Alexander the Great



Philip Freeman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, January 04, 2011
Review: When asked to name other great military leaders, Julius Caesar reportedly said that Alexander was the only great one. Legend holds that Caesar was so overcome by envy and admiration of Alexander’s military prowess that he wept at the sight of his statue. Undefeated in battle, Alexander conquered lands from Greece, Egypt and Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan and India—all before his death at the age of thirty-two. He is regarded as one of the greatest military leaders of all time.
In the enthralling new narrative biography, Alexander the Great, Philip Freeman reveals how this relentless and driven man was able to win against all odds and shape the world in which we still live today. A professor of classics and the author of St. Patrick of Ireland and Julius Caesar, Freeman set out to write a biography that is “first and foremost a story.” He succeeds in making Alexander accessible as never before. Alexander emerges as a fully fleshed-out figure, and the descriptions of his conquests and battles make for riveting reading.
The son of Olympias and King Philip II, Alexander III was born in Pella in Macedonia in 356 B.C. He studied the classics under Aristotle and was a naturally gifted equestrian. His horsemanship skills would later serve him well in his travels and battles. As a teenager, he led a unit of the army to victory over Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea. He assumed the throne after his father was assassinated in 336 B.C. Over twelve years of campaigns, Alexander proved himself to be a fearless, unbeatable and brilliant commander. Not only did he unite Greece, he also built an empire that spanned from the Adriatic Sea to India. Alexander, contends Freeman, conquered so much of the ancient world simply because he could.
Views of Alexander have varied over the centuries, with the leader being alternately deified and demonized. The Victorians saw him as a mirror image—an enlightened purveyor of civilization to the world through a superior culture and backed by a powerful military. “Today many modern scholars prefer to see Alexander as little more than a ‘drunken juvenile thug.’ This view is much too simplistic,” Freeman argues. “He was a man of his own violent times, no better or worse than Caesar or Hannibal. He killed tens of thousands of civilians in his campaign and spread terror in his wake, but so did every other general in the ancient world. If Alexander were alive today, he would undoubtedly be condemned as a war criminal—but he did not live in our age.
Regardless of how Alexander’s tactics are viewed, his military brilliance is undeniable. This compelling biography offers new insights into the man and the Macedonian world that shaped him.


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Starving the South


How the North Won the Civil War
Andrew Smith
Publisher: St. Martins Press, Llc, April 12, 2011
Review: In the months before Confederate soldiers fired the first shots of the Civil War, various proposals were already circulating in Washington on how to best encourage the South to return to the Union. One such proposal was to restrict Confederate access to the Atlantic and Gulf ports. The hope was that the Confederacy could be starved into submission. A week after the surrender of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, President Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports, preventing the export of cotton, tobacco and sugar, and the importation of food and military equipment.
Southerners scoffed at the notion that they could be starved out. They did not foresee the tremendous impact the blockade would have on the availability, distribution or cost of food in their region. The South relied heavily on food imported from the Midwest and to a lesser extent, the North. The Confederacy, noted the New York Times, had plenty of cotton which the South could “neither eat or drink—and nor can they wear it unless they first send it North to manufacture it.” From the first shot fired at Fort Sumter, to the last shot fired at Appomattox, food played a crucial role in the Civil War.
Many plantation owners chose to grow cotton and tobacco, simply because they were much more profitable than food crops,” explains noted culinary historian Andrew Smith. “Had they devoted their land to growing wheat or corn or sweet potatoes, or to raising cattle or pigs, Southern farmers and plantation owners could easily have produced enough food to feed the entire continent.
In Starving the South, Smith takes a gastronomical look at the war and its aftermath. At the time, the North mobilized its agricultural resources, fed its civilians and military, and still had massive amounts of food to export to Europe. The South did not. Hunger and malnutrition weakened both Southern bodies and spirits. Starving, nearly emaciated Confederate soldiers were at a serious disadvantage when they faced off against well-fed Union troops. As Southern morale waned desertions from the Confederate Army increased.
The Civil War split the country in a way that still affects race and politics today. As Smith shows, it also affected the way we eat. The necessity of providing food transformed local markets into large, nationalized and industrialized food suppliers. It also forced the development of the Northern canning industry. The first truly national cuisine was created as emancipated slaves migrated northward carrying the recipes and flavors of the South with them.
Published on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter, Starving the South makes a compelling case that hunger was behind the defeat of the Confederacy.


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In Deep Waters


Cruising the Seas
Karin Kallmaker
Publisher: Bella Books, Inc., October 15, 2007
Review: All hands (and other body parts) on deck! Prepare for a guided tour of your sexiest seafaring fantasies as two of lesbian erotica's hottest writers join forces for In Deep Waters, a scintillatingly sensual collection of explicit stories set on a Mediterranean cruise ship.
Join the delightful duo of Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker as they team up to redefine the term "pleasure cruise" with tales of horny honeymooners and strangers in the night, casino liaisons and midnight buffets, poolside pleasure and stateroom shenanigans. In this ladies' only expedition, the dress code is extremely casual and the service is exquisite. But be warned, sailor girls: when you travel these Deep Waters, you're gonna get wet


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The Skin Map


A Bright Empires Novel
Stephen Lawhead
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc., August 31, 2010
Review: Enter the ultimate treasure hunt in Stephen R. Lawhead’s The Skin Map.
Kit Livingstone’s lost great-grandfather has re-appeared with an incredible story—the ley lines of Britain aren’t just the stuff of legends but truly are pathways to parallel worlds. So few people know how to use them, though, that doing so is fraught with danger.
But one explorer knew more than most. Afraid of losing his way home, he tattooed a series of coded maps onto his skin. When he died, the maps were made into parchment and scattered. Now rival factions are desperately competing to recover and assemble them. What none of them realize is that the skin map itself is not the prize…but merely the first goal of a quest to regain the most wondrous prize of all!


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Navarro's Promise



Lora Leigh
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corp, April 05, 2011
Review: Bestselling author Lora Leigh returns with another tale of dangerous passion in Navarro’s Promise as a beautiful woman is seduced from her normal life by the dark world of the Breeds.
Micah never wanted this. She had her own dreams and desires, and being seduced by a Wolf Breed wasn’t part of the plan. But denying her fascination with charming Navarro Blaine is becoming impossible. Navarro knows that she’s his mate, and he will do everything in his power to claim her. He has her body. She craves his touch. And even that is not enough. But even as they wrestle with their darkest desires, their world is rocked by chaos, forcing the Breeds to converge…and awakening the past in a way that will haunt Navarro in ways he never expected.


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Firestarter



Stephen King
Publisher: Viking Penguin USA,
Review: A little girl has the ability to set anything on fire with a mere glance, especially when she’s angry. Can her power—and the love of her father—save her from the clandestine government agency that wants her destroyed?


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Plum Pudding Murder


A Hannah Swesen Mystery with Recipes
Joanne Fluke
Publisher: Kensington Books, September 29, 2009
Review: With Christmas orders coming in by the dozen at the Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen is busy as can be and loving it. Adding to the fun is Larry Jaeger’s Crazy Elf Christmas Tree Lot, a kitschy carnival taking place in the village green. Larry is famous around Lake Eden with his wild business schemes, but this time he may have bitten off more than he can chew. After Hannah discovers “Lunatic Larry” dead as a doornail in his own office, she learns that quite a few people would have liked to fill Larry’s stocking with coal—and then bash him with it!
With so many suspects and Christmas fast approaching, Hannah must race the clock to nab a murderous Scrooge who doesn’t want her to see the New Year. Christmas dinner recipes.


