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101. Who's Who in the East 2004 (Who's
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102. I Do Solemnly Swear
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103. A-Train Lullaby
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104. The Thomas Family of St. Albans,
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105. The Schenectadians
106. A Monk Swimming (Wheeler Large
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107. Who's Who in the East 2003: Including
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108. The New York City Garbage Wars
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109. Possum Hollow (Possum Hollow)
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110. Paradoxes of Fame: The Francis
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111. My First Life: A Memoir
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112. Alan V. Lowenstein: New Jersey
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113. Flashbacks: From the Other Side
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114. A Clean Street's A Happy Street:
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115. Frontiers
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116. Uncle Jamie and Me
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117. Country Matters
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118. Shenanigans
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119. River of Memories: An Appalachian
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120. Journey of an Ordinary Man

101. Who's Who in the East 2004 (Who's Who in the East)
by Marquis Who's Who
Hardcover (September, 2003)
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Isbn: 0837906350
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Reference    5. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    6. Regional Subjects - New England   


102. I Do Solemnly Swear
by Authorhouse
Paperback (October, 2005)
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Isbn: 1420877712
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Personal Memoirs    3. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    4. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic   


103. A-Train Lullaby
by Xlibris Corporation
Paperback (June, 2002)
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Isbn: 1401049419
Sales Rank: 2427318
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars Absolute Pleasure
As a reader, I judge a good book not by its cover, but by the following three characteristics; the difficulty to put it down once it's picked up, the amount of emotion it stirs while being read, and the desire for more once the last page is complete. "Lullaby", and its author have accomplished all three in a splendid story telling fashion. I read well past bedtimes and nearly missed a few train stops, I laughed out loud and sobbed quietly, and I am making a personal plea to this author to write again!

5-0 out of 5 stars A Ride Worth Taking!
I just loved A-Train Lullaby. (I just finished it last night with tears in my eyes -- and not just because it had come to an end ...) This book really captured my interest with it's creative approach and made me want to know more and read more. I found the book to be insightful, spritual, courageous and (last but not least) FUNNY!I love the way Ms. Flores assigned "names" to the people in her life.The book stirred so many wonderful emotions in me -- it was a ride worth taking! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    5. Women    6. Women's studies   


104. The Thomas Family of St. Albans, West Virginia: A Family History
by iUniverse
Hardcover (October, 2003)
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic   


105. The Schenectadians
by Writers Club Press
Paperback (January, 2001)
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Isbn: 0595137237
Sales Rank: 594300
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece from a Writer, not just a Storyteller
The book is a MASTERPIECE!!!What a brilliant effort! I stand in awe of George's talent! The basic reason for the book - memorializing two unique, interesting, and productive individuals- is absolutely achieved.I'm sure some would say, "Sure it's good. Look at the material he had to work with." And that's the point. Through his writing talent we could look at the two "STARS" up close and personal.I love his writing style. While many successful writers make good use of adjectives, which George does, he manages to use adjectives that no one else would use in that context and they work! So many writers come up with analogies that are clearly forced, don't quite work, and stop the reader who realizes their weakness. Not George! He has the talent to do the unusual and make it work.Then there is his technique of changing scenes with some abruptness, which results in a change of pace and greater interest, and defeats boredom. That and some interesting sentence structure gave me the conviction that he is a writer, not just a storyteller. In the opening he states that the work is a novel, which signals to me that much of the details of scenes and conversations are reproduced by him based on facts and his imagination. If that is true, then he does his reproductions believably and therefore spectacularly brilliantly.Again, moving from the storyteller stage to something more expert, he has exhibited the ability to understand and to use his knowledge of the human condition - an advanced writing skill! As I have said, he is a WRITER, a professional! I'm anxious to read his next work!What much of the above adds up to is that George has the highly skilled ability to create three-dimensional characters on a two-dimensional page. WOW!Speaking of dimensions, there is one more aspect that deserves comment here. I found many parts of the book to be personally INSPIRING without overt preaching. I feel closer to God.Reading the book was an interesting, rewarding, riveting and memorable experience. A MASTERPIECE! Worth waiting for. I thank you for including me in its triumph! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Historical - General    5. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    6. Biography: general    7. Biography: historical   


