Don LaVange’s 'reference' books on Goodreads (39 books)

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checkbox	position	cover	title The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post	author Washington Post, The	isbn 1982129735	isbn13 9781982129736	asin 1982129735	num pages 728 pp	avg rating 4.18	num ratings 2,784	date pub Apr 20, 2019	date pub edition Apr 30, 2019	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jun 01, 2019	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The American Language	author Mencken, H.L.	isbn 0394400755	isbn13 9780394400754	asin 0394400755	num pages 816 pp	avg rating 4.12	num ratings 545	date pub 1919	date pub edition Jan 01, 1984	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Dec 10, 2017	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title 10% Happier	author Harris, Dan *	isbn 0062265423	isbn13 9780062265425	asin 0062265423	num pages 256 pp	avg rating 3.91	num ratings 113,463	date pub 2014	date pub edition Mar 11, 2014	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Nov 18, 2017	date read Nov 23, 2017	date added Nov 18, 2017	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Letter Perfect: The Marvelous History of Our Alphabet From A to Z	author Sacks, David	isbn 0767911733	isbn13 9780767911733	asin 0767911733	num pages 367 pp	avg rating 3.99	num ratings 728	date pub Jan 01, 2003	date pub edition Aug 03, 2004	Don's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Oct 10, 2015	date read Nov 22, 2015	date added Oct 10, 2015	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction	author Liberman, Anatoly	isbn 0816652724	isbn13 9780816652723	asin 0816652724	num pages 368 pp	avg rating 4.33	num ratings 9	date pub Jan 01, 2008	date pub edition Mar 06, 2008	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 10, 2015	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Painted Word: A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins	author Cousineau, Phil *	isbn 1936740176	isbn13 9781936740178	asin 1936740176	num pages 336 pp	avg rating 3.49	num ratings 178	date pub Sep 11, 2012	date pub edition Sep 18, 2012	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 10, 2015	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus	author Mann, Charles C.	isbn 1400032059	isbn13 9781400032051	asin 1400032059	num pages 563 pp	avg rating 4.05	num ratings 93,225	date pub Aug 09, 2005	date pub edition Jul 01, 2011	Don's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Mann's account is wonderfully researched and written. He works hard to synthesize the various contradictory theories and despite his being a journalis ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 2	votes 1	# times read 1	date started Mar 30, 2011	date read Apr 10, 2011	date added Mar 30, 2011	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Chez Panisse Vegetables	author Waters, Alice	isbn 0060171472	isbn13 9780060171476	asin 0060171472	num pages 344 pp	avg rating 4.08	num ratings 3,106	date pub May 08, 1996	date pub edition 1996	Don's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I've had this book for ages, and while I've read a bit in it, I have hardly ever made one of the recipes. I'm not sure why because vegetable dishes ar ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 1	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 29, 2008	owned	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism's Sacred Bloodline, Revised & Enlarged Edition	author Swanson, Vern G.	isbn 1462111742	isbn13 9781462111749	asin 1462111742	num pages 576 pp	avg rating 3.76	num ratings 46	date pub Jun 30, 2006	date pub edition Nov 12, 2013	Don's rating did not like it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I don't think I'll read it per se, but it's a big wacky book. Given to me by a friend who was mis-quoted in it but who was donating it to the library. ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 1	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 28, 2008	owned	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The River Cottage Meat Book	author Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh	isbn 1580088430	isbn13 9781580088435	asin 1580088430	num pages 544 pp	avg rating 4.35	num ratings 2,645	date pub May 24, 2004	date pub edition May 01, 2007	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review this book looks like it begins with a philosophical treatise on meat eating followed by an inspection of where we raise and butcher animals before it ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 20, 2008	date added Aug 09, 2007	owned	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Extinct languages	author Friedrich, Johannes	isbn 0880293381	isbn13 9780880293389	asin 0880293381	num pages 182 pp	avg rating 3.48	num ratings 111	date pub Jan 01, 1957	date pub edition Jun 1995	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 27, 2007	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue	author Ruhlen, Merritt	isbn 0471159638	isbn13 9780471159636	asin 0471159638	num pages 256 pp	avg rating 3.93	num ratings 245	date pub Apr 1994	date pub edition Aug 15, 1996	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 27, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins	author Renfrew, Colin	isbn 0521386756	isbn13 9780521386753	asin 0521386756	num pages 368 pp	avg rating 3.73	num ratings 237	date pub Oct 29, 1987	date pub edition Jan 26, 1990	Don's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Renfrew believes that the Indo-European languages spread from Anatolia into Europe (into Greece and beyond). He says it spread with the expansion of f ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 26, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way	author Bryson, Bill	isbn 0688078958	isbn13 9780688078959	asin 0688078958	num pages 270 pp	avg rating 3.91	num ratings 43,572	date pub 1990	date pub edition Jan 01, 1990	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 26, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Story of English: Companion to the PBS TV Series	author McCrum, Robert	isbn 0140094350	isbn13 9780140094350	asin 0140094350	num pages 384 pp	avg rating 4.09	num ratings 2,388	date pub Jan 01, 1986	date pub edition Jan 01, 1987	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 26, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Roots of English: A Reader's Handbook of Word Origins	author Claiborne, Robert	isbn 0812917162	isbn13 9780812917161	asin 0812917162	num pages 335 pp	avg rating 3.78	num ratings 36	date pub 1989	date pub edition Jan 01, 1989	Don's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 26, 2007	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Weeds of the West	author Burrill, Larry C.	isbn 0941570134	isbn13 9780941570138	asin 0941570134	num pages 630 pp	avg rating 4.35	num ratings 107	date pub Oct 01, 1996	date pub edition Jan 01, 1996	Don's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 26, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title A Box of Rain: Lyrics, 1965-1993	author Hunter, Robert C.	isbn 0140134514	isbn13 9780140134513	asin 0140134514	num pages 384 pp	avg rating 4.62	num ratings 232	date pub 1990	date pub edition Nov 01, 1993	Don's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 25, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Tao of the Tao Te Ching: A Translation and Commentary	author Lao Tzu	isbn 0791409864	isbn13 9780791409862	asin 0791409864	num pages 288 pp	avg rating 4.29	num ratings 177,068	date pub -350	date pub edition Jan 17, 1992	Don's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review This is more than just a translation, it's a series of commentaries by various taoist sages. Excellent. ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 1	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 25, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character	author Kramer, Samuel Noah	isbn 0226452387	isbn13 9780226452388	asin 0226452387	num pages 355 pp	avg rating 4.05	num ratings 949	date pub 1963	date pub edition 1970	Don's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review A history of one of the earliest civilizations. Filled with religious and archeological information. Perhaps now dated.	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1996	date added Jul 25, 2007	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)

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