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A Weekend to Change Your Life: Find Your Authentic Self After a Lifetime of Being All Things to All People

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A Weekend to Change Your Life: Find Your Authentic Self After a Lifetime of Being All Things to All People
Joan Anderson
Manufacturer: Broadway
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0767920546
Release Date: 2006-04-04

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New York Times bestselling author Joan Anderson gives women practical advice and inspiration for building creative, independent, and fulfilling lives through discovering who they truly are and who they can be.

Like Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, Joan Anderson’s bestselling A Year by the Sea revealed a far larger than expected constituency, in the form of thousands of women struggling to realize their full potential. After years of focusing on the needs of others as a wife and mother, Anderson devoted a year to rediscovering herself and reinvigorating her dreams. The questions she asked herself and the insights she gained became the core of the popular weekend workshops Anderson developed to help women figure out how—after being all things to all people—they can finally become what they need to be for themselves. A Weekend to Change Your Life brings Anderson’s techniques to women everywhere, providing a step-by-step path readers can follow at their own pace.

Drawing on her own life and on the experiences of the women she meets at her workshops, Anderson shows women how to move beyond the roles they play in relationship to others and reclaim their individuality. Through illustrations and gentle instruction, she illuminates the rewards of nurturing long-neglected talents, revitalizing plans sacrificed to the demands of family life, and redefining oneself by embracing new possibilities.

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She makes it interesting!
An Invaluable Resource
Learn about the Bard of Avon's Plays in this Outstanding Scholary Work!
Very enjoyable but you have to concentrate
At last, a real overview of Shakespeare for adults with imaginations

Shakespeare After All
Marjorie Garber
Manufacturer: Anchor
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0385722141
Release Date: 2005-09-20

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A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronological sequence, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen. Supremely readable and engaging, and complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare’s life and times and an extensive bibliography, this magisterial work is an ever-replenishing fount of insight on the most celebrated writer of all time.

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She makes it interesting!.......2007-01-16

Gerber gives excellent analyses of Shakespeare's works. My girlfriend, a theater student, loved it. I got into it, too, and I'm not even that crazy about Shakespeare. A great gift for the "discerning theater student" in your household.

An Invaluable Resource.......2006-03-07

My husband and I are lawyers who have recently returned to reading Shakesepare, decades after college. We wanted literary criticism that was qualitative superior to the plot summary readers guide--criticism that would help us explore the imagery, themes and metaphors of the plays. Marjorie Garber is the answer to our prayers. We recommend to readers returning to Shakespeare that they purchase a paperback edition of each play with good notes to help with line specific language issues--the Arden series is the best-and then supplement/enrich the experience with Garbers insights. It is a pleasure for us to carefully read each play and then see what treasures she has mined based on her own reading and that of prior critics. We considerably prefer Garber to Bloom as a single compendium. Garber packs an enormous amount of insight into a single 30 page chapter. Shakespeare is surely worth the detail she provides. I would also suggest that you purchase the Ambrose DVD set of tapes of the great BBC plays--after you have read the plays it is wonderful to watch Jacobi et al. The DVD format enables captions which is very helful to savoring every line.

Learn about the Bard of Avon's Plays in this Outstanding Scholary Work!.......2006-01-25

William Shakespeare's immortal words will live forever. In this excellent book of criticism Professor Garber of Harvard
examines each of the 38 plays from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" through "The Two Noble Kinsman." Her work is detailed and insightful for anyone who seeks more knowledge and understanding of Shakepeare and his plays. As we explore Shakespeare we also learn more about what it is to be human being in the world!
Garber writes about each play as she analyzes the characters and their motivation; the history of the play's production and how the play is related to other plays and characters in the Shakespearean canon. Along the way we learn the derivation of words used by the bard; what was going on in England and the world at the time the play was written and such various topics as sumptuary laws (dealing with clothing); class structure and the growth of the English language.
Shakespeare's life is covered in an insightful introduction.
Marjorie Garber must be a brilliant person to listen to in the lecture hall! I wish these insighful looks at each play would be available in tape format! Her book is a classic which should be required reading for anyone teaching Shakespeare in high school, college and adult education classes.
I was fascinated by her depth of scholarship and ability to relate Shakespeare to our day. My highest appreciation to this wonderful book on our great treasure of poetry and the art of
drama William Shakespeare!

Very enjoyable but you have to concentrate.......2005-12-08

This is a monster of a book packed full of insight into the plays of William Shakespeare. Another reviewer has criticized the way Professor Gerber tackles each play, but I think she pitches her analyses pretty spot on. As she describes a play she will stop and detour into some aspect of the cultural mores of the England of Shakespeare's day and come back. I find ( as a layman ) that is exactly what I wanted. I wasn't looking for Heavy Textual Criticism that might only be understandable to other Eng Lit Professors. This is an excellent book for the layman - if you are prepared to concentrate and forgive Professor Gerber when she does occasionally throw in a semantics term that you have never heard of - USUALLY she explains them. But not always.

