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A Million Little Pieces (Oprah's Book Club)

24 minutes ago Needled said: “in his memoirs , I've found a tattoo angle in the whole Oprah-upsetting literary debacle, thanks to the amazing Jenni Miller who contributes to Needled and doesn't make anything up because she's just that super-fabulous”

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Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking

18 hours ago KnowProSE.com - Where One Line Can Make A Difference said: “Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

3 hours ago Abuse of Discretion said: “Tim Harford is the author of the book The Undercover Economist. It promises to be a very good read in the same vein as Freakonomics . Tim also writes columns at his website, and made a very apt comparison regarding subsidies. See, subsidies don't just come from the government. The same economic effect happens with massive discounts. Tim discussed the discounts offered on day after”

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1000 Extra Ordinary Objects: 1000 Extra/Ordinaires Objets ; Editor, Isabelle Baraton (Klotz S.)

9 hours ago Goal Setting Principles said: “scar) helps mothers explain to their children what's happening to them, and offers an added comfort: Women who have had mastectomies cushion their hypersensitive skin by placing Buddy against the scar when they're wearing a car sealt belt. 1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects”

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Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (South End Press Classics Series)

246 hours ago Representative Press said: “is important to remember that the Zionist agenda started decades before it and has no right to claim it as some sort of excuse for Zionist activities. [IMG] The info about the June 1924 murder of a religious Jew by Zionist Jews comes from page 165 of Fateful Triangle . "a religious Jew organizing among the largely anti-Zionist native Jewish inhabitants of Palestine" was assassinated by two Haganah agents "as he left the small synagogue in the 'Shaarey Tsedek' hospital." (Hagana was a Jewish terrorist group) Chomsky”

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Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML...

24 hours ago you've been HAACKED said: “[IMG] As I mentioned in my last post, my redesign was inspired by some of the lessons in this book, “ Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm”. The main focus of this book is how to use CSS and semantic (X)HTML markup to create flexible websites. By flexible, the author is referring to a web site’s ability to deal with the different ways a user may choose to view a”

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Cult of Ipod

8 hours ago わたしはこりぃ said: “iPod”

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Simplify

1646 hours ago A Writer's Life said: “David Montgomery reviews my brother Tod's book SIMPLIFY on his site today. And he likes it. Short story collections are nearly impossible to review, especially in anything under several hundred words. (How do you comment generally on a book that contains twelve different stories that vary in plot, theme,”

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Mr. Monk Goes to the Fire House

32 hours ago Linda Woods said: “the siblings write books, let us give you a glimpse into a typical phone call between us: Famous Author: Linda, have you been watching your numbers on Amazon lately? Me: Sort of, why? Famous Author: Well, uh, your book is selling better than mine and Lee's and it isn't even out yet! Me: Yes, that's pretty cool. I mean, cool for me and Karen, not so cool for you and Lee. Famous Author: So, can you send me a picture of yourself eating pork for my blog?”

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All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World

3 hours ago The One & Only said: “In the next few days I have more to do than I care to think about. Starting with writing a couple of book reviews for Idealog magazine. Sisomo[IMG ] by Kevin Roberts CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi's sequel to Lovemarks and All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin - the bald guy who made us aware of permission marketing. I wanted to like the Roberts book. It has a nice feel to it. Design director Derek Lockwood and his team have made a go of padding the presentation into a book. Unfortunately the”

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The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect And Start Being Remarkable

123 hours ago Somewhat Frank ~ Blog said: “thinkers. The books focus is to help spur ideas on how you can “remarkabalize” your organization. It is a thought provoking read and I am about half way done with reading the book already. I would recommend you pick up a copy of the book by clicking here . All of the revenue generated from the sale of the book goes to the following charities: Acumen Fund Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Room to Read [IMG Chopping Onions]The book is made up of several one or two page passages that relate to”

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Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing

27 hours ago Thoughts and Such said: “m not giving up on the book, and I’m certainly not giving it away, but I’ll put Finding Your Voice away for a while and revisit it when I think I can gain something from it that I didn’t get the first time around. Links: Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing by Les Edgerton Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress WeWriteRomance.com”

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A Conspiracy of Paper (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

