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Murder Shoots the Bull: A Southern Sisters Mystery (Southern Sisters Mysteries)
Anne George Manufacturer: Avon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0380801493 |
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Patricia Anne would swear that either she or her sister Mary Alice were switched at birth, except they were both born at home. Flashy, flirtatious Mary Alice is one foot taller, twice the body weight of Patricia Anne, and three times as likely to do something completely off the wall. But now Mary Alice's impulsive behavior has land them both in the Birmingham jail!
It all begins with a call from their good friend Mitzi Phizer, who's starting an investment club -- kind of a Beardstown Ladies group. Patricia Anne is willing to make a small, conservative investment in a thriving chain of HMOs; Mary Alice is hot to trot to put her money on Viagra. But before the club idea gets off the ground, the sisters spot Mitzi's supposedly faithful husband in a chummy little huddle with a redhead -- and the next thing they know, Arthur is accused of murdering the mystery woman. Nothing about the whole sordid story fits the kind, gently Arthur, and Patricia Anne is doing her best to console her good friends. But when their house catches on fire, and Arthur is shot in a place that won't allow him to even sit down at his own murder trial, the sisters know they have to stand up for the poor fellow. And that means checking out everyone -- from low-down cads to highbrow bank presidents -- to find a no good gun-toting arsonist who believes big money is to kill for.
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A bit confusing, but still fun........2007-04-02
Death at the Hunan Hut.......2007-01-20
Southern Sisters Mysteries are Entertainment in Murder.......2005-10-05
Anne George is a great mystery writer and will be missed.......2004-09-12
Bulls-eye!.......2004-05-09
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Murder Shoots the Bull (a Southern Sisters Mystery)
Anne George Manufacturer: Avon Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000SAJY90 |
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Southern Sisters Mystery Series: Murder on A Girls' Night Out, Murder on A Bad Hair Day, Murder Runs in the Family, Murder Makes Waves, Murder Gets A Life, Murder Shoots the Bull, Murder Carries A Torch, Murder Boogies with Elvis (Complete Set 1-8)
Anne George Manufacturer: Avon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000Q6K274 |
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Complete Set of 8, Southern Sisters Series: Murder on A Girls' Night Out, Murder on A Bad Hair Day, Murder Runs in the Family, Murder Makes Waves, Murder Gets A Life, Murder Shoots the Bull, Murder Carries A Torch, Murder Boogies with Elvis
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Jenny Read: In Pursuit of Art and Life : The Journals and Letters of a Young Sculptor, San Francisco, 1970-1976
Jenny Read Manufacturer: Dallas Read ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0914064185 |
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A rich look inside the mind of an artist.......2007-05-18
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Jenny Read, in Pursuit of Art and Life: The Journals and Letters of a Young Sculptor
Jenny Read Manufacturer: Dallas Read ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0914064177 |
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Letters from Jenny
Gordon W. Allport Manufacturer: Harcourt ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0156507005 |
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A LITERARY SELF-PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED WOMAN..........2004-06-16
Jenny Gove Masterson was born in Ireland in 1868 but moved to Canada with her family when she was a very young girl. Always interested in scholarly pursuits, she was forced to leave school at eighteen, when her father died, in order to work to help support her brothers and sisters. Finally, when she was twenty-seven, her brothers and sisters on their own, she married Henry Masterson, a divorced American. To marry a divorced man was unheard of in her family and considered to be a disgrace. Her marriage caused Jenny to become estranged from her strict, Protestant family, and she moved to America. About two years into the marriage, her husband died, just a month before their son, Ross, was born.
She would then embark on a life of total self-sacrifice and devotion to her son. Nothing was too good for her Ross, and she ensured that his was an interesting and culturally rich childhood, with education held at a premium. She spared no expense, working at any jobs that would afford her son all the opportunities she sought for him. She lived a life of self-imposed martyrdom where her son was concerned. Possessive and very single-minded, she spun a cloying cocoon of maternal obsession around her son, who appeared to have been her only companion during his formative years.
