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How to Be Famous by Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt book

This was such a terrible book it almost made my eyes bleed. Here you have two of the most annoying celebrities Hollywood has to offer, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt writing a how to book on how to be famous. Sounds like a joke right? Well …

Management Information Systems 8th Edition by T. Lucey

When I started doing a Principles of Management course at my university in the latter part of May, I recalled seeing one or two books that might help me, which was on a shelf at my late aunt’s house. One of those books was a book called “Management Information …

Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide To Natural Health For Dogs and Cats book

The ISBN # for this book is: 0-87596-243-2. The copyright is: 1995.
About two years ago one of my dogs, a miniature dachshund, began showing signs of a couple potential chronic health issues. I hadn’t received much help or information from our veternarian so I decided to search for information …

Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz is a book that in some ways is very touching and in other ways, it is quite heartbreaking. Either way, this book never fails to have an emotional impact on me. This book looks at the lives of Lucille Ball …

An Echo In The Darkness by Francine Rivers

‘An Echo in the Darkness’ is the second book of Francine Rivers’ trilogy ‘Mark of the Lion’. Hadassah is miraculously saved from the lions by a young Greek doctor, but her face is left badly scarred and she walks with a limp. On the other hand, Marcus, who doesn’t …

Italy (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

This Italy Lonely Planet Country Guide was written by by Damien Simonis, Duncan Garwood, Paula Hardy, and Alex Leviton.
To be quite honest, this book is a great book. I borrowed this book from the library in this town when we had our trip to Italy for ten days. And …

The Storyteller - A Novel By Jodi Picoult (Historical Fiction)

Every novel I’ve come across by Jodi Picoult has one unique aspect: They are full of surprises, each a unique story. The Storyteller is definitely no exception; it delves into a well documented part of history- The Holocaust.
The Storyteller does an incredible job of telling …

Grey Eyes by Quinera Ramey and Brandon Alston, 2011 Book (The Forever Trilogy #1)

The only reason I even started to read this book was because it was free on the Amazon store for my Kindle. I hadn’t heard of it before, but I was looking for something completely new and different to read for a change. So I downloaded it for free …

City Of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) By Cassandra Clare

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is a World best seller of the series The Mortal Instruments.
The story follows a girl named Clary Fray who one night (the night of her 16th birthday) decides to go to a club for the first time; accompanied by her best-friend Simon. Clary …

Star Trek Novel: I.K.S Gorkon - A Good Day to Die by Keith DeCandido

Until the Star Trek Series Deep Space Nine, fans of the Star Trek Universe didn’t get much of an inside look at the Klingon Empire. The Next Generation series scratched the surface sure but no more than that.
What we have here is an author attempt to provide us with …

Red Leaves : Tale of Murder and Suicides by Thomas H. Cook

Eric Moore’s life is perfect for many people. He has a business, have a wife who loved family, and the boy who was always obedient. However, when everything looks perfect, Eric Moore destruction of life began to happen. Everything begins with the disappearance of Amy Giordano, the son of …

Sunbird The Larger Touring Atlas of South Africa

My husband got this Atlas at the airport in Johannesburg for R 155. It was foreseen that after doing Namibia and South Africa in August, we would also do another toad trip in Dec. 2009. We are always travelling and even if there is a GPS in the …

Dare to prosper by Catherine Ponder

‘Dare to prosper!’ is a book written by Catherine Ponder. In this book, the author writes that prosperity comes not by chance, but in accordance with natural law. The peace, health and abundance of prosperity must come through prosperous thinking. The author does not speak only about prosperity in …

Aliens vs. Predator - The Thrill of the Hunt

There have been so many Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs. Predator comic books that it is hard to keep track of them all. I have read quite a few and have been pleased with most of them, although I did not care at all for the ridiculous Aliens …

Autism Answer Book

Seven years ago, my son was born three months premature. Doctors did not think he would survive past his first twenty-four hours because of how frail he was, but when he did survive, the same doctors explained to my husband and me that our son would most probably …

Tender Is The Night, a novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Tender Is The Night is an amazingly subtle and deeply psychological novel of the American classic. Many critics put above THE GREAT GATSBY, which the author himself called his favorite work. And it’s no accident: the book is mainly autobiographical.
Fitzgerald described the flip side of his outwardly luxurious …

