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Michael Pollan Defends Real Food, Critiques Nutritionism~ by jankp Pros: extensive research; helpful advice; very readable
Cons: hmmm... The 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act strictly required foods that were an imitation food product to be labeled as imitations and this ethical, health-promoting rule lasted until 1973 when the FDA (note that it wasn #146t Congress who wrote the law) ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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Who Wants to Date Mr. Darcy? (apparently everyone) by ssjakira1 Pros: Haha, fun and amusing
Cons: Preeeetty predictable. Months and months ago a woman was in search of this book, Me and Mr. Darcy< i> by Alexandra Potter. I found it for her, handed it over, and later in the day, found it again out of sheer curiosity. Since then I’ve been plucking the book off the ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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Filler-heavy (and still too short) primer on Omaha Hi/Lo by stevengomez  Pros: Goes in depth on strategy for some Omaha Hi/Lo situations that others don't
Cons: Too short, too little depth overall, gets too cute with his writing Shane Smith's selection of Omaha Strategy simply seems to sink in subtextual silliness. Omaha High-Low: How To Win At The Lower Limits< i> fancies itself a gateway text to profitable Omaha Hi Lo play, but it seems like Shane Smith got as cheeky with ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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A perfect beginner's text for Sit-&-Go tournaments by stevengomez Pros: - Easy, quick read
- Easy concepts for beginners to pick up Cons: - Basic strategy, not for experienced players Neal Timothy's How To Beat Sit- amp;-Go Poker< i> is extremely basic in scope, especially compared to Colin Moshman's Sit 'n Go ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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The Anonymous Pigeon tells a lot of stories about poker's dark side by stevengomez Pros: - Insider account of shady side of 70's high-stakes poker
- Challenges common poker beliefs Cons: - Talks down to readers - Not a lot of poker advice The anonymous author of Play Poker Like a Pigeon< i> returns with the autobiographical Education of a Poker Pigeon< i>, chronicling his years as a player in illegal poker games and, later, his years as a player in Las Vegas, where he rubbed elbows ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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His Boyfriend is a Demon in the Sack! INCUBUS VOLUME 2 by talyseon Pros: A well written yaoi, with even better art than the original.
Cons: Homosexual content may offend some. Incubus Volume Two< b> by Yayoi Neko. Warning This is a Yaoi novel. Yaoi is a Japanese art form, graphic novels (or manga) depicting romances between two men, written for and by women. They range from sweet romances to quite racy and graphic. ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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To Be the Last: Lydia Millet's Gorgeous New Novel "How the Dead Dream" by plorentz Pros: An environmentally conscious novel that's always more poetic than preachy
Cons: It'll leave you confused and anxious, and awed. In her latest book,< b> called How the Dead Dream< b>< i>, novelist Lydia Millet< b> invites us to cuddle up with the idea of our extinction. Quite literally, in fact.This is the story of a man called T. - a real estate tycoon who ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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Good guide for beginners by daydreamer20 Pros: Good book for Manga beginners with lessons on basic human anatomy, expressions and perspectives.
Cons: Not much postures, mediocre drawing samples, content seems outdated I bought Manga for Dummies few months ago, hoping that I can learn something related to Manga art from the book. I wasn't disappointed. The book provides lessons on how to draw a Manga head and body (basic anatomy), how to show different emotions on a ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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outstanding studio furniture from a Smithsonian collection by henryberry Pros: good photographs and annotations for distinctive pieces of American furniture
Cons: mostly showcasing pieces without going into much depth on them or their context All 84 furniture pieces of the Gallery a part of the Smithsonian are pictured in full-page color photographs on righthand pages with comments on them and their makers on facing lefthand pages. One sees immediately on looking through the many pieces what ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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Guys, These Books Are One of Girls Best Kept Secrets! by dhchuck Pros: Great setting, strong characters and awesome scenes
Cons: None I recently started reading this series at the urging of my wife. WOW! You would not believe why the girls don't want you to know what they are reading. Take a great story and add hot sex and you have the making of an addiction! The second in a ...
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Oct 11 '08 |
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Mid-Flinx, A High Flier of a book by maximus-q Pros: Simply put, a great read.
Cons: None. Mid-Flinx.Author - Alan Dean Foster.Some Background,At the time of writing this, there are 13 Pip and Flinx novels, this i.e. Mid-Flinx being the 7th instalment.Alan Dean Foster is the author of numerous films, the first 3 ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: a classic and deservedly so. by telynor Pros: It's wonderful, full of irony, nuance and emotion.
