Onions In The Stew (Common Reader Editions) Much better than. . .: "The Egg and I." As I said in my review of the earlier book, although I found parts of "Egg" charming, the chapter on Indians made my part-Cherokee blood boil, and that other parts seemed rather mean-spirited as [... more]
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Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name (Common Reader ... Cruel and outdated.: This is one cruel woman (as another reviewer mentions, she does advise the canine equivalent of water boarding to correct digging behavior). You can find a training book to give you permission to do the most horrid things imaginable [... more]
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The Sin Eater (Common Reader Editions) Fine writing but what a world view !: As in her "The Inn at the Edge of the World" Ms. Ellis gives us a group of unlikeable people who dislike each other. They are a household of aristocrats living on an estate in a Welsh seaside village. [... more]
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No Bed for Bacon (Common Reader Editions) Much funnier than Shakespeare in Love: This novel jumbles up a host of characters from the Elizabethan Age in golorious confusion. Shakespeare trying to write his masterpiece 'Love's Labour's Won' and trying to decide how to spell his name, Sir Walter [... more]
$18.95 Amazon.com
