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For centuries heirlooms have been handed down from generations of americans. War medals, ribbons, letters from soldiers and flags have been passed on for American generations to love. For young soldiers to receive a medal that their father or grandfather earned is a prize possession not only for the pride of being american but the historic implications as well. For anyone who has ever had the chance to read letters from a family member while he or she were at war knows it is a wonderful thing and gives you a sense of what the loved one endured. The nostalgic feel that someone gets when reading war letters is one that everyone should experience. It takes you back to the time that the letters were written. You can almost feel the cold wet ground as the person sat there writing with frozen hands. You can taste the coffee and hard tack as they wrote. You can hear the other men in camp talking, moving around and see others writing home as well.
War heirlooms will be treasured by millions of Americans forever.
by August Wilson
Amazon Price: $16.50
Customer Review: This book shipped fast and was in really good condition. The book was also an easy read and was an overall good book! Would recommend!
by Steve Sando, Vanessa Barrington
Amazon Price: $15.61
Customer Review: Beautiful book with good information about unsual beans to grow. Some or maybe many of the recipes I would not try but there are still quite a few that sound very good.
by The Editors of Cook's Country Magazine
Amazon Price: $23.07
Customer Review: For those of you who know me or have followed my reviews you know that I review a lot of cookbooks, that I spend a good part of my time each year living on a sailboat in the Caribbean, that I love to cook, that I consider myself somewhat of a gourmet chef. If you've looked at my Amazon "So You'd Like to Guides" you know that I like to post some of my favorite recipes. So when I got the chance to get and review this book, I leapt at it.
I've got quite a collection of cookbooks and a lot of them, like this one, are pretty hefty tomes, but this outweighs most of them. And unlike a lot of them, there are now pretty color pictures of completed and delicious meals. Okay, I've been doi...
by Carolyn J. Male
Amazon Price: $12.89
Customer Review: This book got me hooked on vegetable gardening at the age of 62. It is simple, strauight forward,and encouraging. Dr. Male's book introduced me to heirloom tomatoes and the explantions of what to expect and how to solve or avoid problems made me feel comfortable to go forward. I bought the book two years ago, and I still go back to review and look up things that I forgot. The book also has great pictures of the tomatoes that she writes about.
by James Lee Burke
Amazon Price: $23.73
Customer Review: I bought this for my wife, who is an avid reader of Burke's work. She praises particularly his lyrical style, where he excels in painting a vivid picture of his world and the people in it. I love Tommy Lee Jones' work and was intrigued by the cast of the movie, with a number of really good actors playing important and less important parts. We watched it together on HD TV with a blu ray player. It was very close to a movie theater experience. Although I am not into detective stories, I REALLY enjoyed the story and the portrayal of the novel. As a southerner, I am usually critical of Hollywood's portrayal of us, but the players and the film managed to give a feel for Louisiana and the So...
by The Editors of Cook's Country Magazine
Amazon Price: $19.77
Customer Review: This book recovers American recipes from the last two hundred years.
Some like the Date Pinwheels and Wacky Cake are family favorites, handed
down from our mothers. The recipes are clear and easy to follow. Each comes
with a brief introduction from the contributor.
Get one for yourself.
Give one to a friend.
by Janet Evanovich
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Customer Review: I am very happy with motor-city-book's way of doing business. I ordered paperback on 6/26 and received it on 7/8 and in the condition it was said to be. I will very seriously consider Motor City Books when ordering more paperbacks in the future.
by John Connolly
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Customer Review: Bad story poorly wrote . Halfway through I was wishing " The Travelin' Man " would come and cut my eyes out and spare me from reading further .
The Greenlanders
by Jane Smiley
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Customer Review: I am an avid reader and have read most all of Jane Smiley's books. I picked this book up at a library book sale for 50 cents...and that's a good thing, because it sure wasn't worth much more to me. I could NOT get past the similar and way too frequent names of the characters. The writing style is almost biblical...in it's lack of readability. I can surely understand someone with a Nordic background liking this book, and spending the time getting past it's pittfalls. Also....three cheers to the folks that used it as background for their trip to Greenland. As for the casual, or even serious reader......find something else and don't waste your money.
by Marilynn Brass, Sheila Brass
Amazon Price: $18.72
Customer Review: I am just an average cook and who wants to be an average cook forever. I've always wished I could go into the kitchen and whip up something mouthwatering good. Well, I've got a few cookbooks, mostly ones I've picked up at second hand stores and I have, on occasion, followed directions and cooked up something moderately good.
But this book has inspired me to do more. After reading the introduction about Heirloom cooking and how the Brass Sisters put together this book, I felt like I'd been touched by the Cooking Angel, like she'd dipped her magic wand of onto my shoulder and turned me into something special, because these women have inspired me.
I mean, you have to...
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