REVIEW: Loose and Easy by Tara Janzen

Liviania’s review of Loose and Easy (Steele Street, Book 9) ... . In his sections of the novel members of the SDF appear often but do little to further the plot. In addition ... plans spiral more and more out of control, mostly due to miscommunication. Esme and her partner keep [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 18:12:48

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Smugglivus Presents: Ana & Thea's Most Excellent Books of 2008

Ana: I'm Ana, Romance reader at heart...Thea: And I'm Thea, Speculative Fiction junkie.. ... .Ana & Thea: And we're... Wyld Stallyns BOOK SMUGGLERS!!!!!!!*play facemelting riffs on air guitars*We've brought you some of our favorite authors with their reflections on 2008 and plans for 2009 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:01:00

Focus II Module, Brief 2: Trajectory.

The landscape architects and practices that initially interested me were those whose projects featured in books and publications I read illustrating ... with or the professions associated with a contemporary practice and was attracted to an image and style ... construction, master plans and much more.It was from developing a better understanding of how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:44

Rebel in Blue Jeans - Author Interview - Beverly Stowe McClure

Paperback Writer would like to welcome Beverly Stowe McClure, author of the young adult novel, Rebel in Blue Jeans (Twilight Times Books, Oct ‘08) ... these challenges with courage and humor and decides to do three things: 1. Bring her mother home where ... , is a gentleman. Nothing turns out the way Rebel plans, however, and she discovers that people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:00:44

The Jewel Book

Puppies and members of the royal court look on as the serious Duchess Anna and Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria face each other across a chessboard ... of the house of Wittelsbach. He took little direct share in the affairs of government, nevertheless, and easily lent himself to the plans of his advisers, among whom during the early part of his reign were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:16:00

BOM Lesson #45: Ether 1-6

BOM Lesson #45: Ether 1-6 Posted by janetlisonbee on November 19, 2008 Book of Mormon Lesson #45 - “Never Hast Man Believed in Me as Thou Hast” ... seeking or wanting to know if the Lord has more plans for us. Sometimes we feel we have gotten rid ... from the one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 18:12:06

Sometimes I Get To Read

though not often. I don't have time. I also tend to be obsessive, so when I do get to read a book I have to read it straight through, ... on the floor in her drafty, rickety three-room shack and live in fear of her moods and temper ... , has other plans. Rozelle wants her daughter to work, cleaning houses for whites, like she does [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 22:42:00

Review: Dark Angels, by Karleen Koen

I was disappointed in this book. I had high expectations for it because I loved Through a Glass Darkly ... sister Minette arrives home from the French court for a visit after ten years away. Afterwards, Alice ... there's a sequel planned. As a novel about the Restoration period, I recommend Kathleen Windsor's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:32:00

Blog Giveaway : One Fifth Avenue Books

From the highly acclaimed author of Sex and The City and Lipstick Jungle, Candace Bushnell brings to you her latest novel, One Fifth Avenue ... plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building. Acutely ... neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into—one way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 15:53:13

Frugal Millionaires on Investing and Mortgages

Here's an excerpt from the book The Frugal Millionaires: 70 millionaires anonymously share their ideas about money to help each other and you ... to get out of the market. When everyone was a part time speculative home builder in the early 2000’s it should ... screaming, “Oh God, I have too much of my money in cash!” Hope for the best but plan for the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:58:59

150 Emerging Church Books

QUESTION: What have I done with the 150 emerging church books that used to sit on my bookshelf? ... - I might as well loan them out to the students and readers of my blog. My plan was to start a floating ... who wants it, until one day I call it back home to the Suddenly Seminary library. HOW? I was trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:53:19

Review: Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren

About the Book: When she put her dreams on hold to help run the family ranch, she never imagined they would slip out of sight ... a sprawling ranch in eastern Montana to make it the new Hollywood hot spot. Unfortunately, a house fire threatens his plans. So does opposition from his new neighbor Stefanie Noble [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 07:43:51

Christmas/New Years Recap

We got so busy with the Fun With Food Storage launch and recovering from the holidays we forgot to tell you what we got for Christmas, ... Eggs and the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. She also got some food from The Ready Project ... money to buy a wheat grinder so I don’t have to borrow Julie’s any more I want to plan my summer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:45:54

Bok Choy, Downers Grove

In the world of writing, they say you should never judge a book by its cover. Well, in the world of food, the same goes for restaurants ... when more popular restaurants would offer 45-minute wait times and too-crowded floor plans. But at Bok Choy ... glasses and contemporary art. There’s a small bar area in the corner, not much bigger than the wet bars [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 10:38:07

Prarie School in Session: John Van Bergen Book Review

It is essential that I preface this review by flatly stating that my architectural education has been sorely lacking ... no mistake; this is an extensive, well-done documentation of the work of an architect of the Prairie ... floor plans, advertisements and engaging narrative set Hackl's work apart. There's also a ton [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:15:00

