Wild Bill Donovan


The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage
Douglas C. Waller
Publisher: The Free Press, February 08, 2011
Review: Review by Geoffrey Wawro
Born and raised in an Irish Catholic family from the wrong side of the tracks in Buffalo, “Wild Bill” Donovan rose through the ranks by charm, energy and an eye for the main chance. Donovan read voraciously, danced and sang beautifully, and tore up the gridiron in college. He fought heroically in World War I, earning the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valiant conduct in the Meuse-Argonne. Donovan never manifested fear or nerves, whether in battle with the Germans or Buffalo’s army of bootleggers after the war, when Donovan served as an incorruptible federal prosecutor. A Republican lawyer, Donovan insinuated himself into FDR’s inner circle (they had been classmates at Columbia) and became his director of intelligence in 1941, a post that evolved into the OSS, and eventually the CIA.
Donovan’s scintillating life lends itself to biography, and Waller does well with it. The book’s pace reflects the restless life of its subject; although he married into Buffalo society, Donovan worked too hard to be much of a father or husband. His blood enemy in life was, not surprisingly, the priggish J. Edgar Hoover. Donovan was everything Hoover was not: manly, charismatic, affable and a war hero.
Waller’s book is most notable for its realism; Waller makes clear that Donovan was no wunderkind. Although he set up OSS stations in a dozen countries to spy on the Axis powers, much of that vaunted intelligence work involved little more than passing on “uncorroborated gossip.” And Donovan was as vulnerable as senior officials are today to Washington bureaucracy. He tangled with the War Information Office, the Budget Bureau, the Department of the Interior (which tried to arrest his couriers for speeding as they hustled between government offices with wartime intelligence) and, of course, with the FBI. When FDR tried to mollify a frustrated Donovan by promoting him to general, the Army tried to have Donovan promoted admiral instead—to make him the Navy’s problem.
Donovan was happiest in the field. Weary of Washington infighting, he joined the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943, went ashore with the Big Red One, single-handedly fought off an Italian patrol with a light machinegun, then commandeered a jeep and roared off to meet his old friend George Patton for a K-ration lunch. Donovan then toured the world, posting through the Balkans, Russia, India and China, before trying to wedge himself into the D-Day landings. This time, he was thwarted by Marshall, Ike and Forrestal, who barred him from the invasion force. Donovan, of course, never took "no" for an answer, and wangled his passage to Omaha Beach aboard a Navy cruiser. There he flung sabotage units inland, ignoring his faraway masters in Washington, as he had always done.
FDR’s death in office deprived the Republican Donovan of his Democratic mentor, and he immediately fell from favor. Both President Truman and FBI Director Hoover resisted Donovan’s efforts to prolong the life of the OSS, but “Wild Bill’s” legacy would be Truman’s National Security Act of 1947, which created a Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Council to collect and analyze foreign intelligence. When Donovan died in 1959, Ike dubbed him “the last hero,” a fitting epitaph for a man who had proven as fearless in the lobbies of Washington as he had in the trenches of the Argonne.


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Sara Moulton's Everyday Family Dinners



Sara Moulton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, April 06, 2010
Review: Sara Moulton should get a Nobel Prize for making dinner easier to prepare, healthier, and more varied and delicious than ever. PBS®’s star chef turns meal planning on its head with 200 new recipes, developed with Joanne Lamb Hayes, like quick-fix 5-ingredient mains, side dishes with star quality and appetizers, eggs, salads and sandwiches that double as dinner, including Chorizo-stuffed Mushrooms. Additionally, tasty Two for Ones save valuable prep time. For example, serve Peruvian Baked Chicken Thighs one night, and use the leftovers to make Chicken & Tomatillo Salsa Nachos the next. Break out of a dinner rut with Pastrami-spiced Steak, Speedy Moussaka and many more great meals in Sara Moulton's Everyday Family Dinners! Color photos.


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Kings of Colorado



David Hilton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, January 11, 2011
Review: David E. Hilton makes his triumphant debut with Kings of Colorado, a heartfelt tale of troubled boys, untamed horses and the high price of a childhood lost.
When 13-year-old William stabs his abusive father with a pocketknife, he’s sentenced to two years at the Swope Ranch Boys’ Reformatory. At Swope, herds of wild mustangs are trucked in to be tamed by a select group of inmates. It’s a brutal job. The boys break the horses, Swope breaks the boys. But Will isn’t without allies. Befriending three other boys, he soon finds a surrogate family, one he would need in the days to come. At Swope, the laws of normal society don’t apply. And their friendship will be one of the few things they can rely on in a sea of corruption and violence.


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Finding Nemo: Learn with Nemo: A Storybook Adventure


Storybook with Wondertube

Publisher: Reader's Digest, August 01, 2008
Review: Everyone’s favorite multiple-Oscar®- winning clownfish is back with all his friends to teach your little one about numbers, colors, shapes and more early childhood concepts in a fun new way! Attached to the front of this adorable book is a Wondertube™ with tiny pictures of Nemo and the rest of the beloved characters from Finding Nemo hidden inside hundreds of granules of “sand.” As kids read the story they’re asked to give the tube a whirl and then locate a particular character or object. In addition to lots to look at and learn about, kids will discover all sorts of interesting facts about underwater creatures, as well. For example, did you know that Nemo and Marlin live in a plant called a sea anemone? (Ages 4-6)


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All I Could Bare



Craig Seymour
Publisher: Atria Books, June 01, 2008
Review: He “took the road less clothed”—and that made all the difference
Craig Seymour was a grad student when he decided to drop the books—and his pants—and moonlight as a stripper in the infamously anything-goes gay strip clubs of 1990s Washington, D.C. Soon he was g-string-deep in a world of gay-for-pay dancers, divorces with double lives and customers nicknamed Mr. Tickles. But it wasn't all wild times, hot guys and easy money: He still had to hide from his parents, maintain a relationship and deal with prostitution, porn—and his Ph.D.
Now a respected English professor and journalist, Seymour bares all once again in All I Could Bare—an explicit, entertaining and insightful memoir about losing your inhibitions and finding yourself.


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How to Reach Your Full Potential for God



Charles Stanley
Publisher: Thomas Nelson, December 29, 2009
Review: In How to Reach Your Full Potential for God, acclaimed pastor and speaker Charles Stanley connects us with the purpose God envisioned when He created us.
Things are never going to change” or “I’m never going to get better,” are the untruths we tell ourselves, and we give up hope. But Dr. Stanley shares the real truth as God sees it. In his powerful message, he reconnects us with the grand vision God had when He created us. We learn that regardless of setbacks, failures and frustrations, there is a better path ahead, based in His Word, that's full of freedom and purpose.
Dr. Stanley guides us to that path and takes us to the place where we become who our Father made us to be—and achieve the divine purpose He wills for us.


