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10th Kingdomby Kathryn Wesley, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575665379 (1-57566-537-9)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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› Find signed collectible books: '10th Kingdom'Book summary:The novel of the BkyB and Hallmark co-venture 'The 10th Kingdom' is a contemporary drama set in a fantasy world where magic and fairy tale characters come to life. This is an Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups and children alike, a witty and satirical reflection of contemporary society told as an epic tale of good versus evil. Follow the thrilling adventures of Virginia and Tony, a father and daughter from New York, who unwittingly find themselves in a parallel universe known as The Nine Kingdoms. Virginia and Tony join forces with a schizophrenic man-wolf, and Prince, a handsome golden retriever formally known as Prince Wendell, grandson of Snow White until his wicked stepmother turned him into a dog. The unlikely heroes then embark on an epic quest to save Prince from the evil Queen and restore him to the throne. This lavish $40 million 10 x 1 hour fantasy drama will be broadcast on Sky One in the UK from Sunday 16th April at 7pm and the next 9 Sunday's thereafter. [via]
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Across the Nightingale Floorby Lian HearnISBN 1573222259 (1-57322-225-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across the Nightingale Floor'Book summary:The debut novel of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor, is set in a feudal Japan on the edge of the imagination. The tale begins with young Takeo, a member of a subversive and persecuted religious group, who returns home to find his village in flames. He is saved, not by coincidence, by the swords of Lord Otori Shigeru and thrust into a world of warlords, feuding clans, and political scheming. As Lord Otori's ward, he discovers he is a member by birth of the shadowy "Tribe," a mysterious group of assassins with supernatural abilities.
Hearn sets his tale in an imaginary realm that is and isn't feudal Japan. This device serves the author well as he is able to play with familiar archetypes--samurai, Shogun, and ninja--without falling prey to the pitfalls of history. The novel fills a unique niche that is at once period piece and fantasy novel. Hearn unfolds the tale of Takeo and the conflicting forces around him in a deliberate manner that leads to a satisfying conclusion and sets the stage for the rest of the series. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Across The Nightingale Floor: Episodes Twoby Lian HearnISBN 1573223328 (1-57322-332-8)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across The Nightingale Floor: Episodes Two'Book summary:The debut novel of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor, is set in a feudal Japan on the edge of the imagination. The tale begins with young Takeo, a member of a subversive and persecuted religious group, who returns home to find his village in flames. He is saved, not by coincidence, by the swords of Lord Otori Shigeru and thrust into a world of warlords, feuding clans, and political scheming. As Lord Otori's ward, he discovers he is a member by birth of the shadowy "Tribe," a mysterious group of assassins with supernatural abilities.
Hearn sets his tale in an imaginary realm that is and isn't feudal Japan. This device serves the author well as he is able to play with familiar archetypes--samurai, Shogun, and ninja--without falling prey to the pitfalls of history. The novel fills a unique niche that is at once period piece and fantasy novel. Hearn unfolds the tale of Takeo and the conflicting forces around him in a deliberate manner that leads to a satisfying conclusion and sets the stage for the rest of the series. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Another Countryby Mary Bray PipherISBN 1573227846 (1-57322-784-6)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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At Home in Mitfordby Jan KaronISBN 1574900714 (1-57490-071-4)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Home in Mitford'Book summary:Father Tim, a cherished small-town rector, is the steadfast soldier in this beloved slice of life story set in an American village where the grass is still green, the pickets are still white, and the air still smells sweet. The rector's forthright secretary, Emma Garret, worries about her employer, as she sees past his Christian cheerfulness into his aching loneliness. Slowly but surely, the empty places in Father Tim's heart do get filled. First with a gangly stray dog, later with a seemingly stray boy, and finally with the realization that he is stumbling into love with his independent and Christian-wise next-door neighbor. Much more than a gentle love story, this is a homespun tale about a town of endearing characters-- including a mysterious jewel thief--who are as quirky and popular as those of Mayberry, R.F.D. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Becoming A Woman Of Excellenceby Cynthia HealdISBN 1576838323 (1-57683-832-3)
Softcover, Navpress Pub Group
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Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christby Lew WallaceISBN 1577487761 (1-57748-776-1)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ'Book summary:A wealthy young Jew and his family experiencing changing fortunes under Roman tyranny are affected by the life and teachings of a Nazarene named Jesus Christ. [via]
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The Berenstain Bears on the Roadby Stan Berenstain, Jan BerenstainISBN 157719053X (1-57719-053-X)
Hardcover, G T Publishing Corporation
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Best Friendsby Martha MoodyISBN 1573229350 (1-57322-935-0)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Best Friends'Book summary:Paperback Publisher: Riverhead Books; Later Printing edition (2001) [via]
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The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Knowby Miklowitz, David J., Ph.DISBN 1572305258 (1-57230-525-8)
Softcover, Guilford Pubn
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know'Book summary:Thanks to sharper diagnosis and better medicine, the future is brighter for people with bipolar disorder than in past generations. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life.[via]
*How can you learn to distinguish between the early warning signs of mood swings and the normal ups and downs of life?
