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reviewed James C. Kearney - NASSAU PLANTATION:.... Monday
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Let us now consider together Texas historian James C. Kearney's 2010 NASSAU PLANTATION: THE EVOLUTION OF A TEXAS GERMAN SLAVE PLANTATION.      Its narrative is 232 pages long. …
reviewed The Scapegoat. May 10
The Scapegoat
There are almost too many defensible ways to read and interpret English writer Daphne du Maurier's 1957 novel THE SCAPEGOAT.      -- First, the story is distinctly weird, eerie. …
reviewed Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. May 03
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: THIS REVIEW IS ABOUT THE 1938 NOVEL...NOT THE 2008 MOVIE. TPK 05/03/2013   =-=-=-=-=-=-= English writer Winifred Watson (1906 - 2002) published six novels between 1935 and …
reviewed Friedrich Armand Strubberg - FRIEDRIC.... April 12
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  Friedrich Armand Strubberg (1806 –1889) lived in Texas both when it was an independent republic and briefly when it was a State. He released 21 books written in German between 1858 and …
reviewed Schick Hydro FIVE Disposable Razors. March 29
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I asked amazon.com's VINE program to send me to use and review a free three pack of its HYDRO FIVE DISPOSABLE RAZORS. After an initial problem or two flowing from lack of information provided by manufacturer …
reviewed Gerald Shea - SONG WITHOUT WORDS: DIS.... March 15
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I am always happy to learn new words. So warm thanks to Gerald Shea, author of 2013's SONG WITHOUT WORDS: DISCOVERING MY DEAFNESS HALFWAY THROUGH LIFE. For lawyer Shea introduced me to the word "cophosis."& …
reviewed Temple Grandin and Richard Panek - TH.... March 08
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  I myself had very little interest in autism, Asperger's syndrome and such behavioral and brain conditions until April 2012 when I heard the father of a 25 year old low-functioning autistic …
reviewed Walter Besant - ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR:.... March 02
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  SPOILER ALERT: The title of my review is a quotation from the next to last page of Walter Besant's offbeat novel of 1883, ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR: THE SIMPLE STORY OF THREE BOYS AND A GIRL. …
reviewed Arnold Bennett -- ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS. December 10, 2012
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ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS is a 1902 novel by Arnold Bennett. Set in late 19th Century Staffordshire, the novel is drenched in facts and background but is also quirkily non-fictional both as to facts and …
reviewed John F. Riddick - THE HISTORY OF BRIT.... September 18, 2012
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In 2006 appeared THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA: A CHRONOLOGY by John F. Riddick, Professor Emeritus of Central Michigan University. Riddick says that he authored this CHRONOLOGY from annoyance atfter finding …
reviewed Nigel Cliff - HOLY WAR: HOW VASCO DA .... August 22, 2012
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  Nigel Cliff's HOLY WAR (2011) is a minutely detailed study of Portuguese Atlantic and Pacific Ocean voyages of discovery and conquest from the 15th to the 17th Centuries. Discoveries included …
reviewed iHome by Lifeworks Technology IMAC-K1.... July 24, 2012
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Today I received from amazon.com/vine as a free sample to review a keyboard with the long name iHome by Lifeworks Technology IMAC-K121S Full Size Mac Keyboard with 2 USB Ports.  Between us my wife …
reviewed Rudyard Kipling - RUDYARD KIPLING'S W.... July 23, 2012
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Rudyard Kipling - RUDYARD KIPLING'S WEST: AMERICAN NOTES
  Between late May and early October 1889 young Anglo-Indian journalist Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) crossed North America from west to east. By prearrangement with his late employer, the PIONEER …
reviewed Charles E. Carrington - RUDYARD KIPLI.... July 16, 2012
Charles E. Carrington - RUDYARD KIPLING: HIS LIFE AND WORK
Four months ago, March 08, 2012 I sent lunch.com the first of three reviews showcasing 1907 Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling as a pioneer science fiction writer:   (1) Twentieth Century Sci …
reviewed Carol Gregson - LEAKY BOOTS AND OTHER.... July 04, 2012
