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Finally a really simple scrapbook book
I have been scrapping for a long time and I have read many books and magazines about it. This book is great because it shows really simple yet interesting scrap pages to inspire you when you do not have hours to dedicate to working on a page. Many books have such over done pages with lots of embellishments and decorations on the page. My style is simple and elegant and this is a wonderful book to help me create those types of pages. I scrap a bit at a time because my schedule is so busy. If I could not do a page in an hour or so I would never scrap at all. This is not an instruction book it is an inspiration book for experienced scrappers who like a simple look. 
 

My Outlaw
by Linda Lael Miller (Author)
Seven-year-old Keighly Barrow never forgot the night she spied a boy her own age at her grandmother's Redemption, Nevada, mansion. He was staring at her from an antique mirror in the ballroom, standing among gaudily dressed women in an old-time western saloon. Keighly could only discover that his name was Darby Elder -- and that he lived a century ago.

Twenty years later, engaged to be married, Keighly inherited her grandmother's house. Back before the ballroom mirror, she faces a handsome cowboy whose roguish air radiates trouble. Keighly senses the spirit of Darby Elder -- along with an electric charge of passion passing through the glass...and into her heart. But old news clips declare this outlaw son of a local madam would die in a shoot-out. Keighly's magical connection to Darby is too strong not to try and save his life or, if history will not bend, to love him as fiercely as the fleeting moments will allow.

  First Encyclopedia Of Seas And Oceans
by Ben Denne (Author)
Fact-filled book --- plus internet links!, June 15, 2003
My daughter bought this book through a school bookfair and thoroughly loved reading it. I would give the book alone 5 stars for all the enjoyment and knowledge she's gotten from it. However, on every page, there is an internet link where you can get much more information about each subject in the book. What a bonus! I highly recommend this book for middle-grade elementary school children who like science.

Why Don't Cats Like to Swim?: An Imponderables Book
by David Feldman (Author)
Why does an "X" stand for a kiss?
Which fruits are in Juicy Fruit® gum?
Why do people cry at happy endings?
Why do you never see baby pigeons?

Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Don't Cats Like to Swim? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions. Part of the Imponderables® series, Feldman's book arms readers with information about everyday life -- from science, history, and politics to sports, television, and radio -- that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. Where else will you learn what makes women open their mouths when applying mascara?