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Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

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The power of one
Same Kind of Differnt as Me
Inspiring story for sure!!

Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Ron Hall , and Denver Moore
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows

ASIN: 0849900417

Book Description

A dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery.

An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel.

A gutsy woman with a stubborn dream.

A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it.

It begins outside a burning plantation hut in Louisiana . . . and an East Texas honky-tonk . . . and, without a doubt, in the heart of God. It unfolds in a Hollywood hacienda . . . an upscale New York gallery . . . a downtown dumpster . . . a Texas ranch.

Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love.

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Must read!.......2007-06-28

This is a must read. Great story about how God changes people hearts, even hearts you would have thought were too cold for change. I have bought several copies to give to friends. You will be blessed by this book!

It's in the stars.......2007-06-27

As you can tell from the reviews, this is a great story. Denver's ordeals and tribulations are incredible in their own right. However, these pale in comparison to the spiritual maturity that Denver devlops when he becomes a Christian.

As of today, June 2007, all the reviews on here are 5-stars. There are no 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, or 4-star reviews. That should speak volumes as well.

The power of one.......2007-06-19

This is one of most inspiritional books I have ever read. One woman desire to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and her devotion to God, led two men of different calibers to bond.
This book will leave you in awe of how the power of one, can make a difference in the lives of millions. Ron Hall and Denver Moore share their story in a unique way. This story will inspire you to follow your own steps, make a difference in lives of those uncommon people you meet in your own corner of the world.

Same Kind of Differnt as Me.......2007-06-15

A moving story and one that will change you life.

Inspiring story for sure!!.......2007-06-05

This book was passed onto me by my son, who insisted I read it. Now I can't wait to buy a number of copies for friends. Truly an amazing story that will make you think about others, yourself, and friends and even perhaps change the way you live. Kudos to both authors and their unsung friends.

A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend: For Every Guy Who Wants to Be One/For Every Girl Who Wants to Build One

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Pay Attention Guys
Hilarious and oh so true
Chick Lit For Guys
It's funny
Couples Therapy

A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend: For Every Guy Who Wants to Be One/For Every Girl Who Wants to Build One
Felicity Huffman , and Patricia Wolff
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At some point, every guy--player, geek, mamas boy, "regular Joe"--meets a woman who makes him want to be a boyfriend. A good boyfriend. Problem is, unless hes had some first-rate training (by a previous girlfriend, a sister, a mom), he probably doesnt even know what that means. Felicity Huffman and Patricia Wolff come to the rescue with a rollicking--and whip-smart--handbook to navigating the minefield of male-female relationships. Directed at men (though of course its women wholl buy it, then leave it at their boyfriends place--accidentally on purpose), A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend lays out the many steps involved in becoming a good boyfriend, while still maintaining guy-dignity. It covers issues like: - Who decides when you become a boyfriend (answer: She does.) - How to look like youre listening, even when youre not (If youre busted, just say "Youre so pretty, Im distracted.") - Ten things never to say on the first date (#4: "I just did that to freak you out.") - Finding the middle ground between too cool (think third grade) and too eager (think surprise visits) - Why becoming a good boyfriend is a lot like training for the A team Filled with humour, ribaldry, common sense, and assorted outdoor skills, A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend is the next dating guide to dominate the bestseller lists.

Customer Reviews:

Pay Attention Guys.......2007-05-18

Want to know what women talk about when you're not around, guys, and how we think? Why we act crazy sometimes or fish for compliments? How to deal with it all without going crazy or getting stuck in a fight? Or worse, on the couch? Read this book. It has lots of truth and some really good tips for things like how to pretend to be hearing us while you're really watching that all-imporant playoff game, so that we don't turn the TV off and ruin everything by choosing just then to talk about our feelings. It's also funnier than most chick lit. Also pickup a copy of God Is a Woman: Dating Disasters, which is right on.

Hilarious and oh so true.......2007-05-07

I left this book laying in the bathroom and now all of a sudden I'm getting flowers and champagne from my husband. He obviously was reading some of it. He started dressing nicer for me instead of the work clothes all the time and he makes a point to take me out on dates. I found the book humerous and worth reading for myself just to laugh at how nuts we women are. My husband started reading it because it was mysteriously the only new material to read in the bathroom :). It was truly worth buying.

