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S.K wrote in a review for
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on shelf
Children's books,
Fantasy:
I think so far in the book is amazing because there is so many details that the author put in the book! ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
PC Roadkill on shelf
Computer:
Now seriously dated, but a good look back at the US PC software industry back when a 486 was a hefty upgrade. Lots of inside stories, anecdotes and things people are by now probably trying to forget. ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business on shelf
Business and Management:
An honest book about honest marketing. Yes, they exist! I have no experience in marketing but the honesty and openness in this book surprised me. Lynda Resnick has real-world experience with marketing ...
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Marissa wrote in a review for
Cell: A Novel on shelf
Horror:
This is one of my all time favourite books by any author. I started reading it and I couldn't stop.
If you want to read a really good book, read this one! ...
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Kathryn Mullan! wrote in a review for
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on shelf
Children's books:
Gripping ...
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Theresa Schaff wrote in a review for
Last Call on shelf
Fiction:
The book was absolutely remarkable. Best dialogue I've read in years.
It was really easy to get into the characters and feel a real attachment to them. Was left wanting to read more about them all wh ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Last Call on shelf
Fiction:
Life in a New York bar is an interesting adventure with lots of aspects of life involved. Friendship becomes the most important factor bringing unexpected adventure to the regular customers. The old b ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within on shelf
History,
War and weapons:
Soldiers have the image of being Rambo-like persons with not much emotion. This book tells the real story of a soldier on active duty in Afghanistan in 2002. Getting involved in intense action in a re ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
The dotCrime Manifesto: How to Stop Internet Crime on shelf
Computer security:
A quite readable book about the modern crimes related to the Internet. All those crimes (phishing, advance fee fraud) aren't new but 'real-life' crimes revisited. The book describes a lot of the probl ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition on shelf
Computer security:
A book that lets the reader really experience and feel how computers are broken into and how exploits are written. You don't have to be a programming guru to get the feel for how easy it can be to exp ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry on shelf
History,
Travel guides:
With a strange sounding subject like this a very readable and interesting book. The history of nuclear weapons design, both in the US and other countries has always been shrouded in secrecy but Nathan ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
The Forgotten Past (The Arhka Chronicles, Vol. 2): Heather Hayashi on shelf
Fantasy,
Science Fiction:
This is the second book of the Arkha Chronicles, after "To Save the World". The SciFi with a fantasy twist continues. Or maybe it is fantasy with some SciFi, with special magic and dragons. As far as ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency on shelf
War and weapons:
A great book describing the history and background of the US national security agency (NSA). It reads like a very good fiction book but you constantly realize that this is about actual history as it m ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
The Watchman on shelf
Computer history/fun:
This book describes the phreaking and hacking activities of Kevin Poulsen. His phreaking combined with social engineering and breaking into phone company buildings. For a book written by a journalist ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
The Bone Vault: Linda Fairstein on shelf :
A book that reads like an episode of "Law and order". Which I find a positive way to write a book. The author writes from experience: she herself works at the New-York police department. The story dev ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie on shelf :
One note in this book particularly struck me: in the beginning days of home computers people who had a home computer were very actively using them - "Nobody sat around mindlessly playing Solitaire all ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Girls of Riyadh: A Novel: Rajaa Alsanea on shelf :
Life in Riyadh is radically different from what we are used to as westerners (this reviewer speaking for himself). But the dreams of young people are the same. A career. A good relationship. This book ...
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Sarah wrote in a review for
Alana: The First Adventure on shelf
Children's books:
This book is AWSOME!!!that's all I can say about it.the end is tense, I recomend this book!I give the book 199/2!!It's sooo cool!!! ...
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Mahogani Freeman wrote in a review for
Slave Songs of the United States on shelf
History:
Can't wait to find that book and read. It looks really good, a book i can sit down at home in front of the fire place and read. Great review!!! ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Relocating Mia on shelf
Fiction:
A book with a bit of everything: romance, international espionage, work relations and a big twist. The story does have a Hollywood-style somewhat predictable happy ending but only after taking an inte ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Wireless Hacks on shelf
Computer networks:
Another of the O'Reilly "hacks" series, where the word "hack" is used in the original sense meaning clever trick or use not thought of by the original designer. This book goes into the technical detai ...
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Mrs. George Cooper wrote in a review for
Alana: The First Adventure on shelf
Children's books:
This book is the answer to any young girls problems with self esteem becasue she goes from this timid little "boy" to a confident young adult with a feel for what she wants and will go after is with a ...
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naveed iqbal wrote in a review for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) on shelf
Children's books,
Fantasy:
In my opinion she had to write more book at this level because children enjoy the novel toooooooooooooo much ...
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bety wrote in a review for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) on shelf
Children's books,
Fantasy:
harry potter the best book ever ...
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Reviewer
Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for
Asterisk: The Future of Telephony on shelf :
A good book for those looking for one on the subject of Asterisk. Both for people coming from a telephone or a computer background, it explains how Asterisk integrates computing power, affordable hard ...
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