Review:Learned a lot about her I never knew. Very interesting how much she influenced nursing as we know it today.By the way my sister is a RN. and a very good one thanks to some of the things Florence taught nurses. Read more

Review:This book is written in prose, poetry, written word, and story telling of years of pain and grief. You feel like you are sitting across from the author as he tells and sings these memories on and off the reservation. Could not stop reading as he let's you enter the darkness and light of his traveling soul. What a journey. Enjoy. Read more

Review:People will think your crazy as you laugh out loud to the book of short stories by Sedaris . I read the book on vacation at the jersey shore and I couldn't put the book down, whether I was by the pool or at the beach; I had to have it with me at all times.
This book would be worth it if it only had 2 stories in it, those being C.O.G and Naked. though funny as hell, this book isn't easy on Sedaris's family or for himself for that matter. he lays all on the line in a book no one should pass up. Read more

Review:This is an amazing true story that although difficult to continue at times is so worth it in the end. Some people have so much inner strength that somehow they emerge victorius in life even though they have been to the depths of existence. Read more

Review:I thought this was going to be a funny "motherhood" book in the style similar to Jen Lancaster, but I didn't find it particularly funny at all. I found it to be a rather sad commentary on suburban America and how we are raising our children. I am sure the author meant to convey some of the ridiculousness that's out there, but this went over the top in such a way I could not suspend my disbelief and not imagine her just telling everyone to screw off and moving out of there. If my children were tr... Read more

Review:One of the best books I've read in awhile. Clever, laugh out load funny and over the top real, Meaty is a treat for the heart, soul and mind. A must read for those who want to embrace all things, good, bad and indifferent that makes us human. Read more

Review:I found a few of the blog entries funny. Most of the rest just seemed to depict the cynicism and sadness the author appears to suffer from. And I'm not sure why so many authors feel the more vulgar words and descriptions they have the better. In my humble opinion, that is a poor substitute for quality writing. There are many ways to get a point across without having to use excessive amounts of poor language. I'm amazed by glowing reviews by people who profess to have a good command of the E... Read more

Review:Contrarian investment guru Doug Casey used to say, "You know the time to dump an investment is when it makes the cover of Time Magazine." I don't rememeber if it was 2004 or 2005 when Time's cover story was "Will Your House Make You Rich?" Casey was right, the time had come to get out of real estate, although profiting from that move was as treacherous as playing a game of high stakes craps in a casino used to fleecing its players.

In a story revealing one man's prescience about the hou... Read more

Review:I wanted to love this. I love Connelly's Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series but this was so poorly edited it was unreadable beyond the engaging introduction
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By reprinting multiple articles on the same case he was repeating the same facts over and over. There's a good story to be told in the background of his novels - some of which I recognized - but it needs a narrative that isn't found here.

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Review:I loved this book!! I am a fan of Ms James' historical romances but I have to say this is my favorite book of hers. Following a diagnosis of breast cancer and subsequent treatments, she packs up her family for a year of living in Paris, France.

There is humor in her writing as she has us follow along on the escapades of her precocious ten year old daughter and her fourteen year old son. They alternately love and hate their year in Paris. Eloisa spends time sampling many restaurants, c... Read more