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Review Date: 11/4/2009
Helpful Score: 1
I found the book boring when it came to all the details about the actual games (I know, what did I expect from a basketball player's book?), but the gossip was fun and the explanations of his behavior were what I wanted to learn more about. Put him down if you want but it's people like him that make life interesting. I believe his accounts; he seems refreshingly real.
Review Date: 8/6/2009
Helpful Score: 3
I loved this book. Anyone over the age of, oh, 40 will probably enjoy his research and explanations of the various candies, especially the stuff you just don't seem to see anymore. Steve Almond (Yes, Almond!) explains the business of regionally-offered goodies, the confectionaries that I now miss because my family moved from one area of the country to another.
My parents were in the candy-making business (a small, mall franchise) for many years so the book appealed to me on all kinds of levels, from candymaker to consumer.
My parents were in the candy-making business (a small, mall franchise) for many years so the book appealed to me on all kinds of levels, from candymaker to consumer.
Review Date: 8/6/2009
Helpful Score: 2
This book will make you hug your children just a little tighter. Dave Pelzer endured horrible treatment from both of his alcoholic parents yet he emerged on the other side and now dedicates his life to helping educate others and saving fragile little lives. There are more books in this series so I will definitely be ordering the others since this first book leaves many questions unanswered. Images of what he endured are still swirling through my mind.
Review Date: 8/6/2009
This is a short little booklet that covers the basics of bird feeding so you can get started. You'll find info. on the various seeds to offer, suet, water, feeders, etc.
Review Date: 8/6/2009
I enjoy non-fiction best, and this book was very good. I learned a lot about how pediatric trauma centers across the country were set up to model the first one, at Children's Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Review Date: 8/30/2009
Helpful Score: 2
Fantastic memoir! Engaging...informative...humorous. My son has a touch of Asperger's and this helps me to understand yet it entertains at the same time. This is a must read for anyone trying to wrap their head around the whole concept of autism spectrum diagnoses, more specifically Asperger's.
No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 10/28/2009
Helpful Score: 2
I love biographies and memoirs so I enjoyed this book. How glamorous the model world must be we think. But things are not always what they seem, even when it comes to the young life of the world's first supermodel. What Janice endured as a child and the woes of reaching the top of her career were eye-opening. Very interesting read.
Review Date: 1/16/2010
I found this book to be absolutely gripping. I would wake up at night with the names of those affected swirling through my head. We hear how these situations of human suffering occur, even in 20th and 21st centuries, but this book really brings it to light. I haven't had a book affect me in this way in a long, long time. I won't take my living in the US for granted ever again. This is a must read.
They Did What!? The Funny, Weird, Wonderful, Outrageous, and Stupid Things Famous People Have Done
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 2/18/2011
This was a fun book to keep on hand in your purse or in the car for quick reads on the go. It's chock full of short little true stories of famous people. Some of the stories are amazing, some are mind-boggling, and many are quite clever. Overall, it was a fun and entertaining read!
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