Books Reviews
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Narraritive of the Life of Fredrick Douglass: an American Slave
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by ad22487
Review: So in honor of Black History Month I decided to pick a different book for my neighborhood book club. Our usual books are Borders best sellers and Oprah’s picks, however last week I picked up Frederick Douglass: an American Slave by […]
Books review | Narraritive of the Life of Fredrick Douglass: an American Slave
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Fading Tracks by Bruce Emmett
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by Just4u
Review: Fading Tracks written by Bruce Emmett is a very thrilling book and it is all about mystery revelation at its best. Even if it has a typical teenage style of rendering, the description of events and turn of events make it an edge of seat thriller. […]
Books review | Fading Tracks by Bruce Emmett
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: The Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson
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by Just4u
Review: The Hidden Assassins is a typical thriller by Robert Wilson. The story evolves like an investigation drama but as and when it develops, The Hidden Assassins handles more serious and complicated themes like terrorism and its hidden agenda. Even though the backdrop is set at […]
Books review | The Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Araxi – Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant by James Walt
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by Jessie Bahrey
Review: Long before Chef Gordon Ramsay decided to feature Whistler, BC’s Araxi restaurant in his reality television show, he called Araxi the best restaurant in Canada. And before the winner of the show started his year-long stint at the […]
Books review | Araxi – Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant by James Walt
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Games for your Dragon
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by fredhound
Review: Games for your Dragon is a nice little book, first published in 1983 by Virgin Books in the United Kingdom and written by Clive Gifford. As the name implies, it contains a number of games programs to type into your Dragon 32 (or 64) computer. These days, […]
Books review | Games for your Dragon book
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: The Blood Doctor - Barbara Vine
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by FoTorunn
Review: The blood doctor is crime novel about an author who is researching his family for the latest biography he is writing, that of his own great-grandfather who was family doctor to the royal family, more specifically Queen Victoria’s eight child Leopold. Leopold was a bleeder, […]
Books review | The Blood Doctor - Barbara Vine
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Eyes of the Storm - Jeff Smith
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by FoTorunn
Review: “Eyes of the Storm” is the third book in Jeff Smith’s Bone series. It is a reward winning black and white comic series about the Bone cousins. This book starts with both the hero Fone Bone and the heroin Thorn having strange dreams. Fone […]
Books review | Eyes of the Storm - Jeff Smith
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
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by FoTorunn
Review: Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel, the first in the series about Anne Shirley. It is written by the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and is based partly on her childhood life in Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley, the books main […]
Books review | Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Force Heretic I : Remnant - Dix and Williams
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by FoTorunn
Review: This book as the first part of the Force Heretic trilogy, a part of the Star Wars “The New Yedi Order” series. There’s three parallel stories in this book, one in which Han and Leia with help from various people are trying […]
Books review | Force Heretic I : Remnant - Dix and Williams
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Item: Destiny’s Way - Walter John Williams
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by FoTorunn
Review: In this novel from the Star Wars series The New Yedi Order, the New Republic and their enemies, the Yuuzhan Vong, are at a standstill. Han and Leia’s son Jacen turn up after every one thought him dead while his sister Jaina continues going on […]
Books review | Destiny’s Way - Walter John Williams
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Item: Traitor - Matthew Stover
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by FoTorunn
Review: This is one of the novels in the New Yedi Order series. Han and Leias son Jacen Solo is captured by the enemy, the Yuuzhan Vong. They try to brainwash him to believe in their god and their philosophy. There is also a runaway Jedi there, Vergere, […]
Books review | Traitor - Matthew Stover
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Satan in St Mary’s - Paul Doherty
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by FoTorunn
Review: Satan in St Mary’s is the first book in the series about Hugh Corbett, a medieval sleuth working for the King of England. In this first book he is hired to find out if there is a satanistic conspiracy aimed at Kind Edward I. […]
Books review | Satan in St Mary’s - Paul Doherty
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: The Truce at Bakura - Katy Tyers
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by FoTorunn
Review: The Truce at Bakura is a science fiction novel, set in the Star Wars universe straight after the end of Return of the Jedi. The Rebel Alliance catches an Imperial probe, and as the Empire can’t answer the distress call it is sending, Luke […]
Books review | The Truce at Bakura - Katy Tyers
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Item: Crown of Horns - Jeff Smith
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by FoTorunn
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The Crown of Horns is the last book in the cartoon series Bone by Jeff Smith. The book starts with Thorn, the heroine, being cast in prison and then falling asleep and dreaming of the night when her parents were killed. That dream is a red […]
Books review | Crown of Horns - Jeff Smith
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Item: SAMS Teach Yourself CSS In 10 Minutes
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by brianhacks
Review: If you are interested to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) but don’t know where to start, this book is for you. SAMS Teach Yourself CSS In 10 Minutes is a book which, apparently is all about CSS. However, don’t let the title fool you. […]
Books review | SAMS Teach Yourself CSS In 10 Minutes
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Item: SAMS Learn Adobe Photoshop CS3 In 24 Hours
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by brianhacks
Review: Photoshop CS3 is a complex program to some people, and thankfully, there are countless books which cater to every skill level. This book is right for beginners who are starting to learn their way around Photoshop CS3.