2 hours ago Mr Chuckles said: “of ruffians--missing eyes, mashed noses, or suchlike disfigurements--and had no more to show for my beatings than some small scars about my face and a nose that bore only the mild bumps and jagged edges that come with several breakings. --David Liss, A Conspiracy of Paper Could it be that Podhoretz -- one of the famously embattled members of the New York intellectual world, a political pugilist who over the course of his life has perfected his roundhouse right -- is going soft? --Joseph Dorman, "Only in America,"”

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

14 hours ago What will coaching do for me? said: “Getting Things Done by David Allen) How are you in early January? Traditionally it heralds the winter blues, assisted by the passing of Christmas/New Year celebrations/expenditure, and the need for resolutions for a new lifestyle: an eating plan, a fitness regime,”

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Micro-isv: From Vision to Reality

15 hours ago Joel on Software said: “this pain, and how the customer will pay to solve this pain. The other day I went to a presentation of six high tech startups and not one of them had a clear idea for what pain they were proposing to solve.” From my foreword to Bob Walsh's new book, Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality .”

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The Accidental

26 hours ago Salida Book Review said: “[IMG] The Accidental: A Novel , by Ali Smith. A finalist for the prestigious Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, The Accidental is the virtuoso new novel by the singularly gifted Ali Smith. Jonathan Safran Foer has called her writing “thrilling.” Jeanette Winterson has”

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My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope

2 hours ago VVAWblog said: “s Future of Iraq Project, which critics say was sidelined because of tensions with the Pentagon, as not offering a practical plan for postwar Iraq. A View From the Center of the Iraq Maelstrom (New York Times) Buy My Year in Iraq at Amazon.com. (Buying anything through this link helps VVAW!)”

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The Jewish New Testament Commentary

25 hours ago My Four Walls said: “i always bring my laptop along to my friend’s house because he has wifi. so we got there and i cracked opent he iBook and checked my email. what did i find? an email from amazon? i didn’t order anything from amazon. The Jewish Commentary on the New Testament !?!?? wait a minute!!! my incredible wife had ordered me the perfect gift from amazon… USING MY ACCOUNT! the plan was that i would get the email today instead of last night. so that’s why she was laughing so hard.”

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Under The Jolly Roger: Being An Account Of The Further Nautical Adventures Of Jacky Faber (Bloody Ja...

24 hours ago Manga Club 86 -- Anything goes....with manga! said: “[IMG Under the Jolly Roger : Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures)]”

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Sara's Secrets For Weeknight Meals

51 hours ago The Cookbook Critic: Cookbook Reviews and Real-World Recipe Tests said: “A recipe from the "Shop and Serve" chapter of Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals . In this section of the book, Moulton gives several ideas for recipes that can be put together with the help of convenience products from the supermarket. Here she uses a rotisserie chicken for a hearty, tasty soup.”

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The Gift (Mira Hardbacks S.)

20 hours ago All Christmas said: “http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0373218168/resourceshost-20?dev-t=1S6YVA3VPF5PM5KCHDG2%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2”

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Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Circle.Com Library)

20 hours ago MintChaos: Transition^2 said: “Last weekend I read through Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think and Nielsen & Tahir’s Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed. And now for your pleasure, mini reviews! [IMG Don't Make me think - cover] Don’t Make Me Think: Steve Krug does a bang-up job of covering a lot of ground in a clear and concise”

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Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed

20 hours ago MintChaos: Transition^2 said: “Last weekend I read through Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think and Nielsen & Tahir’s Homepage Usability : 50 Websites Deconstructed. And now for your pleasure, mini reviews! [IMG Don't Make me think - cover] Don’t Make Me Think: Steve Krug does a bang-up job of covering a lot of ground in a clear and concise way. It”

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State Of Fear

48 minutes ago estenger.com - Ed Stenger's Blog said: “a lot. What do I think? Maybe. But it takes more than one short episode of above average temperatures in Cleveland to convince me. Speaking of global warming, I recently read 2 works of fiction, Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson and State of Fear by Michael Crichton. Reading these back to back was interesting because they both deal with global warming, but from two very divergent points of view. Robinson's novel is set in the Washington D.C. of the near future and centers around the politics of”

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Wineries 2006 12-month wall calendar

13 hours ago Wineries News and Information said: “http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1403829489/resourceshost-20?dev-t=1S6YVA3VPF5PM5KCHDG2%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2”

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Full Color Collector's Edition/Book 2 (Lewis, C. S. Chronicles...