Plays To Play With In Class by Sally Milgrim

If you teach Drama and/or English in any middle school or high school,you and your students will definitely enjoy this book.
Plays To Play With In Class is a book that was written by Sally Milgrim, a highly creative individual who was my college professor for a number of courses, …

The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

The book “The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle” by Hugh Lofting if one of the greatest American masterpieces—as far as literature is concerned. Its premise is very interesting, and it is a great tale for all ages.
I thought that Dr. Dolittle’s ability to speak to animals was the best …

Going to live on the Costa Del Sol

Like so many people my wife, my self and our two young boys have decided that we are fed up with English weather and have decided to move to sunny Spain. Of course we are not just going to up and move we are doing our home work first, …

30 Minute Indian by Sunil Vijayakar

Cooking in short time can be difficult. This book emphesises on how to prepare Indian dishes in 30 minutes.
It highlights
* Simple, easy to prepare recipes to take the heat of cooking
* Brings the flavours and aromas of India to your table with exciting recipes thaat will be enjoyed by …

Micro Computers for Business and Home book

Micro Computers for Business and Home is a real window into the past of computing. It was published (by the British company Paperfronts) way back in 1983, and although its author A. D. T. Fryer has not gone on to become a well known name in the industry it …

Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley

I simply love the children’s book “Go Away Big Green Monster” by Ed Emberley. The book is about a monster, who you are descibing as you’re telling it to go away. No child’s personal library should be without it.
Colors and adjectives describe each part of the …

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

I just finished reading Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. It is part of the Twilight Saga and the final book of the series. I have read them all. Stephenie Meyer wrote these books for young adults but they have been a huge hit with adults, including …

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

I was prepared to hate this book by Amy Chua which is an account of her parenting life with her two daughters. A mother who demands her child practice her musical instrument 6 hours a day. Every day. A mother who demands her children get straight As in school. …

My Secret Life on the McJob - book

I found this book in the business and marketing section of the library, but I actually picked it up because it was interesting, not because I expected to learn anything applicable to my business in it.
My Secret Life on the McJob - Lessons from Behind the Counter Guaranteed …

Marie Curie, by Francoise Giroud book

Aspiring to be a chemist, when a friend’s book, Marie Curie, fell into my hands, I grabbed the chance to read it. Marie was, for me, the greatest woman in the history of science, for this scientist was the one who - together with her husband - first studied …

Led Astray by Sandra Brown, book

I am not actually a fan of Sandra Brown and I have never been one, as her books are too tasteless for me. In fact, I have avoided reading her books for a very long amount of time, but this changed when I discovered Led Astray.
The first chapter of …

You’ll See It When you Believe It by Wayne W. Dyer

Normally people believe when they actually see it. In this book, Dr. Wayne Dyer propounded a theory that when you a start believing it, you actually see it. This is one of those brilliant books written by Dr. Dyer meant for your personal transformation.
The principle in this book starts …

Just A Guy, Notes from a Blue Collar Life by Bill Engvall with Alan Eisenstock

In my opinion, Bill Engvall of “Here’s Your Sign” fame is the funniest of the four Blue Collar comedians. His humor is drawn from experiences we can all relate to at some level. After all, who among us hasn’t said something that we wished we could take …

You and Your Baby Pregnancy-Your ultimate week by week pregnancy guide-By Dr Laura Riley

Pregnancy comes with lots of happiness, surprises and bunch of questions and confusions with what is right to do and what not. This book by Dr Laura is excellent guide and helps you through your entire course of Pregnancy. This book has many great features which makes this book …

Useless Knowledge Book

Useless Knowledge is a cute little book that I picked up a few years ago. The book was co-wrote by two authors: one man is a humorist, while the other is a founder of the website by the same name. The book is cute because it is divided into …

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

I’m not sure which one, but I remember reading about Sherlock Holmes solving a mystery surrounding the disappearance of Lady Carfax. So, when I came across the actual story about it, I had to read it.
I wasn’t disappointed. Of all the Sherlock Holmes stories I read, this is definitely …

‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett, book

Usually I avoid bestsellers that are described as “heartbreaking, funny and poignant story of female friendship against all odds”. Usually I’m right. I bought this one - the description matches the general plot, but it actually was good and readable and - thank goodness! - not too cliche. It …

