Jeffrey's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 15:41:48 -0700 60 Jeffrey's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Art of the Boy and the Heron]]> 220160960 Celebrate the artistry of visionary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki with the official art book The Art of the Boy and the Heron.

In Studio Ghibli’s Academy Award?–winning fantasy adventure film, The Boy and the Heron, young Mahito loses his mother and is plunged into a journey of discovery led by a mischievous gray heron. This gorgeous art book is filled with hundreds of pieces of concept art, storyboards, character designs, backgrounds, key animation, and more that illuminate the inventive vision of acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki.

This book features commentary and interviews from the incredible team that shaped this film and past Studio Ghibli masterpieces. Readers will gain insight into the extensive production process and the painstaking work that went into the creation of this film from supervising animator Takeshi Honda, art director Yoji Takeshige, background artist Noboru Yoshida, and many more. The book also includes the director’s original memos proposing the creation of the film, the full script, and many other intriguing details.]]> 328 Hayao Miyazaki 1974754596 Jeffrey 0 to-read 3.00 The Art of the Boy and the Heron
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]]> Washington: A Life 10683230
A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical.

Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.

Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
“Truly magnificent… [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography” –Andrew Roberts, The Wall Street Journal

“Superb… the best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume biography of Washington ever written.” –Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books

“A truly gripping biography of George Washington... I can’t recommend it highly enough—as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment. It’s as luxuriantly pleasurable as one of those great big sprawling, sweeping Victorian novels.”? –Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash Broadway musical Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more.

]]> 904 Ron Chernow 0143119966 Jeffrey 5 This is the epic tale of George Washington himself. The failing military general who could do nothing but keep it together to the aspiring warrior from the Intercolonial Wars the British aristocrat who adopted American heritage to the inaugural POTUS who kept the US united and died a slave driver. Washington was many things but insignificant he is not and there's no opportunity for boredom in his story.
Take that Schoolhouse Rock and Emmerich's "Patriot"!]]> 4.52 2010 Washington: A Life
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The living legend himself. Town destroyer. Real Bruce Wayne. Father of America. Napoleon's idol.
This is the epic tale of George Washington himself. The failing military general who could do nothing but keep it together to the aspiring warrior from the Intercolonial Wars the British aristocrat who adopted American heritage to the inaugural POTUS who kept the US united and died a slave driver. Washington was many things but insignificant he is not and there's no opportunity for boredom in his story.
Take that Schoolhouse Rock and Emmerich's "Patriot"!
]]> <![CDATA[The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Ranger's Apprentice, #10)]]> 7592279 489 John Flanagan 1741664489 Jeffrey 5 ]]> 4.42 2011 The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Ranger's Apprentice, #10)
author: John Flanagan
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average rating: 4.42
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Nicely gritty war narrative that's like The Magnificent Seven Samurai but not. Of course the Flanagan style for fictional country names would call Japan Nihon-Ja just like how Skandia=Scandinavia=Norway, Denmark, or Sweden. Also, also, Arisaka is an odd name for a villain until one imagines Imperial Japan in World War II and its war crimes carried out with Arisaka rifles.

]]> <![CDATA[Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Magic Book of Spells]]> 36546972 This fun-packed, full-color jacketed hardcover version of The Magic Book of Spells will give fans of Star Vs the Forces of Evil all the inside information. . . and a chance to meet four never-seen-before queens.
Plus, the book jacket doubles as an exclusive Mewberty Wings tarot card poster!]]> 256 Daron Nefcy 136802050X Jeffrey 4 ]]> 4.40 2018 Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Magic Book of Spells
author: Daron Nefcy
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average rating: 4.40
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An epic chronicle of the Queens of Mewni and the lore behind Star vs. The Forces of Evil. It was however, a little hard to pick up on the cursive text. Also, Justin so should've been crowned...it's as if Mewni has entrenched misandry to make a persecution flip commentary...

]]> <![CDATA[Mammoths and Mastodons of the Ice Age]]> 18708235 128 Adrian Lister 1770853154 Jeffrey 4 4.21 2014 Mammoths and Mastodons of the Ice Age
author: Adrian Lister
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average rating: 4.21
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Very nice and comprehensive though the mastodons should be more bald.
]]> <![CDATA[Nausica? of the Valley of Wind, Vol. 1]]> 844349
Nausicaa took Miyazaki 12 years to create, in part because he worked with few or no assistants, doing both the writing and drawing using a meticulously detailed style that critics have compared to the work of the French artist Moebius.]]> 264 Hayao Miyazaki 1569310963 Jeffrey 4 4.51 Nausica? of the Valley of Wind, Vol. 1
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Very interesting read of the manga that started everything Studio Ghibli. The movie is noticeably similar to the manga but there's quite a few differences. It's alright because I enjoy both. Time to read the rest!
]]> Antiracist Baby 52535437 Antiracist Baby introduces the youngest readers and the grown-ups in their lives to the concept and power of antiracism. Providing the language necessary to begin critical conversations at the earliest age, Antiracist Baby is the perfect gift for readers of all ages dedicated to forming a just society.]]> 24 Ibram X. Kendi 0593110412 Jeffrey 3 4.04 2020 Antiracist Baby
author: Ibram X. Kendi
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average rating: 4.04
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While I agree with the author's views, this is not a good idea. These sort of themes are not something that children can comprehend.
]]> Christian Nation 16241153 “They said what they would do, and we did not listen. Then they did what they said they would do.”

So ends the first chapter of this brilliantly readable counterfactual novel, reminding us that America’s Christian fundamentalists have been consistently clear about their vision for a “Christian Nation” and dead serious about acquiring the political power to achieve it. When President McCain dies and Sarah Palin becomes president, the reader, along with the nation, stumbles down a terrifyingly credible path toward theocracy, realizing too late that the Christian Right meant precisely what it said.

In the spirit of Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, one of America’s foremost lawyers lays out in chilling detail what such a future might look like: constitutional protections dismantled; all aspects of life dominated by an authoritarian law called “The Blessing,” enforced by a reconfigured Internet known as the “Purity Web.” Those who defy this system, among them the narrator, live on the edges of society, sustained by the belief that democracy will rise to triumph over such tyrannical oppression.]]> 352 Frederic C. Rich 0393240118 Jeffrey 3 It'll be a million more years before I give dystopia another chance.]]> 3.79 2013 Christian Nation
author: Frederic C. Rich
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average rating: 3.79
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rating: 3
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I tried to get through this but this doesn't cover any new ground Handmaid's Tale hasn't with prose that is really not much better. This is odd to say because the morals are ones I agree with and are resonant and this book is also leagues superior to William S. Lind's Victoria.
It'll be a million more years before I give dystopia another chance.
]]> <![CDATA[Dragon Prince (Dragon Prince, #1)]]> 185289
Sioned, the Sunrunner witch who was fated by Fire to be Rohan’s bride, had mastered the magic of sunlight and moonglow, catching hints of a yet to be formed pattern which could irrevocably affect the destinies of Sunrunners and ordinary mortals alike. Yet caught in the machinations of the Lady of Goddess Keep, and of Prince Rohan and his sworn enemy, the treacherously cunning High Prince, could Sioned alter this crucial pattern to protect her lord from the menace of a war that threatened to set the land ablaze?]]> 560 Melanie Rawn 0756403014 Jeffrey 4 Ok, name confusion aside this is a pretty good adventure with plenty of action and drama around. Rohan and Sioned have good chemistry. I know everyone will want me to address...that deplorable event. Honestly, it could've been done better but hey at least it's not Ramsay Bolton x Sansa Stark all over again.
PS Sorry @Wyrdness! I know you expected me to tear this to shreds!
PPS Is it weird that I imagine the dragons with pterosaur wings(contrary to what the cover art depicts), Rohan sounds like Brian Bloom and Sioned sounds like Mae Whitman?]]> 3.95 1988 Dragon Prince (Dragon Prince, #1)
author: Melanie Rawn
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average rating: 3.95
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Wait...this isn't the Netflix series of a road trip to Xadia with Callum, Rayla, Ezran, and Zym! Ehaz must've copied Rawn!
Ok, name confusion aside this is a pretty good adventure with plenty of action and drama around. Rohan and Sioned have good chemistry. I know everyone will want me to address...that deplorable event. Honestly, it could've been done better but hey at least it's not Ramsay Bolton x Sansa Stark all over again.
PS Sorry @Wyrdness! I know you expected me to tear this to shreds!
PPS Is it weird that I imagine the dragons with pterosaur wings(contrary to what the cover art depicts), Rohan sounds like Brian Bloom and Sioned sounds like Mae Whitman?
]]> <![CDATA[Visions of Lost Worlds: The Paleoart of Jay Matternes]]> 43680354
For half a century, the artwork of Jay Matternes adorned the fossil halls of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. These treasured Matternes murals documenting mammal evolution over the past 56 million years and dioramas showing dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era are significant works of one of the most influential paleoartists in history. Simultaneously epic in size and scope and minutely detailed, they also provide a window into the study and interpretation of vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology.

