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Twenty-eight years ago a North Carolina governor's young, pregnant wife was kidnapped. Now her remains have been found and a man charged with her murder. Only one person -- CeeCee Wilkes -- can refute the charges against him. But CeeCee disappeared years ago . . .
Eve Elliott is a successful therapist to troubled students, a loving wife, a mother deeply invested in her family. But her happiness is built on a lie. When she was a lonely, vulnerable young woman, a single decision made in innocence led to a dark night of unimaginable consequences. Now, forced to confront her past, she faces another terrible choice: reveal to her family that she is not who she seems, or allow a man to take the blame for a crime she knows he did not commit. If the choice affected only her life, Eve is certain she would do what is right. But though inaction means condemning an innocent man, it also means protecting her family from the mistakes of her past.
Corinne Elliott has always known she was different: the only redhead in a family of brunettes, the paralyzing shyness that contrasts with her sister's vivaciousness, the many fears -- of highways, of bridges, of public spaces -- that constrict her daily life. Still, with a new job possibility and a baby on the way, she's found some measure of happiness -- until the day she turns on the television and finds her mother's image on-screen.
Now, as the past explodes into the present, Corinne must confront the secrets she has always intuited, and find answers from the one person who knows the truth of what happened two decades ago -- CeeCee Wilkes.
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Outstanding tale of youth, family & intrigue!.......2007-08-09
As always, Ms. Chamberlain writes a "can't put down" novel. Do you remember the last time you started a book and could not put it away? I can't understand why Diane Chamberlain's books aren't regulars on the bestseller lists. It contains elements of love, deception, and redemption that make this one of my all-time favorites. You will love CeeCee for her innocence, decency, and ultimately her bravado. This is one book not to be missed!
The best from the best.......2006-10-15
Diane Chamberlain never ceases to amaze me with her books...she gets better and better. I did not think that her stories could improve...after all Annie is one of my favorite characters (you'll have to read the Keeper of the Light to discover her) but the characters in Cee Cee are magnificent...this one is one to purchase, reread, and keep..
GOOD, FAST READ - INTERESTING.......2006-09-18
This was a different sort of book that I usually read and do have some mixed emotions about it. On one hand, it was a fast and enjoyable read. The expierence of going underground, leading a completely different life has always intrigued me and I thought the author did a very good job of this. Most of the characters were well developed, but some seemed rather forced. I simply ignored this aspect and pushed on. I would classify this as a page turner as long as you think between the page. Of no reflection on the book, I do note that the dust jacket illustration, while quite beautiful, did not really capture the story very well and I thought that was a bit curious. All in all, recommend this one, depending upon your taste, you might quite well like it.
I couldn't disagree more............2006-08-05
Wow....I couldn't believe how much I disagree with the other reviewers. I also like Diane Chamberlain's books, but this was not one of her best. I thought the characters were not very well developed at all. I think because of that I also could not get past the fact that they were not really likeable. The writing did not captivate. I had to force my way through it. I suggest borrowing from a friend or checking out at your local library and then form your own opinion!
I'll certainly keep reading Chamberlain, but this one did not satisfy.
SUPER FAST ENJOYABLE READ.......2006-07-09
The pages seem to turn by themselves while reading the fasted 450 page novel there is. A most enjoyable read.
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A Nasty Stew
Between her latest "sure–fire" foray into the food industry – video restaurant reviews – and her concern over boyfriend Homicide Detective Paavo Smith's depressed state, Angie Amalfi's plate is full to overflowing. Paavo has never come to terms with the fact that his mother abandoned him when he was four, leaving vehind only an antique brooch to remember her by. But when the bauble vanishes, the jeweler who was repairing it is murdered, and Paavo's surrogate father is critically wounded by a would–be burglar, Paavo decides it's time to discover the truth about his errant parent's life and mysterious disappearance.
Gourmet chef and eager sleuth Angie Smells a tasty mystery cooking. But what's bubbling in this pot is a lethal goulash of intrigues, betrayals, FBI deceptions, and murderous Russian mafia mayhem – an old family recipe for disaster for Angie and her policeman beau.