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This Will Change Everything


Ideas That Will Shape the Future
John Brockman
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, January 01, 2010
Review: What game-changing scientific ideas and developments can we expect to live to see? Brockman showcases responses from 135 notable thinkers, ranging from human-level artificial intelligence to our first encounter with E.T.


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Texas! Trilogy: Texas! Lucky; Texas! Chase; Texas! Sage



Sandra Brown
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., January 01, 1991
Review: Follow the tumultuous lives of the Tyler family: Lucky, the handsome ladies’ man; Chase; the reckless rodeo rider who has lost everything he loved; and Sage, their spoiled, headstrong little sister.


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A Murderous Procession



Ariana Franklin
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group/Mbr. of Penguin Putnam, April 01, 2010
Review: Ariana Franklin’s bestselling Mistress of the Art of Death series continues with A Murderous Procession as Adelia is commanded by King Henry II to escort his daughter on her voyage to marry the King of Sicily. As a scientifically trained physician—and a woman to boot—in an age of superstition and witch hunts, Adelia knows that she is never safe, but death is even closer than she suspects. A killer has joined their caravan, and their long odyssey through Europe is turning into a voyage of the damned. The question is, who is the killer? And who is the ultimate target, the princess…or Adelia herself?
An immersive and thrilling tale that brings the medieval world to life, this is historical fiction at its best.


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Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn



Ridley Pearson
Publisher: Hyperion Bks For Children, August 26, 2008
Review: Brace yourself for another wild ride in the action-packed follow-up to The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark. It’s supposed to be a happy day at Disney’s Magic Kingdom with the return of the teenaged holographic hosts. But things go horribly wrong when Amanda’s mysterious sister, Jez, disappears in a sudden lightning storm. The mystery deepens when Finn discovers that the evil Overtakers have gained control of one of the computer servers that will be used to operate Daylight Holographic Imaging there. That means that if any of the holographic hosts fall asleep, they will go into comas—permanently. How long can the teens keep themselves awake in order to find their friend—and what happens if they fail? (Ages 9-12)


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5 Ingredient Fix


Easy, Elegant, and Irresistible Recipes
Claire Robinson
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, October 06, 2010
Review: Simplification,” says Claire Robinson, host of Food Network’s 5 Ingredient Fix, “is the cornerstone of my cooking philosophy. When your ingredients are good, there’s no need to mask and muddle the flavor with unneccessary add-ons.” From Buttermilk Pecan Chicken to Fig and Blue Cheese Tart, her recipes start with ingredients that need little more than a splash of this, a pinch of that, and careful attention to easy techniques to brighten the flavor. With lovely photos; the kind of thoughtful instruction you’d expect from a graduate of the French Culinary Institute; and elegant entrees, cocktails, starters, sides and desserts that streamline time in the kitchen without sacrificing quality, this is a beauty of a cookbook. Color photos.


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That Used to Be Us


How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
Thomas Friedman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, September 05, 2011
Review: [We] just learned that China now has the fastest supercomputer on earth. That used to be us.”—President Barack Obama, November 3, 2010
Taking its title from President Obama’s quote, That Used to Be Us offers an urgent look at the four major challenges America is failing to meet—and upon which its future depends. Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, analyze those challenges—globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation’s chronic deficits and its pattern of energy consumption—and spell out what we need to do now to rise to this moment.
The authors explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues. They show how the paralysis of our political system has made it impossible for us to carry out the policies the country needs. And they offer a way out of the trap into which the country has fallen, through the rediscovery of our most valuable traditions, and the creation of a new, third-party movement.
That Used to Be Us is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.


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The Griffin Mage Trilogy [Omnibus]


Lord of the Changing Winds; Land of the Burning Sands; Law of the Broken Earth
Rachel Neumeier
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, January 16, 2011
Review: Fire fell from their wings, and the ground beneath them burned...
Lord of the Changing Winds: Griffins have come to Feierabiand, searing sky and scorching earth. King Iaor means to drive them from his domain. But not all who encounter the creatures fear them. Kes, a village girl, discovers her affinity with the griffins...and is soon torn between their world and her own.
Land of the Burning Sands: In the aftermath of a brutal war, the slave Gereint takes advantage of the chaos to escape a brutal geas...and is caught up in a desperate struggle between the unforgiving griffins and the last mage of Casmantium.
Law of the Broken Earth: As mages and griffins rush toward destruction, Mienthe, a young noblewoman with strange abilities, discovers the terrible secret behind the conflict—a secret some would kill to preserve...and she would risk her life to reveal.
With the acclaimed Griffin Mage Trilogy, Rachel Neumeier weaves an epic tapestry of griffins and mages, kings and spies—a tale of fury and majesty that bursts from the page like the fiery griffins themselves. Our exclusive omnibus edition contains all three books in one volume so you won’t have to wait for the next glorious installment!


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Contemporary Irish Knits



Carol Feller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., August 29, 2011
Review: Take your knitting to the rolling hills of Ireland!—with one-of-a-kind designs that evoke the style of the Emerald Isle. Irish knitwear designer Carol Feller combines traditional Aran techniques and stitches with today's styles for fabulous results: 18 fashions you'll love to wear. Even better, these cozy cardigans, sweaters, jackets, hoodies, skirts, berets, wraps, cowls, handbags and more are created in the signature yarns of Kerry, Cushendale and Donega. And while the majority of the projects are women's garments, there are a few items for men, boys and girls, too. Featuring photos of the gorgeous Irish countryside and stories about the wool makers and their sheep, Contemporary Irish Knits is as much fun to look at as it is to use.


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I Thought You Were Dead



Pete Nelson
Publisher: Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill, April 13, 2010
Review: Though many owners talk to their dogs, Stella actually talks back—and not with a simple bark, either. A Lab-shepherd mix, her chats with Paul are infused with her particularly dry sense of humor, and truth be told, that’s exactly what Paul needs right now. Though he’s a successful writer who pens the popular For Morons series, everything else in his life seems to be off track: His father has suffered a stroke, his girlfriend is dating another man, he’s thoroughly out of shape and he’s spending entirely too much time at his favorite bar (“Do you realize you’re only slightly less routinized than a cat?” asks Stella).
Stella seems to know Paul better than he knows himself, and is always offering lots of sage advice and unconditional love. Written by Pete Nelson, I Thought You Were Dead is at once heartwarming, heartbreaking, and heart-wrenchingly funny. As Paul struggles to get a handle on his drinking and repair his relationship with his father, his trusty pup is with him every step of the way. This is a sweet, surprisingly moving story, a tale that proves that with a good dog by your side—especially a wise and witty conversationalist like Stella—anything is possible.


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Fast and Fun First Quilts


18 Projects for Instant Gratification
Sara Diepersloot
Publisher: Martingale & Company, December 01, 2011
Review: Quilting is the most popular craft in the United States. If you've always wanted to try it, Fast and Fun First Quilts, by Sara Diepersloot, is the perfect book for you. You won't find fussy techniques here, just fun beginner-friendly quilt projects that really make the most of your time and your favorite fabrics. All the quilts come together in a jiffy using large pieces, strip piecing and simple techniques. And they're pretty enough for seasoned quilters—especially those who prefer working with fanciful novelty prints—to love, too. Crystal-clear instructions with ample full-color diagrams make it easy to get started, while lots of photos of super-colorful quilts make it easy to see how cheery and bright your quilts can be.


