A Brace of Bloodhounds (Bloodhound)

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Set in a locale and a culture as rich and satisfying as good Southern cooking, Virginia Lanier's A Brace of Bloodhounds continues the adventures of JoBeth Sidden. JoBeth's a feisty Southern gal with an attitude, whose devotion to her highly trained and trusted bloodhounds involves her in kidnapping, corruption, drug smuggling, and every ornery law-enforcement puzzle that comes to light in her South Georgia town on the edge of the Okeefenokee Swamp. Lanier's adrenalin-pumping narratives, which began with The House on Bloodhound Lane and continued in Death in Bloodhound Red and Blind Bloodhound Justice, are told by JoBeth, who is alternately pulled and pushed by her loves: her extended family of friends and trainers, and her wonderful and appealing bloodhounds. In this volume, JoBeth seeks answers to a petition from beyond the grave, unearths a child molester, and faces a renegade alligator who threatens her pups. Along the way, we learn the rich details of mantrailing, Southern hospitality, modern moonshining, and--of course--romance. Those who have already made the acquaintance of Lanier's appealing family of characters will enjoy this installment. Newcomers will be thrilled that there are other books in the series. Pour a glass of fresh-made iced tea, kick back, and travel into the heart of this colorful and intriguing world. --Barbara Schlieper

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Hard-boiled Georgia peach Jo Beth Siddon has a nose for trouble that rivals even the olfactory prowess of her beloved bloodhounds. This latest caper has her trying to dig up the dirt on what may be an insidious crime ring's marijuana field. The problem is, one of her friends has unwittingly become involved in their shady dealings, and it's up to Jo Beth to help her out of the mess. As if all this isn't enough, Bubba, Jo Beth's violent ex, is hounding her again, and Jo Beth knows that if he catches her, there will be hell to pay.

Wading knee-deep through this quagmire of danger and deceit, Jo Beth knows that her only hope lies not with the snub-nosed .32 revolver in her hand, but with the droopy-eared, drooling hounds at her feet. Man's best friend is working for a woman now, and with the bloodhounds on the hunt, it's a frantic chase at breakneck speed down a convoluted trail of clues that takes readers through the steaming swamps of the Okefenokee and holds them spellbound until the final bone-chilling finish.

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A Tail of Bloodhounds.......2006-06-28

Ms. Lanier grabbed my attention with the very first book I read of hers in this wonderful series of mysteries starring her beloved bloodhounds. Her details of how they are trained could be boring, but she cleverly puts them into the story, showing why she picks a particular hound to do the tracking required in each case. Almost makes me want to own one of the wonderful breed. I couldn't wait until I could get my hands on the next book in the series, and now I have all of them. Hope she writes more very soon.

With sorrow.......2003-11-03

I just learned that my new favorite Author has died. I had just finished a Brace of Bloodhounds and was looking for the next installment. Mrs. Lanier died while I was reading this book. I was late in finding this great series and I will miss this character greatly. Thanks Mrs Lanier for a great series.

how about another book.......2003-03-01

I hope nothing has happened to Virgina. this a great series. A new book would be great.

Third in series of a gripping mystery.......2003-02-03

This is *NOTE* the third book of a series. It is well done enough that you can pick up the series here but it will be more enjoyable if you start from the beginning. The books are; 1996-Death in Bloodhound Red, 1997-The House on Bloodhound Lane, 1998- A Brace of Bloodhounds, 1999-Blind Bloodhound Justice, 2000-Ten Little Bloodhounds. I'm not sure why we don't have books for 2001 and 2002, but after you read the first book and then run out and buy the next four that continue without dropping the pace and excitement, you'll mourn the gap in the series. I have a review in on the first book that gives you an idea about the series, which I won't repeat the basics.

