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The Deader the Better: A Leo Waterman Mystery Review

August 7th, 2010 No comments
The Deader the Better: A Leo Waterman Mystery (Leo Waterman Mysteries)

When he turns forty-five, Seattle private detective Leo Waterman will inherit a large trust fund. Currently, Leo lives with his long-time partner, forensic pathologist Rebecca, who loves him. Leo still has a foultaste in his mouth from his last case even though he successfully rescued asexually abused teenage girl and placed her with her grandmother.
Toescape [...]

Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes and Linens Review

May 17th, 2010 No comments
Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes and Linens

“Home Comforts” has been so helpful and authoritative that I preordered “Laundry” as soon as it was announced.I was very disappointed to find that it consisted almost entirely of material taken from her previous book.If Cheryl Mendelson feels that she needs to revise “Home Comforts”, she should go over the entire book and bring out [...]

Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism Review

April 20th, 2010 No comments
Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism

I am a sociolinguist with a specialism in bilingualism, and every year I teach a course on bilingalism to undergraduates in a prestigious UK university. The students are in their second or final year of a degree programme, and have all done some basic courses in linguistics, but don’t typically have a lot of background [...]

Sing ‘n Learn Japanese, Vol. 1 Review

February 9th, 2010 No comments
Sing

I showed this to my Japanese friends and they really knew all of the songs.These are popular songs.The lyrics are written in romanji (the roman alphabet) and hiragana so they can read by anybody.All the songs are translated.The CD is good.The songs are short but most are repeated twice.The voice is a little high for [...]