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Bjork is the most successful radical rock experimentalist of her generation. Contrary, inimitable, and gloriously her own, she has awed her famously dedicated fans for more than a decade with a swooping, querulous voice that has been likened to a glass not quite breaking. Bursting onto the Icelandic musical scene with a precocious album at the age of 11 and a series of releases in the 1980s that notably include her work with the Sugar Cubes, Bjork soon found herself gaining international renown as she released the jazzy Gling-Glo and her breakout solo album Debut. Since then the superstar wordsmith has continued to produce idiosyncratic, well-received works. In 1995 Bjork combined hit-making tunes with her maverick sounds to produce Post, and then after working with an army of collaborators, Telegram. Two years later, Homogenic took listeners on a compelling journey through the outer reaches of electronica. Again abruptly switching directions, Bjork starred as a blind mother in the critically acclaimed Dancer in the Dark, producing the renowned Selmasongs soundtrack. Returning to explorations of herself the next year, she produced Vespertine, an intimate and sensual fan favorite that continues to sell well. Drawing on years of experience covering Bjork and her industry, music journalist Ian Gittins explores and celebrates the creative processes and motivations behind her amazing career and musical history. With 70 color and black-and-white photographs, Bjork is a must-have for her legions of devoted fans.
Customer Reviews:
Maybe 5 stars, hard to say.......2006-02-18
I've always thought that Bjork was just the loveliest lady, but I haven't seen or heard much of her. Yesterday I picked up this book at Barnes and Noble for $4.98, yes that's four ninety-eight, and it is just chock-full of so many pictures and clear tidy text that I am very impressed. It may not be the most in-depth work about her, but it seems fairly accessible, and she is not terribly well-known beyond a certain reputation as being a bit "out there." She's an artist, not a commodity like so many musicians, and it's not what we expect, and people forget to look beyond the far-out sound bite or video clip.
The Words Of Bjork.......2005-03-07
This is a good reference book if you want to know what Bjork is saying AND meaning in her songs. This book has helped me understand some of her Icelandic accent, which I think is awesome. Some of her songs get so twisted in my head, (I am always changing lyrics anyway) that I have to use this book to know what she is really saying. I have lots of fun with the English language, Bjork does speak very well, but if you have a hearing problem like I do, this book will make for good reading.
This book has mostly all of her songs, the reasons why she wrote them, it opens up a whole new realm for any Bjork fan.
The photography is great, also. Bjork is a Beautiful Icelandic Princess with much talent.
there's more to life than this.......2003-08-21
my mom brought this book back for me from london, because at that time (last november) it was next to impossible to find in the states. the book looks nice on the outside. nice oversized book, with thick glossy paper. and the idea of the book is nice, the story beihnd every song + info on the cubes/gling-glo and early stuff.
however, the book does fall a little short, content wise. the information gathered is mostly pretty well known (keep in mind i am a total björk dörk :p ) but the pictures in the book totally make up for the (lack of) content! there were so many pics i have never seen before, and huge, oversized glossy pictures! i was in heaven :)
i was really hoping for more information about the sugarcubes, which is why this book didn't get a 5 star rating! they only talked about the 'cubes, and didn't get in to the meaning behind the songs.
a fine start for a curious wannabe bjork fan.......2003-02-08
I guess since I've been a Bjork fan for a while now, I was hoping to find some new insight into her songs through this book. If you want to learn the intentions and meanings behind Bjork songs, you're better off going to her website or searching online for interpretations or interviews. This book, while providing some solid background information about Bjork, does not provide too much information about the songs themselves. It seems that the author took random quotes and tried to apply them to the songs as he saw fit. The timeline is useful, and pictures are gorgeous. The descriptions for each song are not more than a couple of paragraphs each, far too short to even get an introduction for a Bjork song. It is a good collector's item--that's why I bought it. But if you're looking for some answers, like, what do those bjorkish words mean?, look somewhere else...like the 4um
Bjork Fans Need This.......2003-01-30
A fine overview of Bjork's career, with lots of good photos, and a track-by-track discussion of each album, beginning with her pre-teen "Bjork" effort and concluding with "Vespertine." (There's also a discussion of all B-sides and collaborations.) Mr. Gittins is apparently not a musician--he can't tell a recorder from a flute and describes a sitar as "Indian strings"--but he's otherwise well-informed and appreciative of Bjork's genius without going overboard. Highly recommended to Bjork fans.
