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Spec Operations: McRaven"In his book Spec Ops, the author identifies six principles that define a successful mission, including simplicity, speed and surprise. When his team of Navy Seals flew into Abbotabad in search of Osama bin Laden, they were armed with all six, but perhaps most important was purpose- a tactical art ... More 
jellaby jones and joe that's me and there was a boy his name was andrew gooding he turned into a croquet hook for lack of riceDoes anyone know a book of childrens rhymes with two rhymes jellaby jones and joe that's me went skating one Christmas day and There was a boy who's name was Andrew Gooding. 
Thriller from the 70's or soI read this in the early 70's I think - a great thriller. The hero was part American Indian - he was looking for bad guys who had code names Stitch, Tuck, Dart, Hem etc. Part of it occurred in Africa on a Safari - the Safari guide was missing an eye and he had several patches with different eyes ... More 
What was that Book?I read John Brunner?s novella ?Time Out of Mind? in the 70?s and am now trying to locate a copy of it. The premise of the book was a future dystopia in which the world changed from a producing society to a consuming one. Babies are born with a finite length of time to live (+/- 18 years). At that point ... More
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Last: on November 15, 2012 
Medieval Romance BookI am looking for a historical romance book; I can't remember the title or author. I read it sometime in the last three years, but it was a secondhand book, so the book could be older than that. It starts with a siege on a castle by the hero. The hero is an illegitimate son that has laid siege ... More 
Lucinda and thte little girl witchOne of my favorite books from my childhood was a story about a little girl named Lucinda (I think). She had another little girl that came to live with her that was a witch, (black cat included,) This was about 45 years ago and I don't know the name of the author or the book. I would love to find ... More
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Last: on October 25, 2012 
Childrens bookRead this in the UK in the 1980s. All I can remember is a girl (?) having something in her eye, thought it was a piece of coal soot but the professor (?) looks in her eye with a magnifying glass and finds a dragon in there which he removes with a paintbrush dipped in castor oil. I seem to think it was ... More
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Last: on October 24, 2012 
Raghetti - a long long questMy sister and I have longed for this apparently silly book, something about raghetti spaghetti. All I remember is that whenever our mother (died in 2006) would read it to us, she would laugh unto tears. I cannot even give the subject! We were SO young. George
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Last: on October 23, 2012 
Children's book 1960's or 1970's about a house full of catsI don't remember the title, I think it was a mystery. It had a house full of cats...
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Last: on October 23, 2012 
Medieval Romance about black widowThis woman has buried 3 husbands, and she's come to be known as a black widow, specifically because her husbands all died mysteriously. A knight comes to investigate her, decides to marry her, and brings along his son. It ends up being that the lady's main confidante was actually murdering her husband ... More
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