Poor Junior

(First, I’d hate being called “Junior.”) Again, I’ve long forgotten how I got there, ... , this was about money; Keenan had no plans to hurt the 19-year-old Frankie. In fact, after he got his $240,000 ... that.) So they chose 8 December, when Junior was booked at Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe. They entered [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 10:00:39

Travel Plans

Yes, I've already spilled the beans in my last post. We're all going up to Donegal next Saturday ... up in the cottage we've booked (so no posts from me for a week unless I get round to preparing ... the weather won't be much to write home about this time round I expect. But we booked a house with sea view [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:42:00

Shinseki Vindicated

He didn’t have to write a book, like former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s What Happened, to attract universal denunciation by the White House and Republicans. Former Army Chief of Staff ... issues into his plan,” On Point II reports. “Franks in his recollections variously described [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 23:03:40

Let the bidding begin: Dick Cheney's writing a book with 'a few scores to settle'

... , and a little more time on the stream and out in the fields. But I don't plan to retire yet." Cheney, a Nebraska native who grew up in Wyoming and represented that state for five House terms, arrived [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:25:06

REVIEW: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Dear Ms. Dessen, I don’t normally read YA books but for some reason I began perusing the new offerings in that category at ... with the beach house, more able to move forward in her life, more able to really look towards ... development. But Macy’s plans don’t anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 17:39:04

An Old Strategy Returns

An Old Strategy Returns Rick Richman - 01.18.2009 - 1:37 PM In the New York Times Book Review, Ethan Bronner reviews “Restoring the Balance: ... Israel to end all construction in occupied lands even in existing settlements and in Jerusalem ... at bringing Georgia and Ukraine into NATO and from plans to install missile defenses in Europe. Two [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:37:54

Away by Amy Bloom -- Book Review

"Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened ... her. Unable to afford the sea voyage home, she maps her route in the opposite direction and plans ... lake -- we see Lillian and the other characters as they move through the pages of the story [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 07:42:00

Why do so many e-books cost too much when the online consumer is cutting back?

In a recession, when thrift is contagious, just why must I pay $18 for the Mobipocket store’s edition of America America, ... are going for as little as $8.01. As for my plans to buy a Le Corbusier bio in E, forget it— ... of the publishers? You bet. St. Martin’s is an excellent house in many ways, as I know first-hand [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:26:06

Recent Read

Book 3 of 2009Rachel and the Hired Gun by Elaine Levine Why this one: As was apparent, ... . Sager decides to head out; just the two of them, for his bosses ranch. But Sager has other plans ... Blurb:When Rachel Douglas left her aunt's house in Virginia for the wilds of the Dakota Territory [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 01:26:00

Free Suze Orman Book, Business Tax Software, and More!

I’m always looking at monthly services that we have and finding ways to pay a little less ... Action Plan. The free download is available until 11:59 p.m. CT on Thursday, January 15 on the Oprah ... Your Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC) From Being Frozen: Max It Out? Buy A Foreclosure For Under [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:29:46

Cheap Airfares Help Make Affordable Vacations

If you are trying to make flight plans to get you to the relatives house for a special occasion or a holiday event, making arrangements for a long awaited dream vacation, or simply needing to book a flight for a quick business trip, then finding cheap airfares is always exciting when air travel is in the future [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 11:42:37

Books I got for Christmas :-)

Check out the books my friend Rachael got me for Christmas *Big Grin* Thank you so much Rachael ... Wilks heats up Regency England, as a young lady plans to lose her innocence to a charming rogue ... Marie Rice"I don’t want to be alone tonight." Caroline Lake can hardly believe she would ever say [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 03:24:00

Huntington's Oheka Castle subject of new book

"Oheka Castle: Monument to Survival" (Oheka Castle Hotel & Estate, $100) ... , statuary and fireplace mantels were stolen; water from efforts to fight arson damaged rooms ... , planning condominiums. After considerable restoration, he sold it in 1989 to a Tokyo company, which leased [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 21:46:31

Top 100 Comic Book Battles: 60-56

Here’s the next five! Here is the master list! Enjoy! 60. Wolverine vs. Sabretooth (Mutant Massacre) This is the second Wolverine vs ... to the lake below. The X-Men then officially make Psylocke a member of the team. 59. Superboy Prime vs ... the plans of Alex Luthor and Superboy Prime in Infinite Crisis #6. Well, while that basically took [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 17:21:58

Frugal Millionaires on Retirement and Credit Cards

Here's an excerpt from the book The Frugal Millionaires: 70 millionaires anonymously share their ideas about money to help each other and you ... a sense for money, building wealth, investing and retirement planning when they are still ... : 1) Create a plan working with, but not blindly relying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:57:08

Book giveaway - Sweetwater Gap by Denise Hunter

Captain's Log, Stardate 01.15.2009The winner ofEverything’s Coming Up JoseybySusan May Warren isLindseyCongratulations! ... she come home to help with the harvest, the timing works. But her return isn't simple benevolence-she plans to persuade the family to sell the failing orchard.The new manager's presence is making [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:34:00

