Gemmology
 Author: Peter Read Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 553.8 EAN: 9780750664493 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0750664495 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2005-10-03 [... more]
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Bleak Midwinter
From Amazon.co.uk: If you are one of the lucky ones who read Peter Millar's Stealing Thunder, a first novel of much skill and ingenuity, you'll be aware that Millar is a writer whose work is garnished with meticulously researched historical detail. The [... more]
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Diversity: The Invention of a Concept
The greatest lie in the world: diversity: Diversity is the greatewst lie in america today. What does diveristy claim. It claims, as we learn in this fine read, that diversity is essential to success and understanding and tolerance. THis is actually [... more]
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Peter Pan
Visit Neverland: No disrespect to Disney intended, but the animated version of Peter Pan does not do justice to this story. I didn't read this book until I took a Children's Literature course for adults...woe to me. Peter Pan is so sweet, pure, sad, [... more]
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Stone and Anvil
Why isn't New Frontier a Movie Series?: I have really enjoyed all these books, but this book may be the best yet. The story alternates between Mackenzie and Shelby during their academy days and the investigation of Lt. Gleau's death on the USS Trident. [... more]
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A Year in Van Nuys
Parochial: Saying that it's parochial and esoteric and only giving four stars doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it and that I don't buy every Loh. The ideal reader, however, for whom this would be a five+++ would be a female writer who lives, or has lived, in [... more]
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Aftermath CD
From Amazon.co.uk: The mystery novels of Peter Robinson (Aftermath is his 12th) have only increased with power and intelligence. It's a dirty little secret of the crime-fiction genre that many of its writers simply spin their wheels, repeating a [... more]
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The World According to Peter Drucker
From Amazon.com: Over a remarkable 60-year career, Peter Drucker has written the book on management theory, executive advice, and various aspects of social and political thought. He's also penned a monthly editorial-page column for the Wall Street [... more]
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Thomas More: A Biography
Not a work of high scholarship: This biography often reads more like a novel. Although Marius can lay a claim to scholarship as the editor of More's Collected Works at Yale, his writings on historical figures lack for objectivity and attention to [... more]
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Petrosian's Best Games of Chess: 1946-1963
OK/Descriptive notation: Clarke's analysis is a bit superficial, and the games are all in descriptive notation (when will they stop publishing chess books with that clunky method?) The games are exceptional; it's hard to find books on Petrosian's games, [... more]
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Selling the Holocaust: From Auschwitz to Schindler, How ...
interesting insights: There are only six main sections in this book, addressing Anne Frank, Adolph Eichmann, Oskar Shindler and three Holocaust sites; Aushwitz and two museums. Of the museums, Cole points out the lack in the countries where the events [... more]
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Great Demo!: How to Create and Execute Stunning Software ...
Want differentiation from your competition? Read this book.: Demos are of critical importance but are far too often left unmanaged, unstructured, or un-coached. Some people are naturally good at them, others aren't. And deals are won or lost based upon [... more]
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