Chick Lit For Guys.......2007-04-27

I picked up a copy of this book because it was recommended in several reviews of another book I liked alot. Suffice it to say that I was disappointed. This is just the same bad advice for girls in chick lit turned on its end for guys. It talks about how to pretend to be listening, how to manipulate to get what you want but make it look like you're really doing what the other person wants, and so on. It also talks about giving up alot and letting the girl have her way because you can't win. At least that's how I perceive these messages. I also don't think guys women would really be interested in would do any of this stuff. I know I wouldn't be interested in them. The other book I mentioned is God Is a Woman: Dating Disasters which I did like alot. Those are the only two books I've really read or seen with advice for men on women, at least that isn't about just getting into bed with us. I do think the book deserves praise for trying to help guys out, I just think it did it by telling guys to behave in a more womanly way and in truth that wouldn't really be all that appealing to women in the end.

It's funny.......2007-04-07

It's a funny book but I can only agree with about 50% of the advise. Most of it is really common sence info but its entertaining. Bottom line is buy it for the entertainment value.

Couples Therapy.......2007-03-30

Guys: Reading this book by yourself is one thing, but reading this book *with your girlfriend* may actually prove beneficial. As I read it to my significant other, we were able to talk and laugh about which things were true for her and which were not. Whether I rolled my eyes or wholeheartedly agreed, we had fun discussing the differences between the sexes, and what we each felt was important in a relationship (and Huffman finds humor in just about every aspect).

Definitely worthwhile for couples with an honest, playful relationship.

Lesbian Sex Tips: A Guide for Anyone Who Wants To Bring Pleasure to the Woman She (Or He) Loves

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Not the guide I was hoping for.
Excellent Book for All Who Love Women
gentle, caring and informative
LOTS of info for one book, and that's a good thing
Response from The Authors

Lesbian Sex Tips: A Guide for Anyone Who Wants To Bring Pleasure to the Woman She (Or He) Loves
Tracey Stevens/Katherine Wunder
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ASIN: 0971962820
Release Date: 2002-10-24

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Learning these tips from women is the best thing to happen for anyone, female or male, who loves women. Stevens and Wunder have put together a book that not only contains great information about pleasing a woman, but also addresses the subject with sensitivity and depth. This book really shows that making love doesn't only take place physically, it takes place emotionally as well. Great book for anyone who really wants to love their woman!

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Not the guide I was hoping for........2006-11-19

Being a married man a looking to keep our relationship exciting, I was hoping for some insight into the complex ways of the female body. But instead of a guide to potential pleasure I received a pocket book guide of life-facts. Don't get me wrong, the information was very informative and I did learn, it is just not what I had expected to be reading. This is definitely a guide for women, not men.

Excellent Book for All Who Love Women.......2006-10-14

Lesbian Sex Tips is exactly the kind of in-depth, no-holds barred, entertaining sex manual that everyone who loves women should have by their bedside. And that includes ALL women-loving-women, bi, genderqueer, transgendered, intersexed - you name it, this book is inclusive for all. Heck, even the men that pick it up can always use more education - and this manual doesn't discriminate. To which, I say hell yeah! Too many sex guides don't take into account the wide spectrum of human sexuality. Not true for this book. Hands-on, and that should be taken quite literally, this is one of the best sex guides out there for those who desire to put the heat back in the bedroom, or for those just getting started in the wondrous world of loving women.

gentle, caring and informative.......2006-08-23

This book is full of valuable information for anyone, regardless of their sexual orientation. A helpful guide for individuals who are interested in learning more about themselves and others.

LOTS of info for one book, and that's a good thing.......2006-07-31

I thought before I read this book that I would know most of what was in it already...but I had no idea of the scope of what was inside. I'm impressed. The authors went from a to z, not leaving any stone unturned. The chapters on anatomy, safe sex and making love are well written. And I personally am glad they included the chapters on communication, abuse, counselling, etc. The rights & discrimination section, especially Heterosexual Privileges, I found intriguing. It is obviously based on life in the USA, and as the authors are Americans, that would make sense. Things are a little different here in Canada, but there are still some similarities. Including the list of resources at the end of the book was a great idea...I'm sure many people will find this helpful. I'm positive that many people will find the WHOLE book helpful.

