Not just a great book, but a life-changing book. It’s been several years since I’ve read it, but I still cannot bring myself to eat at a McDonald’s-type fast food place, for health as well as moral reasons. Schlosser describes in great detail just what it is you support every time you give your money [...]
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Although meant to be a hip and humorous guide to modern Judaism, Lisa Alcalay Klug’s Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe requires forty years of patience to schlep through. The book is packed with what is meant to be cute little “yiddish-isms” [...]
This guide has some interesting ideas for hiding places (false pipes in the bathroom, the bottom of a pot of food, etc) as well as tried-and-true favorites (hollowed-out books, false-bottom drawers). There are also some fun ideas for hiding people in hidden rooms and floors. Although there are tons of pictures, some of the descriptions [...]
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