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Water for Elephants: A Novel 1820 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
A must read for all ages (over 18)
+ One of my Favorites
+ There's gladly an elephant book in the room
+ Water for Elephants.. Good Read!
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Movie Adagios 8 reviews
Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, ...
Decca, 2001
One of the best CDs you'll ever own
+ Good Peaceful Music
+ movie adagios
+ If You Love Classical Music, This CD Is For You
+ Probably Decca's best "Adagios" set
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Sky Atlas 2000.0, 2nd Deluxe Edition38 reviews
Wil Tirion, Roger W. Sinnott
Cambridge University Press, 1998
Sky Atlas 2000.0, 2nd Deluxe Unlaminated Version
+ The best Sky Atlas for Amature Astronomers
+ The Standard
+ This is NOT the Field Edition shown in "Look Inside"
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Debussy for Daydreaming25 reviews
Claude Debussy, André Previn, ...
Philips, 1995
Tunes for dreamers
+ This CD is well worth your time
+ Soothing music to dream by
+ Lovely for kids and adults alike
+ Aptly Titled
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1533 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Excellent book!
+ Desperate People do Desperate Things
+ Thelma and Louise in Afghanistan
+ Heartbreakingly wonderful
+ A Heartbreaking Saga
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Romances & Elegies for Viola & Piano2 reviews
Benjamin Britten, Elliott Carter, ...
Ecm Records, 2000
Sensitive Playing
+ Songs for Winter Solstice
I was pleased to see this recording By Kim Kashkashian. The interplay between the viola and the piano is exceptional and it is clear these two performers have a fine sense of the music. The typical ECM recording excellence adds to this effect. This is twentieth century and somber music. The ...
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Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 16 reviews
Robert Hass
Ecco, 2007
The Pleasure of Reading Robert Hass
+ One of my favorites: I think this book will last
+ Stunning
+ haas does it again
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Jacqueline du Pré - a lasting inspiration12 reviews
Antonin Dvorak, Franz Joseph Haydn, ...
EMI Classics, 1999
99% perspiration
+ Just how great she was
+ Angels Now Play Cellos
+ cello lover
+ Immortal Legend
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Smithsonian Handbooks: Stars and Planets (Smithsonian Handbooks)3 reviews
Ian Ridpath
DK ADULT, 2002
DK Publishes Another Great Book
+ Brilliant little book, enjoyable to read with wealth of information !
+ i like it
As in all other DK books, colored pictures, photographs, and high-quality gloss paper are found in this book. This book clearly gives a drawing of the constellations, a little history, where it is visible (latitudes), and at the very end, finishes it off with a map of all of the stars from both ...
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Bach at Bedtime: Lullabies for the Still of the Night12 reviews
Andreas Greger, Janos Starker, ...
Philips, 1995
Mellow, Sleepy, Wonderful
+ Love It
+ This series is awesome!
+ Bach At Bedtime
+ Great CD
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)1473 reviews
Eckhart Tolle
Penguin, 2008
a fresh perspective and life changing book
+ eye-opening!
+ Extraordinary Book IMHO
+ Great wisdom!!! Despite lots of nonsense... :)
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The Backyard Astronomer's Guide66 reviews
Terence Dickinson, Alan Dyer
Firefly Books, 2002
Best beginners astronomy book
+ Wow, Holly Cow!!
+ Best beginner book out there
+ Must-Have Volume for your Astronomy Library
+ Outstanding information
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NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe109 reviews
Terence Dickinson
Firefly Books, 1998
The reviews say it all, for any beginner (and even interm.) this book is a must!
+ Stunning photographs and relevant maps aid the stargazer
+ I'd give it a BILLION stars if I could....
+ simply awesome
+ PERFECT for beginners
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A Field Guide to Stars and Planets (Field Guide to the Stars and Planets)22 reviews
Jay M. Pasachoff Professor of Astronomy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999
A great way to learn the sky
+ Perfect Guide to the Stars
+ Learning the night sky.
+ A must have book
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The Pillars of the Earth1479 reviews
Ken Follett
NAL Trade, 2002
A towering saga...I really enjoyed it!
+ Wonderful Read
+ Would give it 10 stars
+ just loved it
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Exploring the Night Sky: The Equinox Astronomy Guide for Beginners11 reviews
Terence Dickinson
Firefly Books, 1987
Young Minds Latch onto the Stars
+ Great book for kids & adults.
+ Exploring the night sky
+ A GIFT FOR MY UNIVERSE LOVING SON
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Unaccustomed Earth202 reviews
Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf, 2008
excellent read
+ Unusual but charming
+ What A Short Story Collection Can and Should Be
+ Beautiful collection of short stories
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Mozart at Midnight7 reviews
Antony Pay, Karl Leister, ...
Philips, 1994
Mozart Rocks (again)
+ Very Soooooothing
+ Mozart for sleepy babies
+ Serene but not sleepy Mozart
+ Like a floating cloud
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Music for Rest & Renewal (with nature sounds)22 reviews
The Candlelight Guitarist
Geofonica, 2001
Serenity captured in strings
+ Very Relaxing~Sleep inducing music
+ Touches the heart, soothes the soul
+ Love it
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The Craftsman 13 reviews
Richard Sennett
Yale University Press, 2008
Salutary Failure
+ Poorly Crafted, But Still Worthwhile
This was a very good, very flawed book. Sennet's ideas are extremely interesting but he is an deplorable writer. He rambles and mixes metaphors regularly, uses obscure anglicisms and archaisms and odd syntax with dismaying frequency. George Orwell he is not. He sites Hannah Arendt as one of his ...
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