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15 Minute Devotions For Couplesby Emilie Barnes, Bob BarnesISBN 0736912037 (0-7369-1203-7)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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Abide With Meby Elizabeth StroutISBN 0739325914 (0-7393-2591-4)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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An Accidental Womanby Barbara DelinskyISBN 0743204700 (0-7432-0470-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Any Place I Hang My Hatby Susan IsaacsISBN 0743242157 (0-7432-4215-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Astrology of Intimacy Sexuality and Relationship: Insights to Wholenessby Noel TylISBN 0738701130 (0-7387-0113-0)
Softcover, Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
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At Swim, Two Boysby Jamie O'NeillISBN 0743222954 (0-7432-2295-4)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Swim, Two Boys'Book summary:You may have read the hype. Irishman Jamie O'Neill was working as a London hospital porter when his 10-year labor of love, the 200,000-word manuscript of At Swim, Two Boys, written on a laptop during quiet patches at work, was suddenly snapped up for a hefty six-figure advance. For once, the book fully deserves the hype.
In the spring of 1915, Jim Mack and "the Doyler," two Dublin boys, make a pact to swim to an island in Dublin Bay the following Easter. By the time they do, Dublin has been consumed by the Easter Uprising, and the boys' friendship has blossomed into love--a love that will in time be overtaken by tragedy. O'Neill's prose, playing merrily with vocabulary, syntax, and idiom, has unsurprisingly drawn comparisons to James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, but in his creation of comic characters (such as Jim's pathetic but irrepressible father) and in the sheer scale of his work, Charles Dickens springs to mind first. But Dickens never wrote a love story between young men as achingly beautiful as this.
In the character of Anthony MacMurrough, who is haunted by voices as he pursues his illegal and dangerous desire for Dublin boys, O'Neill has created a complex and fascinating center to his novel, rescuing the love story from mawkishness, and allowing a serious meditation on history, politics, and desire. For as Ireland seeks its own future free of British government, so Jim, Doyle, and MacMurrough look back to Sparta to find a way to live. As Dr Scrotes, one of MacMurrough's voices, commands:
Help these boys build a nation of their own. Ransack the histories for clues to their past. Plunder the literature for words they can speak.
In this massive, enthralling, and brilliant debut, Jamie O'Neill has indeed done just that: provided a nation for what Walt Whitman calls, in O'Neill's epigraph, "the love of comrades." --Alan Stewart, Amazon.co.uk [via]More editions of At Swim, Two Boys:
Barbara Taylor Bradford's Living Romantically Every Dayby Barbara Taylor BradfordISBN 0740726846 (0-7407-2684-6)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Beautiful Lies : A Novelby Lisa UngerISBN 0739325809 (0-7393-2580-9)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994by Sylvia NasarISBN 0743226372 (0-7432-2637-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994'Book summary:Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound--such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model for The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the "Phantom of Fine Hall," a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics building wearing purple sneakers and writing numerology treatises on the blackboards. The Phantom was John Nash, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who had spiraled into schizophrenia in the 1950s. His most important work had been in game theory, which by the 1980s was underpinning a large part of economics. When the Nobel Prize committee began debating a prize for game theory, Nash's name inevitably came up--only to be dismissed, since the prize clearly could not go to a madman. But in 1994 Nash, in remission from schizophrenia, shared the Nobel Prize in economics for work done some 45 years previously.
Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees). This highly recommended book is indeed "a story about the mystery of the human mind, in three acts: genius, madness, reawakening." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nashby Sylvia NasarISBN 0743224574 (0-7432-2457-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees). This highly recommended book is indeed "a story about the mystery of the human mind, in three acts: genius, madness, reawakening." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The Book of Massage: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Eastern and Western Techniquesby Lucinda LidellISBN 0743203909 (0-7432-0390-9)
Softcover, Fireside
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Bookendsby Jane GreenISBN 0718144562 (0-7181-4456-2)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bookends'Book summary:Bookends, Jane Green's third comic novel of contemporary love and lust, proves beyond a doubt that when it comes to light reading, plot is everything. Bookends makes a great case study because it has little going for it besides plot. Dialogue? Stilted. Characters? Clichéd. Writing style? Sloppy. And yet the book is well-nigh impossible to put down. A few friends meet at university: Simon, the chirpy gay character; Portia, the glamour girl; Josh, the adorable, unpretentious catch; and Cath, the overweight, insecure narrator. Portia strays from their crowd, but the other three remain friends into their 30s. Now successful Londoners, each faces a personal crisis: singleton Cath leaves a secure job to start a bookstore; Simon looks for love; Josh's marriage goes through growing pains. And then Portia, as intimidating and elegant as ever, wanders back into their lives--with surprising results. Green is a past master of the ugly-duckling-turned-swan story. Cath's transformation--neatly echoed by the changes in the lives of her friends--is completely addictive. Plot does indeed rule. --Claire Dederer [via]
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The Clouds Above : A Novel of Love and Warby Andrew GreigISBN 0743206401 (0-7432-0640-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
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Cloudstreet: Library Editionby Tim WintonISBN 0743234413 (0-7432-3441-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cloudstreet: Library Edition'Book summary:Hailed as a classic, Tim Winton's masterful family saga is both a paean to working-class Australians and an unflinching examination of the human heart's capacity for sorrow, joy, and endless gradations in between. An award-winning work, Cloudstreet exemplifies the brilliant ability of fiction to captivate and inspire.