Visions of Lost Worlds presents these unparalleled works of art, and also includes the sketches and drawings Matternes prepared as he planned the murals. Known for his technical genius and eye for detail, Matternes sketched from skeletons in museum collections and added muscle, skin, and fur to bring mammals and dinosaurs from prehistory to vivid life. This book offers a close look at these works of art, a peek inside the artist's process, and an examination of the works' impact and legacy.]]> 236 Matthew T. Carrano 1588346676 Jeffrey 5 4.15 Visions of Lost Worlds: The Paleoart of Jay Matternes
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One wonderful look at amazing art of prehistoric creatures. Though the ones with Cenozoic creatures age way better scientifically speaking.
]]> <![CDATA[The 9 Tasks of Mistry: An Adventure in the World of Illusion]]> 1832121 32 Chris McEwan 0316555231 Jeffrey 4 4.80 1995 The 9 Tasks of Mistry: An Adventure in the World of Illusion
author: Chris McEwan
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average rating: 4.80
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)]]> 7938275 1155 Suzanne Collins 0545265355 Jeffrey 3 This series is anarchist, cynical bait designed to make people hate Ancient Rome! I wouldn’t spit in its direction! Take it away John Henry! Tell them a new story to discard this garbage!

The events of the Hunger Games is just propaganda made by the rebels(the true villains of the war) written by the chief publicist Suzanne Collins. Panem? It’s actually Nova Romania. The games? Age restriction entry, purely entertainment, and the only ones who die in it are convicts on death row more closely resembling real gladiator battles. President Evil Snow? Actually benign Coriolanus Caesar who did nothing wrong. Katniss Everdeen? Her enemies call her Catnip and she’s a deadly poacher who gleefully slaughters animals whether or not they’re endangered and she hates Hunnic people for no good reason. Prim? Nonexistent; Catnip is just petty. The Caesar is also BFFs with the Emperor of the Hunnic Empire, Attila who is nice unlike Coin(who even is that?) The “ending” is just a final spiteful middle finger to the Empire and the true ending has Catnip enter an epic battle with Attila with Attila victorious.
Oh and the Caesar actually has strawberry blonde hair not white, he’s clean shaven not bearded, and he’s missing an eye like King Odin.
That's the true story of Nova Romania!]]> 4.49 2010 The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
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average rating: 4.49
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The Hunger Games…*record scratch* *enter Cassandra*
This series is anarchist, cynical bait designed to make people hate Ancient Rome! I wouldn’t spit in its direction! Take it away John Henry! Tell them a new story to discard this garbage!

The events of the Hunger Games is just propaganda made by the rebels(the true villains of the war) written by the chief publicist Suzanne Collins. Panem? It’s actually Nova Romania. The games? Age restriction entry, purely entertainment, and the only ones who die in it are convicts on death row more closely resembling real gladiator battles. President Evil Snow? Actually benign Coriolanus Caesar who did nothing wrong. Katniss Everdeen? Her enemies call her Catnip and she’s a deadly poacher who gleefully slaughters animals whether or not they’re endangered and she hates Hunnic people for no good reason. Prim? Nonexistent; Catnip is just petty. The Caesar is also BFFs with the Emperor of the Hunnic Empire, Attila who is nice unlike Coin(who even is that?) The “ending” is just a final spiteful middle finger to the Empire and the true ending has Catnip enter an epic battle with Attila with Attila victorious.
Oh and the Caesar actually has strawberry blonde hair not white, he’s clean shaven not bearded, and he’s missing an eye like King Odin.
That's the true story of Nova Romania!
]]> Gravity Falls: Journal 3 27416143
"Here, gathered for your perusal, are some chilling facts and memoirs―a geography of the beyond and a portal to memories of one of the greatest shows ever."―Guillermo del Toro]]> 284 Alex Hirsch 1484746694 Jeffrey 5 4.70 2016 Gravity Falls: Journal 3
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average rating: 4.70
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls)]]> 203315037
The demon that terrorized Gravity Falls is back from the great beyond to finally tell his side of the story in The Book of Bill, written by none other than Bill Cipher himself.

Inside, Bill sheds light on his bizarre origins, his sinister effects on human history, the Pines family’s most embarrassing secrets, and the key to overthrowing the world (laid out in a handy step-by-step guide). This chaotic and beautifully illustrated tome contains baffling riddles, uncrackable ciphers, lost Journal 3 pages, ways to cheat death, the meaning of life, and a whole chapter on Silly Straws. But most importantly, The Book of Bill is deeply, deeply cursed.

Beware: This book travels to dimensions meant for older readers.

Alex Hirsch, #1 New York Times bestselling author, resuscitates this infamous villain and invites fans to a Bill’s eye view of the Gravity Falls universe. There are many who believe this book is too dangerous for human hands. But if you can’t resist, beware: Once you make a deal with Bill, it’s not so easily undone . . .]]> 208 Alex Hirsch 1368092209 Jeffrey 5 4.53 2024 The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)]]> 10664113 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B004XISI4A

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.]]> 1125 George R.R. Martin Jeffrey 4 4.33 2011 A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
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This is setting itself up for something epic. The plot has thickened. Victarion knows not what he's up to defying the new King of the Isles and the North, Euron, Stannis is set to liberate the North and destroy the Boltons, Walder may think his position is cushy but he is doomed to fall, the Blackfish's whereabouts are unknown, and Tommen is struggling. Meanwhile, an Anna Anderson imitation who claims to be Aegon Targaryen(Son of Rhaegar) has attacked the Seven Kingdoms while Daenerys has her little empire carried by Barristan Selmy. Here's hoping The Winds of Winter will arrive...soon?
]]> It's Groundhog Day 2091390 32 Steven Kroll 059044669X Jeffrey 4 3.24 1987 It's Groundhog Day
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average rating: 3.24
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs (Princeton Field Guides)]]> 58386897
Once seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders, pterosaurs were vigorous winged reptiles capable of thriving in an array of habitats and climates, including polar winters. The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs transforms our understanding of these great Mesozoic archosaurs of the air. This incredible guide covers 115 pterosaur species and features stunning illustrations of pterosaurs ranging in size from swallows to small sailplanes, some with enormous, bizarre head crests and elongated beaks. It discusses the history of pterosaurs through 160 million years of the Mesozoic―including their anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction, growth, and extinction―and even gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the Mesozoic. This one-of-a-kind guide also challenges the common image of big pterosaurs as ultralights that only soared, showing how these spectacular creatures could be powerful flappers as heavy as bears.]]> 184 Gregory S Paul 0691180172 Jeffrey 5 4.38 The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs (Princeton Field Guides)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles]]> 60410942
New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery habitats and climates, including polar winters. The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the great Mesozoic groups that commanded the seas for tens of millions of years. This incredible field guide covers 435 species and features stunning illustrations of swimming reptiles ranging in size from little lizards to others with great necks longer than their bodies. It discusses the history of sea reptiles through 185 million years of the Mesozoic, their anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction and growth, and extinction, and even gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the Mesozoic. This one-of-a-kind guide also challenges the common image of these reptiles as giants of the prehistoric waters, showing how the largest weighed far less than today’s biggest whales.]]> 208 Gregory S Paul 0691193800 Jeffrey 5 4.30 The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles
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]]> The Silver Slippers 805599 The Silver Slippers takes a dramatic new turn with a fresh redesign featuring a new cover and an irresistible 5" x 6 1?2" trim size--a smaller book for smaller hands, and the perfect stocking stuffer. The look is contemporary, yet as classic as the story inside, with its ageless message of "Good things happen when you believe in yourself." And, of course, nestled inside the cover is a charm on a matching gold or silver chain.]]> 48 Elizabeth Koda-Callan 0761136371 Jeffrey 4 4.09 1989 The Silver Slippers
author: Elizabeth Koda-Callan
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> Meditations 30659 Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.]]> 254 Marcus Aurelius 0140449337 Jeffrey 5 4.29 180 Meditations
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)]]> 768889
The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. In the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. And Robb's defences are ranged against the South, the land of the cunning and cruel Lannisters, who have his young sisters in their power.

