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Running With Scissors (By: Augusten Burroughs)

This is absolutely the worst book that I have ever read. It’s not Burroughs’ writing style that’s at issue here - I actually think he’s a very good writer.  It’s simply that the material was not to my taste.  I felt very uncomfortable while reading most of this book - the dirty house, the graphic [...]

Popularity: 69% [?]

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Tough Choices (By Carly Fiorina)

Sorry, I don’t buy it. Carly knew perfectly well going into the job that the HP Board was dysfunctional. All the warning signs were there - they fired her predecessor, they were removed from most of the hiring process, etc. You simply can’t justify the argument that the board was in [...]

Popularity: 60% [?]

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (By: Doris Kearns Goodwin)

Our Book of the Month Club Selection for November 2006.

Team of Rivals doesn’t just tell the story of Abraham Lincoln. It is a multiple biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that he put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis. Here, Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles five of the key [...]

Popularity: 27% [?]

November 15th, 2006 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
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Mornings on Horseback (By: David McCullough)

Purchase this book at AMAZON.COM - Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
Popularity: 17% [?]

Popularity: 17% [?]

November 7th, 2006 | Scott Downs | 0 comments | Continued
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1776 (By: David McCullough)

Esteemed historian David McCullough covers the military side of the momentous year of 1776 with characteristic insight and a gripping narrative, adding new scholarship and a fresh perspective to the beginning of the American Revolution. It was a turbulent and confusing time. As British and American politicians struggled to reach a compromise, events on the [...]

Popularity: 22% [?]

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