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Avanti: The (Incomplete) Complete Story by rkingfish Pros: Quality Iconografix reputation. Prototype photographs.
Cons: Not enough about Studebaker's original developmental role. Way too much about the Avanti II. Studebaker (1852 - 1966). The butt of jokes for decades. A name synonymous with failure - second only to that of the Edsel (1958 - 1960). While the Edsel was a well-funded leap off a cliff orchestrated by the Ford Motor Company, Studebaker’s ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Janet Wong's Dumpster Diver shows that one man's garbage is another man's treasure by jurgrace Pros: Fun read for kids, shows them the endless possibilities when you use your imagination
Cons: It better not make my kids think they can start jumping in dumpsters I wasn't very excited when my daughter picked out The Dumpster Diver on a recent library trip. The inside cover art consists solely of beetles and cockroaches: every millimeter of the page. I don't care if they are drawn or photographed, that's ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Straightforward guide to weight training by stevengomez Pros: - Hardcore strength training guide
- Variety of weightlifting exercises - Simple presentation Cons: - Weightlifting focused: not a cardio or general fitness guide - Dated material Weightlifter Bill Pearl has released countless updates to this comprehensive weight training guide. Though modernized guides have since streamlined a lot of the basics into more user-friendly exercise programs, Pearl's 1986 release contains a ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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View from the top by BBailey182 Pros: Some good background information on the history of baseball's ecomomics.
Cons: A little dry in spots. The "baseball business" book has grown in popularity over the last 15 years or so. Some very bright people have been turning their attention to the economics of the national pastime, perhaps as a reaction to the sport's imbalanced ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Team by team by BBailey182 Pros: Lots of good research into fun material.
Cons: You'd better love baseball. It's a little difficult to describe what Rob Neyer does for a living, since it's far from traditional sports writing. The former assistant to analyst Bill James writes a column for ESPN.com on anything concerning baseball that strikes his ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Taking a walk on the wild side by hist Pros: Excellent commentary, a lot of films many haven't seen
Cons: No DVD listing! Are you a fan of movies? Not just any movies, but those cult classics, such as Rocky Horror Picture Show, or the low-budget movies that are showcased in Grindhouse? If you are a movie ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.: This is What They Want by cdm72 Pros: Story and art.
Cons: It was only 6 issues, I wanted more. Marvel’s NEXTWAVE is just more reason for me to wish I still collected comics. Nextwave is a super hero group formed under the leadership of Agent Dirk Anger, leader of the group H.A.T.E (Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort), which is in turn funded by the ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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authoritative, comprehensive illustrated guide to pinball machines by henryberry Pros: authoritative, comprehensive, detailed history and guide
Cons: author occasionally strays from subject into overdone profiles of individuals he consulted with Introduced to pinball machines when he was just six years old, Shalhoub is one of the most knowledgeable persons about them in the world. This is his fourth book of over 200 pages and hundreds of photographs on the machines and their history. But the ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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affinities between Irish golf courses and Irish history and myth by henryberry Pros: good gift for the golfer whether going to Ireland or playing anywhere else
Cons: not much focus, mostly entertaining rather than a solid, well-organized study The book is only secondarily a guide to the golf courses in Ireland. There is a listing of Featured Courses and Noted Courses. But essentially it is about the spiritual satisfactions golf brings to its devotees. In connection with the Irish courses, this ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Helpful |
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The Hancock Boys (Thomas William Simpson) - These are two bad boys! by ladyconsumer Pros: Captivating story with plenty of suspense of lots of fun characters.
Cons: Didn't go into enough details, in terms of how they pulled it off. The Hancock Boys by Thomas William Simpson has a unique premise, one I've not seen explored in other novels. Will and John Hancock are identical twins who learned early on how much fun it is to switch places and keep people ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Attack of the Gene Genies by basesurge Pros: Worthwhile look at an unknown subject. Some fun moments.
Cons: Busy plot. Un-compelling characters. Everybody knows Micheal Crichton. You've seen Jurassic Park or read "Andromeda Strain" or "Congo". I ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The third volume of _The Sharing Knife: Passage_ strikes out to new territory by telynor Pros: Terrific storytelling, great action sequences.
Cons: More of a travelogue than an action-adventure story. Still very good, for all that. Having read the first two books in Lois McMaster Bujold's ongoing saga titled The Sharing Knife, I can honestly say that I am hooked, and as each new volume is announced, I'm happily diving in. The third book, Passage, has not been any ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Leveling the playing field by BBailey182 Pros: Fascinating inside look at how baseball really works.
