Alphabetical Listing of Books Reviewed (259) |
Note: The designation indicates that the author has contacted me.
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101 Reasons the '90s Ruled | by M.C. King | Aug 2009 |
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1776 | by David McCullough | Aug 2008 |
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30 Days in Sydney | by Peter Carey | Dec 2006 |
[ A ]
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 | A Castle in the Backyard | by Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden | July 2004 |
 | A Child Called It | by Dave Pelzer | Feb 2007 |
 | A Child Is Born | by Lennart Nilsson (Photographer) Linda Schenck | Pre-Fall 2003 |
 | A Cook's Tour | by Anthony Bourdain | Aug 2004 |
 | A Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow | by Tim Brookes | Feb 2006 |
 | A Lady's Life in the Rockies | by Isabella L. Bird | Pre-Apr 2011 |
 | A Million Chameleons | by James Young | Pre-Fall 2003 |
 | A Paris Notebook | by C.W. Gusewelle | July 2004 |
 | A Perfect World | by Debra Trione | Dec 2006 |
 | A Thousand Days in Venice | by Marlena De Blasi | Apr 2005 |
 | A Trip to the Beach | by Melinda Blanchard and Robert Blanchard | Jan 2007 |
 | A Year in the World | by Frances Mayes | Jan 2008 |
 | A Year by the Sea | by Joan Anderson | Dec 2006 |
 | Above Paris | by Robert Cameron | Feb 2008 |
 | Absolutely Faking It | by Ayun HallidayTiana Templeman | Feb 2008 |
 | Adventures of a No Name Actor | by Marco Perella | Oct 2005 |
 | Almost French | by Sarah Turnbull | Apr 2007 |
 | America's Best Colleges | by U.S. News & World Report | Apr 2006 |
 | Among Flowers | by Jamaica Kincaid | Mar 2006 |
 | Among the Russians | by Colin Thubron | Jan 2006 |
 | Angela's Ashes | by Frank McCourt | Apr 2007 |
 | An Insider's Tour of the Pike Place Public Market | by Michael Yaeger | July 2010 |
 | Around the Weird in 80 Days | by Rich Smith | Jan 2010 |
 | Around the World in 80 Gardens | by Monty Don | Jan 2010 |
 | As always, Jack | by Emma Sweeney | Feb 2006 |
 | Assassination Vacation | by Sarah Vowell | Jun 2008 |
 | Australian Quirk | by Steve Parrish | Dec 2006 |
[ B ]
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 | Bad Girls of the Bible | by Liz Curtis Higgs | Nov 2010 |
 | Because there's color in a black and white world | by Maria Magistro & Meg Schutte | Nov 2005 |
 | Bella Tuscany | by Frances Mayes | Oct 2003 |
 | Best Foot Forward | by Susie Kelly | Apr 2005 |
 | Between a Rock and a Hard Place | by Aron Ralston | Oct 2008 |
 | Between the Tackles | by Tom Houck | Nov 2007 |
 | Beyond the Big Sticks | by Paul Daffey | Dec 2009 |
 | Black | by Ted Dekker | May 2009 |
 | Black Earth City | by Charlotte Hobson | Sep 2008 |
 | Brainiac | by Ken Jennings | Mar 2009 |
 | Breaking Dawn | by Stephenie Meyer | Jun 2009 |
 | Brick Lane | by Monica Ali | Aug 2009 |
 | Butter comes from Butterflies | by Mat Connolley | Dec 2004 |
[ C ]
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 | Candide | by Voltaire | April 2009 |
 | Capital Visions | by James Dixon | February 2010 |
 | Catfish and Mandala | by Andrew X. Pham | Apr 2004 |
 | Centimetre Perfect | by Dennis Cometti | Sept 2004 |
 | Chasing the Red, White and Blue | by David Cohen | Jul 2010 |
 | Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools | by Victoria Twead | Jul 2011 |
 | Christmas with Paula Deen | by Paula Deen | Mar 2008 |
 | Ciao, America! | by Beppe Severgnini | Aug 2004 |
 | Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris | by Clotilde Dusoulier | Jan 2008 |