Babysitter’s Summer Vacation

The babysitter’s club has found the most fun thing to do for the summer, go to camp. The whole club is going even some of the charges they babysit are goint to go. This time though the babysitters are going to be CIT’s even stacy. Only two are not …

Italian For Dummies

The book Italian For Dummies is a book that I recommend to you if you are looking to learn to speak another language, it actually does help you actually learn Italian and Spanish also. The book comes with a cd and it does a good job of breaking the …

Paradise County by Karen Robards

Paradise County is by Karen Robards. I’ve read her books before and they are always pretty good.
This book involves murder, corruption, a sadist, and new love. Alexander Haywood’s father owns Whistledown Farms in Shelby County, Kentucky. When he’s killed Alexander and her sister Neely come to see about closing …

The Longcase Clock book

It is often, although by no means always, the case, that when a book has the most straightforward and perhaps even boring of titles, inside there may lurk a fascinating wealth of information and interest. I certainly think that this is the case with The Longcase Clock, Eric Bruton’s …

Sold: Story of Modern-day Slavery by Zana Muhsen

This book is told by Zana Muhsen and written by Andrew Croft. It is the most interesting story I ever read and disturbing it many ways.
Zana and her sister lived in Birmingham, but their father sold them to the Yemen to be married to young boys. Their …

So Like Sleep by Jeremiah Healy

So Like Sleep was written by Jeremiah Healy (published by Pocket Books in 1988)
The book cover did not do the story much justice in fact I was not attracted by its dull illustration, and almost passed by it.
It was surprisingly an interesting story, well written with a …

Everything’s Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

I can never get enough of Stephen King novels. This book bought by my boyfriend is called Everything’s Eventual: 14 Dark Tales. There are about half a million readers that are besotted with his story-making, including myself.
Here are some of my favorite tales in the story. …

The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin

The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin is a book about a teenage band and the members that are consisted in it.
I remember those days that I was in a school band and having conflicts and secret thoughts about the band but could not for a fact communicate with …

Vision in White by Nora Roberts

Vision in White is a new release by Nora Roberts - the first book in the Bride’s Quartet.
Roberts’ recent series were mostly trilogies and all related to the supernatural or involving some kind of danger element. This quartet comes as a refreshing change as it focuses on love and …

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

Blindsighted was written by Karin Slaughter (published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2002)
Lena Adams, a police officer, was devastated when her twin, Sybil, was murdered. She had died in the arms of Dr Sara Linton, and was discovered to have been drugged and raped. Police chief, Jeffrey …

Wimpy Kid Diary - The Last Straw

Wimpy kid Diary —“ the last straw is the third book from “Wimpy Kid Diary” series, by Jeff Kinney. This series was starts as posts in a blog, and it became so famous that the story was changed in books. Jeff is the author and the illustrator of the …

Kavithai Alla Vithai

This is a superb book wrote by Poet Ra.Ravi. This book is published by Jeyachitra, North masi Street, Madurai. The authour organized some of his poems, which he delivered in various literary meetings, public meetings, etc. All the poems are about his favourite famous personalities Poets …

Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning book

Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning is the fourth book in her Highlander series. I’ve mentioned this in my previous reviews, although each Highlander book can read alone and stand alone they all have common elements that
tie them all together and it makes the whole world and …

The Talisman Stephen King Peter Straub

The Talisman is a fantasy about A 12 year old kid you has to travel to a far away land in a parallel world to find The Talisman in order to save his dying mother and ensure his evil uncle Morgan doesn’t get there first. In this book the …

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

I recently had the opportunity to read the Arthur Conan Doyle story “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge;” which I was a bit surprised I hadn’t read before considering I love Sherlock Holmes stories.
This one is actually one of the better Holmes stories I’ve come across too. It starts out …

Dead Ringer by Lisa Scottoline

This is the first book that I’ve read by this author. I really liked the way she developed the characters. I even had sympathy for the evil twin sister at the end. It takes a good author to make you care about the villains. I thought I had Roberts …

Criminal Deception by Marilyn Pappano book

I felt that this was a really good book and very much a page turner. It had plenty of suspense and lots of romance mixed in. If you like reading books with drama and definite chemistry between the two main characters, then I suggest you pick this …

 
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