Struggling to rebuild their lives after being touched by disaster, the Pickle family, who've inherited a big house called Cloudstreet in a suburb of Perth, take in the God-fearing Lambs as tenants. The Lambs have suffered their own catastrophes, and determined to survive, they open up a grocery on the ground floor. From 1944 to 1964, the shared experiences of the two overpopulated clans -- running the gamut from drunkenness, adultery, and death to resurrection, marriage, and birth -- bond them to each other and to the bustling, haunted house in ways no one could have anticipated. [via]
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Dear Dad: Father, Friend, And Heroby Bradley Trevor GreiveISBN 0740750240 (0-7407-5024-0)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of the Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius, David V. Hicks, C. Scot HicksISBN 0743233832 (0-7432-3383-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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MEASURE OF A MAN IS THE WORTH OF THE THINGS HE CARES ABOUT.
IF IT IS GOOD TO SAY OR DO
SOMETHING, THEN IT IS
EVEN BETTER TO BE CRITICIZED FOR
HAVING SAID OR DONE IT.
ARE MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES
HEALTHY AND ROBUST? ON THIS HANGS EVERYTHING.
Essayist Matthew Arnold described the man who wrote these words as "the most beautiful figure in history." Possibly so, but he was certainly more than that. Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its height, yet he remained untainted by the incalculable wealth and absolute power that had corrupted many of his predecessors. Marcus knew the secret of how to live the good life amid trying and often catastrophic circumstances, of how to find happiness and peace when surrounded by misery and turmoil, and of how to choose the harder right over the easier wrong without apparent regard for self-interest.
The historian Michael Grant praises Marcus's book as "the best ever written by a major ruler," and Josiah Bunting, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, calls it "the essential book on character, leadership, duty." Never intended for publication, the Meditations contains the practical and inspiring wisdom by which this remarkable emperor lived the life not of a saintly recluse, but of a general, administrator, legislator, spouse, parent, and judge besieged on all sides.
The Emperor's Handbook offers a vivid and fresh translation of this important piece of ancient literature. It brings Marcus's words to life and shows his wisdom to be as relevant today as it was in the second century. This book belongs on the desk and in the briefcase of every business executive, political leader, and military officer. It speaks to the soul of anyone who has ever exercised authority or faced adversity or believed in a better day. [via]
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Ethan Fromeby Edith WhartonISBN 0735101191 (0-7351-0119-1)
Hardcover, Replica Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethan Frome'Book summary:Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome is the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zeena, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver. In the playing out of this short novel's powerful and engrossing drama, Edith Wharton constructed her least characteristic and most celebrated book. In her Introduction, the distinguished critic Elaine Showalter discusses the background to the novel's composition and the reasons for its enduring success.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. [via]More editions of Ethan Frome:
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Fall on Your Knees: Library Editionby Ann-Marie MacDonaldISBN 0743237188 (0-7432-3718-8)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition'Book summary:The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives even to destroy them. Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Compellingly written, by turns menacingly dark and hilariously funny, this is an epic tale of five generations of sin, guilt, and redemption. [via]
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Gap Creek: Library Editionby Robert MorganISBN 0743203631 (0-7432-0363-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gap Creek: Library Edition'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 2000: Robert Morgan's Gap Creek opens with one wrenching death and ends with another. In between, this novel of turn-of-the-century Appalachian life works in fire, flood, swindlers, sickness, and starvation--a truly biblical assortment of plagues, all visited on the sturdy shoulders of 17-year-old Julie Harmon. "Human life don't mean a thing in this world," she concludes. And who could blame her? "People could be born and they could suffer, and they could die, and it didn't mean a thing.... The world was exactly like it had been and would always be, going on about its business." For Julie, that business is hard physical labor. Fortunately, she's fully capable of working "like a man"--splitting and hauling wood, butchering hogs, rendering lard, planting crops, and taking care of the stock. Even when Julie meets and marries handsome young Hank Richards, there's no happily-ever-after in store. Nothing comes easy in Julie Harmon's world, and their first year together is no exception.
Throughout the novel, Morgan chronicles Julie's trials in prose of great dignity and clarity, capturing the rhythms of North Carolina speech by using only the subtlest of inflections. Clearly the author has done his research too--the descriptions of physical labor practically leap off the page. (Suffice to say, you'll learn far more about hog slaughtering than you ever dreamed of knowing.) Yet he resists the temptation to make his long-suffering characters into saints. Julie simmers with resentment at being her family's workhorse, and Hank flies into a helpless rage whenever he feels that his authority is questioned. In novels like The Truest Pleasure and The Hinterlands, Morgan proved his ability to create memorable heroines. In Gap Creek, he writes with great feeling--but not a touch of sentimentality--about a life Julie aptly calls "both simple and hard." [via]
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Get a Love Lifeby Michelle McKinney HammondISBN 0736901868 (0-7369-0186-8)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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God Is in the Bedroom Tooby P. B. WilsonISBN 0736907963 (0-7369-0796-3)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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The Good Soldierby Ford M. HueffnerISBN 0742630986 (0-7426-3098-6)
Hardcover, Classic Books
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Grown-up Marriageby Judith ViorstISBN 0743210808 (0-7432-1080-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and Still Need to Know About Being Marriedby Judith ViorstISBN 0743210816 (0-7432-1081-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Home to Big Stone Gapby Adriana TrigianiISBN 0739326813 (0-7393-2681-3)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Home to Big Stone Gap'Book summary:Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the novels of the New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. In Home to Big Stone Gap, she tells her most powerful story yet, full of humor and heart, wisdom and hope.
