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sources and development of post-War Australian documentary film by henryberry Pros: lays out well this little-known film studies topic
Cons: somewhat academic in style, relies heavily on quotes and perspectives of others Williams cites the Englishman John Grierson as a seminal, though ambivalent and in some ways controversial, figure for the post-War Australian documentary film. Though called by some "the father of the British documentary film," Grierson was received ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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popular, colorful history of San Francisco as a center of the Gold Rush by henryberry Pros: engaging, lively, popular account of San Francisco during a transformative year
Cons: limited new material in a topic which is not original It was the spring of 1848 when gold was discovered in central California and reported in the newspapers. Almost immediately, men and some women started heading for the gold fields in droves. Yet it's hard to believe how San Francisco grew from an ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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Back Away From "The Shack" by cathybryant  Pros: Compelling story at first until you learn that it's not based on a true story.
Cons: Poor writing, inaccurate facts, intentionally misleading I read this book mainly because of the huge controversy that surrounded it. Some were touting it as the best book ever; other found it heretical.At first I found myself pulled into the story of Mack, who takes his three children on a camping ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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"The Unseen" by T.L.Hines by cathybryant Pros: fast-paced action; suspense thriller; great plot and characters
Cons: None that I can think of. We've all had those moments when we felt like we were being watched--unseen eyes hovering nearby, taking in our every move.That creepy feeling becomes reality in T. L. Hines latest novel, The Unseen. The main character, Lucas, has ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Peterson's Flashguide Hawks Roger Tory Peterson by susiewho Pros: Excellent illustrations and information
Cons: None I do Wildlife Rescue and have alway been interested in animals, weather, wildlife etc. Little by little I've accumulated the Peterson guides because they are so well done, so informative and have such wonderful illustrations. I also give them as ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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If You Have Seen the Movie, Then It Is Time to Read the Book. by badbonz0007 Pros: John Grogan gives an outstanding look at life, while raising a puppy and a family.
Cons: The book and the movie are not exactly the same. My wife and I purchased this book before the movie came out. I was not interested in the book until she had got done reading it. We purchased a hardback edition, which consists of 290 pages of memories and antics of what was soon to be the ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Kimi Shiruya: Dost Thou Know My Heart? by rmthunter Pros: Strong, subtle, poetic work -- extraordinary example of the genre.
Cons: A couple of minor translator's gaffes. I've had a run of exceptional shounen-ai manga lately, all excellent examples of the genre, some even pushing the genre beyond where I thought it could go. Satoru Ishihara's Kimi Shiruya -- Dost Thou Know? is another one of those that ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher takes the reader into a tale of suspense by telynor Pros: A nonfiction story that reads like fiction, and it all happened.
Cons: A touch repeatitious in spots, but still good for all that. As a literary style, mystery fiction is one of the newer kids on the block, or should I say, the shelf. As a genre it really only started to appear in the nineteenth century, where drastic changes to daily life were able to bring news to nearly everyone ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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More Monkey Business With Curious George by johncolter Pros: Fun, easy to read, great illustrations, and a happy ending.
Cons: none George is back at it once again, letting his curiosity get him into mischief, in H.A. Rey and Margret Rey - Curious George And The Firefighters. The Rey's ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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Just After Sunset, by Stephen King by cdm72 Pros: Half of the stories are very very good.
Cons: Half of them are only okay. When I learned Stephen King’s newest book was going to be another short story collection, my first thought was: I hope it’s not as bad as the last two (NIGHTMARES AND DREASCAPES and EVERYTHING’S EVENTUAL). Those two sucked! Well, that’s one fear put ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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Narnian Odyssey by basesurge Pros: Very nice, Odyssey/Jason style fantasy story. Improved in style.
Cons: Nothing serious. Stories about epic journeys are at least as old as Homer's "Odyssey". Like Homer's epic our present subject is an extended sea voyage. The setting is C.S. ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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But Wait There's More—And More! by andien Pros: It would be hard to match this book for sheer inventiveness.
Cons: Mieville's characters didn't "live", and for me that was Un Lun Dun's fatal flaw. China Mieville's Un Lun Dun came highly recommended by a friend who felt that she hadn't enjoyed a SciFi-Fantasy read so much in a long time. So although I had heard mixed reports I was keen to read it for myself.The story follows the fundamental ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
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Return to Narnia by basesurge Pros: Decent story. Well written.
Cons: Talks down to readers a bit. It seems there is a maxim in the publishing industry, something like "every good (or even average) book deserves a sequel (preferably many of them). "Prince Caspian is the second volume in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles if Narnia series which eventually would ...