 | Cold Beer and Crocodiles | by Roff Smith | Pre-Fall 2003 |
 | Comrade Don Camillo | by Giovanni Guareschi | Jul 2006 |
 | Conclave | by John L. Allen, Jr. | Mar 2005 |
[ D ]
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 | Dangerous Beauty | by Mark C. Ross | Mar 2006 |
 | Daughters of the House | by Michele Roberts | Mar 2006 |
 | Dear Exile | by Hilary Liftin & Kate Montgomery | Aug 2006 |
 | Diary of a Super Bowl Season | by Eugene Robinson, Rocky Landsverk, Kevin Isaacson | Aug 2004 |
 | Don Camillo and His Flock | by Giovanni Guareschi | Jun 2006 |
 | Don Camillo meets the Flower Children | by Giovanni Guareschi | Mar 2008 |
 | Don Camillo Takes the Devil by the Tail | by Giovanni Guareschi | Jun 2006 |
 | Drinking the Rain | by Alix Kates Shulman | Jan 2006 |
[ E ]
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 | Eat Pray Love | by Elizabeth Gilbert | Jan 2008 |
 | Eclipse | by Stephenie Meyer | Jun 2009 |
 | Eleven Minutes Late | by Matthew Engel | Mar 2011 |
 | England England | by Julian Barnes | Sep 2007 |
 | Eragon | by Christopher Paolini | Dec 2008 |
 | Everyday Blessings | by Max Lucado | Feb 2009 |
 | Everyday Devils and Angels | by Michael Leunig | Jan 2006 |
 | Everyone Has a Life to Live | by Jerry Gay | Jul 2005 |
 | Everything You Need to Know about College Sports Recruiting | By Jim Walsh with Richard Trubo | Jun 2007 |
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 | First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria | by Eve Brown-Waite | July 2009 |
 | Fork it Over | by Alan Richman | Jan 2007 |
 | French by Heart | by Rebecca S. Ramsey | Jan 2008 |
 | French Impressions | by John S. Littell | Jul 2005 |
 | From Here, You Can't See Paris | by Michael S. Sanders | Jul 2004 |
 | From the Ground Up | by Amy Stewart | Jun 2005 |
 | From the Land of Green Ghosts | by Pascal Khoo Thwe | Mar 2006 |
 | Frommer's Memorable Walks in Paris | by Haas Mroue | Nov 2004 |
[ G ]
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 | General Howe's Dog | by Caroline Tiger | Aug 2008 |
 | Getting Stoned with Savages | by J. Maarten Troost | Sep 2009 |
 | Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Da Vinci | by Mike Venezia | Pre-fall 2003 |
 | Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Monet | by Mike Venezia | Pre-fall 2003 |
 | Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Picasso | by Mike Venezia | Pre-fall 2003 |
 | Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Rembrandt | by Mike Venezia | Pre-fall 2003 |
 | Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Van Gogh | by Mike Venezia | Pre-fall 2003 |
 | God is No Laughing Matter | by Julia Cameron | Feb 2009 |
 | Going Rogue | by Sarah Palin | Nov 2009 |
 | Greater Nowheres | by Dave Finkelstein and Jack London | Dec 2007 |
 | Gulliver's Travels | by Jonathan Swift | Nov 2010 |
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 | Hard Eight | by Janet Evanovich | Sept 2009 |
 | Hard Knox | by Chuck Knox & Bill Plaschke | Jan 2008 |
 | Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince | by J.K. Rowling | Jul 2005 |
 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | by J.K. Rowling | July 2007 |
 | Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure | by Matthew Algeo | Jan 2010 |
 | Helen of Troy | by Margaret George | Dec 2007 |
 | Heroes II | by Chris Greenway | Jan 2004 |
 | Heroes III | by Chris Greenway | July 2004 |
 | Honeymoon with my Brother | by Franz Wisner | Aug 2007 |