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Come and Find Me



Hallie Ephron
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, Inc., March 22, 2011
Review: Diana Highsmith hasn’t left her home in two years, still grieving for her brilliant, handsome husband lost in a climbing accident. Thanks to the Internet, Diana uses an avatar to attend meetings in an online Otherworld created for the company she and Daniel founded with his best friend, Jake. Still, nothing can erase Daniel’s anguished cries from her tortured memory…or give Diana reason to face the real world, either, until the disappearance of her sister, Ashley. Diana will soon find just how terrifying “outside” can be when, forced to confront her personal demons, she uncovers a web of deceit leading back to the man she loved—and thought she knew—making Hallie Ephron’s Come and Find Me a top-notch thrill ride impossible to put down.


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Swing!


A Scanimation Picture Book
Rufus Butler Seder
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, September 01, 2008
Review: Hot on the heels of Gallop! comes Swing! another Scanimation sensation that actually makes it appear as if the characters in the illustrations might just come alive and leap and tumble and twirl right out of the book. If you’re familiar with Gallop! you already know what all the hype is about. Author Rufus Butler Seder invented an incredible technology that creates the illusion of motion as you turn the pages. You really have to see it to believe it. This time around, young athletes amaze and astound as they do things like cartwheel through the air, pirouette, shoot hoops, swim a few laps, even swing a baseball bat. (It’s outta here!) Add to the mix catchy text and little ones will want to get in on the action, too! (Ages 2-4)


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Lift Every Voice


The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement
Patricia Sullivan
Publisher: New Press, August 01, 2009
Review: By 1909, the year the NAACP was founded, segregation had triumphed in the South, home to nearly 90 percent of black Americans. Over the previous 20 years Southern states had enacted a series of laws that effectively stripped blacks of citizenship rights and segregated all phases of public life, while the legal underpinnings for a racial caste system had earned the endorsement of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896’s Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld the doctrine “separate but equal.” All that would eventually change, thanks in large part to the efforts of the NAACP. Now in Lift Every Voice, historian Patricia Sullivan has written the first major history of America's oldest and most important civil rights organization.
Though the NAACP coalesced out of the Niagara Movement, an African-American protest group of scholars and professionals organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, the NAACP itself began as an elite organization dominated by white reformers. But Sullivan explains how, helped by high-profile activities like its protests against the film The Birth of a Nation in 1915 and against Woodrow Wilson’s segregationist policies, the NAACP quickly became a mass-black membership organization reaching from Boston to Los Angeles and into the Mississippi Delta; after World War II, it had become synonymous with the freedom movement itself.
From the beginning the NAACP focused on the law and the courts as a primary arena for exposing injustices, and Sullivan details the NAACP’s long record of groundbreaking litigation, including Guinn v. United States (1915), which struck down Oklahoma’s “grandfather clause” exemption to literacy tests; Buchanan v. Warley (1917), which overturned a residential segregation ordinance in Kentucky; and Moore v. Dempsey (1923), which overturned the conviction of black sharecroppers for murder in Arkansas because their white mob-dominated trials had denied them due process. One of the most significant cases, Gaines v. Canada (1938), required Missouri to provide equivalent education for blacks and whites, and laid the groundwork for the landmark 1954 decision Brown v. Board of Education, which finally banned segregation in public schools.
Sullivan also recounts the groundbreaking, heroic work of key NAACP figures, including white reformer and NAACP cofounder Mary White Ovington; executive secretary Walter White; litigation director Charles Huston; and the NAACP’s long-time chief counsel (who went on to become a Supreme Court justice) Thurgood Marshall.
Published in conjunction with the NAACP centennial celebration, Lift Every Voice is a comprehensive history of the nation's premier civil rights organization that ultimately becomes an epic narrative of a righteous struggle against injustice.


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The Alphabet From A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!



Steve Martin
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway Pub/Div Rh, November 01, 2007
Review: Acclaimed entertainer and best-selling author Steve Martin and wildly clever New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast team up to take kids of all ages on a weird, wonderful excursion through the alphabet! Here we meet Henrietta the hare, and Ollie the owl, who owed Owen an oboe. Hidden behind Bad Baby Bubbleducks, is a picture of a beatnik holding balloons; and the letter C finds clunky Clarissa adrift in a landscape cluttered with images ranging from a curiously comfortable clown to Chuck's Chili stand. This hilarious introduction to the alphabet for young children is a sheer delight from A to Z! You and your little one will laugh yourselves silly as you spot angelic apes, worrywart wizards, and rootie tootie robots on every page! (Ages 4-6)


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Platos tipicos de Espana




Publisher: Parragon, January 01, 2003
Review: La variedad, simplicidad y cuidada elaboracion, junto al equilibrio entre tradicion y modernidad, han hecho de la cocina espanola una de las mas difundidas del planeta. Si usted nunca se ha animado a preparar un gazpacho, un arroz negro o una paella, con este libro descubrira que dominar la gastronomia espanola no encierra ninguna dificultad. Ilustrada con fotos a color, la presente obra ofrece recetas para tapas y entrantes, platos principales, acompanamientos, postres y bebidas, e incluye tablas de equivalencias. 8?" x 11". Tapa dura


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Painted Ladies


A Spenser Novel
Robert B. Parker
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group/Member, Penguin Putnam, October 05, 2010
Review: Called upon by the Hammond Museum and Dr. Ashton Prince, a renowned art professor and forensic consultant at Walford University, Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange—money for a stolen painting.
The painting, a masterpiece by a 17th-century Dutch artist, is Lady with a Finch—and she isn’t the only lady that interests Prince. Spenser learns all about that after he fails to protect his client and Prince is blown to bits by a package bomb. Certain the painting is still out there, and looking to do right by his client, Spenser talks to leads. But everyone—including Morton Lloyd, the museum’s attorney; Winifred Minor, the insurance company’s beautiful head investigator; Prince’s odd, self-effacing widow, Rosalind Wellington; and Missy, one of the many coeds Prince pursued—seems to be holding their cards close to the vest.
Convinced that Prince played a bigger role in the heist than ransom delivery boy, Spenser enters into a daring game of cat and mouse with the thieves…but this time, he might not come out alive.
Completed the year before he passed away, Painted Ladies is Robert B. Parker and Spenser at their electrifying best.


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Red Rain



Bruce Murkoff
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Random House, July 06, 2010
Review: Sickened by his role in the wars against the Indians, Will Harp returns home to the Hudson Valley in 1864, hoping to find peace even as the Civil War rages. For others, these are heady days: Harry Grieves is a business buccaneer; already the owner of much of the town of Rondout and he wants to own yet more. Irish immigrant Mickey Blessing is his brutally efficient enforcer. Jane is the young woman hoping against hope that the man she loves hasn’t become a casualty of war.
Bruce Murkoff’s Red Rain chronicles the plight of these adventurers, all brought together by chance and circumstance. When Will discovers the bones of a mastodon on a nearby farm, it sets in motion a chain of events that puts their fates in jeopardy