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Churchill's Empire


The World That Made Him and the World He Made
Richard Toye
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc., August 01, 2010
Review: Review by Edward B. Segel
In his radio address in early February 1952 on the death of King George VI and the accession of the young Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill referred to his own youth, “passed in the august, unchallenged, and tranquil glories of the Victorian Era.” So it seemed in Churchill’s romantic retrospective, with the Victorian Empire at its apparent apogee. But as Richard Toye makes clear in this illuminating study of Churchill’s life and his relationship with the Empire, with which he so closely identified himself, the story is much more complicated, ambiguous and interesting.
We usually see Churchill as an unreconstructed Victorian imperialist, with accompanying racist attitudes—and in some respects he was. But Toye’s view is much more nuanced than this traditional, somewhat one-dimensional picture (even than Churchill’s own self-portrayal); there are complexities, inconsistencies, changes over Churchill’s long career that are usually neglected. Toye uses an impressive array of private and public documentary sources to shed much useful light on British imperial history: “This book does not adopt a purely biographical approach but explores Churchill’s career within the context of the experiences and opinions of his contemporaries. It looks at attitudes and ideas as well as events and policies; crucially, it also examines the way in which Churchill was perceived and his messages understood not only in Britain but throughout the empire.
In all this Toye is very balanced and fair-minded—he is out neither to rehabilitate nor to deflate Churchill. He carefully weighs the early influences on Winston’s imperial thought, like his schooling at Harrow; or his father Lord Randolph, whose Victorian imperialist and racist attitudes seemed to accept racial equality (at least theoretically); or Winston’s early Social Darwinism. The very term “Victorian” needs greater precision: “No homogeneous view of Empire existed in late-Victorian Britain”; and Churchill himself became more “Victorian” only in the 1920s.
As Churchill’s career went on, he clearly moved to the right on issues of Empire—or rather, here as elsewhere, the world moved, while Churchill tended to stay behind: “It was this absence of a positive agenda, rather than his continued belief in Empire as such, that increasingly marked him out as a reactionary during the remainder of the inter-war years.” Churchill’s complete opposition to concessions to Indian self-government made him seem more of a die-hard imperialist than even Rudyard Kipling.
In his last decades Churchill tried to confront the “unpalatable fact” of the Empire’s inevitable decline as a result of the World Wars, economic strains and the rise of the Cold War superpowers; in a sense the downward course of the Empire was mirrored in his own life. But Toye has a more positive conclusion. Citing Nelson Mandela, he sees the Atlantic Charter of 1941 and similar declarations as inspiring many postwar liberation movements. Churchill, no doubt without intending it, “helped unlock the forces of anti-colonialism. The spirit of freedom…escaped the bounds he would have set on it”—perhaps providing, ironically against Churchill’s own vision, another of his great legacies.


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Yield



Lee Houck
Publisher: Kensington Books, August 31, 2010
Review: Lee Houck’s debut novel is the work of a fearless and exciting new voice in contemporary gay fiction. Yield takes an unflinching look at Manhattan through the eyes of a twenty-something part-time hustler named Simon. He glimpses an always exhilarating, sometimes threatening landscape that teems with turgid sex and dehumanizing violence around every corner. Though up to his eyeballs in sex, drugs and drama, he’s fortunately flanked by a cadre of loyal, if somewhat misguided, friends.
His life goes into a tailspin when he meets Aiden, a gorgeous, guileless new client with whom he immediately falls in love. Hoping to find a fulfilling if unlikely relationship with Aiden, he soon comes to understand that love and honesty are as dangerous as they are rare in an increasingly transient city.
Effortlessly witty and raw, and brimming with sparkling prose, this is a powerful story of the friendships that keep us afloat, the families we build from scratch and the pain and joy that are always just within reach, if only we find the courage to yield. It is also an engaging exploration of how people must stumble and make mistakes in order to find their place in the world.


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If You Give a Cat a Cupcake



Laura Numeroff
Publisher: HarperCollins Childrens Books, October 01, 2008
Review: If you give your little one this book, get ready for lots of laughs and plenty of read-aloud fun. The lovable cat who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party is back—and he’s starring in his very own book!
If you give a cat a cupcake, he’ll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill some on the floor. Cleaning up will make him hot, so you’ll give him a bathing suit…and that’s just the beginning! What happens next? The sky’s the limit in the brand new cause-and-effect adventure written in the tradition of the bestselling If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. You never know where Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond will take you, but it will always be great fun getting there! (Ages 2-4)


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Deep Truth


Igniting the Memory of Our Origin, History, Destiny, and Fate
Gregg Braden
Publisher: Hay House, Inc., September 15, 2011
Review: We need to answer a single question if we are to survive: Who are we? Gregg Braden’s Deep Truth points the way.
Deep Truth reveals six areas of discovery that will radically change how we think, including nature “wired” us for cooperation, not “survival of the fittest”; civilization is at least twice as old as acknowledged and we can avoid the mistakes that led to the collapse of past civilizations; our survival lies in partnership, rather than pointing fingers, to create lifestyles that help us adapt to natural and human-induced crises.
As we rely on these and other truths in Deep Truth for our choices, we’ll nurture an empowering new way of relating to ourselves and, in turn, the people in our lives—and the world.


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Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion


The Twilight Saga
Mark Vaz
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, June 29, 2010
Review: Are you addicted yet? Legions of Twi-hards are and they’re anxiously awaiting the third installment in The Twilight Saga film franchise. For those who can’t wait to see Eclipse brought to life on the big screen, this lavishly illustrated guide will let fans in on all the heart-wrenching twists and turns that turned Stephenie Meyer’s series into an international bestselling phenomenon. As Hollywood’s hottest young stars return to reprise their iconic roles as Bella, Edward and Jacob, Mark Cotta Vaz captures all the action—both on screen and behind the scenes—with cover art from the film, exclusive interviews, gorgeous photos of the cast and more treats for the Twilight-obsessed to sink their teeth into.


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The Book of Secrets


Rituals, and the Key Concepts of Occult Sciences Through the Ages and Around the World
Daniel Pineda
Publisher: Redwheel/Weiser, March 01, 2011
Review: In The Book of Secrets, Daniel Pineda delves into the sometimes forbidden and unseen spiritual world to create a fascinating introduction to secret and esoteric knowledge throughout history.
From the Knights Templar and Freemasons, to the world of magic and alchemy, The Book of Secrets offers a doorway into the traditions and symbols of secret societies, legends and seers. You’ll meet Hermes, Siddartha, Osiris and others as Daniel places them in history and geography and explains who they were. You’ll also discover such key concepts as The Great Work, Alchemy, Astrology and more.
To search for secret knowledge is to journey into the soul of humanity—The Book of Secrets can be your first step on that amazing journey.


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Talking to the Dead



George Noory, Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Llc, September 22, 2011
Review: What are the prospects of our being able to talk the Other Side? Talking to the Dead, by George Noory and Rosemary Ellen Guiley, explores this question and the colorful history and personalities behind spirit communication.
Those who have had contact with the Other Side know in their hearts that the afterlife is real and that loved ones are alive in that world. Combining spirituality, metaphysics, science and technology, the authors examine the idea that new technology can contact the spirit realm and connection with loved ones can be made through sound vibrations.
While proof of contact with the Other Side is still elusive, there is an abundance of tantalizing evidence and experience to inspire us in our exploration—and hope.


