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"Invigorating . . . Savagely effective . . . Displays the same wit and ironic compassion that gained so many fans for her novels."
--The New York Times Book Review
Modern stories for modern times, Crash Diet is at once brilliant and bitter, happy and heartbreaking. In eleven stories, acclaimed novelist Jill McCorkle tells the varied tales of today's southern women, the lives they end up leading, and the loves that distract them. Sandra knows that the best revenge is her ex-husband's credit card; Ruthie is stuck owning a motel that the highway has bypassed; Anna is a widow who goes to airports and looks in on other people's lives; Bunny waits eagerly for her absent sister's postcards for advice on how to live.
Stuck in the slow lane, gunning their motors, they are women living the real life, hoping things will get better, but surprised when they occasionally do.
Customer Reviews:
Crash Diet is Satisfying!.......2005-06-14
What a great writer Jill McCorkle is. I started on the short story collection to see if I liked her work, and now I'm looking forward to reading Ferris Beach and some of her novels. Crash Diet's stories have a southern flavor, but they aren't overdone caricatures. A wonderful collection of stories by a very talented author.
Wow! This woman can write.......2001-08-15
I found "Crash Diet" in a pile of books and was intrigued by the title. It was a collection of short stories by a southern writer. Usually, with a collection of stories - there is sure to be a couple that you don't care for - but not with this collection.
Each female protagonist was her own charachter. I felt as though I knew each one of them through Ms. McCorkle's description and characterization. Some funny, some sad - all uniquely interesting.
I highly reccomend this book.
Very enjoyable.......2000-06-22
I loved the many stories in this book. The protagonists are all female, but they are of different ages, situations and dilemmas. Jill McCorkle shows a lot of humor and wisdom in telling their stories.
McCorkle always a pleasure.......1998-08-03
Crash Diet reveals McCorkle's strengths as a writer of the New South, which I first enjoyed several years ago in July 7th and Tending to Virginia. It's like I was never gone; her comic style intertwines effortlessly with the truly sympathetic in this collection of short fiction. There are lots of voices here, all of women grappling with changes in their lives that have brought chaos, rather than order. The pieces were written across a span of years and the author's propensity to drop topical references to our disposable culture can be a little distracting when moving from one story to another, as you inevitably pause to recall just when "Falcon Crest" or "The New Newlyweds Game" was hot. But that's just a little itch, and it doesn't date the material.
A wonderful Book of Short Stories about women.......1998-06-15
I usually don't read short stories, but I read a review of this book and decided to take a chance. I'm glad I did. Ms. McCorkle does a wonderful job of portraying various types of women. It is perfect bedside reading.
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Go deep inside the body to see what happens when organs are injured. See how ruptured arteries put deadly pressure on the brain, and understand the impact of interrupted brain function throughout the body. Then witness as the brain repairs itself and slowly regains the vital connections it had lost.
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Great Fantasy Writer - She shouldn't write about romance.......2003-12-04
I thought this, as well as the other novels in the series, were VERY well written. I have to say that the romantic "scenes" were on the mushy side. I don't know that there is a really good literary solution for this, it was just the one area in the trilogy that got on my nerves a bit. I still highly recomend the series.
Perfect Fantasy Novel.......2003-08-09
I made this my summer book a couple years ago, i think i was 13 or 14. I had picked it up at chapters one day when my dad had taken me on a big book-spree (yes, im insanely in love with books) anyway, on our way out i spotted it in a bargain box and i instantly had to have it. Even though it was a beautiful hardcover, I got it for little more than 6 bucks. I bought it straight away. i started reading it that night and was done about 2 weeks later. The characters are amazingly real to me, and the setting was so well thought out that i was actually convinced a few times that it was real! i really loved that book, and have read it once more after that summer. If you like fantasy novels, I really do suggest this one because it has everything you could ever ask for; romance, fighting, quests, arguments, elves, humans, knights, princesses, kings, deception etc. etc. I could go on, but im not going to take up your time since your going to buy the book now instead of listening to me ramble on about how AWESOME it was **winks** go, buy, now!
~Rav
Sometimes slow, but overall great.......2001-04-10
Overall this was a great book. It is full of deception and heroism. Some of the characters seem to act irrational sometimes, but this is how it would work in real life. The plot is defined and developed, and the characters have strong values which they usually stick. I also enjoyed it because I wasn't sure what was going to happen next. This book is definately a good read, but I would not put it in my top five.