It took the first two books to teach me to REALLY not start them on a work night because no matter how hard I try I am NOT going to sleep until its done and it's hard to debug unix on four hours sleep. This time I managed to wait till friday night to read it, and did i mention these are a healthy sized book, the kind a serious reader who reads very fast needs. A thin or medium sized book I can read in a couple hours and is more like an appetizer to me, and you'll see me always score short story collections as 4 or less because there just isnt time to do a 5 story in one. While not a thick as 'Dune', all her books are a serious read and very satisfying to the mature bookaholic with a substantial habit going. Speaking of addiction, this is not the first but one of the cream of crop of books that makes me sigh that I can only read a few thousand words an hour , I scored six hundred with 100% retention in high school, 30 years ago and am several orders of magnitude faster now though I don't know exactly HOW fast. This kind of book makes you regret you cant IV it directly into your veins!

The reason I call this a 'friday night only' book is that she achieves the kind of realism where the idea of having to get up in three hours for ten or twelves hours of work, even vigourous brainwork, is a vague and unimportant concept once you start reading. Virginnia Lanier's books are filled with such a wealth of information and such an interweaving of the elements that after reading 1, then 1 again, then a pause before I found 2, and read 1 and 2, then 2 again, that it was only a few weeks before I found 3, and then read 1, 2 and 3! And im VERY ADHD so I get bored easily, but not with these books. Like only a few authors Virginnia Lanier manages to hold onto several themes at the same time (like life) and weave them in together so well that anytime you hit a low point at one you hit a high point elsewhere and the book never lets you go without being artificially extravagent, which never works for me. The story has to hold together well for things to happen within the realm of possibility of the definition of the characters and the environment and these stories definitely do that.

The main theme of this book is a murder. But what makes this a different murder mystery? One reoccurring theme that comes up is here is a mystery that has clear warning signs come up that a SMART woman would back off. However while Jo Beth is smart, she is both stubborn and ruthless in her way. There is just a point where she don't give a rat's behind and goes on anyway cause it's RIGHT, which is why I **LIKE*** the character. And no matter how compelling the story is otherwise I can't stand reading a story about someone I can't stand. Well, unless they are in a serious hailstorm of.. you know. But even then they can't be the main character or I just won't want to bother reading it. I know enough of THEM in real life.

So anyway, this book the main theme is a murder, but there are many others and skillfully woven in. Like life, nothing else waits while you work on your biggest priority. The lightning just keeps coming. And sometimes Jo Beth has to bail her boat pretty hard in the rain, which makes me like her and the series MORE. I've had to do some serious bailing myself, more often then not in fact I've been bailing out more then one leak and so does Jo Beth. I like Jo Beth because she has made herself a sucess AGAINST all odds, not because things just worked out her way easy. Also because she is smartmouthed ... tough broad that is willing to take the consequences of speaking her piece, even if they can be fairly serious.

Of course by the strict definition of success a lot of people would not think she is a sucess, she works dang hard, long hours and doesnt have fast cars or serious jewelry (funny, like me). She does have a house (at the edge of a swamp) but then she did have an inheritance I didn't. But Jo Beth has none of the icons of success in the current world, most especially a husband. To a lot of the world she is just more white trash. But **I** think she is a success and that is all the thinking that **I** care about even if I am just 'more shanty Irish'. And if Jo Beth and I both blew some chances because we just had to tell someone where to go, sure but we're still laughing at the look on his or her face years later, not crying cause I'm 'trapped' in my nice house and wasn't 'allowed to be myself'. Which is actually something Jo Beth had and walked away from. I never had it so I don't know if I'd meet the test and give it up, but then Jo Beth is fiction and I STILL really LIKE her. I don't know what kind of background Ms Lanier has, but she sure created a tough gal that this 'worked her way up alone from minimum wage' reader can appreciate without rolling her eyes at the lack of realism.

Another exciting bloodhound thriller.......2000-09-10

The intrepid Jo Beth Sidden and her lovable, talented bloodhounds continue their daring exploits in this third suspenseful mystery of the series. This time our heroes deal with the kidnapping of a child, a murderous judge who's carrying on nefarious deeds in the woods, a bank robbery perpetrated by two drunken locals, and a rampaging alligator. And, yes, psycho ex-husband Bubba is still around. Add dangerous treks through the Okefenokee Swamp and stakeouts in the forest, and you've got an absorbing, unputdownable thriller. Unconventional characters, exciting subplots, vivid descriptions, humor, Southern atmosphere and, above all, those irresistible canines make for a most enjoyable read.