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The Puzzle of Paavo; Southern Exposure Seeks Northern Light.......2005-08-21
One of my favorite scenes in this series took place in this book. It was between Paavo and a 9 year old girl, after the murder of her grandfather, in a tenement building. The chapter containing that segment confirmed for me that Pence is not only an artist and an author, she's a master of her craft.
On the subject of fav's, I'll quote two passages which ID, or expose the essence of Angie and Paavo better than any other I've found in the series.
Quoting Angie's comment to Paavo, on page 231 of the mass market paperback:
>> "I want so much to do interesting things ... I want to be accomplished, an achiever. I want to be a person who is independent and successful, and good at her job - not daddy's privileged little rich girl. Not that that's so tragic. But I'm more than that, aren't I?"
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Angie is a special character in many subtle and easy-to-see ways. I was annoyed by a reader's criticism that Angie is annoying. My first reaction to that comment was, "How wrong and how rude!" More than enough opinions weigh in favor of Angie being a capturing character in every nuance. In this novel, both she and Paavo continued to grow in warm, cozy, and realistic ways.
Paavo's personal pondering:
>> Home. He wished he didn't get a kick in the gut each time he thought about the cottage. He liked being there more than he ever dreamed he would, and more than he really wanted to admit. He had found a place away from the world's cruelty and losses where there was love and laughter, and he wondered how long he could accept it, or if he would soon want to retreat to his own quiet solitude once more.
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Yep. That's Paavo.
I might add a note here that, for me, retreating into quiet solitude is as much, possibly more, a part of what I need in a home as love and laughter. With intuitive wisdom, Angie gives Paavo all of this, a safe, comforting place to rest or hide when a cocoon is needed for a time, and a safe place to play. The first she gives in sensitivity but not easily; the second she gives with easy, natural relish.
TO CATCH A COOK. To catch, to capture, to get, to comprehend. Is catching something like "getting it" or like identifying it? Yep. Yes. You bettcha.
Yeah, this was one of my favorite books in the Angie series, mainly because the mystery of Paavo's childhood was so intriguingly and realistically dealt with.
Pence has an ability to create emotional catharsis within intrigue. Her series exudes warmth and wit, as noted in my Listmania title, before I changed it to, "Joanne Pence Mystery Series; Better Than Nora Roberts."
Pence has something beyond those qualities, though. Charm? Yeah. Complexity? Yeah. Vision? Yes. But, what word am I hunting for here ...
Is it somehow the true essence of Mystery that Pence is so good at capturing? I can say that no mater how convoluted your brain, you could never imagine the history Paavo has been given in this book. And, yet it fits every other piece in the puzzle of this series, in not only the books which came before TO CATCH A COOK, but also in the ones to follow.
How does she do this? How does Pence evolve a mystery which deftly and faithfully carries threads and symbolism throughout a series, without even being conscious of all the machinations herself?
She's an artist. She's an author.
Maybe it's as simple and as convoluted as that.
Twists? Pence has a corner on that market. She tied this plot into so many interesting knots I'm surprised she was able to get out of the Gordian herself. Of course she did it. It almost felt as if she danced her way through a family labyrinth, then hopped onto the kitchen table to finish the footwork.
I began to see in this book, in sequence to others read prior to it, how amazingly Joanne is able to slightly change the style and mood of each story, yet retain the essence and evolution (the identifying factor?) of wherever this collection is headed.
Never say life isn't symbolic. Never say fiction doesn't reflect life. As Joanne says, "Life Happens." And so it does.
As she sows, so shall she write. And we reap the entertainment.
Thankfully, I have a few more Angie mysteries to read in past offerings in this magical series. If I'm finished with what came before, what will I ever do after I finish reading the latest Angie novel (tentatively set to be published December, 2006)?
Stay tuned. There's more to life than meets the eye. Once in a blue moon, trite gets the last word right.
Yeah, but here's the REAL conundrum:
How do you identify something precisely and accurately when it has an intense evolutionary factor, through which its identity is doing the metamorphosis thing? Will Joanne's series end up with butterflies or dragonflies on the covers? And what do they eat?
