Canter Bridge

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Pity Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner, and the incomparable Academy of St Martin in the Fields having to play this luscious span of concertos from the sweet spot of Mozart’s oeuvre.

If there is sweeter music in the universe, it must lie at the depths of the sea or some equally inaccessible place, far from eyes and ears that could compare it to Mozart’s piano concertos no. 19-24. Continue Reading »

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Rebecca Blood loves her craft.

In a world moving as fast as the cyberworld is, a book written in 2002 and reviewed now in 2007 is bound to show its age. The Weblog Handbook does so.

Yet for sheer, innocent (but not inexpert), joyful description of a weblog community that discovered itself almost accidentally between 1999 and 2002, this delightful little book is both a period piece and a still-useful introduction to weblogging for novices. Continue Reading »

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Look, we don’t know each other. I may be an inveterate exaggerator, right? I might give all fives on my Amazon reviews. I might detest conflict and only say nice things about books.

You don’t know, do you? Continue Reading »

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For some of us who are trying to get our weight where it ought to be, it’s worthwhile to pay a little more to buy into a system.

That’s what the South Beach Diet offers, in addition to an intelligent take on educating its practitioners about nutrition. Continue Reading »

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As is the case with other South Beach Diet products, you pay for the system. If you want one less thing to think about as you make war with the Fat Monster, Kraft’s South Beach diet may be an ally you’ll want to engage. Continue Reading »

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As is the case with other South Beach Diet products, you pay for the system. If you want one less thing to think about as you make war with the Fat Monster, Kraft’s South Beach diet may be an ally you’ll want to engage. Continue Reading »

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Under normal circumstances, rewarding a 5-star rating to a diet food is a sign of emotional imbalance or the pressing need to get out more.

But not this time. Continue Reading »