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Fans of Food Network star Paula Deen enjoy her unpretentious Southern-gal persona as much as her easy, what's-not-to-like recipes. As a writer of four other cookbooks, including The Lady & Sons Just Desserts, restaurant owner, and purveyor of her own product line, she's also something of an entrepreneur. In Paul Deen Celebrates! she offers 170-plus recipes arranged by menus for traditional holidays and other, sometimes whimsical celebrations like Elvis's Birthday and Movie-Watching Pizza Party in Bed. The recipes, which are often Southern-rich, range from the more traditional, such as Shrimp Etouffé, Muffuletta Sandwiches, and Macaroni Salad, to the innovative, including Collard Green Wantons, Grilled Chicken Pita, and Scallop and Bacon Pizza. Her sweets include the likes of Old Fashioned Banana Pudding, Gooey Toffee Butter Cake and Margarita Mousse. Offered also are decorating tips, and "Paula's Pearls of Wisdom" like "treasure today's moment's because they will tomorrow's memories."
Deen's dishes couldn't be more approachable and will doubtlessly inspire many holiday menus. Readers should know, however, that she regularly calls for convenience products like cake mixes and canned soups, whose use (by now something of an American tradition in itself) can do little to make homemade food taste as good as it otherwise might. Paula Deen Celebrates! should, however, excite Deen's many fans, who, along with the attractive formulas, receive lots of "back-story" on the author's own celebrations, life, and mostly good times. --Arthur Boehm
Book Description
Beloved Food Network personality, restaurateur, and author Paula Deen loves a party, and in her latest book, Paula Deen Celebrates!, Paula shares with fans old and new how she celebrates a year's worth of holidays and special occasions. Now anyone can share in the down-home celebrations Paula, her husband, Michael, their kids, and extended family enjoy at their beautiful home in Savannah, Georgia.
What better way to start off the New Year than with a New Year's Eve Brunch with friends -- at midnight! This colorful celebration includes Crab and Spinach Casserole and Baked Tomatoes, and finishes with a quintessentially southern Hummingbird Cake and Irish Coffee. Welcome St. Patrick's Day, Savannah style, with Lamb Stew and Green Grits Pie. The centerpiece of an Easter dinner is a Peanut Butter-Glazed Ham, accompanied by Spinach-Swiss Casserole, Squash Boats, and flaky Butterhorns, with a bonus recipe for Ham Salad that makes eating leftovers a treat. Looking for a reason to party, south-of-the-border style? Try Paula's Cinco de Mayo Fiesta menu, with Macho Nachos and a cool and creamy Margarita Mousse. Paula honors the memory of her mother, and all the other women who have blessed her life, with a Mother's Day Tea of dainty sandwiches and irresistible cookies served on her best china, and fathers get their due with a Father's Day Boating Picnic. The Fourth of July is the perfect occasion for an Outdoor Grill Party and Low-Country Boil, and if what you want is a quiet evening at home, pop a movie in the DVD player and chow down on your choice of Paula's savory and sweet pizzas. Gather the family to watch some football and savor Jamie's Cheeseburger Pies, and give family and friends the gift of a sweet treat at the holidays with Paula's Icebox Fruitcake or Peppermint Bark. Her Christmas feast starts with Cranberry Holiday Brie and stars an impressive Standing Rib Roast, with Twice-Baked Potato Casserole. The show-stopping dessert is Paula's butter-laden Coconut Pound Cake glazed with coconut syrup and covered with icing and toasted coconut!
Paula brings you into her home, her kitchen, and her heart with family stories and photographs. This time, her husband, Michael, sons Jamie and Bobby, and brother, Bubba, chime in to share their memories, too. Decorating and serving ideas will inspire you to use what you have to carry through a theme to make the most informal meal special. And Paula shares her most private thoughts in a special feature -- Paula's Pearls of Wisdom -- which you'll find with each menu.
Paula Deen Celebrates! is Paula at her very southern best. Join her in making and sharing her best dishes for the best times of your life.
Customer Reviews:
On time.......2007-10-18
The cookbook came timely and was a great birthday surprise. I have had success ordering through Amazon everytime!
Party Time!.......2007-07-05
I loved this book by Paula Deen. It was given to me as a gift and I've used it for many parties. I especially love how the menu is all laid out for you. It's so easy to mix and match the ideas or use the entire menu for a party. It's written in true Paula style and any true fan would love this book!
Cookbook.......2007-06-27
If you like Paula's TV show - then you'll love going through all of these wonderful recipes!
Best recipes! .......2007-06-09
Paula Deens recipes are perfect for Sunday family dinners and for any parties throughout the year. They are also great if you just want great homemade comfort food!
GOOD COOKBOOK.......2007-05-29
Good cookbook! Paula shares some of her fancier recipes in this book. Great for southern entertaining! Perfect recipes that your guest are SURE to LOVE!! I'm telling ya'll they will LOVE these eats! Enjoy!
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A droll, inquisitive, and poignant memoir of agoraphobia from a member of one of New York's premier literary families
Allen Shawn is afraid of heights, water, fields, parking lots, tunnels, and unknown roads. He avoids taking subways, using elevators, or crossing bridges. In short, he is afraid of both closed and open spaces and of any form of isolation. Yet this is a memoir of enormous bravery.
Shawn grew up in a lively but mysterious world. He is the son of the famous, longtime New Yorker editor William Shawn and brother to the brilliant playwright and actor Wallace Shawn. His twin sister is autistic, and when they were eight years old, she was put in a home. Though it was kept from him until he was in his thirties, his father led a double life that introduced strict taboos to his household. Shawn examines these influences, his father's and mother's phobias, and his own struggle with agoraphobia with generosity, wit, and insight, attempting to decipher the psychological and biological puzzles that have plagued him for so long.
Interwoven with both Freudian psychology and cutting-edge brain research, Shawn has written a profound examination of familial love and the universal struggle to face our demons.