Response from The Authors.......2006-07-21

First off, thanks to P. Schreck for searching us down and letting us know about S. Smith's "Review." We are very happy you took the time to email us about this situation so that we could respond to S. Smith's accusations.

We must also point out in P. Schreck's review, that it is mentioned that one of the authors appeared on Sue Johanson's TV show. This did not happen. Both of our books were highly recommended by Sue Johanson on the "Sunday Night Sex Show," and our book, "How To Be A Happy Lesbian: A Coming Out Guide" was also featured in Sue Johanson's book "Sex, Sex and More Sex."

In response to S. Smith's Poor Form "review," we think it is mighty poor form to openly state that we wrote our own reviews for our "Lesbian Sex Tips" book. This is very slanderous to openly call us dishonest in a public forum, especially when her accusations are an opinion and not based on facts. We are honest people, and have NEVER written our own reviews on Amazon, or on any other site period. The reviews are from the readers of our books only.

Anyone can look up "Sunday Night Sex Show W Network" in Google, click on Book Reviews, and see Sue's Johanson's review of "Lesbian Sex Tips" right there on the page. As stated above, Sue also mentions our Coming Out Guide in her own book, "Sex, Sex and More Sex." Feel free to do a search right here on Amazon for Sue's book, and then use the Search Inside feature to find her recommendation for "How To Be A Happy Lesbian: A Coming Out Guide."

On the positive side, we really want to thank S. Smith for opening up a discussion concerning the negative reviews that were written in May. We appreciate the fact that since she brought this up, we can now address what we believe really happened.

Along with writing books, our website hosts over 1,000 free resources for women. We had a very serious situation arise when a man infiltrated our Support for Lesbians Coming Out Group which has over 500 members worldwide.

This man posed as a female to gain entrance into our Support Group that is only for women. This person was heartbroken over his wife coming out. I posted to him, in the Support Group, that I could understand his pain, but he knew that this was a group for women only, and to protect our members I would have to remove his membership. He promised that I would be sorry, but I could not allow a man in the group that is set up only for women. The very next day the first bad review showed up in Amazon, with the second very similar one soon to follow.

This seems mighty suspicious that all of the sudden, after several years of selling this book successfully, that we would have bad reviews on Amazon the very next day after someone promised me that I would be sorry.

We've sold hundreds of Lesbian Sex Tips Ebooks directly from the Amazing Dreams Publishing website. The Ebook version has a 100 percent, money-back guarantee, and it's only been returned once in over 3 years. If someone does not like our Ebook, we will refund her or his money--no questions asked--that's how much we believe in this book.

Our Lesbian Sex Tips Guide was written with inclusive language for anyone, male or female, who has little or no idea what to do in bed with a woman to please her. This is why the book has the title it does.

We decided to write the book because I myself have been with women who had never been sexually satisfied in their entire lives, and both Kathy and I have talked to many men who had no idea what to do to please their female partners. After we gave these men some lesbian sex tips, they, and their partners, were very, very happy.

In conclusion, we do not understand why someone who has never read our books would accuse us of writing our own reviews. Our company's philosophy is based on providing a safe space for women, and the people who love them, worldwide. From the comments we've personally received from our readers, we know our books are helping people to have better intimate lives, and this is exactly what we set out to do.