Here's why, to me, Angie is a life-blood refreshing character:
As a prior teacher of English Lit, I've tried to understand the reverence of Literary Novels, "Classical Literature." Could rarely get into most of the stuff because it was too depressing. I was seldom (if ever) in the mood to voluntarily depress or deflate myself. But sometimes I tried to read those hefty tomes, like HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, Graham Green's novels, F. Scott Fitzgerald's GREAT GATSBY. I read enough to see and appreciate the masterful use of the language; I drooled over the exquisite beauty of the syntax, plots, and character complexity. But I began to feel disgusted, angry, and betrayed at these truly great authors who seemed to believe they had to write (probably in an alcoholic or drugged haze) with such graceful severity about the bowels of the Earth, always ending with a spirit leaching, evil panache. I felt like jumping off a cliff to get away from the doom of the no win life they portrayed.
It appeared to me that to write great literature was to be ugly serious and to travel through beautifully executed words, but to use them only within the down sides of life. The words themselves must have felt trapped in hell. Or executed.
After I've exposed that opinion, would anyone wonder why I like Angie?
There are ways to write about the deeper, darker sides of life without steeping the reader's psyche into the sourest soups of reality, and committing him there for eternity. Is our cultural heritage sick or what, to believe so strongly in that type of literary curse? The term, "crying in your soup" is trite, but it fits too many of the "classics" too well.
But, okay. Certainly there's a place for depressing literature, for dredging the swamps of life. I really don't want to condemn southern exposures (actually I loved that Alaska TV series), even though I'm not drawn to it (as a rule), and have rarely forced myself to read every page of those types of novels. In college, Cliff Notes literally saved my life a few times.
What I'd like to see in addition to these types of Pulitzer Prize offerings, is more Great Literature with the type of mood catharsis Joanne Pence accomplished in the urine touched tenement scene in TO CATCH A COOK, when the well set stench transformed with a single sentence describing the clean aura of the apartment in which a 9-year-old girl sat. Pence gave that apartment a feel of purity, a distance from tenement soullessness, even with the girl's grandfather lying dead in the next room. Yet, Pence had spared no odor in the detailed painting of the ugliness of life in that world. She painted it as it should be exposed.
Then, in that single sentence, with a few carefully chosen words about the lack of leftover food cartons, she lifted the hopeless despair into something still truly sad, but somehow refreshingly healing and quietly cathartic, even as the girl was dealing with that gut wrenching situation.
The author moved the plot further into this emotional purity within the simple exchange between Paavo and the girl. He knew how she felt; he had lived it. He also knew how to be with her, what to give her, yet to avoid breaking her difficultly maintained composure, to avoid dishonoring who she was and how she had come to deal with her life with a loved but un-pampered child's simple and serious dignity.
That scene was so powerful, I was heavily reluctant to leave it. As the story moved forward, I found myself wondering about the little girl, but the continued shifting of plot was more than enough to keep me busy and fueled. The girl's return in a few potent vignettes artistically and satisfyingly concluded her part in the story, as one of the symbolic links to Paavo's past.
This is a gem-in-the-crown of a series fit for royalty among readers.
Bless the best among us as we each evolve toward unique exposures of personal perfection,
Linda G. Shelnutt
Mediocre.......2005-02-10
Pence seems to remember how to weave a mystery in this one- she forgot in the past few books. Its also refreshing that Angie does her best to be supportive this time, and not as pushy, letting Paavo's character finally get a little development finally after 7 books. The Angie which doesn't have to be so forceful is definitely an improvement- too bad Pence couldn't hold Angie back for more then this book, as Angie emerges self-centered and shallow (except for random moments of lucidity coming from seemingly nowhere now and then) and the bizarre background story to make it "interesting" (but really just ridiculous) in the next book, Bell Cook and Candle. This one though, is passable.
Terrific tale.......2001-03-11
An excellent mystery with lots of twists and turns. Characters you care about. This author should be in hard back on a best seller list! I nearly over looked this gem as it was in paperback. I read about a book per day and this was one of the best I have read in ages.