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  Carol Gregson's 2007 second edition of her 2003 LEAKY BOOTS AND OTHER COMPLAINTS is undeniably autobiographic. I hesitate to call it selectively autobiographic. But some things are not there …
reviewed John Connelly - FROM ENEMY TO BROTHER.... June 27, 2012
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When Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933, it was five years before der Fuehrer launched annihilation of the Jews and set in motion events leading to the Second World War.  Roman Catholic …
reviewed Howard J. Booth, editor - THE CAMBRID.... June 17, 2012
Howard J. Booth, editor - THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO RUDYARD KIPLINGYe
Between January and March 2012 I sent up to LUNCH.com/Forbidden Planet three reviews on Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) as master of science fiction. The first book was John Brunner's 1992,1994 selection …
reviewed David Birmingham - A CONCISE HISTORY .... June 11, 2012
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I have before me a paperback second edition (2003) of English Professor of Modern History David Birmingham's A CONCISE HISTORY OF PORTUGAL. Its first edition appeared in 1993. The second edition …
reviewed R. A. Herrera - ORESTES BROWNSON: SIG.... June 02, 2012
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  Remember Lord Acton (1834 - 1902)? He famously opined: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Friend of the great Prime Minister William Gladstone, pupil …
reviewed G. C. Beresford ("M'Turk") - SCHOOLDA.... May 25, 2012
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  If your interest in the life and writings of 1907 Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling is nil or barely more, then do not read G. C. Beresford's 1936 SCHOOLDAYS WITH KIPLING.   If, on …
reviewed Adam Nicolson - THE HATED WIFE: CARRI.... May 17, 2012
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Adam Nicolson - THE HATED WIFE: CARRIE KIPLING 1862 - 1939
I am very fond of Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), his life, his works, his parents and sister Trix and his wife Caroline "Carrie" Starr Balestier (1862 - 1939). Five months from now I am scheduled …
reviewed Kidnapped (Penguin Classics). May 11, 2012
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Kidnapped (Penguin Classics)
It is May 1886. Imagine yourself an avid reader of Britain's YOUNG FOLKS magazine. In recent years and months you have read there two fascinating novels by pseudonymous Captain George North -- now …
reviewed joe basara - sale day at c mart. May 06, 2012
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joe basara - sale day at c mart
  Joe Basara's SALE DAY AT C MART covers most of the daylight hours of a hot day in mythical Cyrpress Lake, Florida. C MART is celebrating Christmas in July with a storewide sale. The three …
reviewed THE NAULAHKA - A STORY OF WEST AND EA.... April 09, 2012
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THE NAULAHKA - A STORY OF WEST AND EAST (1892) by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier
Sometime around 1890 tiny 23-year old Miss Kate Sheriff of Topaz, Colorado travelled 14,000 miles from home as a medical missionary. 28-year old handsome, rangy, mustachioed Nicholas "Nick" …
reviewed Marley Coffee. April 04, 2012
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Marley Coffee
Ten days or so ago I accepted an invitation from amazon.com's VINE program to order at no cost to myself and review if I chose to a box of 15 paper pods of ground "organic medium ethiopia virgacheffe." …
reviewed Summer of the Wolves. April 01, 2012
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Polly Carlson-Voiles - SUMMER OF THE WOLVES
There is a promotional blurb at barnesandnoble.com about Polly Carlson-Voiles's 2012 novel for ten-year old and upwards, SUMMER OF THE WOLVES. The blurb begins, "Julie of the Wolves meets Hatchet …
reviewed Anne Schneider - BREATH FOUND ALONG T.... March 29, 2012
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Anne Schneider - BREATH FOUND ALONG THE WAY
  Before me lies a little book of short poems. The book: BREATH FOUND ALONG THE WAY (Austin, Texas 2003). Its author: Anne Schneider.    The front cover shows "Phantom," a …
reviewed David Drake and Sandra Miesel, editor.... March 23, 2012
David Drake and Sandra Miesel, editors: A SEPARATE STAR: A SCIENCE FICTION TRIBUTE TO RUDYARD KIPLING (1989)
  A fortnight ago I dropped in the Forbidden Planet pigeonhole of lunch.com a review of a collection of short stories and verses honoring Sci Fi pioneer Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936. That …