At last, a real overview of Shakespeare for adults with imaginations.......2005-09-26

This is a wonderful, rich, exploratory book that holds nothing back; a meditation about the Shakespeare canon that resonates in all planes at once. It is certain to be [...] by college teachers everywhere, and so it should be; together with Shapiro's 1599 as a biography and a solid encyclopaedia like the Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, this is one of the only supplementary volumes you'd ever want to shelf next to the Complete Works. This is the kind of full-service critical homage and investigation Shakespeare has been waiting for all these years. I hope he and Marjorie Garber meet in Heaven, and that someone leaks the resulting sonnets.

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Dennis Miller takes a everyday's guy view of the world
this was terrible
OKAY, So I Haven't Read The Book (but at least I admit it)
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Still Ranting After All These Years
Dennis Miller
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
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ASIN: 0060531002
Release Date: 2004-06-29

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If you thought Dennis Miller was done ranting, guess again. In Still Ranting After All These Years, recorded in early 2002, Miller is in fine form, commenting on everything from "War and Terrorism" to Enron; from "Obsessed Parents" to the "End of Class;" to "Truth in the Media," and so much more. Throughout, Miller is what we have come to expect from him: smart, cutting, laugh-out-loud funny, and more times than not ... right.

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Dennis Miller takes a everyday's guy view of the world.......2007-01-04

Dennis is a wonderful comedian, I laugh and find myself thinking how smart he is. He looks at life and the events in the world the way most everyday guy's would. He isn't to shy to call a spade a spade. He makes sense in most of the stuff he talks about. IF strong language offends, this might not be your cup of tea. Dennis Miller is delightfully funny, has an interesting take on the crazies of the world. Worth the price of the DVD.

this was terrible.......2006-06-15

If 0 stars was an option i would have selected it. this is the dryest, dullest delivered comedy i've ever heard. I should actually say that he had no delivery whatsoever. this was definately a waste of money.

OKAY, So I Haven't Read The Book (but at least I admit it).......2006-02-25

I find it interested how often people write "reviews" of work they've never even read or listened to. For instance, several people took the time to write a review of this CD even though they clearly wouldn't have been caught dead listening to it. People GET A LIFE!!!! Unless you've listened to this CD, keep you views about Miller's political pursuasion to yourself. This isn't the place for it! This is the place for people who have actually lilstened to the CD to tell others what they thought about it... not for you to grace us with your worldview of politics and the events of the day. Please, do us all a favor and keep it to yourself.

BEWARE LIBERAL SCUM ! (YOUR TIME HAS COME..).......2005-09-30

THANK YOU DENNIS MILLER FOR PROVIDING US REAL THINKERS WITH POLITICAL COMEDY WITH ACTUAL SUBSTANCE. WITH A SEA LITTERED WITH CRY-BABY LIBERAL COMICS (MAHER, JOHN STEWART, CROSS, ETC.)WHO APPEAL TO NOTHING BUT IGNORANT COLLEGE STUDENTS, BRAIN-DEAD HIPPIES, AND "LIMOSINE LIBERAL" YUPPIES, (NOT TO MENTION THOSE BRAINWASHED INTO THINKING SOCIALISM ACTUALLY IS A "MISUNDERSTOOD" CONCEPT..), IT'S HARD TO DISPUTE MILLER'S BRAND OF COMEDY.
IF YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO EVEN LISTEN TO THIS ENLIGHTENIG WORK (LIKE THE IDIOT REVIEWER WHO SLAMMED THIS..)BY SOMEONE WHO TAKES AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO COMEDY, THEN GO BACK TO GETTING YOUR HALF-ASSED POLITICAL EDUCATION FROM M.T.V., AND ASK MICHAEL MOORE
OUT ON A DATE....

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If you like all of the other previous "Rants", then you will like this one.

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 (Dear America Series)

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Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 (Dear America Series)
Kathryn Lasky
Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.
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ASIN: 0439219434

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To 11-year-old Minnie Swift, Christmas, 1932, is not going to be the time of bounty she's used to. Instead, it has become the "Time of the Dwindling." The Great Depression has changed everything: Minnie's father is working fewer and fewer hours, her hungry family eats more and more aspic and "rumor of pork" (high up on the Vomitron, a zero-to-ten scale Minnie and her brother have invented to determine the vileness of their meager dinners), and a tiny orphan girl has joined their family from Heart's Bend, Texas. Minnie finds a worthy outlet in her daily journal, in which she records the sometimes troubling, sometimes exhilarating experiences of one winter month in Indianapolis during the depression. Nothing can subdue Minnie's lively spirit, although the disappearance of her father challenges her sorely.