Customer Reviews:
"Being Entirely Honest With Oneself Is A Good Exercise" S. Freud.......2007-10-07
It seems to me that the writing of this very honest memoir must have been a therapeutic exercise for author Alan Shawn as well as offering insight to those wishing to understand anxiety and phobias. Mr. Shawn attempts to relate Freudian theories into the schemes of his life to explain the neurosis that afflict him. Although I have always had difficulty swallowing Freud's explanations for such behaviors, Shawn certainly makes a strong case of explaining how his family dynamics and perhaps genetic predisposition created the perfect storm in his own life. In fact, the most compelling part of the book are his personal notes, rather than his interpretations of Freud's psychologocal theories. I immensely enjoyed the stories of his parents, his siblings, and his family life which not only possessed great insight but were rather entertaining as well. His candid writing style and honest description could make even the sanest person relate. After all, we are all afflicted with some degree of anxiety and in Shawn's case, although heightened, it becomes understandable as he sheds light into his innermost thoughts and openly shares his journey towards acceptance and some degree of control.
honest, sensitive, delightful, informative.......2007-09-13
I picked up this book at random, b/c someone I knew was giving it away, and feel lucky to have come across it. First of all, Shawn is such an obviously sensitive and reflective person that it was a pleasure to spend time in his company. Second, he opened a window into the world of the phobic that I had not understood before. Third, his lessons on brain physiology and Freudian psychoanalysis -- written by and for a layperson -- were terrific and instructive. Highly recommend.
Inspirational book..........2007-08-31
I felt very connected to this book by just reading the first 10 pages. I suffer panic/anxiety attacks, and have for many years. Reading this book I feel comforted and not alone in my demise. It is a wonderfully comforting book which tells you that you are not alone with your fears. Shawn, whose family history, like mine, is dysfunctional and full of catastrophes, speaks of useful human fears that can be turned into strengths, and of unnecessary fears. All my fears seem unnecessary to me, and they make me, make everyone, into something controlled from the outside, something almost no longer human when the fears take over, or when you see other people or every change of location only as a threat. There is a lot to learn from this book, and it calms your insides when you are told about it this way. I am very grateful for it, grateful too that I am not alone with my fears.
Confronting the Fears of a Fearful Life.......2007-07-20
It is a scary world out there, and we are rightly concerned to drive carefully, use our seatbelts, avoid dangerous neighborhoods after dark, and refrain from picking up snakes before herpetological identification. Some anxiety is good for us; the person who has no worries just isn't paying enough attention. Composer Allen Shawn, however, has more than his share. He gets terrified if he is in an enclosed space, and then he gets terrified if he is somewhere in the wide outdoors. He has trouble negotiating bridges and tunnels or driving on any unfamiliar road, and he cannot ride on a subway. When he tries such adventures, he has numerous physical symptoms. His breath gets short, his vision blanks out, he gets confused and agitated, his muscles get tight, and he has to try to get out of what his mind and body are telling him is his dangerous situation. "I'm working on this 'agorophobia' problem," he writes in _Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life_ (Viking), and part of his work was surely this volume itself. It is composed of his layman's research into the most recent science of phobias, as well as nods to the interpretations by Freud and others, but is best as a memoir concentrating on his family and upbringing, and the effects upon him of his own phobias and theirs.
Shawn was the son of the famous editor of _The New Yorker_, William Shawn, and his wife Cecille who had been a reporter in Chicago, both of whom had phobias but of less degree than he has. The family kept quiet about its Jewish background and about the father's long term affair with another writer. They also said little about the author's twin sister Mary who was institutionalized at age eight and remains so, for mental retardation now diagnosed as autism. Shawn tries to understand this peculiar upbringing, full of love, concern, intellectualization, and concealment. "Would I have become agoraphobic without my mother's ... deeply conflicted response to my growth and independence? ... without a retarded twin sister who was sent away? Without our remarkable pileup of family secrets?" The questions mount, and of course the assistance they give in understanding is merely from being asked, since they can never be satisfactorily answered. Shawn piles up documentation of scientific thinking about fear. "The fear response is something admirable. Those of us who are subject to its misfiring shouldn't blame the response itself. Every single ingredient in it is the result of millennia of adaptations that helped us to survive." His descriptions of panic are indeed scary, but his intellectual understanding of it does not help: "I remain dumbfounded at how automatic, instantaneous, and severe my reactions are, not to mention how trivial the triggers can be."
Shawn understands the condition in general, and the specifics of his own case, and such intellectualizations help, but they do not take the condition away. In a book full of literary allusions, he quotes Robert Burton from almost five centuries ago, who wrote that for such terrors, "counsel can do little good: you may as well bid him that... is wounded not to feel pain." Shawn's life remains circumscribed by his illness. He is an internationally renowned composer, but cannot get to performances of his own work. He cannot make himself attend such necessities as family funerals. He cannot go to elevated levels of buildings for appointments or for parties. It is hard to see a bright sides of such a condition, but he can find at least some. He got anxiety from being in groups, but found that if he took the leadership of the group, or conducted it, or gave a speech, he was at least in a role that would cause some anxiety in anyone, and his anxiety was at least more explicable. His insistence on avoiding newness and danger does not affect his musical compositions, because he is disappointed if a new piece doesn't break some new ground, and was complimented when a critic said of a piece that it had unexpected twists and turns. The unexpected is fine in his music, but he does not want it in his daily life. It is interesting, too, that he is "as able to cope with normal nervousness as the next person". A job interview or a concert performance produces anticipatory anxiety that he can deal with by taking a deep breath and plunging in. He can sometimes muster the courage to do so even against the madness-tinged anxiety he describes here, and to have researched and written a book like this one surely was a courageous act for someone who likes routine and who lists as a main difficulty his inability to "move forward in the world without knowing already what lies ahead." With good humor and curiosity, he has presented a mystifying and crippling condition without self-pity and with an invitation to consider that his abnormalities may help us appreciate our own lives, which may be closer to normal (whatever that is) but are still not far from his own.