256 hours ago Pseudo-Irish Lass said: “The Mermaid Chair: A Novel[IMG ], Sue Monk Kidd A married woman falls in love (and has an affair) with a Benedictine monk. Not as good as The Secret Life of Bees, but very enjoyable, nonetheless. 42. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Full-Color Collector's Edition) [IMG ], C.S. Lewis Loved the book and the movie. I’ll again express my disappointment with the education system. This is the first time I’d read this classic and it was worth the wait. 43. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)

256 hours ago Dashboard Geeks :: Its Fun Being A Dashboard Geek said: “[IMG The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)]”

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Revolution

13 hours ago :: cawleyblog :: said: “Because of the proliferation of discussions regarding George Barna's book Revolution , I hesitate to add one more post to the pile. I think people have sufficiently noted the main weaknesses in Barna's book (Kevin Miller asks the question toady: George Barna's New Book: Revolutionary of Revolting?”

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The Universe In A Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality

8 hours ago The Griffetts * said: “[IMG The Universe in a Single Atom : The Convergence of Science and Spirituality]”

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Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005 (Pro)

35 hours ago Darth_Azzrael's Xanga Site said: “http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=skaggs_1975&id=IND00117 and click on the names for more information. There is also another version of the tree in a different format at http://dinosaur-act.ath.cx:8000/GenoPro Now Reading... [IMG] Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005 [IMG ] Originally published at Azraels sUpErDeFoRmEd blog.”

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Quicksilver: Baroque Cycle (Baroque Cycle)

228 hours ago .:: chuggnutt ::. | These are not the droids you're looking for. said: “ by Kim Stanley Robinson lately, getting close to the end. It and Red Mars—great books. I'm not sure if I'm going to start reading Blue Mars (the final book in the trilogy) right away, or start something else; I've been anxious to start Quicksilver , of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, but that's a monster book in its own right... Plus, I'm halfway through How the Mind Works, by Stephen Pinker, and that's pretty interesting stuff, too. What's sad”

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The End Of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our time

35 hours ago curious wonder said: “ [IMG][IMG ]I just finished Jeffrey Sachs' book The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time [IMG ]. There is so much to talk about that I can't even imagine where to start. 1 b(B!)illion people living on less than $1 a day. People dying for lack of a $3 injection. Lack of sanitation, electricity, even adequate roads to get to a market to sell”

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Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

55 hours ago Representative Press said: “that Israels withdrawal must be without conditions, asking rhetorically if: a nation which attacks and occupies a foreign territory in the face of United Nations disapproval should be allowed to impose conditions on its withdrawal? p. 137 Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition The UN should not reward aggressors, the UN could not 'condone a change of the status juris resulting from military action contrary to the provisions of the Charter' p. 137 Image And Reality And Israel had continued its aggression against Syria, Egypt”

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Peace, Love, and Barbecue: Recipes, Secrets, Tall Tales, And Outright Lies From The Legends Of Barbecue

62 hours ago You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California said: “ [IMG Peace, Love, & Barbecue : Recipes, Secrets, Tall Tales, and Outright Lies from the Legends of Barbecue] “You got your recipes, and you got your tips. The tips are just as important as the recipe. People don’t listen to the tips, don’t matter what recipe they got.” Desiree Robinson, Cozy Corner (Memphis)”

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Nudes: Indexxi (PHOTOGRAPHY)

34 hours ago gurumaster (gurumaster) said: “Пришло сообщение из Барселоны, что издательство отобрало 8 фотографий для второго тома книги NUDES INDEX II Первый том книги можно купить тут ”

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Professional .Net 2.0 Generics (Programmer to Programmer)

2156 hours ago Jim Minatel's Wrox Book Editor Blog said: “ Woo-hoo! I've got on my desk one of the first copies of Professional .NET 2.0 Generics , one of the first .NET 2.0 final release books we've got done (it was tested against a release candidate in August). In terms of "big" publishing opportunities, this isn't on anyone's radar. Which is fine with me. While I enjoy the obvious and”

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Professional SQL Server 2005 Xml

32 hours ago Jim Minatel's Wrox Book Editor Blog said: “ [IMG Scott Klein: Professional SQL Server 2005 XML] I mentioned late last week that it has been a busy few weeks of publishing for Wrox. The most recent new book I had the pleasure of receiving is Scott Klein's new Professional SQL Server 2005 XML. I've blogged a couple of times over the last year”

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Professional Ajax

956 hours ago NCZOnline - The Official Web Site of Nicholas C. Zakas said: “ Pre-order my latest book, Professional Ajax .”