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The Executor



Jesse Kellerman
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, April 01, 2010
Review: Things aren’t going well for Joseph Geist. He’s broke, his grad school advisor won’t talk to him and his girlfriend has just kicked him out. It’s a tough spot for a philosopher to be in, and he’s ready to give up when an ad in the local paper catches his eye. “Conversationalist wanted,” it reads. Sounds perfect. After all, he’s never done anything in his life except talk. And the woman behind the ad turns out to be the perfect employer: brilliant, generous and a great conversationalist herself.
Before long, as Jesse Kellerman’s The Executor unfolds, Joseph has moved in with her, and has begun to feel very comfortable in her big, beautiful house. Question is, did he just land the ultimate dream job…or walk into his worst nightmare?


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A Witch Alone


The Essential Guide for the Solo Practitioner of the Magical Arts
Marian Green
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing, November 06, 2009
Review: Marian Green’s A Witch Alone is a basic primer that carries on the tradition of the solo, white magic witch.
Many witches don’t belong to a coven, but follow a different branch of their magical heritage—the path of the wise woman, hermit, healer, druid or shaman. A Witch Alone is for those who choose the solo path, stressing the importance of being in tune with nature. As there are approximately 13 moons each year, the book is divided into 13 parts lasting from the new moon to the dark to make the reader aware of the ever-changing power in the tides of the sea and the Self.
These moon-long sections deal with traditional skills, including divination and dowsing, to enable the aspiring witch to discover the world of magic within.


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Fabric Embellishing The Basics & Beyond




Publisher: Landauer Corporation, October 07, 2009
Review: Jam-packed with fun ways to spice up any textile project, this creative new addition to the Club favorite Basics & Beyond series is essential reading for anyone who loves working with fabric. Weaving, embroidery (hand and machine), beading, felting, foiling, devore…it’s all here, along with great ideas for using inkjet fabric sheets, Lutradur®, foam, plastic packs, silk cocoons, even heat-bondable fibers. In addition to hundreds of photos to guide and inspire you, what’s really fantastic about this book is that textile artists Ruth Chandler, Liz Kettle, Heather Thomas and Lauren Vlcek show you how to create an 8" x 10" quilt square for each technique you learn. Try them all and you’ll have 50-plus squares to put to beautiful use.


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Celebritrees: History & Famous Trees



Margi Preus
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Llc, March 15, 2011
Review: Did you know that some trees have been to the moon? And that the oldest living tree was already more than 200 years old when the ancient Egyptians were building the Great Sphinx? And that the world’s heaviest tree, a giant sequoia called General Sherman, weighs as much as 20,000 people? And that some trees have been used for secret hiding places? No wonder these trees are legendary!
Filled with a treasure trove of historical tidbits and interesting facts about trees from every corner of the globe, this is the kind of book anyone who loves nature or thirsts for knowledge will reach for again and again. Even better, Rebecca Gibbon's absolutely charming illustrations make Margi Preus' Celebritrees a delight! (Ages 4-6)


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Cross Fire



James Patterson
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, November 15, 2010
Review: Detective Alex Cross and fiancee Bree’s wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington, D.C.’s, most corrupt individuals: a dirty congressman and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories—is the marksman a hero or a cold-blooded vigilante?
The case explodes, and the FBI, feeling the pressure, assigns agent Max Siegel to join the investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of a professional who has detailed knowledge of his victims’ movements—information that only a Washington insider could possess.
As he contends with the sniper, Siegel and the wedding, Alex doesn’t think things could possibly get worse. That’s when he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good. With a supercharged blend of action, deception and suspense, Cross Fire is James Patterson’s most visceral and exciting Alex Cross novel ever.


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The CROSSINGS Treasury of American Prayers



James P. Moore
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway Pub/Div Rh, October 21, 2008
Review: James P. Moore, Jr., whose Prayer in America has been cited as “groundbreaking” and a “tour de force,” was praised by The Washington Post as having “found the courage to march into uncharted territory.” He now provides perspective on the prayers of Americans from all walks of life throughout history and in today’s world.
The CROSSINGS Treasury of American Prayers is the first book ever published devoted exclusively to America’s “home grown” expressions of spirituality and religious conviction. Organized by specific topics, this unique collection features sections on patience, community, thanksgiving and other timeless themes. Each prayer is accompanied by the story behind it, taking you into the very hearts of the men and women who were inspired to write them.
Written by Americans from wide-ranging faith traditions, the selections in The CROSSINGS Treasury of American Prayers form an authentic and inspiring portrait of our country’s deep and rich spirituality and provide access to the inner thoughts of their authors.
The CROSSINGS Treasury of American Prayers is a treasure chest in which you’re sure to find prayers to include in your own prayer life—and it is a fascinating read, too.
A Letter From the Author
Dear Crossings Members:
Prayer has long been an integral part of America’s character. In good times and in bad, we have turned to prayer. Not only are we able to reach out to God and share our most private thoughts and aspirations, but we are able to find comfort and put our lives in perspective.
Both humbling and empowering, prayer becomes a critical catalyst in allowing us to endure. It becomes our confessional, our source of inspiration, and our calming friend in connecting with the Almighty. As Abraham Lincoln quietly voiced during the most difficult days of the Civil War “ I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.
Clearly, America is at a critical crossroads. Our future at times seems so uncertain, fragile and overwhelming. Both individually and as a people, we are trying to grapple with events that too often are beyond our control. What we forget, of course, is that past generations of Americans also faced unique challenges that brought into question human imperfections, crushing failures and serious doubts.
This treasury of prayers, written by Americans from all walks of life and over many generations, is a wonderful reminder of America’s rich spiritual heritage. It opens a private door into the joys, hopes, struggles and resolve of our ancestors. And, as always, it stands as a testament to our undeniable faith in God.
James P. Moore
Author of The CROSSINGS Treasury of American Prayers