*What medications are available, and what are their side effects?
*What should you do when you find yourself escalating into mania or descending into depression?
*How can you get the help and support you need from family members and friends?
*How can you tell your coworkers about your illness without endangering your career?
In this comprehensive guide, Dr. David J. Miklowitz offers straight talk that can help you tackle these and related questions, take charge of your illness, and reclaim your life. A leading researcher and clinical specialist who knows what works, Dr. Miklowitz supplies proven tools to help you achieve balance--and free yourself from the emotional and financial havoc that result when symptoms rule your life--without sacrificing your right to rich and varied emotional experiences.
This essential resource will help you and your family members come to terms with the diagnosis, recognize early warning signs of manic or depressive episodes, cope with triggers of mood swings, resolve medication problems, and learn to collaborate effectively with doctors and therapists. You'll learn specific ways to ask for support and help from your family and friends--and what to do when their "caring" feels like "controlling." For times when the going gets tough, a wealth of examples of how others have dealt with similar challenges offer new perspectives and new solutions.
Whether you have recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, are considering seeking help for the first time, or have been in treatment for years, this empowering book is designed to help put you--not your illness--back in charge of your life.More editions of The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know:
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Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Selfby Rebecca WalkerISBN 1573229075 (1-57322-907-5)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self'Book summary:[via]The Civil Rights movement brought author Alice Walker and lawyer Mel Leventhal together, and in 1969 their daughter, Rebecca, was born. Some saw this unusual copper-colored girl as an outrage or an oddity; others viewed her as a symbol of harmony, a triumph of love over hate. But after her parents divorced, leaving her a lonely only child ferrying between two worlds that only seemed to grow further apart, Rebecca was no longer sure what she represented. In this book, Rebecca Leventhal Walker attempts to define herself as a soul instead of a symbol—and offers a new look at the challenge of personal identity, in a story at once strikingly unique and truly universal.
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The Blessing: A Memoirby Gregory OrrISBN 1571781412 (1-57178-141-2)
Softcover, Council Oaks Distribution
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Brilliance Of The Moon: Tales Of The Otori Book Threeby Lian HearnISBN 1573222704 (1-57322-270-4)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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Chicken Soup for the Kid's SoulISBN 1572813903 (1-57281-390-3)
Softcover, U S Games Systems
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Civilwarland in Bad Declineby George SaundersISBN 1573225797 (1-57322-579-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civilwarland in Bad Decline'Book summary:George Saunders, a geophysicist, maps out magical realism with this short story collection. He puts an American spin on that sensibility in the sensationally good title tale, where things in a "Westworld"-like amusement park go extraordinarily wrong, but in ways in that make perfect sense to any denizen--or reader--in the modern world. CivilWarLand is hilarious, yet ultimately sad and moving--and isn't that life in a nutshell? And how can you resist any writer who cooks up titles as good as "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror"? [via]
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The Cloister Walkby Kathleen NorrisISBN 1573225843 (1-57322-584-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cloister Walk'Book summary:In the tradition of Thomas Merton, Kathleen Norris gives us an intimate look at how religious life fills a gap in the soul. Her poetic sensibilities internalize the monastery as a symbol of spirituality, with its sanctity and humor, questioning and uncertainty, rhythm and vigor. Beyond moral precepts and Bible stories, Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp. [via]
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The Complete Plays, Poems, Novels and Stories of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1572151323 (1-57215-132-3)
Softcover, World Pubns
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Counseling With Our Councils: Learning to Minister Together in the Church and in the Familyby M. Russell BallardISBN 1573452092 (1-57345-209-2)
Hardcover, Deseret Book Co
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Different Daughters: A Book by Mothers of Lesbiansby Louise RafkinISBN 1573441279 (1-57344-127-9)
Softcover, Cleis Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Different Daughters : A Book by Mothers of Lesbians'Book summary:Among the watershed books for lesbians in past fifteen years, Louise Rafkin's Different Daughters provides support for the rainbow notion that love is what makes a family. When the book first appeared in 1987, there were very few resources for the parents of gays and lesbians, and even the best-intentioned parent could end up confused and angry after a trip to the Sexual Deviance section of the public library. Revised and expanded to include a few more contemporary issues like transgenderism, bisexuality, and gay parenting, these 30 brief memoirs by mothers of lesbians will comfort any mother who worries that her daughter will never be happy, or find a long-term, stable love, or be accepted by those around her. Even hostile parents can find some reassurance here in stories about mothers who were at first horrified by their daughters' lesbianism and have struggled to achieve an uneasy peace with them. A wonderful gift, especially for mothers of lesbians who are newly out of the closet.--Regina Marler [via]