Nestled in the lush Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the town of Big Stone Gap has been home for Ave Maria Mulligan Machesney and her family for generations. Shes been married to her beloved Jack for nearly twenty years, raised one child and buried another, and run a business that binds her community together, all while holding her tight circle of family and friends close.
But with her daughter, Etta, having flown the nest to enchanting Italy, Ave Maria has reached a turning point. When a friends postcard arrives with the message Its time to live your life for you, Ave Maria realizes that its time to go in search of brand-new dreams. But before she can put her foot on the path, her life is turned upside down.
Ave Maria agrees to helm the town musical, a hilarious reunion of local talent past and present. A lifelong friendship collapses when a mysterious stranger comes to town and reveals a long-buried secret. An unexpected health crisis threatens her family. An old heartthrob reappears, challenging her marriage and offering a way out of her troubles. An opportunistic coal company comes to town and threatens to undermine the towns way of life and the mountain landscape Ave Maria has treasured since she was a girl. Now she has no choice but to reinvent her world, her life, and herself, whether she wants to or not.
Trigiani is at her best in this exquisite page-turner. Home to Big Stone Gap is an emotional and unforgettable journey that reminds us that you can go home again and again. [via]More editions of Home to Big Stone Gap:
How Can I Be Sure: Questions to Ask Before You Get Marriedby Bob PhillipsISBN 0736900381 (0-7369-0038-1)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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How Right You Are, Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0743203593 (0-7432-0359-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Jeeves is infallible. Jeeves is indispensable. Unfortunately, in How Right You Are, Jeeves, he is also in absentia. In this wonderful slice of Woosterian mayhem, Bertie has sent that prince among gentlemen's gentlemen off on his annual vacation. Soon, drowning dachshunds, broken engagements, and inextricable complications lead to the only possible conclusion: "We must put our trust in a higher power. Go and fetch Jeeves!" [via]
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The Husbandby Dean KoontzISBN 0739326619 (0-7393-2661-9)
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Idiots in Love: Chronicles of Romantic Stupidityby Leland GregoryISBN 0740756699 (0-7407-5669-9)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Is He the One? : 101 Questions That Will Lead You to the Truth, Whatever That Isby Susan Swimmer, Lark Productions LLC StaffISBN 0740741942 (0-7407-4194-2)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is He the One? : 101 Questions That Will Lead You to the Truth, Whatever That Is'Book summary:So, you think you've found him. The One. But before you decide for sure, you must ask certain questions of yourself-101, to be exact. But this is not a weighty tome outlining a hundred conversations with your partner. In fact, don't even invite him to participate. No, this is the heart-to-heart you must have with yourself.á Is he affectionate? A tender touch, a warm kiss, a gentle rub. These are things you should receive every single day. And you shouldn't have to ask. How does he treat people who wait on him in restaurants? Hopefully with the utmost respect, because anything but that is unacceptable. And a generous tipper never hurts.Written in a girlfriend-to-girlfriend style by a magazine professional with her finger on the pulse of women's lifestyles, Is He the One? is a significant tool that's serious fun. [via]
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Just Marriedby Margaret FeinbergISBN 0736915079 (0-7369-1507-9)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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The Last Days of Dogtownby Anita DiamantISBN 0743225740 (0-7432-2574-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Days of Dogtown'Book summary:The tiny rural backwater of Dogtown, nestled on Cape Ann and hugging the Massachusetts coast line, is a place that is reputedly dying, but its few remaining inhabitants show an enduring spirit that keeps a small flame of life alight. For here, in this forgotten hamlet, lives a cast of dignified, yet utterly eccentric characters. Black Ruth is one of only two Africans still living in the area; she dresses as a man, speaks to no-one, and continues her craft as the local stonemason, casting love and care over the stones she hews. Mrs Stanley is blousey, blonde and the local madam; a woman of total self-absorption, who cares nothing for her young grandson, coming of age amid the sights and sounds of a wretched rural brothel. Oliver Younger, a man with ambition, overcomes a cruel and miserable childhood to marry the woman of his dreams and create a family infused with love. At the centre of it all is Judy Rhines, a fiercely independent woman, generous and wise, but also heartbroken and lonely, whose taboo love for Cornelius, a former slave, burns at the core of her soul. Loosely based on the true story of a community, "The Last Days of Dogtown" is a rich, compassionate and compelling novel which illuminates a small, but vivid, chapter of nineteenth century America. [via]
Love Lessonsby Deborah SchupackISBN 0740722816 (0-7407-2281-6)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Love Letters : A Little Anthology of Passionby Michelle Lovric, Patty RiceISBN 0740711474 (0-7407-1147-4)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Love Tickles Your FancyISBN 0740701134 (0-7407-0113-4)
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Machiavelli: Il Principeby Brian RichardsonISBN 0719007429 (0-7190-0742-9)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts : Using the Power of Pleasure to Have Your Way with the Worldby Regena ThomashauerISBN 0743226844 (0-7432-2684-4)
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Marriage in Motion: The Natural Ebb and Flow of Lasting Relationshipsby Richard Schwartz, Jacqueline OldsISBN 0738208302 (0-7382-0830-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 0739326872 (0-7393-2687-2)
Softcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.