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A Savage Conflict


The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War
Daniel E. Sutherland
Publisher: Univ. Of North Carolina Press, July 01, 2009
Review: Review by William C. Davis
For the past generation the role of guerrillas in the Civil War has been a perennial “flavor of the month.” Chiefly the interest centers around one of the more popular “what if” questions posed by adherents of the “the Confederacy would have won if…” school. If only, such reasoning goes, instead of surrendering his army at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee had unleashed his ragged divisions as guerrillas and partisans, they could have continued the war indefinitely and worn down Union resolve to continue the war.
The hypothesis is nonsense on several levels but it endures all the same. Focus on it has tended to obscure the very real importance of irregular forces on the periphery of the war, but now, building on the pioneering work of scholars like Albert Castel, Daniel E. Sutherland has produced the finest work to date on the real nature of guerrilla war and its impact on the conflict. At the outset it needs to be emphasized that A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War does not by its title imply that guerrillas determined who won. Rather Sutherland argues convincingly that the partisan war exercised a steady and growing impact on how many of the war’s major campaigns were conducted, and more than that proved to be a steadily increasing drain on the resources and morale of the Confederacy.
In all conflicts in all times, the underdog will resort to means that are at the time unconventional in order to even the odds, whether it be submarines and land mines introduced by the Confederates, or Improvised Explosive Devices in modern Iraq. Facing likely overwhelming by superior numbers and resources, the underdog has nothing to lose by pushing beyond the accepted bounds of warfare. Not surprisingly, then, the Confederacy early embraced irregular units in the form of guerrillas and partisan rangers, especially in less settled areas like the Appalachian South and Missouri and Arkansas west of the Mississippi.
Unfortunately, by the nature of their service partisans are also the most difficult of all soldiers to control, since they operate beyond effective communications, to some degree live off the land, and often bring pre-war feuds and animosities to the table. So it was with the most noted Confederate guerrillas like William C. Quantrill and William “Bloody Bill” Anderson. Inevitably local guerrilla bands arise to combat the activities of the sanctioned partisans, and a special kind of warfare emerges, typified by the border frenzy in Missouri and Kansas in 1863-1864. Even more conventional partisans like John S. Mosby in Virginia sometimes produced as much ill for the cause as good, if only from the retaliation their actions brought from the Federals.
Sutherland offers the most detailed and in-depth look yet at this special kind of war and what it did to sap Confederate stamina and morale without significantly damaging the actual foe, the Yankees. Sensibly he devotes no more than a page or two to the issue of continuing a partisan war after Appomattox, but in these tightly packed pages he demonstrates just how the resort to guerrilla warfare that so many still see as the best hope of the Confederacy, actually helped to kill it from within.


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Creaky Old House


A Topsy-Turvy Tale Of A Real Fixer-Upper
Linda Ashman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., September 01, 2009
Review: Linda Ashman has already captured the hearts of poetry lovers, animal lovers, those who love to laugh and those who love a little mischief with two of her most popular picture books: Stella, Unleashed: Notes from the Doghouse (which gave us a hilarious glimpse into the mind of a very opinionated pooch) and M is for Mischief: An A to Z of Naughty Children. And who can forget Michael Chesworth’s irresistible artwork in The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking? Now, Ashman and Chesworth join creative forces and the result is this boisterous rhyming read-aloud. Chaos ensues for one close-knit family when what should have been a minor repair on their creaky old house balloons into a major undertaking. It’s great fun for everyone! (Ages 2-4)


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Paul of Dune



Brian Herbert
Publisher: Tor Books, September 16, 2008
Review: Frank Herbert’s Dune ended with Paul Muad’Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert’s next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul’s armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? And how did he become the most hated man in the universe? Using notes left behind by Frank Herbert, New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson answer these questions in Paul of Dune.
The Maud’Dib’s jihad is in full swing. His warrior legions march from triumph to triumph. But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies—those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands. And Paul himself is beginning to have doubts: Is the jihad getting out of his control? Has he created anarchy? Has he been betrayed by those he loves and trusts the most? And most of all, he wonders: Am I going mad?
Exquisitely filling in the gaps that have long puzzled fans of the Dune series, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have created a worthy new addition to the venerable Dune canon.


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The Art of Intuition


Cultivating Your Inner Wisdom
Sophy Burnham
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA), February 01, 2011
Review: Scientists tell us that we use only a fraction of our brains. In The Art of Intuition, Sophy Burnham suggests that those “sleeping cells” hold the gifts of prophecy and intuition, communing with our inner wisdom and the divine mystery.
Mystics agree that intuition and higher sense perceptions are natural by-products of spiritual awakening. In this inspiring guide, Sophy tells the stories of individuals who have “seen without seeing,” to illustrate the workings of what she calls our “intuitive hearts.” From exploring how loved ones are able to communicate with one another telepathically to skeptics who deny their power to see into the future, The Art of Intuition is an important spiritual take on a subject that is vital to us all.


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Lord, Teach Me to Study the Bible in 28 Days



Kay Arthur
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers, December 01, 2008
Review: Beloved Bible teacher Kay Arthur has helped hundreds of thousands of people experience the joy and reap the rewards with her inductive Bible study programs. Now, let her help you.
In Lord, Teach Me to Study the Bible in 28 Days, Kay offers a hands-on workbook, teaching one concept a day and freeing you to study the Bible yourself. These tried-and-true exercises will help you recognize the context of a biblical passage, ask questions of the text, identify key words, discover themes and interpret Scripture with Scripture.
You’ll also learn how to take advantage of cross-references, multiple translations and other reference tools. This resource is easy to use and a welcome guest on any Bible reader’s desk.


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56


Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports
Kostya Kennedy
Publisher: Sports Illustrated-Time Inc., March 08, 2011
Review: On May 15, 1941, Joe DiMaggio lined a hard single to left field at Yankee Stadium—a quiet beginning to his legendary 56-game hitting streak. 56 tells the story of DiMaggio’s achievement, and how it electrified the nation.


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The Whatchamacallit


Those Everyday Objects You Just Can't Name (And Things You Think You Know About, but Don't)
Danny Danzinger
Publisher: Hyperion, Walt Disney, May 12, 2009
Review: What, you ask, are whatchamacallits? They’re the things we can’t quite come up with a name for, those mysterious artifacts that we use every day—though we don’t even know what to call them.
The Whatchamacallit by Danny Danzinger and Mark McCrum is a delightful and witty compendium of all those elusive treasures, providing the proper names for all sorts of doohickeys. Each entry is complete with histories, myths and anecdotes. From achenes to zucchetto, from bobeche to vibrissae, The Whatchamacallit gives us the names of all the riffraff and effluvia that clutter our daily existence. Informative and fascinating, this reference guide will transform you into someone who always knows the right word for everything.


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James Madison



Richard Brookhiser
Publisher: Basic Books Inc., October 04, 2011
Review: Review by Lucas A. Powe, Jr.
Think of James Madison and it is likely that one would match his contemporaries and see him as “Father of the Constitution.” He had been a delegate to the Annapolis Convention of 1786 which called for the convention in Philadelphia the next year. He was the first out-of-towner to arrive and came with a full agenda for the new body. Only two delegates spoke more often at the Convention. He then co-authored The Federalist Papers and led the pro-ratification forces in Virginia. In the First Congress—against the wishes of many—he championed amendments that became the Bill of Rights. At the Convention he had taken daily notes and since their publication after his death they have offered the most complete coverage of the proceedings. Finally, unlike Thomas Jefferson who believed each generation should redo the Constitution, Madison believed the document (which had rejected so many of his ideas) should be venerated.
If one continues to think of Madison the next thought will be of him as the younger half of the most significant duo in American political history. With Jefferson he pushed for the fullest guarantee of religious liberty in Virginia. He heeded Jefferson’s advice about the need for a Bill of Rights. Together they formed a new political party in the early 1790s. Out of power at the end of the decade they produced the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions designed to undermine the Federal Government. In power after the 1800 election, Madison was Jefferson’s Secretary of State and the two worked to keep the country out of war, but like so many slaveowners they had no idea of economics—believing that an American embargo of Great Britain would bring that country to its knees.
There are a number of good books on Madison and the Constitution as well as Madison and Jefferson, and these topics are not Richard Brookhiser’s focus in James Madison. Instead Brookhiser focuses on Madison as the Father of Politics, a man of ideas with the intent to make those ideas become reality. As such, Madison was always prepared, ready with an agenda, and comfortable with legislative maneuvering. If the political chore was beyond him, he readily found others who could advance his goal: Jefferson, George Washington, Hamilton, Albert Gallatin and his own wife, Dolly. As a politician he was a founding member of the first great American political machine, the Virginia Dynasty, which controlled the presidency for 32 of the country’s first 36 years under the Constitution.
With his previous biographies of Washington and Hamilton, Brookhiser has proven himself the master of the 200-page biography of major founders. James Madison is an apt illustration that his mastery continues.