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There Must Be More Than This: Finding More Life, Love and Meaning by Overcoming Your Soft Addictions
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There IS more than this and you can have it! What keeps us from living the rich, fulfilling lives we desire? Judith Wright has found that too often we are tripped up by our dependence on seemingly harmless habits like shopping, watching TV, gossiping, and surfing the net. These are soft addictions, and they form a powerful net that traps us, preventing us from having more love and meaning in our lives. They fill up our time, but leave us feeling empty, asking, “Is this all there is to life? There must be more than this.”
Judith Wright’s fresh perspective and proven program invite you to overcome your soft addictions and discover MORE–a full, engaging life of more intimacy, purpose, joy, satisfaction and love. She promises a life in which you advance your goals and your vision every day. You will live more purposefully and feel more intensely, stop asking the small questions and start asking the big ones. You will fill your life with meaningful activity, and your soft addictions will fall away.
Educator and life coach Judith Wright coined the term soft addictions™ after years of working with students who came to her courses to get more out of life. They would experience insights in class but be unable to fully apply them to their lives. Wright found that her students were limiting their experience and enjoyment of life by engaging in unsatisfying routines. She discovered that these time wasters and draining habits, which she named soft addictions, have a powerful hold on us because they satisfy certain wants–to zone out, feel busy, numb painful feelings, or avoid anxieties–but ignore deeper hungers for love, beauty, spirituality and meaning. They substitute a superficial high or sense of activity for a sense of genuine purpose and fulfillment. In a very real sense, we become hooked on these habitual behaviors. But unlike drugs or alcohol, our soft addictions arrive in the seductive guise of a “normal,” socially acceptable activity.
There Must Be More Than This helps you identify and fulfill the deeper longings behind your soft addictions. Judith Wright’s eight-step program has now been used by hundreds of her students to overcome their soft addictions and open up their lives to a greater sense of purpose and happiness. There Must Be More Than This shares her methods, along with real-life, inspirational stories of success. Invite More into your life and know that you are living the life you were meant to live.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews:
We Should Strive to Just Be Ourselves........2005-04-25
When I picked this book up at the library, I was reminded of the Peggy Lee song, 'Is That All There Is to Love?' I enjoyed the quotes interspersed by Mark Twain, Margaret Mead, Albert Schweitzer, Clarence Darrow and especially liked "The proper function of a man is to live, not to (merely) exist" by Jack London.
Soft addictions are described as unhealthy habits, unlike hard addictions (certain foods, alcohol, medications, cigarettes, bad thoughts, game playing), but they serve to drain our energies and sense of fulfillment. We use them as time wasters to provide a sense of activity to feel that we are achieving something -- but actually we are using these traps to avoid real problems. What we are doing appear "normal" (shopping, t.v. for company, computer games) but we are left with a feeling of emptiness and being unsatisfied.
The author, Judith Wright, confessed: "Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth." A man you trusted and loved in the beginning can inflict real damage to your whole being with his criticism and harshness. A man does not have to act tough to be a man (nor does he have to wear cowboy boots), but he shouldn't talk like a woman, either. It seems we have a need for elocution teachers again to show a young adult male how to lower his voice and not just act like a man but sound like one as well.
Being the mother of three sons, growing up with a brother three years older than I with only a father at home, I can honestly say I've been around men most of my life, and accepted each as an individual. Guess I was lucky that none were effeminent in any way. Returning to East Tennessee to 'retire' the first thing which bothered me was the way the men here talk in the higher register, and I commented that their wives had deeper voices than they. I don't (never did) sound like a man, but I have a definite Southern drawl unlike the Knoxville harshness -- which I developed while I was away. We talk like the people around us, everybody knows that. I look Knoxville (short, dark eyes, a natural wave in my natural hair, a fighting spirit for doing "what's right"), but I don't sound Knoxville, and the twain shall never meet.