We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the child's unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto. She is nine years old. In the years that follow, as she works to pay back the price of her purchase, Sayuri will be schooled in music and dance, learn to apply the geisha's elaborate makeup, wear elaborate kimono, and care for a coiffure so fragile that it requires a special pillow. She will also acquire a magnanimous tutor and a venomous rival. Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war, the resourceful Sayuri is a romantic heroine on the order of Jane Eyre and Scarlett O'Hara. And Memoirs of a Geisha is a triumphant work - suspenseful, and utterly persuasive.
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Memories of My Melancholy Whoresby Edith Grossman, Gabriel García MárquezISBN 0739325604 (0-7393-2560-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memories of My Melancholy Whores'Book summary:"The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin." So begins Memories of My Melancholy Whores, and it becomes even more unlikely as the novel unfolds. This slim volume contains the story of the sad life of an unnamed, only slightly talented Colombian journalist and teacher, never married, never in love, living in the crumbling family manse. He calls Rosa Cabarcas, madame of the city's most successful brothel, to seek her assistance. Rosa tells him his wish is impossible--and then calls right back to say that she has found the perfect girl.
The protagonist says of himself: "I have never gone to bed with a woman I didn't pay ... by the time I was fifty there were 514 women with whom I had been at least once ... My public life, on the other hand, was lacking in interest: both parents dead, a bachelor without a future, a mediocre journalist ... and a favorite of caricaturists because of my exemplary ugliness."
The girl is 14 and works all day in a factory attaching buttons in order to provide for her family. Rosa gives her a combination of bromide and valerian to drink to calm her nerves, and when the prospective lover arrives, she is sound asleep. Now the story really begins. The nonagenarian is not a sex-starved adventurer; he is a tender voyeur. Throughout his 90th year, he continues to meet the girl and watch her sleep. He says, "This was something new for me. I was ignorant of the arts of seduction and had always chosen my brides for a night at random, more for their price than their charms, and we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark, so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were ... That night I discovered the improbably pleasure of contemplating the body of a sleeping woman without the urgencies of desire or the obstacles of modesty."
Márquez's style never falters throughout this recounting of his life and his exploration of love, found at an unexpected time and place. The erstwhile lover is still capable of being surprised--and fulfilled. After an absence of ten years, it is a treat to have another parable from the master. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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A Mind at a Timeby Melvin D. LevineISBN 0743202228 (0-7432-0222-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Mind at a Time'Book summary:Recognizing each child's intellectual, emotional, and physical strengths--and teaching directly to these strengths--is key to sculpting "a mind at a time," according to Dr. Mel Levine. While this flashing yellow light will not surprise many skilled educators, limited resources often prevent them from shifting their instructional gears. But to teachers and parents whose children face daily humiliation at school, the author bellows, "Try harder!" A professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School, Levine eloquently substantiates his claim that developmental growth deserves the same monitoring as a child's physical growth.
Tales of creative, clumsy, impulsive, nerdy, intuitive, loud-mouthed, and painfully shy kids help Levine define eight specific mind systems (attention, memory, language, spatial ordering, sequential ordering, motor, higher thinking, and social thinking). Levine also incorporates scientific research to show readers how the eight neurodevelopmental systems evolve, interact, and contribute to a child's success in school. Detailed steps describe how mental processes (like problem solving) work for capable kids, and how they can be finessed to serve those who struggle. Clear, practical suggestions for fostering self-monitoring skills and building self-esteem add the most important elements to this essential--yet challenging--program for "raisin' brain." --Liane Thomas [via]
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A Mind at a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeedby Melvin D. LevineISBN 0743202236 (0-7432-0223-6)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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The Most of P. G. Wodehouseby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0743203585 (0-7432-0358-5)
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Myself, My Partner: New And Revisedby Tony HumphreysISBN 071713914X (0-7171-3914-X)
Softcover, Gill & Macmillan
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Naomi's Breakthrough Guide: 20 Choices To Transform Your Lifeby Laura MortonISBN 0743236637 (0-7432-3663-7)
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Naomi's Breakthrough Guide : 20 Choices to Transform Your Lifeby Naomi Judd, Laura MortonISBN 0743236629 (0-7432-3662-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naomi's Breakthrough Guide : 20 Choices to Transform Your Life'Book summary:"How in the world have I survived all the broken heart attacks, whacks and setbacks?" asks country music superstar Naomi Judd. Her answers are found in Naomi's Breakthrough Guide, a description of 20 choices that helped her overturn the "death sentence" of a diagnosis of hepatitis C. In a buoyant supportive voice, Judd interprets mind-body research about healing in her own terms. This creates a foundation for her two central ideas: Our predicaments are the result of our choices. The way we choose to react to what happens to us (whether a life-threatening illness, an addiction, or an unhealthy relationship) allows us to "find the sacred meaning of everything that happens to us." Judd's personal stories are, by turns, charming, feisty and insightful. But she has also done her homework to create a portrait of the "survivor personality." She uses birth-order studies to talk about family conflict and neurochemistry research to explain the role of emotions in building a healthy immune system. Judd explores goal setting, money managing, risk taking, healthy eating and loving relationships with her change-your-mind-to-change-your-world approach. The dark side of her optimism is the arguable contrast of victim/volunteer: implying that we are wholly responsible for our illness and recovery. In addition, few readers will have a superstar's resources (including access to physicians and the love and songs of thousands of fans). But Judd's generous gifts of knowledge and wise kindness offer many treasures. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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Nature Girlby Carl HiaasenISBN 0739326260 (0-7393-2626-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nature Girl'Book summary:Honey Santanaimpassioned, willful, possibly bipolar, self-proclaimed queen of lost causes has a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime sales calls. Shes taking rude, gullible Relentless, Inc., telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress, Eugeniethe fifteen-minute-famous girlfriend of a tabloid murdererinto the wilderness of Floridas Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in civility. What she doesnt know is that shes being followed by her Honey-obsessed former employer, Piejack (whose mismatched fingers are proof that sexual harassment in the workplace is a bad idea). And he doesnt know hes being followed by Honeys still-smitten former drug-running ex-husband, Perry, and their wise-and-protective-way-beyond-his-years twelve-year-old-son, Fry. And when they all pull up on Dismal Key, they dont know theyre intruding on Sammy Tigertail, a half whitehalf Seminole failed alligator wrestler, trying like hell to be a hermit despite the Florida State coed whos dying to be his hostage . . .
Will Honey be able to make a mensch of a greedhead ? Will Fry be able to protect her from Piejackand herself? Will Sammy achieve his true Seminole self? Will Eugenie ever get to the beach? Will the Everglades survive the wild humans? All the answers are revealed in the delectably outrageous mayhem that propels this novel to its Hiaasen-of-the-highest-order climax. [via]More editions of Nature Girl:
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Of Human Bondageby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 0735101213 (0-7351-0121-3)
Hardcover, Replica Books
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The Other Womanby Jane GreenISBN 0718146352 (0-7181-4635-2)
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Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Heartsby Raven KalderaISBN 0738707627 (0-7387-0762-7)
Softcover, Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
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The Peril of Magnificent Loveby Emma MagentaISBN 0740748041 (0-7407-4804-1)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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The Power of a Praying Husbandby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736919767 (0-7369-1976-7)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of a Praying Husband'Book summary:Building on the success of The Power of a Praying® Wife (more than 1 million copies sold), Stormie offers this guide to help husbands pray more effectively for their wives. Packed with reallife examples and refreshing honesty regarding her own marriage, The Power of a Praying® Husband encourages men to lovingly intercede for their wives in every area, including
- motherhood
- priorities
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- fears
- sexuality
Each chapter features comments from wellknown Christian men, biblical wisdom, and prayer ideas. Includes a foreword by Michael Omartian. The Power of a Praying® Husband makes a great gift to husbands from wives who want to say, I love and respect you. I want and need your prayers for my life.
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The Power of a Praying Husband: Book of Prayersby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736914099 (0-7369-1409-9)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of a Praying Husband: Book of Prayers'Book summary:Bestselling author Stormie Omartian presents her mostloved prayers in four petite editions. Small enough to keep in purse or pocket for quick conversations with God, lovely enough to give as a special gift to encourage and draw the hearts of friends and loved ones to the Lord in prayer, these books will help unlock the power of prayer in readers lives.
Prayers from The Power of a Praying® Husband serve as the perfect starting point in asking for Gods wisdom and blessing on a marriage. Men will love these concise, heartfelt ways to pray for their wives.
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The Power of a Praying Womanby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736919260 (0-7369-1926-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of a Praying Woman'Book summary:Stormie Omartians bestselling books have helped hundreds of thousands of individuals pray more effectively for their spouses, their children, and their nation. Now she has written a book on a subject she knows intimately: being a praying woman.
Stormies deep knowledge of Scripture and candid examples from her own prayer life provide guidance for women who seek to...
- trust God with deep longings, not just pressing needs
- cover every area of life with prayer
- maintain a right heart before God
Each segment concludes with a prayer women can follow or use as a model for their own prayers.
Women of all ages will find hope and purpose for their lives with The Power of a Praying® Woman.
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The Power of a Praying Woman: Book of Prayersby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736914102 (0-7369-1410-2)
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The Power of a Praying Woman: Prayer and Study Guideby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736908587 (0-7369-0858-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of a Praying Woman: Prayer and Study Guide'Book summary:For women who have read Stormie Omartians The Power of a Praying® Woman and embraced the challenge of a very personal encounter with God through prayer, theres a next step. The Power of a Praying® Woman Prayer and Study Guide.