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The Retreat


Hitler's First Defeat
Michael Jones
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Llc, December 07, 2010
Review: From the moment Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, it seemed that the German juggernaut was unstoppable. It was one of the most dramatic assaults in military history, with the Wehrmacht advancing 400 kilometers by July 12, and reaching the outskirts of Moscow by late October. Equally astonishing, however, was the reversal that followed. In The Retreat, historian Michael Jones, the acclaimed author of Leningrad, tells the thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler’s armies were halted on the Eastern Front.
At the moment of crisis, with the forces of Hitler massing just outside Moscow, the miraculous occurred. On December 6, Joseph Stalin launched a dramatic counteroffensive that saved the city—and set in motion the forces that would bring Hitler’s Reich to its knees. The German leaders had woefully prepared its forces for winter fighting. Dogged by temperatures that fell below -30 degrees Celsius, the Wehrmacht found its technological superiority useless. Moreover, they had grossly underestimated the fierce resolve of the Russians to protect their capital. It was Germany’s first defeat in World War II. Yet this turning point was followed by a long retreat, in which Russian forces, inspired by old beliefs in the sacred motherland, pushed back German forces steeled by the vision of the ubermensch, the iron-willed fighter. Haunted by visions of the rout of Napoleon’s Grand Armee in 1812, both sides fought desperately, and with unrestrained brutality. Many of Russia's 27 million military and civilian deaths occurred in this titanic struggle.
While Jones dissects the fighting with great precision and detail, his primary aim is to capture the human story at the heart of these world-shaking events. As he writes, it was “a military retreat, but also a retreat from human values, as an already brutal war degenerated into a mass killing of the innocent and the unprotected.
Taking us from the opening shots of Operation Barbarossa on the morning of June 22, 1941, to the spring of 1942, Jones weaves a compelling narrative that includes the stories of soldiers and civilians alike: the German troops, whose almost manic optimism turned to panic as they began their retreat; the desperate determination of the Red Army as it faced the German onslaught; the millions of ordinary Russians caught in the savagery of the fighting; and of the more than two million Red Army prisoners who perished in German custody during the winter of 1941-42.
With matchless vividness and comprehensiveness, Jones captures the crucial turning point of the Second World War—the moment when the armies of Hitler could go no further—and of the titanic and cruel struggle of two mighty empires.


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Fatal Crossroads



Danny S. Parker
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc, November 22, 2011
Review: On December 17, 1944, at the outset of the Battle of the Bulge, more than 80 unarmed United States soldiers—a battery of the 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion—were shot down in cold blood after having surrendered to a fast-moving SS tank column near the small crossroads town of Malmedy, Belgium. Although more than 30 men lived to tell of the massacre, the event has remained mired in controversy after the U.S. Army mishandled evidence in the Malmedy investigation and trial in 1946. Was it just a “battlefield incident” or rather a deliberate slaughter? Who gave the orders: the battle group leader, infamous SS leader Jochen Peiper, or someone else?
In Fatal Crossroads, Danny S. Parker vividly reconstructs the critical events leading up to the atrocity—for the first time in all their revealing detail—as well as the aftermath.
In the autumn of 1944, few American soldiers posted in the liberated medieval market town of Malmedy felt they had reason to fear. Though the German army was massed just 40 miles east, the Ardennes forest region had become known as the “ghost front,” an oasis of peace and Belgian hospitality. The American presence consisted primarily of combat engineers and a field hospital.
Early in the afternoon of Sunday, December 17, the calm was suddenly shattered. Rumors of German advances had circulated for weeks; now, while large-caliber artillery shells rained on the center of Malmedy, a Panzer company, answering Hitler’s call for “a wave of terror,” laughed and joked as they massacred unarmed American POWs just outside the town.
Lt. Col. Jochen Peiper, a protege of Himmler, had led the Blowtorch Battalion, notorious for its viciousness. At Malmedy, Peiper led the 6th Panzer Army under explicit orders to conduct battle “without humane inhibitions.” One of his subordinates recalls Peiper stating, “Situations can arise in which no prisoners of war will be made.
Though some eyewitnesses pinpointed Peiper as the source of the lethal order, interviews with surviving Americans and Germans reveal numerous other candidates—German officers widely known for their ideological purity and disregard for the Geneva Convention. Parker painstakingly presents the evidence underlying his own theory for who fired the first shots.
Parker spent 15 years researching original sources and conducting detailed interviews with more than 100 witnesses—both American and German, military and civilian—to uncover the truth behind the Malmedy massacre. He also conducted a painstaking ground survey of the crossroads where the event took place. Alternating between American and German accounts, the picture of what transpired acquires more and sharper detail. The result is a riveting look at one of World War II’s most notorious atrocities.


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The Hollows Insider


New Fiction, Facts, Maps, Murders, and More in the World of Rachel Morgan
Kim Harrison
Publisher: Harper Collins, November 01, 2011
Review: Tread carefully when you enter the Hollows—you never know who you’ll meet! Happily, you have an expert guide. New York Times bestseller Kim Harrison takes you inside the Hollows as never before, illuminating every aspect of the world that is home to bounty hunter witch Rachel Morgan, Ivy, Jenks and their associates. The Hollows Insider is packed with insightful new info on characters, species and settings, glimpses into Rachel’s personnel files, spells and charms from the books, newspaper articles of her scandals, memos, maps, a brand-new short story and Harrison’s own thoughts on how she works her magic. Beautifully designed with color photos and illustrations throughout, The Hollows Insider is as engaging as the novels themselves!


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The Invitation


The Not-So-Simple Truth About Following Jesus
Greg Sidders
Publisher: Baker Books - Subrights Mgr, April 08, 2011
Review: When Jesus called His disciples, his invitation was simple: “Follow me.” But what Pastor Greg Sidders found after deciding to follow Jesus is that this invitation is harder and scarier than it sounds.
There’s a difference between saying we follow Jesus on our terms and actually following Jesus on His terms. In The Invitation, Pastor Greg invites us to live as true disciples of Christ. He takes us on a spiritual journey in which Jesus describes what His disciples will do, challenging us to live the adventure of following Jesus.
Jesus invites us to change our character and to receive more than we could ask or imagine. But it’s a now or maybe never offer. The question is: Do we want what He offers—or what is left behind?


