The Shape of Water
 Italian pulp fiction or art?: Someone asked me read this book and determine whether it was literature or not. Of course, this raises all sorts of questions as to what constitutes literature, none of which I will attempt to answer here. But the book did [... more]
$6.99
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The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries
Entertaining Collection of How-They-Dun-It Murder Mysteries!: Publishers Carroll & Graf and its crack editor Mike Ashley serve up another wonderful collection of murder mysteries. In this case the stories collected are of a kind, seemingly impossible [... more]
$14.95
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Clever Maids: The Secret History Of The Grimm Fairy Tales
The Clever Women and Men Behind Some Favorite Tales: Scholars have long known the backstory to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's famous collection of fairy tales. Despite the legends, the brothers were not itinerant travelers collecting the tales from the German [... more]
$23.00
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The Great Western Divide
My favorite read this year: The book is partly autobiographical, going back several generations to his roots in the San Joaquin Valley farmlands and the still-unspoiled lands around him. The story is subtly spiritual in his weaving of geography, Native [... more]
$25.00
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Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales
The Clever Women and Men Behind Some Favorite Tales: Scholars have long known the backstory to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's famous collection of fairy tales. Despite the legends, the brothers were not itinerant travelers collecting the tales from the German [... more]
$13.95
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When Sophie Gets Angry...really, Really Angry
A post-impressionistic view of childish rage!: Clever, clever, clever. But that was not my first impression of "When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry..." The first time I read this book, I was appalled. How did this book earn the Silver [... more]
$16.99
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The Shape of Water
Italian pulp fiction or art?: Someone asked me read this book and determine whether it was literature or not. Of course, this raises all sorts of questions as to what constitutes literature, none of which I will attempt to answer here. But the book did [... more]
$13.00
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The Globalization of Nothing
Ritzer's Best, by far: This is a thoughtful, rich, critical, engaging analysis. I was pleasantly surprised. I had major problems with his famous McDonalization of Society -- I thought it was pretty thin, extremely redundant, and gave short-shrift to the [... more]
$36.95
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The Globalization of Nothing 2
Ritzer's Best, by far: This is a thoughtful, rich, critical, engaging analysis. I was pleasantly surprised. I had major problems with his famous McDonalization of Society -- I thought it was pretty thin, extremely redundant, and gave short-shrift to the [... more]
$82.95
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The Globalization of Nothing 2
Ritzer's Best, by far: This is a thoughtful, rich, critical, engaging analysis. I was pleasantly surprised. I had major problems with his famous McDonalization of Society -- I thought it was pretty thin, extremely redundant, and gave short-shrift to the [... more]
$38.95
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When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry . . .
Features: Made with the Best Quality Material with your child in mind. Top Quality Children's Item. A post-impressionistic view of childish rage!: Clever, clever, clever. But that was not my first impression of "When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, [... more]
$6.99
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The Secret of Annexe 3 (Audio Editions Mystery Masters)
Not Dexter's best effort: A good read, but this mystery is not up to the author's standards. The dialogue was not as humorous and imaginative, especially between Morse and Lewis, as it was in previous novels. For some reason the characters come off a [... more]
$29.95
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