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• Book Review: Depending on Time

  
  A Daily Dose of Architecture — Authority: 512
  Depending on Time by Jennie Savage Safle, 2009 Paperback, 152 pages Cardiff, the capital of Wales, has a compact city center but an abundance of 19th-century shopping arcades. These Victorian and Edwardian passages are memorable and give the city a strong sense of place, something that isnt particularly ...
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• Book Review: Grace Notes

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 122
  Our family started a new devotional book a few weeks ago. This one is a year of readings from collected works by Phillip Yancey called Grace Notes: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim . I like it; a lot. I really enjoy the thought provoking writing style of Yancey and this collection of readings brings the best of ...
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• Last Night I Sang to the Monster – A Book Review

  
  Successful Teaching — Authority: 127
  I just finished reading the book Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (By the way, I am not being paid to write a review of this book.) This is a very strong and moving book. Many students who are faced with alcohol problems would find this book motivating and inspiring. I think it would be ...
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• 10 Things That Make Front End Drupal a Must-Have Book

  
  DrupalEasy — Authority: 100
  0 Several months ago Ryan Price interviewed Emma Jane Hogbin , one of the authors of Front End Drupal , for DrupalEasy Podcast 10. At the time I hadnt received a review copy of the book, so I made a mental note to check out the book based on the interview. Six months later, the folks at ...
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• Review: Fancy Form Design

  
  Web Teacher — Authority: 124
  product A review by Web Teacher of (rating: 5 stars) Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton, Tim Connell and Derek Featherstone is from Sitepoint Book (2009). This is really an excellent little book. It gives you tips on planning and designing a form that is both attractive and usable. It provides ...
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• Hand me the Humble Pie!

  
  Brit Gal in the USA — Authority: 119
  I have totally resisted and sneered at the Twilight phenomenon, despite being surrounded daily at work by Twilight groupies. In fact I have given one of my bestfriends and fellow bookclub member fits about her addiction to the series and vampires. But after witnessing grown women I like, rushing to line up for hours ...
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• Book Review: The Omnivores Dilemma - A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

  
  Alcinous's Banquet — Authority: 92
  As we put the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to bed, Im finishing up my latest blog post -- and by late, I mean very late: I havent posted to this blog in a long, long time. It is fitting, though, that the subject is one that involves food and being thankful for the gift of life and creation -- both of which are ...
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• Confessions of a Public Speaker- Video Book Review

  
  chrisbrogan.com — Authority: 659
  While at Web 2.0 Expo, I was handed a copy of Scott Berkun’s great new book, Confessions of a Public Speaker (affiliate link). I’ve seen Scott speak a few times before, and he knows his stuff. Add to this his sense of humor, plus the fact that pretty much everyone can stand to learn some new ideas about ...
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• BOOK REVIEW: Restoring a House in the City

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 732
  It was a great pleasure to step away from the computer and check out a fabulously beautiful book sent to us by Artisan publishers on the eco-friendly practice of restoring townhomes, brownstones and row houses. Written by Ingrid Abramovitch, Restoring a House in the City is a wonderful resource on the process of ...
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• Two More Mystery Recommendations

  
  Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog — Authority: 119
  Lately I seem to have hit a winning streak for choosing good mysteries to read. (See the post from last week for the first two in this lucky run.) I just finished New Tricks by David Rosenfelt and Donald Westlakes latest Dortmunder mystery Get Real - both fun, entertaining, quick reads for fans of those ...
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• great reads for that handmade modern person in your life

  
  freshly{blended} — Authority: 507
  If your like me then you know that books are the best thing to give for the holidays, especially perfect for that person who you think has "everything" already. Here are some great picks for that crafty person in your life. lets start with this fantastic companion planner to Meg Mateos Craft Inc . book published ...
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• Book Review: Forgotten God

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 122
  Forgotten God : Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan I just finished the latest book by Francis Chan, Forgotten God . I definitely connected and agreed with his heart in this follow up to Crazy Love . There was a continuing theme throughout this book formed in questions, comments, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Book Review: Deep Church

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 122
  Deep Church : A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional by Jim Belcher I couple or more weeks ago I completed the book Deep Church by Jim Belcher . There have been a number of very detailed and thoughtful reviews for this book, so I don’t feel compelled to echo what has already been shared (Google Deep ...
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• Racio, Burns and Heller on Ayn Rand

  
  EconomicPolicyJournal.com — Authority: 583
  Richard Ebeling emails:Dear Bob,I was away over the weekend -- delivering some lectures and talks for the Nassau Institute in the Bahamas -- and I only caught up a bit, including reading your blog.I was delighted to see the commentary by Ralph Raico on Ayn Rand and her significance in the cause of liberty. I have ...
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• Book Review – How to Become an Accidental Millionaire!

  
  zedomax.com — Authority: 623
  Recently I’ve read Accidental Millionaire by Gary Fong , a renowned wedding photographer who has made millions through photography.  A great book filled with insights for life and business, highly recommended over all those marketing books by marketers.  Really, it inspires me more if someone who’s ...
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• Review: Censorship of Japanese Films During the U.S. Occupation of Japan

  
  Akira Kurosawa: News, Information and Discussion — Authority: 104
  Censorship of Japanese Films During the U.S. Occupation of Japan explains the basics of occupation era censorship, gives an interesting interpretation of Ozu, but offers quite little in terms of new Kurosawa scholarship. Somewhat recommended. Lars-Martin Sorensen’s new book, Censorship of Japanese Films During ...
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• The funniest book Ive read all year

  
  Avitable — Authority: 539
  Mercury Falls, by Rob Kroese Mercury Falls is the first book by blogger, cat fancier, and penis mightier Robert "Diddletits" Kroese. I originally bought this book directly from Amazon out of pity. Here was this blogger with a sometimes marginally amusing, sometimes hilarious, and always anal retentive and ...
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• Two Mystery Recommendations

  
  Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog — Authority: 119
  Two mysteries in a row from the towering pile on my bedside table have turned out to be fun, readable, entertaining and above all, finishable. Not all books in the T.P. are finishable; one just never knows when cracking open a book whether it will entertain, educate or bore you to tears. I recommend the following ...
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• Need a Green Guide? Pick up Ecoholic by Adria Vasil

  
  Mama Divas — Authority: 120
  *www.mamadivas.com* For the past two years, the media, technology, the blogosphere, it’s all been about going green , being green , living green , and of course, raising green minded kids.  And no, you’re no longer likened to a hippie for making eco-friendly choices, because green is totally ...
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• “Miss Expatria” by Christine Cantera - Italy Book Review

  
  Italy Travel Guide — Authority: 416
  I can’t even remember now how I first came across the Miss Expatria blog, or how I first got in touch with its author, Christine Cantera. But somehow we “clicked” over the interwebs (no pun intended, really), and I was thrilled to finally get to meet her in her favorite city on earth - Rome [...]
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