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Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Lifeby Ira ByockISBN 1573226572 (1-57322-657-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Lifeby Ira ByockISBN 1573220515 (1-57322-051-5)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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Family Psychopathology : The Relational Roots of Dysfunctional Behaviorby Luciano L'AbateISBN 1572303697 (1-57230-369-7)
Hardcover, Guilford Publications, Incorporated
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Family Therapy for Adhd: Treating Children, Adolescents, and Adultsby Craig A. Everett, Sandra Volgy EverettISBN 1572307080 (1-57230-708-0)
Softcover, Guilford Pubn
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Family Therapy for Adhd: Treating Children, Adolescents, and Adults'Book summary:This book presents an innovative approach to assessing and treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the family context. Readers learn strategies for diagnosing the disorder and evaluating its impact not only on affected young persons but also on their parents and siblings. Also addressed are the neurobiological underpinnings of ADHD, and clinical issues that arise when a parent also shows signs of the disorder. From expert family therapists, the volume outlines how professionals can help families mobilize their resources to manage ADHD symptoms; enhance parent-child and marital relationships; improve functioning in school and work settings; and develop more effective coping strategies. Session-by-session intervention plans for clients at different developmental stages are accompanied by a wealth of illustrative case material. [via]
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Family Wealth-Keeping It in the Family-: How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, and Financial Assets for Generationsby James E. HughesISBN 157660151X (1-57660-151-X)
Hardcover, Bloomberg Pr
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For Lesbian Parents: A Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Proudby Elizabeth O'Connor, Suzanne M. JohnsonISBN 1572306637 (1-57230-663-7)
Softcover, Guilford Pubn
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From Father to Son: Showing Your Boy How to Walk With Christby Chap ClarkISBN 1576832945 (1-57683-294-5)
Softcover, Navpress Pub Group
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The Funniesby J. Robert LennonISBN 1573221260 (1-57322-126-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Funnies'Book summary:In J. Robert Lennon's fine, wistfully funny second novel, The Funnies, the comics turn out to be very serious business indeed. New Jersey cartoonist Carl Mix was an alcoholic tyrant who used his "Family Funnies" comic strip to transform his real family into a set of puckish, dimwitted cartoons. The only thing worse--he left one of his children out of the strip entirely. "Maybe Dad conceived of it as a way to control us," his slacker son Tim muses, as he receives news of his father's death. "In the unbreachable box of the comic strip, we could be charming and obedient, and we would stay that way, year after year." Carl's will has left nothing to Tim, a talent-free installation artist, except the "Family Funnies" themselves. If he can draw the strip in three months, then all rights and proceeds are his; if he can't, he gets nothing at all. Tim studies his father's craft, and he learns not only about cartooning but also about his father, families, even the small, redemptive miracle of work itself.
There are many fine touches in Lennon's tale: the sad, chain-smoking brother Pierce, who takes pills to get rid of the "extra people"; their town's annual FunnyFest, in which visitors can buy Timburgers and Coca-Cola à la Carl; Brad Wurster, the grim-faced artist who teaches Tim how to draw ("'Family Funnies' sounded, on his tongue, like a fraternal order of concentration camp doctors"). But in the end, it's the funnies themselves that stay with you. As Tim works obsessively on the strip, its stylized visual language and bland gags eventually become an object of genuine, capital-M Mystery--weirdly compelling and symbolically fraught. In its own, stubbornly shallow way, the strip is a document of their family, or at least of their father's self-loathing. "Cartoon characters are deformed freaks we are convinced are like us," Wurster tells his reluctant pupil, but in Lennon's hands, it's the American family that looks more freakish than ever. You'll never look at the Sunday comics in quite the same way again. --Mary Park [via]
A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton-PorterISBN 1576469115 (1-57646-911-5)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Grass For His Pillowby Lian HearnISBN 1573222518 (1-57322-251-8)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grass For His Pillow'Book summary:Lian Hearn's second novel in the Tales of the Otori, Grass For His Pillow continues to enrich and expand his mystical imaginings of feudal Japan. Picking up where Across the Nightingale Floor left off, Takeo fulfills his debt of honor and accepts his heritage as a member of the superhuman cabal of assassins known as "The Tribe," and is thus ingested into their plots. But his heart yearns for Kaede, his one true love, and secretly wishes to fulfill the final wishes of his adopted father, Otori Shigaru. Meanwhile, Kaede returns to her homeland to find her father's estate in ruin and her inheritance in jeopardy. The two each encounter vast political machinations and deadly consequences as they unconsciously move toward their overwhelming urges to reunite and defy (or perhaps embrace) fate.
