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  Scaramouche: Book 1

  Scaramouche

  by Rafael Sabatini

  • Rated 5 stars

  Johnny Waco wrote:
  I came to read this novel after stumbling across the 1952 swashbuckler film based on it, and I discovered a forgotten gem. Sabatini may have been the last great author of the golden age of the adventure novel, an era beginning with Stevenson, Haggard, and Kipling, and fading away by the Twenties. Andre-Louis, a provincial lawyer with no strong political views, turns vehemently against France's aristocracy when a haughty marquis trumps up a duel with his bumbling but egalitarian friend so he...
  
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  The Foreworld Saga: Book 1

  The Mongoliad

  by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Nicole Galland, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo

  • Rated 3 stars

  Wyatt Packard wrote:
  The Mongoliad takes place in A.D. 1241. The Mongolian Empire is spreading under the control of Genghis Kahn's son, Ögedei Kahn. In an effort to stop Mongolian control an order of religious knights, know as the Shield Bretheren, decide to journey across Asia and assassinate the Kahn of Kahn or the Kaghan, Ögedei. The story has a large cast of characters and the viewpoints are constantly shifting. There are seven co-authors and as a result the writing does not flow very well at times. I would...
  
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  Stone Barrington: Book 26

  Unintended Consequences (Stone Barrington)

  by Stuart Woods

  • Rated 4 stars

  Carol wrote:
  Many old friends from previous novels come to Stone Barrington's aid as Stone desperately tries to recover four missing days from his memory and figure out why he is in France all the while trying to survive the Russian mob and others that want him dead. I have read all of Stuart Woods books and while they do not have hot, fast action on every page, they have a great deal to offer in a really good read. To begin with everyone has truck loads of money so waitng for financing for a project is...
  
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  Fifty Shades: Book 1

  Fifty Shades of Grey

  by E. L. James

  • Rated 1 stars

  Marie wrote:
  There are no words for how awful this book really was. I was uncomfortable reading a lot of the scenes. This is not romance or erotica; it is domestic violence and abuse. If you ever meet a man like Christian Grey...run.
  
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  My Beef with Meat: The Healthiest Argument for a Plant-Strong Diet--Plus 140 New Engine 2 Recipes

  by Rip Esselstyn

  • Rated 5 stars

  Yodamom wrote:
  The author, a former overweight firefighter brings some very interesting information to us in this his second book. He covers scientific research facts that show perhaps our present �modern dietetic facts we are all fed aren't all true. He also covers many of the popular diets and why he feels they are not as healthy as directed by general thinking. Do we really need all that dairy, meat and oil to be healthy ? What about in the bedroom ? Will giving up all the protein mess with your love...
  
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