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Lemlin is not as well-known as other vegetarian cookbook authors. But this is as good a book as you could hope for. Everything is good; everything is easy. When my daughter was teaching herself to cook, she used this book. The BEST!
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This has been around for a while, but, given the new financial realities, it's good to know how to use what you have. The pictures in the book are awful! But if you do what Ward says (rearrange furniture into U-shape, use pairs, etc), your room will look better. Truly worth owning.
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Not an absolute must-read, but a lovely book nonetheless. Bogle created the Vanguard Funds, whose shareholder-owned structure means more for investors and less for him. His ethics and good sense come through in this book, as he ponders what is "enough." Given the recent economic meltdown and the revelations about members of the financial industry, Bogle reminds us that there is ANOTHER way to do business and to live one's life.
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A beautiful book about family, history, loss, love ...this reminds me of the earlier Machine Dreams, which also centers on a sibling relationship. A moving, powerful book.
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Delightful. You will really get a sense of what made Julia Julia: hard work, curiosity, total lack of self-pity. You will also learn how important her husband, Paul Child, was to her success.
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Quick Vegetarian Pleasures: More Than 175 Fast, Delicious, and Healthy Meatless Recipes by Jeanne Lemlin
frugalscholar, February 11, 2009
Lemlin is not as well-known as other vegetarian cookbook authors. But this is as good a book as you could hope for. Everything is good; everything is easy. When my daughter was teaching herself to cook, she used this book. The BEST!(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
Use What You Have Decorating by Lauri Ward
frugalscholar, February 9, 2009
This has been around for a while, but, given the new financial realities, it's good to know how to use what you have. The pictures in the book are awful! But if you do what Ward says (rearrange furniture into U-shape, use pairs, etc), your room will look better. Truly worth owning.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John Bogle
frugalscholar, February 8, 2009
Not an absolute must-read, but a lovely book nonetheless. Bogle created the Vanguard Funds, whose shareholder-owned structure means more for investors and less for him. His ethics and good sense come through in this book, as he ponders what is "enough." Given the recent economic meltdown and the revelations about members of the financial industry, Bogle reminds us that there is ANOTHER way to do business and to live one's life.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
frugalscholar, February 2, 2009
A beautiful book about family, history, loss, love ...this reminds me of the earlier Machine Dreams, which also centers on a sibling relationship. A moving, powerful book.(4 of 16 readers found this comment helpful)
My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme
frugalscholar, February 2, 2009
Delightful. You will really get a sense of what made Julia Julia: hard work, curiosity, total lack of self-pity. You will also learn how important her husband, Paul Child, was to her success.(10 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)
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