Hearn's second book into the Tales of the Otori series is a more poignant tale than the first, painfully examining the lines between honor, duty, and love. With its calming and satisfying conclusion, the landscape of Hearn's mythical vision of Japan braces for a dazzling storm in the book to come. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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The Harmony Silk Factoryby TASH AWISBN 157322300X (1-57322-300-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Heart Seeks a Homeby Linda Ford, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 1577487540 (1-57748-754-0)
Softcover, Heartsong Presents
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A Help to Domestic Happinessby John Angell JamesISBN 1573580058 (1-57358-005-8)
Hardcover, Ligonier Ministries Inc
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Home to Harmonyby Philip GulleyISBN 157673613X (1-57673-613-X)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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I Kissed Dating Goodbye : A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romanceby Joshua Harris, Rebecca St. JamesISBN 1576730360 (1-57673-036-0)
Softcover, WaterBrook Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Kissed Dating Goodbye : A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance'Book summary:While most Christians agree to seek purity and save sex for marriage, few have been given a blueprint for how that should affect their view of dating and love. In I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Joshua Harris exposes the "Seven Habits of Highly Defective Dating" and offers a realistic outline of how to have a biblical vision of marriage. Harris contends that one must begin with a new attitude, viewing love, purity, and singleness from God's perspective rather than thinking that love and romance are to be enjoyed "solely for recreation." In such well-named chapters as "Guarding Your Heart" and "What Matters at Fifty," Harris encourages the reader to look at one's character rather than reveling in infatuation, to regard love as a truly selfless, biblical act rather than a feeling. He refutes the concept that we are victims of "falling in love" (that it is beyond our control), saying that "God wants us to seek guidance from scriptural truth, not feeling. Smart love looks beyond personal desires and the gratification of the moment. It looks at the big picture: serving others and glorifying God." Before you roll your eyes, moaning that this sounds terribly unromantic, know that Harris does a superb job of couching his convictions in the sincere belief that if we are purposeful in our singleness and date with integrity, a fulfilled marriage awaits us--in God's timing. --Jill Heatherly [via]
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The Iliadby HomerISBN 1576467899 (1-57646-789-9)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Loveby Kent NerburnISBN 1577310314 (1-57731-031-4)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love'Book summary:In an attempt to gather what wisdom he could to guide his son into adulthood, Kent Nerburn published a powerful collection of essays that touched the hearts of parents and children everywhere. In this beautiful revised edition, Nerburn refines his advice and expands his thoughts.[via]More editions of Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love:
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A Light in the Windowby Jan KaronISBN 1574902555 (1-57490-255-5)
Softcover, Thomas t Beeler
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Light in the Window'Book summary:A Light in the Window is the second installment in this enormously popular series about a small-town rector, Father Tim, and the heartwarming cast of characters surrounding him. This time Father Tim, a lifelong bachelor, finds his heart distracted by his free-spirited neighbor Cynthia, but his stomach and the rectory cash box are distracted by Edith, a wealthy widow who is wooing the rector with love potion casseroles. At every turn, including when a brooding Irish cousin decides to move in, Father Tim must decide whether he will practice what he preaches.
Fans of the series say they long to buy real estate in Mitford, just so they can live next door to these funny and endearing characters and feel the embrace of such a loving community. But what author Jan Karon probably knows, and many readers are starting to figure out, is that the integrity and solid Christian values that these characters possess can be found in just about every neighborhood, and with inspiration like this book, anyone can build their own Mitford community. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Lightsabersby Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca MoestaISBN 157297091X (1-57297-091-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lightsabers'Book summary:With a new generation of Dark Jedi being trained at the Shadow Academy, Luke Skywalker decides that it is time for the young Jedi Knights of the New Republic to build their lightsabers, a task that brings both a growth in the power of the Force and deadly peril. Original. [via]
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Little Women: The Musicalby John Nicholas, Jason HowlandISBN 1575608294 (1-57560-829-4)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Love for a Lifetimeby James DobsonISBN 1576733335 (1-57673-333-5)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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Love for a Lifetime: Building a Marriage That Will Go the Distanceby James C. DobsonISBN 1576735885 (1-57673-588-5)
Hardcover, WaterBrook Press
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Memorable Women of the Puritan Timesby James AndersonISBN 1573581240 (1-57358-124-0)
Hardcover, Soli Deo Gloria Pubns
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My Friend Leonardby James FreyISBN 1573223158 (1-57322-315-8)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Friend Leonard'Book summary:In the bold and heartbreaking My Friend Leonard, James Frey picks up the story of his extraordinary life pretty much where things left off in his breakout bestseller and Amazon.com Best Book of 2003, A Million Little Pieces, the fierce, in-your-face memoir about Frey's kamikaze run of self-destruction and his days in rehab. Fresh from a stint in jail from pre-rehab-related charges ("On my first day in jail, a three hundred pound man named Porterhouse hit me in the back of the head with a metal tray."), clean-living Frey returns to Chicago and gets sucker-punched with a cruel blow that will leave readers ducking for cover in anticipation of the blinding bender that's sure to come. But then the titular Leonard, the larger-than-life Vegas mobster ("West Coast Director of a large Italian finance firm") whom James befriended in rehab, steps into the story and serves equal parts unlikely life coach, guardian angel, and father figure for the grief-stricken author, adopting him as his "son" and schooling him in the fine art of "living boldly":
Be not bold, be f-cking BOLD. Every time you meet someone, make a f-cking impression. Make them think you're the hottest shit in the world. Make them think they're gonna lose their job if they don't give you one. Look 'em in the eye, and never look away. Be confident and calm, be f-cking bold.
