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The Deep Blue Good-by
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Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company
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"Marshall Field was born in the year 1834 and died in 1906. He was raised in Conway Township Mass. Marshall Field's birthday is the same as mine, September 18. Field came to Chicago in the year 1856 and bought a partnership in a dry goods store. Ma...more " | |||||||||||
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Watchmen (Paperback) by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons |
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recommended for: people over 40
drbarb said:
"This one is a keeper. When you hit the first blush of middle age and get all weepy over what could have been, the Watchman puts it in perspective. Superheroes aging. And not always the way we dreamed they would. Not too different from us, the plebs.
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V for Vendetta (Hardcover) by Alan Moore, David Lloyd bookshelves: graphicnovels |
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recommended for: people tired of authoritarian politicians
read in January, 2004
drbarb said:
"It is one of the best looks at the dark side of Margaret Thatcher's years in power, mirrored by the Reagun years in the US that has been written in sci-fi
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects (Paperback) by Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore, Jerome Agel bookshelves: classics-re-readfrequently |
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recommended for: everyone
read in October, 1970
drbarb said:
"In 1970, I was just an undergrad and about 17 or 18 years old. My teacher was this old, chain-smoking guy who looked like someone's grandpa. He was Harry Skornia, one of [Ed] "Murrow's boys" and a media giant. After WWII, it was his job to...more
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Preston Bailey's Design for Entertaining: Inspiration for Creating the Party of Your Dreams (Hardcover) by Preston Bailey bookshelves: cocktailtablebooks |
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recommended for: ladies,photographers,brides-to-be
drbarb said:
"This is not the usual kind of book I read, however, I leave it out on the cocktail table and almost everyone who sees it picks it up and looks through it.
This book is about the images and not so much its text. " |
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