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) (US)

24 hours ago The Millions (A Blog About Books) said: “Washington Post accurately called it "quietly lovely". It precisely captures the minutiae of the seasons and farm life that even a sheltered city-dweller can recognize with a smile. Also in my top ten were Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala (chilling), Travels With Mr. Brown by Mark Twain (Letters to the Alta California 1866-1867), and Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin. The latter is a fun kids' book.”

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War & the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

183 hours ago 'Imagine' A World Of Peace,Understanding,Tolerance said: “emotions. It's tough to deal with. Being in Iraq is something no one wants to talk about." ----------- E&P Staff (letters@editorandpublisher.com) ----------- On the right hand side I have a few Recommended Books, one of them is the Following: [IMG] War and the Soul:Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder by Edward Tick I Highly Recommend This Recent Book On PTSD, Especially That Which Is Suffered By Far Too Many Combat Veterans Of All Wars!! The Suffering is also Extremely High amoung the Innocents of these Conflicts!!”

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Plunder Of The Sun

1063 hours ago Bookgasm said: “ [IMG plunder of the sun david dodge review]Hard Case Crime already has issued one novel from TO CATCH A THIEF author David Dodge, the adventure PLUNDER OF THE SUN . Now it’s set to do another, but this time with one that’s never been published before. According to Hard Case editor Charles Ardai, THE LAST MATCH is “a terrific, sprawling international adventure,”

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Return to Quag Keep

31 hours ago Bookgasm said: “leading lights of science fiction with more than 100 titles to her credit and an award named after her presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, first tried her pen at a D&D tale with 1978’s QUAG KEEP. Sadly, the new sequel, RETURN TO QUAG KEEP , written with Jean Rabe, is perhaps the last book we will see from Norton, who died in March of 2005. Unfortunately, there are issues. For starters, there are too many characters who we end up meeting in a dark alley. There’s the priest Deav Dyne,”

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Saving Private Ryan: A Novel

30 hours ago Uncle Tonoose said: “we saw the bullets rip through the wall in the last battle of Saving Private Ryan. Copyright © 2006 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Carnival About Saving Private Ryan IMDb - Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan Online Encyclopedia Saving Privte Ryan - the book Military History reading list Saving Privte Ryan - the DVD World War II Collection (Price For Peace/Shooting War/Saving Private Ryan, D-Day Edition) (1998)”

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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

2132 hours ago Mike said: “ [IMG RUSSELL SHORTO: The Island at the Center of the World : The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America] ”

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The Coming of the Third Reich

2132 hours ago Mike said: “ [IMG Richard J. Evans: The Coming of the Third Reich] ”

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The Nazi Conscience

2132 hours ago Mike said: “ [IMG Claudia Koonz: The Nazi Conscience] ”

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Jack: Straight from the Gut

70 hours ago Crack the Bell - Crack The Bell said: “by Alex Haley Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch, John A. Byrne”

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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Other's Don't

70 hours ago Crack the Bell - Crack The Bell said: “by Charles H. Townes Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins”

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The Secret Life of Bees

70 hours ago Crack the Bell - Crack The Bell said: “by Pat Conroy The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd”

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew/the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/the Horse and His Boy/Prince Caspian/the Voyage of the Dawn Treasure/The Silvair Chair/The Last Battle (7 volumes)

12 hours ago Michelle Mashraqi's Blog: Another Day's Rundown said: “just lent me the Chronicles of Narnia to read. I enjoy reading a book before seeing it on film, just because I tend to like books better than movies. The book I have is all 6 books in one large book, but this set I found on Amazon is worth a look: The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set I can't wait to read it, I remember reading it LONG ago when I was young, probably 11 or 12. I was a voracious reader at that time, I read anything I could get a hold of. I don't get much of a chance to read lately, but I like to have a book on hand”

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