106. A Monk Swimming (Wheeler Large Print Book Series (Cloth))
by Wheeler Publishing
Hardcover (November, 1998)
list price: $27.95
Isbn: 1568956711
Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Roll up your sleeves and settle in for a rough and tumble story of the hard life and fast times of an original Irish American rogue. Read by the author in his thick and hearty brogue, Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars CANDID, HILARIOUS, AND IN HIS VOICE

1-0 out of 5 stars How do I give zero stars?
The worst book I've ever read. Alcoholic pomposity and constant name-dropping does not a good book make. 4-0 out of 5 stars Good Read
Malachy is not Frank, and thus has a very different style.I have recommended this book to others.Worth the read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1931-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. General    7. Irish Americans    8. Large type books    9. Literary    10. McCourt, Malachy,    11. New York    12. New York (State)    13. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    14. McCourt, Malachy   


107. Who's Who in the East 2003: Including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, ... Vermont, Washington (Who's Who in the East)
by Marquis Who's Who
Hardcover (September, 2002)
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Reference    5. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic   


108. The New York City Garbage Wars
by Authorhouse
Paperback (May, 2001)
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Isbn: 0759614679
Sales Rank: 2554069
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Ethnic Cultures - General    5. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    6. Ethnic studies   


109. Possum Hollow (Possum Hollow)
by Herald Press (PA)
Paperback (June, 2001)
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Isbn: 0836191315
Sales Rank: 3761974
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Subjects:  1. Amelia County    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Childhood Memoir    5. Farm life    6. History    7. History: American    8. Lancaster County    9. Mennonites    10. Pennsylvania    11. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    12. United States - General    13. Virginia   


110. Paradoxes of Fame: The Francis Scott Key Story
by Eastwind Publishing
Hardcover (December, 1995)
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Isbn: 1885457065
Sales Rank: 1194433
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Subjects:  1. 1779-1843    2. 19th century    3. Authorship    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Historical - U.S.    7. History    8. History: American    9. Key, Francis Scott,    10. Literary    11. Music (General)    12. Patriotic poetry, American    13. Poets, American    14. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    15. United States    16. War of 1812    17. Key, Francis Scott    18. Star-spangled banner (Song)   


111. My First Life: A Memoir
by iUniverse
Paperback (June, 2000)
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Childhood Memoir    5. Historical - General    6. Personal Memoirs    7. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    8. USA   


112. Alan V. Lowenstein: New Jersey Lawyer & Community Leader
by Rutgers University Press
Paperback (July, 2001)
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Subjects:  1. 1913-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Lawyers    7. Lawyers & Judges    8. Lowenstein, Alan V.,    9. New Jersey    10. New Jersey - Local History    11. Practice Of Law    12. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    13. Lowenstein, Alan V   


113. Flashbacks: From the Other Side of the Tracks
by Via Media Publishing
Paperback (October, 2001)
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Subjects:  1. 1932-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Carlotti, Gino,    7. Erie    8. Erie (Pa.)    9. Ethnic Cultures - General    10. Historical - General    11. Italian Americans    12. Pennsylvania    13. Personal Memoirs    14. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    15. American history: from c 1900 -    16. Biography: historical    17. Carlotti, Gino    18. History / General    19. USA   


114. A Clean Street's A Happy Street: a Bronx Memoir
by iUniverse, Inc.
Hardcover (19 July, 2004)
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Isbn: 0595665055
Sales Rank: 3578881
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars Derek Woods, Host -Bronxnet T.V.'s 'Bronx Magazine"
Bronx teacher and authorJames Mc Sherry has brought his Bronx memoir to the masses in his new book "A Clean Street is a Happy Street."
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Personal Memoirs    3. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    4. Family & Relationships / Adolescence   


115. Frontiers
by PublishAmerica
Paperback (September, 2003)
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Isbn: 1592861024
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Personal Memoirs    3. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic   


116. Uncle Jamie and Me
by Protea Publishing Company
Paperback (July, 2001)
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. General    5. Personal Memoirs    6. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    7. USA   