Reads like a textbook...very dry.......2007-07-09
This book is captivating when the author discusses his own history with panic and phobia during the first several chapters. Then he drones on endlessly on anxiety disorder as though he's writing a psychology textbook.
Skip the last 3/4 of the book, and you've got a good read.
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"Intuition isn't mystical. It's a sort of background sense of how things should work; it's facts hidden in the brain. Intuition is logic. Laura Day guides you step by step through a systematic approach to getting in touch with this important faculty." (Dr. James Watson, Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer of DNA)
What if a single wish could change your life? It can-if you know how to use it to harness energy within and all around you that you never knew existed. This is the promise of Laura Day's The Circle.
The Circle shows readers how one carefully crafted wish can serve as a match to ignite potent and lasting transformation in their lives. Each of the book's three sections features exercises that lead readers to discover the hidden potential in themselves, in others, and in the surrounding universe. By the end of The Circle, readers will know how to use their own wishful thinking as a force for powerful change.
Customer Reviews:
One Focused Wish Can Change A Life.......2007-08-13
This little book is a gem! It is concise and direct to the point. In addition it is simple. Author Day has written this small book that far outshines The Secret and simplifies all the other 'get rich' books. Esoteric teachings and metaphysical teachings have been teaching this for eons. It takes a deep desire to change and in order to create a new reality, one must practice, practice, until the camera of the mind has the perfect picture. For wishes to come true, one must not allow doubt or fear creep in. Bettye Johnson, award-winning author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.
A life changing book.......2007-07-26
Too often, books that promise life transformation say that if you change the way you think, your life will change. Many of us have tried that method and failed in the long run, thinking we were doing something wrong. This book reads easily, but contains within its pages a very practical, realistic and holistic approach to changing your life that goes above and beyond positive thinking and affirmations. As with anything, the process brings up your blocks, but what you learn and integrate along the way just enriches your life and makes life more joyful and fun. I heartily recommend this book for anyone seeking a heartfelt wish that they'd love to see come true. What I also love about this book is that there is a community that supports each other on the web([...]).
What "The Secret" Wishes it Was!.......2007-07-17
The Circle is life changing. It provides the "how to" missing from publications like "The Secret". This book is an easy read, but if the reader is willing to commit to the work -- WATCH OUT. Your life will never be the same.
Awesome.
Wishes Come True Because of YOU.......2007-03-16
One wish ... that is all you need ... to work your energy like a laser to make it come true. The Circle explains the phenomenon once considered magic or metaphysics. This is a book on what do you from the inside out to get out of your own way and recalibrate your system towards a chosen reality. When you subconcious and conscious mind blend together ... it creates the kind of focus you need to direct all your energy into the life you truly desire. No woo-woo, no wizardry, no magical thinking, just plain old intention, action, and healthy surrender.
thought-provoking.... a catalyst for change.......2007-03-05
When I knew it was time for change in my life, I began searching for ways to make those changes manifest. I needed to reconnect with my true self and find answers. This book assisted me in my process. It served as further enhancement to another book (Islands of the Soul: A Guide to Personal Truth and Happiness) that I read at about the same time. Sometimes we all need some gentle reminders as to the desires of the deepest part of ourselves.
Customer Reviews:
Not for Adoptees.......2007-07-09
If you're a Korean adoptee born before 1990 (I am) and you're looking for more insight on why you were given up for adoption, this is not the book for you.
The "letters" written by the women in the book will seem contrived and form-like in nature after you have read 10 of them. I understand that these women are all in the same situation and location therefore the letters might seem similar in nature, but honestly, they did not provide any other information or emotional support for me. Perhaps, I am not the audience this book is aimed towards, however, I found it extremely disappointing.
Heartfelt but Flawed .......2006-08-02
I thought that the essays in this collection were heartfelt, to say the least -- at times gutwrenching. However, the book's editing is so unilateral as to leave me wondering just how universal the feelings presented in these essays are.
All the women who contributed to this collection were at the same maternity home. As one part of their couseling and education they were required to write a letter to the child they were placing for adoption -- [some of] the letters that were chosen for this collection. As another part of their education, they attended religious training. So, many of the letters are quite religious in nature. Most are extremely emotional -- emotional language that may not be typical of every day life nor even of these particular women, since it was part of the "exercise" to explore this in their letter writing.
In looking to read how birth parents feel, I found this book too uniform -- same facility, same training, same counseling per author -- to tell me whether or not this is indicitive of a typical birthmother response, or a typical Korean birthmother response. I'd have loved to hear from birthmothers from other institutions or hospitals, with varying religious beliefs, pre- and post- education, and at different times in the process.
It was clear to me from the introduction that the editors had a large part in conveying the birthmother experience -- the way they chose the letters, the way they organized them, how few letters were chosen from many, how they tell the reader to respond to them, and their own viewpoints plainly stated in ways that were entirely consistent with the material presented. I found the editorial comments at the start nearly too consistent with the material in the book, as it told me just how much the editors' own feelings influenced their choices.
It's unfortunate, because I think this is a stellar idea for a book. But the one thing it lacked was the precise element I sought -- How do birthmothers tend to feel? Not, How do birthmothers at Ae Ran Won who have received certain training and instruction to write their feelings tend to feel, but what is their true experience?
Questions for others.......2006-07-16
I have a couple of concerns about this book. As a mom who has lost a child to adoption, I am familiar with the "writing a letter to your child" right after placement and filling up the pages with words of hope. However, often times, this is not the full scope of the reality of what has happened to the mom, and it is a once done thing, and is frozen in time. It doesn't seem to go into depth of the sense of loss that these women will feel later, how they will be affected negatively by the loss of their child, despite their greatest hopes forced into making this decision through lack of any real options by profit making agencies.
I would love to read a book that is about mothers who've lost children in other countries twenty years after placement (or so) to talk about their experience and how it affected them for the rest of their life.