Hurricane Leonard storms into James's life, showering his young charge with multi-course feasts at steakhouses and Italian restaurants, courtside seats at Bulls' games, Cuban cigars, and an elaborate Super Bowl party in Los Angeles, all the while doling out wisdom on life and love and motivating James to stick to his burgeoning writing career. James even has a brief stint as an employee of Leonard's, though occupational hazards--like having a nine millimeter shoved in his face--prove too much for the novice bag man (though he does make enough to invest his earnings in a Picasso drawing). When Leonard drops out of sight for an extended period, his absence leaves readers aching to hear the familiar refrain of "My Son!" just one more time.
Frey sticks to the taut, staccato style that shot through A Million Little Pieces with such raw electricity. Surprisingly, the tone feels equally at home with this book's focus on friendship and extreme loyalty, and works to intensify the always-looming, adrenaline-rush threat of violence and the lure of the Fury that courses like a riptide throughout the book. Ultimately, it's a sense of hope, and humor even, that prevails and makes My Friend Leonard a stand-alone success. Despite his shady pedigree, you'll long to have a friend like Leonard just a phone call away. --Brad Thomas Parsons
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Amazon.com's Significant Seven
James Frey graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author: the Amazon.com Significant Seven.
Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: Tao te Ching by Lao Tsu. Completely changed how I think, behave, live my life. Nothing else comes close.
Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: The book would be the Tao te Ching, the CD would be some compilation of love songs from the 70s and 80s, and the DVD would be highlights from the history of the Cleveland Browns.
Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: No way I can answer that.
Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: I've been working at the same desk since I started writing. It's old and beaten-up and black. The rest of my workroom is empty, except for some crazy sh-- on the wall in front of me: pictures of people I admire, reproductions of artwork I dig, sayings that motivate me, things like--bare your soul, be bold, page a day motherfu--er page a day. I listen to music while I work, have a pile of nicotine gum and a couple cans of diet coke. My dogs are usually a couple feet away from me. I've always worked this way, probably always will.
Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: "Loved, lost, laughed, left."
Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: Winston Churchill
Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
A: Immortality.
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My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belongingby Rachel Naomi RemenISBN 1573228567 (1-57322-856-7)
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The Negotiatorby Dee HendersonISBN 1576736083 (1-57673-608-3)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Negotiator'Book summary:Veteran hostage negotiator Kate O'Malley has seen humankind at its worst. In fact, she has become something of a legend for her ability to parlay a successful outcome from even the most desperate situations. FBI special agent Dave Richman, introduced in Henderson's Danger in the Shadows, has every reason to have lost faith. But he hasn't and Kate has. From their first encounter during a bank holdup, these two very disparate people are inexplicably drawn to each other. But can they overcome the obstacles? Dave's Christianity is as much a part of him as his desire for Kate, while Kate claims no particular belief in God. And can Dave relinquish his need to protect Kate when it is her job to place herself in danger? But Dave may not have a choice when a secret from Kate's past returns to haunt her--or kill her. Full of surprises, Dee Henderson's The Negotiator is a walk on the wild side and readers will love every thrilling minute!--Alison Trinkle [via]
Nicholas Nickleby: Library Editionby Charles DickensISBN 1576468321 (1-57646-832-1)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Night Light : A Devotional for Couplesby James C. Dobson, Shirley DobsonISBN 1576736741 (1-57673-674-1)
Hardcover, WaterBrook Press
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Night Light for Parents : A Devotionalby James C. Dobson, Shirley DobsonISBN 1576739287 (1-57673-928-7)
Hardcover, WaterBrook Press
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On Becoming Baby Wise: Learn How over 500,000 Babies Were Trained to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Wayby Gary EzzoISBN 1576734587 (1-57673-458-7)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Becoming Baby Wise: Learn How over 500,000 Babies Were Trained to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Way'Book summary:Theologian Gary Ezzo and pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam set off cries of alarm in their highly controversial 1995 publication On Becoming Baby Wise by arguing that some crying is natural and healthy for babies. In this updated edition, Ezzo and Bucknam present a comprehensive method to encourage a full night's sleep for the seven- to nine-week-old baby. It's easy to read, easy to follow, supported by research and by testimonials from parents and pediatricians, and includes suggestions for making the process fit into the reader's lifestyle. The authors believe a consistent sleep routine leads to happier, more responsible, and better-adjusted children. But a full night's sleep is just the short-term goal. The long-term goal is training parents to bring order and stability to their families through nurturing the marriage, providing a loving structure for one's children, and allowing flexibility in the process.
