How to Appear Intelligent
The majority of those that identify themselves as human feel a need to prove themselves to others around them. With 6 billion homo sapiens running free these days, who blames them? No one wants to be just like everybody else. Unfortunately, it ... [... more]
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Odyssey (Hackett Publishing Co.)
 Eminently readable and true to the original text: Lombardo's translation of the Odyssey, as well as his Iliad and Aeneid, receive much-deserved kudos as the most readable translations available. He writes with poetic and colloquial English that makes it [... more]
$37.95
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Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor
A WWII Favorite: This book evokes feelings as the reader tends to become personally involved with each individual's battle exploits. My father was at Iwo Jima with the 5th Marines. To show my respect and honor for him & all Veterans, I studied WWII [... more]
$16.95
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Deathkiller
Something Faintly Odorous This Way Comes..: Deathkiller (or, more precisely it's second part, Time Pressure) was bad philosophy masquerading as good sci-fi. Spider Robinson is obviously a man of talent, and I enjoyed the first part, Mind Killer, [... more]
$5.99
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Free to Learn Lessons from Model Charter Schools
The Definitive Book on Charter Schools: Breathtaking in its scope, dazzling in its depth, "Free to Learn" is a must-read for anyone who cares about our educational system. Whether you are a veteran in education policy or a newcomer to the field, [... more]
$14.95
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Contra Cross: Insurgency And Tyranny in Central America, ...
A Foot Soldier in Central America: It is often quipped that the mark of a brilliant man is that he agrees with what you believe; I read Bill Meara's book Contra Cross yesterday and I would use the words brilliant and brilliantly delivered to describe it. [... more]
$26.95
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The Foster Father of God
brings Jesus' life to life: Even though the story is about Joseph the carpenter, this book gives such a great description of the childhood of Jesus, without the emphasis on Jesus the Mesiah. Rather, the emphasis is on how Jesus' life was impacted because [... more]
$14.95
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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2
Not Free SF Reader: The second volume in this series is slighly down on the first, 3.67 as compared to 3.71. Or to put it another way, 17 above average stories compared to 18, 6 average stories compared to 4, and 1 dodgy story compared to 2. In an [... more]
$19.95
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Five Days That Shook the World: The Battle for Seattle ...
Amazon.com Review: The 1999 World Trade Organization protests will forever be associated with violence. But, outside of Seattle, where the event has been debated ad infinitum, the cause, victims, and perpetrators of that violence have been lost to a haze [... more]
$20.00
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Prisoners of the Mahdi (Norton Paperback)
This is the most interesting history book I have ever read.: The author gives a vivid picture of all the major figures involved in the Mahdist revolt, from Mohammed Ahmed and the Khalifa Abdullahi to the three main European prisoners. With detailed [... more]
$19.95
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My Holocaust: A Novel
Unbridled Satire: My Holocaust is a difficult book to comment upon or classify. I suppose there are two things the reader of My Holocaust should keep in mind. The dictionary definition of satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in [... more]
$14.95
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My Holocaust: A Novel
Unbridled Satire: My Holocaust is a difficult book to comment upon or classify. I suppose there are two things the reader of My Holocaust should keep in mind. The dictionary definition of satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in [... more]
$24.95
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