ADOPTION BOOK LIKE NO OTHER.......2006-04-07
As an adoptive Mom, I have read countless books on adoption. None have touched my heart like this one. This book gives dignity to the choice of relenquishing a child for the sake of their future. It shows the internal battle that rages within a young mother who is forced to make a decision because of her situation & cultural stigmas. All the stories take you to Ae Ran Won & show you that before we were Momma, there was someone who will forever have left an indelible mark on the hearts of our precious chosen children. A MUST READ FOR ANY ADOPTIVE PARENT!!
Informative reading.......2005-09-15
As a Korean myself (not an adoptee)I am familiar with the dramatic ways that Koreans express their feelings. While this makes me somewhat skeptical of the emotions expressed in this book, there's still enough information in the book that is well worth the read. For example, How do these single moms end up in the situations they find themselves in? Why do they feel they need to give up the baby? What are their backgrounds? What do they hope for their babies? I found this book very helpful in answering these questions for me. I recommend this book to all adult adoptees, adoptive parents, potential A-parents, social workers working with Korean adoptions, etc.
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Despite the alarming rise in teen obesity and the serious health problems associated with it, talking about weight loss with children is still often considered taboo. Many experts think it leads to further weight gain or triggers eating disorders. But when her son finally lost more than sixty pounds after years of struggle, the award-winning health journalist Anne Fletcher wondered whether other teens had made similar turnarounds and, if so, what role their families played. Using the approach that has made her previous books bestsellers, she conducted in-depth surveys and interviews with more than 100 young people across the United States and Canada who had lost as much as 100 pounds in a healthful way and maintained that loss. Based on firsthand accounts from teens and their families and bolstered by the latest studies, "Weight Loss Confidential" shows that the problems teens confront when losing weight are quite different from those faced by adults. It reveals what strategies helped them lose excess pounds, which tactics can create a healthful food environment at home, and which ones backfire. "Weight Loss Confidential" is the first book to go to the real experts on teen weight loss, teens themselves. Like "Thin for Life", it contradicts conventional thinking and gives hope to millions of young people and their families.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-05-13
Loved this book. Very clear and easy to read, we just started incorporating the ideas but I have high hopes for the process. It keeps things realistic which is a nice change.
Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off.......2007-05-13
I bought this book because my granddaughter is becoming overweight and I want to help her and my daughter to work on this problem. I am an RN and yet the information in this book was priceless because despite what I know and understand medically, the information on what works for the teens by teens could not be learned in nursing school. I have completed the book and have sent it on to Arizona from Texas so that my daughter and granddaughter can read it. I also took some of the information on keeping a daily journal and portion control and have lost 5 pounds since purchasing this book. I would recommend this book to all ages. The book also lists many other references for children and obesity problems.
Practical and Inspiring.......2007-03-11
This writer has done her homework. Weight Loss Confidential is well researched. In a compassionate voice, Anne Fletcher shares the real-life experiences of teens who have successfully lost weight and kept it off. Very inspiring for teens, their families and those of us who work with people struggling with their weight. In this book, we see what is possible. Overweight teens can and do learn to feel better about themselves and take better care of themselves. You'll learn their strategies for success - make a rule not to eat out of a bag or a container, swap sodas and sports drinks for water and other zero-calorie drinks, practice restraint, not deprivation. Lots of strategies for you whether you're a teen, a parent or a health professional.
Buy it today!.......2007-02-22
A wonderful, quick, and captivating read! This book belongs on the bookshelves of teens, families, AND healthcare practitioners! "Weight Loss Confidential" is a great "how to" manual for teens who want to lose weight, and the book also serves as a source of motivation for teens who are ready to change. "Weight Loss Confidential" can also serve as a fantastic tool for medical and nutrition professionals who work with overweight youth. "Weight Loss Confidential" complies a myriad of pertinent data, quotes from teens, nutrition and exercise advice, effective weight loss programs, and up-to-date research. Finally, the book is a timely and much needed resource as pediatric overweight rates continue to climb. "Weight Loss Confidential" is simply fantastic...Buy it today!
-April Rudat, MS Ed, RD, LDN, author of the upcoming book, "OH YES YOU CAN BREASTFEED TWINS"
Book is motivating my TEEN!!!.......2007-02-20
What an excellent concept, find teens who were successful at losing weight and determine how they did it. This book has been helpful for my husband and me, and MOTIVATING for my daughter. What I like the most is you see a chart of what things the kids did to lose weight. The ones that top the list are the healthy ones (exercised more, ate less fat, ate less in general) and the ones at the bottom are unhealty (took pills, etc). PROVING ONCE AGAIN that the RIGHT/SUCCESSFUL way to lose weight is to diet and exercise. This has totally motivated her to move more, the KEY FACTOR for these successful teens.
BRAVO!!
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Dr. Dobson's suggestions for marital happiness are interesting, practical, and humorous.
Customer Reviews:
Must read if you take your marriage seriously.......2007-03-15
I read this book 20 yrs. ago and it gave me insight into the differences between how men and women are affected by things. Now, as a minister, I give a copy to each couple I marry as part of our premarital counseling. It truly is a must read if you take your marriage seriously.
What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew.......2007-01-12
It is all that it claims to be. A great resource for husbands AND wives.
Several informative bits if you're willing to look for them.......2006-01-25
I found this book by chance and decided to read it and I don't regret that I did. This book touches on many causes of depression in women based on a survey Dr. Dobson conducted. I think he did manage to hit the mark but his survey was very leading. He ask women to rank ten items on how much each one bothered them. The list included issues such as self esteem, sexual problems, problem with in-laws, problems with children, time constraints and busyness, hormones, and others. I feel if his survey was a little more open ended he might have found different results, but the problems he choose to address are things all married couples face at one time or another and are worth looking at.
This book is primarily written about stay at home mothers more than women in general. It does promote that women should be at home with their children, especially while their young. Even, Dr. Dobson admits that this situation isn't always possible in our society. This book doesn't state that the only place for women is in the home, but it does encourage those that choose that position. It stresses the importance of full-time mothers and seeks to restore some of the respect that has been lost for them.
