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Book Review: The Plot Against America - Philip Roth

In "The Plot Against America" Philip Roth asks the question "What if Charles Lindbergh, instead of FDR, was elected to the Presidency in 1940?" After Lindbergh made his famous transatlantic flight, and after his child was kidnapped and later found dead, Charles Lindbergh began speaking out about...

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Book Review: The Coma - Alex Garland

A man sits by himself on a subway and watches a group of teenagers harass a woman and try to steal her purse. She gets away from them and moves closer, sitting down next to the men. The teenagers follow and try again to grab the woman's purse. This time the man stands up, raises his arm, and says...

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Book Review: The Dancing Mind - Toni Morrison

The Dancing Mind is not your typical book. It is not a fiction book, nor is it really a non-fiction book. The Dancing Mind is a speech Toni Morrison gave when she accepted The National Book Foundation Medal. This is a very slim volume, coming in at only 17 pages, but it is an opportunity to read...

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Movie Review: The Wedding Crashers

Anyone who's seen the trailer knows the basic premise; two guys crash weddings in the hopes of meeting gorgeous women. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are divorce mediators who spend their weekends crashing weddings and getting laid as much as is humanly possible. The first half of this movie went...

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Movie Review: Collateral (2004)

A film by Michael Mann Max (Jamie Foxx) is a Las Angeles cab driver with dreams of something grander for his life. His dream, as he tells various fares, is to own his own luxury limo company: Island Limos. This job of driving a taxi is only temporary, but it is a temporary job that has lasted...

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Book Review: Martin Dressler - Steven Millhauser

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1997 While I am sure that most people begin a Pulitzer Prize winning novel with excitement about the treasure they are about to read, I begin with a little trepidation. Will the novel live up to the hype of winning America s most prestigious literary prize? In...

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Book Review: Great Lies to Tell Small Kids

This is a book of cartoons by Andy Riley, author of the Bunny Suicides books. It's very short and not worth buying, but next time you're in the bookstore go to the humor section and read through it. I think this is one shelfie will really appreciate.

by User avatar MechEngDropout

Movie Review: Brokeback Mountain

"Brokeback Mountain" is the film that has the most Academy Award nominations out of all of the 2005 movies. It us up for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress (to name the major nominations). In short, this is a major...

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Book Review: Triathlon Swimming Made Easy

This is a book by Total Immersion, a teaching style that advertises heavily in triathlon magazine. I had seen their ads, but always thought 'swimming is swimming, how can reading a book help?' After reading just the first several chapters and hitting the beach I was amazed at how much more fluid...

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Any recommended books on running for women?

Answered by a doctor

My mom is 48 and she and my dad have just divorced. She still has difficulties in accepting it so shes depressed and feels very bad. Ive talked to a counselor in my high school and she told me to talk my mom into taking up a certain activity. I think running will be great since in addition to being...

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