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A BRACE OF BLOODHOUNDS
Virginia. Lanier
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEX67Q

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The second volume in the new Wraeththu trilogy that began with The Wraiths ofWill and Pleasure T he Wraeththu, a beautiful and wild race ofhermaphrodites has come into its own and become civilized. Now the Wraeththu reproduce themselves, through aruna and the creation of a Pearl that will grow to be a young harling-and they must learn to survive politics, and governing, and wars amongst itself. Hailed as 'a literary fantasist of outstanding power and originality' by Michael Moorcock, StormConstantine is one of the most exciting fantasy writers of her generation.

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A South of the Future........2005-04-02

Southern fiction today, for the most part, shows the changes which began before the Civil War and 'accelerated' afterwards. We have TVA and Tullahoma with its wind tunnel (a part of the U.S. space program) in Tennessee, Missile development in Huntsville, Alabama, the Houston, Texas space center, and Cape Canaveral in Florida.

I enjoy the fantasy works of Stephen Donaldson, which is nothing like the short pieces included here. All of the writers have some connection to the South (however, one was born in L.A., Calif.), but many moved East as did James Agee and Richard Marius. At UT, we have professors determined to change Southern writing, one in particular who plans his own version of Agee's A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Some of these writers have had books published, like Fred Chappell. These stories are not necessarily 'of the South' nor literary. We are not a "crossroads" per se, but a destination. You might be surprised to learn how many transplants claim the South, but they don't talk Southern. No way.

Fine short story anthology with broad appeal.......2004-12-05

The two Southern writers who edited this book are apparently interested in the intersection of two Southern literary streams: Science fiction written by writers from the South, and literary fiction with a Southern flavor, as exemplified by William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

Hence the subtitle of the book, "Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic." This book features prominent science fiction writers, such as Gene Wolfe, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, Michael Swanwick and John Kessel (and for that matter, the editors), and it's published by noted SF publisher Tor. Yet there are also stories here by non-science fiction writers, such as Daniel Wallace (whose novel "Big Fish" was made into a movie) and Sena Jeter Naslund, who wrote "Ahab's Wife: or, The Star Gazer." The anthology is a mixture of original stories and reprints. A fantastic element is present in many but not all stories, with the editors settling for violence in a few cases.

About the only safe generalization I can make is that all of the stories are well-written. I have read many science fiction anthologies in my time, and this one is well above average. I liked some stories better than others, as happens whenever one reads a story collection, but because all of the stories were well-written, everything here is at least very readable. Because of the variety of literary backgrounds of the authors, the reader is likely to discover good stories by authors he has never heard of before.

Not much South but some Fantastical elements .......2004-10-16

Crossroads contains 26 short stories. The title is supposed to imply that there is a crossing of southern literature and the literature of the fantastic which includes science fiction, fantasy, horror and other subgenres.

In reading the book, I found that most of the stories (14) are not particularly southern. You could exchange the town/city name for any town/city of the US and it wouldn't change the story or it's atmosphere. It's more a book of US stories rather than southern stories. However, several of the stories had a very southern flavor such as A Plate of Mojo by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and Houston 1943 by Gene Wolfe.

Many of the stories were light on the fantastical element. A Plate of Mojo by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, while an outstanding southern story had no fantastical elements other than an off-hand mention of a crow that belonged to the main characters mother. The Wounded by Richard Butner seemed to be a nod to Lovecraft; but it was missing the ambiguous feeling of fear and lacked focus. Alabama by Kalamu ya Salaam, wasn't really a story at all but an essay on justice and murder/suicide in the south. Interesting and well done but not really fantastical.