After reading this I did gain some insight on women's emotional need to "vent", as my wife puts it, and how that can sometimes be caused by hormones. I also gained new perspective on how a non-involved father's behavior is like forcing his wife to be a single parent. There were a few other things I gained from this book, but to gain them I had to sift through pages of useless information, including a whole chapter on the benefits of hormone replacement therapy.
While I originally started reading this to gain insight on my wife I felt like the book turned from that and seemed most times to be written to women. Like I said, I gained a little. The information in the book is insightful, but it isn't anything I would call profound. To any prospective readers out there I would suggest looking for something else. Its a good book, just not great.
six dramatic audio cassettes.......2005-09-25
Audio Book edition of What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women. Dr. Dobson provides an empathetic look at barriers to marital harmony and then offers insightful and helpful suggestions for their resolution. Both men and women will find his discussion interesting, often humorous, and immensely practical in its application to everyday living.
6-Audio Cassette Tape Set in Clamshell Case. Tape one: God's Message to Christian Fathers.Tape 2: 10 sources of depression in women. tape 3: 1 courageous woman tape 4: sexual problems in marriage tape 5: menstrual & physiological problems tape 6: let God be God
Should be titled: "What James Dobson Thinks About Traditional Marriage Roles in a Man's World".......2005-08-19
This book is based on on the opinion of the author and a few male "experts". He bases his observations about women on his survey of a small group of church women who appear to represent the traditional role of the submissive stay at home wife and mother. He never gives any other background of who these women are. Dobson needs to wake up and realize that the traditional role of stay at home housewife is "history", even if the wife has chosen to stay at home and care for children. Unless you are married with "traditional" roles you will likely be turned off by this book. I was. Some of Dobson's references in this book are so weak, as he seeks to show how men and women are so different from each other. I believe that he has joined in the destuctive practice of seeking to look for how men and women are different rather than looking at our mutual needs like respect, emotional support, communication and loyalty. I gave this book one star because there are some parts that are interesting, it's just a shame that Dobson put this book out with the title it has. Women and men should read this book with a very critical mind, if at all!
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Maria Shriver's warmth, humor, and wisdom are evident on every page of this little book. Inspired by her commencement speech at the College of the Holy Cross, the book contains stories and insights that will be helpful, entertaining, and encouraging to graduates at every stage of life. The lessons themselves--"be willing to fail," "stand your ethical ground," "marriage is a hell of a lot of hard work"--are nothing new. What makes them interesting are the life stories that accompany them and Shriver's personable, friendly style. Reading this book feels like having a cup of coffee with a wise and funny friend. Tales of her first television experiences are surprising and hilarious, and she takes balancing motherhood and career to new levels--imagine postponing an interview with Fidel Castro to get your daughter to her first day of kindergarten! Each chapter is easy to read and ends with a focused lesson--kind of a bullet point from her original speech--that encourages readers to be ultimately true to themselves and their dreams, while cutting through harmful illusions. The last chapter, on laughter, is one to read again and again. Shriver maintains that without laughter not much else matters, and in life's toughest times it's laughter that gets us through. For anyone starting a new adventure--graduation, marriage, parenthood, career shift, or a milestone birthday--Ten Things I Wish I'd Known brings wisdom, laughter, practical suggestions, and a down-to-earth manner together into one fabulous gift. --Jill Lightner
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Maria Shriver's warmth, humor, and wisdom are evident on every page of this little book. Inspired by her commencement speech at the College of the Holy Cross, the book contains stories and insights that will be helpful, entertaining, and encouraging to graduates at every stage of life. The lessons themselves--"be willing to fail," "stand your ethical ground," "marriage is a hell of a lot of hard work"--are nothing new. What makes them interesting are the life stories that accompany them and Shriver's personable, friendly style. Reading this book feels like having a cup of coffee with a wise and funny friend. Tales of her first television experiences are surprising and hilarious, and she takes balancing motherhood and career to new levels--imagine postponing an interview with Fidel Castro to get your daughter to her first day of kindergarten! Each chapter is easy to read and ends with a focused lesson--kind of a bullet point from her original speech--that encourages readers to be ultimately true to themselves and their dreams, while cutting through harmful illusions. The last chapter, on laughter, is one to read again and again. Shriver maintains that without laughter not much else matters, and in life's toughest times it's laughter that gets us through. For anyone starting a new adventure--graduation, marriage, parenthood, career shift, or a milestone birthday--Ten Things I Wish I'd Known brings wisdom, laughter, practical suggestions, and a down-to-earth manner together into one fabulous gift. --Jill Lightner
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· Starting at the bottom--over and over again· Dealing with--and learning from--the Boss from Hell· Giving up the Wedding Delusion, not to mention that one-way ticket to Happily Ever After· Being asked to bend your principles--by your superiors· Wanting to be a high-powered success and super parent· Knowing that children will both exhaust and sustain you· Facing that terrifying question: "What have I been put on this earth to do?" You could call them notes from life's trenches. Maria Shriver's Ten Things I Wish I'd Known--Before I Went out into the Real World gives us her reflections, confessions, advice, memories, and, most of all, hard-earned lessons . . . all the things we wish we knew before we started out, and that few people ever honestly discuss. Here is the truth about: the price we pay for giving in to our fears, as well as the relief we feel when we finally face them; the humiliation of swallowing our ego so that we can learn from an abusive experience; the rewards of taking risks and the pain of failure; the joy of finding someone we can love and the limitations of every relationship; how it's never too late to tap the wisdom of others, even (especially!) our own parents; and the importance of taking what we do seriously without taking ourselves seriously.
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Insightful .......2007-07-02
This book would make a wonderful graduation gift. I wish I would've read it back when I was eighteen-years-old. Although I purchased this book over three years ago, I still come back to it from time to time. She offers so much insight and wisdom, but she also humanizes herself as a woman and teaches her readers that even she has experienced self-doubt and has strived to reach 'perfection' (something she teaches you not to do). She writes about how important it is to start at the bottom because it's where you learn the most and gain character. I especially liked reading about her husband and children. She and her family are so much more normal than anyone would ever think.
