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| 1. |  | The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Large Print Press) from Large Print Distribution Price: $10.17 Customer Review:  I've recommended this book to my friends, meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans, and those who are into the "organic" food craze. I'm a meat-eater myself, and the best thing I was able to relate to them was that, in most cases, "organic" still means processed and industrialized. Even "free-range"... |
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| 2. |  | The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression from HarperLuxe Price: $12.31 Customer Review:  Long story short - Ms. Shlaes' numbers are bogus, and must be deliberately so. For example, her number for employed/unemployed people given at the start of chapters simply does not count the people put to work directly by the government (like those in the WPA) as employed. It's as though a... |
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| 3. |  | The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) from Thorndike Press Price: $30.95 Customer Review:  This true story was irristable and carried me to the end of the book. Being an animal lover I found her bits about the animals delightful. However, the human story, while fascinating, was a bit dry in the telling. |
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| 4. |  | A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) from Thorndike Press Price: $32.95 Customer Review:  Here it is a book about adventure and action, emotion and death. The memoirs of a boy soldier. The war in South Africa took its toll on thousands of people, emotionally and physically. Poverty plagues Ishmael Beah in Along Way Gone. Along Way Gone should be read by adults only. The book uses... |
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| 5. |  | 1776 from Large Print Distribution Price: $11.96 Customer Review: I ordered the book 1776 over 6 weeks ago and never received it. My child needs this book for a class beginning in January and I fully do not expect her to have it. |
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| 6. |  | Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Thorndike Press Large Print American History Series) from G. K. Hall & Company Customer Review: Ambrose is the master historian. He made history interesting again. He does it by telling the stories of regular people -- not armies, not generals, not national leaders, but rather, the common GI Joe. He did all veterans a great service in his writing. He will be missed. Don't think you know this... |
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| 7. |  | Under the Banner of Heaven (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) from Random House Large Print Price: $21.28 Customer Review:  Much like the Mormon faith, Under the Banner of Heaven has an infrastructure of oatmeal. This book, at best, strengthens the resolve of those who love and those who loathe the LDS movement. |
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| 8. | [no image] | The Botany of Desire: A Plants-Eye View of the World from Thorndike Press Customer Review: It is a rare science book that evokes such an emotional response in me. "Beak of the Finch" by Jonathan Weiner is one, and "The Botany of Desire" is another. Pollan's discussion of four archetypal plants (apple, tulip, marijuana and potato) and our shared history with them makes for some wonderfully... |
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| 9. |  | Einstein: His Life and Universe (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers) from Large Print Distribution Price: $11.86 Customer Review: Just as he did with "Franklin", Isaacson takes a well chronicled subject and finds new and interesting facts and anecdotes never before published. A must read. |
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| 10. |  | In A Sunburned Country (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) from Random House Large Print Customer Review: I read this book right before a trip to Australia, finished on the first leg of the flight. The whole time traveling around the country (great place by the way), I found myself seeing and hearing things right off the pages. My wife got so tired of listening to my chuckle and me trying to explain... |
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| 11. | [no image] | Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation from Wheeler Publishing Customer Review: Simply constructed, well researched and delightfully written, Founding Brothers reads like a news anchor's report on what went through the minds of USA's first leaders while they were making policy. Like a fly on the wall, Ellis relates the events from each participant's innermost subconscious all... |
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| 12. |  | America's Hidden History LP: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation from HarperLuxe Price: $19.14 Customer Review: I found this book well researched and very readable and a good primer and springboard for anyone interested in American history. |
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| 13. |  | The Looming Tower: Al-qaeda and the Road to 9/11 from Thorndike Press Customer Review: As cliche as this sounds, this book is a "must read" for anyone who values peace, freedom, love, and America. All the good points on this book have already been said, I just wanted to give it my 5 stars! |
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| 14. |  | Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today from Random House Price: $19.11 Customer Review: For people like myself, who came of age in the early 60's, this book is just great. Brokaw deserves tremendous credit for his professionalism and his agreeable style. It was wonderful to retrace those steps, relive those times with Tom (also my age), especially through the biographies of all those... |
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| 15. |  | Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War from Large Print Distribution Price: $12.44 Customer Review: This book was quite interesting in terms of historical facts. I personally found it a bit dry. |
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| 16. |  | Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Random House Large Print (Hardcover)) from Random House Large Print Customer Review: This was a heart pounding adventure book. Once the story really started unfolding, there was new twists and turns around every corner. Once the submarine was found, it became an obsession for the two divers who spearheaded the exploration to identify this unknown u-boat. Deep sea diving has such a... |
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| 17. |  | American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) from Random House Large Print Price: $20.48 Customer Review: The GOOD -- A nice, fairly entertaining, analysis of 5 key events in early US history from 1775 to 1803 with insights you probably didn't get learning about them in school. The BAD -- Ellis writes with metaphors galore, which can sometimes get annoying. The UGLY -- Does Ellis really think... |
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| 18. |  | The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World from Thorndike Press Customer Review: Why read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A-Z when you can read a much more entertaining version by an author obsessed with knowledge. I loved finding out that abominable snowman's footprints are produced by running bears. Then, why haven't I ever heard of olive oil being used during the building... |
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| 19. |  | Palestine Peace Not Apartheid from Thorndike Press Price: $31.95 Customer Review: Gives a good overview of Arab-Israeli relations since 1948 with an emphasis crucial barriers to peace. The first book written by a prominent figure to focus on the suffering of the Palestinians. |
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| 20. |  | Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History from Thorndike Press Customer Review: Book was in better condition than I had expected. Shipping was fast and I was kept abreast of shipping etc. VERY satisfied. |
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