Following the outline of the book, The Power of a Praying® Woman Prayer and Study Guide encourages readers to explore the biblical principles behind individual prayer. Thoughtprovoking questions help each woman define her unique, sometimes complicated, prayer needs.
Readers seeking the abundant, blessingrich life of a prayerful woman will welcome this engaging companion guide to the book Stormie wrote just for them.
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The Power of Femininityby Michelle McKinney HammondISBN 0736901426 (0-7369-0142-6)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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The Ridersby Tim WintonISBN 073290790X (0-7329-0790-X)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan Publishers Australia
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The Right Attitude to Rainby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0739326902 (0-7393-2690-2)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Right Attitude to Rain'Book summary:The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.
When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce a bigwig at home in Texas several confounding situations unfurl at once. Toms young fiancées roving eye leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself? And she cant forget about her niece, Cat, whos busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being an incorrigible mamas boy. Of course Grace and Isabels friend Jamie counsel Isabel to stay out of all of it, but there are irresistible philosophical issues at stake when to tell the truth and when to keep ones mouth shut, to be precise and philosophical issues are meat and drink to Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics. In any case, shes certain of the ethical basis for a little sleuthing now and again especially when the problems involve matters of the heart. [via]More editions of The Right Attitude to Rain:
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Rise And Shineby Anna QuindlenISBN 0739326449 (0-7393-2644-9)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rise And Shine'Book summary:From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
Its an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurices perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host of Rise and Shine, the countrys highest-rated morning talk show, Meghan cuts to a commercial breakbut not before she mutters two forbidden words into her open mike.
In an instant, its the end of an era, not only for Meghan, who is unaccustomed to dealing with adversity, but also for her younger sister, Bridget, a social worker in the Bronx who has always lived in Meghans long shadow. The effect of Meghans on-air truth telling reverberates through both their lives, affecting Meghans son, husband, friends, and fans, as well as Bridgets perception of her sister, their complex childhood, and herself. What follows is a story about how, in very different ways, the Fitzmaurice women adapt, survive, and manage to bring the whole teeming world of New York to heel by dint of their smart mouths, quick wits, and the powerful connection between them that even the worst tragedy cannot shatter. [via]More editions of Rise And Shine:
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Romeo And Julietby William Shakespeare, Barbara Kindermann, Christa UnznerISBN 0735820902 (0-7358-2090-2)
Hardcover, North South Books
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Sassy, Single, and Satisfied: Secrets to Loving the Life You're Livingby Michelle McKinney HammondISBN 0736904875 (0-7369-0487-5)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sassy, Single, and Satisfied: Secrets to Loving the Life You're Living'Book summary:Written especially for single women, this userfriendly devotional helps individuals searching to understand their place in the world draw closer to the true Lover of their soul. Beststelling author Michelle McKinney Hammond combines usable scriptural principles for daily living with inspirational stories, quotes, and personal experiences of life, love, and men.
Readers will find assurance that their singleness is to be embraced, celebrated, and used as a time to grow closer to the Lord. They will also discover how to...
- realign their priorities
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With her humorous, tellitlikeitis style, Michelle connects with readers and shares the fulfillment she has found in Christ.
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Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Outby Phillip C. McGrawISBN 0743227255 (0-7432-2725-5)
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifestoby Chuck KlostermanISBN 0743236017 (0-7432-3601-7)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto'Book summary:There's quite a bit of intelligent analysis and thought-provoking insight packed into the pages of Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, which is a little surprising considering how darn stupid most of Klosterman's subject matter actually is. Klosterman, one of the few members of the so-called "Generation X" to proudly embrace that label and the stereotypical image of disaffected slackers that often accompanies it, takes the reader on a witty and highly entertaining tour through portions of pop culture not usually subjected to analysis and presents his thoughts on Saved by the Bell, Billy Joel, amateur porn, MTV's The Real World, and much more. It would be easy in dealing with such subject matter to simply pile on some undergraduate level deconstruction, make a few jokes, and have yourself a clever little book. But Klosterman goes deeper than that, often employing his own life spent as a member of the lowbrow target demographic to measure the cultural impact of his subjects. While the book never quite lives up to the use of the word "manifesto" in the title (it's really more of a survey mixed with elements of memoir), there is much here to entertain and illuminate, particularly passages on the psychoses and motivations of breakfast cereal mascots, the difference between Celtic fans and Laker fans, and The Empire Strikes Back. Sections on a Guns n' Roses tribute band, The Sims, and soccer feel more like magazine pieces included to fill space than part of a cohesive whole. But when you're talking about a book based on a section of cultural history so reliant on a lack of attention span, even the incongruities feel somehow appropriate. --John Moe [via]
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The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido, a Couple's Guideby Michele Weiner-Davis, Michele Weiner DavisISBN 0743227336 (0-7432-2733-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Simple Truth About Loveby Bradley Trevor GreiveISBN 0740755668 (0-7407-5566-8)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Social Intelligence : The New Science of Human Relationshipsby Daniel GolemanISBN 0739326791 (0-7393-2679-1)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Social Intelligence : The New Science of Human Relationships'Book summary:Emotional Intelligence was an international phenomenon, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and selling more than five million copies worldwide. Now, once again, Daniel Goleman has written a groundbreaking synthesis of the latest findings in biology and brain science, revealing that we are wired to connect and the surprisingly deep impact of our relationships on every aspect of our lives.
