Clearing Woods - Shrubs - Part 2 - Rose
Who does not love the rose? For thousands of years, roses have been entwined with humankind, permeating song, myth and story. I love roses as well as the next gardener, but the second most numerous shrub in the understory of my USDA zone 7 ... [... more]
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The Red Herring
 another brilliant installment in a really splendid series: It's 1962 -- the United States of America and the Soviet Union are flexing their respective muscles regarding the missiles in Cuba, as the entire world holds its collective breath, waiting for [... more]
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The Blackwater Lightship
From Amazon.com: In the opening pages of The Blackwater Lightship, a stranger drives up to Helen O'Doherty's Dublin house to tell her that her brother Declan is in the hospital and needs to see her. At his request, she joins him at the creepy seaside [... more]
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Salamandastron
From Amazon.com: As the inhabitants of Redwall relax in the haze of the long, hot summer, they are unaware that the neighboring stronghold of Salamandastron lies besieged by the evil weasel army of Ferhago the Assassin. Nor do they realize that Mara, [... more]
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Fallen (Widescreen/Full Screen)
From Amazon.com: Although it received mixed reactions from critics and audiences alike when released in 1998, this supernatural thriller benefits from a sustained atmosphere of anticipation and dread, and its combination of detective mystery and demonic [... more]
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Sophie's Choice (Widescreen)
Amazon.com Essential Video: The sunny streets of Brooklyn, just after World War II. A young would-be writer named Stingo (Peter MacNicol) shares a boarding house with beautiful Polish immigrant Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her tempestuous lover, Nathan ( [... more]
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Never Cross a Vampire
One of the better Toby Peters mysteries: I have read and enjoyed most (if not all) of the Toby Peters mysteries, and this was one of the better ones. Toby represents both Bela Lugosi and William Faulkner at the same time -- Lugosi is being stalked, [... more]
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The Vampire's Violin
his best since I, Vampire: I think that Vampire's Violin is Romkey's best book since I, Vampire (little could top it). Romkey's vampire world was starting to get a little stale and then he writes this novel. It's a haunting, beautiful tale. Romkey's use [... more]
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A Desert in Bohemia
Some Lovely Set Pieces: I recognized the title of this book immediately as having been taken from my favorite Shakespearian play, "The Winter's Tale." Since I love that play so much I thought I just might love this book as well. "A Desert [... more]
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Rise and Shine: A Novel
Rise and Shine Shines Brilliantly!: Anna Quindlen's latest novel Rise and Shine is a stunning masterpiece of emotional prose and brilliant insights into her protagonists and their lives. The story of two sisters, who are opposites in almost everything, [... more]
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Abandon
Magic, mayhem and Merlin can be found in this new jem.: Anthony is seen as a villain by the people of Abandon Island. His brother, who lived on the island, recently died, and Anthony is selling Abandon to a powerful politician in return for certain child [... more]
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Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind
Let there be light! Read this masterpiece.: On the cover of this book, James Gleick (of Chaos fame) calls it a "small gem". Indeed. It shines. Arthur Zajonc has written a contrapuntal study of light and mind. He plays mankind's understanding of [... more]
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