Ms Wright lists various activities she says when overdone become soft addictions such as media, buying/shopping, sexual, risk taking, card games, crossword puzzles when done alone. Moods, self-pity, chameleon-like behavior, sarcasm, crankiness, evading and escaping social interrraction, oversleeping, isolation AND things (edible & consumable) like fast foods, coffee, snack foods, cigarettes, and brand-name merchandise: all can turn into addictions.
This book is interesting in the fact of learning these facts. After twenty years of developing personal growth programs, she and husband, Bob, have developed MORE through seminars, now on a web site and the eight-step program spelled out in this book.
Book is based on Christian values.......2005-03-15
There are some interesting ideas presented here. However it isn't a book for everyone: it is written from a devout Christian point of view.
If the authors were more clear about that on the cover and in the description, then that would be fine. But there weren't any clues until I started reading the text.
Here's an example from page 139: "We are meant to be addicted to God, but we develop secondary addictions that temporarily appear to fix our problem."
As an alternative, I'd suggest an awareness practice. They tend to be based on the same core material, and can work hand-in-hand with any set of spiritual beliefs.
Compassion for People with Soft Addictions.......2004-09-20
Judith Wright has put together a unique way of creating more success in your life by getting rid of the small things which rob you of time and energy. Being a slave of soft addictions is a much larger problem than people realize. She writes with a warm voice of compassion for those who are struggling. She give examples in the book which completely illustrate the problem and possible solutions. She isn't asking people to institute extreme practices in their lives. She offers real insight to the real needs the person's behavior reveals. This is one book you will be glad
Our Next Step.......2003-05-15
Judith Wright outlines for us the next step in our evolution as spiritual beings in a human body. No, it is not meditating till we ascend. It is paying attention to the details of our everyday life. As an author and director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, I know the rigors of making genuine change in one's life. Judith leads us to making the major decision needed to take this leap. Then she gives practicle steps to fulfillment along our path. We supply the commitment and grit to stay with her on the road.
This is the real thing.
Thank you, Judith.
Surprise.......2003-05-02
I'm not big on self help books, well most books. There are two I keep in my favorites shelf: 'The Little Guide To Happiness' and 'How To Win Friends And Influence People'. Both great books. The rest on my shelf is all fiction. But this book was a pleasant surprise. I wasn't looking for it. Instead a friend gave it to me. I'm glad she did. What a wonder!!
Book Description
In time for Oscar season, Hollywood's top stars talk about the movies that move them
Everyone has a favorite movie—even movie stars themselves. In You Gotta See This, veteran entertainment reporter Cindy Pearlman gets the scoop on the top movie picks of Hollywood's entertainment elite. Through over one hundred interviews with actors, writers, and directors, Pearlman discovers the eclectic—and sometimes surprising—tastes of the people who make the movies we love:
• Jet Li discusses the “Buddhist themes” that made him a lifelong Star Wars fan
• Johnny Depp talks about how The Wizard of Oz gave him hope of escaping his bleak childhood in rural Florida
• Jennifer Lopez recalls the inspiration of seeing “proof that my people could sing, dance, and act” in West Side Story
• Vin Deisel explains why he considers Gone With the Wind “the ultimate action movie”
From Bruce Willis on Dr. Strangelove to Jim Carrey on Network, You Gotta See This is a compulsively readable, star-studded tribute to the movies.
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Scientists at their best, explaining science to the public.......2007-09-04
Two of the worlds' most odious clichés relate to the scientific elite and are unfortunately often perpetrated by non-scientific academics. The first is that scientists crawl into an artificial environment and create monstrous things without regard to the consequences. The second is that the scientific upper-echelon finds it impossible to "lower" themselves to the level of everyone else. This collection of over 90 essays, written by the prime scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries, demolishes those beliefs.