Far more than we are consciously aware, our daily encounters with parents, spouses, bosses, and even strangers shape our brains and affect cells throughout our bodiesdown to the level of our genesfor good or ill. In Social Intelligence, Daniel Goleman explores an emerging new science with startling implications for our interpersonal world. Its most fundamental discovery: we are designed for sociability, constantly engaged in a neural ballet that connects us brain to brain with those around us.
Our reactions to others, and theirs to us, have a far-reaching biological impact, sending out cascades of hormones that regulate everything from our hearts to our immune systems, making good relationships act like vitaminsand bad relationships like poisons. We can catch other peoples emotions the way we catch a cold, and the consequences of isolation or relentless social stress can be life-shortening. Goleman explains the surprising accuracy of first impressions, the basis of charisma and emotional power, the complexity of sexual attraction, and how we detect lies. He describes the dark side of social intelligence, from narcissism to Machiavellianism and psychopathy. He also reveals our astonishing capacity for mindsight, as well as the tragedy of those, like autistic children, whose mindsight is impaired.
Is there a way to raise our children to be happy? What is the basis of a nourishing marriage? How can business leaders and teachers inspire the best in those they lead and teach? How can groups divided by prejudice and hatred come to live together in peace?
The answers to these questions may not be as elusive as we once thought. And Goleman delivers his most heartening news with powerful conviction: we humans have a built-in bias toward empathy, cooperation, and altruismprovided we develop the social intelligence to nurture these capacities in ourselves and others.
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Summer Peopleby Marge PiercyISBN 0743241851 (0-7432-4185-1)
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The Surrendered Single: A Practical Guide to Attracting and Marrying the Man Who's Right for Youby Laura DoyleISBN 0743217896 (0-7432-1789-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Tangled Wing : Biological Constraints on the Human Spiritby Melvin J. KonnerISBN 0716746026 (0-7167-4602-6)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Think of Englandby Alice Elliott DarkISBN 0743234979 (0-7432-3497-9)
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Tis: A Memoirby Frank McCourtISBN 0743200985 (0-7432-0098-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tis: A Memoir'Book summary:'Tis a blessing that the author narrates his own work. McCourt follows up his Audie Award-winning performance in Angela's Ashes with another brilliant reading as he chronicles his return to post-World War II New York. Like all good storytellers, McCourt has good stories to tell; 'Tis pulses with grim adversity and quiet triumphs--character-shaping moments that gain the listener's empathy. What makes McCourt a great storyteller is his ability to give these moments just the right amount of humor and perspective. His lyrical tones are wise but not weary; he's survived life's challenges to tell his tale. And while it may be trite to credit McCourt's verbal skills to his Irish heritage, these war stories were undoubtedly polished amongst friends in the pubs. 'Tis is Grammy material, and a perfect example of how an author's voice can enhance the written word. (Running time: 6 hours, 4 cassettes) --Rob McDonald [via]
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Together for Good: Lessons from Fifty-five Years of Marriageby Henry H. Mitchell, Ella P. MitchellISBN 0740700391 (0-7407-0039-1)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Together for Good: Lessons from Fifty-five Years of Marriage'Book summary:"Friendship is far more important to love and marriage than we had any idea at the time we married. Friendship grows in the fertile soil of common values and interests. . . the place each of us grows as a person and a mate. We've grown far beyond anything either of us had in mind 55 years ago, and we know it's because God blessed our friendship with a spark that set it all aflame in joy and fruitfulness," writes Rev. Drs. Henry H. and Ella Pearson Mitchell, who share the secret to lasting love and friendship in Together for Good. This memoir chronicles the Mitchell's 55-year relationship, beginning with when they first met at Union Theological Seminary, and follows them throughout their lives. Filled with anecdotes and the couple's down-to-earth candor, Together for Good tells how the Mitchells coped with the first year of marriage, financial problems, the birth and adoption of their children, switching jobs, and moving. The Mitchells, who've served in various ministry capacities together, talk about their "golden" years and how staying together has been an endless source of strength and joy-even through losing a child and the long healing process afterward. Anyone who's endured a relationship-whether successful or not-will find encouragement and support from the Mitchell's "golden" insight.
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Touchpoints: Birth to 3 Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Developmentby Berry Brazelton, Joshua D. SparrowISBN 0738210498 (0-7382-1049-8)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Andrew M. WilkinsonISBN 0723100896 (0-7231-0089-6)
Hardcover, University Tutorial Press
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Vanilla Beans and Brodoby Isabella DusiISBN 0743234618 (0-7432-3461-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanilla Beans and Brodo'Book summary:Traditionally, foreign writers describing a country adopt the outsider's point of view and focus on the more quaint and amusing aspects of the locals' lives. This is particularly true of Italy, where the more exotic side of the country is maximised and the lives of people treated as being less important. Not so in Isabella Dusi's fascinating Vanilla Beans and Brodo which takes the radical (and fascinating) approach of dealing with the day-to-day lives of those who live in the beautiful Tuscan Hills. In fact, the book is subtitled Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany, and the author (who sold all she owned to travel halfway around the world and settle in the exquisite mountain eyrie of Montalcino) makes the descriptions of the seasons and countryside as evocative as one could wish, but her real subject is the people. Finding it initially difficult to be accepted into this close-knit wine community, she gradually wins their respect and friendship.
