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If
you purchase any book, movie or CD through our store links to
Amazon.com, proceeds will be donated to The
Casey Biggs Scholarship Fund. We are always taking recommendations
from everyone, so if you have any titles you'd like to see featured
in the store, please send Diane
the title, author/artist and a brief review. Have fun shopping! |
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The
Physician: By Noah Gordon
From Leena: An interesting story about the life of a boy from
London who overcame several obsticles to become a physician in
medieval England. The book allows you to recreate a time long
gone in your head giving good descriptions of life in medieval
England. |
Master
and Commander: Patrick O'Brian
Casey writes: A
terriffic sea adventure that I wanted to read before the film came
out. And as usual, I doubt that the film can live up to my imagination |
Wrong
Beach Island: By Jane Kelly
From Holly Kim: A mystery writer from New Jersey has been writing
a series of books with a female NJ detective that are based in Jersey
shore locations, right where I live. |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: By Patrick Suskind
From Leena: Well,
I can't say anything about the translation as I read the book in
its original (German) version. ...It is a quite macabre story set
in 18th century France. What I found quite interesting about it
was the detailed descriptions of the processes of perfume making.
...not for the faint of heart but definitly an interesting read. |
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From
Casey: "This is a book that I return to time and again. Having
just read it again I am struck by how simple and inspirational
life can be. It's about a barnstorming pilot who meets another
pilot who just happens to be the Messiah."
Illusions: By Richard Bach |
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Casey's
comment: "I just reread "To Kill a Mocking Bird"
A thrilling book even after so many years. Read it again."
To Kill a Mockingbird: By Harper Lee |
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Diane
says: Rutherford's impressive novel charts a families lineage
to detail London's history from the time of Julius Cesaer to the
present day. An immense but thoroughly engrossing tale that makes
history, and London, live and breathe.
London: By Edward Rutherford |
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From
Diane: Though it is set in Berne, Switzerland; 1905 with Einstein
on the cusp of his Relativity Theory, this novel is mainly comprised
of 30 individual tales, each one reshaping our concept of time.
Lyrical, lucid and full of humanity, a friend read it at my request
and said it was like "a bunch of little poems".
Einstein's Dreams: By Alan P. Lightman |
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Cindy: A terrific novel that uses the battle for the Alamo as
it's backdrop.
The
Gates of the Alamo: By Stephan Harrigan |
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Another
from Diane: An unflinchingly viceral crime novel that melds LAPD
corruption with the Hollywood glamour of 1950's Los Angeles. Ellroy's
razor-edge writing is brilliant, but not for the faint-of-heart.
L.A. Confidential: By James Ellroy |
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