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Dec 31, 2025

For: Surviving and thriving with an invisible chronic i...

Surviving with invisible and visible medical health conditions in XXI century US.

Very well written and totally on mark ! Especially for those of us, who are no longer in work-force, but suffering greatly with very well known established illnesses, such as Arthritis. And which are a result of work-related labor, by public or private Companies, that had refused to abide by safe-guard technics and laws by states and governmental rules, by simply providing a safety equipment as cheap as metal or wood steps -/ladders, for small children to climb on for the caregiver or a teacher to change their diapers. For children of ages 2 to 3 years of age. In order for those care-givers to simply stay healthy and without broken or vastly-exhausted bones ! And forcing these teachers/caregivers to sit on tiny kid's chairs while talking to them or simply talking to them. All we hear now days (even in big cities, as Dallas, Texas. The so-called doctors of today, who are even incompetent in reading CDs of MRIs or RX of bones and tissues. Having potentially all technical medical equipment that is easily available and not very expensive, either. Just lazy or incapable to study and learn their professionally-established conditions from other professors/practitioners that are practicing here, in TX or other states. Leaving alone professional abroad-In Germany or France..... It is so shameful and pity to see these types of doctors here, who are either lazy and cannot wait to retire of simply ignorant.

Published by: elaine55

Dec 31, 2025

For: Snowy with a chance of murder

Snowy with a chance of murder.

Very well written, again, with good physiological and philosophical thinking... And Alice's character is nice and decent. While her upbringing is scary and devoid of real friendship and attachment. But, again, she presents a real hope for a much better quality of life.

Published by: elaine55

Dec 31, 2025

For: Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees

The body in the tree.

Written very well, but the subject matter is very gruesome, weird and utterly unreal and unrealistic. I do not recommend this title for reading.

Published by: elaine55

Dec 26, 2025

For: La foce

"La foce"

There is not a clear purpose for the album-book. The photography is low quality and narration is without a clear needed goal.... The volume has no artistic merit, nor is the story of the family interesting or meaningful. I do not recommend it to anybody wanting to learn about the beauty of Italy or about its reach history in architecture, sculpture or art of paintings.

Published by: elaine55

Dec 11, 2025

For: GASOLINE ALLEY (DVD)

Gasoline Alley

This movie did nothing for me. Luke needs to keep making commercials and Bruce...no comment!

Published by: rette

Dec 8, 2025

For: Life drawing for beginners [pbk.]

Live drawing. For beginners.

Yes, it's not "The life drawing, but Live figure drawing... class. The author is a wonderful writer: stylistically and grammar-wise. But it is the characters that all are a pretty low-life specimen that she draws here, in this novel: scary and not desirable, mostly. Among them, unwed young girls with children and fatherless. Or dead relatives because of drugs smuggling. I do not advice the reading of the book.

Published by: elaine55

Dec 6, 2025

For: Dreyer's english

Mr. Dreyer's views for and of English language in America setting...

Arrogant, poor and not deserving read.... As author himself states in his creation: "I hate grammar !"... And so do we, in his rendition. I do not recommend it to readers, or to future writers.

Published by: elaine55

Dec 3, 2025

For: A Mother\'s Love

Mother's love

Very dark, full of horrific, rather unusual abuse (physical and verbal) of a young child... The mother who later born identical twin girls.... The girls are inseparable and while loving each other tremendously, live together even when one of them is about to marry a man, they still play tricks on him being literally hard to identify by their identical looks... It's not a good read this time around from great Danielle Steel. I do not recommend it.

Published by: elaine55

Dec 3, 2025

For: Great private collections of imperial Russia

Great collections of art in Imperial Russia.

The book/album is of excellent quality: of paper on which it's printed and detailed and masterfully written and illustrated; with art prints on every single page with coordinated numbers that are easily located and information that belongs to each of them. The only negative is the fact, that previous reader had tore the entire full page from it ! It's the page number # 176 of the album....

Published by: elaine55

Nov 29, 2025

For: To Selena, with love

An Intimate Memoir Written with Intelligence, Self-Awareness and Devotion

This book is a tender, articulate, and deeply self-reflective memoir that offers an intimate look into his life with Selena. Pérez writes with a quiet intelligence, openly examining his own insecurities, growth, and the pressures they faced as young musicians in a world that demanded so much from them. This book shines as a heartfelt tribute to Selena. It is honest, joyful, profoundly respectful, yet incredibly sad. He captures her warmth, humor, determination, and humanity with a sincerity that makes the memoir both moving and unforgettable.

Published by: Zeigen71