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The Corner - David Simon & Ed BurnsTo get a sense of this story, think a modern Charles Dickens. The Corner is loaded up with memorable characters, all drawn from life, in an… Started by BernLatest Reply |
The Juicy Tomatoes guide to Ripe Living after 50 - Susan SwartzThis is a great book for anyone having difficulties coming to grips with being in their 50s. After reading this book I've decided not to w… Started by Jane BLatest Reply |
Salt a World history... by Mark KurlanskyThis is a very interesting book about the history of salt and covers its history from the earliest times to the modern day. Historians hav… Started by DarelleFinnLatest Reply |
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Australian Style - Melissa Penfold & Jenny TabakoffWhat a shallow, obvious and trite book. Its a rehash of all the other books on manners, interiors, occasions and fashion that we have all s… Started by Jane B |
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The Soul Of A New Machine - Tracy KidderThis picture of the team that built Data General's Eagle minicomputer was taken in March 1980, a few weeks before the machine shipped unde… Started by Bern |
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Marching Powder : a true story of friendship, cocaine, and South America's strangest jail by Rusty YoungThis book was an excellent account of one of the strangest places on earth. Entertaining, riveting, it is a must-read for any back-packer. Started by Read, Review & Win |
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All about "All about Eve" : the complete behind-the-scenes story of the bitchiest film ever made by Sam Staggs400 pages on the movie "All About Eve"; an overstretch of at least 200 pages. It feels laboured and slightly fraudulent - even the origins… Started by Read, Review & Win |
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China's great train : Beijing's drive west and the campaign to remake Tibet by Abrahm Lustgarten - a review by a Mosman readerFor anyone interested in Modern China, Abrahm Lustgarten's book is an essential read. It paints broad and intimate pictures of the PRC's… Started by Read, Review & Win |
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Bendable learnings : the wisdom of modern managementVol. 3 of this series - a benchmark in terms of funny word books. Mission statements are everywhere: you have to have one, an assortment o… Started by Jenni Wong |
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Confederates In The Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War - Tony HorwitzA road trip through a near-contemporary USA (it was published in 1998) that would appeal to readers of travel books by Paul Theroux, Bill B… Started by Bern |
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Cold Cases by Norm LipsonInteresting background on the advent of DNA, and how scientific advances and persistence of police and forensic investigations lead to reso… Started by Read, Review & Win |
0 | Nov. 24, 2009 |
Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden CompanionThis book is the result of Stephanie's work establishing kitchen gardens in Australian primary schools, the idea being that children who kn… Started by Jane R |
0 | Nov. 23, 2009 |
Alzheimer's :a love story by Vivienne UlmanI enjoyed Vivienne Ulman's tales of her parents' immense love for each other with tender lyricism and honesty her mother's progressive dec… Started by Jenni Wong |
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