Throughout Westeros, the war for the Iron Throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.]]> 663 George R.R. Martin 0006479901 Jeffrey 4 4.47 2000 A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)
author: George R.R. Martin
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> Hunter 629577
He declares war on the corrupt and irresponsible politicians who are presiding over the destruction of his race and his country, the scheming media masters who are the principle architects of that destruction, and the spiritually sick adherents of "diversity" who are their willing collaborators. And when Oscar Yeager is on the warpath, you'd better not be in his way.]]> 258 Andrew MacDonald 0937944092 Jeffrey 1 The author is blatantly racist, sexist and homophobic and makes his views very obvious. Any who rates this pile of paper higher than one star needs to be reformed top to bottom!]]> 3.87 1984 Hunter
author: Andrew MacDonald
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average rating: 3.87
book published: 1984
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I feel compelled to write a scathing review in response to the disturbing amount of positive reviews.
The author is blatantly racist, sexist and homophobic and makes his views very obvious. Any who rates this pile of paper higher than one star needs to be reformed top to bottom!
]]> <![CDATA[Nausica? of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1]]> 626339
At the periphery of the sea, tiny kingdoms are scattered on tiny parcels of land. Here lies the Valley of the Wind, a kingdom of barely 500 citizens; a nation given fragile protection from the decaying sea's poisons by the ocean breezes; and home to Nausica? .

Nausica?, a young princess, has an emphatic bond with the giant Ohmu insects and animals of every creed. She fights to create tolerance, understanding and patience among empires that are fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources.]]> 130 Hayao Miyazaki 1591164087 Jeffrey 4 Hail to Miyazaki!]]> 4.45 1982 Nausica? of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
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average rating: 4.45
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Beginning to an epic adventure in a future where giant pillbugs rule and the humans have divided into the realms of Wind Valley, Torumekia, and Dorok. Nausicaa, the princess of the Valley, must set out and discover the truth behinds strange incursions when she'd rather just collect bugs.
Hail to Miyazaki!
]]> <![CDATA[The Owl House: Hex-cellent Tales from The Boiling Isles]]> 53915841
Like Gravity Falls and Star vs. the Forces of Evil , The Owl House includes quirky humor and stories of magic. Its creator and executive producer, Dana Terrace, was named a Rising Star of Animation 2017 and one of the 10 Animators To Watch in 2017 by Variety .
The show features the voices of Emmy? Award-nominated Wendie Malick (American Housewife ), Alex Hirsch ( Gravity Falls ), and Sarah-Nicole Robles ( Boss Baby ).

Fans of this series may also love these books:]]> 112 Walt Disney Company 1368067425 Jeffrey 3 4.35 The Owl House: Hex-cellent Tales from The Boiling Isles
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That's it? I was a Teenage Abomination and Adventures in the Elements? That can't be it! Where's the rest of it?! Still waiting on more Owl House content aside from the show itself and three part movie posing as Season 3! At least you'd think there'd be a defictionalized Good Witch Azura...
]]> <![CDATA[Marcy's Journal - a Guide to Amphibia]]> 61212008
The exclusive hardcover edition comes jam packed with limited edition content to be announced soon!]]> 176 Matthew Braly Jeffrey 3 This...isn't quite that ultimate lore guide that should happen. Too much recycled materiel from the show's episodes themselves, not enough about Newtopia(and Marcy would be fixated on the city since she loves it), and some unfortunate implications like Anne victim blaming herself for Sasha's evil actions, Sasha's evil blamed on divorce anxiety, and no indication Anne was mourning Marcy when she likely would have.]]> 4.60 Marcy's Journal - a Guide to Amphibia
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I initially liked this a lot-still loving Amphibia and seeing how The Owl House took heavy influence from it.
This...isn't quite that ultimate lore guide that should happen. Too much recycled materiel from the show's episodes themselves, not enough about Newtopia(and Marcy would be fixated on the city since she loves it), and some unfortunate implications like Anne victim blaming herself for Sasha's evil actions, Sasha's evil blamed on divorce anxiety, and no indication Anne was mourning Marcy when she likely would have.
]]> <![CDATA[H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction]]> 8320840 The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.]]> 1098 H.P. Lovecraft 1435122968 Jeffrey 5 4.37 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.37
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]]> Dagon and Other Macabre Tales 102575 448 H.P. Lovecraft 0870540394 Jeffrey 5 4.23 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
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]]> Grimm's Fairy Tales 7234738 Grimm’s Fairy Tales—a trove of delights and insights
that has been entertaining both young and old since the early
1800s—is literature at its most basic and wonderful. With the
famous words “Once upon a time,” Jacob and Wilhelm
Grimm immediately transport readers to a magical realm where witches,
giants, princesses, kings, fairies, goblins, and wizards walk the
earth.

When the Brothers Grimm set out to collect stories, their goal was to
preserve Germanic folktales—not amuse young children. The hard life
of central European peasants was reflected in the often violent and cruel
nature of their folktales. However, once the brothers saw how the tales
entranced young readers, they began softening some of the harsher aspects
to make them more suitable for children. Now beloved the world over,
Grimm’s Fairy Tales is a cornerstone of Western culture.

This collection of over 120 of Grimm’s most beloved tales includes
such timeless classics as “Cinderella,” “Snow
White,” “Hansel and Grethel,” “Rapunzel,”
“Rumpelstiltskin,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and
“The Frog Prince.” Rich in sense and imagery, these legendary
stories still have the power to surprise and enchant.



“It is hardly too much to say,” remarked W. H. Auden,
“that these tales rank next to the Bible in importance.”





Unlike Andersen, the Grimms did not invent new tales but collected old
ones, with the intention of preserving the oral tradition of the German
peasantry. Whether in fact they fulfilled that intention has been
questioned. Their tales do afford a glimpse of a world of castles and
forests, nobles and peasants, superstitious beliefs and primitive
practices that suggest origins at least as old as feudal Europe, and
often much older. Some of the tales have been traced back through the
centuries by way of earlier versions until they disappear into
prehistoric times.

—from the Introduction by Elizabeth Dalton





Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Barnard College,
Elizabeth Dalton is the author of Unconscious Structure in
“The Idiot”, a psychoanalytic study of Dostoevsky’s
novel, and has published fiction and criticism in The New Yorker,
Partisan Review, Commentary, and The New York Times Book
Review.



Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in the German village of
Hanau, Jacob in 1785 and Wilhelm a year later. Erudite, determined, and
devoted to each other, the brothers enrolled at the University of
Marburg, Jacob in 1802 and Wilhelm in 1803, both intending to study law.
There they came under the influence of Professor Friedrich Karl von
Savigny, who taught that laws are correctly interpreted by tracing their
historical and cultural origins. The brothers adapted von Savigny’s
methods to the study of linguistics and philology. Jacob and Wilhelm were
also deeply affected by the German Romantic movement, whose emphasis on
folk culture would inspire their famous fairy-tale collection, Kinder-
und Hausm?rchen (Children’s and Household Stories), first
published in two volumes, in 1812 and 1815.]]> 607 Jacob Grimm 1411432274 Jeffrey 5 4.09 1812 Grimm's Fairy Tales
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft]]> 23979364
Included in this collection are all of Lovecraft's prominent works and a plethora of his rare works and collaborations.

Table of Contents

Novellas

At the Mountains of Madness
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Dunwich Horror
Herbert West — Reanimator
The Horror at Red Hook
The Shadow out of Time
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shunned House
The Whisperer in Darkness

Short Stories

The Alchemist
Azathoth
The Beast in the Cave
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
The Book
The Call of Cthulhu
The Cats of Ulthar
Celepha?s
Cool Air
Dagon
The Descendant
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Evil Clergyman
Ex Oblivione
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
The Festival
From Beyond
The Haunter of the Dark
He
The History of the Necronomicon
The Hound
Hypnos
Ibid
In the Vault
The Little Glass Bottle
The Lurking Fear
Memory
The Moon-Bog
The Music of Erich Zann
The Mysterious Ship
The Mystery of the Grave-Yard
The Nameless City
Nyarlathotep
Old Bugs
The Other Gods
The Outsider
Pickman's Model
The Picture in the House
Polaris
The Quest of Iranon
The Rats in the Walls
A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
The Secret Cave
The Silver Key
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Street
Sweet Ermengarde
The Temple
The Terrible Old Man
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Tomb
The Transition of Juan Romero
The Tree
The Unnamable
The Very Old Folk
What the Moon Brings
The White Ship

Collaborations and Rare Stories

The Battle That Ended the Century
The Challenge from Beyond
Collapsing Cosmoses
The Crawling Chaos
The Curse of Yig
The Diary of Alonzo Typer
The Disinterment
The Electric Executioner
The Green Meadow
The Hoard of the Wizard Beast
The Horror at Martin's Beach
The Horror in the Burying-Ground
The Horror in the Museum
In the Walls of Eryx
The Last Test
The Man of Stone
Medusa’s Coil
The Mound
The Night Ocean
Out of the Aeons
Poetry and the Gods
The Slaying of the Monster
The Thing in the Moonlight
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
“Till A’ the Seas”
The Trap
The Tree on the Hill
Two Black Bottles
Under the Pyramids
Winged Death]]> 0 H.P. Lovecraft Jeffrey 5 4.49 The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft
author: H.P. Lovecraft
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]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Jeffrey 4 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Jeffrey
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5, Part 1 of 2)]]> 13337715
Tyrion Lannister, having killed his father, and wrongfully accused of killing his nephew, King Joffrey, has escaped from King’s Landing with a price on his head.