 | Honor Lost | by Norma Khouri | May 2006 |
 | Hot...and bothered | by Michael Leunig | Dec 2007 |
 | How to Back Up a Trailer | by Kurt Anderson | Jan 2008 |
 | Hungry Planet | by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio | Feb 2006 |
[ I ]
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 | I was Right on Time | by Buck O'Neil | Mar 2006 |
 | I'll Always Have Paris | by Art Buchwald | Jan 2004 |
 | Impact | by Karen Kasmauski and Peter Jaret | Sep 2008 |
 | In a Sunburned Country | by Bill Bryson | Pre-fall 2003 |
 | Innocent, Your Honor | by Danny Shanahan | Dec 2006 |
 | Inside the Pike Place Market | by Braiden Rex-Johnson | Oct 2004 |
 | Introspective | by Michael Leunig | Jul 2004 |
 | Irresistible Invitation | by Maxie D. Dunnam | Oct 2009 |
 | Italian Neighbors | by Tim Parks | Sep 2006 |
[ J ]
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 | Jesus Loves Me | by Calvin Miller | Jul 2005 |
 | John Adams | by David McCullough | Aug 2005 |
 | Julie & Julia | by Julie Powell | Aug 2009 |
[ K ]
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 | Keeping the Faith: Collingwood | by Steve Strevens | Nov 2005 |
 | Kiwis Might Fly | by Polly Evans | Jul 2006 |
[ L ]
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 | Last Team Standing | by Matthew Algeo | Jun 2010 |
 | Let there be Hope | by Ken Duncan | Jul 2004 |
 | Let there be Joy | by Ken Duncan | Jul 2004 |
 | Let there be Peace | by Ken Duncan | Jul 2004 |
 | Letters from a Nut | by Ted L. Nancy | Dec 2006 |
 | Life of Pi | by Yann Martel | Oct 2005 |
 | Living in a Foreign Language | by Michael Tucker | Feb 2009 |
 | Local Rites | by Paul Daffey | Jan 2009 |
 | Lord of the Flies | by William Golding | Sep 2009 |
 | Lost in My Own Backyard | by Tim Cahill | Feb 2006 |
[ M ]
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 | Lucky Man: A Memoir | by Michael J. Fox | Sep 2004 |
 | Mary Called Magdalene | by Margaret George | Apr 2004 |
 | Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles | by Margaret George | Oct 2009 |
 | Me, Myself and Paris | by Ruth Yunker | Jul 2011 |
 | Mediterranean Summer | by David Shalleck | Oct 2008 |
 | Mi Moto Fidel | by Christopher P. Baker | Mar 2008 |
 | Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure | by Michael Palin | Mar 2008 |
 | Mornings on Horseback | by David McCullough | Jul 2008 |
 | Motherland | by Fern Schumer Chapman | Dec 2005 |
 | My Heart's in the Lowlands | by Liz Curtis Higgs | Jul 2010 |
 | My Life in France | by Julia Child | Jul 2009 |
[ N ]
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 | Never Again | by John Ashcroft | Feb 2008 |
 | New Moon | by Stephenie Meyer | jun 2009 |
 | Next Man Up | by John Feinstein | Feb 2008 |
 | Nine Hills to Nambonkaha | by Sarah Erdman | jun 2009 |
 | No Touch Monkey! | by Ayun Halliday | Aug 2004 |
 | Notes from a 12 Man | by Mark Tye Turner | Sep 2009 |
 | Notes from the Hyena's Belly | by Nega Mezlekia | Oct 2005 |
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 | Off Ramp | by Hank Stuever | Nov 2006 |
 | On Borrowed Words | by Ilan Stavans | Nov 2006 |
 | On Rue Tatin | by Susan Loomis | Jan 2008 |
 | On the Vineyard | by Jane Carpineto | Nov 2007 |
 | One For the Money | by Janet Evanovich | Sep 2009 |
 | One Knee Equals Two Feet | by John Madden | Jan 2004 |
 | One Year Off | by David Elliot Cohen | Sep 2003 |
 | One Year Through the Bible | by David R. Veerman & Daryl J. Lucas | Oct 2009 |
[ P ]
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 | Paris to the Moon | by Adam Gopnik | Dec 2008 |