The stories that best displayed the elements of the fantasic included Houston 1943 by Gene Wolfe where a young boy is pulled out of his body by voodoo and tries to get his body back. Rose by Bret Lott is a creepy horror story of a lonely woman who seeks love in an unusual way. Michael Bishop's The Yukio Mishima Cultural Association of Kudzu Valley, Georgia is a hilarious romp where a careless remark causes a series of events to increasingly spin out of control. Mankind Journeys Through Forests of Symbols by Fred Chapell deals with dreams that become reality and the problems that can cause a small town police force. The Mikado's Favorite Song by Marian Moore plays with the theme of the path not taken crossing the path you take in life.

The stories are all worth reading. However, if you buy the book actually expecting fantastical, southern literature you will be disappointed. If, on the other hand, you just want to read well told tales with plot and characters whether they be southern or fantastical then you'll probably enjoy this book.

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Because diet, weight, exercise, and genetics determine cholesterol levels, the treatment of a cholesterol disorder requires a multifaceted approach. 50 Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol provides you with a proven plan to lower cholesterol. Here, the author delivers sound advice, 50 workable solutions, explanations of both "good" and "bad" cholesterol, and the latest information on key treatments--including LDL-apheresis, superstatins, and cholesterol ester transfer protein inhibitors--medication, and supplements.

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Cholesterol Made Simple.......2005-03-07

In my last physical exam, my blood tests showed that I have high cholesterol for the first time in my life. I wanted to learn about high cholesterol before my appointment with my doctor to discuss treatment. I read several books on the subject and found this one to be the best! Dr McGowan explained what cholesterol is in terms I could actually understand. Besides that, she covers all areas that affect your cholesterol level with suggestions on how to lower the bad cholesterol and raise the good cholesterol. Specific topics covered include: Diet, Supplements, Exercise, Quit Smoking, and Medications. After reading and studying this book, I feel ready to discuss my options intelligently with my doctor. I wish there were more practical and down-to-earth books on this subject....like this one. Most books about cholesterol read like they are written for doctors and scientists instead of the common people like me.

Great source.......2005-03-04

A wonderfully down to Earth and sensible book. Lots of tips for everyday things you can easily do. Very helpful and useful! I highly recommned this book to everyone.

A good overview with details available.......2003-12-02

I thought I knew how to handle high cholesterol, but this book taught me stuff I didn't know I didn't know. Besides a good treatment on self-help options, it has a nice overview of different cholesterol-lowering drugs that gives me the language to be able to discuss these issues intelligently with my doctor. She writes in a friendly, accessible style but still goes into fairly good detail about specific items that are easy to skip if they don't pertain. (For example, I thought her advice on how to handle a cigarette addiction was great, but I don't smoke.)

She does it again!.......2002-03-20

Mary McGowan,M.D., well known and highly respected expert on the treatment of lipids, previously wrote an extremely helpful book titled: "Heartfitness for Life".(Read the customer reviews for that book!). Among the many areas she covers are treatment for homocysteine, for which many physicians don't bother to test, and for LPa,which is "badder" than the "bad" cholesterol,LDL. Too many physicians have no idea what LPa is, and some actually argue against testing for it, as they have no idea how to treat it. In this her latest book, she adds additional information on lowering LPa. The book is full of new, clearly explained practical information. I can't recommend it too highly, for anyone, beginner or long time learner having concerns about their lipid status. It should be required reading for cardiologists, internists, and family physicians, who could use this book as a resource for their patients, and in many cases for themselves.

50 Ways to Lower Your Fat and Cholesterol (Medical Book of Remedies)

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50 Ways to Lower Your Fat and Cholesterol (Medical Book of Remedies)
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Medical Book of Remedies: 50 Ways to Lower Your Fat & Cholesterol

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Medical Book of Remedies: 50 Ways to Lower Your Fat & Cholesterol
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50 Ways to Lower Your Fat & Cholesterol

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great recipes, accessible method

Cooking Chinese for Fun, Fun, Fun, Seriously!

Beautiful book -- pleased my imagination.

too time-consuming!