Twelve chapters cover feeding philosophies, monitoring baby's growth, establishing baby's routine, handling multiple births, and the ever-controversial chapter on when baby cries. The 52-week method involves four phases, beginning with "Stabilization" from birth to week 8. During weeks 9 through 15 ("Extended Night"), babies learn to sleep through the night. Ezzo and Bucknam attempt to teach the difference between a baby's many cries and advise parents on various responses to these cries. Critics dislike Ezzo's strong belief that "child-centered parenting" (feeding baby whenever it cries, sleeping with and "wearing" baby) fosters demanding, insecure toddlers. But for parents who are tired of being tired--or whose previous experience with child-centered parenting supports Ezzo's theory--it may be worth a read. --Liane Thomas [via]
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The Paintingby Yvonne Lehman, Carol Cox, Andrea Boeshaar, Diann Mills, Sally LaityISBN 1577486404 (1-57748-640-4)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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Parent As Mystic, Mystic As Parentby David SpanglerISBN 1573227781 (1-57322-778-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Parent's Concerns for Their Unsaved Childrenby Edward Lawrence, Don KistlerISBN 1573581518 (1-57358-151-8)
Softcover, Soli Deo Gloria Pubns
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Parenting With Love And Logic: Teaching Children Responsibilityby Jim Fay, Foster ClineISBN 1576839540 (1-57683-954-0)
Hardcover, Navpress Pub Group
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Establish healthy control through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles.More editions of Parenting With Love And Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility:
Parenting Without Perfection: Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic Worldby David J. SeelISBN 1576832007 (1-57683-200-7)
Softcover, Navpress Pub Group
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Partnering: A New Kind of Relationshipby Hal Stone, Sidra Stone, Shakti GawainISBN 1577311078 (1-57731-107-8)
Softcover, New World Library
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Pastoraliaby George SaundersISBN 1573228729 (1-57322-872-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pastoralia'Book summary:In both his acclaimed debut, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and his second collection, Pastoralia, George Saunders imagines a near future where capitalism has run amok. Consumption and the service economy rule the earth. The Haves are grotesque beings, mutilated by their crass desires and impossible wealth. The Have Nots are no less crippled, both emotionally and physically, by their inferior status. It's a kind of Westworld scenario, but instead of robots, the serving wenches, bellboys, and extras are real people, all of them mercilessly indentured by the free market.
Sounds like bleak stuff, doesn't it? Yet Saunders handles his characters with grace and humor. In the title story, for example, a couple occupies a squalid corner of a human zoo, where they act out a parody of caveman times, communicating in grunts and hand motions (speaking is instantly punishable by the Orwellian management) and conducting their lives during 15-minute smoke breaks. In "Winky," a born loser (really, all of Saunders's characters are born losers) visits a self-help seminar, where he's encouraged to rid himself of all those people who are "crapping in your oatmeal." Exhilarated at the prospect of dumping his simple, crazy-haired, religion-besotted sister, he returns home to the bleak discovery that he needs her as much as she needs him. The protagonist of "Sea Oak" works as a stripper in an aviation-themed restaurant and lives next to a crack house with his unemployed sisters, their babies, and a sweet old maid of an aunt. The aunt dies, and then returns from the grave--not so sweet, now, and still decomposing--with strange powers and a sobering message:
You ever been in the grave? It sucks so bad! You regret all the things you never did. You little bitches are going to have a very bad time in the grave unless you get on the stick, believe me!
