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All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard
Review Date: 3/13/2007
Helpful Score: 2


Interesting book about how people survived (and didn't!) during this terrible blizzard in MN. in 1940.


Bark If You Love Me: A Woman-Meets-Dog Story
Bark If You Love Me: A Woman-Meets-Dog Story
Author: Louise Bernikow
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 9/7/2007
Helpful Score: 2


Quick read, but nothing very remarkable. I thought it would be a fairly funny book, but found it somewhat odd and dull.


California Crazy: Roadside Vernacular Architecture
California Crazy: Roadside Vernacular Architecture
Author: Jim Heimann, Rip Georges
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/10/2007
Helpful Score: 2


An interesting pictorial book about 'odd' architecture that stands out - restaurants shapped like donuts and ice cream stands like owls. Really a fun book!


Comedy Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies Throuh Posters Series Vol. 12)
Review Date: 6/30/2007
Helpful Score: 2


Super book for movie buffs - full colour book showing all kinds of vintage and modern movie posters.


Depression Glass: A Collector's Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Review Date: 1/12/2007


Interesting book showing many colour pictures as examples of the variety of depression glass that can be found. The author is engaging.


Distory : A Treasury of Historical Insults
Distory : A Treasury of Historical Insults
Author: Robert Schnakenberg
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 12/17/2006


Amusing.


Don't Call Them Ghosts: The Spirit Children of Fontaine Manse - A True Story
Review Date: 9/5/2007


Quick read, sweet story. Not scary at all.


Dreaming Out Loud: : Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, And The Changing Face Of Nashville
Review Date: 3/15/2007
Helpful Score: 1


Interesting view of country music, and very insightful as to the way the stars think and the way the business works.


Exploring America's Historic Places
Exploring America's Historic Places
Author: K. M. Kostyal, Scott Thybony, Leslie Allen
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/10/2007
Helpful Score: 2


Beautiful pictures and interesting text showcasing America's historic places.


Fragile Beauty: The Victorian Art of Pressed Flowers
Fragile Beauty: The Victorian Art of Pressed Flowers
Author: Sandy Puckett
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/20/2007
Helpful Score: 3


Lavishly illustrated, the art of pressed flowers is celebrated. Anyone into the Victorian era would be interested, I would think.


Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters
Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters
Author: Leslie Rule
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/28/2007
Helpful Score: 5


Firsthand reports and photographs make this book very interesting for those interested in ghosts.


Ghosts and Hauntings (Quest for the Unknown)
Ghosts and Hauntings (Quest for the Unknown)
Author: Readers Digest (Editor)
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/4/2007
Helpful Score: 2


Beautiful Reader's Digest/DK Books hardback volume with lots of pictures and intriguing text about the unknown.


The Giant's House
The Giant's House
Author: Elizabeth McCracken
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/24/2007
Helpful Score: 1


Interesting, quick read.


Grave's End: : A True Ghost Story
Grave's End: : A True Ghost Story
Author: Elaine Mercado
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/23/2007
Helpful Score: 5


Despite other's good reviews, I have to say this was one of the most un-scary 'scary' books I've ever read, and I wish I would have saved my money. I didn't have much sympathy for the writer, at all.


Great Ship Disasters
Review Date: 1/6/2007
Helpful Score: 1


Super non-fiction book with a BUNCH of fabulous photographs.


A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
Author: Richard Hughes
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 9/2/2006


The book, like the movie of the same name, is one you will never forget.


Holmes on the Range (Holmes on the Range, Bk 1)
Holmes on the Range (Holmes on the Range, Bk 1)
Author: Steve Hockensmith
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/12/2007
Helpful Score: 3


Enjoyable romp through the wild west with two heroes who solve a mystery due to the fascination with Sherlock Holmes' detectiving methods by one of the gentlemen. Book does have strong language which might be offensive to some.


House Calls and Hitching Posts : Stories from Dr. Elton Lehman's Career Among the Amish
Review Date: 1/25/2007
Helpful Score: 1


Touching account of a doctor's practice among the Amish.


House of Spirits and Whispers: A True Story of a Haunted House
House of Spirits and Whispers: A True Story of a Haunted House
Author: Annie Wilder
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 9/11/2007
Helpful Score: 5


One of the better ghost books I've read lately - I enjoyed this quite a bit. I liked that she explains her feelings about what she's going through, as well as what she believes.


The Hungry Ocean : A Swordboat Captain's Journey
The Hungry Ocean : A Swordboat Captain's Journey
Author: Linda Greenlaw
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 10/22/2006
Helpful Score: 2


Super book about a woman who captains a fishing boat. Really interesting!


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