When he reached manhood, however, Ross began drifting apart from his mother's apron strings. He would form relationships with the opposite sex, only to have his mother belittle the object of his affection. This caused him to keep his marriage a secret, when he first married. When his mother discovered it, she was enraged beyond measure. Even when Ross and his wife eventually divorced, this was to be the pattern whenever Ross embarked on a relationship with a member of the opposite sex. No woman was ever good enough for her son. This state of affairs would cause an estrangement between mother and son that was to torture Jenny Gove Masterson all her life.
Despite her estrangement from her son, Jenny Gove Masterson would form a relationship of sorts with her son's former college roommate and his wife, and, between the ages of fifty-eight and seventy, she would write them a series of letters, totaling three hundred and one at the time of her death. In addition to the letters, the book includes a very personal, thoughtful commentary on the life of Jenny Gove Masterson and her letters by one of the recipients of her missives.
The editor of the book, Gordon W. Allport, a Professor of Psychology at Harvard at the time that this book was first released, attempts an interpretation of Jenny Gove Masterson herself, based upon the content of her letters. He does so by applying the various accepted theories of psychology and schools of thought to her letters and what is known of her background in order to try to decipher and explain Jenny Gove Masterson's somewhat forceful, difficult, and enigmatic personality. This novel approach to analysis is an intriguing one and sure to pique the interest of those with an affinity for psychology, as it provides much food for thought with respect to its unusual case study.
This is a compelling book that will keep the reader turning its pages until the very last.
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Letters To Jenny
Piers Anthony , and Alan Riggs Manufacturer: Tor Fantasy ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0812522826 |
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"Dear Mr. Anthony,"I need your help. I'm at wit's end and am grabbing at straws, so I decided to write to you in hopes that you might take a few minutes of your time for my daughter Jennifer."Jennifer is twelve years old, and has very much enjoyed your Xanth series. Unfortunately, at the moment, she is in no condition to be able to enjoy your latest offering. On December 9th, 1988, while walking home from school she was struck by a drunk driver, and she has been in a coma ever since......"Piers Anthony responded to this mother's plea with a long letter, only the first of many. Jenny responded. Slowly at first, she began fighting back toward consciousness, and then health. Through it all, her favorite author sent her encouragement and sympathy and laughter and love. These warm, compassionate and wise letters to Jenny offer an unusual glimpse into the heart and mind of one of America's bestselling writers, and a look at reasons behind his personal relationship with his legions of fans.Customer Reviews:
A mistake all around........2004-10-26
Wonderful, and yet.......2001-08-29
A Poignant Slice of Life.......2000-09-23
Refreshing.......2000-05-31
A sliver of marshmallow in the heart of an Ogre.......1999-11-12
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The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek (Picture Puffin)
Jenny Wagner , and Ron Brooks Manufacturer: Puffin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0140501266 |
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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Bunyip Angst - a review of "The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek".......2007-06-05
Bunyips and Australian Fauna.......2007-04-30
excellent.......2003-04-04
In it, a Bunyip (an ugly but harmless creature) emerges from the mud of a creek. Various animals, including a platypus and emu, tell him that a bunyip is ugly. Eventually he meets a scientist who looks "right through" him, and tells him that bunyips don't exist. Eventually he packs his belongings and hikes away from his home. He comes upon a billabong, pitches camp, and lo and behold meets another bunyip. The new bunyip is in need of the same friendship and reassurance that our first bunyip could have used at the beginning of the story.
Themes explored here are the value of support and friendship, and the importance of self-esteem. Also noted is the harm done by insults and indifference. Far from being preachy, the author and illustrator skillfully weave the theme into the plot.
The illustrations are dark, and frequently are smaller than the page, framed in white. They are reminiscent of Maurice Sendak.
The bunyip is no monster. He's not the horrific ghoul portrayed in movies such as Dot and the Kangaroo. He's an ugly but harmless patchwork of a beast, with mismatched body parts. His attitude is one of bewilderment, hopefulness, and persistence. I can't recommend this picture book highly enough. USA residents should check their public libraries, because the book is currently out of print in the USA.