 | People of the Book | by Garaldine Brooks | Apr 2009 |
 | Picture a Letter | by Brad Sneed | Apr 2006 |
 | Pike Place Market Cookbook | by Braiden Rex-Johnson | Oct 2004 |
 | Piroshky with an Accent | by Vladimir Kotelnikov | Jun 2007 |
 | Playing Hurt | by Pierce E. Scranton Jr., M.D. | Sep 2004 |
 | Prisoners of Hope | by Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer | Feb 2005 |
 | Pumped and Ready to Send | by Scott Adams | Nov 2004 |
[ Q ]
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 | Queen of the Road | by Doreen Orion | Jul 2009 |
[ R ]
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 | Ramming the Shears | by Michael Leunig | Mar 2005 |
 | Red Harvest | by Dashiell Hammett | February 2010 |
 | River Town | by Peter Hessler | Mar 2008 |
[ S ]
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 | Sacked Coach | by Stan Alves | Aug 2008 |
 | Sarah | by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York | Nov 2005 |
 | Save Karyn | by Karyn Bosnak | May 2006 |
 | Seahawks | by Doug Thiel | Jul 2005 |
 | Seatte Then and Now | by James Madison Collins | Aug 2008 |
 | Sister Genevieve | by John Rae | Sep 2005 |
 | Sister in the Band of Brothers | by Katherine M. Skiba | Oct 2005 |
 | Six Men | by Alistair Cooke | Mar 2008 |
 | Snowball Oranges | by Peter Kerr | Feb 2008 |
 | So Many Books, So Little Time | by Sara Nelson | Sep 2006 |
 | Sons of the Profits | by William Speidel | Feb 2006 |
 | Stargazing | by Peter Hill | Apr 2006 |
 | Steve Raible's Tales from the Seahawks Sideline | by Steve Raible & Mike Sando | Aug 2004 |
 | Stories We Heard About Hope | by Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz | Jul 2005 |
[ T ]
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 | Tales of a Female Nomad | by Rita Golden Gelman | Apr 2005 |
 | Tales of the Country | by Brian Viner | Jul 2008 |
 | Tatterhood and Other Tales | by Ethel Johnston Phelps | Aug 2007 |
 | Teenage Tales | by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman | Jul 2004 |
 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | by Sherman Alexie | Jan 2010 |
 | The Autobiography of Henry VIII | by Margaret George | Jun 2004 |
 | The Bronski House | by Philip Marsden | Sep 2008 |
 | The Confessions of Max Tivoli | by Andrew Sean Greer | Mar 2009 |
 | The Cruelest Journey | by Kira Salak | Jan 2008 |
 | The Dieter's Prayer Book | by Heather Kopp | Apr 2006 |
 | The Dolce Vita Diaries | by Jason Gibb | Jun 2011 |
 | The Facts of Life | by Graham Joyce | Jun 2007 |
 | The Family of Man | by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art | Mar 2006 |
 | The Football Fan's Manifesto | by Michael Tunison | Sep 2009 |
 | The Frugal Gourmet | by Jeff Smith | Mar 2005 |
 | The Game in Time of War | by Martin Flanagan | Jul 2006 |
 | The Geography of Bliss | by Eric Weiner | Mar 2009 |
 | The Good Bad Boy | by Fr. Gerald T. Brennan | Mar 2005 |
 | The Good, The Bad and Me | by Eli Wallach | Dec 2008 |
 | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | by Chris Cluff | Nov 2007 |
 | The Grand Tour | by Tim Moore | Jun 2006 |
 | The Greatest Generation Speaks | by Tom Brokaw | Jan 2006 |
 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret | by Brian Selznick | Jun 2010 |
 | The Kommandant's Girl | by Pam Jenoff | Apr 2007 |
 | The Last Gentleman Adventurer | by Edward Beauclerk Maurice | Aug 2008 |
 | The Little World of Don Camillo | by Giovanni Guareschi | Sep 2005 |
 | The Lot | by Michael Leunig | Dec 2008 |