The pioneers of modern understanding have often been the vanguard of those trying to educate the public about what the newest scientific discoveries really mean. And scientists have always written for the masses, such as they were. Even Kepler and Galileo wrote popular works to explain their positions.
The material in this book represents scientists at their best. You read of joy, anguish, fulfillment, shock, puzzlement, success and failure. In short, you read about humans experiencing the world. The level of difficulty is very low, suitable for high school on up.
Showing scientists at their human best, this book will convince all but the stone-minded that scientists really are at home in the world.
He could have had a V8.......2007-05-31
In a set of articles by great men that could have been worthwhile
we have a failure. I know because I have something real to compare this to
as contrastSource Book in Mathematics. What results is very like "The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age" in content.
What we have here is an anti-mathematics thesis with only vague points
to the real stuff.What results is a dumbed down collection that is really unworthy of the author.
Praising this book is like praising vanilla pudding!
Without the whipped cream of the mathematics the pudding is
limp and colorless. What we really need is a true source book
with the real material in it.
The closest I've seen is Roger Penrose's "The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe".
In dumbing it down there is no protection against science and the mathematics
that makes it work .
Excellent.......2000-05-11
An excellent book to read on science and mathematic related ideas. It's easy to understand and fun to read. It doesn't only stop at the scientists' and mathematicians' lives and their work. Read it and find out... More!
This book was well worth both my time and money........1999-07-28
I loved this book. It brings together the writings of some of the worlds greatest minds on the subject of science. This is a most read.
A Big Bang of information.......1998-07-28
This book is obviously only geared towards those remotely interested in physics, so that's what it does: cater to the contemplative individual. Believe it or not, this collection of writings grabbed me from the first subtitle, 'Atoms in Motion', and literally propelled me through the next 800 pages of lectures and dissertations, ranging from Mr. Isaac Asimov to Albert Einstein. If you've been looking for a comprehensive and sometimes exhaustively extensive glimpse into the universe of physics and mathematics, Mr. Ferris' treasury will not disappoint. What's more, if you buy it here at Amazon, you definitely get every penny's worth. I mean, c'mon, 18 bucks? This sucker is hard-bound. Don't pass this one up.
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Sure, I have it all.
Except . . .wait, what's that word again?
Oh, right: FUN!
I'm exactly what every woman dreams of being at thirty-five: I have a lovely house, a handsome, loving husband and two perfect children. All right, so Jeffrey's "loving" can only be counted on to happen once a week, with lights off and pajamas on. And the children -- well, is it normal for children to remind their mother to eat her vegetables? It might be time to make a few changes -- which is why I signed up for this Tai Chi retreat, to concentrate on finding myself. Yes, this is the week for thinking about ME. Not my bumptious best friend Sonia's attempts to shag our instructor. Not the perils of leaving Jeffrey alone for the week with a stunning Australian au pair. And definitely, definitely not my handsome classmate Ben Mahler . . .
Customer Reviews:
Huge disappintment from a usually must-read author.......2006-12-04
Kate & Jeffrey Lewis have been married over a decade and have little spice left in their marriage. They have two perfectly well adjusted children, a beautiful home, and Jeffrey makes a comfortable living. But Kate still feels that there has to be more to life than this...
When Kate tells Jeffrey how miserable she is, he suggests she take a holiday with her friend Sonia, not knowing what his innocent suggestion will mean to their union. Kate hires a sexy au pair to take care of her family while she attends a tai chi seminar to find herself. Instead, she finds Ben, a wealthy businessman who makes no secret of his attraction to Kate. And Jeffrey is finding his tongue hanging on the ground for the completely inept Natalie, who manages to disregard all of Kate's instructions, flirts openly with her married boss (in front of his kids no less), and allows his pre-teen daughter to get her belly button pierced. Jeffrey rightly fires her, but in a moment of the wrong head doing the thinking, takes her back. Will the two spouses succumb to the temptations put before them?