(This book was great, don't get me wrong, but after this book definately read the Iron Tower Trilogy {The Dark Tide, Shadows of Doom, and The Darkest Day} by Dennis L. McKiernan. Especially if you liked LOR.)
Another great trilogy on the Renshai!.......2000-02-08
This trilogy holds itself against the original. The author builds on the characters she created in the first trilogy and takes them to levels of conflict that she could not have set up otherwise.
Good and evil? Let's try shades of both...her characters this time are young...full of life and of themselves. They learn about violence, love, and the true evil that normal men of power can accomplish...on top of that, they are forced to deal with a supernatural evil of unprecedented levels.
The badguy in this book will have you wanting to jump into the story, grab a sword, and take his head (sorry, reference to another good fantasy tale ;-) ).
Don't start with this book and its trilogy...start with "Last of the Renshai."
This was the wrong one to start with........2000-01-12
I started and stopped the Renshai series with this novel. Too many references to characters I didn't know,and to characters I thought I did know from Norse mythology, but didn't expect to act the way they did in this novel. Maybe I've been brainwashed by the Wagnerian version of 'Twilight of the Gods', but I was expecting something a bit nobler and more awesome than showed up in 'Beyond Ragnarok'. The elves seemed to be particularly clueless.
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Three Volume set includes: The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, and Never Call Retreat. A journalist and public official before becoming editor of American Heritage magazine, Bruce Catton won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his Civil War history A Stillness at Appomattox. As for this monumental Civil War trilogy, first published in the 1960s, historian Henry Steel Commager appraised: "better than any other history of our Civil War it combines narrative vigor, literary grace, freshness of view and independence of judgment, and a kind of catholic spirit which embraces the whole vast tumultuous scene." The first volume opens with the Democratic Party's Charleston convention in 1860 and the split that resulted in two Democratic candidates, followed by the Republican Convention and Lincoln's victory. The country first drifted and then was swept into war, even as Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were declaring that a peaceful solution could be found. The second volume shows how the Union and Confederacy slowly reconciled themselves to an all-out war, and how the statures of Lee, Grant, Sherman, Jefferson Davis, and many others emerged. McClellan's character is impaled here in extracts from his arrogant letters. In the final volume, Lincoln remains resolute in the belief that a house divided against itself cannot stand, while Jefferson Davis struggles valiantly for political and economic stability. Catton traces the most bitter years of the war here, from the fighting at Fredericksburg to the surrender at Appomattox and the end of the Confederacy, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Each book includes a section of color maps, and the three volumes are contained in a blue and red box.
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Superb history and human portrait.......2007-02-11
An exhaustively researched and deeply engrossing narrative, Catton not only tells us *what* happened, but breathes life into the people living in the crucible of the Civil War. What the war meant to the people who lived it and afterwards forms a valuable part of the narrative. Attention is given to attitudes of a vanished generation that people of Catton's age still knew at first and second-hand; such context forms a key part in understanding the war's impact on people at the time and its subsequent place in the American psyche. As the war recedes further into "history", the more important it becomes to see the humans swept up in it. This Catton does, with a deft literary skill that sweeps the reader along just as thoroughly.
The whole series is an independent work, but it does gain a synergistic benefit from reading his other works such as "This Hallowed Ground" (still the best single volume on the war in my opinion) and the Army of the Potomac trilogy. If the War interests you, its Centenniel History is an indispensible read.
Rediscover a Great Historian.......2006-07-19
For those of us whose interest in the Civil War was ignited by the Ken Burns documentary, most naturally gravitated to Shelby Foote's wonderful 3 part Narrative History of the Civil War. Foote's masterpiece will always be at or near the top of anyone's list of great Civil War reading, but for some wanting a different approach, and looking for a slightly shorter and more accessible format, look no further than these three splendid paperback books from Bruce Catton.
While Foote's 3 part history takes approximately 3,000 pages to provide a detailed glimpse of all the major players and battles, Catton here tells the story in 3 books of about 450 pages each. Sacrifices are made, of course, and in some instances you are left wanting a little more detail, but overall Catton tells the story lyrically and with a great knack for tying up loose ends. His themes and arguments always make perfect sense, and while the writing is not as chock-full of historical detail as someone like James MacPherson, you won't feel as if you are reading a watered-down version of the conflict.