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Arsenal of Democracy


The Politics of National Security—From World War II to the War on Terrorism
Julian E. Zelizer
Publisher: Basic Books Inc., January 01, 2010
Review: Review by Geoffrey Wawro
The political air we breathe is always scented with national security odors, although we don’t always recognize that fact. A contemporary example is the ardent bouquet emitted by House and Senate Republicans on behalf of Afghans and Iraqis. Whereas the sitting president (a Democrat) must craft hard strategies to extricate himself from a military and financial quagmire bequeathed him by his cavalier predecessor, his congressional critics, who once lamented the “complexity” of the war, are nowadays free to pretend that the solution is simple: “stand up to terrorism,” “win in Iraq and Afghanistan,” “don’t cut and run.” Fearful of these critics on the right and their silly but powerful slogans, the president tacks toward the center-right, trying to wriggle out of these Middle Eastern snares without seeming “weak.” In this unintelligent and unstrategic way, the die is cast. We remain in these places, losing dozens of casualties and several billion dollars every month, with little hope of ultimate success, because we live in an arsenal of democracy, which will not be denied.
Zelizer’s book shows that this has been the case since McKinley, whose “Republican internationalists” created the jingoistic mood that justified the annexation of Hawaii as well as the Spanish-American War. Although McKinley’s influence was ephemeral, bigger men like Teddy Roosevelt crowded in and expanded the powers and weapons of the “arsenal state.” Democrat Woodrow Wilson, marooned between the suspicious left of William Jennings Bryan and a right infuriated by his income tax and other progressive measures, intervened in World War I in part to harness Democrats in a struggle for democracy and to bring Republican internationalists into coalition with him. FDR famously steered around neutrality acts and isolationist sentiment by sounding the alarm, denouncing totalitarianism, and demanding real security for America. “We are all in the same boat now,” he sighed gratefully to Churchill, when he received word of Pearl Harbor.
The big budgets, bureaucracies, arsenals and hair-trigger threats of the Cold War created a culture in which it did not pay politically to seem pacific or in any way irresolute. Kennedy ran successfully in 1960 against the Republicans by citing a spurious “missile gap.” Seeking to appropriate national security from the old hawk and red-baiter Nixon, JFK invented the missile gap. He inflamed and militarized public opinion, mocking the prudent skepticism of Ike, who had warned prophetically of the growth of a “military-industrial complex.” Reagan repeated the trick, accusing Ford of “making America number two in military power,” and damning Carter’s “culture of appeasement.
Zelizer’s book charts the interplay of politics and strategy, and demonstrates conclusively that the tail wags the dog in America with depressing regularity. For a world power with imperial responsibilities, the temptation to use foreign policy for domestic political benefit is irresistible. It is also disingenuous, Zelizer citing the American preference for “Rambo movies over military service,” and the gulf between American braggadocio abroad and actual commitment (physical, financial and political) to sustained military operations.


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Mental


Funny in the Head
Eddie Sarfaty
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp., July 01, 2009
Review: As caustically hilarious as anything written by David Sedaris, David Rakoff or Augusten Burroughs, Mental: Funny In The Head by Eddie Sarfaty expertly takes his celebrated stand-up routine and turns it into a fabulous batch of essays plumbing the low points of his life and transforming them into comedic gold. Career misfires, cheapskate ex-boyfriends and cats with severe mental deficiencies are just a few targets of his scathing wit.
Whether he’s expressing his true feelings about his mother’s European vacation (where she refused to dine anywhere that didn’t have a menu in English) or his grandmother’s catlike maneuverings to avoid being placed in a nursing home, Sarfaty exposes the excesses of his dysfunctional family with palpable glee.
An equal opportunity offender, he turns the spotlight on his own misadventures with the same relish, waxing poetic on a horrific summer in Portugal working on a knock-off production of Phantom Of The Opera, and practically electrocuting himself after deciding to jump a subway turnstile. Acidic, acerbic and shrewdly funny, Sarfaty reveals himself to be a natural storyteller, with a writing style that’s every bit as captivating as his live performances.


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A Murderous Procession



Ariana Franklin
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group/Mbr. of Penguin Putnam, April 01, 2010
Review: Ariana Franklin’s bestselling Mistress of the Art of Death series continues with A Murderous Procession as Adelia is commanded by King Henry II to escort his daughter on her voyage to marry the King of Sicily. As a scientifically trained physician—and a woman to boot—in an age of superstition and witch hunts, Adelia knows that she is never safe, but death is even closer than she suspects. A killer has joined their caravan, and their long odyssey through Europe is turning into a voyage of the damned. The question is, who is the killer? And who is the ultimate target, the princess…or Adelia herself?
An immersive and thrilling tale that brings the medieval world to life, this is historical fiction at its best.


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The Giving Tree



Shel Silverstein
Publisher: Harper Collins, October 07, 1964
Review: Once there was a tree…and she loved a little boy…” begins this beautifully crafted story written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. When the boy is young, he and the tree enjoy happy times together, as he gathers her leaves and swings from her branches. Eventually, the boy grows too old for play and begins to concern himself with more grown-up pursuits, like earning a living and raising a family. And in a spirit of true love and selflessness, the tree gives the boy everything she has in order to make his dreams come true.
Charming and very moving, [this] classic carries messages of grown-up truth,” writes the Los Angeles Times about this beloved story and its telling portrayal of generosity and sharing. (All ages).


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Brought to Justice



Editors of LIFE Magazine
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, June 21, 2011
Review: Produced by the editors of LIFE, Brought to Justice brings together authoritative text and dramatic photographs to tell the story of Osama bin Laden’s campaign against America, and our decade-long attempt to find and bring him to justice. The images include photographs taken from inside the ranks of Al Qaeda, and from battlegrounds around the globe, including New York City, Somalia, Tora Bora and, finally, Abbottabad. The book’s final chapter brings the story full circle with a detailed depiction of the daring mission that eliminated bin Laden, images from his Pakistani compound as well as the Washington, D.C., war room.
Brought to Justice is a first-rate account of the pivotal event in the War on Terror.


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In This Way I Was Saved



Brian DeLeeuw
Publisher: Simon And Schuster, Inc., August 04, 2009
Review: Is Daniel a figment of Luke’s consciousness? An imaginary friend turned schizophrenic alter ego? Or is he something else entirely?
Luke and Daniel were boyhood friends at first sight, forming an inseparable bond that helped Luke cope during his parents’ divorce. But is Daniel really what he seems? Bold to the point of viciousness, he’s an ideal ally when things get tough, but as they grow to adulthood, Luke begins to realize that there’s something about Daniel…and that beneath his friendship is a malevolence dying to be free.
Brian DeLeeuw’s debut novel, In This Way I Was Saved combines psychological horror with a brilliant evocation of a boy’s struggle with his inner demons. It heralds a powerful new voice in literary fiction.


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Under the Moons of Mars (3-in-1)


A Princess of Mars/ The Gods of Mars/ The Warlord of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Publisher: University of Nebraska, May 01, 2003
Review: John Carter finds love and adventure in a world of giant green warriors, feuding city-states, evil priests and a princess entombed in the Temple of the Sun. A Princess of Mars; The Gods of Mars; The Warlord of Mars.


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Renegade



Lora Leigh
Publisher: St. Martins Press, Llc, August 31, 2010
Review: Nicolai Steele isn’t just a man. He’s a weapon. Code-named Renegade, he’s part of the Elite Ops force and is as lethal as they come...and now he’s on the job. An old friend has called in a favor—to investigate Mikayla Martin and find out why she’s accusing him of murder. Given Nicolai’s skills, it’s like using a sledgehammer to do the job of a fly swatter, but a favor’s a favor. Problem is, the moment he lays eyes on the fiery beauty, the mission instantly becomes a lot more personal than he bargained for.
Mikayla’s life changed when she witnessed a brutal murder and got a close-up look at the killer. Unfortunately, the man is well connected, and he has an iron-clad alibi. But she does have one ally: Nicolai. Rescuing her like a dark knight when she’s attacked in a deserted parking lot, he oozes danger from every pore, but makes her feel safe like no man ever has.
Now, as Lora Leigh’s Renegade heats up, Nicolai must find a way to protect Mikayla, clear his friend’s name and find the real killer. But danger is a powerful aphrodisiac, and with danger around every corner, can he find a way to focus on the task at hand or will his legendary cool be destroyed in a blaze of passion?