To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone – a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. But Jon has enemies both inside and beyond the Wall.

And in the east Daenerys Targaryen struggles to hold a city built on dreams and dust.]]> 690 George R.R. Martin Jeffrey 4 4.33 2011 A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5, Part 1 of 2)
author: George R.R. Martin
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]]> <![CDATA[Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures (Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures)]]> 1298426 Modern Publishing 1561447730 Jeffrey 5 Personally, I prefer the other books in The Dinosaur Anthologies series but this is still good!]]> 4.56 1994 Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures (Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures)
author: Modern Publishing
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average rating: 4.56
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Good collection of prehistoric age stories that are fun as heck to read but there's still noticeable inaccuracies(i.e. the entire Plesiosaurus story is invalidated by discovery of live birth and the oddly Euoplocephalus/Scolosaurus looking Ankylosaurus among others.)
Personally, I prefer the other books in The Dinosaur Anthologies series but this is still good!
]]> <![CDATA[Dinosaurs of the Land, Sea, and Air (The Facts About Dinosaurs)]]> 4678618 24 Michael Teitelbaum 0865933537 Jeffrey 5 -Yet again, most of the small theropods should have feathers.
-Archeopteryx should have a sickle claw like Velociraptor.
-The Parasaurolophus shouldn't be so easily beaten by a pack of Dromaeosaurus; Hadrosaurs are POWERFUL!
-Diplodocus losing to one Allosaurus? I call BS!
-Stegosaurus tougher to hunt than Diplodocus? BS!
-No tail dragging or pronated hands please!
-Hehe, a few years ago I'd have said Brontosaurus doesn't exist as a valid genus but looks like the appearances of Brontosaurus in this book and books like it got vindicated!
-Did I mention this book has Megalosaurus coexist with Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon? Yeah, it should be replaced with Neovenator or Eotyrannus.
-Not an inaccuracy but the book never specifies which species of Mamenchisaurus. Still, the information section hints that it's M. hochuanensis.]]> 3.62 1993 Dinosaurs of the Land, Sea, and Air (The Facts About Dinosaurs)
author: Michael Teitelbaum
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average rating: 3.62
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Yet another collection of exciting dinosaur stories like Mammoth Book of Dinosaurs, Colossal Book of Dinosaurs, and Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures. Yet again, fun to read but is outdated.
-Yet again, most of the small theropods should have feathers.
-Archeopteryx should have a sickle claw like Velociraptor.
-The Parasaurolophus shouldn't be so easily beaten by a pack of Dromaeosaurus; Hadrosaurs are POWERFUL!
-Diplodocus losing to one Allosaurus? I call BS!
-Stegosaurus tougher to hunt than Diplodocus? BS!
-No tail dragging or pronated hands please!
-Hehe, a few years ago I'd have said Brontosaurus doesn't exist as a valid genus but looks like the appearances of Brontosaurus in this book and books like it got vindicated!
-Did I mention this book has Megalosaurus coexist with Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon? Yeah, it should be replaced with Neovenator or Eotyrannus.
-Not an inaccuracy but the book never specifies which species of Mamenchisaurus. Still, the information section hints that it's M. hochuanensis.
]]> <![CDATA[Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide]]> 1320639 Predatory Dinosaurs of the World is a complete illustrated guide to some of the most extraordinary creatures ever to inhabit the earth--the predatory dinosaurs which lived from 235 to 65 million years ago. Filled with new information from the forefront of paleontology and hundreds of evocative, precisely detailed drawings, Predatory Dinosaurs of the World is the first dinosaur book for every kind of reader. Gregory S. Paul provides an extensive species-by-species catalog of all the predatory dinosaurs known to have existed, from the weasel-sized Lagosuchus to the gigantic Tyranosaurus rex. Dispelling old myths, Paul reveals the surprising capacities of the dinosaurs, including their quickness, adaptability, and agility. And he shows the enormous power of these amazing beasts, bringing them to life once more as they hunt, roam, and pillage through their strange prehistoric worlds from tropical deserts to the polar snows.

Predatory Dinosaurs of the World explains how the animals lived and how they interacted with each other and the life around them. Paul details the awesome hit-and-run hunting techniques of the dinosaurs. He explains the varying features of their anatomies and physiologies and compares the ways in which different species evolved through time. He also provides skeletal restorations for many species and thousands of little-known facts. Here is an engrossing exploration of the lost kingdom of the predatory dinosaurs. Rarely has science been so lively, so entertaining--or so much fun.]]> 464 Gregory S. Paul 0671619462 Jeffrey 4 4.34 Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide
author: Gregory S. Paul
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]]> Mike and the Magic Cookies 6546097 46 Jon Buller 0448403862 Jeffrey 4 4.46 Mike and the Magic Cookies
author: Jon Buller
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.46
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Great Illustrated Classics)]]> 2740568 239 Deidre S. Laiken 0866119574 Jeffrey 4 4.15 1979 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Great Illustrated Classics)
author: Deidre S. Laiken
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1979
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[World War II: The Definitive Visual History]]> 4496786
This title differs from DK's previous World War II title, in that it is a spread-by-spread account á la History (with "previous" and "following" tabs placing each spread in chronological context) of the war, rather than a narrative that needs to be read from start to finish.]]> 360 Richard Holmes 0756642787 Jeffrey 5 4.40 2009 World War II: The Definitive Visual History
author: Richard Holmes
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Commanders. History's Greatest Military Leaders.]]> 20322112 360 R.G.Grant. Jeffrey 4 3.80 2010 Commanders. History's Greatest Military Leaders.
author: R.G.Grant.
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 Jeffrey 1 If you want to see a high quality war story with PTSD and everything, try A Song of Ice and Fire. I don’t care if you are a huge Hunger/Hungary Games fan because there’s a definite chance you won’t be after reading this turd.]]> 4.10 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
author: Suzanne Collins
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A disappointment beginning to end. Katniss Everdeen got turned into a big wuss and the narrative tries and fails to sell Coin as a bad guy.
If you want to see a high quality war story with PTSD and everything, try A Song of Ice and Fire. I don’t care if you are a huge Hunger/Hungary Games fan because there’s a definite chance you won’t be after reading this turd.
]]> <![CDATA[The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)]]> 38296 410 James Fenimore Cooper 0553213296 Jeffrey 4 3.71 1826 The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
author: James Fenimore Cooper
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1826
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Liberty or Death: The American Revolution: 1763-1783 (American Story)]]> 197578 64 Betsy Maestro 0688088023 Jeffrey 5 4.14 2005 Liberty or Death: The American Revolution: 1763-1783 (American Story)
author: Betsy Maestro
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.14
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If only William Howe took the war more seriously he would've crushed Washington like a bug! If only Johann Rall was more alert at Trenton, then he would've destroyed those puny rebels! If only Howe and Burgoyne had properly coordinated the planned two-pronged attack, then Saratoga would've been won! If only the bullet that hit Benedict Arnold in the thigh hit him in the heart instead! If only the Japanese had joined the fight, then a mighty army of cocked hats and horns would've been marching all the way to Philadelphia! If only Patrick Ferguson had unleashed the power of Excalibur turning those uppity rebels into goop, Britannia would've ruled America like the waves!
]]> Grant 34237826
Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had been dismal, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War, he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in the Civil War, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the Battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee after a series of unbelievably bloody battles in Virginia. Along the way Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. His military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff. All the while Grant himself remained more or less above reproach. But, more importantly, he never failed to seek freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him 'the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race." After his presidency, he was again brought low by a trusted colleague, this time a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, but he resuscitated his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs, which are recognized as a masterpiece of the genre.

