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The Bathsheba Deadline: An Original Novel 5 reviews
Jack Engelhard
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
TIMELY...TIMELESS...ANOTHER ENGELHARD CLASSIC
+ WHOA!
+ A Kaleidoscopic Tapestry Seen Through A Glass Darkly. A Rabbi-Blessed-Cane Conjures Red-Votive-Candles
+ Fiction Straight Out of the Headlines
+ A Classic Fresh Off the Press
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Push Not the River 71 reviews
James Conroyd Martin
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004
A Polish Love Story in the Time of King Stanislaw
+ LOVE THAT FLOWS LIKE A RIVER
+ Simultaneously Fascinating, Frightening and Fantastic
+ A TRUE CLASSIC: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN
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The Natural 100 reviews
Bernard Malamud
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
A must for any literate baseball fan
+ Not so sugary sweet
+ The Defining Work
My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece.
You can't help but appreciate the ...
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The Shack (Special Hardcover Edition)1593 reviews
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2007
Unexpected
+ The Shack
+ The Shack
+ Best Book Ever
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Amagansett38 reviews
Mark Mills, 2005
SUPER mystery!
+ Lots of delicious fish, PLUS a mystery
+ A great summer read
+ Moody Mystery
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler22 reviews
Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fabulous Baseball Yarn
+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart
+ Simply The Best!
+ Great Book
+ Baseball like it used to be
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel 456 reviews
David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
Great Writing
+ Hated the ending.
+ A Must Read!
I bought Edgar Sawtelle because of the location depicted in the story. I am very familiar with Wisconsin, central and northern. I could picture the location. It was very descriptive and well written. The characters and the dogs were well described; and I felt sad at the end, saddened because it ...
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The Last Town on Earth: A Novel83 reviews
Thomas Mullen
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
The Last Town on Earth: A Novel
+ I got really immersed in this one
I absolutely loved this story, this would be a great read whether it was 1958 or 2008. If well-developed characters are an interest for you, start reading. If we are interested in our future, we must learn lessons from the past. I see so many parallels from this historical tale to our world of ...
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Loving Frank: A Novel174 reviews
Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2008
Loving This
+ Loved Loving Frank
+ A sleeper at first.
+ A Fascinating Read
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1296 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
One of the Few Bestsellers that Deseves the Hype
+ Almost as good as Kite Runner.
+ A sad burqa "romance" with a semi-happy ending
+ Overwhelming
+ Amazingly told...a must read!
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Loving Frank: A Novel174 reviews
Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2008
Loving This
+ Loved Loving Frank
+ A sleeper at first.
+ A Fascinating Read
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Amagansett38 reviews
Mark Mills, 2005
SUPER mystery!
+ Lots of delicious fish, PLUS a mystery
+ A great summer read
+ Moody Mystery
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1296 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
One of the Few Bestsellers that Deseves the Hype
+ Almost as good as Kite Runner.
+ A sad burqa "romance" with a semi-happy ending
+ Overwhelming
+ Amazingly told...a must read!
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Push Not the River71 reviews
James Conroyd Martin
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004
A Polish Love Story in the Time of King Stanislaw
+ LOVE THAT FLOWS LIKE A RIVER
+ Simultaneously Fascinating, Frightening and Fantastic
+ A TRUE CLASSIC: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN
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The Last Town on Earth: A Novel83 reviews
Thomas Mullen
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
The Last Town on Earth: A Novel
+ I got really immersed in this one
I absolutely loved this story, this would be a great read whether it was 1958 or 2008. If well-developed characters are an interest for you, start reading. If we are interested in our future, we must learn lessons from the past. I see so many parallels from this historical tale to our world of ...
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel456 reviews
David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
Great Writing
+ Hated the ending.
+ A Must Read!
I bought Edgar Sawtelle because of the location depicted in the story. I am very familiar with Wisconsin, central and northern. I could picture the location. It was very descriptive and well written. The characters and the dogs were well described; and I felt sad at the end, saddened because it ...
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The Natural100 reviews
Bernard Malamud
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
A must for any literate baseball fan
+ Not so sugary sweet
+ The Defining Work
My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece.
You can't help but appreciate the ...
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler22 reviews
Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fabulous Baseball Yarn
+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart
+ Simply The Best!
+ Great Book
+ Baseball like it used to be
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The Shack (Special Hardcover Edition)1593 reviews
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2007
Unexpected
+ The Shack
+ The Shack
+ Best Book Ever
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The Bathsheba Deadline: An Original Novel5 reviews
Jack Engelhard
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
TIMELY...TIMELESS...ANOTHER ENGELHARD CLASSIC
+ WHOA!
+ A Kaleidoscopic Tapestry Seen Through A Glass Darkly. A Rabbi-Blessed-Cane Conjures Red-Votive-Candles
+ Fiction Straight Out of the Headlines
+ A Classic Fresh Off the Press
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