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Too much innuendo
Total joke
indomitable subject and authoritative work
What a great book!
Hepburn Illness

Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn
William J. Mann
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Release Date: 2006-10-03

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Onscreen she played society girls, Spencer Tracys sidekick, lionesses in winter. But the best character Katharine Hepburn ever created was Katharine Hepburn: a Connecticut Yankee, outspoken and elegant, she wore pants whatever the occasion and bristled at Hollywood glitter. So captivating was her image that she never seemed less than authentic. But how well did we know her, really? Was there a woman behind the image who was more human, more driven, and ultimately more triumphant because of her vulnerability? William J. Mann -- a cultural historian and journalist, a sympathetic admirer but no mere fan -- has fashioned an intimate, often revisionist, and truly unique close-up that challenges much of what we think we know about the Great Kate. Previous biographies -- mostly products of friends and fans -- have recycled the stories she hid behind, taking Hollywood myths at face value. Mann goes deeper, delivering new details from friends and family who have not been previously interviewed and drawing on materials only available since Hepburns death. With affection, intelligence, and a voluminous knowledge of Hollywood history, Mann shows us how a woman originally considered too special and controversial for fame learned the fine arts of movie stardom and transformed herself into an icon as durable and all-American as the Statue of Liberty.

Customer Reviews:

Too much innuendo.......2007-06-16

While Mr. Mann seems to have dug deep in this latest bio on Kate the Great..he's missed several important parts. First, who cares of her sexual (or anyone else's for that matter) private life. He seems to think everyone connected with her was bi or homosexual. Are there no straight people she was connected too? Should have been more about her career and films. That's what the public wants, not her or anyone's sexual appetites. And Spencer Tracy gay? Not in a million years. Hard to believe there is anyone like this Scotty character. It's more like he created him for titilation. The only parts of this book that were entertaining where the chapters devoted to her stage career and later life. The first part of the book is very redundent and quite boring. And the death of her brother is given much too much coverage. Unless Mr. Mann know the TRUTH, skip it. Just like the so called facts. Who really knows the turth? No one but the parties involved. Also, If he's so intent on writing about Gay Hollywood why doesn't he just write a book about Gay Hollywood and leave it at that. Don't include this into someones bio.

Total joke.......2007-05-27

I am not very fond of jokes, but I recognize that sometimes it is the best way to explain some daily situations that we cannot relate, because we lack definitions for certain attitudes, because it is wanted to correct or to lighten certain thorny aspects or like a disguise that attenuates an idea that if it were expressed openly would be unacceptable. There is a certain joke that fits wonderfully here and is the one about the scientist who wanting to study the behavior of the spiders, brings one to his laboratory and animates it to move while he keeps taken the spider's legs off, giving it the shout: Spider come here!. Once he's taken the eight legs off, the scientist concludes, "spiders, when they lose their eight legs become deaf animals". So this joke represents Mr. Mann's work about KH. And to cooperate with his record of peculiar conclusions, I contribute with another data on Katharine Hepburn for his files. In several photos taken on the making of "Guess who is I coming to dinner" Hepburn appears with a Palestinian scarf, I think its proper name is Kufiya, covering her hair rollers. I have always thought that surely among the multitude of trips that she had made, would have turned up in that conflicting region of Middled East, but perhaps I was wrong and she was a disguised spy of Hamas. Probably that was what the scientist of the joke would say and Mr. Mann would confirm it without any problem.
Pd. I'm sorry for my bad english but surely, for this so-called biography, language doesn't matter, anyway.

indomitable subject and authoritative work.......2007-05-09

william mann is no joke!

this biography of award winning icon katharine hepburn peels away each layer of her screen and public personae and painstakingly reconfigures them to show a new view of the actress as lover, friend, and finally, woman.

it's the new definitive biography of the woman, going further with hepburn's family history than barbara leaming did in her work and leaving the reader to make the decision how much of kate hepburn was kate hepburn and how much was an adaptation of some of the most endearing characteristics of her early screen characters like susan vance, terry randall, eva lovelace and jo march.

the book only needed one thing to make it perfect--more pictures!

What a great book!.......2007-04-28

I probably wouldn't have gotten this book -- if it hadn't been excerpted in Vanity Fair a couple months ago. But I'm so glad I did. The writing's superb. What a look at Hollywood -- and its players and actors -- over the decades. I really knew very little about Katharine Hepburn before I picked up this book -- but I've got a much more complex, nuanced picture of her now. Just a very good read. Pick it up!

