Like the forest above it, the moss turf is a patchwork of many species. And if you're down on your knees with your nose poked into ...

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There are times when a full-sized book list is just too much; when the Top 100, a Big Read, or all the Prize winners seem like too daunt...

After granting territorial status to Oregon, Congress followed up on September 27, 1850, by enacting the Donation Land Act that offered...

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NOTE Reading The Whole Fromage: Adventures in the Delectable World of French Cheese by Kathe Lison got me thinking about this Au Revo...

He was smiling now but there was a glitter to his smile and the sharp tip of an eyetooth showed for a second at the side. He was jealous ...

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He took that bag from a manila envelope and gave it to Leonard who took it as he might a grenade minus its pin.  O'Reilly sat on the ...

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They quickly loaded her small tacklebox, two spinning rods, and the picnic hamper. She was so effervescent that it verged on playacting...

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Parachutes & Kisses is the third book in Erica Jong's Isadora Wing trilogy that started with the terrifically good Fear of Fly...

Although many artisan cheesemakers of this era learned to make cheese by trial and error, Pierre Kolisch, a former attorney, learned to...

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