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The Dog Nobody Wanted
Margaret Seiders-metz
Manufacturer: RoseDog Books
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ASIN: 0805997164
Release Date: 2005-04-12 |
Book Description
On a cold stormy night, Queenie gives birth to seven darling pups. After one puppy dies, Queenie must struggle to find homes for the remaining pups because of her failing health. She almost succeeds, but two puppies remain.
Left at an animal hospital to be put up for adoption, Teezer finds a home, but Stormy seems to be the dog nobody wants. Put up for adoption over and over again, she is always returned with complaints.
Will Stormy ever find a home and an owner who loves her as much as she loves the owner? Will she ever have a family? Or will she remain The Dog Nobody Wanted?
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- Outcast is a book worth reading. Tantalizing.
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Outcast: A Dog Nobody Wanted
Frank Vander Pyle
Manufacturer: Press Tige Pub Inc
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1575320479 |
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Outcast is a book worth reading. Tantalizing........1997-11-21
This author keeps you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last ! You just can't put the book down once you open to the first page. To know that the story is a true one makes it even more engulfing. TANTALIZING
is the best way to describe it. It's on my Christmas list for my friends !
The easy reading style and the feel that you are
'there,' makes this a # 10 on my list !
It has all the qualities that I look for in a good read.
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- YOU HAVE TO READ THIS ONE TO BELIEVE HOW GOOD IT IS !
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Outcast: A Dog Nobody Wanted
Frank Vander-Pyle
Manufacturer: Vanova Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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ASIN: 0967320364 |
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YOU HAVE TO READ THIS ONE TO BELIEVE HOW GOOD IT IS !.......2002-02-13
Tears, cheers, thrills, adventure, heart-stopping events = it's all here !!! You have to read this one to believe how good it really is !!! Don't let yourself miss this great little novel !
This book gives "man's best friend" a whole new meaning !
I had to visit the Vanova web site to see a picture of this dog myself. I know now without a doubt, that some dogs have real reasoning abilities. Do yourself a big favor, get this book !!!
I guarantee you will read it more than once !
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- The Puppy Nobody Wanted
- The Puppy Nobody Wanted
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The Puppy Nobody Wanted
Michael J. Pellowski
Manufacturer: Pages Publishing Group
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0874063388 |
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The Puppy Nobody Wanted.......1999-12-01
A great book for children that are just starting to read. the word are big and easy to read. Also, it is set around a great story.
The Puppy Nobody Wanted.......1999-12-01
This book is great for children that are just learning to read. The words are big and easy to read set around a great story.
Book Description
The perfect introduction to a Japanese sewing craft. Step-by-step instructions for stitching patterns inspired by natural motifs, including 60 traditional patterns, and suggestions for basic sewing projects.
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a good reference.......2006-03-14
I found this book to be a useful introduction to sashiko. It begins with a history of the craft and shows examples of how sashiko has been used in the past. It goes on to introduce a good variety of stitches, with reasonably easy-to-follow directions and diagrams, and finishes up with some sample projects. The book doesn't get five stars, though, because for a book that's supposed to be for beginners, it was rather a dry read, didn't have enough step-by-step illustrations to really show how things were supposed to come together, and could've used more interior color photos to show readers more examples of finished sashiko. So, it's a good, useful book, and I do recommend it, but I expect I'll wind up using it more for a stitch reference than an idea source.
Great book for starting off in Sashiko Quilting.......2001-03-01
Traditional Japanese country clothes were quilted for warmth. The quilting patterns on the natural indigo dyed hemp or cotton are called sashiko and often take the form of repeating, geometric patterns.
Karen Matsunaga gives a nice background into the daily life of her Japanese family, and also the history of some of the traditional patterns.
The book has five complete projects, plus sashiko stitching pattern. The patterns are printed on grids, with helpful directional lines to show the direction in which the stitching should take place. Recommended for anyone starting out in sashiko quilting
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- Unusual Herbal Cookbook and Garden Guide
- A much needed book with great info
- Plows new ground
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Exotic Herbs: A Compendium of Exceptional Culinary Herbs
Carole Saville
Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Company
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Binding: Hardcover
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Designing the New Kitchen Garden: An American Potager Handbook
ASIN: 0805040730 |
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A brief history and instructions for growing accompany each herb, as do recipes chosen for their practicality in today's busy households.
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Unusual Herbal Cookbook and Garden Guide.......2002-02-07
I was looking for Za'atar - an herb used in the Middle East. This book explained it so well that I was even able to find the plants online. They are growing in my yard at this moment. The book has beautiful pictures and the unusual recipes are easy and delicious. The Miami Beach and the Broward Herb Societies both recommend this book.
