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Lost America: The Abandoned Roadside West 18 reviews
Troy Paiva
MBI, 2003
The Real "Land That Time Forgot"
+ Get "Lost"...
+ Troy started it all....
+ More Then Just Junk
+ Excellent book!
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Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents51 reviews
Nicholas Ganz
Harry N. Abrams, 2004
Excelente libro!! un gran muestra de arte urbano a todo nivel!!
+ Pure pleasure!
+ Worldly
+ Graffiti World
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The A-Z of Modern Design 1 review
Bernd Polster, Claudia Neumann, ...
Merrell Publishers Ltd, 2006
Browsing Fun
If you like modern design, you should like this book. It consists of around 300 one- or two-page articles, each one focusing on either an individual designer or on a design studio or manufacturer. They are in alphabetical order by name. There is a few paragraphs of text for each entry and a short ...
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How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers6 reviews
Sharon Rose, Neil Schlager
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2003
interesting and informative
+ Interesting Book for Kids
+ A fun book
+ A book about how some things are made
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The Complete Book of Sushi19 reviews
Hideo Dekura, Brigid Treloar, ...
Periplus Editions, 2004
This book is indeed complete!
+ Beautiful book, with great directions!
+ Lovely pictures
I bought this book for my sushi-loving-husband as a Christmas gift so that he can make his own sushi. This book is a great investment for the sushi lover. The author's recipes are complete and her directions for making sushi are impeccable.
Especially helpful were her directions for making ...
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die 44 reviews
Barron''s Educational Series, 2005
Great! but...
As a movie lover this seemed to be a perfect gift for me...until I learned there was a new edition coming in the fall.
Apart from that I was absolutely pleased with this book and I'm looking forward to watching the movies listed in the book that I haven't seen.
If you don't mind having this ...
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All-American Ads of the 40s4 reviews
Taschen, 2001
Capitalism at work...forties style.
+ Coffee table books worth collecting
+ All this and World War 2!
+ The book I was Waiting for in it class
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The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives ...70 reviews
Steven L. Kent
Three Rivers Press, 2001
Most concise history on video games available today
+ ultimate history review
+ Enjoyable book, but...
+ Absolutely incredible - a must-own for gamers!
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Sitcoms: The 101 Greatest TV Comedies of All Time12 reviews
Ken Bloom, Frank Vlastnik
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007
Perfect Companion for All Coach Potatoes!
+ Glaring Ommissions
The latest book from authors Ken Bloom and Frank Vlastnik, who authored a marvelous "Greatest Broadway Musicals" book in 2004, is this equally splendid tribute to the 101 greatest half-hour TV comedies of all time. Chock full of interesting facts, pithy critical comments and a wealth of color ...
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Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty54 reviews
Joy Masoff
Workman Publishing Company, 2000
That's Nasty!
+ Oh, Yuck Book
+ great reading for kids
+ Great gift for a boy
+ Oh, YucK!
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Mug Shots: Celebrities Under Arrest1 review
St Martins Pr, 1996
Hollywood Hot Heads!
What can you say about a book that let's you see how humanly disgusting the biggest celebs in Hollywood are? It is FABULOUS, that's what! I do believe my jaw dropped upon seeing some of the most high profile celebrities in Hollywood in this book. Being the average Joe, it's nice to know that some ...
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Ghosts Caught On Film2 reviews
Melvyn Willin
David & Charles, 2007
Earns Respect
+ Great Book Awesome Pictures!
This book earns a great deal of my respect for many reasons. I appreciate the presentation of facts, letting the reader decide what to believe. The layout is beautiful and it makes a fascinating coffee table book. I like that is has some of the most famous and heavily disputed photographs of all ...
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Route 66 Lost & Found: Ruins and Relics Revisited, Volume 217 reviews
Russell A. Olsen
Voyageur Press, 2006
amazing book
+ Great for the traveler/history buff
+ Route 66 Lost and Found
+ Lost and Found
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A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book74 reviews
Frank Warren
William Morrow, 2007
Lifetime of Secrets
+ Only complaint...not long enough.
+ A Great Party Book
+ A Lifetime of Secrets:A PostSecret Book
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre: Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Weird and All True! ...14 reviews
Julie Mooney, Editors of Ripley's Believe It or Not
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005
Kids love this book!
+ Believe
+ GREAT BOOK
+ Entertaining, if sparse on details
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All-American Ads of the 50s11 reviews
Taschen, 2001
All-American Ads of the 50s
+ Like Time Traveling Down Madison Avenue Circa 1959
+ 1950's American History As Seen Through Advertising
+ The Golden Age of Advertising
+ Nostalgia City
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All American Ads of the 60's (Midi Series)9 reviews
Jim Heimann
Taschen, 2002
Space Age meets the Hippie
+ did we really dress like this?!
+ Time travel back to the 60's!
+ These books are a great resource, with limitations
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Life: 100 Events That Shook Our World : A History in Pictures from the Last 100 Years5 reviews
LIFE MAGAZINE EDITORS
Life, 2005
Every Picture Tells A Story
+ History in Pictures
+ Life Magazine Photo Journalism
+ Great Book!
+ Some dubious choices, but fun to look at
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All American Ads of the 20's (Midi Series)6 reviews
Steven Heller
Taschen, 2004
I just couldn't resist this one...
+ All American Ads - 20s
+ Back to the past
+ Best of series, typographically speaking...
+ Good Reference Material
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Magic Eye Gallery: A Showing Of 88 Images11 reviews
Magic Eye Inc.
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1995
you will be able to appreciate the power of 'splatter vision' practised by secret service agents, army snipers, fighter pilots!
+ Books
+ Magic Eye Mania
+ Some good images here, but some duds, too.
+ AMAZING
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