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A Wolf At The Table: A Memoir of my Father»rank: 3060par: Augusten Burroughs
Chroniques et points de vue: :Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: When l started reading A Wolf at the Table, l thought l knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else's hands. l love this quality of his writing, and it's present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What l wasn't prepared for was the suspense--the dread-filled, nearly ... |
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Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story»rank: 23672par: Chuck Klosterman
Chroniques et points de vue: :Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: When l started reading A Wolf at the Table, l thought l knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else's hands. l love this quality of his writing, and it's present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What l wasn't prepared for was the suspense--the dread-filled, nearly ... |
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In The Land Of Long Fingernails»rank: 7713par: Charles Wilkins
Chroniques et points de vue: :Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: When l started reading A Wolf at the Table, l thought l knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else's hands. l love this quality of his writing, and it's present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What l wasn't prepared for was the suspense--the dread-filled, nearly ... |
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Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography»rank: 4662par: Richard Branson
Chroniques et points de vue: :Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: When l started reading A Wolf at the Table, l thought l knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else's hands. l love this quality of his writing, and it's present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What l wasn't prepared for was the suspense--the dread-filled, nearly ... |
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Walking With Legends: The Real Stories of Hockey Night in Canada»rank: 17349par: Ralph Mellanby, Mike Brophy
Chroniques et points de vue: :Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: When l started reading A Wolf at the Table, l thought l knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else's hands. l love this quality of his writing, and it's present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What l wasn't prepared for was the suspense--the dread-filled, nearly ... |
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The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star»rank: 5352par: Nikki Sixx
Chroniques et points de vue: :Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: When l started reading A Wolf at the Table, l thought l knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else's hands. l love this quality of his writing, and it's present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What l wasn't prepared for was the suspense--the dread-filled, nearly ... |
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing & the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10»rank: 35838par: Marcus Luttrell
Chroniques et points de vue: :Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: When l started reading A Wolf at the Table, l thought l knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else's hands. l love this quality of his writing, and it's present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What l wasn't prepared for was the suspense--the dread-filled, nearly ... |
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Gift from the Sea»rank: 4794par: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Chroniques et points de vue:From :l found a 1955 printing of this book in an old waterfront cabin and was struck by the care with which the previous owner had read it. Eve (the name inscribed inside the front cover and then again above the heading for chapter 3) made pencil marks on nearly every paragraph of the book, underlining a phrase, highlighting many passages with strong vertical marks, scratching out some words that she seems to have found superfluous and even x-ing out whole sections that apparently missed their mark with ... |
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Extraordinary Canadians Nellie Mcclung»rank: 12850par: Charlotte Gray
Chroniques et points de vue:From :l found a 1955 printing of this book in an old waterfront cabin and was struck by the care with which the previous owner had read it. Eve (the name inscribed inside the front cover and then again above the heading for chapter 3) made pencil marks on nearly every paragraph of the book, underlining a phrase, highlighting many passages with strong vertical marks, scratching out some words that she seems to have found superfluous and even x-ing out whole sections that apparently missed their mark with ... |
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The Price: My Life as Natalia, New York's $2,000-An-Hour Escort»rank: 7044par: Natalie McLennan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :l found a 1955 printing of this book in an old waterfront cabin and was struck by the care with which the previous owner had read it. Eve (the name inscribed inside the front cover and then again above the heading for chapter 3) made pencil marks on nearly every paragraph of the book, underlining a phrase, highlighting many passages with strong vertical marks, scratching out some words that she seems to have found superfluous and even x-ing out whole sections that apparently missed their mark with ... |