I am never one for spoilers, but what really bothered me was that up until the end, Kate and Jeffrey stayed true to the characters that Matthews had created for the first 250 pages, then veered off into no return territory, both falling for their paramours, despite knowing them less than a week, then renewing their own love for each other because of misread actions by their new lovers. Huh? This was a huge disappointment from an author that is in the habit of taking difficult contemporary subject matter and mining relationship gold.
Good book with no actual ending.......2006-10-23
I enjoyed reading the book and was surprised with some of the reviews as I continued my reading. It was easy to read and one of those reads where you want to know what happens next. However, the book is completely cut off with no ending. The story is developing throughout the book and has a completely unfulfilled ending and is cut off in a couple of pages. As much as I liked the book, I was very disappointed with underdeveloped end of the story.
dull as dishwater.......2006-07-14
This book was dull and I couldn't finish it. It had the same feel of other books I've read from red dress.
Lighten Up!.......2006-06-20
I don't think this perky, fun Brit Lit tale is meant to be a deep analysis of modern marriage. I think it is meant to be a sort of tongue-in-cheek look at what happens to a perfectly good marriage when both people get stuck in a rut.
There is a great deal of humor in this book, which other reviewers seem to have missed. In fact, the satire is over the top. Does the average wife hire a drop-dead gorgeous au pair to watch over her husband and children for a week while she goes to learn tai chi? And does the au pair immediately take one look at the VERY staid and proper husband, an accountant, no less, and get frisky with him? Hardly...
And does a very proper boring middle-aged wife, looking to "find herself," really find it at a resort where she will learn the Eastern Arts for a week and, oh yeah, catch the eye of a man of the world?
COME ON, people, lighten up! This book wasn't meant to be anything other than funny and sweet. And it is...a perfect beach read and very enjoyable.
Touchy Subject- Real Life Issues.......2006-06-01
More to Life Than This deals with some real-world issues that couples face in the course of their marriages. I thought the book was very well written and dealt with thess issues in a unique way. While not my favorite Carole Matthews book, this is a good, light, fluffy read that is entertaining.
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A Simple Account of the Great Religions of Mankind
Book Description
Volume one of a two volume set. Vol. A-L. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science and parapsychology. Containing reference information relative to animals; birds and insects; demons; gems; geographical (places of phenomena); gods; paranormal phenomena; periodicals; plants and flowers; and societies and organizations.
Customer Reviews:
Out of date, but stil contains some excelent material........2002-05-17
Apparently published in 1920 or thereabouts, this very large volume contains a wealth of material. Lewis Spence was a prolific author and many of his books on Atlantis and various mythological traditions can still be obtained quite cheaply. Spnce was a contemporary of Crowley and th Golden Dawn and so this book contains no information on them. It is also hampered by Spence's limited knowledge and understanding of foreign cultures and their history. Spence was a product of his time, and so are his boks.
Nevertheless I keep finding myself coming back to this book. It has many excelent biographies of prominent occultists such as Cagliostro and Paracelsus, some running to 3 or 4 pages. Some major subjects, such as Astrology and Alchemy are also covered in lengthy sections. There are also many illustrations of varying quality. Also sometimes reprinted as "The Encyclopedia of the Occult", there are many very affordable editions available.
Definitely recommended.
Disappointing - Not Complete.......2001-12-09
I expect it to be comprehensive. After all, the title includes the word "Encyclopedia". Those that are knowledgeable in the occult will find this book incomplete.
I don't think it is worth even to call it a "dictionary".
Doubtful Completeness.......2001-06-18
I cannot find the word "egregore"... and hence I doubt the book is good enough to be called an encyclopedia of occultism. Anyone who knows occultism well will find terms here and there missing in this so-called most complete encyclopedia.
A great reference for amateurs and experts alike.......2000-11-10
Despite it's relative blandness (no illustrations and a boring font) This book is an interesting read (though some entries were not there i.e.: Glasya, troglodye, etc- but- you can't have it all).
Page after page you learn something new about your garden variety supaernatural occurences and characters and much more.
This volume has the advantage of not being corrupted by the mass media perception of the occult.
