A Slice of Life
 A slice of life is a slice of paradise: In "A slice of life," Mehta creates some of the most frank, most affecting group of short stories in years. Mehta is confident and articulate in his writings, throughout each story. He speaks in a strong, [... more]
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Burmese Days
From Amazon.com: Imagine crossing E.M. Forster with Jane Austen. Stir in a bit of socialist doctrine, a sprig of satire, strong Indian curry, and a couple quarts of good English gin and you get something close to the flavor of George Orwell's intensely [... more]
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Cinderella Liberty
cinderella liberty: Very good movie, probably James Caan's best role other than Sonny Corleone. Oscar nominated Marsha Mason is perfect! Good songs by Randy Newman. A litle dated in spots, but worht it for Mason alone! One of Marsha Mason's Best: I [... more]
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All-Of-A-Kind Family
From Amazon.com: There's something to be said for a book that makes you wish you'd been part of a poor immigrant family living in New York's upper east side on the eve of World War I. Sydney Taylor's time-honored classic does just that. Life is rich for [... more]
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20th Century Age Of Innocence
From Amazon.com: Somewhere in this book, Wharton observes that clever liars always come up with good stories to back up their fabrications, but that really clever liars don't bother to explain anything at all. This is the kind of insight that makes The [... more]
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Thy Friend Obadiah
Tea, Fire, Blanket & Thy Friend, Obadiah: I remember some winter evenings by the fire while my mom and I sipped tea and she read Thy Friend, Obadiah to me. Recently, while I was babysitting, I read this to the kids, and they were quite calm and [... more]
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Kitchen
I can't be the only one who hated this book!: Maybe it is just the translation-but reading Kitchen is like reading the diary of a manic depressive. "I am SOOO happy"-(5 minutes later) "I want to kill myself" (5 minutes later)- "I [... more]
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Gain: A Novel
From Amazon.com: Richard Powers made his debut in 1985 with Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, a brilliant and almost unbelievably brainy meditation on what he calls "our tortured century." Since then he has produced four more novels, [... more]
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At Home In Mitford
From Amazon.com: Father Tim, a cherished small-town rector, is the steadfast soldier in this beloved slice of life story set in an American village where the grass is still green, the pickets are still white, and the air still smells sweet. The rector's [... more]
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A Slice of Life: Selected Documents of Medieval English ...
Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 942.65403 EAN: 9781879288737 ISBN: 1879288737 Number Of Pages: 101 Publication Date: 1996-11 [... more]
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Walkin' on the Happy Side of Misery: A Slice of Life on ...
walking on the happy side of misery: One of the best books I have read on the AT. I have been a backpacker for 32 years now and have hiked the AT from North Carolina to Georgia in the 80's along with trails all over the US. This is not a how-to book, but [... more]
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Slice Of Life
Riffs, meditations and memories: This impressive collection features meditations on life and food from writers as diverse as M.F.K Fisher, Russell Baker, Isabel Allende, Maxine Kumin, Ntozake Shange and lots more stars of the literary and culinary [... more]
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