The characters and situations in the rest of Pastoralia are equally wretched. But Saunders rescues them from utter despair with a loving belief in the triumph of the human spirit: yes, things can always get worse, but worse is better than the cold dirt of the grave. And in the small space between wretchedness and death there is plenty of room for laughter, and even love. --Tod Nelson [via]Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexualityby Carol Queen, Lawrence SchimelISBN 1573440744 (1-57344-074-4)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 1573924237 (1-57392-423-7)
Softcover, Humanity Books
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Prolife Answers to Prochoice Argumentsby Randy C. AlcornISBN 1576737519 (1-57673-751-9)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Prozac Nationby Elizabeth WurtzelISBN 1573225126 (1-57322-512-6)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Psychologyby David G. MyersISBN 1572597917 (1-57259-791-7)
Hardcover, Worth Pub
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Psychology: Myers in Modulesby David G. MyersISBN 1572599804 (1-57259-980-4)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Satellite Sisters': Uncommon Sensesby Julie DolanISBN 1573229547 (1-57322-954-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Satellite Sisters' Uncommon Sensesby Lian Dolan, Julie Dolan, Liz Dolan, Sheila Dolan, Monica DolanISBN 1573222089 (1-57322-208-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 1573920479 (1-57392-047-9)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Shameby Taslima Nasrin, Tasalima NasarinaISBN 1573921653 (1-57392-165-3)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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Spiritual Resources in Family Therapyby Froma WalshISBN 1572305088 (1-57230-508-8)
Hardcover, Guilford Pubn
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Standing Tall: How a Man Can Protect His Familyby Steve FarrarISBN 1576737888 (1-57673-788-8)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Stories for a Dad's Heartby Alice GrayISBN 1576736954 (1-57673-695-4)
Hardcover, WaterBrook Press
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Stories for a Dad's Heartby Mark Keathley, Alice GrayISBN 1576739163 (1-57673-916-3)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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Stories for the Family's Heart: Over 100 Stories to Encourage Your Familyby Alice GrayISBN 1576733564 (1-57673-356-4)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Stories for the Heart: Over 100 Stories to Encourage Your Soulby Alice GrayISBN 1576731278 (1-57673-127-8)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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A picture is worth a thousand words -- and a good story spans generations. This book holds a collection of many timeless stories -- stories of compassion and encouragement. Carry them in your heart, learn from their wisdom, share them with someone you love. Whether you read them while curling up by the fire or basking in the sun, this soul-stirring treasury is sure to move you to much needed laughter and tears. [via]More editions of Stories for the Heart: Over 100 Stories to Encourage Your Soul:
Strengthening Our Families: An In-Depth Look at the Proclamation on the Familyby David C. DollahiteISBN 1573458244 (1-57345-824-4)
Hardcover, Deseret Book Co
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These High, Green Hillsby Jan KaronISBN 1574901036 (1-57490-103-6)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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Tipping the Velvetby Sarah WatersISBN 1573221368 (1-57322-136-8)
Softcover, Tarcher/Putnam
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tipping the Velvet: A Novel'Book summary:The heroine of Sarah Waters's audacious first novel knows her destiny, and seems content with it. Her place is in her father's seaside restaurant, shucking shellfish and stirring soup, singing all the while. "Although I didn't long believe the story told to me by Mother--that they had found me as a baby in an oyster-shell, and a greedy customer had almost eaten me for lunch--for eighteen years I never doubted my own oysterish sympathies, never looked far beyond my father's kitchen for occupation, or for love." At night Nancy Astley often ventures to the nearby music hall, not that she has illusions of being more than an audience member. But the moment she spies a new male impersonator--still something of a curiosity in England circa 1888--her years of innocence come to an end and a life of transformations begins.
Tipping the Velvet, all 472 pages of it, is as saucy, as tantalizing, and as touching as the narrator's first encounter with the seductive but shame-ridden Miss Kitty Butler. And at first even Nancy's family is thrilled with her gender-bending pal, all but her sister, best friend, and bedmate, Alice, "her eyes shining cold and dull, with starlight and suspicion." Not to worry. Soon Nancy and Kitty are off to London, their relationship close though (alas for our heroine) sisterly. We know that bliss will come, and it does, in an exceptionally charged moment. A lesser author would have been content to stop her story there, but Waters has much more in mind for her buttonholing heroine, and for us. In brief, her Everywoman with a sexual difference goes from success onstage to heartbreak to a stint as a male prostitute (necessity truly is the mother of invention) to keeping house for a brother and sister in the Labour movement. And did I mention her long stint as a plaything in the pleasure palace of a rich Sapphist extraordinaire? Diana Lethaby is as cruel as she is carnal, and even the well-concealed Cavendish Ladies' Club isn't outré enough for her. Kitting Nancy out in full, elegant drag, she dares the front desk to turn them away. "We are here," she mocks, "for the sake of the irregular."
