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Paula's Pick

4/26/2017

 
This week Paula found a real gem! An autographed copy of a Wolfgang Puck cookbook! It's made out to Jennifer, so if you happen to share that name, you have quite an opportunity here!
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Treasure on the high seas.

4/24/2017

 
A few years ago I found this book on the shelves and took it home to my wife. Since we live aboard, I thought she might enjoy it. I eventually picked it up, finished it in a couple of days and loved it so much it became part of my permanent on-board library. That says a lot, given the small amount of space we have, where we cram 30DVDs into the space of one book, the space for one book means a lot. Despite its somewhat dated (1968) and possibly sexist title, this book has been a gem! One chapter on first aid was written by a doctor, which really brings it home: I mean, what if you have to actually do mouth-to-mouth and be face to face with a potentially dead person, perhaps one of your loved ones? But most of this book is so wonderful, such dark thoughts need not be dwelled on, instead sections like this preval: 

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"When I close my eyes I can conjure up my paradise island...flamboyant with orchid flowered trees, jewel green with crystal pools bright with darting parrot fish. And sometimes the flamingos, rosy flames against an opalescent sky, swoop down to feed in the gently lapping surf. Here are papayas, coconuts, and breadfruit - mine for the picking. Is it real, my island? It is, but I'd be a fool to tell you where it is, wouldn't I?"

Paula's Pick

4/20/2017

 
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Paula has been a good sport about picking good reads at the Booknook and had a book all picked out for this feature while she waited for me to stop by the Booknook. However, she was telling someone about that pick and that person bought it! Oh no! That happened to me a few years ago, I posted a Booknook Blog post on Robert Ramirez' book on the FFT and while showing it to my coworker, he decided to buy the book! Oh no! 
So instead this week's Paula's Pick is a book she is currently reading, Snow Falling On Cedars. In 1999 this book was released as a movie starring Ethan Hawk as Ismael Chambers. From IMDB:"​A U.S. Japanese fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael."

Paula's Pick

4/5/2017

 
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Today's Paula's Pick is The Secret Between Us, a story with a lesson. From Amazon: "​Deborah Monroe and her daughter, Grace, are driving home from a party when their car hits a man running in the dark. Grace was at the wheel, but Deborah sends her home before the police arrive, determined to shoulder the blame for the accident. Her decision then turns into a deception that takes on a life of its own and threatens the special bond between mother and daughter."

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