This series is an old familiar friend you want to read.......2000-11-08
Homicide detective Paavo Smith grew up believing his mother was a good time girl, who always dumped him and his sister with her neighbor when she decided not to play mommy. The only thing he has that was hers is a cheap cameo broach, which he gives to his San Francisco girlfriend Angie Amalfi, who treasures the gift that comes from Paavo's heart. She wears it everyday until the broach falls out of the setting.
Angie takes it to a jeweler only to learn the piece is a valuable Russian antique that he wants to buy due to its museum-like quality. Angie refuses to sell it and the jeweler agrees to fix it. As soon as she leaves the store, the jeweler places a mysterious call that places everyone connected to the cameo in danger. Paavo's stepfather is in a hospital suffering from a coma after being shot in the head. The jeweler is dead. Numerous efforts to kill Paavo and Angie occur. Paavo believes the current vendetta is tied to something his parents did three decades ago that impacts the Russian Mafia today.
This work is a bit different than the previous Amalfi mysteries because for the first time Paavo accepts comfort and help from someone else. The audience learns more about the inner demons that have driven him for years. By Paavo learning the truth about his past, the healing process finally begins and his girlfriend Angie lovingly assists in the process. Jeanne Pence shows her talent as a mighty good mystery writer and adds a great human element that turns this tale into a fabulous drama.
Harriet Klausner
Current mystery & old family intrigue combine.......2000-11-03
Angie Amalfi has messed up big time. She has lost the antique broach that once belonged to her significant other's mother. She knows her detective boyfriend will not be amused that he only thing he has to remember his mother by has vanished. She must have a replacement made and soon. To top it all off her apartment, Paavo's place and his stepfather's house have all been broken into. The result is his stepfather is in the hospital. When Angie learns that the jeweler has been murdered, she knows deep down that it's time to panic. The answers lie from Arizona to Russia, from family secrets to an unknown past, all leading to Paavo and his family and a recipe for disaster. TO CATCH A COOK is murder most baffling and nobody stirs a murderous brew like Joanne Pence, complete with colorful characters, and a recipe to die for, Pence serves up a murder so hot, a plot twist so unique that you'll be left dying for another sample. I simply cannot wait to read the next tasty culinary treat that Pence has penned. Pamela Cornwell James
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Silverkin
Jeff Wheeler
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Review of Silverkin.......2005-03-05
At long last Silverkin is out. In a genre overburdened by sorcerers and sword wielding heroes contesting evil in Tolkienien sized melodramas, Jeff Wheeler's fantasy sequel to Landmoor stands out - a giant step above the usual hub and bub. A true adult fantasy that explores the physical and psychological consequences of employing magic, exposing for the reader the shadowy world that links good and evil. Thealos Quickfellow returns in a fast paced storyline that never disappoints until you come to the last sentence and discover there are no more words on the page. Wheeler promises there will be more of Quickfellow and his friends but he won't say when, choosing to devote himself to other projects for the time being. With Silverkin, Wheeler has shown he is more than another up and coming talent; he is an author to be remembered.
