Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)While I applaud the authors move to a "simpler" lifestyle, I really had a difficult time wading through this book. Filled with clichés and writing that would better suited for an overly sentimental greeting card, the pace of the book really dragged. It seemed to me that the editing could have been tighter,...

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California Real Estate Principles, 5E Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is not a very in-depth book on the principles of california real estate. It covered topics only very breifly, and really sped through them with not a whole lot of explanation. I would highly advise buying a different book if you intend to pass the CA Real Estate Licensing Exam.Click Here to...

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The Sixth of Seven Wives: Escape from Modern Day Polygamy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Mary Mackert tells a poignant and powerful story about her life in Mormon polygamy. The story is presented as a reflection of her life- she was born and raised in a polygamous family and she married into one. The reflection takes place during a time when she had been abducted and held captive in a bedroom...

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The Cultivators Handbook of Natural Tobacco: Second Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Bill Drake's book combines a wonderfully relaxed and friendly writing style with a beautiful layout that invites casual reading as well as serious study. He moves smoothly through four major areas: the history of Native American tobacco and its use, the growing of that tobacco and more modern varieties,...

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The Savvy Woman's Guide to Owning a Home: How to Care for, Improve and Maintain Your Home Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am shocked by the good reviews this book is getting. I made this purchase thinking I'd learn how to "care for, improve and maintain" my home. Instead I found a bunch of non-specific reasons why I need to maintain my home and nothing about how to do so. What exactly are these reviewers referring back...

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Milady's Standard Fundamentals for Estheticians 9E - Workbook Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I looked like it had been passed down a few times because most areas were completed by different people. Overall it is still usable.Click Here to see more reviews about: Milady's Standard Fundamentals for Estheticians 9E - WorkbookThis newly revised workbook directly follows the information found in...

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Dating Your Mom Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In between some failed pieces and some merely funny ones, there are some works of mind-melting satire. Throw in a viscious vision of pretention at all levels of society, and you've got Frazier at work. "The Death of Bob's Bob House" was one of the strangest and funniest things I have read in quite some...

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Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% Without Lifting a Hammer Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In 1990 I had my ten acres paid for, and was ready to being building my retirement home. A friend gave me Carl Heldmann's book, Be Your Own House Contractor. I had a set of plans made from my sketching, and got three bids for building. The cheapest was $97,500.00. I decided to try my own general contracting,...

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Portable Gardens: Self-Watering - No Weeding Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Book was just ok, way over priced for the material offered. Actually it shouldn't be called a "book", pamphlet would be more accurate.Click Here to see more reviews about: Portable Gardens: Self-Watering - No WeedingThe portable garden simply allows you to garden ANYWHERE. You won't need a plot of land....

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Homegrown Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs: A Bountiful, Healthful Garden for Lean Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is like having Jim walk through your garden with you, teaching you every step of the way. Does everyone remember Jim Wilson from the Victory Garden South at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia? Sure we do! I loved watching the PBS series, The Victory Garden, every Saturday back in the...

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Perennials for Dummies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I love gardening. If I am not in the garden working, my hand will be holding a book or a magazine on flowers. It's my seventh house and each time we moved I started all over again. But this time we moved south. Different climat, different soil, everything is different. Perennials gardening is still very...

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Hot Tropics and Cold Feet Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Diann Hunt keeps getting better and better. I chuckled through Hot Flashes and Cold Cream; RV There Yet? held side-splitting moments, but Hot Tropics and Cold Feet has topped them both! I howled with laughter. When Maggie, Lily, Jill and Louise hit the beach, things start happening. With antics like...

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Another Use For... 101 Common Household Items Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I picked this book up from the library, and now I'm looking for a copy to purchase. I started reading this 143 page book, and by page 15, I knew it was hopeless because I kept finding helpful tips that I had never thought of but that I wanted to remember. However, there was too much, and I couldn't remember...

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Idea Wise: Bathrooms Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Many good kitchen ideas. I was looking for paint color ideas, not remodeling ideas at this time.Click Here to see more reviews about: Idea Wise: BathroomsToday's bathroom is more than a functional, utilitarian space-it is also a sanctuary and private retreat. The bathroom receives more remodeling dollars...

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Materials Handbook (Handbook) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The "Materials Handbook" (15th Ed.) is now one of my favorite reference books. The variety of materials that it documents is pretty amazing. This is a great book for the scientist, engineer & layperson alike. A reader can quickly find the basic description & properties for alloys, elements, non-metallic...

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Ultimate Guide to Plumbing: Complete Projects for the Home Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Merle Henkenius holds a master plumber's license and has extensive experience in home construction, so he's the perfect author to create a do-it-yourself plumbing guide in ULTIMATE GUIDE TO PLUMBING: COMPLETE PROJECTS FOR THE HOME, which appears in a new, expanded edition to provide basic step-by-step...

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A World of Light Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I really enjoyed Skloot's previous two collections of writings, and I enjoyed this one too.This one is very different to the other two though as Skloot barely mentions his illness at all in this one.I came to know (and love) Skloot's writing because I could relate to his experiences with having a severe...

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