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[reviewer] Book / Author -- Rating
[HK] 100 One Night Reads by David C. Major
, John S. Major
[KN] 1001 Beads: Create and Embellish Using Beading and Wirework Technique by Various Beading Authors [2004]
[KN] 500 Beaded Objects: New Dimensions in Contemporary Beadwork by Various Beading Authors [2004]
[HK] A Cold Case by Philip Gourevitch
[JJ] A Dab of Dickens & A Touch of Twain by Elliot Engel [2002]
[VJ] A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe: Mosquito by Andrew Spielman, Sc.D.
, Michael D'Antonio
[W] A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins
[2004]
[JT] A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins
[2004]
[HK] A Second Helping of Murder : More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers by Jo Grossman
, Robert Weibezahl
[2003]
[HK] A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers by Jo Grossman
, Robert Weibezahl
[HK] And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule
[HK] Anthony Blunt: His Lives by Miranda Carter
[2002]
[HK] Are You There Alone? : The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates by Suzanne O'Malley
[2004]
[HK] Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s by Jeffrey Marks
[2003]
[KN] Beaded Jewelry With Found Objects: Incorporate Anything from Buttons to Shells by Carole Rodgers [2004]
[KN] Beading With Right Angle Weave by Christine Prussing
[KN] Beginner's Guide to Beadwork by Madelien Rollason [2004]
[HK] Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Lee Gruenfeld
[2004]
[AR] Coroner's Journal: Forensics and the Art of Stalking Death by Louis Cataldie
[2007]
[CP] Coroner's Journal: Forensics and the Art of Stalking Death by Louis Cataldie
[2007]
[HK] Death Sentence by Jerry Bledsoe
[W] Death and Justice : An Expose of Oklahoma's Death Row Machine by Mark Fuhrman
[2003]
[HK] Desertion in the Time of Viet Nam by Jack Todd
[DD] Don't Murder Your Mystery by Chris Roerden
[2005]
[W] Embracing the Infidel : Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West by Behzad Yaghmaian
[2005]
[HK] Every Breath You Take by Ann Rule
[J4] Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
[W] Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm by Jeanne Marie Laskas
[VJ] Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science by Colin Beavan
[W] Friday The Arapaho Boy: A True Story from History by Marc Simmons
[2004]
[J4] Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer by Tim Moore
[W] Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
[2008]
[HK] Great Lives: Job : A Man of Heroic Endurance by Charles R. Swindoll
[2004]
[HK] Heroes and Villains by The History Channel
[VJ] High School Hazing: When Rites Become Wongs by Hank Nuwer
[CP] House of Lies : How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn
[2005]
[JJ] If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell
[ME] In His Own Words by Nelson Mandela , Bill Clinton [2003]
[W] Judgment Ridge : The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders by Dick Lehr
, Mitchell Zuckoff
[2003]
[HK] Kicking the Sacred Cow by James P. Hogan
[2004]
[W] Kit Carson & His Three Wives by Marc Simmons
[2003]
[CP] Kit Carson & His Three Wives by Marc Simmons
[2003]
[HK] Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark
[2002]
[J4] Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
[SN] Life, Death, and Bialys by Dylan Schaffer
[2006]
[W] Life, Death, and Bialys by Dylan Schaffer
[2006]
[PR] Life, Death, and Bialys by Dylan Schaffer
[2006]
[W] Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph: Murder, Myth, and the Pursuit of an American Outlaw by Maryanne Vollers
[2006]
[HK] Matrix Warrior : Being the One by Jake Horsley [2003]
[PB] Missing Pieces by Sherry Cochran
[KN] My Beaded Garden by Varvara Konstantinov [2003]
[W] My Life in France by Julia Child
, Alex Prud'Homme
[2006]
[SN] Nice Girls Don't Get Rich : 75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money by Lois P. Frankel
[2005]
[HK] One Man's Leg by Paul Martin
[2002]
[HK] Point Last Seen : A Woman Tracker's Story by Hannah Nyala
[J4] Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
[2002]
[HK] Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
[2002]
[HK] Portraits of Guilt by Jeanne Boylan
[CT] Rebus's Scotland by Ian Rankin
[2005]
[PR] Rogue Males by Craig McDonald
[2009]
[W] Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman
[HK] Speaking of Murder, Volume II by Ed Gorman , Martin H. Greenberg
[J4] Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
[2003]
[HK] Strip City by Lily Burana
[HK] Success @ Life: A Zentrepreneur's Guide by Ron Rubin Stuart
, Avery Gold
[W] Talking Mysteries by Tony Hillerman
[HK] The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere
[KN] The Art of Beadwork: Historic Inspiration, Contemporary Design by Valerie Hector [2004]
[KN] The Beader's Guide to Color by Margie Deeb
[2004]
[VJ] The Blue Day Book : A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up by Bradley Trevor Greive
[LC] The Bodyguard's Story by Trevor Rees-Jones
, Moira Johnston
[W] The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
[2003]
[HK] The Burning of Bridget Cleary by Angela Bourke
[HK] The Cat Who . . . Companion by Sharon A. Feaster
[HK] The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson
[CP] The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy by Darin Park
, Tom Dullemond
[2002]
[J4] The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
[2003]
[HK] The Dick Francis Companion by Jean Swanson
, Dean James
[2003]
[W] The Exact Same Moon: Fifty Acres and a Family by Jeanne Marie Laskas
[2003]
[HK] The Forest For the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
[W] The Great Deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
[2006]
[HK] The Healing Power of Pets by Dr. Marty Becker [2002]
[AR] The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham [2006]
[HK] The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne
[KN] The Little Coin Purse by Carol Devlin [2003]
[W] The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr
[2005]
[W] The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn
[2006]
[VJ] The Older The Fiddle, The Better The Tune by Willard Scott
[2003]
[LC] The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater
[HK] The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks
[2002]
[HK] The Poisoner : A Story of Family Secrets by Gail Bell
[2003]
[W] The Radioactive Boy Scout : The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor by Ken Silverstein
[2004]
[HK] The Sea Hunters II by Clive Cussler
, Craig Dirgo
[2002]
[W] The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat by Bob Woodward
, Carl Bernstein
[2005]
[HK] The Secret Plot to Save the Czar: The Truth Behind the Romanov Mystery by Shay McNeal
[2002]
[HK] The Story of Light by Ben Bova
[J4] The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
[J4] The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch
[HK] To The Edge by Kirk Johnson
[GM] True Vampires : Blood-Sucking Killers Past and Present by Sondra London
[2003]
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