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At Home


A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson
Publisher: Doubleday & Co. Inc./Div Random House, October 05, 2010
Review: Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up,” contends Bill Bryson. The acclaimed author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bryson lives with his family in a quaint Victorian rectory in Norfolk, in the easternmost part of England. The region is tranquil and lightly populated, and the residents go about their lives without much fuss or ceremony. The last event of great significance to occur in Norfolk was when the Romans decamped in A.D. 43. Yet, after a conversation with the county archaeologist, Bryson began to consider how little he knew about his neighborhood, and most of all, his home and the ordinary comforts of life it provided. To remedy this, he decided to journey about his house, going from room to room, to “write a history of the world without leaving home.
The result of Bryson’s efforts is At Home, a fascinating examination of the place in which we spend much of our time. History, the author maintains, consists mostly of masses of people going about their personal business at home and doing ordinary things. The places and things we take for granted reveal themselves to be little pieces of history when viewed closely. For example, the contents inside the mundane salt and pepper shakers that sit on the kitchen table can be traced back centuries earlier. Around 2800 B.C., the Egyptians used salt as a funeral offering. Pepper was already being used in India in prehistoric times.
Bryson shows how each room in his home, and often its contents, figures into the evolution of private life. The bathroom provides the inspiration for a short history of hygiene, beginning more than 3,500 years ago with the Minoans, who had such civilized comforts as running water and bathtubs. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, bathing was a cherished daily refuge. Moving on to the bedroom, the author discusses sex, death and sleep. Food inside the kitchen cabinets is linked to the vibrant and tumultuous early spice trade. “Houses are amazingly complex repositories,” Bryson writes. “What I found, to my great surprise, is that whatever happens in the world—whatever is discovered or created or bitterly fought over—eventually ends up, in one way or another, in your house. Wars, famines, the Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment—they are all there in your sofas and chest of drawers, tucked into the folds of your curtains, in the downy softness of your pillows, in the paint on your walls and the water in your pipes.
Lively and inquisitive, Bryson turns even the most seemingly isolated or mundane fact into an occasion for a diverting, entertaining exposition. His wit and elegant prose make At Home one of the best books ever written about private life.


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The Enchantress of Florence



Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Random House Inc., June 03, 2008
Review: Writer Salman Rushdie has shaken nations with his words and garnered nearly endless acclaim with them as well—his novel Midnight’s Children, just for example, was judged the “Booker of Bookers” as the single best novel to have won a Booker Prize in the award’s first 25 years. Any new Rushdie book is not just a release, it’s an event.
Rushdie’s tenth novel, The Enchantress of Florence is yet another masterpiece. Playing his themes of both culture clash and culture convergence as only he can, Rushdie tells a tale of two storied cities—Agra, the captial of India’s mighty Mughal Empire, and Florence, the High Renaissance home of Macchiavelli and the Medicis—starring a woman who bridged them both.
Into the royal court of Emperor Akbar strolls a tall, blond European traveler with the temerity to call himself “The Mughal of Love.” There he spins a yarn of a beautiful woman named Qara Koz and her incredible journey from East to West—a story whose roots in the intrigue of Florence’s ruling class will shake Akbar’s reign to its foundations....
Ambitious in scope and beautiful in execution, The Enchantress of Florence is vital reading from one of the most important writers alive.


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She Who Finds A Husband


New Day Divas
E.N. Joy
Publisher: Kensington Books, February 01, 2010
Review: The New Day Single’s Ministry was set up by Doreen, herself healing from a failed marriage, to help single church members get empowered, encouraged and enlightened. But all it’s done is create a pack of New Day divas who are more eager to land men than ever before! Tamarra was a faithful wife for 15 years—until a 14-year-old girl showed up on her doorstep looking for her “Daddy.” Paige has found nothing but flaws in all the men she’s dated—many before she’s even kissed them. And literary agent Deborah toys with the notion of a scandalous affair with a new author. But before these women set flight to include men in their futures, they’ll have to realize that it’s their pasts that have been holding them back.


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Natural Born Hustler



Nikki Turner
Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc./Random House, October 05, 2010
Review: No one captures the dynamics of the street like bestselling author Nikki Turner (Forever a Hustler’s Wife). Now she presents a scorching new tale about a hustler who learns things about her father she wishes she hadn’t. It’s sure to keep those pages turning into the night!
Beautiful and smart, Desember rules the streets and rocks her boyfriend’s world. The man loves every bit of her, but that doesn’t mean she’ll just sit back and let Fame take care of her. She can’t count on any man—she doesn’t even know who her father is. Nothing’s stronger in her than her hunger for cold cash, which she’ll get any way she can, so she’ll always be able to take care of herself. But when Fame gets shot everything changes. He’s fighting for his life, and Desember now wants nothing more than to stand by her man. But fearing for her safety, Fame doesn’t want her sticking around. Deep down, Desember can’t help but feel she was the intended target—and Fame was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Concerned for her daughter’s safety, Desember’s mother arranges for her to lay low in Virginia with Desember’s biological father and his wife. But are her troubles really over now? Or is the worst yet to come?


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Doors Open



Ian Rankin
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, January 15, 2010
Review: When one door closes, another one opens. With his software company sold, millionaire bachelor and art enthusiast Mike Mackenzie is looking for some sort of challenge. So are his art-loving friends, Allan, who’s bored with his banking career, and art professor Robert, who’s indignant over the many masterpieces held solely for collateral. When someone proposes they liberate a few treasures from Scotland’s National Gallery, Mike warms to the idea.
Days later, the friends hire mob muscle and a master forger to replace the stolen paintings. But as their well-laid plans spiral out of control, what started as an exciting lark turns deadly dangerous, as Ian Rankin’s Doors Open slams through double crosses to a harrowing close.


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Starting Your Day Right



Joyce Meyer
Publisher: Warner Faith, November 05, 2003
Review: Joyce Meyer helps readers connect with God every day of the year. This 365-day devotional combines inspiration, encouragement and joy with the wisdom of God’s Word and Joyce’s down-to-earth applications.


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Road Dogs



Elmore Leonard
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, Inc./Imp of Har., May 12, 2009
Review: Legendary New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with Road Dogs, a roller coaster of a novel that brings together three of his most colorful characters in a hard-boiled plot packed with double dealings, triple crosses and one fat score.
Last seen in Out of Sight, bank robber Jack Foley just got his prison sentence reduced, thanks to Cuando Rey (La Brava). Foley’s sure Rey will want to call in that favor, but when? Meanwhile, he’s back in the real world, living large with Rey’s woman, seductive pseudo-psychic Dawn Navarro (Riding the Rap), who needs Foley for a scheme of her own. It’s the perfect setup for another Elmore Leonard caper, but who’ll come out on top? Only one thing’s for sure—you’re in for a bumpy ride.


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Broke


The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth, and Treasure
Glenn Beck
Publisher: Simon And Schuster, Inc., October 26, 2010
Review: Glenn Beck is on a tear. The nationally syndicated radio and Fox News television show host is also the bestselling author of numerous books, including An Inconvenient Book, The Christmas Sweater, Arguing with Idiots and The Overton Window. Now in Broke, he takes aim at the government, using his distinctive wit and knowledge to not only point out the many problems plaguing the system, but also to offer his take on how to fix them. Providing a clear roadmap on what Washington must do to restore both our trust and treasure, this is a call to action that’s too important to ignore. Hilarious, outrageous, insightful and provocative, it’s pure Glenn Beck, and it’s sure to be one of the most talked about books of the year.