A much needed book with great info.......2000-06-20
This is an excellently presented book, covering not just unusual herbs, but also different varieties of some old favorites like basil, rosemary, and thyme. The information is impecable, with some great new to me information on purslane, which is one of the unusual herbs I eat now. Carole Saville also explores some of the other oregano types, like Cuban oregano and Mexican oregano, with great pictures of these very decorative plants.
There are recipes throughout, and I have tried some, with a little substitution, since I do not have every ingredient. Imagine "Roasted Pumpking Seed Dip with Mexican Oregano." Carole Saville has presented and excellent book with a lot of new information for gardeners, cooks, and herb lovers.
Plows new ground.......1999-04-13
If you're passionate about herbs and have grown and used all of the common varieties this book will introduce you to some of the lesser known -Papaloquelite, Culantro, Houttuynia, and my new favorite Smallage, also known as leaf celery.The author supplies specific growing information and recipes for each herb. -Linda Fry Kenzle, author of Gathering:Using Simple Materials from the Garden and Nature
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Roxie Kelley and Shelly Reeves Smith nourish the body and soul by combining simple yet satisfying recipes with tips on gracious living and friendly entertaining, all presented alongside warm and inviting hand-drawn illustrations. Destined to become treasured family keepsakes, each book features flavorful recipes along with distinctive touches:
This more-than-a-cookbook book honors friendship with thoughts on friends and a chapter of gift basket ideas-from a "Bath Basket" honoring a family's new bundle of joy to a "Teacher's Pet Basket" welcoming the season of football games and report cards. The recipes include Peppercorn Vegetable Dip, Whole Wheat Pecan Waffles, White Chili, Hot Potato Salad, and Chunky Chocolate and Coconut Cookies.
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- Dangerous misinformation but some good stuff, too
- Fun and Interesting
- Interesting book, but the bread chapter is very weak
- Culinary euphoria
- A Pleasant Read
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Lost Arts: A Celebration of Culinary Traditions
Lynn Alley
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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Binding: Paperback
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Home Cheese Making: Recipes for 75 Delicious Cheeses
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Making Cheese, Butter & Yogurt (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-283)
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Making Artisan Cheese: Fifty Fine Cheeses That You Can Make in Your Own Kitchen (Quarry Book)
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And That's How You Make Cheese!
ASIN: 1580081762 |
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Dangerous misinformation but some good stuff, too.......2005-10-24
This book contains some dangerous misinformation, the worst being the author's recommendation to make wine in a plastic trash barrel. Non-food-grade plastic such as a trash can contains many toxic substances that can (and will) leach into food. I would imagine wine would be especially susceptible to picking up toxic heavy metals from the plastic. You MUST use ONLY FOOD GRADE PLASTIC CONTAINERS from a source such as a winemaking supply house to make wine...glass or ceramic would work as well (also assuming the glaze in the ceramic contained no lead and that the glass were unleaded!!!) I believe there was another significant error in the book but I cannot recall it now to report it to buyers.
The upside of this book is that the author takes a very casual approach to arts that are sometimes daunting to the novice, making the reader feel that s/he, too, can perform the craft. The downside is that the author takes a very casual approach to these arts and does not perhaps research them fully, as witness above. Also, the chapter on bread is a loss to anyone who owns a cookbook, as are many of the recipes throughout. Take this author with a grain of salt and double-check her methods before pursuing if you are unsure.
Fun and Interesting.......2003-05-09
It's full of little things you an add to your kitchen to bring a hardy feel to cooking and your home. Excellent for the country cook or city-dweller who needs to connect to European culinary roots. Some things are so easy, children can do them. Others (like the section on bread making) require a little more. Overall it's worth it.
Interesting book, but the bread chapter is very weak.......2001-11-21
This book is layed out as a series of chapters on particular topics such as making wine, vinegar, goat cheese, curing olives, making bread, etc. These chapters are then arranged as a description, with narrative, of how to make the food followed by recipes that *use the food*. So, for example, there is a chapter on making vinegar that can be summed up by: take old wine, get a mother of vinegar, let it hang out until done, (which is described) and bottle it. (with a little explanation of why you bottle). The recipes for the vinegar section then have various dressings that use vinegar.
This highlights a couple of things. First, that these foods are *simple* to make. There's nothing deep or complex about them. The foods will make themselves, if you just give a little support.
However, when I turn to the bread chapter, I am startled. The bread described uses commercial yeast, except for a very misleading section on sourdough. First, I would have thought that *this* book would emphasize sourdough bread which is easier, more fun, more tasty and, indeed, an increasingly "lost art".
I also would have thought that there would be a section on traditional preserving techniques, along the lines of the book "Keeping Foods Fresh" by Claude Aubert. The fact that it isn't highlights, I suspect, another underlying issue with the book. The imagined "good food" is western Mediterranean in origin. And the closer the better. It would have been interesting to consider some of the wonderful techniques used in Greece or Yugoslavia. That would get a range of fascinating things like pickled capers, cabbage and grape leaves, which would be very compatible with the spirit of the book and would have made a much more fascinating range.