With his famous lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Chernow finds the threads that bind these disparate stories together, shedding new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as "nothing heroic... and yet the greatest hero." His probing portrait of Grant's lifelong struggle with alcoholism transforms our understanding of the man at the deepest level. This is America's greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of America's finest but most underappreciated presidents. The definitive biography, Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grant's life, explaining how this simple Midwesterner could at once be so ordinary and so extraordinary.]]> 1074 Ron Chernow 159420487X Jeffrey 5 Grant unfortunately was not so great a president having to deal with corruption, recessions, and getting a speeding ticket(which he SO deserved to pay) BUT...he at least beat the KKK!
Overall, a good man, great general, and a terrible president! If you wanna know more about America's best generals or the Presidents, pick up this book and grant your wish!]]> 4.46 2017 Grant
author: Ron Chernow
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A very solid biography of the 17th US president, whose birth name was an acronym for HUG, freed his only slave even when destitute, and the one who conquered Vicksburg. This 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant shows he's more than just a simple butcher through his long military career before the Civil War and his decisiveness earned him a place on top generals list.
Grant unfortunately was not so great a president having to deal with corruption, recessions, and getting a speeding ticket(which he SO deserved to pay) BUT...he at least beat the KKK!
Overall, a good man, great general, and a terrible president! If you wanna know more about America's best generals or the Presidents, pick up this book and grant your wish!
]]> <![CDATA[The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors]]> 696980 300 Frances Cress Welsing 0976531704 Jeffrey 1 4.42 1982 The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors
author: Frances Cress Welsing
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1982
rating: 1
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I can't see what others like about this. This is some pseudoscientific BS about how black people are better than everyone else because of melanin(if that's not racist, I'm a 15 meter tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings.) The homophobia is also a turn off. Just watch videos from the African history Youtube channel From Nothing. Some of the information may be guesswork or dated but at least it's entertaining!
]]> <![CDATA[A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)]]> 13497 Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.

Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.

The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]> 1060 George R.R. Martin 055358202X Jeffrey 4 4.16 2005 A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
author: George R.R. Martin
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average rating: 4.16
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The plots thicken as Dorne joins the fray….or plans to thanks to Doran the Devious. Brienne has a…stickier fate than TV viewers may recall, Aemon is the lucky one to die of old age, the Iron Throne now has yet another kid for king, and someone better pass it on: Daenerys is the Prince that was Promised!
]]> <![CDATA[The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)]]> 24384 Mario is elated to find Chester. He begs his parents to let him keep the shiny insect in the newsstand, assuring his bug-fearing mother that crickets are harmless, maybe even good luck. What ensues is an altogether captivating spin on the city mouse/country mouse story, as Chester adjusts to the bustle of the big city. Despite the cricket's comfortable matchbox bed (with Kleenex sheets); the fancy, seven-tiered pagoda cricket cage from Sai Fong's novelty shop; tasty mulberry leaves; the jolly company of Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat; and even his new-found fame as "the most famous musician in New York City," Chester begins to miss his peaceful life in the Connecticut countryside. The Cricket in Times Square--a Newbery Honor Book in 1961--is charmingly illustrated by the well-loved Garth Williams, and the tiniest details of this elegantly spun, vividly told, surprisingly suspenseful tale will stick with children for years and years. Make sure this classic sits on the shelf of your favorite child, right next to The Wind in the Willows. (Ages 9 to 12)

]]> 134 George Selden 0440228891 Jeffrey 4 There's Chester and his friends Tucker and Harry(who make the mouse-cat friendship work...somehow) and his owner, the determined Mario Bellini who make a heartwarming friendship. There's plenty to explore in this book and in NYC!]]> 4.03 1960 The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
author: George Selden
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 1960
rating: 4
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Oh my gosh! I had so much enjoyment reading this wholesome story of friendship among animals in Cold War New York way back when!
There's Chester and his friends Tucker and Harry(who make the mouse-cat friendship work...somehow) and his owner, the determined Mario Bellini who make a heartwarming friendship. There's plenty to explore in this book and in NYC!
]]> The Guns of the South 101599 January 1864 –General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower.

Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates.

The name of the weapon is the AK-47...

]]> 528 Harry Turtledove 0345413660 Jeffrey 4 3.95 1992 The Guns of the South
author: Harry Turtledove
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To]]> 18595518 Packed with thought-provoking and intriguing facts, an entertaining?look at the UK's imperial past as you've never seen it before?

Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states,?the UK has?invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That’s not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 percent. Not too many Britons know that the UK?invaded Iran in World War II?with the Soviets. You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do. Or what about the time they arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer, hordes of British tourists now occupy Corfu and the other Ionian islands. Find out how they first invaded them armed with cannons instead of cameras and set up the United States of the Ionian Islands. Think the Philippines have always been outside their zone of influence? Think again. Read the surprising story of their 18th century occupation of Manila and how they demanded a ransom of millions of dollars for the city. This book takes a look at some of the truly awe-inspiring ways the UK has been a force, for good and for bad, right across the world. A lot of people are vaguely aware that a quarter of the globe was once pink, but that’s not even half the story. They're a dynamic and?irrepressible nation, and this is how they changed the world, often when it didn't ask to be changed!]]> 256 Stuart Laycock 0750952121 Jeffrey 4 4.08 2012 All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To
author: Stuart Laycock
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.08
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I was expecting a deep dive into British military history and a comprehensive list of countries Britain invaded and while this didn't totally live up to expectations, I still kinda like it because I'm into this topic.
]]> <![CDATA[Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #4)]]> 128604
Happily, he finds his way out of the subway into Times Square, where he meets a new friend, Lulu Pigeon. Lulu takes him on a trip beyond his wildest dreams. From Central Park to the top of the Empire State Building, from the Statue of Liberty and back to Times Square, Chester sees Manhattan in style--and even finds a little bit of country in the city!]]> 64 George Selden 0374411816 Jeffrey 4 3.77 Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #4)
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]]> A Little Princess: Level 3 201681 48 Deborah Hautzig 0448413272 Jeffrey 4 4.18 1994 A Little Princess: Level 3
author: Deborah Hautzig
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited]]> 10119992 For seven years, beginning in 2003, the Washington Post ran a series of articles by Jonathan Yardley, the subtitle of which included, "the Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past." Yardley's criteria for his selections were admirably informal: "books I remember with affection and admiration but have not read in many years, books I would like to encourage others to discover." His choices, as one might expect, were eclectic: Titles by Hemingway, Steinbeck, Dickens, Carson McCullers, and Anne Tyler rubbed shoulders with books on baseball, football, jazz, and film comedy. This trade paperback collects these gems and it arrives with the best possible endorsement: It is reading that will inspire you to seek out some of these classics.

]]> 256 Jonathan Yardley 1609450086 Jeffrey 5 I do question his praise of the forgettable not-so Great Gatsby though; What even is a Gatsby?
Overall, a well written and deft collection of book reviews!]]> 3.91 2011 Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
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average rating: 3.91
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Well, the totally honest, spot on, and deliciously roasting Catcher in the Rye review is alone reason to recommend this.
I do question his praise of the forgettable not-so Great Gatsby though; What even is a Gatsby?
Overall, a well written and deft collection of book reviews!
]]> Mein Kampf 54270 384 Adolf Hitler 0395083621 Jeffrey 1 3.15 Mein Kampf
author: Adolf Hitler
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.15
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Just the author(who needs no explanation) and his fixation on genocide, dictatorial rule through spite, and lousy taste in moustache style would fix this at one star but this pile of paper is also exceedingly boring and clearly stinks of being written on scraps of toilet paper in a prison.
]]> <![CDATA[Hilda and the Black Hound (Hilda, #4)]]> 18527982 Hilda and the Black Hound is the fourth installment in the award-winning Hildafolk series.

Hilda is sat in her tent, dwarfed by volumes of the Greater Fjords Wildlife Chronicles with a flashlight and her restless companion Twig, but Hilda’s not in the fjords and it isn’t raining. Hilda’s pitched a tent in her room and it’s been days since she’s been out.

In Hilda’s new adventure, she meets the Nisse: a mischievous but charismatic bunch of misfits who occupy a world beside—but also somehow within—our own, and where the rules of physics don’t quite match up. Meanwhile, on the streets of Trolberg, a dark specter looms…

Luke Pearson is one of the leading talents of the international comics scene. He was the winner of the Young People’s Comic category at the British Comic Award (2012) and was shortlisted in the Eisner Award’s Best Publication for Kids and Best Writer/Artist categories (2013).]]> 64 Luke Pearson 1909263184 Jeffrey 5 PS Twig is cute as usual!]]> 4.41 2014 Hilda and the Black Hound (Hilda, #4)
author: Luke Pearson
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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A fun run through Trollberg(with sidetracking in Nowhere Space) as Hilda uncovers the truth of the Black Hound! I mean Blacky Clifford! I mean Cerberus! No wait…Jellybean.
PS Twig is cute as usual!
]]> Dragon Teeth 31287693
The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories, even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. Against this backdrop two palaeontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.

Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to win a bet against his archrival, William has joined world-renowned palaeontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, and abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice.

Soon William joins forces with Cope and stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. The struggle to protect this extraordinary treasure, however, will test William's newfound resilience and pit him against some of the West's most dangerous and notorious characters....