Catton begins the first volume, The Coming Fury, with a fascinating look at the 1860 presidential election, with its two Democratic nominees (Stephen Dougles and John Breckenridge) hopelessly splitting the party and eliminating any chance of defeating Lincoln, the nominee of the new Republican party. Catton spends a great deal of time on the splintering of the Democrats, the various conventions preceding the 1860 election, and the fevered calls for war emanating from the South as opposition to the Fugitive Slave law and expansion of the country called into question the slavery issue, and the extent to which slavery would be permitted in new territories and states. The first book then proceeds to a very detailed account of the Charleston/Fort Sumter mess, and concludes with the First Bull Run.
The pacing of the books was a bit odd, since the first 300 or so pages was so full of detail, you come to expect a much longer work, and a more thorough description of some key battles like Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. My only complaint here is that after spending so many pages on the political upheaval and precursors to war, I sometimes felt that not enough time was spent on several of the major campaigns and battles of the war. However most readers have plenty at their disposal if they want to dwell upon any specific campaign, such as MacPherson's excellent "Crossroads of Freedom" book about Antietam. Catton does cover every significant engagement, and does a great job of keeping his narrative and thematic focus intact while shifting to the battles in Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana. The author always discussed the choices and problems presented to the military and political leaders at each step of the struggle, and has a master's touch of fitting each battle into the context of the global struggle.
The final book in the trilogy, Never Call Retreat, was my favorite of the three. Catton does a wonderful job exploring the psyche of the South after some crushing defeats, and their desperate hope of Lincoln losing reelection to McClellan in 1864, followed by their slimmer hope of taking the battle back to Northern soil in the hopes that enough of the nation would simply tire of the war after 3-4 years of bloodshed. The logistical problems facing Robert Lee at the end as he moved his army around Virginia, desperately trying to feed the men, was unforgettable. Catton's last chapter, discussing the symmetry of how the story of the Civil War began and ended with sensational acts of madmen (John Brown and John Wilkes Booth) was a moving and effective coda. I put down the last volume very glad that I picked up this set, I think reading these books is time very well-spent for casual fans of history and true Civil War buffs alike.
Insightful, poetic, humorous and valid overview of the Civil War........2006-06-15
It is curious that Bruce Catton is in many ways today regarded as a forgotten historian. The author of a series of powerful narratives on not only the Civil War but the legends of that conflict, in particular Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, Catton in the 1950s and 60s really brought this country's most tragic war home to a new generation of Americans.
The series that begins with "The Coming Fury," originally published in 1961, and ends with "Never Call Retreat" in 1965, was an elegantly written exploration of all aspects of the war, not just its many and complex military engagements, but the social, economic and political ramifications of what some die-hards still call the War Between the States.
"Mr. Yancey could usually be found at the Charleston Hotel, where the anti-Douglas forces were gathering, and a Northerner who went around to have a look at him reported that he was unexpectedly quiet and mild-mannered, as bland and as smooth as Fernando Wood, the silky Democratic boss from New York City, but radiating a general air of sincerity that Wood never had," Catton begins in the opening paragraph of the first book.
Silky indeed.
For some reason recent Civil War scholars have tended to rely much more frequently on Allen Nevins' ponderous "Ordeal of the Union" series, which also was hailed as a major work revealing the wonders of the era to the post-World War II generation. But Nevins' work is full of errors, he cites footnotes for sources that are nonexistent, and litters his manuscript with endless potshots at people he thinks we should not like: Franklin Pierce is a "charming, pliable, vacillating executive," James Buchanan was controlled by a "timidity, pliability and self-seeking in his character,"; Stephen Douglas "suffered from his head-long impetuosity."
Almost anyone from the South, or more accurately, someone who is not a Radical Republican, suffers greatly in Nevins' series. The author, a New Yorker, writing more than 80 years after the conclusion of the Civil War, was a sore winner, demonstrating a repeated need to point out the moral superiority of the North and the depravity of the Confederacy.
Is that really the historian's purpose?