Hepburn Illness.......2007-04-02

Enough already about her sexual orientation or her many lovers. It so typically always makes the headlines. What about her illness. I am talking about her essential tremor. Not one word did I find in any review about this. With all the sexual orientation talk in the reviews I have to wonder now if the depth of this devastating illness was mentioned in the book and if so was it understood by so many readers. So, good for her that she lived life when she was able to. I wish I had. I have the same disease and I am years younger.

Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man

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Re-writing the book
Jane Goodall Merits The Nobel Peace Prize !
A bit long, but oh, what a ride....
A Must to Read
A top pick not just for public libraries, but for high school to college collections strong in science biography.

Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man
Dale Peterson
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When Louis Leakey first heard about Jane Goodall’s discovery that chimps fashion and use tools, he sent her a telegram: “Now we must redefine tool, redefine man, or accept chimpanzees as human.” But when Goodall first presented her discoveries at a scientific conference, she was ridiculed by the powerful chairman, who warned one of his distinguished colleagues not to be misled by her “glamour.” She was too young, too blond, too pretty to be a serious scientist, and worse yet, she still had virtually no formal scientific training. She had been a secretarial school graduate whom Leakey had sent out to study chimps only when he couldn’t find anyone better qualified to take the job. And he couldn’t tell her what to do once she was in the field— nobody could—because no one before had made such an intensive and long-term study of wild apes. Dale Peterson shows clearly and convincingly how truly remarkable Goodall’s accomplishments were and how unlikely it is that anyone else could have duplicated them. Peterson details not only how Jane Goodall revolutionized the study of primates, our closest relatives, but how she helped set radically new standards and a new intellectual style in the study of animal behavior. And he reveals the very private quest that led to another sharp turn in her life, from scientist to activist.

Customer Reviews:

Re-writing the book.......2007-04-06

Louis Leakey put it best. Jane Goodall's work in Gombe prompted a complete revision in how humans view themselves. The subtitle could well stand as the lead for this book. In this exquisitely detailed biography, Dale Peterson depicts how Jane's personality led to a number of fresh insights about how the other animals live and how science learned new ways to study them. Coming out of a rather obscure and unpromising life, Jane Goodall rose to prominence by unusal methods. She applied a sense of caring, developed through attention to her many pets, to the study of chimpanzees. Lacking any preconceptions about what chimpanzees were "supposed" to do, she was able to learn what they actually did do. To say her approach disturbed many "establishment" researchers is putting it mildly. However, her other major attribute in support of her caring, is persistence.

There's a wonderful irony in the circumstances of Jane's becoming a foremost field primatologist. In an era when women reject being "objectified", it was Louis Leakey's roving eye and philandering habits that propelled Jane into the African bush. Having found evidence of early humans at Olduvai, he wanted some signs of evolutionary links. Chimpanzees, as Darwin had noted a century before, were the most likely indicator. Peterson points out that science was woefully lacking in data on apes. They're elusive and shy. It was Jane Goodall who demonstrated the value of "habituation" - long, enduring and subtle contact with her subjects - that allowed her to see what nobody else had before. Chimpanzees use tools, and they're effective hunters. It was the latter trait, the author notes, that helped Jane and her associates to begin formulating the structure of how chimpanzee society is formed.

Those findings led Jane Goodall to both challenge old, staid thinking about field research and chimpanzee life in particular. More, they resulted in Jane's methods and reports led her to become a major figure in science. Whatever Leakey's carnal ambitions toward Jane, he saw her worth. He propelled her through Cambridge's graduate programme almost by brute force as Peterson describes well. Yet, even that endorsement didn't make up for the work Jane had to produce to earn her degree. By that time, she was writing for National Geographic, producing journal papers and books. Oh, yes. She also got married and had a baby.