?2017 Michael Crichton (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Limited]]> 295 Michael Crichton 0008173060 Jeffrey 4 3.79 2017 Dragon Teeth
author: Michael Crichton
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gadget War (Puffin Chapters)]]> 815607 80 Betsy Duffey 0141307080 Jeffrey 2 3.52 1991 The Gadget War (Puffin Chapters)
author: Betsy Duffey
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.52
book published: 1991
rating: 2
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]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Jeffrey 4 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1943
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Diary of a Wimpy Kid - the Last Straw]]> 30408316 Jeff Kinney 0143304550 Jeffrey 2 4.35 2009 Diary of a Wimpy Kid - the Last Straw
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2009
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[A Series of Unfortunate Events Pack (Books 1-3) (Series of Unfortunate Events)]]> 438499 0 Lemony Snicket 0439415861 Jeffrey 3 4.41 2000 A Series of Unfortunate Events Pack (Books 1-3) (Series of Unfortunate Events)
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Suki, Alone (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #0.6)]]> 56227240
Suki is captured by the Fire Nation and brought to the Boiling Rock, a grim prison in the middle of a dormant volcano. Separated from Team Avatar and her Kyoshi Warrior sisters, she decides to build her own community among other prisoners. But it's going to take more than an encouraging word to build trust among so many frightened people. Suki will need to draw on all her resources to do it, and even that might not be enough.

Enjoy all-new material from Faith Erin Hicks (The Nameless City; The Adventures of Superhero Girl) and Peter Wartman (Stonebreaker), with colors by Adele Matera. Written in consultation with original series writer Tim Hedrick!]]> 80 Faith Erin Hicks 1506717136 Jeffrey 4 4.19 2021 Suki, Alone (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #0.6)
author: Faith Erin Hicks
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)]]> 50158990 The epic, can’t-miss follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Avatar, The Last Airbender:The Rise of Kyoshi
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Kyoshi’s place as the true Avatar has finally been cemented—but at a heavy cost. With her mentors gone, Kyoshi voyages across the Four Nations, struggling to keep the peace. But while her reputation grows, a mysterious threat emerges from the Spirit World. To stop it, Kyoshi, Rangi, and their reluctant allies must join forces before the Four Nations are destroyed irreparably. This thrilling follow-up continues Kyoshi’s journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer of justice still feared and admired centuries after becoming the Avatar.
?]]> 341 F.C. Yee 1419735055 Jeffrey 4 4.33 2020 The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)
author: F.C. Yee
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)]]> 20588662 The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples

Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire.

With growing support for movements such as the campaign to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day and the Dakota Access Pipeline protest led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States is an essential resource providing historical threads that are crucial for understanding the present. In An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military. Shockingly, as the genocidal policy reached its zenith under President Andrew Jackson, its ruthlessness was best articulated by US Army general Thomas S. Jesup, who, in 1836, wrote of the Seminoles: “The country can be rid of them only by exterminating them.”

Spanning more than four hundred years, this classic bottom-up peoples’ history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative.

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States is a 2015 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature.]]> 320 Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 080700040X Jeffrey 5 4.38 2014 An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> The Widow's Broom 55776 32 Chris Van Allsburg 0395640512 Jeffrey 4 Anyway, this is all the evidence I need to declare a new law for every broomstick rider: Mandatory built-in parachutes!]]> 4.27 1992 The Widow's Broom
author: Chris Van Allsburg
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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Burning a broomstick for beating up a couple thugs who rightfully deserved those beatings? Man, Mr. Spivey's casual bigotry is so unwarranted. And I thought Claude Frollo was ruthless...
Anyway, this is all the evidence I need to declare a new law for every broomstick rider: Mandatory built-in parachutes!
]]> <![CDATA[Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook: The Need-to-Know Stats and Facts on Over 700 Pokémon]]> 24000713 432 Scholastic Inc. 0545795664 Jeffrey 4 4.40 2015 Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook: The Need-to-Know Stats and Facts on Over 700 Pokémon
author: Scholastic Inc.
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> The Neverending Story 27712
The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human can save this enchanted place by giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a new name. But the journey to her tower leads through lands of dragons, giants, monsters, and magic, and once Bastian begins his quest, he may never return. As he is drawn deeper into Fantastica, he must find the courage to face unspeakable foes and the mysteries of his own heart.

Readers, too, can travel to the wondrous, unforgettable world of Fantastica if they will just turn the page...]]> 396 Michael Ende 0525457585 Jeffrey 5 PS There is no Neverending Story movie in Ba Sing Se. Falkor is an awesome badass dragon; Not a weird fusion dance between a dog and mop. Also, the Nothing is NOT a storm! Storm Nothing is unforgivable as cloud Apep from Gods of Egypt and cloud Galactus! What’s with people and evil clouds anyway?]]> 4.16 1979 The Neverending Story
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name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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This is a pretty amazing fantasy adventure. It's cool to see imagination treated as a positive trait(as opposed to the nonexistent movie’s stupid message about books being better than TV) and Bastian, true to being an immigrant from this world, is out of his depth in Fantasia. And of course, one must remember all cynics agents of the Nothing.
PS There is no Neverending Story movie in Ba Sing Se. Falkor is an awesome badass dragon; Not a weird fusion dance between a dog and mop. Also, the Nothing is NOT a storm! Storm Nothing is unforgivable as cloud Apep from Gods of Egypt and cloud Galactus! What’s with people and evil clouds anyway?
]]> Morning Girl 835455
The award-winning author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water presents a tale based on an entry in the diary of Christopher Columbus that tells of a native family living in a vibrant community striving to coexist with the natural world.]]> 80 Michael Dorris 078681358X Jeffrey 4 3.49 1990 Morning Girl
author: Michael Dorris
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.49
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)]]> 16073301 A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted the British war effort

The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O’Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory.

In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire.]]> 480 Andrew O'Shaughnessy 0300191073 Jeffrey 5 PS MUCH better than the America Rock segments of Schoolhouse Rock! Take that! Sons of Liberty my butt! More like Sons of Insurrection!]]> 4.15 2013 The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
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Well this was a good one. Gives insight into the British perspective of the American Revolution and details how the odds were against them; At least they made better business partners with the Native Americans! Did I mention how the loyalist strength was overestimated and how the aftermath of the Seven Years War left Britain as the threat to balance of power in Europe(in a ) and that they didn't help Portugal when Spain invaded it in 1776...yeah.
PS MUCH better than the America Rock segments of Schoolhouse Rock! Take that! Sons of Liberty my butt! More like Sons of Insurrection!
]]> <![CDATA[Rapunzel's Revenge (Rapunzel's Revenge, #1)]]> 2626492 thought was her mother.

Every day, when the little girl played in her pretty garden, she grew more curious about what lay on the other side of the garden wall . . . a rather enormous garden wall.

And every year, as she grew older, things seemed weirder and weirder, until the day she finally climbed to the top of the wall and looked over into the mines and desert beyond.

Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale teams up with husband Dean Hale and brilliant artist Nathan Hale (no relation) to bring readers a swashbuckling and hilarious twist on the classic story as you've never seen it before. Watch as Rapunzel and her amazing hair team up with Jack (of beanstalk fame) to gallop around the wild and western landscape, changing lives, righting wrongs, and bringing joy to every soul they encounter.]]> 144 Shannon Hale 159990070X Jeffrey 4 3.90 2008 Rapunzel's Revenge (Rapunzel's Revenge, #1)
author: Shannon Hale
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop, #2)]]> 770614
And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you buy? The Chinese rings? The Skull of Truth? Or the dragon's egg?

And if you did buy the dragon's egg, what would you do when you found out you were supposed to hatch it?]]> 160 Bruce Coville 0671747827 Jeffrey 4 4.05 1991 Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop, #2)
author: Bruce Coville
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> Speak 39280444
"Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say."

From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication.

In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.

Speak was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.]]> 224 Laurie Halse Anderson 0374311250 Jeffrey 2 4.13 1999 Speak
author: Laurie Halse Anderson
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1999
rating: 2
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]]> Wizard's Hall 271060 133 Jane Yolen 0152020853 Jeffrey 4 3.61 1991 Wizard's Hall
author: Jane Yolen
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals (Princeton Field Guides)]]> 30009087
A woolly mammoth probably won't come thundering through your vegetable garden any time soon. But if one did, this would be the book to keep on your windowsill next to the binoculars. It covers all the main groups of fossil mammals, discussing taxonomy and evolutionary history, and providing concise accounts of the better-known genera and species as well as an up-to-date family tree for each group. No other book presents such a wealth of new information about these animals--what they looked like, how they behaved, and how they were interrelated. In addition, this unique guide is stunningly illustrated throughout with full-color reconstructions of these beasts--many never before depicted--along with photographs of amazing fossils from around the world.