As a source that is much better written, less self-conscious, and more objective, I recommend the Catton books, a stellar reminder of why good history well-written is so much fun.
Classic.......2005-09-06
This is a classic set of books that all civil war buffs should have. The set provides a great background to the war. The writing is detailed and informative without being so detailed to bury the read.
The Centennial History of the Civil War.......2005-06-11
Phoenix Press has done the reader a great service by issuing this attractive and inexpensive boxed paperback edition of Bruce Catton's classic three volume history of the Civil War.
Begun in 1958 and released between 1961 and 1965, the three books, THE COMING FURY, TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD and NEVER CALL RETREAT take the reader from the fractured Democratic Convention of 1860 to the assassination of President Lincoln.
Catton's books are unique for their almost lyrical readability. Catton's knowledge of his subject is exhaustive and his writing style is passionate. Drawing the reader along, Catton makes it possible to finish the three thick books in virtually three sittings.
Catton's thesis is that the South began the war at a decided material disadvantage and he demonstrates how, even as early as First Manassas, the die was cast for a probable Confederate defeat, tempered only by the Union's initial unwillingness to see the war for what it was, a shattering epochal contest.
The South's uncertain sense of nationhood is illuminated in its adoption of national symbols: At the Montgomery Convention, several delegates wanted to name the Confederacy the "United States of America"; Confederate generals squabbled over rank based on their West Point (i.e., Union) rankings; the South's national holiday was Washington's Birthday, it was established on Jeffersonian principles, and its Stars and Bars was confusingly similar to the Stars and Stripes, so much so as to lead to tragedies in battle. Imagine George Washington dedicating the American Revolution to Queen Elizabeth the First as a counterpoint.
Against this, Catton posits the unsure steps of the North, at first all but willing to let the "wayward sisters depart in peace," then battling the "armed combinations," then fighting for Union; and finally, dedicating the war to ensuring that "government of the people, by the people shall not vanish from the earth."
Thanks to Catton, THE CIVIL WAR becomes a living, breathing and evolving experience, not just a history.
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The Torch and the Sword is the long-awaited sequel to The Final Quest and The Call. This book continues the message that began in The Final Quest and continued in The Call. It is a call to live the greatest adventure, for the noblest of purposes. It is not for the faint of heart, but for those who desire to live as true knights of the cross, refusing to retreat before the great darkness of our times. It is for those who will stand with courage and resolution for truth, righteousness, and justice, as messengers of the age to come. These are the ones who Enoch prophesied would come with power in the last days, and who are now awakening to their destiny.
Customer Reviews:
Uplifting and Challenging!.......2007-09-04
This is the third in a series of books by Rick Joyner in which he had a series of visions where he was allowed to see The Church of Jesus Christ as God really see's it. Not as we see with smiles and fascades.
We see the Saints of God (the people who have asked Jesus personally into their lives) in an actual real live battle and we see Armies, Angels and Demons.
We see the body of Christ deeply divided and many struggling in fear, unbelief, unforgiveness, bitterness, sexual and many other sins and the saddest part of it is they don't even realise what is happening. They think this is their 'lot in life' and put up with it.
Then the Lord starts to restore His Church.
But not without severe opposition from both inside the Church and the World.
In the visions Rick himself makes many foolish mistakes which leave him open to attack and little by little he and we hopefully learn how to walk with God as He wants us to in love and faith.
If you liked 'The Pilgrim's Progress' by John Bunyan (which was also given as a vision in a dream and has blessed millions world wide.) then you should like this too.
I recomend you read the other two books first being in order; 'The Final Quest' and 'The Call'.
All three books are excellently written too and with wondefull descriptions of Heaven and of our lovely Lord Jesus.
These would be great books for a new Christian as they could jerk the slack out of his life and help him press deeper into the Lord.
May God really bless you.
The final Quest and the call.......2007-04-24
I read these two books about 2 years ago;I was blessed by them both. I realize you must be ready and stable enough in the word of God to catch the revelation. I since then have given away my two books but was pleased to find out that they were still available. I am looking forward to reading The Torch and the sword. May God continue to write the vision and make it plain because those that have a ear will take heed. Mr.Joyner may God continue to bless you.
Requirement Reading for the End-Timers .......2007-01-22
Rick Joyner is always good to read.
His book has no redundancy; his logical flow is so natural.
