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Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Everyone

Author:Joseph and Lenore Scott Review by:leebcroft

This is an introduction to the writing systems of Ancient Egypt. Read Review

Published: February 17, 2009 Visits: 34 words : 300

Toadies: The Explanation of Toxicomania in American Society

(1 Ratings)

Author:Lee B Croft Review by:leebcroft

This is a Faustian tale of how bufoglossation (the licking of toads) is spread through American society by media hypnosis. Read Review

Published: February 15, 2009 Visits: 75 words : 900

The Ultimate Spy Book

Authors:H. Keith Melton; Forewords by William Colby and Oleg Kalugin Review by:leebcroft

An insider's guide to the secret world of international espionage: famous spies in history, tales of spy versus spy, and illustrations of spy gear. Read Review

Published: February 15, 2009 Visits: 122 words : 600

City of Thieves

(3 Ratings)

Author:David Benioff Review by:leebcroft

This is a novel with characters caught up in the WWII Siege of Leningrad, one of the darkest dramas of human suffering in history. Read Review

Published: February 12, 2009 Visits: 527 words : 600

A Left-Handed History of the World

Author:Ed Wright Review by:leebcroft

A treatment of human left-handedness with an excursis on important historical figures who were left-handed and their common personality traits. Read Review

Published: December 24, 2008 Visits: 52 words : 300

Structures: The Way Things Are Built

Author:Nigel Hawkes Review by:leebcroft

A copiously illustrated history of manmade structures of renown with focus on the stories of their creation. Read Review

Published: December 1, 2008 Visits: 9 words : 300

Russian Through Poems and Songs

(2 Ratings)

Author:Lee B Croft Review by:leebcroft

This is a second-year Russian Language textbook which uses poetry memorization and the choral singing of songs to teach Russian conversation. Read Review

Published: December 1, 2008 Visits: 29 words : 600

Tune of the Hickory Stick

(1 Ratings)

Author:Robert L. Browne Review by:leebcroft

A fine depiction of three generations of the Reilly family in the American heartland in the twentieth century, focusing on love, work, and education. Read Review

Published: December 1, 2008 Visits: 19 words : 600

Vlasov: An Attempt at Literary Research

Author:Vladimir Semyonovich Batshev Review by:leebcroft

This is a biography of the famous WWII "Russian Traitor General" Andrei Andreevich Vlasov (1900-1946) representing a post-Soviet version of the truth. Read Review

Published: December 1, 2008 Visits: 13 words : 600

The Numbers of Heaven

(3 Ratings)

Author:Roy Hanu Hart Review by:leebcroft

A prominent psychiatrist explains how two cultural traditions of letter-number correlations may be used in counseling therapy. Read Review

Published: June 8, 2008 Visits: 105 words : 600

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