| 1. Cold Rock River: A Novel | 
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By: J. L. Miles
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
October 01, 2008
Cold Rock River, set in the early Vietnam era, creates a deeply emotional portrayal of southern history, intolerance, slavery, and the human interactions that are so emblematic of this author's stories. If you love good characterization, you'll love this book and all the others written by J.L. Miles. Certainly a page turner with cliff hangers and twists all along the way. I think you'll love her... more
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| 2. The Conservative's Handbook: Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z | 
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By: Phil Valentine
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
September 01, 2008
Quite good look into the mind of the modern American Right, for what that's worth, but otherwise unremarkable. The writing style should be familiar to anyone who's ever read right-wing commentary on the internet: a condescending folksy style, no words that are too big, endless insults at "liberals" with much reference to arrogant academes/cocktail parties/private jets/Hollywood/etc, much repetition... more
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| 3. Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Childbirth |
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By: Giuditta Tornetta
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
May 01, 2008
This sounded like a good book at first, but as I kept reading, it was very "new age", I don't really recomend... more
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| 4. Roseflower Creek: A Novel | 
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By: J. L. Miles
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
September 01, 2001
Writing an entire novel in Southern dialect--any dialect, for that matter--is difficult work. Props to the author for keeping up the energy in that regard. However, clichés abound within the lines as well as the story line, which was disappointing. We get alcoholism, abuse, murder, the poor South, a dash of religion and race, etc. All the things you'd expect. That said, the narrator has heart and... more
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| 5. Christmas With Grandma Elsie (The Original Elsie Classics, Book 14) (Bk.14) |
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By: Martha Finley
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
2000-10
This was a wonderful Elsie book with many thrills in it.
Again, like the last few books, the story centers on Lulu Raymond---Elsie's granddaughter.
The holidays have arrived and all of the family has grouped together at Grandma Elsie's house for the fun. There's snowball fights, sleigh rides, charades, stories, and other amusement provided by ventriloquist, Cousin Ronald. There's... more
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| 6. Cake Mix Cookies: More Than 175 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin With a Box of Cake Mix |
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By: Camilla V. Saulsbury
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
October 30, 2005
This book is by far the best!! Nice soft cookies. I have tried only three recipes so far, and I am looking forward to doing more. I have gotten raves from friends and family for the rum cookies. Yum!!... more
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| 7. The American Diner Cookbook |
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By: Elizabeth McKeon, Linda Everett
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
February 01, 2003
Tons of fun! This volume sings the praises of diner food--by providing some of the classic recipes. A bonus is brief descriptions of some diners, one of which I have actually eaten at (The Wellsboro Diner in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania; by the way, the food is good there!). There are also numerous photos of other diners, without discussion of these.
Many of these recipes are not overly... more
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| 8. Divorcing Dwayne: A Novel |
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By: J. L. Miles
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
April 01, 2008
The prose and dialogue are too loaded with phony Southernisms to easily follow the plot or figure out what the people are even talking about. I am a lifelong Southerner and a great lover of Southern novels and I simply couldn't follow the story. Perhaps, Wisconsonites should not set a story in the white trash South unless they have lived there at least 3/4 of their lives. I don't think any real... more
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| 9. Why Did I Marry You Anyway? Overcoming the Myths That Hinder a Happy Marriage |
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By: Barbara Bartlein
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
November 22, 2007
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (12/07)
My usual reaction to this kind of self-help book is somewhere along the lines of, "And exactly what does he/she thinks he/she knows about MY marriage?" More often than not, I either find them all too preachy or too simplistic to help me solve any particular problems I might have encountered in my personal life, so they end... more
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| 10. How to Cook for Crohn's and Colitis: More Than 200 Healthy, Delicious Recipes the Whole Family Will Love | 
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By: Brenda Roscher
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
August 01, 2007
I'm sad to speak ill of a fellow Crohnie, but Brenda Rocher is doing the same thing most people do with Crohn's cookbooks: irresponsibly generalizing. Like a few other reviewers, I picked this book up thinking, "Ooh, recipes without insoluble fiber or complex sugars," but nope. It's just your typical "as long as it's low fat and talks about nutrition a lot, it's a Crohn's diet," book. I couldn't... more
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