Provides an up-to-date guidebook to hundreds of extinct species, from saber-toothed cats to giant mammoths
Features a wealth of color illustrations, including new reconstructions of many animals never before depicted
Demonstrates evolution in action--such as how whales evolved from hoofed mammals and how giraffes evolved from creatures with short necks
Explains how mass extinctions and climate change affected mammals, including why some mammals grew so huge]]> 240 Donald R. Prothero 0691156824 Jeffrey 5 4.00 2016 The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals (Princeton Field Guides)
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name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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A very comprehensive collection of the prehistoric mammals to study when you want to take a break from dinosaurs for once. It's good but...I somehow doubt Arctodus weighed over a tonne, the barbourofelids were omitted, there's not enough on the mighty walrus Pelagiarctos, and Megatherium was likely to be bald.
]]> <![CDATA[Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong]]> 296662 Lies My Teacher Told Me won the American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship.

James W. Loewen, a sociology professor and distinguished critic of history education, puts 12 popular textbooks under the microscope-and what he discovers will surprise you. In his opinion, every one of these texts fails to make its subject interesting or memorable. Worse still is the proliferation of blind patriotism, mindless optimism and misinformation filling the pages.

From the truth about Christopher Columbus to the harsh reality of the Vietnam War, Loewen picks apart the lies we've been told. This audiobook, narrated by Brian Keeler (The Hurricane, "All My Children") will forever change your view of the past.]]> 383 James W. Loewen 0684818868 Jeffrey 5 Among many things you will learn...
-21st century? We need that covered!
-Vietnam? No chance America could win that! No shame in losing to Vietnam though.
-The English at Plymouth...sorry PATUXET were pretty much moving into a village who's inhabitants had been wiped out by a plague.
-Confederacy? Ultra racist BAD GUYS!
-John Smith did not have romance with Pocahontas(oops! That was a cover name. I'm calling her Matoaka.) John Smith is just a shameless plagiarist of the deSoto expedition.]]> 3.96 1995 Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
author: James W. Loewen
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1995
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A collection of 'common knowledge' debunked thanks to the brilliance of James Leowen! Every teacher of history should read this at least and if they own a personal copy, even better.
Among many things you will learn...
-21st century? We need that covered!
-Vietnam? No chance America could win that! No shame in losing to Vietnam though.
-The English at Plymouth...sorry PATUXET were pretty much moving into a village who's inhabitants had been wiped out by a plague.
-Confederacy? Ultra racist BAD GUYS!
-John Smith did not have romance with Pocahontas(oops! That was a cover name. I'm calling her Matoaka.) John Smith is just a shameless plagiarist of the deSoto expedition.
]]> <![CDATA[The Prince and the Pauper (Enriched Classics)]]> 62447
Prince Edward inadvertently switches places with Tom Canty, a pauper. While both boys are interested in experiencing life in the other's shoes, they are dismayed by the realities of their new lives.

Written before The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was finished, this tale contains the elements of social criticism that were later to dominate Twain's writings.

Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.]]> 320 Mark Twain 1416523685 Jeffrey 4 3.59 1881 The Prince and the Pauper (Enriched Classics)
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average rating: 3.59
book published: 1881
rating: 4
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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24583
Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ? the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

Excerpt:
"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy, ?I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked?through?them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]> 244 Mark Twain Jeffrey 3 3.92 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 1876
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> 2956 327 Mark Twain 0142437174 Jeffrey 3 3.82 1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1884
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn (Collector's Library of Classics 1)]]> 150417
Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck, who runs away from a drunken and brutal father, and meets up with the escaped slave Jim. They float down the Mississippi on a raft, participating in the lives of the characters they meet, witnessing corruption, moral decay and intellectual impoverishment.]]> 0 Mark Twain 0785279512 Jeffrey 3 4.06 1884 Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn (Collector's Library of Classics 1)
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1884
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Nausica? of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 3]]> 732140
In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Thriving indistrial societies disappeared. The earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest that creates mutant insects and releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. At the periphery of the sea, tiny kingdoms are scattered on tiny parcels of land. Here lies the Valley of the Wind, a kingdom of barely 500 citizens; a nation given fragile protection from the decaying sea's poisons by the ocean breezes; and home to Nausica?.

Nausica? finds herself on the edge of despair as she comes to realize the full extent of the ecological destruction that's ravaging Earth. Meanwhile, Queen Kushana of Torumekia plots to lead her troops back to the imperial capital and seize the crown. Nausica? agrees to join Kushana and her people in the fight against the Doroks and her scheming brothers.]]> 150 Hayao Miyazaki 1591164109 Jeffrey 5 4.56 1984 Nausica? of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 3
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name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.56
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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Now this is where the fun begins! Torumekians and Valley people clash against Doroks! BOOYAH!
]]> The Fall of Alla Xul 59832375 Andrew Rakich Jeffrey 5 The namesake of the amazing edutainment Youtuber Atun-Shei Films, Atun-Shei was a mighty Stone Age hero who saved his homeland from the terrifying devil Alla-Xul. The tale is tangled in the tellings and there is no opportunity for boredom. So go listen to it-and hold out for a print copy!]]> 5.00 The Fall of Alla Xul
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Before the Frozen 50's Man, before Checkmate Lincolnites!, before the Witchfinder General, before even the Fixing X film/TV, there was Atun-Shei, slayer of Alla-Xul.
The namesake of the amazing edutainment Youtuber Atun-Shei Films, Atun-Shei was a mighty Stone Age hero who saved his homeland from the terrifying devil Alla-Xul. The tale is tangled in the tellings and there is no opportunity for boredom. So go listen to it-and hold out for a print copy!
]]> How Do You Live? 54110592 Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time.

First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic for young readers. Academy Award–winning animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle) has called it his favorite childhood book and announced plans to emerge from retirement to make it the basis of a final film.

How Do You Live? is narrated in two voices. The first belongs to Copper, fifteen, who after the death of his father must confront inevitable and enormous change, including his own betrayal of his best friend. In between episodes of Copper’s emerging story, his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and offering advice on life’s big questions as Copper begins to encounter them. Over the course of the story, Copper, like his namesake Copernicus, looks to the stars, and uses his discoveries about the heavens, earth, and human nature to answer the question of how he will live.

This first-ever English-language translation of a Japanese classic about finding one’s place in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small is perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince, as well as Miyazaki fans eager to understand one of his most important influences.]]> 288 Genzaburo Yoshino 1616209771 Jeffrey 4 4.00 1937 How Do You Live?
author: Genzaburo Yoshino
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 1937
rating: 4
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]]> The Diary of a Young Girl 48855
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
--back cover]]> 283 Anne Frank Jeffrey 5 Ok, going into this I'm pretty sure everyone knows how it ends. Bloodchurning, gut-wrenching death of everyone and hope that they're avenged. The bulk of this? Mostly stupid jokes and family drama. ]]> 4.19 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl
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Would've given it four or three(not much a diary fan) but five to better give twerps like Mark Collett the middle finger with!
Ok, going into this I'm pretty sure everyone knows how it ends. Bloodchurning, gut-wrenching death of everyone and hope that they're avenged. The bulk of this? Mostly stupid jokes and family drama.
]]> <![CDATA[The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5)]]> 48717744 416 Rick Riordan 1484746457 Jeffrey 4 4.46 2020 The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.46
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences]]> 18905627 35 Mark Twain Jeffrey 1 I hereby declare Fenimore Cooper to be superior to Crazy Clemens then, now, and forever!]]> 4.23 1895 Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
author: Mark Twain
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1895
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I find the amount of favorable reviews of this disturbing. Consider Twain ruined forever. I find him guilty of slander, fun hating, and malicious destruction of cabbages!
I hereby declare Fenimore Cooper to be superior to Crazy Clemens then, now, and forever!
]]> <![CDATA[Rapunzel and the Lost Lagoon (Tangled, #1)]]> 33785213
Cassandra is not your typical lady-in-waiting. As the daughter of the captain of the guard, she has grown up fascinated by security and weaponry. It has been her life's goal to become a soldier in the guard, and princess-sitting doesn't really fit into her plan-especially when that princess's aggravating boyfriend is always hanging around.

But when Rapunzel and Cassandra stumble upon a secret lagoon said to hold the key to the kingdom's greatest power, it will be up to them to solve the mystery before someone more sinister does.

Follow this tale of adventure and intrigue, love and destiny, and, most important, friendship.]]> 288 Leila Howland 1484787234 Jeffrey 4 3.98 2017 Rapunzel and the Lost Lagoon (Tangled, #1)
author: Leila Howland
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average rating: 3.98
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4)]]> 28006109 In his penultimate adventure, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying.

It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors. Hazel, Reyna, Frank, Tyson, Ella, and many other old friends will need Apollo's aid to survive the onslaught. Unfortunately, the answer to their salvation lies in the forgotten tomb of a Roman ruler . . . someone even worse than the emperors Apollo has already faced.]]> 439 Rick Riordan 1368001440 Jeffrey 5 4.29 2019 The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4)
author: Rick Riordan
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]]> <![CDATA[Gulliver's Travels (Great Illustrated Classics)]]> 29087039 46 Malvina G. Vogel 1435148231 Jeffrey 4 3.62 Gulliver's Travels (Great Illustrated Classics)
author: Malvina G. Vogel
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average rating: 3.62
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]]> <![CDATA[The Making of Asian America: A History]]> 23492717
In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. But as award-winning historian Erika Lee reminds us, Asian Americans also have deep roots in the country. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, from the arrival of the first Asians in the Americas to the present-day.