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- The best for seed implant understanding, plus more
- Must read for anyone diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
- Here are Answers to Most Questions about Prostate Cancer
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The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book
Peter Grimm ,
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The latest and most progressive treatment advice from prostate cancer experts at the nation's top medical centers
For each of the nearly 200,000 Americans diagnosed with prostate cancer annually, the months following the diagnosis are a time of momentous decisions and enormous emotional strain. This book offers readers complete answers to all their questions about the best treatment options for fighting and beating prostate cancer. Bringing together the insights and expertise of 21 of the nation's top prostate cancer specialists from the Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical School, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, the Seattle Prostate Institute, and other leading treatment centers, The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book provides:
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The latest and most progressive treatment advice from prostate cancer experts at the nation's top medical centers For each of the nearly 200,000 Americans diagnosed with prostate cancer annually, the months following the diagnosis are a time of momentous decisions and enormous emotional strain. This book offers readers complete answers to all their questions about the best treatment options for fighting and beating prostate cancer. Bringing together the insights and expertise of 21 of the nation's top prostate cancer specialists from the Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical School, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, the Seattle Prostate Institute, and other leading treatment centers, The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book provides: Expert information on all treatment options, including surgery, hormonal treatment, external beam radiation, and more In-depth coverage of radioactive seed implantation therapy, the most promising new treatment currently available Real-life accounts of dozens of men who beat prostate cancer
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The best for seed implant understanding, plus more.......2004-10-17
This book is the best I've seen on seed implant therapy, enabling patients to understand it, and answering questions. That's not surprising as the editors, who also co-author several chapters, are among the national leaders in implementing and researching this technology. The book also takes a comprehensive look at other therapies, with leading doctors contributing. Its viewpoint and language are patient-friendly. However, there are a few areas where the coverage is thin. As veteran of intermittent triple androgen deprivation, now a five year survivor, I would have liked more on blockade as a pre-and post-therapy booster, mentioning tradeoff decision tools like the Kattan nomogram from Memorial Sloan Kettering. While Proscar was described as sometimes causing ED problems, the book did not mention that usually it does not, even increasing testosterone often when used without the heavy-duty blockade drugs. The book does not mention blockade as primary therapy, but this is understandable as that has not yet been extensively documented. A good chapter on nutrition and supplements does not note several sobering, cautionary studies on use of flaxseed oil. It also effectively brushes off selenium, omitting persuasive evidence of safety at 200 mcg, and not noting that large areas of the country are deficient in this key nutrient. It does not capture late-breaking studies that have further emphasized the role of lycopene, likely due to press deadlines. However, these are relatively minor matters for a book that will be a great help to many patients and their supporters. I would strongly recommend this book, especially the chapters on seeds.
Must read for anyone diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.......2004-04-28
While this book covers all aspects of prostate cancer, it focusses heavily on seed implantation. Its a great resource for this. I've been treated by one of the authors in Seattle. This book can help you evaluate different treatment options with the up-to-date facts.
Here are Answers to Most Questions about Prostate Cancer.......2004-01-21
I wish this book had been available when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. Like many men who suddenly learn they have prostate cancer, I had a thousand questions and spent countless hours searching the Internet and libraries for some answers. This newly-published guide will greatly reduce the emotional turmoil of men (and their loved ones) who are anxiously seeking information about prostate cancer and the choice of treatments to fight this life-threatening disease.
This book has a unique question-and-answer format. The questions -- from patients just like me -- are answered by nearly two dozen doctors from all across the U.S. who are experienced, up-to-date experts in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. This impressive 224-page compilation is the creation of the Drs. Peter Grimm (no relation), John Blasko, and John Sylvester, principal physicians at the renown Seattle Prostate Institute, and pioneers of radioactive seed implants to combat prostate cancer. All the basics are covered in this book -- from PSAs to prostate biopsies -- as well as side-effects such as incontinence and sexual dysfunction during and after the various treatments, whether surgical removal, radiation, or hormone therapy. Especially welcome (and difficult to find elsewhere) is information about the effects of certain vitamins, dietary supplements, and foods on the prostate in regard to cancer. A brief but very worthwhile chapter deals with the ways wives or partners can assist their men who are fighting prostate cancer. Also valuable in helping you find the best physician to treat you is a chapter entitled "What Should I Ask My Doctor?" Data from scientific studies is included where meaningful, but you are not overwhelmed by statistics (which soon become dated because of ongoing improvements in prostate cancer treatments). This is the ideal and easy-to-read "first" book for any man who learns he has prostate cancer. It's also perfect for anyone seeking information who is a family member one or knows someone with prostate cancer. Also, I've personally found it of great use for knowing what to anticipate in the months and years ahead after my recent (and, so far, successful) treatment for prostate cancer.