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Regalo de un poeta



Pablo Neruda
Publisher: V & R Editoras SA, March 01, 2000
Review: Pocos poetas han llegado al corazon de sus lectores como lo hizo Pablo Neruda. Sus versos estan grabados a fuego en la memoria de los mayores, y pueblan los cuadernos y diarios intimos de jovenes de tantos paises que lo han adoptado como suyo. Estas paginas reunen muchos de esos versos inolvidables… y otros que tendran la magia de la primera lectura. Neruda canto al amor, y tambien al hombre, a la tierra, a la poesia. Sus bellisimas palabras estan adornadas aqui con las pinturas de una artista llena de amor por la vida. Este es un libro para ofrecer a quien ya conoce a Neruda, o a quien esta por descubrirlo, un libro para atesorar, uno que, tal vez, el propio Neruda hubiera elegido, como un regalo de poeta. 7?" x 7?", 106 pags. Tapa dura


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The Red Queen



Philippa Gregory
Publisher: Touchstone/Imp. Simon & Schuster, August 03, 2010
Review: In The Red Queen, second in a breathtaking new series, Philippa Gregory proves once again why she reigns supreme with fans of royal fiction.
The intrigues of the court are of no interest to young Margaret Beaufort until she’s married off to a relation of the King for whom she bears a son…a boy who could wear the crown should the Lancasters retain the throne. But while The House of York soon gains dominance, the battle is far from over.
Only Margaret knows who’s behind the plot to murder the Queen’s sons imprisoned in the Tower of London for political reasons. Although the treachery fails, the princes still vanish, and Margaret’s ambitious heart swells with the knowledge that the War of the Roses has yet to be decided....


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Bride of the Night



Heather Graham
Publisher: Harlequin Books S.A., November 22, 2011
Review: Is Tara Fox a cold-blooded assassin?
That’s what Pinkerton detective Finn Dunne suspects. Capturing her aboard a ship sneaking its way northward, he’s convinced she’s part of a plot to kill President Lincoln. Too bad for her. While she’s certainly the most attractive assassin he’s ever faced, that won’t keep him from his duty.
Part of bestselling author Heather Graham’s Vampire Hunters series, Bride of the Night takes us to the sultry coast of Florida during the Civil War as Finn apprehends a woman who isn’t what she seems. Because Tara, beautiful though she is, is a vampire born and raised in Key West, and she claims she’s traveling to Washington, DC, not to kill, but to protect the president. Question is, can Finn trust her? Aside from being a vampire, there’s also the fact that she was on the blockade-runner that his sources claim is the ship carrying the assassin he seeks. Things reach an impasse when they’re stranded on an island, but even as they learn to work together—and are drawn to each other—the mission comes first for both of them. Finn still won’t trust her. And if Tara has to go through him to save Lincoln, so be it. She’ll do whatever it takes, even if it costs her her heart….


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Shadows Still Remain



Peter De Jonge
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, LLC, March 25, 2009
Review: A frequent collaborator of James Patterson, Peter De Jonge flies solo with Shadows Still Remain, and it’s a thrill ride you don’t want to miss.
The pressure is on for Detective Darlene O’Hara when Francesca Pena, a beautiful scholarship student, disappears after meeting friends in a New York City bar. Nothing in the girl’s background suggests she was anything other than a poor town girl trying to make good. But O’Hara knows, as does her partner, Serge Krekorian, how deceiving looks can be. When Francesca’s mangled body turns up in a rest room near the East River, the investigation heats up, leading O’Hara and Krekorian to the city’s dark underbelly, to a kingdom where pimps reign supreme…and young women do their evil bidding.


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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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Marveltown



Bruce McCall
Publisher: FSG, October 01, 2008
Review: Remember that golden era when visionaries imagined a future filled with spaceage gizmos and other incredible wonders? Well, the future is now for the folks of Marveltown, and with inventions that could make your head spin, it’s pretty fantastic—until giant robots malfunction, that is! Now it’s up to the kids to save the day. Luckily, they’ve got a few tricks up their sleeves.
With retro charm, action, and lots to laugh about, what’s not to love? This book even has Jerry Seinfeld cracking up: “Marveltown is another great ride through what has to be the most funnest visual imagination in any town! Bruce McCall has been making me laugh since he invented the ‘Bulgemobiles’ for National Lampoon…. I love everything he does.” (Ages 4-8)


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Victory and Honor



W.E.B. Griffin
Publisher: Putnam Berkley Pub. Group, August 09, 2011
Review: W.E.B. Griffin’s Honor Bound saga of World War II espionage continues with Victory and Honor as OSS agent Cletus Frade faces off against new—and unexpected—enemies.
Hitler has just committed suicide, but that doesn’t mean peace for Frade and the OSS. As the hostilities end, every department—from the Treasury to the FBI—wants his assets, and the continued survival of the OSS is in doubt. And then there’s Stalin. Frade knows that the man’s voracious ambitions could set the stage for another world war, and to get a jump on him, he’s been conducting a secret operation—one of great daring…and danger. But with the stakes this high, he and his men must walk a perilous line. One slip, and they could be the first casualties of a new war.


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A Lesson in Secrets


A Maisie Dobbs Novel
Jacqueline Winspear
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, March 22, 2011
Review: The latest episode in Jacqueline Winspear’s New York Times bestselling Maisie Dobbs series, A Lesson in Secrets, finds Maisie’s career going in an exciting new direction—as an agent for the British Secret Services.
In the summer of 1932, Maisie's first undercover assignment finds her posing as a junior lecturer in Cambridge. When the college's pacifist founder and principal, Greville Liddicote, is murdered, she discovers that the circumstances of his death appear inextricably linked to the suspicious activities of faculty and students under her surveillance.
To unravel this web, Maisie must overcome a reluctant S.S., uncover shameful truths about Britain's conduct during the war—and face off against Britain's rising Nazi Party!


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Mortal Friends


A Novel
Jane Stanton Hitchcock
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, June 30, 2009
Review: If murder and scandal amid the rich and powerful pique your glee, you'll love Mortal Friends by Jane Stanton Hitchcock.
With its focus on political clout, Washington, D.C., is one killer town. Now there’s a real killer on the loose—the “Beltway Basher,” whose latest female victim was found in Reven Lynch's favorite jogging spot. Antiques dealer Reven is too smitten with her own lady-killer, wealthy Bill Poll, to be much concerned…until she meets smooth, enigmatic Detective Gunner. Gunner is sure the Basher is a society big shot and recruits Reven to squeeze inside information out of that rarefied world. She throws herself into her role, only to learn that the prominent skirt-chaser she’s fallen for tops Gunner's list of suspects!


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A Lancaster County Christmas



Suzanne Woods Fisher
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company, September 01, 2011
Review: Suzanne Woods Fisher is a bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction books about Amish life. Her newest, A Lancaster County Christmas, is a tale of faith as a woman fears she is failing as an Amish wife.
Mattie Riehl hopes to give her husband, Sol, the Christmas gift of news that a baby is on the way. But as usual, she’s disappointed, resigned to the fact that her dream of a big Amish family isn’t likely to come true and those empty chairs at the table will never be filled. Then a storm brings an impatient young woman and her husband into the Riehl home—and a much slower pace of life than they’re used to—on Christmas Eve.
Both couples are about to discover that miracles still happen at Christmas—if they can weather the storm.


