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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Butcher in Tuscany
by Bill Buford
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foodies, people into the nyc restaurant scene
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| vikram listens to it on audiobook but i can't concentrate that way. | |
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Roald simply knows how to write for children, mixing typical childhood insecurities with those same children beating the odds (and usually the bad-guy grown ups), with a healthy dose of humor and fantasy mixed in. I have to say, I identifi ...more |
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| BFG has everything to keep an overactive child's mind busy: a spunky heroine with a sad life, a lovable and bumbly friendly giant, the pair fearlessly saving the world's children from being gobbled by the "bad" giants, AND lots made up words that are ...more | |
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| Pretty typical of most teen books (dramatic, getting the guy, falling in LUV) but the thing that sets it apart is that the underlying story is pretty compelling. This is one of those books that my mom probably wouldn't buy me when I was 12 because it ...more | |
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| Also could be called "How an Interesting Book about Youth Counter Culture Became a Cheesy Thriller." I don't have the typical complaints about "Londonstani" - I'm actually okay with the "rudeboy" slang, I think the novel would not be nearly as convin ...more | |
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| Burroughs = James Frey? I almost hope so because I kinda felt like reading the too-messed-up-to-be-true story with one eye closed, afraid of what was coming next. Like how you look at a gruesome car crash from the safety of your zipping-by car or at ...more | |
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| I literally long for Arundhati Roy to write another fiction book, even if it will only be half as beautiful as "The God of Small Things." This is one of those books that has left an indelible mark on me. I never thought one could realistically portra ...more | |
Niven Govinden Q&A
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— last activity Jan 30, 2008 03:36PM
To mark the paperback release of 'Graffiti My Soul', author Niven Govinden will be holding a Q&A session on Saturday January 26th 7pm GMT (2pm EST) to ...more
Maya’s 2018 Year in Books
Take a look at Maya’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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