The richness of detail may deter a few readers of this book. It shouldn't. Jane Goodall, her diminutive stature and uncomplicated expression belie a powerful individual. Peterson isn't simply filling pages, he's building a picture of that individual. That image cannot be imparted with a few strokes of a broad brush. Jane Goodall, under the author's careful touch, isn't a flashy genius, but a dedicated hard worker who built up her own methods one bit at a time. The edifice is indeed imposing as the work led her on speaking tours, teaching assignments, and negotiations for funding, all while raising her family and running a research programme. It's not a simple life Peterson is relating and its complexity cannot be conveyed in a few words. Goodall is an imposing figure in science and the many details are but a start in doing her justice. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

Jane Goodall Merits The Nobel Peace Prize !.......2007-03-06

This comprehensive and compelling biography of Jane Goodall is truly inspiring. For decades Jane Goodall has valiantly and tirelessly traveled the planet imploring the world community to have reverence for the lives of humans and the animal kingdom. She is arguably the foremost advocate on behalf of primates and other endangered species. Her whole life has been dedicated to espousing universal peace and the kinship of all life. The brilliant and compassionate Jane Goodall merits a Nobel Peace Prize. Now !

A bit long, but oh, what a ride...........2007-02-25

I do agree with another reviewer that Jane Goodall, The Woman who redefined Man is a wee bit longish. Okay, at 714 pages plus an index it is a long read. However, I disagree that the attention spent on her early life is the culprit. Nothing could be further from the truth. Peterson lavishes many pages to Goodall's upbringing; her strong and directing mother and her danger loving race car father, her love of competition and her love of detail are overly mundane I feel that they tell us a lot about the person that Goodall eventually becomes. What other person, woman or man in 1960 was willing to chuch everything to study monkeys?

Peterson obviously loves his subject. As a teenager I remember hearing stories about this young and attractive woman who had devoted her life to studying primate behavior. I didn't realize until much later that she had been sent by Leakey. I certainly didn't know until reading this book that Goodall had been trained as a secretary. How the fates have a way of stepping in and changing things....a truth that is delivered to any reader of this book.

Jane Goodall has contributed a huge body of information to the world by her devoted work and study. Reading Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man will impress you and awe you. A truly great read.

A Must to Read.......2007-02-18

Great insight into a legendary woman. She is totally amazing!

A top pick not just for public libraries, but for high school to college collections strong in science biography........2007-02-08

Coverages of Jane Goodall and her work with chimps usually focus on her role as a scientist, her discoveries, and her contributions: now receive a better-rounded survey of her entire life in a title not for the casual reader. JANE GOODALL: THE WOMAN WHO REDEFINED MAN holds some 700 pages packed with insights bout her life, surveying her work, her ability to set radically new standards, and her private journey. Even if you're an avid Goodall fan who has read prior coverages, be prepared to be surprised at the depth here: JANE GOODALL is for any avid enthusiast who has always wanted more and is a top pick not just for public libraries, but for high school to college collections strong in science biography.

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"He gave me a choice--right or left. I chose left, and he broke the little finger on my left hand."
The slow realization
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Roddy Doyle follows Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, winner of the Booker Prize, and The Commitments with another remarkable book that readers will find funny, sexy, and sad. He takes an unflinching look at the life of Paula Spencer as she struggles to regain her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.

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"He gave me a choice--right or left. I chose left, and he broke the little finger on my left hand.".......2007-04-30

Written in 1996, this "prequel" to 2007's Paula Spencer, tells of Paula's life from her teen years to her passionate relationship with Charlo Spencer. Part of a family of robbers, Charlo is an exciting man who makes her feel alive and gives her a sense of selfhood. Booker Prize-winner Doyle crafts a dramatic first-person narrative told by Paula, who leaves her rigid home and unsympathetic father to marry Charlo, a man her father disapproves of. Their passionate relationship and remarkable sense of communication vanish when Paula becomes pregnant with the first of their four children. Gradually, Paula finds solace in alcohol, as Charlo becomes an absentee husband and father and eventually a philandering wife-abuser.

Paula begins her story in the present, with Charlo's death--shot by the police after he has murdered a woman during a robbery--then develops the story through her reminiscences about both the good and the bad times. As she relives her courtship and early marriage and explores her early past and her more recent past,, she also tells us about her present battle with alcohol. She regrets that Nicola, her teenage daughter is responsible for the family on many occasions, since Paula works nights cleaning offices and then returns home wanting only to tell Jack a bedtime story and then abandon herself to drink.