Culinary euphoria.......2001-10-16
A friend passed this book along to me in the Peace Corps, and it consumed me until I had consumed the delights described inside. I am buying a copy of the revised edition for a dear friend's birthday. The vinegar (made from left-over dinner party wine) is the best I have had. The satisfaction that comes from kneading and baking your own bread (and the subsequent homemade french toast and croutons) is worth the Sunday afternoon. This is a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-it! kind of book that will illuminate and enrich your culinary life. Off to make cheese...
A Pleasant Read.......2000-06-15
I bought this book for the goat cheese recipes, and I was very happy with the rest of the content. I doubt that I will cure my own olives any time soon, or make vinegar, but the information is useful and the author's enthusiasm is pleasant. If you enjoy Greek cooking, you will enjoy this book. If you enjoy the homey delights of doing for yourself, you will enjoy this book.
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Culinary Herbs and Condiments
Maud Grieve
Manufacturer: Dover Pubns
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ASIN: 048621513X |
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- A beautiful book, simple recipes, and exquisite food
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The Herb Book: A Complete Guide to Culinary Herbs
Arabella Boxer
Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Pr
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 1571451137 |
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A beautiful book, simple recipes, and exquisite food.......1999-06-20
As serendipitous as a wildflower in the garden, the ideas behind the recipes take you in directions you might not have thought of. But once you read them, you know that they will work brilliantly. This is a REAL cook's book. It's a beautiful book. And it's also an utterly simple cookbook.
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Spices: Seeds and Barks Bantam Library of Culinary Arts
Jill Norman
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Spices: Roots & Fruits (Bantam Library of Culinary Arts)
ASIN: 0553057383
Release Date: 1990-04-01 |
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Aromatic Herbs: How to Use Them in Cooking and Seasoning Foods Bantam Library of Culinary Arts
Jill Norman
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ASIN: 0553057413
Release Date: 1990-04-01 |
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Contents Include: Planning a Herb Garden - Culinary Herbs, A Descriptive List - The Drying of Herbs - Uses of Herbs - Salads. "This book is the first attempt to deal with the whole subject of Culinary and Salad herbs now so much in request by all keen gardeners. Wide in its scope, and practical in its outlook and information, it covers every aspect of culinary herb growing, including a descriptive list of over forty of the principal herbs used for culinary purposes, with details of their origin, history and cultivation and their respective food values. A notable and useful feature of the book is the section on the uses of herbs, where Miss Rohde, an acknowledged authority on this subject, distils much useful information of interest to every gardener. The chapter on Salads will be of equal interest to the epicure, with its list of recipes, which was all the result of first hand test experiences."
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Teachers Rick Ayers and Amy Crawford always wanted to find a guide to the vast world of great books for teenagers—one that didn't talk down or moralize. When they couldn't find one, they set out to create it. An early prototype offered at Cody's Bookstore in Berkeley, California, was an instant success. Great Books for High School Kids is the culmination of their efforts.
Collecting recommendations and essays from colleagues and advisers around the country, this is a rollicking, thoughtful, against-the-grain guide that challenges stodgy notions of what great books are and what kids are ready for.
The book starts with seven essays by high school teachers about exciting, exemplary experiences they have had reading books with students in the classroom—from Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina to Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon to Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy.
Augmented by an index of more than seventy subjects, the book also has an annotated list of hundreds of Recommended Great Books. The recommendations are playful and irreverent, ambitious and entertaining, and they go way beyond traditional reading lists. From classics to the unexpected, from literary novels to nonfiction, some drama, and even a little poetry, these are all books that teenagers have read with pleasure and can read on their own.
Great Books for High School Kids is an invitation and a sourcebook for inspiring passionate, lifelong readers—a book that could seriously change the lives of teachers, of families, and of kids.
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Great Quick Reviews.......2007-10-02
Excellent "Great Books" reference for High School Students. You can search alphabetically or by topic. Very useful book!!!
Indispensable (and fun!) Tool for Parents and Educators.......2004-05-24
When I wrote a book about Berkeley High School (Class Dismissed, October 2000), I was captivated and inspired by Rick Ayers' and Amy Crawford's dedicated, innovative and intelligent teaching methods--that's why they were two of the four teachers profiled in the book. This book is the text version of their dedication, innovation, and intelligence, and no high school teacher--or parent--should be without it. Brilliant and necessary!
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This digital document is an article from Kliatt, published by Kliatt on July 1, 2004. The length of the article is 353 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Ayers, Rich & Crawford, Amy, eds. Great books for high school kids.(Book Review)
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Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: Kliatt
Volume: 38
Issue: 4
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