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reviewed Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler.... October 03, 2003
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the
Ten years ago, when I visited Palm Beach, Florida, I noticed a lot of places named after someone called Flagler. At the time I had no idea who this person was, or why everything in the area seemed focused …
reviewed Flood Your Body with Oxygen. August 19, 2003
Flood Your Body with Oxygen
Ed McCabe has done a wonderful job of researching oxygen therapies and their role in a holistic model of building and restoring health. This book has loads of information and contains the author's passion …
reviewed Seabiscuit: An American Legend. July 30, 2003
Seabiscuit: An American Legend [Bargain Price]
First let me say this is undoubtedly the most interesting and enjoyable book I've read so far this year. What this book ultimately accomplishes is serving up a piece of unique U.S. history, that most …
reviewed Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of .... June 05, 2003
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount
Perhaps timing is everything, but don't tell that to Jon Krakauer, an outdoors writer and mountain climber who was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to climb Mount Everest; only to find himself in …
reviewed Seabiscuit: An American Legend. February 07, 2003
Seabiscuit: An American Legend [Bargain Price]
Up to the time that I became aware of this book, I thought that the Seabiscuit was "just another racehorse with a name more suitable for punchlines by the Three Stooges. After all, I never saw his name …
reviewed Start Your Own Business, 2nd Edition:.... January 24, 2003
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Start Your Own Business, 2nd Edition: The Only
This is a very comprehensive (and big!) book. It covers all the basic steps you need to know about starting and running a business, from business forms to accounting to buying insurance to employee issues …
reviewed John Adams (David McCullough book). July 10, 2002
John Adams
I recently re-read two biographies. The other is Edmund Morris's biography of Theodore Roosevelt. However greatly their two subjects differ, both are written with the narrative skills of a novelist, the …
reviewed Seabiscuit: An American Legend. April 22, 2002
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend [Bargain Price]
If you think Steinbeck's fictional Joad family had a tough time during the Great Depression, read Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit" to find out what it was like to be a down-at-the-heels jockey or trainer …
reviewed John Adams (David McCullough book). August 31, 2001
John Adams
David McCullough's volume was of great satisfaction to me. Mr Adams and his son John Quincy have always been personal heros of mine. Just as Amistad gave the country a look at John Quincy, Mr. McCullough …
reviewed Into the Wild (book). August 15, 2001
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Into the Wild
This is a fascinating tale of an ill fated young man, and how his thirst for adventure and a different life in the wilderness led to his untimely demise. It is a scholarly piece, well researched with …
reviewed John Adams (David McCullough book). August 03, 2001
John Adams
McCullough has done a great service in reminding us what an important influence John Adams had in the founding of our nation. He is too often a forgotten figure in our nation's pantheon of founders. Adams' …
reviewed Genome: The Autobiography of a Specie.... July 30, 2001
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species In 23
Written so the layperson (like me) can understand it, Ridley has provided a tremendous overview of the status of genetic research. With the mapping of the Human Genome, scientific advances in genetics …
reviewed On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. July 16, 2001
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On Writing by Stephen King
I've not been a consumer of King's novels..they usually appear as movies so quickly that I just settled for that (and those movies are excellent - The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Misery, etc). It …
reviewed In Cold Blood. June 29, 2001
In Cold Blood
The murders that are graphically depicted in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood -which is now universally recognized more for its writing than anything else- are nauseating, grisly and malicious; these words …
reviewed John Adams (David McCullough book). June 07, 2001
John Adams
David McCullough is one of my favorite writers of history, along with Stephen Ambrose, W. Bruce Lincoln and a few others. It's no shock, then, that I thoroughly enjoyed this biography of our little-understood …
reviewed Ghost Ships, Gales and Forgotten Tale.... June 04, 2001
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Ghost Ships, Gales and Forgotten Tales: True
I believe this book was written partly to counter-act the romantic story-telling of Great Lakes authors like Dwight Boyer ("True Tales of the Great Lakes," "Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes," etc.) and …
reviewed Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wrec.... April 17, 2001
Liar's Poker
Liar's Poker is to the 80s what Frank Partnoy's F.I.A.S.C.O is to the 90s, with the notable exceptions that Liar's Poker is well written, it's funny and its author obviously understood what was going …
reviewed Angela's Ashes: A Memoir. March 09, 2001
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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
When I first heard about this book, I didn't understand what all the fuss was about. Then I bought the book and read it and understood. In life there isn't much difference between tragedy and comedy. …
reviewed On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. February 10, 2001
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On Writing by Stephen King
This book is actually two, both of which are worth reading. The first is a brief autobiography, where King is very forthright about his life. Most significant is his honesty regarding his alcohol and …
reviewed Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of .... January 29, 2001
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human
This is really quite an interesting book, but many of the premises it offers I had covered in two units of Anthoropology at University. However it is peppered with enough interesting "incidents" from …
reviewed Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years. December 14, 2000
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Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years
I can not understand why everyone is complaining about the writing style of this book. I think it is presented quite well. I would like a little more information on certain songs. However, any reader …
reviewed On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. November 23, 2000
On Writing by Stephen King
I enjoyed the read and actually went over some parts of this book more than once. Certainly as a writer (and I imagine many of the readers of this book are writers or at least aspire to be), I was keenly …
reviewed On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. November 13, 2000
On Writing by Stephen King
This is a terrific book, for at least two reasons: King allows his reader to accompany him on a personal, albeit highly selective journey through King's life thus far; also, in the second part of the …
reviewed Historic London. October 25, 2000
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As Ronald Hutton says in the introduction, this set of cassettes is designed to be listened to while you are actually strolling or driving the streets of London, looking at the sites he's describing. …
reviewed Into the Wild (book). August 28, 2000
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Into the Wild
Pros: A clear but jaded look     Cons: none     Jon Krakauer, noted author of Into Thin Air and Eiger Dreams, as well as contributing editor to Outside magazine, …
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