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The Rise and Fall of the Bible


The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Timothy Beal
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co., February 16, 2011
Review: According to a recent poll, 78 percent of Americans believe that the Bible is the “word of God.” Many people would be surprised to learn that Christianity thrived for centuries without any Bible; there was no official canon of scriptures and congregations used various collections of scrolls and codices. Additionally, there is no “original” Bible, no single source text behind the thousands of different Bibles on the market today.
In The Rise and Fall of the Bible, renowned religious scholar Timothy Beal chronicles the history of this revered icon, from its creation from a box of handwritten scrolls to its widespread acceptance to its evolution as cultural touchstone and its current place at the center of a multibillion-dollar industry.


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Red Mist



Patricia Cornwell
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, December 06, 2011
Review: There’s nothing like a new thrill ride featuring chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta to keep fans on the edge of their seats. In Red Mist, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell opens with Kay en route to the Georgia Prison for Women to seek help on a case. Against the advice of Kay’s husband, Benton Wesley, an FBI Criminal Intelligence Agent, she has set up a meeting with the mother of a diabolical killer. If this woman, herself a convicted sex offender, can shed light on what happened to Kay’s former deputy chief Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, the risk will be well worth it.
Through her contacts at the Department of Defense, Kay already knows a string of grisly killings are connected to Jack’s death. What’s more, an Atlanta family murdered years earlier figures in as well, although how is still to be determined. One thing is for certain: When Kay started out she never thought she’d wind up entering a terrifying new terrain involving conspiracy—and potential terrorism.
As Red Mist hurtles toward its stunning conclusion, Kay is joined by Benton and her niece, Lucy, both worried since an attempt was made on Kay’s life. But Kay knows only she can stop the madness.


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The Moro War


How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle, 1902-1913
James Arnold
Publisher: Bloomsbury Usa-Don'T Use, August 02, 2011
Review: Review by Geoffrey Wawro
Snared in our own decade-long war in Afghanistan at the start of the 21st century, it is interesting to read this colorful history of our 11-year war against Muslim insurgents in the Philippines at the start of the 20th century.
Commodore George Dewey’s annihilation of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay in 1898 had delivered the Philippines into American tutelage. Early Filipino enthusiasm for America evaporated when it became apparent that the islands had merely swapped one occupier (Spain) for another (the U.S.). Emilio Aguinaldo began a guerrilla war in 1899, but it was largely Christian and nationalist and confined to the main island of Luzon. The thornier insurgency flared across the southern islands of the Philippines—the Sulu archipelago—which included big islands like Mindanao as well as hundreds of smaller islets. This vast watery space was referred to as “Moroland”—the “land of the Moors.
Mindanao is bigger than Ireland. Its mountainous interior had never been mapped, and was choked by jungles and swamps. With 36,000 square miles of jungle and just 50 miles of road, the place was a guerrilla paradise.
Having struggled for 300 years against Spanish efforts to exploit their resources—coffee, cacao, hemp, rubber and bananas—and convert them to Roman Catholicism, the Moros fiercely resisted American efforts to attach the Muslim islands more tightly to the largely Christian colony with roads, railways, schools and churches. The Spanish had cut deals with the Moro sultan, and effectively abandoned the ungovernable islands to piracy, slavery and banditry. The Americans were never comfortable with such a casual arrangement.
Leonard Wood gets most of the ink in this engaging book. He was a piquant figure, a contract surgeon who rose up the ranks to become a general, as well as governor of the Philippines. Resented by army regulars, he was energetic and waged a vicious counterinsurgency that did not spare civilians. As Arnold puts it, Wood “set off to teach the savages proper obeisance to American authority.
Bloody battles and massacres were the best ways to teach obeisance, according to Wood. “Civilize ’em with a Krag,” was the Army catchphrase—the Krag being the standard infantry rifle. Waves of would-be martyrs were gunned down; U.S. troops would then wrap their corpses in pigskins and stuff their mouths with pork to defile them. Suicide attacks slowed. By 1913, the Moros were largely disarmed and placed under a gentler civilian administration. Casualties were disproportionate: 500 U.S. killed and wounded against a veritable army of dead Moros—somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000. In many ways, the savage war of peace in Moroland resembles the one in Afghanistan today: fervent nation-building under U.S. troops wearily replaced by more modest half-measures indifferently implemented by local armed forces. The more things change, the more they stay the same.


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Defend the Realm


The Authorized History of MI5
Christopher Andrew
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Random House, October 20, 2009
Review: From its dramatic success during World War II through its turbulent Cold War-era upheavals to its work against terrorist suspects following 9/11, the exploits of Britain’s Security Service—MI5—have become the stuff of legend.
Defend the Realm marks an unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its founding, MI5 has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian—Christopher Andrew, one of today’s foremost authorities on intelligence and espionage. Not only does it reveal the precise role of the Security Service in 20th-century Britain, it also details its history, its structure and many previously guarded secrets.
Following its formation in 1909 by Captain Kell of the British Army, during World War I the Service’s role centered around the identification of foreign agents, while after the war its focus shifted to security operations throughout the British Empire. With the onset of World War II, it achieved extraordinary success with its “double cross” program that offered enemy agents the chance to work on behalf of the Allies. But this era also saw the infiltration by Soviet Intelligence, which turned a group of Cambridge-affiliated agents—most notably Philby, Blunt, Maclean and Burgess. The success of the Soviet penetration haunted MI5 through the late 1980s, until the publication of Peter Wright’s international bestseller, Spycatcher. The book suggested that the “Cambridge Five” were not alone, and that others had infiltrated the services—most prominently Roger Harris, MI5’s director through much of the 1960s. Since then, the service has seen activity on a global scale, from identifying terrorist suspects in Malaysia, Kenya and Cyprus during the 1960s and 1970s to dealing with such homegrown threats as the IRA and Islamic terrorist cells.
Taking us beyond MI5’s storied past, Defend the Realm describes how the Service is managed, its relationship with the British government, and where it has triumphed and where it has failed. It also reveals the identities of previously unknown enemies of the United Kingdom whose activities have been uncovered by the Service. And above all, it shows the place of this previously extremely secretive organization within the United Kingdom. Adding to these rich revelations, the book features 32 pages of photographs, many of which are from the Security Service's archives and have never been published before. There are also approximately 25 documents within the text that illustrate various aspects of the Service's history.
A first-of-its-kind look behind a closely-guarded wall of secrecy, Defend the Realm makes an extraordinary contribution to our understanding of British history over the past century.


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Walking Into Walls



Stephen Arterburn
Publisher: Worthy Publishing, August 23, 2011
Review: In Walking Into Walls, award-winning author and creator of the Women of Faith conferences Stephen Arterburn identifies five blind spots that cause us to make poor choices: stubborn resistance, self-centered entitlement, justifiable resentment, blind ignorance and disconnected isolation. He then offers life-changing advice to help us conquer these self-defeating reactions—and make the changes permanent.
All of us crash into self-constructed walls that block growth and healthy relationships, and we walk into the same walls again and again. As Stephen leads you through the process of deconstructing the issues that built those walls, you’ll find the permanent healing that frees you to live the joyful life you were meant to live.