The title sounds like you can […]
Books review | SAMS Learn Adobe Photoshop CS3 In 24 Hours
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
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by Texaslady
Review: I began reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert after having it handed to me as a loan by someone who truly cared about my well being. She just happened to be my counselor. At the time I myself was on the bathroom […]
Books review | Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert book
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Item: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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by thegirlfrombrazil
Review: The thickness of this book totally daunted me. I’ve always had an aversion to thick books that were set in historic times, reminding me of my history classes that well, were boring. The summary at the […]
Books review | A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Published in Books on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Item: Photoshop CS3 For Dummies
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by brianhacks
Review: If you have Photoshop CS3, you know that reading lots of good Photoshop books will help you expand your knowledge on this software. One of the helpful guides I recommend you to read is Photoshop CS3 For Dummies. It is not really anything special, but it will […]
Books review | Photoshop CS3 For Dummies
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Item: Running for Mortals Book
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by poyayan
Review: Want to get into running for fitness but don’t know where to start? Running for Mortals is the book for you. The full title is “Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running,” and it is written by a pair of running experts, […]
Books review | Running for Mortals Book
Published in Books on Friday, February 5th, 2010
Item: Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
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by Just4u
Review: Await Your Reply is nothing short of a superb novel written by Dan Chaon. It is a very imaginative plot set by the author and in this perspective I see Await Your Reply as the most imaginative work of Dan Chaon. The novel starts and […]
Books review | Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon book
Published in Books on Friday, February 5th, 2010
Item: Basic Artificial Intelligence
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by fredhound
Review: The book “Basic Artificial Intelligence”, written by the mysteriously concisely named M James and published by Butterworths, is getting a little bit old now, having been first published as long ago as 1986, but I definitely think it is still very much worth a read for the concepts […]
Books review | Basic Artificial Intelligence book
Published in Books on Friday, February 5th, 2010
Item: The Father Christmas letters - JRR Tolkien
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by FoTorunn
Review: The Father Christmas Letters are a collection of letters that Tolkien wrote to his children when they were young, they are either from Father Christmas or one of his helpers and tell about the preparations for Christmas and everyday life on the North Pole. […]
Books review | The Father Christmas letters - JRR Tolkien
Published in Books on Friday, February 5th, 2010
Item: Iceland’s Bell - Halldor Laxness
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by FoTorunn
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Iceland’s Bell is a historical novel by the Icelandic writer Halldor Killjan Laxness. It has been translated to several languages, so finding a copy in a language you can read shouldn’t be a problem. The first part is about the farmer Jón Hreggviðsson and his battle […]
Books review | Iceland’s Bell - Halldor Laxness
Published in Books on Friday, February 5th, 2010
Item: The Great Cow Race - Jeff Smith
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by FoTorunn
Review: The Great Cow Race is the second book in the cartoon series Bone made by Jeff Smith. The Bone cousins are now well established in Barrelhaven, and the antics of Smiley Bone and Phonicle Bone. Both the drawings and the story are made by […]
Books review | The Great Cow Race - Jeff Smith
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