Mrs. Ahnold is a smart cookie!.......2007-01-22
I am 56 and had I had this book to read in 1968 when I graduated high school I might have had the tools to do things a little better through my 20's and 30's. She gives you a rundown on what realistically to expect out of live, love, career and everything in between. I may have even been able to avoid my ex-husband!!!
This is a must gift for any young person, maybe even younger than a high school graduate. It could actually put a kids expectations into the realm of reality without putting a damper on any of the joys of life. This is not a book that a conservative religious advocate would have to avoid. It contains simple comman sense about life and how it differs from what kids would often see on TV, movies, or any other media they would encounter. It doesn't tell you what belief system is best, just what life is most apt to hand you on any given day.
It is easy reading and not very beefy, so even non-readers would benefit. They could use it as a reference book for a specific situation.
Great Birthday or Graduation or Holiday gift and reasonable priced, too.
A Good Start.......2006-06-12
I bought Maria's book "What's Heaven" for my Granddaughter when her Grandmother (my mother) died 6 years ago. Now my Granddaughter will graduate from high school next year and Maria has followed her to college, with her last 2 books. Next I will buy my Granddaughter the Marlo Thomas books. As a Grandmother I believe it does take a Village. My Granddaughter will take 2 real good role models with her to college and now we have to set her free.
Worth the Read, but Not the Money.......2006-01-05
Maria did have some excellent points. The majority of the book is just an autobiography, though, and I skimmed through those parts. My advice would be to stop by the book store and look at the table of contents and then the very end where she gives a list of some other things she wishes she knew, because they explain themselves. A lot of her things I already knew, and she points out that she's not trying to help us avoid those things, just let us know we're not alone. If the great, talented Maria could get through life, then we can too! That was sarcasm.
A quick pick-me-up........2005-11-07
After seeing and admiring the interaction between Maria Shriver and her mother on the Oprah Winfrey show a few months ago, I decided I wanted to read her newest book, "And One More Thing Before You Go." My library didn't have it but they did have this one and so I decided to take it home.
What I appreciated most about this book were the tidbits of wisdom about humility, and the ways we should appreciate ourselves and not allow others to beat us down. I like how Shriver says that humility is about having a realistic self-image-- not beating ourselves up for not being good enough and not settling for mediocrity. I liked Shriver's advice that we are not superwomen (or supermen) and we can not be excellent in every area so we should decide what areas are most important to us and make realistic goals to strive for. It inspired me to think about what areas of my life I'd like to improve in and what areas can wait until a different phase in life.
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Wish You Well
David Baldacci
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David Baldacci has made a name for himself crafting big, burly legal thrillers with larger-than-life plots. However, Wish You Well, set in his native Virginia, is a tale of hope and wonder and "something of a miracle" just itching to happen. This shift from contentious urbanites to homespun hill families may come as a surprise to some of Baldacci's fans--but they can rest assured: the author's sense of pacing and exuberant prose have made the leap as well.
The year is 1940. After a car accident kills 12-year-old Lou's and 7-year-old Oz's father and leaves their mother Amanda in a catatonic trance, the children find themselves sent from New York City to their great-grandmother Louisa's farm in Virginia. Louisa's hardscrabble existence comes as a profound shock to precocious Lou and her shy brother. Still struggling to absorb their abandonment, they enter gamely into a life that tests them at every turn--and offers unimaginable rewards. For Lou, who dreams of following in her father's literary footsteps, the misty, craggy Appalachians and the equally rugged individuals who make the mountains their home quickly become invested with an almost mythic significance:
They took metal cups from nails on the wall and dipped them in the water, and then sat outside and drank. Louisa picked up the green leaves of a mountain spurge growing next to the springhouse, which revealed beautiful purple blossoms completely hidden underneath. "One of God's little secrets," she explained. Lou sat there, cup cradled between her dimpled knees, watching and listening to her great-grandmother in the pleasant shade...
Baldacci switches deftly between lovingly detailed character description (an area in which his debt to Laura Ingalls Wilder and Harper Lee seems evident) and patient development of the novel's central plot. If that plot is a trifle transparent--no one will be surprised by Amanda's miraculous recovery or by the children's eventual battle with the nefarious forces of industry in an attempt to save their great-grandmother's farm--neither reader nor character is the worse for it. After all, nostalgia is about remembering things one already knows. --Kelly Flynn
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David Baldacci has made a name for himself crafting big, burly legal thrillers withlarger-than-life plots. However, Wish You Well, set in his native Virginia, is a tale of hopeand wonder and "something of a miracle" just itching to happen. This shift from contentiousurbanites to homespun hill families may come as a surprise to some of Baldacci's fans--but they canrest assured: the author's sense of pacing and exuberant prose have made the leap as well.The year is 1940. After a car accident kills 12-year-old Lou's and 7-year-old Oz's father and leavestheir mother Amanda in a catatonic trance, the children find themselves sent from New York Cityto their great-grandmother Louisa's farm in Virginia. Louisa's hardscrabble existence comes as aprofound shock to precocious Lou and her shy brother. Still struggling to absorb theirabandonment, they enter gamely into a life that tests them at every turn--and offers unimaginablerewards. For Lou, who dreams of following in her father's literary footsteps, the misty, craggyAppalachians and the equally rugged individuals who make the mountains their home quicklybecome invested with an almost mythic significance:They took metal cups from nails on the wall and dipped them in the water, and then sat outside anddrank. Louisa picked up the green leaves of a mountain spurge growing next to the springhouse,which revealed beautiful purple blossoms completely hidden underneath. "One of God's littlesecrets," she explained. Lou sat there, cup cradled between her dimpled knees, watching andlistening to her great-grandmother in the pleasant shade...Baldacci switches deftly between lovingly detailed character description (an area in which his debtto Laura Ingalls Wilder and Harper Lee seems evident) and patient development of the novel'scentral plot. If that plot is a trifle transparent--no one will be surprised by Amanda's miraculousrecovery or by the children's eventual battle with the nefarious forces of industry in an attempt tosave their great-grandmother's farm--neither reader nor character is the worse for it. After all,nostalgia is about remembering things one already knows. --Kelly Flynn
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In 1953, a young family has a devastating car accident which leaves twelve year old Louisa (Lou) and her seven year old brother Oscar (Oz) with their Pulitzer Prize winning father dead and their mother a bedridden, invalid who has completely withdrawn. Their only relative is their father's grandmother who is a stranger to them but who is willing to take the children in and care for their mother. So they move with their mother from their home in New York City to their great-grandmother's remote farm in rural southwest Virginia. As Lou and Oz get to know Louisa, they also get to know the harshly beautiful land that has sustained their family for generations and is the source of their father's acclaimed novels. It's a hard life for two kids from New York City, getting up at five in the morning to start working the farm, no electricity, no phones, an outhouse. But with the help of their new best friend, Diamond Skinner, and the kindliness of town lawyer, Cotton Longfellow, they thrive under their great-grandmother's care until one day a mining company makes an offer for the land that Louisa refuses to sell. To keep their farm, with the mining company and their own greedy neighbors against them, Cotton must try their case in court. Lou and Oz pray for a miracle...and their prayers are answered in undreamed of ways.