He is surely a master of a biblical knowledge and history, and its experience and practice alike. Especially his emphasis on "humility" at the end of the book is so overwhelming and engaging and even awesome.
It is full of so many vivid imageries and powerful insights. I should say, "Strongly Recommended Book to Everybody, Especially to the End-Timers!"
Amazing.......2006-10-07
It's amazing to see how many great reviews this book got compared to the first book. How can people like this w/o liking the 1st one when this is part II of it?
Well I loved the 1st one so much I'll be getting this book as well. He is an amazing author & man of God.
Another great book the reveals truths about God.......2005-12-24
This is a must read for people who want to walk it the calling that God has given them. His revelation books have had a great impact on me. It has given me great understanding about the Bible, and has changed the way I think about Christianity.
The book is a combination of many visions the author had. The main vision depicts the Armies of God fighting the Armies of the Evil one. Many great insights are revealed by the way these armies fight, their tactics, what weapons they use, the mistakes they make, the opportunities they miss, etc. The vision continues with the author walking in the Judgment Hall of Heaven, meeting may past saints, and hearing their stories.
The Book, The Vision and also the Torch and the Sword, had a profound effect on me in these ways.
1. It has dramatically increased my faith in Jesus.
2. It has demolished any faith I had in Myself, Mankind, or Man's wisdom.
3. It has given me a sobering awareness of the Evil one's tactics and craftiness.
4. It has revealed many empowering and glorious resources of the Lord that I did not consider which has given me more Hope.
5. I started to see the overall picture of God's Plan. And different parts of the puzzle started fitting together in harmony, and I got answers to many of the Hard Questions of Christianity.
6. It has shown many of the Pitfalls and Traps that even the Seasoned, Mature Christians will fall into, and yet not even know they have fallen. The lessons were profound yet simple. They were they same lessons learned from the Bible, yet even I who have studied the bible have many times overlooked them. The Lord could not trust people with much anointing or power, until they learned the lessons.
7. It reveals a great deal about those who hate the book, fight against it, and think it is from the Devil. He meets many of those types of people in Heaven, and their stories radically change after hitting the Judgment Seat. You can hear the MP3 of the book at SpiritLessons dot com. Hope you enjoy.
You can read and hear many revelation by Rick Joyner [...]
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Interesting profiles; valuable insights.......1999-04-29
Hower profiles a wide array of historical figures, including presidents, generals and Indian chiefs. The profiles alone are enough to keep the reader interested -- and spurred on to further research. But Hower draws out interesting and valuable personal traits from each person -- traits worth applying to your life, whether or not you are a "leader".
While Hower's writing style is not highly polished, his conversational style is engaging. And the content is better treated by his less glossy approach.
Reading this book is time well-spent.
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The castle of Anderras Darion has stood abandoned and majestic for as long as anyone can remember. Then, from out of the mountains, comes the healer, Hawklan--a man with no memory of the past--to take possession of the keep with his sole companion, Gavor. Across the country, the great fortress of Narsindalvak is a constant reminder of the victory won by the hero Ethriss in alliance with the three realms of Orthlund, Riddin and Fyorlund against the Dark Lord, Sumeral, hundreds of years before. But Rgoric, the ailing king of Fyorlund and protector of the peace, has fallen under the malign influence of the Lord Dan-Tor, and from the bleakness of Narsindal come ugly rumours. It is whispered that Mandrocs are abroad again and that the Dark Lord himself is stirring. And in the remote fastness of Anderras Darion, Hawklan feels deep within himself the echoes of an ancient power and the unknown, yet strangely familiar, call to arms...
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Start of an epic 4 book series.......2003-05-17
This is the first in a four book sequence by British author Roger Taylor called "The Chronicles of Hawklan". One night in the middle of a snowstorm, Hawklan arrives at the ancient sealed castle of Anderras Darion. He has no memory of his personal history or even his name. The locals of the village below the castle re-name him Hawklan and he finds he is a natural healer of great ability with a store of knowledge that he doesn't know the origins of.
The real story of this book starts with the arrival of a harmless looking tinker who sells goods to the village people. However, what he sells are not what they seem. This leads Hawklan on a quest to discover the source of the poison that has been sold to the people he loves, and it's the start of world changing events for everyone, with Hawklan as the unexpected catalyst.
