Music and the Occult: French Musical Philosophies, 1750-1950 (Eastman Studies in Music) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Godwin has an uncanny knack for writing about very interesting subjects and still managing to be boring. This book mainly goes into how French composers in the 1700's were encoding Pythagorian/Rosicrucian/Alchemical symbology/magic into the music they were creating. Some of the historical stuff was interesting...

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National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Birds Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As if teaching children with challenging behaviors isn't enough, I spend much of my time off birding with my camera. Some might argue the two activities are one and the same, and anyone who has tried to capture a great blue heron lifting off the wetlands, only to turn tail and fly behind rushes would...

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A Stupendous Effort: The 87th Indiana in the War of the Rebellion Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Incredible book . The story of 1,262 men who served in the Civil War. Complete roster, including home towns. This is most of all a personal book, the lives of over 1,000 men who almost all came from Northern Indiana, about Peru through South Bend. If you are in Indiana, you can visualize the towns they...

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In Dog We Trust Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I loved this book! I started it over lunch yesterday and could hardly bear to put it down. The first person protagonist (Steve) is a computer hacker on parole, trying to reestablish his life after some prison time, a divorce, and a move across the country. Out walking one night, he finds his next door...

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Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the Birth of the NBA Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Several of the other Amazon "reviews" for this book merely state facts about Mikan and The Lakers and NOT about the book. I bought it with the intent of really learning about this wonderful man and the team. I grew up in Minneapolis in the 1950s. After reading the book, I essentially learned nothing...

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Buffalo's Historic Streetcars and Buses (Images of America: New York) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Dave Bregger did a thoroughly professional job in covering the history of Buffalo's transit in both photos and text and taught me many things I did not know about how the bus system evolved into what it is today. I would like to get in touch with Mr. Bregger about some related projects of my own that...

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Mobil Travel Guide 2009 New York (Forbes Travel Guide New York) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When you're traveling, there's nothing better than having a travel book filled with maps, historical information, destination tips, and insider information. Unfortunately, the makers of the Mobil Travel Guide series have come close but not far enough to meeting most travelers' needs. The guides' strongest...

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