Great book for people who love great Chinese food

China Moon Cookbook
Barbara Tropp , and Sandra Bruce
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

The "Julia Child of Chinese cooking" (San Francisco Chronicle), Barbara Tropp is the chef/owner of one of San Francisco-s most popular restaurants, author of a ?magicalO (Barbara Kafka) first cookbook, and a gifted teacher. She is also the inventor of ?Chinese bistro,O a marriage of home-style Chinese tastes and techniques with Western ingredients and inspiration, an innovative cuisine that stuffs a wonton with crab and corn and flavors it with green chili sauce, that stir-fries chicken with black beans and basil, that tosses white rice into a salad with ginger-balsamic dressing.

Casual yet impeccable, and as balanced as yin and yang, these 275 recipes burst with unexpected flavors and combinations: Prawn Sandpot Casserole with Red Curry and Baby Corn; Spicy Tangerine Beef with Glass Noodles; Pizzetta with Chinese Eggplant, Wild Mushrooms, and Coriander Pesto; Chili-Orange Cold Noodles; Sweet Carrot Soup with Toasted Almonds; Wok-Seared New Potatoes; Crystallized Lemon Tart; and Fresh Ginger Ice Cream.

It-s East meets Westódazzlinglyóin ?A truly original culinary mindO (Kirkus) Winner of a 1992 IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club-s HomeStyle Books. 146,000 copies in print.

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great recipes, accessible method.......2005-06-11

This book was my introduction to Americanized Chinese cooking and is certainly up there with the favorite cookbooks in our pantry. One thing that is really great about this book is the method: in an afternoon, you can create a series of flavored oils and vinegars and the like, which you then combine very quickly in different ways with fresh ingredients. If done right, in spite of its common elements, each recipe has a unique taste and the variety of fresh ingredients gives it whatever flourish you require. That being said, this is a book specifically designed for the American pallette and is not authentically Chinese, which ranks as one of the most subtle and diverse in the world - this is not a snobby criticism as I love this Americanized style, just a statement of fact.

Warmly recommended. You will not be disappointed. Also a great gift book.

Cooking Chinese for Fun, Fun, Fun, Seriously!.......2005-03-08

The `China Moon Cookbook' is written by important Chinese cookbook writer, Barbara Tropp, the author of the earlier `The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking', one of the three or four best manuals of Chinese cooking written in English. It is the `Modern Art...' book which earns Ms. Tropp the honorific of `Julia Child of the Chinese Kitchen' from the San Francisco Chronicle. This volume is much different than Mme. Tropp's manual, and it is much different than anything Julia Child ever wrote. It is very much in the style of a lot of other Workman published cookbooks such as those of Ms. Tropp's good friend, Susan Herrmann Loomis, who specializes in `farmhouse' cookbooks of Italy, France, and the US. That is, it's a `fun book', meant more to entertain than to teach basic material about a particular type of cooking.

This is not to say that it is a poor book. In fact, depending on what you want from a cookbook, for a trade paperback at a list price of $16.95, it may offer a lot more than the more serious `national cuisine manuals' or essays on the cuisine of an important culinary region such as Provence or Tuscany.

In addition to being a `fun' book, it is also a book about recipes from a particular restaurant, the `China Moon' owned by the author in San Francisco. This is a second point weighing against your learning any authentic Chinese cooking in a systematic manner from this book. But that doesn't say the book is not informative. One of the first things I noticed is a similarity between the approach to the pantry in this book and Ming Tsai's excellent second book, `Simply Ming', where his lead premise is in the creation of many base preparations which make cooking in a restaurant much faster than it would be if everything were done from scratch. Mme. Tropp's argument is that the many of the commercial preparations of things such as chili oil, hoisin sauce, and a dozen other pantry standards are simply bad. The claim is that one can do much better by making your own.

This argument is excellent for a high-end restaurant. It is also excellent for a household that eats Chinese meals at least three times a week and has three or four members, so these pantry preparations are used up on a regular basis. This also means that the book may be just a bit less valuable to someone who is not committed to making more than one or two dishes from this cookbook in a given month.