Ken32
Best Bunyip Book.......2001-04-07
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Adventures in Ancestry How to Trace Your Family History as Told in Letters to Jenny Hunter
Kellog Lucy Mary; Powell Harold f. (editor) Manufacturer: The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NOU058 |
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Aranea (Picture Puffin)
Jenny Wagner Manufacturer: Puffin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0140502742 |
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Atlantis Alive: Love Letters from a Primal Commune
Jenny James Manufacturer: Caliban Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0904573303 |
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Complete Letter Writer
Jenny & Tim Saville , and Jenny Saville Manufacturer: Cassell Illustrated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0706310667 |
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Fat & Skinny (Young Magpie Library)
Jenny Pausacker , and Tony Oliver 1940 Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton Educational Division ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0713105992 |
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Terror Squad (Destroyer, 10)
Warren Murphy , and Richard Sapir Manufacturer: eReads.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0759248249 |
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A wave of global terrorism spreads as a result of one madman's tyrannical powers. Even while the governments of three major world powers are on his trail, CURE, the United States' top secret agency, knows of only one way to solve the problem - The Destroyer. There's little doubt that Master Chiun's protégé Remo Williams is capable of waging any war, but when the mysterious radical assassin is out to kill, everyone runs for cover - except the fearless and most powerful.
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Death Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror (Ethnography of Political Violence)
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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The Destroyer #10 Terror Squad
Warren Murphy Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000RSJTAM |
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The Destroyer #10: Terror Squad
Richard & Murphy, Warren Sapir Manufacturer: Pinnacle ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000MZYHEI |
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The Destroyer Terror Squad
Sapir And Murphy Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000JF582Q |
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The Destroyer: Terror Squad #10
Warren and Richard Sapir Murphy Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 0523003706 |
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States of Terror: Death Squads or Development?
Manufacturer: Catholic Institute for International Relations ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1852870192 |
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TERROR SQUAD (DESTROYER, #10)
Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000HQXWX4 |
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Terror Squad: The Destroyer #10
Richard; Murphy, Warren Sapir Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 0523402848 |
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Terror Squad (The Destroyer, 10)
Manufacturer: Pinnacle ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: B000F9X2VU |
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The Cheese Board: Collective Works: Bread, Pastry, Cheese, Pizza
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1580084192 |
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When a tiny cheese shop opened for business on a quaint Berkeley street in 1967, there was little hint of what the shopand the neighborhoodwould grow into over the next 30 years. The Cheese Board became a collective a few years later, and Chez Panisse opened across the street, giving birth to one of the country's most vibrant food neighborhoods, the epicenter of California's culinary revolution. Known and loved by locals and travelers alike, the Cheese Board is equal parts bakery, cheese store, pizzeria, and gathering placea patchwork of the local community, where a passion for good food runs deep. For the first time ever, THE CHEESE BOARD presents the classic recipes that have made the store one of the San Francisco Bay Area's most acclaimed gourmet destinations. Complete with a history of the shop and neighborhood, a cheese primer, and all the classic recipesincluding the corn-cherry scones, cheese rolls, and zampanos, all of which have a cult followingTHE CHEESE BOARD is as rich and varied as the institution that inspired it.Customer Reviews:
Best Scones Ever.......2007-01-10
Awesome Little Book.......2006-01-04
Baking Voyeurism.......2005-08-10
great read.......2004-12-01
Fun book with some great recipes.......2004-07-06
The book is the same way. The recipes are delicious, and actually work. But it's filled with fun facts and info on the Cheese Board history and culture.
So far, I've made the challah (Excellent!), banana muffins (very good), ginger shortbread (good), and simple whole wheat bread (bit of a disaster).
The only criticism I have is its overemphasis on sourdough. Many of the recipes assume creating sourdough with their recipe, so if that's not to your taste, it's not clear exactly how to proceed.
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