 | The Last Season | by Eric Blehm | Mar 2009 |
 | The Maltese Falcon | by Dashiell Hammett | Nov 2009 |
 | The Meaning of Tingo | by Adam Jacot de Boinod | Jan 2007 |
 | The Memoirs of Cleopatra | by Margaret George | Mar 2007 |
 | The Next Pope | by Peter Hebblethwaite (Revised and Updated by Margaret Hebblethwaite) | Dec 2003 |
 | The Power of a Praying Wife | by Stormie Omartian | Feb 2005 |
 | The President & Mrs. Reagan | by Harry Benson | Aug 2008 |
 | The Road from Coorain | by Jill Ker Conway | Pre-Fall 2003 |
 | The Road from the Past | by Ina Caro | Pre-Fall 2003 |
 | The Sea | by John Banville | Jun 2010 |
 | The Seattle Seahawks | by James R. Rothaus | Mar 2006 |
 | The Secret Archives of the Vatican | by Maria Luisa Ambrosini | Nov 2003 |
 | The Secret Garden | by Frances Hodgson Burnett | Aug 2010 |
 | The Secret River | by Kate Grenville | May 2007 |
 | The Sex Lives of Cannibals | by J. Maarten Troost | Dec 2008 |
 | The Sewing Circles of Herat | by Christian Lamb | Jul 2007 |
 | Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible | by Liz Curtis Higgs | Apr 2011 |
 | The South Beach Diet | by Arthur Agatston, M.D. | May 2007 |
 | The Stick and other tales of our times | by Michael Leunig | Feb 2004 |
 | The Stone Boudoir | by Theresa Maggio | Aug 2008 |
 | The Summer of a Dormouse | by John Mortimer | Sep 2008 |
 | The View from Garden City | by Carolyn Baugh | Jul 2009 |
 | The View from a Monastery | by Benet Tvedten | Jun 2005 |
 | "Then Zorn said to Largent..." | by Chris Cluff | Dec 2008 |
 | Time was Soft There | by Jeremy Mercer | Feb 08 |
 | Tis | by Frank McCourt | Jul 07 |
 | To the Nines | by Janet Evanovich | Sep 2009 |
 | Total Football | by Bob Carroll, John Thorn, Michael Gershman, David Neft | Everyday! |
 | Touchdown Alexander | by Shaun Alexander | Jun 2008 |
 | Travel as a Political Act | by Rick Steves | Jul 2009 |
 | Turtle Island | by Sergio Ghione | July 2009 |
 | Treasure Island | by Robert Louis Stevenson | Aug 2008 |
 | True History of the Kelly Gang | by Peter Carey | Dec 2005 |
 | Truman | by David McCullough | Mar 2006 |
 | Twilight | by Stephenie Meyer | jun 2009 |
[ U ]
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 | Unveiling Mary Magdalene | by Liz Curtis Higgs | Aug 2010 |
[ V ]
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 | Venetian Dreaming | by Paula Weideger | Aug 2009 |
 | Visions of Sugar Plums | by Janet Evanovich | Mar 2009 |
[ W ]
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 | Waiting on a Train | by James Mccommons | Mar 2011 |
 | We Bought a Zoo | by Benjamin Mee | Jan 2011 |
 | When I Talk to You | by Michael Leunig | Nov 2004 |
 | When in Rome | by Robert J. Hutchinson | Jun 2004 |
 | What I Was | by Meg Rosoff | Mar 2008 |
 | When the Astors Owned New York | by Justin Kaplan | May 2009 |
 | White Trash Cooking II | by Ernest Matthew Mickler | Apr 2006 |
 | Why So Many Gods? | by Tim Baker & Kate Etue | Nov 2003 |
 | Wind Chimes | by Mark Crow | Oct 2005 |
 | Without Reservations | by Alice Steinbach | Feb 2007 |
 | Wounded Warriors | as told to Doyle Arborgast | Jun 2004 |
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[ Y ]
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 | You and Me | by Michael Leunig | Feb 2004 |
 | You Are a Loser | by Rick Broadhead | Jun 2006 |
 | You Know You're a Republican Democrat if... | by Frank Benjamin | Aug 2008 |
 | You Should Have Been Here Yesterday | by Garrick Utley | Jun 2006 |
[ Z ]
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