Definitely a book that I would not put down for a while.
GOOD SOLID BOOK.......1997-02-26
THIS BOOK HAS INFO NOT FOUND IN OTHER OCCULT REFERENCE
BOOKS. GOOD SOLID BOOK .
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Clearwater Crossing: More Than This.......2004-12-05
In book 10 of Clearwater Crossing, Nicole is dreading returning home from California for this reason: Her parents are going to ground her! But when she gets back, they changed their minds. They made her get a job at Wieneragous, the hot dog place where her perfect cousin, Gail, works. But Nicole soon finds out Gail isn't as perfect as everyone thinks. When she get them in trouble with their boss, they're in danger of being fired. Nicole's parents would kill her if she got fired. So Gail devises a plan. She agrees to go out with Mr. Roakle. But he insists they continue going out. Nicole is getting worried. Mr. Roakle only said once. So why is he continuing to make Gail go out with him? Nicole wants to tell her parents, but then Gail would hate her, her parents would ground her, and she'd get fired. What does she do?
Jesse's mom is in town. But this sends his father, stepmom, and little stepsister over the edge. Father and Elsa (Jesse's stepmom) are constantly cutting Jesse's mom down. And Brittany (Jesse's stepsister) is out of control! She cries at anything Jesse says, (Well, Jesse isn't being that nice either.)fights with Elsa, sprays Jesse's car with whipped cream, drinks (Oh my Gosh), and eventually runs away. Jesse tries to spend time with his mom, but his homelife is falling apart. Will he find Brittany in time and repair his homelife while trying to get closer to his mom?
Melanie has never had contact with her relatives in Iowa since her mother's death. But when she gets an invitation to visit her Aunt Gwen anytime, she's torn. While her father would have a fit if he found out that she went to see her aunt, she nevers see or talks to her mother's relatives. So she decides to go and... Her aunt turns out not to be so bad. Kathy Kelly, the girl Melanie's age next door, turns out to be a good companion. Melanie almost doesn't want to leave. When's she's home, she is so lonely. Why can't she just see her aunt all the time?
The answers to questions:
Nicole tells her Mother, who in turn tells Gail's father, and some people get fired. But not Nicole. Gail and Mr. Roakle get the boot. And Gail can never see her boyfriend again. Nicole is upset because Gail hates her. Will she ever be friends with again? Read the next book to find out.
Jesse finds Brittany and makes her swear not to drink again. But he still hates Elsa and his father. His mother is going back to Cali. Why can't he go with her? Read the next book to find out.
Read the next book, Hope Happens, to find out what happens to Melanie.
More Than This Review.......2004-04-24
Jesse hates living with his father, stepmother and stepsister. When his mother comes to visit, he jumps at the chance to go back to California, since everything is miserable at Clearwater Crossing; including things with Melanie. When Brittany, his stepsister, runs away, he has second thoughts and the two try to patch things up.
Nicole and her cousin Gail are in BIG trouble when Mr. Roarke catches them giving food away. Gail has to date Mr. Roarke or else they are fired. Will Nicole have the courage to tell anyone about this?
Melanie goes to Iowa to visit her aunt Gwen. Gwen is her mother's sister. She keeps thinking that since she broke up with Jesse, things were never going to be the same. A friend of Melanie's mother gives Melanie a present before she returns to Clearwater Crossing. It turns out to be a book--that belongs to her mother.
Clearwater Crossing-More than this.......2004-03-03
I read Clearwater Crossing-More This by Laura Peyton Roberts. (A series of books). A school club called Eight Prime consists of 8 friends that have to deal with a lot of things that teenagers do, such as we do now. But in this book, 3 of the main characters problems I will describe and tell what they make of them.
Summary:
*Jesse lives with his dad and stepmom Elsa, who he hates, also little step-sister Brittany he can't stand. Things haven't been goin well for him. His mother, who he dearly loves and misses, lives in California is coming to Clearwater Crossing and he cannot' wait to see her! But everyone else;his stepmother is jealous, father is tense. and his little sister has turned into a huge snot! When his mother comes, they re-unite, go out to eat, talk about things. Everything was how it used to be. He wants to move back to California so bad. Later he finds out that he should just stay for certain reasons ,but when will his family just give him peace?