Although I am not as knowledgeable about Chinese cuisine as I am about French and Italian eating, I was struck at how uncharacteristic a lot of the recipes seemed to my picture of Chinese food. In the first few dozen pages, there are recipes for bread, pickles, cole slaw, clam chowder, and double stock. While there is no question that all these dishes are rooted in Chinese ingredients and techniques, there definitely seems to be more than a wink and a nod to Western tastes here.

This international flavor pervades the book. The last salad in the salad chapter is called `Paris Salad', discovered in a small Chinese restaurant in Paris, made with a very globalized mix of European, Asian, and New World ingredients.

The chapter on desserts and sweets, aside from a generous use of Oriental ingredients such as ginger and peanuts seems like it comes straight out of a Lyon patisserie, with lots of tarts, Biscotti, frangipane, chocolate, and cappuccino.

True to the Workman style of `fun' cookbook, there are lots of sidebars and headers showing the sources of the recipes, tips on presentation, hints on ingredients, and general chatter. There are also lots of good sidebars on techniques, but this is still nowhere near a text on good Chinese cooking praxis. In fact, a lot of the sidebars are on very Western techniques such as cookies and tarts. But this still leaves lots of room for some of my favorite Chinese recipes, including an excellent recipe for Hoisin Pork Buns with Ginger and Garlic. Note that these recipes do not shy away from using a wok whenever Chinese traditional technique calls for it. This is another reason you may not get the full benefit from this book if you are not committed to it's premises, such as using a wok properly, which requires a very good gas burner.

In the end, I think this book is the real deal on how to have fun with Chinese cooking. While it is based on recipes done in an American restaurant which probably caters to tourists, all the techniques are authentic and reliable, right down to the requirement that you let your dough for steamed buns rise in the fridge for at least 12 to 15 hours before shaping and filling.

This is a great book for cooking Chinese for fun. Its recipes are uniformly interesting, even though some of the interest may have a French accent. The author has the kind of reputation that gives you the assurance that she really knows what she is talking about.

Beautiful book -- pleased my imagination........2003-10-05

I received this book as a gift, combined with a nice wok.

This is really a lovely cookbook - "basics" of gourmet Chinese cooking were well explained. However, as a busy mother with 6 young children, I never found the time to do the shopping and create any of these wonderful-looking recipes.

It was a pleasure to peruse, however!

too time-consuming!.......2003-09-10

The China Moon cookbook offers many wonderful and unique recipes for lovers of asian cuisine. However, this book is definitely NOT for the cooking novice or for people that desire dishes that involves simple preparation. Most of the China Moon recipes requires the use of several different types of aromatic oils and spices that you need to make YOURSELF - which consists of several different types of ingredients that A) may be difficult to find in your local grocery store or B) needs to be prepared in some fashion before using. After spending hours/days/weeks chopping and cooking spices just to prepare special oil(s) (that you'll use only a couple of tablespoons worth), you'll think to yourself: 'Is this really worth it?'. Not only that, but the book insists that you make your own chicken/vegetable stock! And yet again, this involves combining several hundred different oils, spices and ingredients to make X amount of stock that you will only use 1 cup worth in a single recipe. Sheesh! After being discouraged by how much preparation and labor it involved to make a single dish (the 'simplest' dish calls for 2 oils)-I've only used my China Moon cookbook twice in the past 6 years. The dishes are impressive and tasty, but I would only recommend this book for people that really LOVE to cook or have alot of free time.

Great book for people who love great Chinese food.......2003-05-13

I have always had a love for Chinese food... real Chinese food... and when I finally got a good kitchen to cook in I started looking around for good Chinese cookbooks. What I found was that most recipes in most Chinese cookbooks are mediocre. In most of these books the authors have obviously "Americanized" the recipes, which invariably means making the recipes quick and easy and, invariably, inferior.

