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I didn't know until recently that Tregillis had written a sequel to Bitter Seeds, but in reading my review of it, I anticipated such. And another one just recently published! It's been nearly three years since I read the first book, but I was surprise...more |
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Janelle's review of VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good:
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I know Mark Bittman and Michael Pollan aren't the same person, but their work is so complementary that I often consider them together. Bittman's latest book reads like a full, expository treatment of Pollan's mantra to "Eat food. Not too much. Mos...
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Gypsy Boy on the Run: My Escape from a Life Among the Romany Gypsies
by Mikey Walsh
read in May, 2013
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| I'd read Mike Walsh's first book, Gypsy Boy and enjoyed it. This second book follows up on his story after his escape from a very abusive home situation, into an only slightly-less-dismal life on his own. At first I,thought I was reading the same boo...more | |
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I came across a mention of Denton Welch on the blog Band of Thebes. I'd never heard of him, and I'm really glad I read this. The novelette at the beginning is a great coming of age story, set at a resort hotel during a teenager's summer school holida...more |
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Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
by Joyce E. Chaplin
read in May, 2013
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| I can't believe it took me nearly a month to read it. Usually, a long reading time means I'm not really that into a book -- but that is NOT the case here. Phileas Fogg still could have read this 2.8 at time at the same rate I did before he got back t...more | |
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is on page 450 of 560 of Round About the Earth: "The circumnavigator's near-physical cravings for the planet, the unwillingness to turn away from it, the eagerness to encircle and embrace it, again and again, are all powerful reminders that, over the past five hundred years, the physical globe has been as central to our collective history as it was to each individual around-the-world traveler."
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