An epic history of global journeys and new beginnings, this book shows how generations of Asian immigrants and their American-born descendants have made and remade Asian American life in the United States: sailors who came on the first trans-Pacific ships in the 1500s; indentured “coolies” who worked alongside African slaves in the Caribbean; and Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and South Asian immigrants who were recruited to work in the United States only to face massive racial discrimination, Asian exclusion laws, and for Japanese Americans, incarceration during World War II. Over the past fifty years, a new Asian America has emerged out of community activism and the arrival of new immigrants and refugees. No longer a “despised minority,” Asian Americans are now held up as America’s “model minorities” in ways that reveal the complicated role that race still plays in the United States.

Published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the United States’ Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that has remade our “nation of immigrants,” this is a new and definitive history of Asian Americans. But more than that, it is a new way of understanding America itself, its complicated histories of race and immigration, and its place in the world today.]]> 528 Erika Lee 1476739404 Jeffrey 4 4.34 2015 The Making of Asian America: A History
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average rating: 4.34
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Very valuable information of Asian Americans such as the unappreciated Chinese-American railroad workers but Lee's very false statement "race still matters" is a painfully obvious sign of her leftist bias and refusal to usher in a post-racial world. Failing that remember that color of skin DOESN'T matter at all and content of character is of utmost importance and guys like Hassan Minaj, RF Kuang, Bruce Lee, and Amy Tan are famous for their achievements and NOT for their skin color!
]]> <![CDATA[My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography]]> 184350 695 Leon Trotsky 0873481445 Jeffrey 2 4.20 1929 My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography
author: Leon Trotsky
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1929
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court #1)]]> 5024121


In Book One of Legends of the Brethren Court, the mystic Tia Dalma sends Jack Sparrow on a mission to recover nine pieces of shadow gold. If he fails, she warns, the seas will become the playground of shadows and those who survive their reign of terror will wish they had not. Reluctantly relying on the help of his untrustworthy first mate, Barbossa, and a rag-tag assortment of familiar characters, Jack will take on the Shadow Master. But at what cost?]]> 234 Rob Kidd 1423110382 Jeffrey 4 4.10 2008 The Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court #1)
author: Rob Kidd
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> Anansi Boys 2744 God is dead. Meet the kids.

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother.

Now brother Spider's on his doorstep -- about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting... and a lot more dangerous.]]> 387 Neil Gaiman 0060515198 Jeffrey 4 4.03 2005 Anansi Boys
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> Disney Manga: Tangled 34933353 176 Shiori Kanaki 1427857040 Jeffrey 3 3.81 2013 Disney Manga: Tangled
author: Shiori Kanaki
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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Pretty nice recap of Disney's Tangled but...we're a girl down! Where in tarnation is Cassandra?!
]]> <![CDATA[AdSense Arbitrage: Master AdSense Arbitrage in Less than A Day]]> 100845253 The AdSense Arbitrage System is a step-by-step guide to mastering the art of making money online. The book covers the basics of internet marketing, as well as how to set up an Ad
This book is a guide to making money online through the AdSense arbitrage system. It is a step-by-step guide that will teach you how to make money online with AdSense. It will teach you how to set up your AdSense account.

The Art of Making Money The AdSense Arbitrage System

Learn how to make money on the internet by using the AdSense Arbitrage system. The system is a simple and easy way to make money online. This system is

Why this book?
Now in clear ad tech language, AdSense arbitrage (traffic arbitrage) means getting traffic using paid means (coming up), and converting that traffic into paid clicks by running AdSense ads. While here, the catch is to earn higher revenue through AdSense ads than the initial expense made on buying the website traffic.]]> 38 Mike Ma Jeffrey 1 Just get a **ing job! 3.67 2020 AdSense Arbitrage: Master AdSense Arbitrage in Less than A Day
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Just get a **ing job!
]]> <![CDATA[Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: A Natural History and Species Guide]]> 25245985
Opening with an accessible rundown of cetacean biology—including the most recent science on feeding, mating, and communication— Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises then presents species-specific natural history on a range of topics, from anatomy and diet to distribution and conservation status. Each entry also includes original drawings of the species and its key identifiers, such as fin shape and color, tooth shape, and characteristic markings as they would appear both above and below water—a feature unique to this book.

Figures of myth and—as the debate over hunting rages on—figures of conflict since long before the days of Moby-Dick , whales, dolphins, and porpoises are also ecologically important and, in many cases, threatened. Written for general enthusiasts, emergent cetacean fans, and biologists alike, this stunning, urgently needed book will serve as the definitive guide for years to come.]]> 288 Annalisa Berta 022618319X Jeffrey 5 4.50 2015 Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: A Natural History and Species Guide
author: Annalisa Berta
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average rating: 4.50
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It's a truly wonderful read for anyone into sea creatures. Especially whales(used here in the broad sense and includes both dolphins and porpoises.) The prehistoric species aren't covered but you can catch em' anyway...on the internet! Another bonus is that it's a 2015 publication which means it's up to date...or at least when I first picked it up. Highly recommended, seafarers!
]]> Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1 844422
Daisuke Ido, a talented cybernetic doctor, finds the head of a cyborg in a junk heap. When he rebuilds her body, Alita's only clue to her past surfaces-her deadly fighting instincts! And now she is determine to find out the truth about who she once was...]]> 248 Yukito Kishiro 1569310033 Jeffrey 4 4.19 1990 Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1
author: Yukito Kishiro
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> Battles Of The Bible 15005782 0 Kevin Dougherty 1907446680 Jeffrey 5 4.80 2007 Battles Of The Bible
author: Kevin Dougherty
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.80
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[クレイモア 24 [Kureimoa 24] (Claymore, #24)]]> 18206263 192 Norihiro Yagi 4088706889 Jeffrey 5 4.26 2013 クレイモア 24 [Kureimoa 24] (Claymore, #24)
author: Norihiro Yagi
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[クレイモア 23 [Kureimoa 23] (Claymore, #23)]]> 16069778 200 Norihiro Yagi 4088705572 Jeffrey 5 4.30 2012 クレイモア 23 [Kureimoa 23] (Claymore, #23)
author: Norihiro Yagi
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Claymore, Vol. 21: Corpse of the Witch (Claymore, #21)]]> 15800513
A battle begins between rebel Claymore warriors and the Organization that created them. When the team of seven notorious rebel fighters is joined by an army of newly minted soldiers loyal to rebel leader Miria, it seems their victory is a foregone conclusion. Then the Organization releases its newest secret weapon: reanimated high-level warriors from past generations of Claymores.]]> 197 Norihiro Yagi 1421548801 Jeffrey 4 4.30 2011 Claymore, Vol. 21: Corpse of the Witch (Claymore, #21)
author: Norihiro Yagi
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average rating: 4.30
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Claymore, Vol. 22: Claws and Fangs of the Abyss (Claymore, #22)]]> 15803922
In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live among them in disguise, humanity's only hope is a new breed of warrior known as Claymores. Half human, half monster, these silver-eyed slayers possess supernatural strength but are condemned to fight their savage impulses or lose their humanity completely.

Rebel Claymores, the Organization that created them, and a host of reanimated top-level warriors clash with savage intensity. The Claymores’ demonic impulses are provoked, threatening to destroy their human consciousnesses. Meanwhile, Hysteria, animated by blind vengeance, grows stronger with each attack against her. Is it possible that the rebels will be defeated by their long-dead comrades?]]> 189 Norihiro Yagi 1421552388 Jeffrey 4 4.26 2012 Claymore, Vol. 22: Claws and Fangs of the Abyss (Claymore, #22)
author: Norihiro Yagi
name: Jeffrey
average rating: 4.26
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)]]> 10818853 ?
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 356 E.L. James 1612130291 Jeffrey 1 3.68 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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average rating: 3.68
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]]> <![CDATA[Grey (Fifty Shades as Told by Christian, #1)]]> 25644601
Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of his childhood that haunt Christian every night? Or will his dark sexual desires, his compulsion to control, and the self-loathing that fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she offers him?

See the world of Fifty Shades of Grey anew through the eyes of Christian Grey.

In Christian's own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the world.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 576 E.L. James 1101946342 Jeffrey 1 3.77 2015 Grey (Fifty Shades as Told by Christian, #1)
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)]]> 11857408 Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy.]]> 532 E.L. James 1612130585 Jeffrey 1 3.84 2011 Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)
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