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A Real "Feel Good" Book.......2007-10-05
Want a book that captures you into a region, time and place? One that makes the reader re-evaluate the true value and meaning of life? If so, this is the book! The reader is allowed to experience each character via emotions and personality expressed in excellent narrative and dialog. It is very enlightening on a number of levels: the southern mountain culture, personal relationships and corporate exploitation of natural resources and people.
This excellent book is definitely one to recommend to friends of all ages. They will thank you for it.
Great Read.......2007-08-21
At first I was I dreaded taking this book from my cousin. But now I am so happy I did! I grew up in the Georgia Mountains and this book felt like home! It made me miss everyone I grew up with and especially my great grandfather!
A surprising, sentimental, but readable Baldacci.......2007-08-16
I'm used to David Baldacci's thrillers, which are never less than good. This was somewhat of a surprise, an affectionate tribute to the Virginia mountains from which his family came. Occasionally that affection tips over into melodrama, and the final chapters are indeed contrived with rather too much maudlin sentimentality and fairy-tale ending. A reviewer elsewhere described it rather nicely as "The Waltons in honey", and I can understand why. Yet the story is told with style and flair, with generally nicely-caught characters and places. Sure, it's a fairy tale, but we could all use a fairy tale now and then, and this one will melt all but the hardest of hearts.
When you read it, you'll find that the title is an especially neat touch.
Baldacci portrays a wonderful, moving story.......2007-08-01
I have read several of Baldacci's books. i.e., Total Control, The Simple Truth, and Saving Grace and I have enjoyed all these novels. This book, if you are not aware, is a major departure from his normal genre. I suppose he is following in the paths of Grisham, Patterson, Hiaasen, and Parker by stepping out of their genre to create human interest, and young adult type stories. I think it's great that these gifted authors are creating such wonderful stories, (A Painted House, by Grisham comes to my mind) especially those stories for the young adult group.
I thought this book was a wonderful, relaxing tale. It has its sad parts but it is still a heartwarming story. The author's descriptive scenes of the beautiful rural Virginia during the 1930's were terrific. Don't expect any mysterious killers, car crashes, love scenes, just a homegrown country story that is very enjoyable. There's no need for me to detail the characters and plot as there are numerous reviews already. In summary, I think it's a moving story with richly portrayed characters that I encourage you to read.
A heart warming story.......2007-06-29
this is a story of love,strength, courage, humor and most importantly...family
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The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes!
Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever. But after moving across the country with her family, Christy must begin her sophomore year of high school uncertain where she’ll fit in. A red-headed new best friend, a try at cheerleading, a job at a pet store, and expectations for the prom fill Christy’s high school years with a string of laughter-and-tears moments. Fireball Katie keeps everyone guessing what she’ll do next, and surfer Todd keeps showing up while popular Rick has determined to get her full attention! As these memorable years unfold, Christy and her God-loving friends find out what it means to be a âpeculiar treasure.â Follow Christy Miller as she stays true to her identity in Christ, drawing closer to God for help in realizing her dreams and dealing with her disappointments.
Whether you’re meeting her for the first time or have known her for yearsâ
Christy Is a Forever Friend
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What is a true friend? Christy Miller knows she has two of them: Todd and Katie. To show how much she appreciates them, she writes to Todd, who’s off surfing in Hawaii, and she agrees to join the ski club with Katieâ¦even though she’s scared of skiing! Fortunately, Christy and Katie can laugh as they bumble their way around the bunny slopes at Lake Tahoe. But Christy finds herself caught between new friends and her loyalty to Katie. Will Christy find a way to be a true friend when it counts most? And will she ever hear from Todd?
Starry Night
It’s Christmastime, and Christy Miller has so much going on: family time, work, and maybe, just maybe, going to the Rose Bowl Parade with a bunch of friends. If only she could answer Uncle Bob’s tough questions. Todd’s buddy Doug gives her some insight, and she starts to appreciate him in a whole new way. Rick Doyle shows up again...but is he pursuing Christy or the cutest elf at the mall? Through it all, will Christy find someone special to count the stars with?
Seventeen Wishes
It’s summer, and that means the beach and other adventures. And Christy Miller’s best friend, Katie, is always full of ideas. They’ll be camp counselors! But when Katie can’t go, Christy is bewildered and overwhelmed by her fifth-grade girls, who have boundless energy for anything except what Christy wants them to do. Do they even hear a word she says? Soon they’re playing matchmaker between Christy and Jaeson, a handsome counselor...and he doesn’t seem to mind. When Christy’s seventeenth birthday arrives later in the summer, just what will she be wishing for?