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Fanny J. Crosby


An Autobiography
Fanny J. Crosby
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers Inc, July 01, 2008
Review: Long unavailable, Fanny J. Crosby (originally published in 1906 as Memories of Eighty Years) is the story of a remarkable life, told by Miss Crosby herself.
Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915) was an American lyricist best known for her Protestant Christian hymns. Blind from shortly after birth, she was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 hymns—Blessed Assurance and Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home among them. Also known for her preaching and speaking, Fanny was well known throughout the United States.
Fanny’s mission work is legendary as is her devotion to serving others above herself. Her memories of 80 years, told in her own heartfelt words, will inspire you to step up your own Christian walk.


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Thug In Me



Karen Williams
Publisher: Kensington Books, April 01, 2011
Review: Chance may have a good job, a nice home and a beautiful girlfriend, but he still has ties to his past, like his homeboy, Calhoun, a drug-selling deadbeat. Then Chance’s upright life flips upside down when he’s framed for murder and loses everything—his job, his home, his girlfriend and almost his mind. Behind bars, Chance’s only ray of hope in his life is his pen pal, Deyja.... When he’s released after seven years, he finds her, but he doesn’t reveal his true identity to her. Deyja doesn’t realize she’s falling for her former pen pal. All she knows is she’s finally found a man who satisfies her every desire. But when Chance’s old friends creep back into his life, will his past destroy his future with the woman he loves?


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Macarons


Chic & Delicious French Treats
Annie Rigg
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small Ltd, February 10, 2011
Review: Picture-perfect and delicious, macarons are the ultimate in pretty sweet treats. Adaptable to any color scheme or flavoring, these delicate fancies make the perfect gift or centerpiece for any celebration. Color photos.


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Sesame Beginnings™-4 Vols.


At The Zoo / Nighty-Night / Bubbles, Bubbles / Eyes & Nose, Fingers & Toes

Publisher: Bendon Publishers International, November 01, 2006
Review: The Sesame Street babies star in four adorable board books that come with parenting tips and great ideas for finding teaching moments all day long— and the rhyming text is so much fun to read out loud. (Ages 2 and under)


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Reading Jackie



William Kuhn
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Random House, December 07, 2010
Review: Dozens of books and articles have been written about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and her iconic image has graced the pages of countless newspapers and magazines. Yet, despite living the majority of her life in the spotlight, the former first lady fiercely guarded her privacy. And while she never wrote a memoir, Jackie told her life story and revealed herself in surprisingly intimate ways through the nearly 100 books she brought into print during the last two decades of her life as an editor at Viking and Doubleday. Drawn from archives and interviews with Jackie’s authors, colleagues and friends, Reading Jackie mines this most personally significant period of her life to reveal both the serious and the mischievous woman underneath the glamorous public image.
Her books tell us what she cared about, whom she believed in and what ideas she wished to endorse in print,” writes author William Kuhn. “They are the autobiography she never wrote. Not only do the books show what interested her, they also recall the themes and events of her entire life.” In Reading Jackie, Kuhn offers a compelling behind-the-scenes look at Jackie at work. In detail, he describes how she commissioned books, her relationship with her authors, the ways in which she shaped texts and why certain subjects spoke to her so strongly. Regarded by the public as the paragon of grace and poise, Jackie was not above rolling up her sleeves to work on a manuscript, or sitting down on the floor to lay out illustrations.
Jackie shunned publicity in her private life but willingly courted controversy in the books she edited. She was the first editor to commission a commercially successful book telling the story of Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings. Her publication of Gelsey Kirkland’s critical biography of dance icon George Balanchine ignited a media storm. While Jackie rarely spoke of her personal life, many of her books ran parallel to, echoed, and emerged from, her own rich experience. For example, she was the editor behind bestsellers on the assassinations of Tsar Nicholas II and John Lennon, and in another book she paid tribute to the allure of Marilyn Monroe and opera legend Maria Callas. Her numerous other projects take us into territory she knew well: journeys to Egypt and India, explorations of the mysteries of female beauty and media exploitation, and illuminations of the creative minds of fashion, photographers, art historians and the designers at Tiffany & Co.
Today, Jackie is best remembered for her marriages to JFK and to Aristotle Onassis, but her real legacy can be found in the books that reveal the tastes, recollections and passions of an independent woman.


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The Light of Burning Shadows


Book Two of the Iron Elves
Chris Evans
Publisher: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, July 28, 2009
Review: With The Light of Burning Shadows, acclaimed author Chris Evans marshals all the keen-edged wit, magical mayhem and military adventure that hooked us on A Darkness Forged in Fire—and throws it at us with the force of a cannon blast.
Recalled to the service of the Calahrian Empire, the once-disgraced Major Konowa Swift Dragon and his reformed Iron Elves have distinguished themselves in battle against the dark minions of the Shadow Monarch. Now Konowa’s motley regiment, so recently bloodied, are to be tested again. On Prince Tykkin’s order, they must search for a great library of lost knowledge, said to be buried under the searing sands of the Hasshugeb Expanse…the desert wasteland to which the original Iron Elves were banished.
Meanwhile, as the Iron Elves set about destroying the Monarch’s nightmare forests, Konowa knows there is only one way to defeat the dread witch once and for all: he must find and join forces with his exiled brothers—and take the fight directly to Her door. Only with their combined power might they break the cursed oath that binds them all. But Konowa cannot foresee what awaits them in the desert…for something ancient is stirring, something with deadly designs of its own.


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The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part II


From the Bastille to Baghdad
Larry Gonick
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, October 06, 2009
Review: In the fifth and final book of his beloved and critically acclaimed history in graphic novel form, Larry Gonick continues through two and a half centuries of revolution, social and economic innovation, nationalism, colonialism, and scientific progress, finally bringing us up to the modern day. Picking up after the American Revolution, where Part I left off, Part II opens with the Enlightenment and rolls across Napoleon, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, World Wars I and II, and all the way to our recent imbroglios in Iraq and Afghanistan. At once edifying, irreverent and wildly entertaining, The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part II brings the past to life as it puts a brilliant new spin on our world.


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Biochemistry for Dummies, 2nd Edition



John T. Moore
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., August 15, 2011
Review: Biochemistry is the study of the chemical reactions that occur at the molecular level of organisms. In their newly updated contribution to the ever-popular “...for Dummies®” series, John Moore and Richard Langley lead an informative tour of this fascinating field.
Biochemistry for Dummies, Second Edition, sets the stage by overviewing basic biochemistry concepts. Where in the body does biochemistry take place? What properties of water and hydrogen ions allow the formation of acids and bases? What are the elements of organic chemistry and how does it work? You’ll find the answers here. The second section gets into the meat of biochemistry: the structure and function of proteins. We begin with amino acids—the building blocks of proteins—and review the 20 common (and other less common) varieties in which they appear. A separate chapter covers protein structure and function. A further discussion explores enzymes and enzyme kinetics.
The next section turns to carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, vitamins, and hormones. We learn why glucose is “the staff of life,” and assess both the properties of fats and the types of complex lipids. The authors cover nucleic acids and the basics of DNA and RNA, before continuing with a look at the various vitamins and their effects on the body. This is followed by an analysis of hormones and how they work. (Ever wonder how steroids make you hairy or irritable?) Subsequent sections address the role of ATP, nitrogen, DNA replication, RNA transcription. The book even covers protein synthesis.
Complete with lists including “Ten Great Applications of Biochemistry” and “Ten Biochemistry Careers,” Biochemistry for Dummies, Second Edition, belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the subject.