Only after some seven years of hard twists and sensual turns does Nancy conclude that a life of sensation is not enough. Still, Tipping the Velvet is so entertaining that readers will wish her sentimental--and hedonistic--education had taken twice as long. --Kerry Fried [via]
Totem and Tabooby Sigmund Freud, A.A. BrillISBN 1573927899 (1-57392-789-9)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Totem and Taboo'Book summary:In this controversial study Freud applies the theories and evidence of his psychoanalytic investigations to the study of aboriginal peoples and, by extension, to the earliest cultural stages of the human race before the rise of large-scale civilizations. Relying on the reports of ethnographers such as J. G. Frazer, E. B. Tylor, and others, Freud points out the striking parallels between the cultural practices of native tribal groups and the behavior patterns of neurotics. His ultimate aim is to shed light on the psychological factors involved in the development of culture in the same way as he analyzed the unconscious motivations of neurotic individuals.
Beginning with a discussion of the incest taboo, which is one of the main features of the totemic tribal structure, he compares the taboo to the infantile stage of individual psychological development, in which the male child experiences incestuous sexual feelings for his mother (and the girl for her father). He draws parallels between some of the elaborate taboo restrictions seen in these early cultures and the scrupulous rituals of compulsion neurotics, who in a similar fashion are wrestling with the ambivalent emotions aroused by the incest taboo. The implication is that many of the ceremonies and
rituals of culture develop as a psychological reaction to the incest taboo, which prohibits the acting out of an infantile impulse that would be socially destructive.
Freud contends that cultures evolve through three main stages: the animistic, the religious, and the scientific. The earliest stage of animism corresponds to the narcissistic phase of individual development, when the child overvalues the importance and influence of his inner psychic life on the outer world. In the religious stage of culture, humanity realizes that its own conceptions do not have full power to control outer reality and attributes this power to deities, who nonetheless can be manipulated through religious ceremony. This stage of culture corresponds to the individual growth phase of dependence on the parents. The scientific stage is tantamount to the mature phase of individual development, in which the individual recognizes his very limited power to control the universe and accepts the reality of his own death as well as all other natural realities.
Freud concludes by invoking his famous Oedipus complex as the key to the development of culture, just as it is the main conflict underlying all neurotic illness in his theory. The repressed psychological urge to kill the father as the rival for the mother's affections is the underlying motive for the symbols and ceremonies of religion with all its many sacrificial rituals of expiation and its notions of angry gods, original sin, and humankind's guilt and need for atonement.
Although Freud's theories and life are controversial today, this masterful synthesis and its undeniable influence on later scholars of religion, anthropology, and psychology make it an indispensable work. [via]More editions of Totem and Taboo:
The Tragedy of Puddin'Head Wilsonby Mark TwainISBN 1576462552 (1-57646-255-2)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Una Luz en la Noche Para Padres /NIGHT LIGHTby James DobsonISBN 1576739813 (1-57673-981-3)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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The Washington Story: A Novel in Five Spheresby Adam LangerISBN 1573223247 (1-57322-324-7)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Washington Story: A Novel in Five Spheres'Book summary:For those of us who woefully turned the last page of Crossing California, Adam Langer's masterful debut, The Washington Story offers a gratifying, if not lengthy, reunion with the people and places whose stories so engaged readers the first time around. In this tightly packed sequel, Langer revisits the same West Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago where we first met a fascinating cast of characters, from high schoolers Muley Scott Wills, Jill and Michelle Wasserstrom, and Hillel Levy to movie producers Mel Coleman and Carl "Slappit" Silverman, whose lives continue to intertwine in ways that make this expansive novel both a delight and a challenge to fully absorb.
Like in Crossing California, time and place are as central to the story as the characters themselves. The Washington Story takes place between 1982 and 1987, and follows the political career of Chicago mayor Harold Washington, the Challenger space shuttle disaster, and the changing landscape of both an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Chicago and the world beyond its borders. From a dorm room at Vassar to a hostel in West Berlin, Langer follows his characters across the street and around the globe, observing their behavior with a sharp eye for detail and an understated yet inspired sense of humor that can be unbelievably rewarding at times. ("He would sit alone at Ponderosa, where he would eat chili and pretend to read Jack Kerouac ... though when he would return alone to his hotel room, he would put down The Dharma Bums and pick up the GMAT study guide.") At one point in Jill's college career, she wonders if she could ever be considered prettier than her starlet sister Michelle. Yet according to Langer, it's "Not that she really cared about being pretty; she mostly cared about not being ugly."
Observations like these are what make The Washington Story so much more than a simple coming-of-age tale. Rather, Langer's unpretentious style, coupled with his immense talent for storytelling, rewards readers with a sequel worthy of its predecessor. --Gisele Toueg [via]
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When Families Prayby Cheri FullerISBN 1576738884 (1-57673-888-4)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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