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Jan 08 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"PRAYERS FOR RAIN": LAST KENZIE/GENNARO NOVEL SO FAR by mike.holmes Pros: Once again, great storyline, great characters with humor and danger throughout
Cons: None I was a bit wistful as I read the last pages of "Prayers For Rain" because, so far, it is the last novel by Dennis Lehane featuring the Boston detective team of Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. I have to admit I'm a bit late in mentioning this ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Is There a Trick to Beating the Stock Market? by Bryan_Carey Pros: Some good advice here and there
Cons: Misleading at times; Information is scattered The past year has not been nice to the investing public. The financial crisis, extreme volatility in oil prices, and other economic issues have caused the stock market to tumble, wiping out thousands of dollars from portfolios large and small. Some ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Pack Your Suitcase for This Fun Debut by carstairs38 Pros: Mallory, fun trips, good story
Cons: Tad slow to start, set up for the climax, one plot point When Cynthia Baxter's first book came out, I bought it. And there it has sat on my bookshelf ever since. Now she's started working on a second series. I picked up the first book, Murder Packs a Suitcase determined to read ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Peter David throws everything at the Borg by jdornoff Pros: Lots of Action sequences
Cons: Too many tie-ins, little character development, the Borg in this book, Background: This is the second book of the Star Trek: The Next Generation relaunch series and is a follow up to the book Resistance. The Plot: Admiral Kathryn Janeway is on the science ship Einstein to inspect the Borg super cube ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Where "dying is the local sport" by Stephen_Murray Pros: six diverse, poignant and comic stories
Cons: one that seemed an exercise in trying to write a parable The "war" in the foreground of the title story and in the bacgkround many of the others in Daniel Alarcón's 2005 collection of stories, War by Candlelight, is the Sendero Luminosa (Shining Path) Maoist insurgency and brutal ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A very mixed bag of stories by Jim Grimsley by Stephen_Murray Pros: four singled out for praise in my review
Cons: seven I wish I'd skipped Jim Grimsley is a Southern writer with some fervent devotees. One of them, Dorothy Allison, wrote a rhapsodic introduction to his recent collection of short stories, Jesus Is Sending You a Message. As for me, I found his short, intense (almost ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Sex, Cigarettes, and Suicide by countess_eva Pros: Everything! Characters, plot, storyline, writing style, etc!
Cons: It ended Hugo Whittier, aging gigolo, gourmet connoisseur, failed poet, and bitter hermit has made a tryst with death happily smoking himself into his imminent grave inflaming his terminal bout of Buerger’s disease. Ensconced in the decrepit family mansion, ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Lot of Hot Air. There. I Said It. by msiduri Pros: Lots of action, puzzling characters
Cons: Chet's character portrayed as a toady, stereotypes of Chinese What I've Said Before This is the 53rd book in the original Hardy Boys Mystery Series which ran from 1927 to 1979 and was, along with the Nancy Drew, Tom Swift and Bobbsey Twins series, part of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Like "Carolyn Keene" of ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Ugly Duckling (Iris Johansen) : No swan story, here. by ladyconsumer Pros: Reasonably intriguing premise, with some great minor characters.
Cons: But the main characters are just awful. The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen has some good things going for it. But it also has some bad things going for it. In fact, I struggled to finish it. It was one of those books where I did want to know the final outcome, but ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Passable But Non-Essential Supplement to Harry Potter Series by PacManY2J Pros: Fun stories with good messages
Cons: Rowling is better with novels; Dumbledore falls out of character during commentary Like many who read the Harry Potter book series, I was sad to see the story come to a close, but I'm sure none were sadder than the books' author J.K. Rowling. The tale of her beloved character was over, and she would now have to tackle the ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Carrie Fisher's hilarious update on her life... by knotheadusc Pros: Very funny and witty writing. Pictures. Candid.
Cons: A bit short and lacking in substance. Although I am a child of the 1970s and 80s, I don't think I've ever seen the movie Star Wars the whole way through. I've also never seen Postcards From The Edge, though I did see When Harry Met Sally. I've never read any of actress ...
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Jan 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Mr. Messy; I Too Need To Meet Mr. Neat and Mr. Tidy by popsrocks Pros: Very popular with my grand children.
Cons: For pops there is too much text and poorly illustrated drawings. What does pops know? Mr. Messy is a children's book by Roger Harsgreaves. It's one of many in the Mr.s Men series that includes characters such as Mr. Brave.Mr. BusyMr. CheerfulMr. FunnyMr. GoodMr.GrumpyMr. HappyMr. LazyMr. ...
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Jan 06 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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