Cons: Nothing major. "Moneyball" jumped on to some best-seller lists when it was released in the summer of 2003. That was rather surprising for a baseball book that has little to do with how the game is played on the field. But maybe ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Balancing the books by BBailey182 Pros: A good overall look at the sport's economics.
Cons: Written by an economist, which may lose some people. Let's face it: sometimes it's not easy to be a baseball fan these days when it comes to off-the-field matters. There are all sorts of stories about the game that have nothing to do with balls and strikes, but rather collective bargaining ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Dearly Devoted Dexter for Dearly Devoted Readers by swopedesign Pros: Our favorite serial killer with ethics, consistent writing style, and characteristic Lindsay ironies & wit
Cons: Not as psychologically engaging as Darkly Dreaming Dexter Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the first book in this series about Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter expert for the Miami Police Department and a serial killer, is a hard act to follow. The first book creates a unique, interesting character and world for us to ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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You're a Poet And Didn't Know It by rostov Pros: It has helped my kids as well as my sisters kids enjoy reading
Cons: I haven't found one yet About two months ago while walking the aisles of the Book Store not to far from our local mall my sister came across this book my C. S. Lewis. I have read several of his books that are now the "Cronicles of Narnia" movies. I loved them and so ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Helpful |
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Semi-Guilty Pleasures by ulysses4 Pros: An unbashful take on many of the best restaurants in Paris as of now.
Cons: Some descriptions are repetitive, and others extraneous. After more than a year of grim financial news, the number of hungry and needy people everywhere having grown, and most everyone feeling economic malaise it might seem a little crass to be spending your time reading a book about the best restaurants in ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Art and Colour of General Motors by hunterepi22 Pros: Superb production values. Michael Furman's photography is incomparable. Very well written.
Cons: In this vertical format, some pictures spread across two pages and split in the middle. I am a classic car lover and have been a fan of photographer Michael Furman for some years. Many aficionados consider him to be the world's best classic car photographer. His titles include the award winning Motorcars Of The ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Runaways 6: Parental Guidance, by Vaughan & Alphona by cdm72 Pros: Great story and dialogue, still great art.
Cons: Still isn't the best series for younger readers. So I just finished volume 5 of the RUNAWAYS trade paperback collection (issues 13-18), called PARENTAL GUIDANCE, and I have to say this is probably my favorite of the 3 I’ve read so far. To recap, the RUNAWAYS are the children of a group of ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Lee Iacocca Wants To Know Where All The Leaders Have Gone by keithpruitt Pros: Hard-hitting insights about leadership and the lack thereof from the Bush Administration.
Cons: Drastic change of subject to auto industry. Name dropping. In 2007, I picked up this little book as I sat one Saturday in a Barnes and Noble. It was Lee Iacocca, the former Chairman of Chrysler, presenting his picture of leadership. Where Have All the Leaders Gone? asked a question many ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Creating the Intrapreneur by mjhollingshead Pros: filled with experience driven thought provoking notions
Cons: none noted NOTE Intrapreneur IS A TERM COINED IN THE 1970s, it describes employees in a corporate environment who operate with an entrepreneurial mind set. ------------------------------
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Offered in fifteen chapters, Creating the ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Pet on Duty -- Watch Out For the Cat! by rmthunter Pros: Delightful romantic comedy, beautifully presented.
Cons: The "pet" thing gets a little out of control. The work of Nase Yamato was recommended to me by a colleague who is much more knowledgeable about manga and yaoi than I -- you know, the sort who's always running off to Tokyo for a convention and knows what's coming out before the license is ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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DK Scores Again With Their Human Body Workbook by Freak369 Pros: Over 50 stickers, 48 pages, great for basic anatomy lessons.
Cons: Can be hard to find, several different human body workbooks to choose from. Kids will have a blast with this workbook because it presents things in a clear and easy t digest manner. Sure, they are learning about the inner and outer parts of the body and how they work but it isn't so concentrated that kids feel bogged ...
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Nov 27 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bret Hart's Hitman - The Greatest Wrestling Story Ever Told by roheblius Pros: Honest, detailed, Hart paints a great picture
Cons: You may have an issue with his contradictions, but they help tell the story While reading Bret Hart's Hitman: My Real Life In The Cartoon World Of Wrestling, you never get the feeling that he's happy writing his memoirs. He does remember happy moments in his life, but you get the idea that he's telling his stories with a ...
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Nov 26 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Just Who Will You Be? by mjhollingshead Pros: inspirational work
Cons: none noted On the pages of Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little book. Answer Within. is another in a long line of bestselling works by a woman who has managed to carve a niche for herself in a family of big names, big achievements and big ...
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Nov 26 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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