The experiences of the author in the village--as different from English life as could be imagined--are totally absorbing. But this is no mere pleasant pictorial--Isabella Dusi conjures genuine drama as summer approaches and wild storms threaten to destroy the grape harvest. We are given, en route, the bloody history of this medieval village, but what stays with the reader is the incident-packed lives of the inhabitants: a million miles away from most people's placid image of life in this most beautiful part of the world. If you want to live another life for a few hours, here's your chance. --Barry Forshaw [via]
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Wedding of Cathy and Irving: A Collectionby Cathy GuisewiteISBN 0740726684 (0-7407-2668-4)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger: Turning Bad Breaks into Blessingsby Maxine SchnallISBN 0738208604 (0-7382-0860-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Why Do I Say "Yes" When I Need to Say "No"?by Michelle McKinney HammondISBN 0736908692 (0-7369-0869-2)
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Why Is It Always about You? : Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Lifeby Sandy Hotchkiss, James F. MastersonISBN 0743214277 (0-7432-1427-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Working With Difficult Peopleby Muriel SolomonISBN 0735202915 (0-7352-0291-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Working With Difficult People'Book summary:Have you ever agonized over how to handle a bully in the workplace--with pie-in-the-face retribution or a saintly smile? "The 100 people you'll meet on these pages," Muriel Solomon teases in her introduction to this hard-hitting and entertaining guidebook, "should be founding members of E.O.O.--Equal Opportunity Offenders. They show no bias. They are as obnoxious to their bosses as they are to their bookkeepers." But the teasing segues into practical advice for those seeking to do their work in--if not kind circumstances--at least unthreatening ones.
Designed as an at-a-glance reference tool, this 10-part guide describes 10 kinds of culprits, from tyrants, bullies, and sadists to the pushy and presumptuous to connivers and camouflagers. Each type is first defined, allowing for a peek inside the heads of both victim and victimizer and offering a helpful strategy for facilitating tactful dialogues that serves as excellent advice for diffusing workplace tensions and hostilities.
You may recognize these types as thorns in your side or--worse--real threats to your sense of well-being and work performance. This reference book packs a wallop, not only restoring your self-esteem but allowing you to create better relationships with the people at work who make your life miserable. Working with Difficult People may not disarm the despicable, but it will supply you with the ammunition you need to put the control back in your camp. [via]
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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Wrong Rooms: A Memoirby Mark SandersonISBN 0743220102 (0-7432-2010-2)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wrong Rooms: A Memoir'Book summary:Wrong Rooms is a deeply moving memoir of what it means to watch the love of your life die before your very eyes. In 1992 Mark Sanderson, a respected writer on London magazine Time Out, had an unlucky love life which had left him feeling like "a pallid, lonely Englishman". Deciding to put an advert in a lonely hearts' column, he received a reply from an Australian called Drew, "a sci-fi-loving computer nerd who told lousy jokes". Inevitably he replied, and over the next two years, they fell in love. "Drew made me happier than I had ever been before. He took me to places I never expected to see" writes Sanderson. But in April 1994 Drew was diagnosed with skin cancer. Within three months he was dead.
Wrong Rooms is the emotionally raw story of Sanderson's life with Drew, from domestic bliss through sickness and finally slow, painful death. The early sections of the book honestly evoke their blossoming relationship, as well as offering a deft portrait of gay life in 90s London. Sanderson writes with a clarity and sincerity that is all the more extraordinary because of the contrast between his life before and after Drew: "we entered a grave new world of waiting rooms, consulting rooms, hospital wards and theatres. The facts that our lives had only just changed for the better made the shock even worse". In the final moments with Drew Sanderson "experienced true horror for the first time", and at times it feels almost too intimate to read on. The book is clearly a cathartic experience for Sanderson; it is also probably one of the most painfully honest books about the loss of a lover to be written in a long time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Zen and the Art of Falling in Loveby Brenda ShoshannaISBN 0743243366 (0-7432-4336-6)
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Lo Es: Una Memoriaby Frank McCourt, Alejandro ParejaISBN 0743204239 (0-7432-0423-9)
Softcover, Fireside
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lo Es: Una Memoria'Book summary:The Spanish edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, TIS is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant with rotten teeth, infected eyes, and no formal education to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher. Saved first by a straying priest, then by the Democratic party, then by the United States Army, then by New York University-- which admitted him on a trial basis, though he had no high school diploma-- Frank had the same vulnerable but invincible spirit at nineteen that he had at eight, and still has today. And TIS is a tale of survival as vivid, harrowing, and often hilarious as ANGELA'S ASHES. Yet again, it is through the power of storytelling that Frank finds a life for himself. TIS blesses readers with another chapter of McCourt's story, but as it closes, they will want still more. [via]
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