117. Country Matters
by Brilliance Audio Unabridged
Audio Cassette (01 May, 2001)
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Isbn: 1587885913
Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Despite the fact that Michael Korda was city born and bred (and, as editor in chief of Simon & Schuster and a bestselling author, part of Manhattan's elite), when he decided it was time to put down roots, he wanted land, trees, and a place in a community with history. The house he bought with his wife, Margaret, in Pleasant Valley, two hours north of New York City, was built when George Washington was president. It came with two barns, 20 acres, a backhoe, a bush hog, a York rake, a dozer blade, a bluff, and a slightly deaf old man named Harold Roe. Since Korda couldn't handle a hammer (plumbing and heating problems in his past merely involved calling the building super and keeping a 20-dollar bill handy), Harold became a permanent fixture, wielding large equipment, destroying the flowers, and showing the couple everything they needed to know about the real country. Read more

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1-0 out of 5 stars A rich man's self-absorbing babble
This book gives you a good picture of life in the country (country here meaning two hours away from Manhattan), if you have a British blonde model as a 2nd wife whose passion is foxhunting and horseback riding, four horses in the barn, two stable hands, a Hungarian mother and daughter team to cook your dinners for you, an interior decorator to dress your house in imported fabric from Italy, and a full-time help who mows your grass and takes care of all your country needs.
2-0 out of 5 stars Spare me Mr. Korda
I was about halfway through this work when I began to read the reviews here. I was heartened to find that I was not alone in finding Korda's tone condescending, snobbish, and in its own way, extremely provincial. He seems to value his neighbors, if at all, for one reason: their utility. That is, their usefulness to himself! He displays very little genuine interest in these hardworking people in terms of their histories, their interior lives, their unique stories. They're just there to fix stuff and do the physical labor which is apparently beneath Mr. Korda.
2-0 out of 5 stars it will take more than a tuna melt to make Korda "country".
I have to agree with the other reviews that this book falls a little short of the target. I disagree, however, with criticism that Korda focuses his ridicule on the country folk. I thought he poked equal fun at his various big wig guests from the city. What struck me, and why I can't give the book a favorable review, is that I'm not sure that Korda is aware that he himself is ultimately one of the saddest characters - naive, gullible, short-sighted and arrogant. The only person in the book who seems to escape having fun made of them is Mr. Korda (even his wife comes across as a beautiful'get-what-she-wants princess). A little self depreciation would have gone a long way.
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Subjects:  1. Audio Adult: Books On Tape    2. Audiobooks    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. City dwellers    6. Country life    7. Farmers & Ranchers    8. Literary    9. New York    10. New York (State)    11. Pleasant Valley    12. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    13. Unabridged Audio - Autobiography/Biography    14. Biography & Autobiography / General   


118. Shenanigans
by Xlibris Corporation
Hardcover (01 May, 1998)
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Isbn: 0738810428
Sales Rank: 3098546
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations    3. General    4. Political    5. Political Science    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    8. Biography: general    9. Political leaders & leadership   


119. River of Memories: An Appalachian Boyhood
by Writers Club Press
Paperback (December, 2002)
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Isbn: 0595261949
Sales Rank: 1286440
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars Fellow West Virginia author comments on this book
David L. Thompson's River of Memories: An Appalachian Boyhood is a walk back in time for Appalachians in general and West Virginians in particular.
5-0 out of 5 stars Reader comments to me about River of Memories
The following are some of the comments I have received regarding River of Memories:5-0 out of 5 stars great read
I have just spent the day enjoying River of Memories An Appalachian Boyhood. It has taken me to a world I knew little of, growing up at the same time in West Virginia in very different circumstances.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Family Relationships    5. General    6. Personal Memoirs    7. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    8. Marriage, family & other relationships    9. Appalachian Region    10. West Virginia    11. Childhood Memoir    12. Culture & customs    13. Social life and customs   


120. Journey of an Ordinary Man
by iUniverse
Paperback (April, 2000)
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Sales Rank: 4448773
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars A must read....couldn't put it down.....WOW
Smith brings you back to the War years, and gives them life.Whether or not you were alive, you feel like you lived them.The characters are richand well developed. I didn't want the book to end. Looking forward to thesequel. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Ethnic Cultures - General    3. Fiction    4. Personal Memoirs    5. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    6. Sagas    7. Biography & Autobiography    8. Ethnic studies    9. USA   


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