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- I Love You, Beth Cooper (19)
- By Larry Doyle
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Finished on Feb 29, 2008
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- I Am Legend (426)
- By Richard Matheson
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Finished on Jan 22, 2008
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- Eleanor of Aquitaine (1)
- Medieval Queen (European Queens)
- By Kerrily Sapet
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Finished on Dec 19, 2007
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My only complaint is that the portraits of the kings and queens are from artists who lived centuries later. I'd rather see contemporary art than fanciful depictions in historical biographies.
- — Jan 5, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- The Innocent (72)
- By Harlan Coben
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Finished on Nov 16, 2007
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- Will in the World (43)
- How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
- By Stephen Greenblatt
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Finished on Oct 5, 2007
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- The Arcanum (9)
- By Thomas Wheeler
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Finished on Aug 27, 2007
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- The Queen's Conjurer (3)
- The Science and Magic of Dr. John Dee, Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
- By Benjamin Woolley
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Finished on Aug 4, 2007
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- The Rescue Artist (11)
- A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
- By Edward Dolnick
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Finished on Jul 15, 2007
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Reading about Charley Hill is interesting in itself, but Dolnick's writing makes it even more entertaining. Recommended.
- — Aug 28, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- Rebels Pretenders & Imposters (1)
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Finished on Jun 15, 2007
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The tone of this book is more academic than layman, written like a thesis argument. The people covered are those who have made some claim to royal rights (legitimate and dubious descendency from the Stuarts, Tudors, Byzantine emperors, etc). There are some interesting lesser known cases of territo ... (continue)
- — Jun 16, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- Ex-Libris (14)
- By Ross King
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Finished in May 2007
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Not much happens in the plot of this one, but it's better than "Codex" and about as good as "The Geographer's Library"
- — May 26, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- George Washington's Mount Vernon (3)
- Official Guidebook
- By The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union
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Finished on May 27, 2007
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- The Friar and the Cipher (5)
- Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World
- By Nancy, Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone, …
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Finished in Feb 2007
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This should be retitled "Smart Guys in the Middle Ages" since there is very little discussing about Roger Bacon in relation to the Voynich Manuscript.
- — May 22, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- The Da Vinci Code (3871)
- By Dan Brown
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Finished in 2006
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It's a good beach read, but the motivation to hide the Grail just didn't come across to me as very compelling.
- — May 22, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- Drop Shot (41)
- (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)
- By Harlan Coben
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Finished in Oct 2006
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- Drake's Fortune (2)
- The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist
- By Richard Rayner
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Finished in Aug 2006
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I Love You, Beth Cooper
This is a really funny, quick read. The plot is a bit over the top, but the phrasing is worth it. I think there may be a dozen newly coined phrases in here. The humor approaches Steve Martin territory.
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