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Truly Madly Pizza, BookOne Incredibly Easy Crust, Countless Inspired Combinations & Other Tidbits to Make Pizza A Nightly Affair

by Lenzer, Suzanne
Book - 2015
Added Jan 26, 2021

The Pizza Diet, BookHow I Lost 100 Pounds Eating My Favorite Food--and You Can Too!

by Cozzolino, Pasquale
Book - 2017
Added Dec 23, 2020

How They Got Away With It, BookWhite Collar Criminals and the Financial Meltdown

Book - 2013
Added Mar 04, 2020

Classic Knits, BookMore Than 100 Beautiful Projects

Book - 2013
ClaireM_W's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Feb 22, 2020

Comment:

This comprehensive and beautiful reference is worth buying if you can afford it. Lots of classic patterns to build a solid base to your knitted wardrobe, and a 'Knitting 101' worth of instructions for various moves and techniques, from knit and purl to fancy stitches and patterns. I'm in love with this book, and will probably end up photocopying a small fortune of favourite stuff.

Murmurations, BookAn Anthology of Uncanny Stories About Birds

Book - 2011
Added Feb 05, 2020

I Curse the River of Time, Book

by Petterson, Per
Book - 2010
Added Feb 05, 2020

Prague in Danger, BookThe Years of German Occupation, 1939-45 : Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Film and Poetry, Politics and War

by Demetz, Peter
Book - 2008
Added Feb 05, 2020

The Procrastinator's Handbook, BookMastering the Art of Doing It Now

by Emmett, Rita
Book - 2000
Added Feb 05, 2020

The Cambridge History of Ancient China, BookFrom the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C

Book - 1999
Added Feb 05, 2020

Unsolved!, BookThe History and Mystery of the World's Greatest Ciphers From Ancient Egypt to Online Secret Societies

by Bauer, Craig P.
Book - 2017
Added Feb 05, 2020

Freak Kingdom, BookHunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-year Crusade Against American Fascism

by Denevi, Timothy
Book - 2018
Added Oct 25, 2019

How Fascism Ruled Women, BookItaly, 1922-1945

by De Grazia, Victoria
Book - 1992
Added Oct 25, 2019

Tyrant, BookShakespeare on Politics

by Greenblatt, Stephen
Book - 2018
Added Oct 25, 2019

Prague in the Shadow of the Swastika, BookA History of the German Occupation, 1939-1945

by MacDonald, C. A.
Book - 1995
Added Oct 25, 2019

Good Weed, Bad Weed, BookWho's Who, What to Do, and Why Some Deserve A Second Chance (all You Need to Know About the Weeds in your Yard)

by Gift, Nancy
Book - 2011
Added Jul 18, 2019

Comment:

Actually, the photos were not up to par. The subject plant was never isolated from others growing nearby, and the focus was less than the sharpest. Also, as a fierce weed puller, I was only annoyed by the "good" aspects almost of each weed, even Bind Weed! "Apparently some people like the flowers!" The author's suggestion: provide a trellis for them. Good luck with that. One good thing, I've learned the official names of one or two Bad Boys.

Damn Delicious Meal Prep, Book115 Easy Recipes for Low-calorie, High-energy Living

by Rhee, Chungah
Book - 2019
Added Jun 27, 2019

All the Names They Used for God, BookStories

by Sachdeva, Anjali
Book - 2018
Added Jun 27, 2019

Calypso, Book

by Sedaris, David
Book - 2018
Added May 18, 2019

Mountains Beyond Mountains, Book

by Kidder, Tracy
Book - 2003
Added May 18, 2019

I Am My Mother's Daughter, BookMaking Peace With Mom--before It's Too Late

by Krasnow, Iris
Book - 2006
ClaireM_W's rating:
1 out of 5 stars
Added May 18, 2019

Comment:

Oh dear. I got nothing useful from this book. Perhaps it is too late for Mom & I, she is now in deep dementia, and I am in my mid 70s. We did genuinely try, time and again over the years to find a better way, but invariably one or the other of us would fall off that emotional wagon. So this book reads for me like a 1980s self-help, complete with every example ending happily ever after. Also, is there anything more annoying than each example giving us 'typical' cases with white, middle-class names and circumstances for each? I can now be very loving and forget all the past trash now that Mom is in a Home, being very well cared for, and from the time she arrived there, still had most of her mental faculties. Now Lo and Behold, from that moment on she was no longer the low-blow fighter we knew and feared. I am so grateful that I've been able to live up to my childhood vow "I will never treat my own kids like this.", with only few and short slip-ups. They have now grown up to be so much healthier that my siblings and I. Hallelujah! I would recommend this book to younger women, filled with optimist hope, and with a far less dysfunctional history and painful memories for both parties.

Simone De Beauvoir, Book

by Appignanesi, Lisa
Book - 2005
ClaireM_W's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added May 07, 2019

Comment:

I'd heard of Simone De Beauvoir for decades, all of it condescending. She was 'Sartre's unappreciated and emotionally abused acolyte". I never realized she was in fact an important intellect in her own right, and most significantly, the starting point of modern feminism. Sure, everything Sartre did was revered as Wisdom From The Mountain Top, but I'll bet my next pension cheque that 100 years from now, it will be De Beauvoir who will be quoted and remembered, while Sartre (father of existentialism) will be a wee footnote. Lordy it's a pain in the neck being relegated to the 'woman's world', ie, the cooking and cleaning up.

Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture, Book

Book - 2005
ClaireM_W's rating:
2 out of 5 stars
Added May 07, 2019

Comment:

Comic Book Guy is a lot more interesting and funny when we get only snippets of his cynical observations and deep loneliness. A full diet of it gets very tiresome, like a neurotic who resists therapy. (cue the old psychiatry joke... 'How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the light bulb has to want to change.")

Eat That Frog!, eBook21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

by Tracy, Brian
eBook - 2017
Added Feb 16, 2019

Sweater Quest, Large PrintMy Year of Knitting Dangerously

by Martini, Adrienne
Large Print - 2010
Added Jan 28, 2019

Turn Right at Machu Picchu, BookRediscovering the Lost City One Step at A Time

by Adams, Mark
Book - 2011
Added Nov 16, 2018
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