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Voice of Ice, by Alta Ifland
Translation, a sometime fascination of mine, has in the last year become an obsession. In bookstores I now look most for translations, or books about translation by novelists not generally associated ...
 
- reviewed by stevedolph
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Featured on April 25th, 2008
 
 
Easter Everywhere: A Memoir, by Darcey Steinke
Easter Everywhere is described by the author, Darcey Steinke as her spiritual memoir; A reflective piece of literature that describes her own personal quest to find God and to answer the age old que...
 
- reviewed by schutzm520
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Featured on April 24th, 2008
 
 
nolahn's book review haiku of... LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION (2006) by Sam HarrisDear Religious Right:You're ridiculous. Stop it.Peace out, Sam Harris 
 
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Featured on April 23rd, 2008
 
 
William Shakespeare has been given more titles than can be counted: The best British Playwright, most influential English author, most accomplished author in history, best writer in the history of the...
 
- reviewed by gedaly
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Featured on April 23rd, 2008
 
 
nolahn's book review haiku of... A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (c. 1594) by William ShakespeareMix and match lovers,Fairies, dolts and a wedding:It's Shakespeare's Love Boat! &nbs
 
- reviewed by nolahn
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Featured on April 22nd, 2008
 
 
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A nice bedtime book....
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After 20 years in Asia, an expat New Yorker poetically recounts the rare variety of experiences one finds in exotic locales.
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Uncryptic and true, the only acceptable book for gaining even a glimpse into their minds.
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8:56 - the key to it all.
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I want to believe everything about this story. And I want to experience it.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the novel that took this series to a whole new level. Not only is it more complicated, dramatic, and suspenseful than the first three, but it is also the found...
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Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson
I wanted to like this book; I really, really did. I thought something set in a post-9/11 world that still has elements of cyberpunk--I could TOTALLY get on board with that. And yet...This book disap...
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Publisher: Unicorn Books (www.pustakmahal.com)Doctors have beentelling us that fat is a killer. Eatless cholesterol, saturated fat andsalt; eat more fibre rich foods weare told. If we do not, we are d...
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