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I was a bit skeptical, but this an easy affordable option that had a wonderful outcome. The book got to me in three or four days, and was in really good condition. I look forward to my next purchase! (I got the book for less than half of what I would’ve paid retail… including shipping!) If you can wait a few days for your book, go this route!
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I Bought this one on a whim as my favorite authors seemed to have dried up a little. I’m so glad I did, it’s wonderful.

Jacob Jankowski is 93 (hr thinks) and in an old folks home put out to pasture. He has an enthralling story inside him that many of us only wish we had. Dropping out of college and running away with the circus as a young man, his story unfolds as a true adventure.

The circus of the 30’s is the back drop for this wonderful yarn and we follow Jacob as he navigates his way around the people, the lore, the language and the pecking order. All the characters are colorful and each brings a dimension to the story that has the reader turning pages as fast as possible. I think I blew through this one in two days. I might have done it in one had I not had commitments I had to keep.

The story is interspersed with up to date goings on at the old folks home the aged Jankowski is a resident of but, you can just tell his heart is still on the circus train of his youth. The end of the book is perfect in its simplicity and “rightness”.

To say I thoroughly enjoyed this book would somehow understate the whole experience, to say I loved it would be closer to the truth. If you want something to read that will draw you in like a moth to a flame, this might just be the book. If you want to be taken back to a bygone age of Americana complete with all its misgivings and mayhem, this might be the story. If you want to immerse yourself in a great story that, I hope becomes a movie, this IS the book.
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This item is great especially if you are working in an office as it gives you an idea/overview of how much (or how little) you are doing daily. 10000 steps per day is longer than it seems… It definitely is a motivational tool to get you out and about.

If you are getting into jogging or running, it’s also a great help with trying to see how far and long you have been on the move.

It’s light, compact, doesn’t get in the way, and is easy to use. I keep it on my purse and with me everyday.

It’s definitely for the simpler sportsman/woman or if you’re just starting to get active, and want to keep track of your activity a bit.

If you are an advanced walker/runner, who needs a GPS system and heart rate monitor, this is probably not the item for you.

Overall, was worth the buy!
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For a total price of $2.79, you absolutely cannot complain. Shipping was super fast too, much faster than the 2 week quote. I bought this to connect my Xbox 360 to the TV so I could play Halo Reach, just finished playing for hours on 1080i, and there was no problems whatsoever, none of that flickering that one of those 1-Star feedbacks mentioned. Like I said, for less than 3 bucks you can’t do better.
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I bought this Kindle for my wife. She loves reading and she is so excited over the ease of downloading her favorite books and free downloads of the old classics. She’s a retired school teacher. Now when we go out she doesn’t have to lug a whole bunch of books to read. She loves showing it off to everyone that asks her about it.
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I bought this even though I was concerned how it would handle in tight areas. I race dirt cars and rivet body panels on it all the time. I’m happy to say I don’t run into too many problems with this rivet gun because of it’s size. It makes riveting a snap. Even if you do need to rivet in areas this gun can’t get into, it’s worth buying this one and another smaller one, because this one is so easy to use.

It beats straining yourself with one of those small single hand riveters, but at the same time don’t need to worry about pneumatic only rivet guns.
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First, I was amazed at the amount of fur that was combed out of my dog’s coat. We brushed him almost every day and still there was enough fur to make a bird’s nest with the FURminator.
Secondly, the price on Amazon was 5 times less than what they wanted in a well known pet store. The pet store wanted nearly $60.00 for the same exact product.
You can’t go wrong with this even if they have a new and improved FURminator that just came out. Well worth the money!!
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The Kindle is a great product. I received it as a gift from my wife. I am from and live in Mexico, but I have always liked to read books in English. It is an excellent way to practice the language and it also gives me access to a great variety of authors. Thanks to the Kindle I have immediate access to a huge array of books. 3G works perfectly in Mexico and in seconds I can buy books and have them downloaded in my Kindle immediately. Actually, I now find myself reading more than before. I have also found a good amount of books in Spanish, mostly classics; I think Amazon is doing a good job in expanding its book offers in languages other than English. The display of the Kindle is excellent; I can read for hours as if reading a normal book. I can travel and have a good amount of books to read without overloading my luggage. I highly recommend this product.
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Water for Elephants amazed me. It was not at all what I expected. I knew it was about a circus, and obviously for the title, an elephant was involved. What I was not prepared for however, was the cruelty it showed. And I don’t doubt for a minute, that even though this was fiction, that these atrocities didn’t happen in real circuses.

We are introduced to a death in the prologue. While it is fuzzy and hard to tell who’s who, we are witnesses to a scene that the narrator, Jacob, has viewed and never forgotten. Mayhem abounds as we discover that the menagerie of a circus is on the stampede.

We are then reintroduced to Jacob, many years later, as he is a resident at a nursing home. He is ninety three, or ninety one, he can’t keep it straight and a circus is in town and being set up within sight of the nursing home. This causes him to reminisce about his time spent with the Benzini Brothers circus.

As a runaway college student, after the death of his parents, he finds himself hopping a train that turns out to be part of the circus train. There, instead of being thrown off, he is taken in by an older man named Camel who secures him a job with the circus mucking stalls, which later turns into a position as the circus’s veterinarian.

He falls in love with Marlena, the wife of his schizophrenic boss August. While he keeps his love hidden, August, dangerous and unpredictable makes life tough for Jacob in the circus while in his better moments is a best friend to him.

He also makes the acquaintance of Walter, a dwarf clown whom he bunks with and together they help Camel in his time of need. He also makes an unlikely friend in Rosie, an elephant picked up from another failing circus whom he feels a bond with and devastation at her treatment from the cruel August.

Throughout the book it cuts back and forth from Jacob at the nursing home, to his reminisces of the circus and its happenings. One of the ending chapters recaps the prologue, only with more detail.

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would buy again in a heartbeat. my two dogs love to be groomed with it. i am amazed at how much hair can be removed in a very short period of time. i purchased another one for my brother’s dog. great product!!
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