*Melanie had just broken up with Jesse a little while ago and they were pretty close, since they were friends before and both part of the Eight Prime. She has never felt so lonely, no one seems to be there for her. And her father?..well there's really nothing to say about him. He is either passed out on the couch or heading to the kitchen for another beer. Out of nowhere, her aunt Gwen called one day to ask if she would like to come and stay with her in Iowa for the coming weekend. Melanie thought it was weird, she had never had a relationship with her dead mother's sister, and hasn't seen her forever. After getting away for awhile she realizes it is kind of nice to be there. All she wants is to start over fresh. She's constantly thinking "theres got to be more than this."
*Nicole's parents are mkaing her work at Wienerageous with her cousin Gail to teach her responsibility. They both gave extra free food to a "cute" guy and unfortuneately, the boss, Mr.Roarke saw them. If Nicole gets fired, her parents will kill her! It's bad enough that her best friend Courtney, has turned on herand made new best friends with a girl named Emily that Nicole can't stand! Amazingly, the boss gave the girls a break, but there were only things that Gail had to do....date him! It ended up being more than once. Nicole was scared for her cousin, but Gail said she had it under control. What is there to happen next with the whole job fiasco, and her old friend Courtney acting better than her with Emily?
*The Eight Prime has a big idea to sell suckers and Carnations for Valentine's Day. Ben volunteered to take care of all of it. So, at one of the meetings, they all pitched in money. But, when that plan backfired, what more could Ben do than feel sorry to everyone?
Characters:
*Jesse~he seems like a genuinly nice kid, but had a mind of his own and strongly agrees withhis opinions. Very self spoken and if he gets mad, he can be very stubborn. Also, is caring for his family and close friends.
*Melanie~She is a good-hearted person with little spirit. She seems that if something is wrong, she will find her ways through her own brought up faith and passion. She is also very popular.
*Nicole~She is a very sensitive girl. If something goes bad, she'll panic. She's a soft-hearted and caring person.
*Ben~Kind of a nerdy type person but good friends with the rest (Eight Prime). He's a good guy and cares deeply about his loved ones. Very nice to people.
Quotes from the book: --(1 that matches each person)
1. Knowing mom, she's sure to want to go hiking, or sight-seeing, or something that involves getting as cold as possible, he thought as he reached his room. He'd seen more of Clearwater Crossing since she'd been in town than in the whole year he'd lived there without her! ~Jesse
2. Melanie narrowed her eyes. "That's good. If you understood, I might have to completely revise my opinion of you." Jesse's lip curled slightly, but he left without another word. ~Melanie
3.Nicole felt sick, but she knew she owed her cousin an explanation. "I just...I don't trust Mr.Roarke. And I was really afraid for you Gail. I was afraid he was going to hurt you." ~Nicole
4. "Even if you're right, Im the idiot who picked that shady company. Everyone trusted me, and I let them down." Ben said with a sigh. ~Ben
Genre: Romance/Fiction (true-life)
Setting:Clearwater Crossing
Theme:It will get better. Whatever is meant to be, will work out in the end.
Comments: I like how the author described the people and went from one scene to another. It felt like I was in it, which made it so much more interesting. I would like to try another book of her series!
*.:Lauren:.*
Good book.......2002-11-05
Laurie Halse Anderson is a wonderful writer!This book is so good along with the whole series!
Great Book!.......2001-02-23
More Than This was the first book that I read of Clearwater Crossing by Laura Peyton Roberts. I thought it was a great book so now I'm reading everything of Laura Peyton Roberts(I saw her name in an Lurlene McDaniel book which I love to read too)I recommend this book for teenage girls just like me! :)
Product Description
1990 glossy red softcov in excell cond.,crisp white pgs,name on pg edges & inside, isbn as shown
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