As the story of her abuse evolves, the reader is privy to Paula's innermost conflicts. Though she knows that "I lost all my friends--and most of my teeth," she also bemoans the fact that "he beat me brainless and I felt guilty." The tendency of abuse victims to blame themselves, especially when their love has been as great as that of Paula and Charlo, explains Paula's comment that "for seventeen years I was brainwashed and brain dead." She knows that she has made her children suffer, not only because of her abuse but because of her alcoholism, but she has been powerless to change until in one violent moment, she sends Charlo out of the house and determines to live her life on her own.

Doyle's ability to structure a novel such as this one, which moves from immediate present into recent and then distant past, providing important information about character in the process, brings this dramatic novel to life. His trademark humor is subdued here in favor of the ironies of Paula's life. This is a far more serious novel than the Barrytown Trilogy--more in keeping with the Booker Prize-winning _Paddy Clark, Ha, Ha, Ha_, an equally sad story of a deteriorating marriage from the point of view of a ten-year-old boy. This poignant novel is ultimately a celebration of the human spirit as Paula determines to take control of her life and to provide a family for her children. n Mary Whipple

The slow realization.......2007-04-28

Paula Spencer in Roddy Doyle's "The Woman Who Walked Into Doors" spends much of the book telling the story of her life, initiated by the death of her estranged husband. There is a profoundness to her sadness recalling the courtship she had with Charlo and the life they lived as a couple and as parents. She slowly realizes why her life came about as it has (single, alcoholic, poor), why Charlo's life ended the way it did. Paula spent her life making excuses for why Charlo did the things he did, always letting herself be convinced that Charlo truly loved her despite the horrible beating he inflicted on the the mother of his children. Not until she is able to stand up and take matters into her own hands does her life begin to straighten out.

Doyle's writing is sinply magnificent. Writing from the perspective of this alcoholic high-school dropout, he keeps her words as would be expected from someone of her educational background. The way he is able to write from a woman's perspective is remarkable. Paula's struggle with her alcoholism seems very real and probably all too familiar to those who have decided they can quit drinking any time they want.

While this book is not one to read if you expect to have a bit of light reading, it is time well spent.

the woman who walked into doors.......2007-03-16

By far, the greatest accomplishment in this book is Doyle's first person narration as a female. I've read a few other books that attempt this, but Doyle is the only one to actually pull it off. Simply put, he wrote the book as a woman would. Paula's feelings were exactly how I would feel; one major accomplishment was Doyle's ability to pull off a very believable sexual encounter from Paula's point of view.

The prose is terse and to the point, which makes it a fast read. I honestly couldn't put it down, and that is something I almost never say about a book considered to be actual "literature."

The Days of Paula Spencer.......2007-02-24

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958 and saw his first novel, "The Commitments" published in 1987. It was later adapted for the big screen, a version that saw Star Trek's Colm Meaney and a very young Andrea Corr among the cast. Doyle went on to win the Booker Prize in 1993 with "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha". This is his sixth novel and was first published in 1996.

"The Woman Who Walked Into Doors" is set in Dublin and is told by Paula Spencer, a woman in her late thirties. Both Paula's parents are dead, while only two of her siblings 'appear' in the book - her sisters, Carmel and Denise. She did have another sister, Wendy, who died in a motorbike accident, while her brothers - Roger, Edward and George - are only ever mentioned in passing. Paula's relationship with her father had once been good, though it seemed to have deteriorated as time went on. (Carmel, on the other hand, hated their father and subscribes to the view that all men are b@$t@rds). Paula, meanwhile, hasn't Roger in years, and isn't particularly bothered about it - theirs was another difficult relationship.

However, it's Paula's relationship with her husband, Charlo, that's central to the book. They have been separated for over a year as the book opens - though they are still technically, married. They couple had four children together, three of whom still live with Paula. (She hasn't seen her eldest son, John-Paul, in quite some time: she last heard of him squatting in some flats and suspects he's on heroin). She works as a cleaner, just about earns enough to make ends meet and is an alcoholic. As if all that isn't enough, the book opens with the arrival of a policeman at her front door to inform her of Charlo's death. Paula spends the book looking back over her life in general and her time with Charlo in particular.

