on. I hit the jackpot!! This book series is as good or better than the ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Lives up to the hype...
Oh wow.
I went into this book half-dreading it. I mean, can he even come close to The Kite Runner? That was such a great book, one of my favorites.
Well, Mr. Hosseini, it is your fault that it's almost 9am here and I'm tired. Why? I was up until 5am turning ...
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The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2009 (Unofficial Guides)
Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa
Wiley, 2008
Unofficial review
With input from reader / contributors, this guide continues to be my go to reference for WDW. Add a couple of websites for current news and menus and I'm ready for my trip.
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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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The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life
Arthur Agatston, Joseph Signorile
Rodale Books, 2008
Great Book!
I was looking for something that had South Beach as I had wanted to try it. This book has it all. The food guide is great as well as all the recipes included for each phase. There's also a question and answer section and you can pick and choose what section to read ...
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The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss (The ...
Arthur Agatston
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003
Five-Star Product and Delivery
The book I received -- The South Beach Diet -- arrived very quickly, was well priced and in perfect shape just as the seller said it would be. I would recommend the book and Amazon as the method for purchasing it.
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Erik Larson
Vintage, 2000
I've always said the Weatherman prevails even when he's wrong{{
Erik Larson has documented an extraordinary narrative of an epic storm which killed over 6,000 people and wiped out the City of Galveston, Texas.
Here we find Isaac Cline employed as the resident U.S. Weather meteorologist failing to warn the residents of ...
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The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook: 200 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less (The South ...
Arthur Agatston
Rodale Books, 2005
Wonderful
Wonderful recipes. Great way to continue the South Beach Diet. Lots of choices to choose from. This book helps my husband and I to not be bored on our diet.
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The South Beach Diet Parties and Holidays Cookbook: Healthy Recipes for Entertaining Family and Friends
Arthur Agatston
Rodale Books, 2006
A Must Have For Holiday and Celebrations
If you follow a low-carb lifestyle and ever entertain or celebrate holidays then this book is a must-have.
I have several low-carb cookbooks but this one is different. Whatever other low-carb cookbooks you have, you need this one too. So many of us end up putting ...
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Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and ...
Ahmed Rashid
Viking Adult, 2008
Author has excellent access...read this after Ghost Wars
I am headed over to Kabul in a couple weeks to work in NATO's security assistance force. I have been reading a ton about the region over the past several months. Ghost Wars stands alone as the best read out there, but its narrative ends abruptly on Sept 10, 2001. For ...
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard
Broadway, 2006
A Magnifent Portrayal Of An American Hero
How delightful to read of a former president who was truly a man of honor. In Teddy Roosevelt's treacherous expedition down the River Of Doubt, a previously unchartered tributary of the Amazon River, you see a man who consistently could have used his status to gain ...
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
Peter Godwin
Back Bay Books, 2008
One of the Best Books I Have Ever Read
I cannot add anything to the superlative reviews already written. Peter Godwin learns his father's secret as the nation of Zimbabwe which is his family home is destroying itself from the inside out. I stayed up until 4 in the morning two nights in a row because I ...
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz
Henry Holt and Co., 2008
journey long and strange
great research and well written. Our children should be doing this history reviews, if not through this book then through other text books. It is time to change our view of North American History.
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