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Rock On: An Office Power Ballad
Dan Kennedy
Algonquin Books, 2008
Greatest Book!
Hey this is one funny book! Buy it read it laugh a lot. I loved it and I know next to nothing about music just about nothing about working in an office..and nothing about being a guy. BUT I loved it. Very funny. Very smart writer. !
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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike
Esmé Raji Codell
Algonquin Books, 2003
great reference
I am very pleased with this purchase and found it to be a great value. I didn't realize what a huge book I would receive and I am thrilled with the information crammed inside. There are so many wonderful ideas with book lists galore. I have actually carried this book ...
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The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria
Marlena de Blasi
Algonquin Books, 2006
De Blasi does it again!
So many authors do one "hit" book and then start rushing out second-rate sequels to capitalize on the success of the first one. Well, not Marlena D.B. I've enjoyed all three of her books VERY much. The whole saga of dealing with Italian real estate in "Palazzo" is ...
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
Richard Louv
Algonquin Books, 2008
Parents NEED this, take it from a forest kid
I'm young enough that I still get called "kid" by my friends' parents, and when I saw the cover of this book in the store, with the kid holding a frog, I instantly felt like this book was about me. When I started reading, I felt so even more.
My parents are ...
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Breakfast with Buddha
Roland Merullo
Algonquin Books, 2008
Good lessons on how to live delivered in the form of a novel
Reluctantly stuck with his sister's guru on a cross-country drive, a writer makes friends with a new way to view life. Well-written, with good life lessons and great reviews of good places to eat, this is a fast, feel-good read. I highly recommend it.
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Enslaved by Ducks
Bob Tarte
Algonquin Books, 2004
Great Book
Enslaved by ducks is hilarious. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever had (or wants) a lot of pets. It is a quick read and I found myself laughing out loud many times with others wondering what was so funny. Bob Tarte certainly captures the essence of the ...
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Mudbound
Hillary Jordan
Algonquin Books, 2008
"Violence is part and parcel of country life."
Two world wars, poverty and racism combine to create tragedy in this powerful story of a Mississippi family living on a farm with no electricity and no running water, heavy rains cutting the farm off from civilization until the raging river abates. It is here that ...
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Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Esmé Raji Codell
Algonquin Books, 2001
Wonderful Read
This book is a great book for anyone looking at the teaching profession. I used it in an education introduction class and it is very insightful as well as just a great read. This is a real life personal experience in the first year of teaching for Esme, and shows the ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
What a book!!!
I read this book and am doing a book review for my book club for same. I bought this audio version to listen to the book and refresh my memory. It was great! The readers were great and the book is terrific.
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American Savior: A Novel of Divine Politics
Roland Merullo
Algonquin Books, 2008
You'll love it
This book is uproariously funny at times and always easy to read. Merullo's prose is as mellifluous as always. This is a great book which will take you right into an election similar in many ways to the one we are suffering through now; not that the candidates are the ...
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Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes
Stephen Goodwin
Algonquin Books, 2006
If you love golf, this is a must read!
If you play golf and want to get a flavor for the vision of how a destination like Bandon Dunes became a reality, this is a must read. Bandon is one, if not, the most special golf location in the world. I have played in Scotland and Ireland and Bandon has a purity ...
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My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
Ariel Sabar
Algonquin Books, 2008
Reconciling Past and Present
Sabar, Ariel. "My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq", Algonquin, 2008.
Reconciling Past and Present
Amos Lassen
We really do not have a great deal of literature about Jewish life in Iraq so "My Father's Paradise" is ...
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The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial
Susan Eaton
Algonquin Books, 2007
Compelling and Powerful
Can separate ever be equal? Over and over again, we seem to be coming back to the same question our country has struggled with for decades. Countless court cases later, Susan Eaton describe in heart breaking detail, the inequities in the school lives of the children in ...
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Off the Deep End
W. Hodding Carter
Algonquin Books, 2008
excellent and inspiring
When I ordered this book, I was expecting sort of a literary reflection on swimming, discussing the experience of endless laps in ponderous prose. Of course, I forgot my experience of champion swimmers (driven, sometimes eccentric, sometimes manic, but not usually ...
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Gossip of the Starlings
Nina de Gramont
Algonquin Books, 2008
A Great Book
I really enjoyed this book. Nina De Gramont captures the desperate, intense emotions that overwhelm all of us (male, female, rich, and poor) as we struggle through adolescence. A great book for anyone who enjoys a compelling story, beautifully told. Read it now, ...
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