This book is well paced and written and Hawklan and his friends are characters which grow on you with affection. However, this book is really only an introductory novel in some ways, but if you enjoy fantasy its well worth reading.
The other books in this series are:
The fall of Fyorlund
The Waking of Orthlund
Into Narsindal
billient start to brillient epic.......2002-01-11
fantastic, shame you can't get it anymore
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The cupcake is America’s darling. It’s celebrated in upscale bakeries, on
Sex in the City, on the cover of
Gourmet, and in thou-sands of classrooms—where every day, it seems, a parent has sent in a batch for the kids to share. The very word conjures up whimsy, coziness, pleasure, nostalgia. Not to mention the fact that their diminutive size means you can eat a lot of them.
Once upon a time, a family had only two recipes for cupcakes—chocolate and vanilla. Not anymore. Now Anne Byrn brings them to the next level. And who better? Recognized as the master of cake-mix baking, Anne is the author of
The Cake Mix Doctor and
Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor, which have a total of over 1.8 million copies in print. In
Cupcakes she offers 135 tempting recipes for children and grown-ups, for special days and everyday, lunch bags, holiday festivities, and an unexpected dinner party dessert.
You’ll never believe these artful little cakes started with a mix. Coconut Snowballs, Jelly Doughnut Cupcakes, Kiss Me Cakes, Warm Chocolate Cupcakes with Molten Centers, Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting. There are surprising additions (tuck a chocolate kiss orpiece of cookie dough into the batter). Creative toppings and easy from-scratch frostings (whipped cream spiked with Kahlua; miniature M&Ms; a creamy malted frosting with crushed malted milk balls).Terrific decorating ideas, from glittering golden dragees or elegant chocolate curls to yellow peeps for an Easter cupcake or—for Groundhog’s Day—a groundhog’s face made out of chocolate frosting and jimmies. Includes a 16-page full-color opening essay.
Customer Reviews:
great cakes.......2007-09-29
I bought this Cake Doctor book as a gift for I have used mine, many times to bake some great cakes and wanted to share the book.
If you like the Cake Doctor, you'll like this.......2007-09-04
I wish this book had more pictures of the finished cupcakes, but it is still a good cookbook. This will give you different cupcakes to make or inspire you to try your own ideas. So far everything I've tried in this book is delicious.
If you bake cupcakes - you NEED this book!.......2007-07-21
I bake cupcakes "all" the time! and I use the recipes in this book - with fantastic results! My family and friends rave about the taste of the cupcakes and because of Anne's recipes I am seen as a great baker (and I love that!). You start with a basic cake mix (stock up when they are on sale) - and add ingredients to make it unique and more flavorful. The ideas are creative and unique - and sometimes old favorites. Did I say that I love this book!? I have also found that when using Anne's "formula" I can successfully create my own recipes when adapting "from scratch" recipes. Thank you Anne!
love this series of books.......2007-07-07
This book has some great ideas and they are all easy and doable! Enjoy!
I LOVE this cookbook.......2007-06-05
This is a wonderful cook book with amazing recipes that take a short amount of time, but look like you were up all night baking. I've made the Oreo Cupcakes, Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes, Peanut Butter Cupcakes with a Hershey's Kiss in the middle, Red Velvet Cupcakes, and the Cookie Dough Cupcakes! I now look for excuses to bake cupcakes and people are talking about my cupcakes MONTHS after trying them. Every single recipe I've tried has been a huge crowd pleaser.
I'm shocked there are negative reviews - yes, there could be more pictures, but I the recipes are so easy to follow; it's not a problem at all. I'm shocked that some people had trouble following the recipes, I thought the recipes were so easy to follow!
This cookbook is the best! You will not regret buying it!
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Set of 3 Books By Anne Byrn - Cupcakes! From the Cake Mix Doctor, Chocolate From the Cake Mix Doctor, The Dinner Doctor.
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- Drinking With the Cook
- Early and Middle Ceramic remains at 14AT2: A Grasshopper Falls phase house and Pomona focus storage pits in northeastern Kansas (Contract archeology publication)
- Easier Said Than Done
- Emanuel Goldberg and His Knowledge Machine: Information, Invention, and Political Forces (New Directions in Information Management)
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