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A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure 24 reviews
Marlena De Blasi
Ballantine Books, 2005
From Venice to Tuscany
+ The best of the series!
+ Read this book! And find a way to warm a winter's evening in the cold temperate climes
+ My new favorite book
+ (4.5 stars) A gorgeous tribute to Tuscany and her people...
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Trial & Error (Solomon vs. Lord Novels) 18 reviews
Paul Levine
Bantam, 2007
One of the funniest writers working today!
+ Lots of humor, not so much legal thriller
+ Levine does it again
+ Legal Laughs
+ Save the Dolphins!
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 1522 reviews
Gregory Maguire
HarperAudio, 2003
Truly Bizarre But Impossible to Put Down
I suppose that if I was going to take a famous children's story and make an adult novel out of it, I'm not sure I would have chosen something based on the Wizard of Oz. Maybe "Blueberries for Sally," where it turns out that the missing father from the story had been killed in a gangland slaying ...
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Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir18 reviews
Bich Minh Nguyen
Viking Adult, 2007
Very enjoyable...
+ Engaging and entertaining read.
+ I related
+ Stealing Buddha's Dinner - a fascinating memoir
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The Course of Human Events (Unabridged)85 reviews
David McCullough
audible.com
Excellent Historical Work
+ A great history of the political questions of the civil war
+ Southern Schools Should Teach This
+ Ok,not a review really but...
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The House on Mango Street605 reviews
Sandra Cisneros
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 2004
poetry to my ears
+ The House On Mango Street
+ gorgeous
This is a beautifully written book about a girls who lives in a house on Mango street, a house that is far blow her expectations and a neighborhood she does not want to belong to. This book reads more like a poetic form in a novel. There's a lot of wonderful details about how some people in the ...
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece (Unabridged)
Jonathan Harr
audible.com
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Portrait in Death (In Death)83 reviews
J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts
Berkley, 2003
Good
+ consistent quality
+ J D Robb
+ Great
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Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway Novels)86 reviews
John Dunning
Pocket Star, 2001
"Check Out" this Novel Mystery!
+ Dunning is enthralling
+ A Real Pleasure to Read
+ Great! Great! Great!
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Bergdorf Blondes 343 reviews
Plum Sykes
Miramax, 2007
Completely whimsical
+ Good summer chick lit...
People who compared this to (or expected) Sex & The City didn't really get it...
It's completely whimsical. The main characters are sympathetic, but not really identifiable for most of us. They are shopping their way through life, even shopping for boyfriends, with almost limitless means & free ...
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Scream for Me33 reviews
Karen Rose
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Scream For Me
+ As good as her other books.
+ Great book.
It was thilling and very hard to put down once reading! I love Karen Rose and all of her books.
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Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery50 reviews
Donna Leon
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Death at LaFenice
+ Nice Little Crime Story
+ Operatic complexities
+ I enjoyed it so much, I have ordered the second in the series.
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74 Seaside Avenue (Cedar Cove, Book 7)39 reviews
Mira, 2007
after seven, can't wait for book 8
+ 74 Seaside Avenue
+ Very happy
+ Another great visit to Cedar Cove
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Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the Dark Side of the American Psyche9 reviews
Gordon Theisen
Thomas Dunne Books, 2006
Dissecting NIGHTHAWKS: A Treatise on Urban Alienation
+ The Underside of America
+ Interesting Meditation on Hopper
+ Great theory
+ mistakes hurt credibility
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The U.S. Constitution: And Fascinating Facts About It 22 reviews
Terry L. Jordan
Oak Hill Publishing Company, 1999
What's a matter with you. Not having a knowledge of the US Constitution????
+ US Constitution and Bill of Rights
+ constitution
+ Small and Easy to Use
+ This is a great little book, but the binding doesn't hold up well.
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The Wrong Stuff: A Jane Wheel Mystery10 reviews
Sharon Fiffer
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004
My Stuff Runneth Over
+ The Wrong Stuff book
+ Antiques and murder
+ Cute and charming
+ The work of a fine writer
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Foul Play1 review
Janet Evanovich
Harper, 2008
Love & Laughter
This is one of Janet Evanovich's early pre-Plum romances, and it's an enjoyable, sexy romp. Amy Klasse, who has been playing a clown named Lulu on her own TV show for children, is suddenly fired because the new station manager thinks that a show about a dancing rooster would do better in that ...
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Death of an Englishman: A Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation4 reviews
Magdalen Nabb
Soho Crime, 2001
Forza Firenze
+ For all the future reviwers- Pease do not spoil the mystery
The re-release of Magdalene Nabb's Florentine stories is long overdue ( and shame on her UK publisher for dropping her ). Congratulations are due to SoHo Press for their continuing ressucitation of some of the finest crime writers ( Van Der Wetterring , Tokagi and Janes etc )who all seem to have ...
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Luncheon of the Boating Party40 reviews
Susan Vreeland
Viking Adult, 2007
Best Book Ever!
+ Pretty Good Book - - Though Slow
+ Pleasant Diversion
This was one of the best books I've ever read. With all that France has had to endure, the French people are celebrated here through art, food and the love of the outdoors. Ms. Vreeland did an excellent job researching her subject. If you are not an avid art lover or Impressionist fan, you will be ...
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Irish Tiger: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel (Nuala Anne McGrail Novels)9 reviews
Andrew M. Greeley
Forge Books, 2008
Irish Tiger
+ The Power of Love
+ Hooray for the Irish and Father Greeley
+ Greeley Rocks
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