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Woodrow Wilson


The American Presidents Series
H.W. Brands
Publisher: Times Books, June 01, 2003
Review: In this perceptive biography, part of the American Presidents series, historian Brands emphasizes the role that religion played in structuring Wilson's view of the world.
Reviewed by Sandy Levinson
H.W. Brands focuses to a remarkable "and illuminating" degree on Wilson as a war president, even though Wilson had thought little and probably knew less about foreign affairs at the time he was elected as a "progressive" president who would attack a variety of domestic problems (which he did in his first term). But, as with other presidents, history had its own plans. Wilson's war was not only in Europe, but also, as Brands forcefully shows, in the Western Hemisphere, as Wilson sent American troops first to Mexico and then to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Given Brands' emphasis on the role that religion played in structuring Wilson's view of the world and his personality, it is hard not to think, when reading this book, of the present President, in his own way extremely "Wilsonian" in his apparent zeal to "make the world safe for democracy" and to impose his version of American ideals on a potentially recalcitrant world. A principal difference, of course, is that he scarcely enjoys the truly remarkable degree of adulation that greeted Wilson when he visited Europe after the War to participate in the ill-fated negotiations at Versailles.


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Veil of Night



Linda Howard
Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc./Random House, August 10, 2010
Review: There is nothing like a sexy and suspenseful story by the amazing Linda Howard!,” raves Romantic Times. To be sure, the #1 New York Times bestselling author knows how to keep passions high…and the tension taut. Like in her new page- turner, Veil of Night, where wedding bells fall deathly silent when an unlucky bride stumbles down an aisle of no return….
Wedding planner Jaclyn Wilde loves her career, and it doesn’t hurt that she’s particularly adept at soothing frayed nerves. But edgy doesn’t even begin to describe her newest client, Carrie Edwards, a spoiled, intolerable bridezilla who's already taken one vow: to drive Jaclyn crazy! In fact, everyone hired to make her nuptials an over-the-top extravaganza—from the cakemaker and florist to the dressmaker who created the spectacular wedding gown—has been on the receiving end of her nasty temper, and there’s not one who doesn’t wish Carrie ill. But did one of them actually kill her? When the despised harpy is found brutally murdered, Jaclyn’s stunned disbelief turns to dismay when it seems she, who admittedly had more than a few run-ins with the obnoxious victim, is sitting at the top of the cop’s suspect list.


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Sci-Fi Art


A Graphic History
Alex Summersby
Publisher: HarperCollins, January 01, 2009
Review: Imagine science fiction without imagery. Impossible, isn’t it? That’s because sf is as inextricably bound with visions as it is with ideas. Now Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History brings together the best visions created over the last 150 years.
Packed with vivid illustrations, this stunning book traces the evolution of sci-fi art from the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, through the classic cover art of early 20th-c. pulps, to films and posters. Here are the most groundbreaking, talked about visuals in every medium—comic books, movies, TV shows, toys, RPGs, video games and more—plus fascinating facts and secrets from the genre’s great creators. With a foreword by William Gibson, this is a must-have for all fans of sf art.


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The Christmas Sweater



Glenn Beck
Publisher: Simon&Schuster Books For Young Chil, October 27, 2009
Review: A young boy learns why some gifts will be forgotten soon after the Christmas decorations are put away while others will be cherished for a lifetime in The Christmas Sweater, a wonderful heartfelt picture-book adaptation of Glenn Beck’s bestselling novel of the same name.
Eddie is less than thrilled when he discovers that he’s getting a boring, scratchy, handmade sweater for Christmas instead of the shiny new bike he’s been begging his parents for all year long—that is, until his Grandpa takes him on a magical journey to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Suddenly, the bike doesn’t seem anywhere near as important as enjoying what truly matters. This is a book about family and love to share with those you love most. (Ages 4-6)


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Listen to the Wind


The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA), January 22, 2009
Review: What would you do to thank the people who saved your life? When Greg Mortenson lost his way after attempting to climb K2, villagers from an impoverished Himalayan town helped nurse him back to health. This act of kindness inspired him to build schools for children in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Millions of us have already read his inspiring true story in Three Cups of Tea, the runaway bestseller that Tom Brokaw called “proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world.” Now, Greg retells his story for kids in Listen to the Wind, an inspiring picture book filled with remarkable collages and lots of photos, too. (Ages 6-9)


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Spade & Archer


The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
Joseph Gores
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Random House, February 10, 2009
Review: It’s 1921, and Sam Spade has just set up his own detective agency in San Francisco. The next seven years see the straight-talking, no-nonsense private eye dealing with booze runners, banking swindlers, gold smugglers, bumbling cops and the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-sen. He’ll take on Miles Archer as a partner, though Archer stole his girl while he was fighting in World War I. He’ll tangle with a villain who’s planned what he thinks is the perfect crime. And he’ll fall in love—though it won’t turn out for the best.… It never does with dames.
The authorized prequel to Dashiel Hammet’s classic, The Maltese Falcon, Spade & Archer is a gritty, pitch-perfect, hard-boiled mystery that’s destined to become a classic in its own right.


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Pinheads and Patriots


Where You Stand in the Age of Obama
Bill O'Reilly
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, Inc., September 14, 2010
Review: Bill O’Reilly, three-time Emmy® Award-winning journalist and bestselling author, doesn’t mince words. He speaks his mind. And that’s never been truer than in Pinheads and Patriots, a provocative examination of the changes being wrought in the age of Obama…and the consequences they’ll have for all of us down the line. Offering thoughtful critiques of actions and policies of the most powerful people shaping our lives today, O’Reilly lavishes praise where it’s earned and condemnation where it’s needed, backing up his analyses with information culled from interviews with President Obama, his confrontations with Congressman Barney Frank and more. It’s an essential resource for all Americans trying to make sense of this time of change.


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Starbound



Joe Haldeman
Publisher: Ace Books Inc./Imp of Putnam Berkle, January 01, 2010
Review: Joe Haldeman’s Marsbound brought us face to face with life on the Red Planet—and forever altered our place in the cosmos. Starbound, its thrilling sequel, takes humanity to an inevitable showdown whose repercussions will be felt for generations to come.
It was a near-fatal accident that made a teenage girl humanity’s first ambassador to an alien race. But it’s no accident when an older, wiser Carmen Dula is tapped for a critical mission. Along with her husband, space pilot Paul Collins, Carmen must travel to a faraway system and negotiate a truce with the powerful Others.
Tens of thousands of years ago, these Others built a huge underground complex on Mars and filled it with thousands of bio-engineered Martians, all to monitor humanity’s evolution. Highly advanced—and highly paranoid—the Others have already tried to destroy Earth. Now it is time to go to them.
For the seven humans and two Martians aboard ad Astra, the six-year voyage will lead to a startling discovery about the Others’ genesis. But time—and relativity—waits for no one. While the envoy struggles to broker a pact, Earth is busy building a small fleet of warships, undermining Carmen's mission of peace....