My 40-Book List for 2009

Many of you asked about my pre-selected reading list for this new year, so here it is: ... in a Godly Way - Gary ChapmanHelper By Design: God's Perfect Plan for Women in Marriage - Elyse FitzpatrickWhat Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman - Danielle [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:23:00

Books and Passion

Remember the game where someone says one word and you are supposed to say the first thing that come to mind ... I was a little girl. Lights out at home, especially on a school night, was around 10:00 p.m. I had a little ... . I just started, but plan to populate it in time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:10:51

Book Excerpt: Everyone Hates A Ball Hog But They All Love A Scorer

The game of basketball is played at many speeds. Each game is affected by a variety of factors, including coaching philosophy, referee calls, ... what happens. That may work for some, but I tell you now: if you don’t have a plan in place, you are setting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:16:17

REVIEW: The Pledge by Chandra Sparks Taylor

Dear Ms. Taylor, Wow, you have packed a lot of story into this book. From the blurb Raised in a strict household, sixteen-year-old Courtland Murphy never had a date ... uncomfortable. Before the story ends, she’ll grow up a lot and question almost all the plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:00:04

The 2009 Shades book meme

I’ve seen an elaborate meme doing the rounds of Blogpower and Bloghounds members ... the mechanic’s questions, Brunel recognised a craftsman of unusual perception. Encouraged, and confident that his plans were in safe keeping, he took his leave.   There you go- page twenty, line oh nine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:24:20

An interview with Alex Beecroft

July 8, 2008 Alex Beecroft, Georgian, gay, historical romance, writing | Tags: Alex Beecroft, books, emma collingwood, gay, writing |   I’ve recently had the great pleasure to talk with Alex Beecroft, author of “Captain’s Surrender”, about her work, her plans, fanfiction and God, and I’m very happy to share [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 21:31:21

The 12 Days of Christmas & Other Winter Holiday Picture Books for Kids - Day 10

Reviewed by Amy M. O’Quinn for the National Writing for Children Center ... Ages: 4-8 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (October 12, 1957) ISBN-10: 0394800796 ... many of us haven’t enjoyed the story of the mean old Grinch and his nasty plans to steal Christmas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 16:57:58

Bookmark This Site: MochaManual.com

The Mocha Manual company — the brand behind books, DVDs and more for African-American mothers — just announced it’s going digital, ... , advice columns and more. Allers, an award-winning business journalist, plans to release her third Mocha [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:00:46

The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"

From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00

Book: Paris Architecture & Design

It has been the French revolution that has paved the way for an inventive and creative spirit in the arts, architecture, literature, ... in a very clear layout. As far as available floor plans will give additional insights. 25 x 32 cm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:59:42

November Reading List - Part 1

Yay !! I've finished 100 books this year with a month to spare!! Let's see how far I go on December !! Good reading this month too ... of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Now, she's hot on the heels of a criminal who plans on showing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 06:36:00

google, digitization and archives: despatches from if:book

In discussing with other Institute folks how to go about reviewing four year's worth of blog posts, I've felt torn at times ... libraries raised a battle cry against the Anglo-centricity implicit in Google's plans to digitize [more...]

Date: 2008-06-16 20:30:35

Review and Book Excerpt: My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang

About the Book: Hannah Williams couldn't get out of her small hometown fast enough, preferring the faster pace, ... the one man she's ever loved in California. But Dilly is a changed woman, and when Hannah's plans don't [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 20:26:22

Setting the Record Straight: Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, Boston Corbett and the Enid Connection

As one third of the manuscript on the book about the fiasco at the IMB nears completion, an enjoyable diversion has necessitated a post, ... for this plot were strong opposition to Lincoln's liberal Reconstruction plans and the loss [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 12:29:00

10 Books to Recession-Proof Your Life

Lay-offs, plummeting stocks, and crashing housing markets -- the news just keeps getting grimmer and grimmer ... lay down the facts -- and help you plan a healthier economic future. Bulletproof Your Job by Stephen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:24:47

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think it bodes well for 2009, at least for my reading, that the first book I read will probably be on my ten best reads at the end of the year ... where the issues of the day and plans for the future of post-colonial Nigeria are discussed. Kainene [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 09:18:00

Campus Network Design Fundamentals Book Free Download

Publisher: Cisco PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 1587052229Paperback: 408 pagesData:?Dec 2005Format: CHMDescription: The all-in-one guide to modern routed and switched campus network ... in network designDesign an IP addressing plan and select appropriate IP routing protocolsApply network [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 03:03:00

Review: Diamond Duo (Texas Fortunes Book 1) by Marcia Gruver (FIRST WildCard Tour)

Title: Diamond Duo (Texas Fortunes Book 1) Author: Marcia Gruver Pages: 288 Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc (October 1, 2008) ... heart? Thad is more than smitten with Bertha. But his father plans to send him away to military [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 22:02:53

Book Review - The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock, by Steven Jacobs (available on Amazon USA and UK.) ... with the help of a number of reconstructed floor plans especially made for this publication [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 13:19:09

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