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âThe Christy Miller series was actually born when a group of thirteen-year-olds challenged me to write a novel. I’d been questioning the content of their favorite books when they said, âWhy don’t you write a book for us?’ I told them no, I only wrote picture books. But they persisted: âHow hard could it be? We’ll even tell you what to write! We want a love story with teenagers at the beach.’ And there you go. Summer Promise first released seventeen years ago and is now translated into five languages. I continue to hear from readers all over the world, many girls saying that they gave their life to Christ after reading Summer Promise. I love that!â
âRobin Jones Gunn
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Excellent Christian Book for Teens.......2007-05-07
In a day and time when it is becoming increasingly difficult to find age appropriate reading for Christian Teens...Robin Jones Gunn has fit the bill with her Christy miller Series...My 14 year old is hooked, and I read them and loved them too. I bought all 12 books for our church library!
Every girl should read this book!.......2007-01-09
It is beautifully written with a wholesome approach to life and love. It is the story of a young girl's progression from early adolescence to young adulthood. The story chronicles her understanding of true love and at the same time shows her development as a christian and her increasing passion for her love of Jesus Christ I highly recommend it!
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Words I Wish I Wrote: A Collection of Writing That Inspired My Ideas
Robert Fulghum
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Robert Fulghum, the part-time Unitarian minister whose gentle and humorous stories have made him a bestselling author many times over (beginning with All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten), pays tribute to the writers who inspired him in Words I Wish I Wrote. He confesses that at one particularly low moment in the late '50s, he was dredged up from the Slough of Despond by reading the works Albert Camus, whose gaze over a deeper abyss gave Fulghum hope. It was that experience that led Fulghum to seek out writings with uplifting messages. The result is this compilation of brief passages from the likes of Wallace Stevens ("After the final no there comes a yes"), Tom Robbins ("Real courage is risking one's clichés"), and Buckminster Fuller ("God is a verb").
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In Words I Wish I Wrote, Robert Fulghum reveals the works of writers who have inspired him. During the past four decades he's reviewed and revised the basic principles of his philosophy many times, sometimes as an exercise in personal growth, but more often in response to individual crisis. Then at fifty, seeking a simplicity to counter the complex thinking of his college years, Fulghum wrote a summary essay professing that all he really needed to know he learned in kindergarten. As he approached his sixtieth year, Fulghum became curious about what in his outlook had changed and what had endured.
On review, Fulghum explains, everything he has ever said and thought and written is transparent to him now. As hard as he has tried to speak in his own voice, much of what he's said is neither original nor unique. The best ideas are often old and are continually being revived, recycled, renewed. Wherever his search took him, Fulghum found that someone else has been there before. And more often than not, that person has chosen words Fulghum wishes he had written, using language he can't improve upon. To Fulghum, however, this isn't a discouraging realization. It's a recognition n of companionship, which is an affirming consolation.
The confirming statements, quotes, and credos that Fulghum recorded in his journals for years are collected here, representing the most important ideas underlying his living and thinking. They are organized thematically into such chapters as Companions, God, Bene-Dictions, Contra-Dictions, Simplify, and Believe. Each begins with Fulghum's own insightful, introductory words, followed by inspiring passages drawn from a diverse group of sources, from Jerry Garcia to Albert Camus, Dylan Thomas to Franz Kafka. At the end of each chapter, Fulghum offers readers his own personal commentary on the sources--where he was introduced to their words, why he returns to them again and again, and how they may change you.
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Less than expected from Fulghum.......2007-09-13
Not as good as his first four books; Kindergarten, It was on fire when I lay down on it, Maybe, Uh-Oh, but if your a fan of Fulghum you will find essays that are worthy of a book mark.
Genuine Inspiration.......2007-03-22
For me, this was a wonderful find. This book wasn't particularly long, and I'd seen about 25% of the material before, but parts of it were simply wonderful.
I love the way it has helped me think about my projects.
As high as I rate this work, I cannot recommend buying if you can check it out from your library. It has lots of blank space (if the text was condensed like a novel, it would be about 100 pages at most), and it is easy enough to Xerox or copy down the best passages you find to have personal significance.
A glimpse into an unusual mind.......2006-06-07
I've long enjoyed Mr. Fulghum's insights and quirky stories, so I thought it would be interested to see what his sources of inspiration were. This is actually a pretty brief book--the layout (with each quote on its own page) bulks up the book with a fair amount of blank paper. The quotes are divided into a series of thematic chapters, and Fulghum provides an introduction to each section and annotations about the authors/sources included. Some of these quotes are entertaining, others thought provoking. All of them provide a glimpse into Fulghum's mind and provide some insights into his view of life. While interesting, this book is not nearly as entertaining as some of his earlier works.
Good Stuff.......2006-02-25
I recently stumbled across a reference to Robert Fulghum on my web-wanderings. It was a long time ago that I read "All I Need to Know..." but I remembered the impact that small book made on me. Because I've been reading more lately, I ordered a few of Fulghum's books, thinking I might enjoy some of the others. Enter "Words I Wish I Wrote."
This book is a glimpse into the mind of a writer. It's a look at what makes him tick. That's not because he tells us per se, but because we get a chance to see some of the writings that influenced him. In the process, it is his chance to share with us the words of other writers he loves.
The invitation to share is a lot of fun. I thoroughly enjoyed the snippets, the quotes, the aphorisms (a great favorite of mine), and the poetry. The sampler provided me with a broad array of new writers to personally explore as I collect my own set of words I wish I wrote.
Now I have a lot more reading to do. When you buy this little book, plan on spending some time reading, thinking, and sharing with those close to you. I've been reading bits and pieces to Wife and Young Son as I read. It's fun.
Brilliant!.......2004-06-26
It's amazing how a book can contain so many wise ideas and mainly be the ideas that have been said before. The author is a good chooser of quotes and writings that stimulate the intelligence and imagination.
GOOD JOB!!!
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