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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Review Date: 3/4/2015
Fascinating story about the father of the author of The Count of Monte Cristo. From Haiti and half black but descended from nobility, he served with distinction in the French army. Along the way the author brings you up to speed on French history. Highly recommend.
The Cat Who Covered The World : The Adventures Of Henrietta And Her Foreign Correspondent
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 12/26/2012
The author deftly weaves the story of his life as a foreign correspondant with that of his cat. Very funny too. Not done reading but I love this book.
Review Date: 8/19/2021
This was a lovely book. Their family experienced tragedy but they bonded over the cat. Wonderful story if you like cat or animal stories.
Review Date: 7/18/2015
For those saying it's too dry, I say try the audio version. I borrowed it online rom my library with the Overdrive media app. Regardless, I found this a very well researched and informative read. I hadnt realized the time span between the she met Caesar and she killed herself was almost 20 years. Schiff does a great job going to original sources yet making this entertaining.
The Coconut Lattitudes: Secrets, Storms, and Survival in the Caribbean
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 7/24/2017
The writer's alcoholic father relocated her, her mother and older sister to the Dominican Republic in 1946 to farm coconuts. Unusual setting in a different time. Her sister is lost to the family for several years. Her love and longing to be closers to her sister came through very strongly.
Review Date: 1/2/2016
Dry but solid book about the Enron story. Explains what was meant by the shell corporations and why they were created.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Audio CD) (Abridged)
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Book Type: Audio CD
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Review Date: 9/21/2010
Wonderful book. This author has written another book soon to be available on Amazon and I am looking forward to it.
Review Date: 9/8/2015
Wonderful way to learn about these beautiful birds and the devotion of their rescuers.
Review Date: 1/1/2016
Really opened my eyes. David Cay Johnston uncovers things about how our government and economy work that I have not read anywhere else. Wish there were more like him.
Review Date: 4/4/2012
Great read about a foreign correspondent who decides to move back home to New York with her Dutch husband. The only fairly central location they can afford is West Harlem in a run down area.
Review Date: 3/8/2016
She reads the audio herself. The delivery in her New York accent made me laugh.
Review Date: 6/3/2018
The author finds that one of the few career options for women is as a hair stylist. She opens a beauty school in Kabul. She's not a saint but you can tell the money some of the women in the book start bringing in money make a difference for their families and how they are treated. Overall a great read.
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 7/3/2017
Precious story about how this pretty and engaging dog brought together strangers in an apartment building. She pulled her People together into a Family.
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 12/26/2020
Uplifting story about a volunteer stint at an orphanage that turns into him dedicateing his life to the beautiful children of Nepal. You also learn a lot about Nepal.
Review Date: 10/25/2015
Humorously written story about how her cat disappeared, and her efforts to figure out where he was going. He casually reappeared after five weeks, coat shony and well fed. Cute illustrations. There is an especially funny part towards the end. Warning, there is one sad incident towards the end of the book.
Review Date: 6/13/2015
I've seen erector sets but never thought much about them. This is the story of the man who invented them and a bit about the history of the first half of the 20th century.
Review Date: 11/12/2014
Pen Farthing was stationed with the British forces in Afghanistan. He rescued a fighting dog from an Afghan stayed inside his compound. He went to great lengths to keep it and the other strays that accumulated fed and from freezing. He's back in England with his girlfriend. They now have an Afghan dog rescue foundation. There's a surprise ending. If you like animal stories this is for you.
Review Date: 12/28/2013
Wonderful story about a tinmy kitten the author rescued and their close bond
The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 4/20/2016
Well researched on a number of body commodity topics, for example, that children in poor countries may be taken from their parents in order to make them available for adoption. I had no idea.
Review Date: 11/18/2013
Very readable first hand report of China in the years before the Communist take over.
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