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81Top 10 Best Selling Books - Oprah's Book Club
Here are the Top 10 Best Sellers from Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. Her book club was seen as a great way to get more people to read. The club ran from 1996 to 2011 and was one of the most popular features on her show.
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73Book Review: Almost Moon: Alice Sebold
First let me introduce myself. I currently teach American Literature, Ethics, World Religions and Social & Political Philosophy at a prep school. In the past, I have taught courses at the university level. I write poetry now and then when the spirit...
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70Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #94
"You sure you don't want to come along, Tam? This is likely to be the last sunshiny day we git before the first calf drops." We were enjoying the new dining addition we'd added on the north side of Cougar's and Penny's house, this predawn breakfast...
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66Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #93
It had been a whirlwind building project, but the addition was finished. Good thing, too; the first real snowstorm of the year looked ready to hit us by dark. Chet and Bodeen manhandled the refolded Army tent out through the door, and I turned to...
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64Top 5 Stanley Cup Contenders for 2011-2012
A rundown of the top 5 competitors for the NHL Stanley Cup in 2011-2012.
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61Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #85
"Thanks, Chet." I handed Marie up into the buggy, then fished out a dollar fer the hostler. "You're more than welcome, Dawson," the grizzled man replied, stuffing the silver in his pocket. "especially since you and Marie are the first people I've...
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60Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #102
Scrap Hannigan was about as dirty a man as we'd ever seen. No, no, not usually. Jist today. He'd come straight over the ridge and down to see us. It was that important. Cougar, Tam, and I caught his look and excused ourselves from the table....
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59Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #114
After many years of following strict security procedures on the trail, Bodeen and I decided to loosen up a bit. Jist a bit, mind you; we weren't going all tenderfoot or anything. But where in the past we'd always had our campfires out by the time it...
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59Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #91
Haying season was upon us. The Buckeye mower was ready to start cutting, and we'd ordered another identical model fer the Morgan place. Before he was murdered, Zeke Jacobson had cut hay to feed his cattle through the winter, but only the old school...
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58Hockey (Canadian Soccer) and A Little Basketball
Let me start with basketball so that I can finish well. Remember, it's not how you start, it's how you finish. When a basketball season starts, you already have a good idea of who is going to win. You have...
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