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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Keeping the Faith: Collingwood | by Steve Strevens | Nov 2005 |
| Kiwis Might Fly | by Polly Evans | Jul 2006 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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| 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 |
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