reviewed Mitt Romney - TURNAROUND: CRISIS, LEA.... March 19, 2012
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Mitt Romney - TURNAROUND: CRISIS, LEADERSHIP, AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES
  From early 1999- March 2002 Willard Mitt Romney (born 1947 in Michigan) was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) for the 2002 Winter Olympics. In the fall …
reviewed A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Thin.... March 13, 2012
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A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every
I am curious to know when and why lawyer, radio talk show host and blogger Hugh Hewitt decided to write A MORMON IN THE WHITE HOUSE? 10 THINGS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MITT ROMNEY (2007).   …
reviewed David Drake and Sandra Miesel (editor.... March 08, 2012
David Drake and Sandra Miesel (editors) - HEADS TO THE STORM:: A TRIBUTE TO RUDYARD KIPLING
This may be the easiest book review I have ever done. Why?      Because my target audience is made up of science fiction fans of the year 2012. They may not initially think of Rudyard …
reviewed Yvonne Lehman - HEARTS THAT SURVIVE: .... February 26, 2012
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Yvonne Lehman - HEARTS THAT SURVIVE: A NOVEL OF THE TITANIC
Yvonne Lehman's newest Romance, 2012's HEARTS THAT SURVIVE: A NOVEL OF THE TITANIC, begins with a pregnancy. It quickly moves to a shipboard wedding performed by Captain Edward J. Smith beheld …
reviewed Wee Willie Winkie. February 16, 2012
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Rudyard Kipling - Wee Willie Winkie
      Did your mother or grandmother ever lull restless you to sleep by crooning lines like these?   "Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, Up stairs and down stairs …
reviewed Thomas Penn - WINTER KING: HENRY VII .... February 12, 2012
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Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur), King  of England, Wales and Ireland lived from 1457 to 1509. He dated his reign from August 21 1485, the day before he defeated and slew in the battle of Bosworth …
reviewed Ilan Alon - GLOBAL FRANCHISING OPERAT.... February 01, 2012
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Ilan Alon - GLOBAL FRANCHISING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: CASES IN INTERNATIONAL AND EMERGING MARKETS OPERATIONS
Preliminary remark: Ubergizmo seems the right part of lunch.com to place this review because serious academic case studies of marketing are examples of applied (social) science, part of the domain of …
reviewed Vincent Martin - A HOUSE DIVIDED: THE.... January 26, 2012
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Vincent Martin - A HOUSE DIVIDED: THE PARTING OF THE WAYS BETWEEN SYNAGOGUE AND CHURCH
Vincent Martin makes non-scholarly but not entirely uninformed readers positively pant to find out: where was the tipping point? Where was the point of no return? When, that is, did it become absolutely …
reviewed Rudyard Kipling - The Science Fiction.... January 19, 2012
Rudyard Kipling - The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling
I am keen that you elect to read the nine short stories and one poem collected in 1994 by British SciFi novelist John Brunner under the title THE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES OF RUDYARD KIPLING.   …
reviewed Lauri Ann Lumby - CHRISTOUCH: A CHRIS.... January 14, 2012
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Lauri Ann Lumby - CHRISTOUCH: A CHRIST-CENTERED APPROACH TO ENERGY MEDICINE THROUGH HANDS-ON-HEALING
  Everybody knows that hands can heal.      Consider the hands of orthopedic surgeons. And consider those who give massages.      Rudyard Kipling knew …
reviewed Interwoven Destinies: Jews and Christ.... January 09, 2012
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Eugene J. Fisher (editor) - INTERWOVEN DESTINIES: JEWS AND CHRISTIANS THROUGH THE AGES
Professor Michael J. Cook has a serious complaint about one aspect of what Jewish and Christian scholars are saying about Jesus, the early churches, the parting of the ways between Judaism and Christianity …
reviewed Julia Fox - SISTER QUEENS: THE NOBLE,.... January 01, 2012
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Given the steady fascination that the English Tudor Dynasty holds for American readers and movie goers, it is not suprising that of her book's two royal SISTER QUEENS, author Julia Fox gives three …
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