Cons: Not a one. Some novels have the advantage of being instantly recognizable by the mere mention of a character or title. Who hasn't heard of the smoldering Mr. Darcy, he of icy demenour and monstrous ego, puffed up with his own self-importance and how he is smitten ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora by phungus Pros: Great main character, interesting setting
Cons: Too much profanity, a little too long at times I occasionally share books with a friend at work, and a couple weeks ago he brought me his copy of Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora< b>. He said it was unlike any other fantasy book he's ever read, and he's read a lot. I decided to give it a ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Great for perspective and history by texas-swede Pros: Translation of top notch papers. Good commentary. Great for perspective.
Cons: Requires some college education in physics. [updated version]This book is a compilation of five important papers translated from German including Albert Einstein's dissertation, all published in Annalen der Physik the year 1905. These five papers all represent watershed events in Physics. ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Halloween on Milton Street by marie1963 Pros: A Touching Halloween story. Illustrations.
Cons: None Halloween is just around the corner, and the kids know it ; they are excited. They are already anticipating an exciting Halloween year of festivities as trips to the departments stores, candy, pumpkins, Haunted Houses and parties. They are gearing up ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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When reading about magic is a gift by darthmary Pros: Realistic and entertaining family dynamics play out with a supernatural theme
Cons: It's a bit outdated but not really in a negative way While growing up, I always smiled when I saw the latest book by Young Adult author Lois Duncan in my Christmas stocking or in a present waiting to be unwrapped. Combining suspense with the supernatural, Duncan's books never disappointed. And years later ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Man of the House by owling Pros: Entertaining, quirky, insightful, fun
Cons: Downright depressing at a few points Linc Menner is a househusband. He cooks gourmet meals and fusses over nutrition. He guides and shapes every part of daughter Violet's life, including sending emails to her teachers when he doesn't like what they're doing. He's a bizarre cross between the ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Red Fire by owling Pros: Fantastic premise and world
Cons: Characterizations; over-thinking; some plot aspects; some sexual details of limited appeal When the Spartans fell at the Hot Gates, Ares gave Leonidas and six of his men a second chance: drink from the River Styx, and live forever as protectors of mankind. All of them agreed. Centuries later, they've more-or-less adjusted to the modern world, ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Forever… is sometimes a relative concept by dramastef Pros: Strong heroine who shows maturity and responsibility
Cons: The heroine often seems unreal because of her maturity and responsibility When Katherine, a high school senior, starts to get more serious with Michael, everyone assumes they're having sex. Her grandmother warns her about pregnancy and venereal diseases. Even her younger sister, Jamie, makes the logical jump. Katherine, ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Shel Silverstein's Giraffe and a Half Has a Rat in His Hat by befus Pros: Zany humor; fun repetition; great illustrations
Cons: A tongue-twisty read if you're tired! Children love repetition. When they're very little, this usually takes the form of endless "do it again!" kinds of games. No adult can outlast a child's endless delight in repeated rounds of peek-a-boo or let's-build-a-tower and knock it down again. ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Kya!!! Bishonen, Bishonen, Bishonen! by shroud Pros: exquisite artwork, detailed plot and well developed characters
Cons: none, unless reading a graphic novel "emabarasses you", but hey, that's your issue Okay, I am going to own up here. Those who have read several of my previous reviews and have seen my profile over the years will no doubt realise a few things about me, such as the fact that I have an unashamed love of beautiful vampires and demons ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Virgil Flowers with a Side Order of Revenge (Served Cold) by scmrak Pros: the affable Flowers and his collection of rockin' T-shirts
Cons: a plot that could have been simplified without much effort Someone is killing gray-haired gents in Minnesota. After mutilated body number two turns up posed against a Veterans' Memorial, a lemon duct-taped inside his mouth, the local cops decide they have a problem on their hands. And thus they rouse Virgil ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Stephenie Meyer's New Moon: It Sucks, and I Don't Mean Blood by lyoness913 Pros: None
Cons: This is soo far fetched and soo stupid and really, really boring After about 3 months of choking through Stephenie Meyers rsquo;< i> New Moon< b>, I am ready to write a review stating that she is the most stagnant, boring, overrated writer I rsquo;ve ever read. I wanted to throw this piece of drivel away long ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Oh the Horror! by ssjakira1 Pros: Great reading for writing tips, business advice, and thoughts on the genre
Cons: Well, I'm not exactly a Horror writer... I'm working on a Science Fiction novel for my graduate program (insert shameless plug for Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction Program) and currently have author Gary Braunbeck (Mr. Hands, Coffin County< i>) as my mentor. At the time I was ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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Yakuza in Love: Old-Fashioned Virtues by rmthunter Pros: Solid story, good clear graphics, realistic characterizations.
Cons: Gets pretty gritty in places. Since Shiuko Kano's Yakuza in Love< i> is now complete and since it's not the kind of story that lends itself to separate commentaries on each volume (there are three), I'm going to discuss the whole thing here. Short version: It's pretty good. ...
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Oct 10 '08 |
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