Closest Book......

[ericamanda01]

"He followed her a few steps to a row of booths- flimsy little room with a tanning bed each and not much else"

Skipping Christmas-John Grisham

 

[PrincessKitty1]

Greater uniformity can be achieved if the outcross is made between animals of similar family types.


From The Poodle Handbook by Ernest H. Hart

 

[littleteapot]

When the subsequent decline finally leveled off two decades later, membership in the PTA had returned to the level of 1943, utterly erasing the postwar gains.

Bowling Alone, The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putman

Sounds dry, but it is really interesting stuff.

 

[anniemae]

The No Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers:

Morning light provokes the release of your child's wakefulness.

 

[mickaholic4077]

I summoned up the memory,but I had been so totally focused on getting the flower that I hadn't really paid much attention to anything around me.

Snipped in the Bud-by Kate Collins

 

[Liberty Belle]

I didn't think of myself as a little girl, and if he hadn't looked so desperate for help, I might have told him that I was a young woman now and I was memorizing "Christabel," shaving unseen parts of my legs in secret, and attending romantic movies with my mother.

From Charms for the Easy Life, by Kaye Gibbons

 

[Liberty Belle]

"But the ideal of indulging children remains, and if the economic conditions allow, small children continue to have someone, if not a grandmother or an older sibling, then a servant, at their beck and call." Culture Shock! A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. INDIA by Gitanjali Kolanad

I love Culture Shock books. I only have about six and I definitely want more.

 

[Liberty Belle]

"This is why people smoke, I thought."

From 'We need to talk about Kevin' by Lionel Shriver

This is an excellent thread!

Great book!

 

[Liberty Belle]

Some of these would make great t-shirts.

 

[FloraFauna]

"Fold whipped cream into mayonnaise." From my Kraft cookbook

 

[MaleficentFan]

Since I'm at work the closest book is New Jersey Criminal Code...

"However, there may be unusual circumstances where even though the evidence could provide a rational basis for aquittal of the greater charge and conviction of the lesser, this would be so unanticipated as to undermine the fairness of the proceedings."

 

[AtlantaSue]

"Despite a tendency to see infants as objects existing in a material world where their talents unfold in some maturational sequence, the reality is that, from conception, the infant is embedded in relationships with others who provide the nutrition for both physical and psychological growth."

From "Child Welfare Law and Practice," Ventrell & Duquette.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Alas, the closest book to me was the Code of Medical Ethics, and page 56 was citations.

 

[pixie dust 112]

"For the rest of the day Ferguson dutifully tended the fire and awaited David's return."

From Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein.

I'm actually at work but luckily for all of you someone just returned this novel to me and it is on my desk, otherwise the closest book is the "New York Lawyers Form Book". I'm sure that would have been exciting!

 

[agnes!]

None of the 'real' books were close enough.

"Keep these instructions handy for reference by you and others."
Everything Mac (the instruction book that came with our iMac)

agnes!

 

[SC Minnie]

"Firebaugh, CA (3200) [Fresno] BNSF 66670 17305 878784"

I am at work and th closet book is the Official Railroad Station List. Don't I have the most interesting job????

 

[kmebee]

"Whenever a committeee of the House of Representatives reports any resolution relating to any such form, rule or regulation, it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution."
Federal Election Commission - Federal Elections Campaign Laws, April 2008.

Talk about boring reading ....

 

[krcit]

While the outlaw spent our money on a wh**e, Tom thought bitterly.


The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

 

[paintnolish]

While the outlaw spent our money on a wh**e, Tom thought bitterly.


The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Did I miscount? I qouted the same book, but I had a different sentence...about the cathedral.

 

[bookgirl]

Ha Ha this is making a run through Facebook......

I work in a library so this was on the counter by me......

The general outline should look very familiar to you--for it is the taproot of the Sunday morning chruch service found in most Protestant denominations.

Pagan Christianity? Exploring the roots of our chruch practices

by Frank Viola and George Barna