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Nov 19, 2025

For: Inside The White House

The white house.

It's a good source to visit the inside of the White House. It's just too old (only by year 2012) and needs to be renewed and offer more photo-images of all the rooms, in old conditions and renewed or restored.

Published by: elaine55

Nov 18, 2025

For: Where is the White House?

where is the white house ?

The small book is about the residents of the People's House, and not about its history and architecture ! And the sketches are bland and without character... I cannot advice this to anyone: old or young.

Published by: elaine55

Nov 15, 2025

For: The Portrait

A Portrait.

An amazingly wonderful story ! About how anyone can survive and flourish after being dealt a heavy personal blows throughout their lives. The very best of Danielle Steel, yet ! Deep inside analysis into our inner feelings toward ourselves and close others: raw and truthful. Who can we really rely on when we're physically and emotionally harmed yet have a hope to live and create a beauty for the world and our own creative selves.

Published by: elaine55

Nov 10, 2025

For: The Art of Paper - From the Holy Land to the Ameri...

The art and the history of paper-making.

Very well illustrated and presented account of overall invention of paper and paper-printing tools and mechanisms of its mass-production and betterment. But a too sofisticated and difficult to read for a normal person. Perhaps, it's better suited for specialists in that field.

Published by: elaine55

Nov 2, 2025

For: Carson the Magnificent

Carson, the Magnificent !

The authors are best friends between the two of them... and are singing the praises to one another... which takes about 1/3 of the book's space. Then they cover the quatations from Mr. Carson's interviews with his agents or others , mostly high-lighting Mr.Carson personal live matters and relations with family. I strongly believe, that authors had missed their true natural calling : of becoming the medical surgeons, and instead, had both wrongly chose the writing profession ! ... As they literally, "slice" a life of Johnny Carson merslessly, in the thinnest molecules as possible, physically Their theme and goal of their published "product", had clearly became the stunning persuit to describe the Johnny's Carson's untimely death, .. and nothing more than exactly that. It's clearly a reqium for our treasured National persona and artist. I do not recommend it to anyone , who still respects and enjoy the artist's work and word so very much, as I do, and who still watch great uniquickly-talented intertainer, person, so live, effective, wise and kind, still, after so many years after his noble departure from us, and enjoy his shows and presense tremendeously ! No need to check out this opus, whatsoever !

Published by: elaine55

Nov 1, 2025

For: Living well with autoimmune diseases

Living well with autoimmune diseases.

Well-written, kind and with passion. However, doesn't indicate that cause of all these veritable malfanction in our bodies are primarily caused by Stress: emotional, physical and phsyciatrical. And the fact, that all of them UNcurable and chronic.

Published by: sofisticated

Nov 1, 2025

For: The bookshop by the bay

The bookshop by the bay.

Not very interesting or exciting. Too many characters. And not your best story-telling. I do not suggest the novel.

Published by: sofisticated

Oct 28, 2025

For: Restaurant.

The Restaurant.

As always, Ms. Kelley's books (novels) are OK. I like the fact, that they have no obuse, foul language and just few grammatical errors. The troubling things, though are: one cannot actually see in their minds the actual characters nor visualise them, at all. This particular one Does have good general discription of all actors, which is rare for the writer. Also-Way too many active characters ! The other NO, is the Drinking habit in all of Ms. Kelley's novels: In young and old women, mostly. Drinking hard alcohol like vodka, mexican coctails and vine .... constantly: at breakfast (and before it), lunch and dinners and many times-just alone without food.... At celebratory events, and just because.

Published by: sofisticated

Sep 4, 2025

For: I walked the line : my life with Johnny

A moving, necessary, and unflinching look at the other side of the Cash legacy

Vivian Cash’s memoir, I Walked the Line, is a powerful and often heartbreaking account of what it was like to be the first Mrs. Johnny Cash. This book pulls back the curtain on the legendary singer’s rise to fame while showing the personal cost it had on his family. Written with honesty and emotional depth, Vivian tells her story not as a star-struck spouse, but as a devoted wife and mother left to raise four daughters while her husband’s life spiraled into addiction, fame, and ultimately betrayal. What makes the book especially poignant is Vivian’s unwavering faith and loyalty. She truly believed in Johnny’s talent and supported him long before he was famous. Yet as he toured constantly and became entangled with June Carter, Vivian’s world unraveled. The pain she describes is raw—readers feel the loneliness of being left at home, the sting of rumors, and the devastation of seeing her marriage eroded by infidelity. The book also casts a harsher light on June Carter, who was already twice divorced with two children when she entered Johnny’s life. Vivian makes clear that June knew Johnny was married with four little girls, but pursued him regardless. To Vivian, June wasn’t just a colleague or friend—she was the woman who knowingly inserted herself into a family and contributed to its downfall. For those who’ve only ever seen the romanticized version of Johnny and June’s love story (especially in the film Walk the Line), Vivian’s account is a sobering and valid counterpoint. Overall, I Walked the Line is not only the story of a famous musician’s wife, but also a testimony to resilience. Vivian gives voice to the silenced partner of a legend, reminding readers that behind every myth is a very real family who bore the consequences.

Published by: Zeigen71