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I Love It When You Talk Retro


Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech
Ralph Keyes
Publisher: St. Martins Press, Llc, April 01, 2009
Review: Kids today might not know who Mrs. Robinson is, what “stuck in a groove” refers to, why 1984 was a year unlike any other, how big a breadbox is, or even what “Watergate” refers to. Fortunately, Ralph Keyes breaks it all down quite eloquently in I Love It When You Talk Retro, a look at verbal fossils that remain embedded in our culture and conversation long after the actual event has faded from public consciousness. Perhaps it’s a product (Edsel), bestseller (Catch-22), comic strip (Alphonse and Gaston) or advertisement (“Where’s the beef?”) that’s been long forgotten. Keyes’ journey takes us along the timelines of American history to fill in the blanks, giving us a plethora of trivia and obscure references.


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Working It Out


A Journey of Love, Loss, and Hope
Abby Rike
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, May 04, 2011
Review: Abby Rike’s courage is a testament to her faith in the darkest of hours. Working It Out is her story.
In 2006, Abby lost her husband and two children in a tragic car accident. For nearly three years she walked through life like a spectre, present in body only. As she descended into darkness, her physical health suffered, too. Supported by loving parents, friends and her faith, Abby regained her strength, courage and wisdom, and, energized by hope, lost 100 pounds. Most importantly, she continued her steadfast relationship with God.
In this riveting book, Abby recounts her joyous life before the accident, the pain that followed it—and her emergence as a shining example to others of the power of faith in a loving God. Photos.


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The Big Book of Patchwork


50 Fabulous Quilts
Judy Hopkins
Publisher: Martingale & Company, April 01, 2011
Review: Judy Hopkins (a.k.a. the Queen of Mystery Quilts) is a well-loved quilt designer who has an eye for the traditional but a love for time-saving methods, like the ones used in her popular Around the Block series and in these glorious patchwork projects. An extraordinary value with 50 fabulous quilt projects (that’s around 50? a project!), The Big Book of Patchwork has something for everyone: table runners, crib quilts, lap quilts and bed quilts in a variety of styles, sizes (up to queen size), and fabric combinations, from two-fabric designs to stash-busting scrappy quilts. With fast cutting and piecing techniques, classic designs and guidance from a trusted authority, this is a a must-have treasury for anyone who loves to quilt.


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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever



Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc., November 15, 2011
Review: There’s nothing like spending the holidays with the people you love. But too much family time can be too much! Greg Heffley’s survived life with an annoying big brother and a spoiled younger brother, father-son bonding, middle school, getting “The Talk” from his great-grandmother and a major falling out with his best friend, but can he weather the storm when his ENTIRE family (extended family members included!) gets snowed in for the holidays? As if he doesn’t have enough to deal with, Greg’s also being blamed for damaging school property.
The Heffley’s face their greatest challenge yet—each other—in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, book six of Jeff Kinney’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. (Ages 9-12)


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An American Betrayal


Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
Daniel Blake Smith
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, November 08, 2011
Review: Review by Elliott West
No episode in American Indian history is better known than the Cherokee “trail of tears,” the forced removal of about 16,000 persons from the hills of Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838-39. Often the story is told as a morality play. The state of Georgia and the federal government under Andrew Jackson are the bully boys and the Cherokees the victims whose courageous, brilliantly led resistance finally was not enough to save them from exile.
The episode was genuinely tragic, but as retold by Daniel Blake Smith, the events leading up to removal were ones of political complexity, moral dilemmas, and fascinating, if troubling, conflicts around a people’s search for identity and integrity.
Smith’s focus is not the usual one—the conflict between the Cherokees and the state and federal authorities—but rather the anguished divisions within the Cherokees. His story’s principal characters are John Ridge and Elias Boudinot. This pair, along with Ridge’s father, Major Ridge, typically are condemned as signatories of the Treaty of New Echota, the document authorizing removal over the objection of the vast majority of Cherokees.
If villains, however, Ridge and Boudinot were complicated ones. Pursuing assimilation with the white world, they were educated in New England and married daughters of prominent white families. Back in Georgia they applied their education and considerable skills to hurrying the work of assimilation. This was meant to unify and preserve the Cherokees as a people and to protect their ancestral home. They thought that when white authorities saw the Cherokees’ accomplishments and adoption of many white institutions—Boudinot founded the Cherokee Phoenix, the newspaper in the new syllabary—they would accept fundamentals of tribal culture and would leave their land unmolested.
Their overall goal was to avoid the very thing they later were disgraced for abetting—removal. A tidal change came with the gritty realities of the encroaching frontier. The avarice of officials and of invading white farmers convinced them that losing their homeland was likely. They were equally appalled at how contact with whites brought degradation and the loss of the best of older values of their people. These paragons of assimilation became defenders of essential Cherokee tradition.
This posed a terrible dilemma. Should the Cherokees fight to keep the land of their ancestors but lose their identity as a people, or accept the loss of their land to preserve who they were? John and Major Ridge and Boudinot chose removal, which left them at odds with the huge majority of their people. With admirable economy Smith traces their inner and political journey and tells as well the more familiar events leading to the Treaty of New Echota and the trail of tears. He casts new light on other characters, like Samuel Worcester, the clergyman who was both an ardent opponent of removal and John Ridge’s closest friend.
The course followed by the Ridges and Boudinot would spawn bitter divisions among the Cherokees that would last for generations. For the three men, the end came soon. Condemned by a tribal court, all were assassinated on the same day in June 1839.


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One Simple Act


Discovering the Power of Generosity
Debbie Macomber
Publisher: Simon And Schuster, Inc., November 03, 2009
Review: What if you could make the world a better place...by tomorrow? In One Simple Act, Debbie Macomber tells you how.
In a world that too often seems stingy and grudging, Debbie has witnessed how one simple act of generosity can yield unforeseen miracles. Her blend of true stories and motivating messages will delight and surprise you. You’ll discover how giving the gifts of time, encouragement, hope, laughter, prayer, hospitality, service and even forgiveness, can have a lasting impact, not only on the recipient of such gifts but also on the giver.
Debbie Macomber, through the power of story, invites us to live with open hands, offering who we are and what we have to God, to use in the lives of others. All it takes is one simple act.


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Publisher: Adams Media Corporation, December 01, 2007
Review: Grab your magnifying glass and get ready for adventure! Here’s everything—and we mean everything—curious kids crave packed into three incredibly fun Everything® Kids’ books.
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