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The Wal-Mart Effect – How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works – and How It’s Transforming the American Economy
Are you a Wal-Mart shopper? Have you been amazed at the number of Wal-Marts (especially Wal-Mart supercenters) popping up in towns all over the U.S. (and the world)? When you […]

This is the second book by Eileen Rendahl I’ve read. It was a fun book to read, but it also had messages in it about anger and how today’s society seems to boil, explode, and let that anger come out in unproductive and harmful ways. This book took a close look at one […]

At the beginning of the book there is a hostage crisis.  A homeless man named Falcon has climbed on top of a bridge and is threatening to jump.  He agrees to come down if he is allowed to talk to the mayor’s daughter, Alicia Mendoza.  The hostage negotiator, Vincent Paulo, agrees to try to work […]

You may have read about this book in the news last year. It was written by a young Harvard student who, since the book was published earlier this year, has been accused of plagiarism which has resulted in the book being removed from the market. I don’t know whether that removal is temporary […]

This book was released in 2006. It is Lisa Unger’s first novel under her married name and it’s very good book. I’m looking forward to her next novel.
The main character of the book is Ridley Jones. She’s a freelance writer living in New York. To help supplement her writing income she […]

The book is a forensic thriller with Eve Duncan as the main character. It was released in hardcover in January 2007.
There have been several other Eve Duncan books but it isn’t necessary to read those before reading this one. Each of Johansen’s books is a self contained story so you won’t have any […]

Released in December 2006, True Evil  is the tenth novel by Greg Iles who was born in Germany in 1960 and now resides in Natchez, Mississippi; which is where some portions of the story told in this book take place.
After reading the book you may find yourself sleeping with one eye open, “just in […]

This book was released in its hardcover edition in August of 2006. The paperback edition of it will be available starting April 24, 2007.
Meghan and Bridget are the two main characters in the book but it is told in narrative fashion by Bridget. She is in her early 40’s, is working at a […]

This is the second novel by Julia Glass.  Her first was “Three Junes” which was a national best-seller.  Having not read “Three Junes” yet, I decided to read “The Whole World Over” based on the great reviews given to “Three Junes.”
In this book, Greenie Duquette, a bakery owner in Manhattan, supplies some of the area […]

This book is a collection of stories from many different contributors that all have one theme in common – knitting or the fibers used in knitting.  The stories are from people who knit, who spin yarn, who know people who knit, have received knitted gifts, and who are young, middle-aged, old, married, single, in a […]