Annette J. Dunlea's Blog, page 581

New Title: Sleeping Arrangements

Title: Sleeping Arrangements Author:  Madeleine Wickham Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Black Swan (14 Oct 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 0552776750 ISBN-13: 978-0552776752 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2 cm Product Description Chloe needs a holiday. She's sick of making wedding dresses and her partner Philip has trouble at work. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered [...]

Great Book: The Immortalization Commission

Title: The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death - Author: John Gray Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Allen Lane (27 Jan 2011) ISBN-10: 1846142199 ISBN-13: 978-1846142192 Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.4 x 3 cm Product Description An obsession with the nature of death lies at the heart of the human experience. For [...]

Book Recommendation: Isa and May

Title: Isa and May Author:  Margaret Forster Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Vintage (3 Feb 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0099542099 ISBN-13: 978-0099542094 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.6 cm Product Description Margaret Forster, in this engaging, intriguing novel, about a young woman and two grandmothers, uncovers the shocking truths that family history reveals. The curiously [...]

New Title: The Tell Tale Brain

Title: The Tell-Tale Brain: Unlocking the Mystery of Human Nature Author:  V. S. Ramachandran Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: William Heinemann (6 Jan 2011) ISBN-10: 0434020230 ISBN-13: 978-0434020232 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.4 x 3.8 cm Product Description * V.S. Ramachandran has exploded the boundaries of modern science – so much so that he has been [...]

Great Book: The Great Within

Title: The Great within Author : Christian D. Larson Paperback: 104 pages Publisher: Standard Publications, Inc (4 Jun 2007) Language English ISBN-10: 1594627592 ISBN-13: 978-1594627590 Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm Product Description 1908. The mind of man is conscious and subconscious, objective and subjective, external and internal. Everything that is expressed through the [...]

Book Recommendation: Pulling Myself Together

Title: Pulling Myself Together Author:  Denise Welch Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson (29 April 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 0283071087 ISBN-13: 978-0283071089 Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm Product Description One of our most popular actresses, Denise Welch got her television break in the BBC's Spender opposite Jimmy Nail and followed it [...]

New Title: Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies

Title: Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies Author:  Alice Medrich Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Artisan (12 Oct 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 1579653979 ISBN-13: 978-1579653972 Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 22.6 x 2.3 cm Product Description This is at once a witty and delightful and masterful collection of recipes that combines upgrades on all the classics, riffs [...]

Great Book: Modernist Cuisine

Title: Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking Authors:  Nathan Myhrvold and Chris Young Hardcover: 2400 pages Publisher: The Cooking Lab (4 April 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0982761007 ISBN-13: 978-0982761007 Product Description A revolution is underway in the art of cooking. Just as French Impressionists upended centuries of tradition, Modernist cuisine has in recent [...]

Book Recommendation: Periodic Tales – The Curious Lives Of The Elements

Title Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements Author:  Hugh Aldersey-Williams Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Viking (3 Feb 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0670918113 ISBN-13: 978-0670918119 Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14 x 4.2 cm Product Description Everything is made of them, from the furthest reaches of the universe to this book that you hold in [...]

The Finance Bill 2011: Ireland

The Finance Bill 2011 by Annette J Dunlea Published In the Carrigdhoun Newspaper 5th Feb 2011 p.9 The Finance Bill, which gives legal effect to measures announced in the Budget, has been published.It is 223 pages long; a complex and lengthy bill containing 5 chapters, 79 points, and 4 schedules. Enacting the budget is a [...]