Kathryn Lasky's latest addition to the Dear America series is chock-full of period details: Greta Garbo's hairstyle, The Shadow radio program, Charlie Chan, Hooverville shantytowns, Buck Rogers, Amelia Earhart, and phrases like yee gads and go-to-the-dickens. Minnie is an exuberant and witty chronicler of her family life, as well as the world outside. Young readers will come away from Christmas After All with a strong image of life in the 1930s, and a sense of the resiliency and ingenuity of many Americans during that deeply troubled time. A historical note and photos follow the diary, providing background to help readers understand the era in which the fictional Minnie lived. (Ages 9 to 14) --Emilie Coulter

We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11

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We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11
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Known as Little Pakistan, the community of Midwood, Brooklyn, has suffered a remarkable exodus in the years since 9/11. One sixth of the community-20,000 people-has left in search of liberty. In an ironic reversal of the American dream, this immigrant community now lives in fear, witnessing the unjust detainment or deportation of family members, friends, and neighbors. Tram Nguyen reveals the human cost of the domestic war on terror and examines the impact of post-9/11 policies on people targeted because of immigration status, nationality, and religion. Nguyen's evocative narrative reporting-about the families, detainees, local leaders, community advocates, and others-is from those living and suffering on the front lines. We meet Mohammad Butt, who died in detention in New Jersey, and the Saleems, who flee Queens for Canada. We even follow a self-proclaimed -citizen patroller- who monitors and detains immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. We Are All Suspects Now, in the words of Mike Davis, takes us inside a dark world . . . where the American Dream is fast turning into a nightmare- and suggests proactive responses to stop our growing climate of xenophobia, intimidation, and discrimination.

Still Pickled After All These Years: A Pickles Book (Pickles)

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As its loyal fans will gladly tell you, Pickles has been a zinger-filled, laugh-out-loud gem since it debuted in 1990. Over the last decade, it's steadily climbed in popularity, and today appears in over 400 papers worldwide. Now Andrews McMeel Publishing is releasing its first-ever collection of the strip that Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel readers voted as their overwhelming favorite comic, spanning all sexes and age groups.Still Pickled After All These Years collects recent strips from the sweet intergenerational comic that alternates point of view between an older married couple, a 30-something married couple, and a their son. The strip centers on Earl and Opal Pickles, who have been married over 50 years but inject plenty of spunk and insight into everything they do. Whether they're taking a wry but sympathetic glance at their divorced daughter Sylvia, laughing at their faithful but feckless canine, Roscoe, marveling at their dictatorial feline, Muffin, or just commenting on the little things in life, Earl and Opal's good-natured wit and dry humor is brilliantly on target.Pickles is about growing old and keeping your sense of humor but never forgetting what it's like to be a child. The strip's inaugural AMP collection, Still Pickled After All These Years, encapsulates the importance of staying close to those who bring you the most joy and reminds everyone from teens to seniors about the incalculable value of the unconditional love of pets, family, and friends.

Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran

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The Seven #2 (Flight 29 Down)
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The castaways from 29 Down have learned to fend for themselves, and it looks like island living may agree with them—at least until they're rescued. But even while they hone their survival skills, the resentments and issues that divide them continue to grow. They've chosen a leader—but what good is a leader if he can't keep the team together?

I'm the 82nd Airborne Division!: A History of the All American Division in World War II After Action Reports

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I'm the 82nd Airborne Division!: A History of the All American Division in World War II After Action Reports
Robert P. Anzuoni
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"I'm the 82nd Airborne Division!" is the most comprehensive collection of combat narratives, after action reports, documents, maps, and photographs detailing the saga of one of the most famous units in the Second World War. These original documents are now published for the first time since they were created sixty years ago. The Division comes alive, as individuals and units of the 82nd tell their own stories. Maps illustrate day-by-day movements of the various regiments during campaigns. Appendices list commander, casualties, and captured equipment. Special photographic essays show helmet markings and ephemera. From designation as the U.S. Army's first airborne division in 1942 through the campaigns in Sicily, Italy, Anzio, Normandy, Holland, Belgium, and Germany all the way to the occupation of Berlin and the victory parade in New York, this is the story of the 82nd Airborne Division - The All American in World War II. A great reference for anyone interested in the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II and a fitting tribute to those who served in its ranks.

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Love After All (Arabesque)
Celeste Norfleet
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Like her grifter father, Samantha Lee Taylor has a talent for deception. But long ago she decided to reject that lifestyle. Now her cunning is the only thing that's keeping her alive while sh's running from those who are pursuing her brother—who fancies himself as a big-time con artist.

Former cop Jackson Daley is out to catch the person who is blackmailing his father. When a source implicates Samantha's brother, the two team up to try and find him, but for very different reasons. Can these wary allies put aside their suspicions and avoid the real danger that lurks around them? And can they ignore the mutual attraction and passion that bubbles with every move this street-savvy pair makes?

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