Then I happened to learn about the China Moon cookbook from online chat groups. I purchased the book and have been absolutely thrilled with it.

Now it's true that this is not a book of "15 minute recipes." But it is a book of great recipes, and preparation time will take from about 1/2 hour to a couple hours, on average. I don't think I have been disappointed with anything I made from this book.

It's also true that this is not exactly a book of authentic Chinese recipes. But who cares... the recipes are absolutely delicious, bursting with the essence of great Chinese food, the creation of a lady who obviously loves Chinese food too.

As one who likes to eat healthy, I also appreciate the author's emphasis on fresh foods and no MSG or other questionable ingredients.

Two great recipes I got from this book that just by themselves make it worthwhile: 1) the very best hot chili oil... way better than the stale stuff you buy pre-made... and 2) The best chicken stir-fry recipe. We make this basic recipe at least a couple times a month. It's so tasty it's hard to stop eating.

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Complete Guide To EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Greyhounds

A Great, Informative Book

Greyt info for Greyhound owners

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The Ultimate Greyhound

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The Ultimate series takes the serious animal lover on a journey into the finer points of dog breeds and dog care, horses, birds and fish. Each book is written by a panel of experts who specialize in distinct areas of interest to pet lovers, including history, breeding, showing, training, and health and veterinary care. Fully illustrated and coffee-table sized, these books also make great gifts for the committed pet enthusiast.

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Complete Guide To EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Greyhounds.......2006-03-30

I was really suprised by the comprehensive nature of this book. Anything you could possibly want to know from history to racing to owning to caring for a greyhound is inside this book. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to know about the glorious greyhound and his/her rich history and bright future.

A Great, Informative Book.......2000-06-29

This book had informative chapters about how a racer is cared for, Adopting an ex-racer, bringing it home, socializing and training. It also had a a-z common health problem guide in the back. definitely one of the better Greyhound books

Greyt info for Greyhound owners.......2000-06-07

I found this book to be a wellspring of information covering some of the greyhounds humble beginnings through its racing career. It gives in deapth views of the life of the racing Greyhound in not only the US, but in Ireland, the UK and Australia; the similarities and differences between them. It talks about bringing your new adoptee home and some of the common medical issues you may have to deal with. Lots of color photos. The Ultimate Greyhound is an Ultimate source of info. Definately 5 stars.

Ultimate Greyhound is ultimate info.......2000-04-03

The Ultimate Greyhound is one of the most thorough greyhound books I have come across to date. Gorgeously illustrated with lots of colorful photographs, the book gives a generous background into the history and origins of the breed as well as origins of Coursing, Track Racing and the development of the Conformation Standard of Greyhounds in both the AKC and UKC. It shares information on the care and upbringing of these beautiful creatures from three different Countries, covering ALL aspects dogs bred both for conformation (show-dogs) and for the track. The Ultimate Greyhound also covers reasons for retirement, troubleshooting both health and common behavioral problems, giving insight into their cause as well as their cures. An excellant book. If you have a greyhound, want a greyhound or just want more info; this is the book to get.

THE ULTIMATE ACCOLADE : THE NEW SOUTH WALES GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR AWARD 1965 - 1985

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THE ULTIMATE ACCOLADE : THE NEW SOUTH WALES GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR AWARD 1965 - 1985
DUNCAN STEARN
Manufacturer: DUNLOR PUBLICATIONS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0958845107

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NEW FOR 1998! The Harbour Lights Value Guide brings collectors up-to-the-minute information and secondary market values in a colorful, easy-to-use handbook. It's packed with captivating history and the latest Harbour Lights news, including a history of lighthouses, what's new for 1998, collector's club information and the latest secondary market values. Other entertaining features include oversized color pictures of every piece, an interview with the Younger family (creators of Harbour Lights), a fold-out map of Harbour Lights lighthouses, a travel guide and more. The Value Guide is the at your fingertips resource Harbour Lights collectors have been searching for!

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Here, at last, is a book on gardening with color by its most adventurous exponent, Christopher Lloyd. Color for Adventurous Gardeners is about using color for maximum impact.