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There Will Be Rainbows


A Biography of Rufus Wainwright
Kirk Lake
Publisher: Harper Collins Pub., Inc., August 01, 2010
Review: Rufus Wainwright’s music is such an effortless blend of left-field innovation and superb songwriting that it becomes difficult to compare him to any other performer working today. In Kirk Lake’s insightful biography, There Will Be Rainbows, we’re invited deeper into a life that has been lived almost entirely in the public eye.
Wainwright embodies the three basic tenets of rock stardom—inside, we have ample evidence of raucous sex, unscrupulous drug abuse and more than enough rock ’n’ roll. As Kirk works to explain Wainwright’s place in the great pop pantheon, a more nuanced and unique story emerges, touching upon everything from the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to opera, gay liberation, Canadian folk, neo-Conservatism and even Hollywood musicals. An ordinary career trajectory this is not.
We follow Wainwright's journey from Van Dyke Parks to rehab to Carnegie Hall, and along the way, we’re treated to commentary by the myriad entertainers who have crossed his path. We’re also privy to Wainwright’s self-deprecating humor and revered flamboyance—just two of the qualities that make him such an endlessly endearing character. This intelligent piece of music writing befits the artist’s life and work.


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Remember the Alamo


Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About American History with All the Boring Bits Taken Out
Alison Rattle
Publisher: Delacorte Press, December 01, 2009
Review: How did the conquistadors first stumble across America—and what were the Spanish looking for anyway? What was the Dred Scott Supreme Court case and how did it affect the Civil War? And while most of us may indeed remember the Alamo, why were we once urged to “Remember the Maine”? In Remember the Alamo, Alison Rattle and Allison Vale serve up American history—its most important events and people, from Plymouth Rock to Pearl Harbor—in concise, one-page capsules that can be read straight through or browsed at will.
Here, in chronological order, is a rollicking tour of American history from Columbus’ arrival through Nixon’s resignation, including details about the early colonists, Manifest Destiny, the Civil War—from Southern secession to the surrender at Appomattox—the Gilded Age, the nation’s plunge into World War I and the end of U.S. isolationism, the Great Depression, World War II and beyond. It’s the perfect refresher for all the things we learned in school but may have forgotten since.
America’s reputation for short attention spans may or may not be true—but, either way, Remember the Alamo is the perfect way to enjoy history in bite-size chunks.


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Bungalow Kitchens



Jane Powell
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers, April 01, 2011
Review: Today, the kitchen really is the heart of the home. But that wasn’t the case way back when, when family life centered in the living room. With Bungalow Kitchens, Jane Powell and Linda Svendsen help you to breathe new life into your old kitchen with ideas for making it functional, beautiful, warm and welcoming. Photos of beautiful Arts and Crafts-style kitchens are sure to delight anyone who loves vintage homes. Chapters covering topics such as layout and design, appliances and dealing with professionals, plus a resource list, make this an ideal reference for homeowners who want to restore their bungalow-era kitchen to its former glory while outfitting it with all the conveniences of the 21st century. Color photos.


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Last Nocturne



Marjorie Eccles
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Llc, February 01, 2010
Review: What could make a successful, happily married man shoot himself to death? Why would a young artist on the brink of fame throw himself from a window? These are the questions facing Chief Inspector Lamb and his assistant, Det. Sgt. Cogan, in Marjorie Eccles’ Last Nocturne, an intriguingly complex mystery set in Edwardian London.
Having briefly met both victims, Lamb struggles to reconcile his impressions of the men with their final actions, and his focus pays off when a postmortem yields some surprising results. As each case looks increasingly suspicious, Lamb seeks links between the two. All paths seem to lead to the enigmatic figure of Mrs. Isobel Amberley and a mysterious event that took place in Vienna one winter’s night.


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Faithful Place



Tana French
Publisher: Viking Penguin/Div. of Penguin Putnam, July 13, 2010
Review: More than two decades ago, young Frank Mackey and Rosie Daly made a pact to leave Faithful Place in Dublin’s inner city and run away to London. It was supposed to be the start of a new life together…except she never showed.
So begins Faithful Place, the utterly engrossing third novel in Tana French’s Dublin murder squad series. Believing that Rosie stood him up, Frank left home for good, and so, it seemed, did Rosie. Leaving behind an enigmatic note, she was never heard from again…until now. When her suitcase is found in an abandoned house on Faithful Place, Frank, now a detective, returns home, compelled to conduct an off-the-books investigation that quickly becomes far more personal—and disturbing—than he ever bargained for.


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The Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting Playbook Revised Edition


The Essential Workbook Companion to the New York Times Bestselling Classic
Lynn Grabhorn
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing, December 15, 2010
Review: This witty and practical companion to Lynn Grabhorn’s Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting is no ordinary workbook. The Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting Playbook takes you beyond the ground rules of deliberate creation in a uniquely entertaining—and effective—way.
The Grabhorn classic is completely overhauled, with clearly focused explanations, discussion material, meditations and essential building block exercises for a new way of living. The text has been tightened and clarified, and new stories are featured. Combined with a new design, this gives the Playbook an updated, contemporary feel.
If you want to live the Law of Attraction every day of the year, The Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting Playbook will empower you to do it.


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N Is for Noose



Sue Grafton
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc., May 05, 1998
Review: P.I. Kinsey Millhone is hired by a detective’s widow intent on knowing what was bothering him before his death. When Kinsey is attacked, she realizes someone will kill to make sure the secret stays buried.


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Angela and the Baby Jesus



Frank McCourt
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, November 06, 2007
Review: Frank McCourt’s first children’s book is by turns tender and heartwarming, and wholly unforgettable. Six-year-old Angela can’t stop worrying about the baby Jesus on the altar of St. Joseph’s church. After all, December nights in Ireland are damp and cold, and the church is dark at night, and Jesus doesn’t have a blanket to keep Him warm. He’s sure to need Angela’s help, even if she isn’t allowed to go near the nativity by herself.
Filled with the characters and detail for which the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela’s Ashes is renowned and beloved, and featuring magnificent artwork from acclaimed artist Raul Colon, this is a timeless holiday tale—a story for generations to enjoy and cherish for years to come. Ages 6-9.


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A Plain & Fancy Christmas



Cynthia Keller
Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc./Random House, October 25, 2011
Review: Amish widow Rachel Yoder has taken refuge with her parents as she struggles to raise her little girl while in New York City. Ellie Lawrence is busy climbing the corporate ladder. What could these two strangers possibly have in common? Nothing. And everything….
It comes as a staggering jolt for both women to learn they were accidentally switched at birth. Worse for Rachel is the jealousy she feels at how easily the only mother she’s ever known bonds with Ellie, her natural daughter. With the approach of Christmas, Rachel reluctantly heads to Manhattan to meet her family. But it will take the love of both clans—and the holiday spirit—to bring peace to their daughters. Cynthia Keller’s A Plain & Fancy Christmas is a treasure.


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Cook This, Not That!™ Easy & Awesome 350-Calorie Meals


Hundreds of new quick and healthy meals to save you 10, 20, 30 pounds or more
David Zinczenko
Publisher: Rodale Press, Inc., October 12, 2010
Review: The average dinner from a chain restaurant boasts a whopping 1,200 calories and costs about $35 a head. No wonder one of the most effective ways to improve your health and lose weight is by cooking at home. Now, with Cook This, Not That! Easy & Awesome 350-Calorie Meals, David Zinczenko and Maurice Goudeket have taken their winning formula into the kitchen with amazing results.
Inside, you’ll find healthy recipes for hundreds of the country’s most beloved dishes, strategies for cutting down calories while still enjoying satisfying meals, and life-changing cooking tips (plus fun sidebars like “The Pasta Decoder” and “Cooking with Beer and Fire.”) This book is for absolutely anyone who wants to start shaving off the pounds today!


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One To Ten... And Back Again


An Amazing Pull-The-Ribbon Book

Publisher: Smartink Books, LLC, May 01, 2008
Review: You’ve never seen a book like this! Turn the page and a new ribbon appears to help kids count from one to ten. Then when the fun seems to end, turn the book upside down and count backwards. It’s amazing! (Ages 2-4)


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