Book Reviews (P to R)
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| Partners In Command (2007©) |
Mark Perry |
Sent Home Is Better Than Fixed |
Highly |
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| Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series #1: The Lightning Thief (2005©) |
Rick Riordan |
Greek Myths For Kids |
Highly |
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| Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series #2: The Sea Of Monsters (2006©) |
Rick Riordan |
I See With My One Good Eye |
Highly |
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| Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series #3: The Titan’s Curse (2007©) |
Rick Riordan |
On The Shoulders Of Titans |
Highly |
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| Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series #4: The Battle of the Labyrinth (2008©) |
Rick Riordan |
The Last Two Olympians |
Highly |
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| Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series #5: The Last Olympian (2009©) |
Rick Riordan |
The Last Two Olympians |
Highly |
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| Percy Jackson & The Olympians (Not Official Series): The Demigod Files (2009©) |
Rick Riordan |
A Quick Sunday Morning Read |
Highly |
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| Percy Jackson & The Olympians (Not Official Series): Demigods And Monsters (2008©) |
Rick Riordan (edited) |
The Road To Recovery (And More Myths) |
Just Ok |
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| Perfect Figures (2007©) |
Bunny Crumpacker |
Learning To Count |
Highly |
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| The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out (1999©) |
Richard P. Feynman |
Sunday Morning Earlies |
Highly |
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| The Power of Myth (1988©) |
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers, Betty Sue Flowers (Editor) |
Storytelling |
Highly |
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| Practical Intelligence (2007©) |
Karl Albrecht |
Bodily Functions |
Strongly |
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| PRE – The Story of America’s Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine (1997©) |
Tom Jordan |
The Gift |
Highly |
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| Predictably Irrational (2008©) |
Dan Ariely |
Irrationally Predictable |
Highly |
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| Pride And Prejudice (1813©) – An Annotated Edition (2010©) |
Jane Austen, annotations edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks |
The Original |
A “romance classic”, Highly |
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| The Prince (1513©) |
Niccolò Machiavelli |
Two Books, Two Movies |
A “political classic”, Highly |
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| Push-Hands: The Handbook For Non-Competitive Tai Chi Practice With A Partner (1997©) |
Herman Kauz |
A Receptive Push |
Highly |
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| The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989©) |
Frank Zappa w/ Peter Occhiogrosso |
Zappa-ed |
Moderate to Strong |
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| The Return of Depression Economics (and the Crisis of 2008) (2009©) |
Dr. Paul Krugman |
Conservative Depressions |
Highly |
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| Revolution For Dummies: Laughing Through The Arab Spring (2017©) |
Bassem Youssef |
Deliver The Revolution |
Highly |
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| The Road To Sparta (2016©) |
Dean Karnazas |
Running On History |
Strong |
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| The Roving Mind (New Edition 1997© originally 1983©) |
Isaac Asimov |
Roving (Again) |
Highly |
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| The Runner And The Path (2002©) |
Dean Ottati |
One Path |
Conversational and Enjoyable / Recommended |
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| Running And Being (1978©) |
Dr. George Sheehan |
55 |
All in all, the book is worth reading and thinking about, but if I had it to do over, I’d check the book out of the library, not buy it. |
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| Running Past 50 (1998©) |
Richard Benyo |
A Second 4 Hour Jog |
Moderate to Strong. A book for runners older than 50. |
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