Previous books on gardening with color have treated each color as a separate entity, but, in fact, colors work with and against each other, and must be viewed as relationships. This is the first book on gardening with color that explores how to make successful color associations with plants. Yes, there are color rules, but you have to know when and how to break them.

Offering expert views based on his many years of experience, Christopher Lloyd explores each color and encourages readers to be adventurous and daring. "The limitations imposed by rules," he writes, "are a safe-haven, but the adventurous gardener will want to try something different."

Color for Adventurous Gardeners includes over 200 stunning photographs throughout its 11 chapters, each followed by a recommended plant list:

Red - Nothing to Fear
Challenging Orange
True Blues are Few
The Value of Mauve
Enigmatic Green
Broken White
Cheerful Yellow
The Truth about Pink
Sunlit Purple
Brown Studies
Sophisticated Black

Informative and inspiring photographs by Jonathan Buckley illustrate Lloyd's colorful writing on a colorful subject, making Color for Adventurous Gardeners both a visual feast and an entertaining read.

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TRUE value!.......2003-03-24

The first thing a book about color in the garden ought to have is big pictures and lots of 'em. This book is positively unstinting: full page and even double page wonders (muzzle yourself; although the paper quality seems good, it would be a pity to sully the pages with drooling).

The seldom-under-opinionated Christopher Lloyd provides text as colorful as the photos, so brace for throwaway remarks about mundane dahlia leaves and not being snobby about dandelion flowers. There is a reassuring coziness, too, as Lloyd reviews his delights and prejudices about gardening in general and on his own expansive plot.

Here's a Christopher Lloyd lecture and slide show to peruse at your leisure. Just like such events, the book is thoroughly informative and completely entertaining.

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THE ADVENTUROUS GARDENER'S SOURCEBOOK OF RARE AND UNUSUAL PLANTS. ANNUALS. PERENNIALS. BULBS. HERBS. VEGETABLES [A4]
W. & E. McDonald Mulligan
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WPP02G

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on April 1, 1996. The length of the article is 2027 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Nominal Sentence in Sanskrit and Middle Indo-Aryan. (book reviews)
Author: Ludo Rocher
Publication: The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1996
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: v116 Issue: n2 Page: p347(3)

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This is the first reference book presenting an overview of the century-long fight for true racial equality in America. This remarkable encyclopedia covers a wide array of events, legislation, court decisions, cultural achievements, speeches, organizations, and personalities that have contributed to the cause of African-American civil rights--from the Albany, Georgia "sit-in" of 1961 to the racially motivated killing of Samuel Younge in 1966; from the unjustifiable "Jim Crow" laws of the 1870s to President Bush's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1990; from the first black illustrated newspaper, the Indianapolis Freeman, to the literary figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Outlined are the non-violent protests led by Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as the radical confrontationalism of Malcolm X. The peaceful 1964 March on Washington contrasts sharply with the Detroit race riots of 1967--but all the events covered in this volume are objectively and comprehensively summarized. The constant struggles against racism, segregation, and lack of opportunity are chronicled in more than 800 useful and readable entries. Written by over 100 authors, the entries also provide ready access to relevant literature in the field. The encyclopedia also contains a chronology, a general bibliography, and a subject index. It includes almost 100 illustrations.

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excellent source of obscure information on civil rights.......2001-10-31

This book is particularly helpful when researching obscure topics related to African-American civil rights, such as court cases and individuals and organizations which do not get as much "air time" as their more famous counterparts. In that sense, the book is a must for all African-American history collections.

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present. (book reviews): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly

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Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present. (book reviews): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
Joseph A. Tomberlin
Manufacturer: Mississippi State University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

Literature | Encyclopedias | Reference | Subjects | Books

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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on December 22, 1993. The length of the article is 5319 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present. (book reviews)
Author: Joseph A. Tomberlin
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1993
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: v47 Issue: n1 Page: p91(14)

Article Type: Book Review

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