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Prostate Cancer: Current And Emerging Trends In Detection And Treatment (Cancer and Modern Science)
Mark, M.D. Stokes
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The new edition of an eminent urologist's complete guide to the prostate. Prostate problems eventually affect nearly half of all American males: cancer of the prostate is all too common, and almost all men over fifty have some evidence of enlarged prostate, which causes urinary difficulty. Now, in a new edition of his best-selling book for lay readers, Dr. Stephen Rous draws on his forty years of clinical experience to give readers the best information available on how the prostate works, diseases that affect it, treatment choices for different conditions, and the recuperation process after surgery, including possible side effects. Dr. Rous explains how the essential PSA blood test and other tests are interpreted. He evaluates alternative-medicine options, different surgical treatments (including minimally invasive techniques), and cases where radiation can be helpful. For older men with prostate cancer, he discusses the age factor in decision making: how to decide with your doctor whether surgery, medical treatment, or watchful waiting is the best option.
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- Never again will a vegetable spoil in your fridge
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Garden Variety Cookbook: More Than 500 Vegetable and Fruit Recipes for Non-Vegetarians
Sarah Schlesinger
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Never again will a vegetable spoil in your fridge.......2007-06-22
I can't believe there are cheap used copies of this book available. It's a staple in my kitchen. My husband and I almost always eat vegetarian and with this cookbook we are never short on ideas.
The top 3 best things about this book are:
1. An index by ingredient. What to do with another zucchini? Scan a healthy list of choices and never get bored.
2. Super-short recipes for instant fixes. All delicious, too.
3. Many recipes listed with "possibilities" like, say stir-fry. Various vegetable combinations are recommended to maximize the nutritive value and tastiness. You won't have to think too hard, and it'll help you use up whatever you have on hand.
I can't say enough great things about this wonderfully simple little cookbook.
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This all-new, completely revised and updated book pays tribute to one of California's leading national pottery companies of the last century. Almost 500 color photographs, many not featured in the first edition, are included, with many never-before-seen photos of May and Vieve Hamilton pottery. A detailed history on the founding of Vernon Kilns and the evolution of marks is included, as well as sections on the war years, the manufacturing process, and famous artists and designers. New information and photos of commemoratives and innovative designs by foremost artists Rockwell Kent and Don Blanding, and Disney figures are showcased. There are also pattern indexes for each shape, as well as a general index. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Maxine Nelson's interest in Vernon Kilns traces back to 1946, just after the close of World War II. She authored two books, Versatile Vernon Kilns in 1978 and Versatile Vernon Kilns Book II in 1983. She published Collectible Vernon Kilns in 1994. After that she spent many years researching and uncovering scare examples for her second edition, published in 2004. REVIEW: This book includes hundreds of color photographs not featured in the previous edition, as well as new information and current collector values. Art ware, specialty ware, dinnerware, and famous artists and designers are featured.
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"The Bible" for collectors of Vernonware........2006-03-23
This book is a must have for anyone interested in collecting any of the numerous shapes and/or patterns of pottery made by Vernon Kilns. I won't repeat what's said above in the book description or product details, but I will add that many years of obvious painstaking research has culminated in Maxine Nelson's 4th book on the subject.
I had no idea what a challenge it would be to complete a collection of dinnerware in just ONE of the patterns ("Gingham", a green and yellow plaid design) that was made. Even with this book in hand you will never be 100% sure of all the pieces that exist in whatever pattern you're attempting to collect. In my opinion, the "not knowing" is part of the challenge that only serves to make collecting this truly versatile line of wares that much more fun, interesting, and rewarding.
By the way, this book has 320 pages, not 192 as listed above. Sadly, this book is already out of print. However, at the time of this writing quite a few copies are still available.
If you're a fanatic, you'll want to find copies of the newsletter "Vernon Views" printed from 1981 through 2003 by Pat Faux and Nancy Scadeberg, but we'll save that for another time...
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Collectible Vernon Kilns: An Identification and Value Guide (Collectible Vernon Kilns)
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Using a step-by-step photographic approach, this book offers proven, easy to follow techniques for installing of sturdy trackwork, including fitting the roadbed, laying sectional or flexible track, and finishing the track with lineside details. Also covers installing turnouts, cleaning and maintaining trackwork, and other special techniques suitable for a layout of any size or scale.
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