How I Grow Taller- Can This Book Really Help You Grow Taller Or Is It A Scam? -
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Karen Allen
Have you dealt with feeling insecure about your height? Many indivuduals around the world have dealt with not being satisfied over how tall that they are. Most people would assume that there is nothing at all that you can do about your height and you...
The Book of Exploration. A Review -
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All-Purpose Guru
The Book of Exploration / by Ray Howgego (Bloomsbury, 2009) Hardcover, 360 p. ISBN 9781608190591 The Book of Exploration presents a selection of material from author Ray Howgego's four-volume Encyclopedia of Exploration, probably the longest work in the English language by a single, unaided author....
Tutankhamun. A Review -
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All-Purpose Guru
Tutankhamun / by T.G.H. James ; photographs by Araldo de Luca (White Star, 2006) Hardcover, 319 p. ISBN 9788880954514 (Deluxe edition (2007), 9788854403550) Tutankhamun, the so-called boy Pharaoh, may not have been the most powerful or most important of the Pharaohs, but today he is...
Broke: The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure Reviews -
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Conan Edo
This summer Laurence Kotlikoff (an economist at Boston U) published an estimate of the total debts and obligations of the US government: 202 trillion dollars- we ARE broke. The main sources of this gargantuan debt are the major Federal entitlement programs: Social Security and Medicare....
My Grandfather's Son. A Review -
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All-Purpose Guru
My Grandfather's Son / by Clarence Thomas (Harper Audio, 2007) Unabridged on 9 compact discs, read by the author. ISBN 9780061373459 My Grandfather's Son, Clarence Thomas' memoir, traces his life from his childhood to his confirmation hearing before becoming Supreme Court Justice. I remember that...
Why You Should Get Ebook Bundles from Diesel-ebooks -
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sharonmbs
Before I tell you why you should get ebook bundles from Diesel ebooks , let me tell you about this amazing online bookstore. Diesel-ebooks has an extensive selection of ebooks in all categories from classics and literature to romance and science fiction. Nearly 2.4 million...
Fantasy ebooks That Take You to a New World -
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sharonmbs
There is no better time machine than an interesting book! Fantasy books take you to a new world away from the mundane. You have talking dolls, gnomes, elves, vampires, werewolves, and even witches and fairies in these fantasy stories. From the talking doll, Amelia Jane...
1000 Events that Shaped the World. A Review -
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All-Purpose Guru
1000 Events that Shaped the World / National Geographic (National Geographic, 2007) Hardcover, 415 p. ISBN 9781426203145 Human society exists today as it does because of numerous events that happened some time in the past. In 1000 Events that Shaped the World, the editors of...
American Heroines. A Review -
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All-Purpose Guru
American Heroines: the Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country / by Kay Bailey Hutchison (William Morrow, 2004) Hardcover, 384 p. ISBN 9780060566357 American Heroines comprises brief biographical sketches of 45 American women and assessments of each one's significance and impact. It presents a remarkably varied...
The Ten Thousand by Paul Kearney -
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Paul Stotts
Paul Kearney's latest novel "The Ten Thousand" is what epic fantasy should be, epic in scope, epic in its gruesome and harrowing battles, and most important, epic in its execution. Kearney has created a gem of a standalone novel here, a fantastic military tour-de-force that...
Approval Addiction: Overcoming Your Need to Please Everyone. A Review -
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All-Purpose Guru
Approval Addiction: Overcoming Your Need to Please Everyone / Joyce Meyer (Time Warner AudioBooks, 2005) Abridged on 5 compact discs, read by Pat Lentz. ISBN 9781594830235 Approval Addiction looks at a common personal and social problem from an explicitly Christian perspective: No one can ever...
The Encyclopedia of Music. A Review -
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All-Purpose Guru
The Encyclopedia of Music: Instruments of the Orchestra and Great Composers / Wendy Thompson and Max Wade-Matthews (Hermes House, 2002) Paperback, 512 p. ISBN 9781843094364 The Encyclopedia of Music covers Western "classical" music from ancient civilizations to the present day in a single volume. It...
This Is Not A Game by Walter Jon Williams -
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Paul Stotts
A woman sits in a hotel room, alone and scared; outside, the city burns, white hot. Black roiling clouds pollute the horizon, flames flicker in the distance, the smell of burning flesh—of death—penetrates the room. She looks out her window, perched high on the fourteenth...
The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett -
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Paul Stotts
Sometimes it's easier to be a coward. Easier to not fight back. To not stare in the eye of the bully harassing you. To slink around the corner, avoiding confrontation. Maybe the odds aren't in you favor. Maybe fighting back could mean serious injury. Maybe...
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks -
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Paul Stotts
If a just universe won't tolerate the existence of Cenaria's best wetboy Durzo Blint (who sounds more like a pastry than an assassin), then we should all be thankful that author Brent Weeks created the morally challenged world of Midcyru to house him. Clearly, the...
Truancy Origins by Isamu Fukui -
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Paul Stotts
Roger Waters wrote in the classic Pink Floyd song Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 the now famous lyrics: We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control. Isamu Fukui seemingly agrees with these sentiments in his latest novel Truancy Origins, a...
The Warrior-Prophet by R. Scott Bakker -
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Paul Stotts
There weren't enough superlatives to describe the brilliance of R. Scott Bakker's first volume in "The Prince of Nothing" trilogy, "The Darkness That Comes Before". After such an astounding debut, I wondered if the second volume could match the intellectual depth and overall intensity of...
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi -
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Paul Stotts
Often, reading science fiction can be like studying a technical manual, filled with obfuscated, abstract concepts and obtuse, cutting-edge technologies, but lacking a real good story underneath it all. Furthermore, the prose is heavy and dense and littered with infodumps. In point, it is everything...
Thunderer by Felix Gilman -
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Paul Stotts
Gods roaming the earth, interacting with humanity and generally being a nuisance has been a fantasy staple since Greek mythology. Annoying humans became their favorite sporting pastime. Giving the gods a physical form gave us something relatable, something to blame. Gods suddenly become responsible for...
Book Review: Currents Deep and Deadly by Arleen Alleman -
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William
Currents Deep and Deadly Arleen Alleman Xlibris, Corp. (August 23, 2010) 978-1453539286 (print) 304 pages Reader's Choice Rating 3.5 Stars Find adventure, romance, mystery, bizarre interconnected coincidences, brutal murders and a journey of self discovery on a luxury cruise ship in Currents Deep and...
