Book Recommendations

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Just finished "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" by Steig Larsson, the first book in a trilogy. Very good murder mystery with a lot of subplots. Enjoyed it a lot. It has over 1,000 reviews on amazon.com.

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I just finished "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. The book is excellent and has been on the best seller list here in the U.S. for some time. It also has over 2,000 reviews on amazon.com. It tells the story of black maids in Mississippi in 1962 at the start of the Civil Rights movement and contrasts their lives with those of the white families for whom they work. That doesn't sound like much of a plot but trust me on this one. It is one of those books where you start getting depressed because you know that you are getting close to finishing it. It is that good.

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[DVV]

Peter Tremayne, The Leper's Bell, 2004.
Murders in 7th century Ireland.

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"The Girl Who Played With Fire", the second book in the Millenium Trilogy. It was good, even better than the Girl With the Dragon Tatoo, the first book (and now a movie) in the Trilogy.

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[Scott Nelson]

I just re-read "Green Eggs and Ham" by the Great Doctor. It was every bit as challanging as I remembered it to be years ago.

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I just re-read "Green Eggs and Ham" by the Great Doctor. It was every bit as challanging as I remembered it to be years ago.

You can't go wrong with the Classics.

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[c.d.]

Just finished "Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend" by Gary Roberts. It's available on amazon.com. I liked it. It is kind of long and tells you a lot more than you probably wanted to know but I simply skipped over those parts that were less than interesting. For anyone interested in Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp and his brothers, the famous shootout at the OK corrall or the Old West in General, I recommend the book.

An interesting fact -- Margaret Mitchell, the author of "Gone With the Wind" stated that she based the character Melanie Wilkes (Ashley Willke's wife played by Olivia DeHavilland) on Doc's first cousin. It has long been rumored that he had a romantic relationship with her. She decided to become a nun. Some have speculated that it was this decision that made Doc abandon a promising dental career and move out West to become a gambler. Basically a broken heart.

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[DVV]

Just finished Peter Robinson's "Piece of my Heart".
Echoes of the Manson murders, of Brian Jones' death, etc.
Excellent.

[protohistorian]

The 1888 Dickens's Dictionary. Dave

http://www.amazon.com/Dickens-Dictionary-London-1888-Charles/dp/1873590040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289256387&sr=8-1

[DVV]

Waow ! thanks for that Dave.

[belinda]

The 1888 Dickens's Dictionary. Dave

http://www.amazon.com/Dickens-Dictio...9256387&sr=8-1

That looks great

[protohistorian]

It's pretty damned awesome! Your very welcome DVV. Dave

[DVV]

Hou ! it sure looks awesome, truly !

[Celesta]

The 1888 Dickens's Dictionary. Dave

http://www.amazon.com/Dickens-Dictio...9256387&sr=8-1

This is a great resource, and it's a pleasure to read through, just for fun. It's certainly one of the better resources I've bought. It's amazing how much information is packed into such a small book. They list clubs, churches, charities, businesses, courts, hospitals, police stations, you name it. They don't list many of the clubs in the Whitechapel area though. As an example: on page 244, they list where a person could find a United Telephone Company exchange station and brag that the number of calls where the caller actually speaks to someone is up to 10,000 a day! There are maps in the front of the book.

[protohistorian]

I am very pleased you find it useful! Dave