While it isn't always a very cheerful book, Paula's story isn't one that will leave you feeling depressed. She proves to be a character you want the best for and, not only does she manage to raise a smile from time to time, she also manages to leave you with a bit of hope. Absolutely recommended.

The "others".......2006-04-26

The book I have carries a picture of the author. He looks like a regular guy, almost inconspicuous, quietly "nice", but that little ear stud is the surprise - a glitter of something that doesn't seem to quite fit...And that's what's so incredible about the book. I completely agree with J. K. Kelley's comments. Doyle is a clssic and genuine ventriloquist. And as I went through the book revisiting the protagonist's wounds and memories through the tears in the body, I ended up in a place where there was little light but profound wisdom. I think, in a way, this was the book (along with Maythil Radhakrishnan's "The Love Song of Alfred Hitchcock") that brought me back to my faith (and I am not even referring to religion). In many ways, it's the opposite of Paddy, where the end leaves you feeling helpless and caught in the whirl of the everydayness and the sense of a cold finality. This one drags you through the dirt, tearing your skin, bruising your soul, but ends with a sense of the lush green, and a flicker of hope. You have to read both. You'll lose a bit of yourself if you don't.

Anger Busting 101: The New ABC's for Angry Men & the Women Who Love Them

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Anger Busting 101 is the first book to use the acclaimed Recovery approach to solve anger problems. It gives you dozens of quick tips you can use every day to diffuse anger early on. Author Newton Hightower expertly combines personal stories with scientific research and solid clinical data to give angry men and their families the hope and the help they need.

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I'm sure this is helpful, but..............2007-03-16

It focuses on men who hit women, not on men who need to deal with anger constructively. Just not what I was looking for.

Anger Busting.......2007-01-19

If you men with patience problems, contemptuous communications, etc. that equate to ANGER want simple advice and checklist type steps to help you gain control of 'flaw' in your personality, look no further.

If you ladies that care about/love a man with ANGER problems want simple advice and checklist type steps to help you help your man control the 'flaw' in his personality, look no further.

Simple to read and valuable for both genders.

I highly recommend it.

Excellent.......2007-01-04

Very informative and easy to read for both sides of an angry relationship. There are many scientific facts in this book that you wouldn't realize without it. Like the effect cursing has on the chemical reations in your body and how aggresive driving effects the rest of your daily interactions. It also tells the different types of angry men and which ones can be reformed and the ones to walk away from.

Sometimes anger is proper.......2006-07-18

Something that is missed is, sometimes you blow your stack when fully pushed to the wall with no recourse. Even a rabbit will bite in that situation. If this response is occasional, rather than a routine lifestyle, and results from the other person's dogmatic refusal to compromise while attacking your core values, it may indeed be the "other person's fault", or more accurately, you made a bad choice in mates.

Anger busting 101.......2006-01-30

This book changed my life and is helping to change my husbands

When Anger Hurts Your Relationship: 10 Simple Solutions for Couples Who Fight

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Every couple needs this book........2007-02-19

I found the situations to be almost as if she wrote this book about me. Everyone in a relationship needs to read it. May help cut down on divorces.

When Anger Hurts your Relationship.......2007-01-09

I have read many books on anger and for couples who have distorted anger, this one is the winner. I also recommend the book "Getting Over getting Mad", by Judy Ford. It explained the importance of anger in our lives and how it "is an indispensable emotion, which when used productively allows us to develop ourselves and our relationships. Its only "when anger covers up pain and fear", that it "clogs our energy, dilutes our joy, and keeps us off track, going in circles, making no headway. Instead of helping us, anger becomes self-defeating." The book has ideas for managing anger in a positive way.

A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions

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A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions
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Written by French style guru Madame Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, Elegance is a classic style bible for timeless chic, grace, and poise -- every tidbit of advice today's woman could possibly need, all at the tips of her (perfectly manicured) fingers. From Accessories to Zippers, Madame Dariaux imparts her pearls of wisdom on all things fashion-related -- and also offers advice on other crucial areas in life from shopping with girlfriends (don't) to marriage and sex.

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a simple guide for max results.......2007-06-17

I really enjoyed reading the book. (this is twice now that I have re-read it) and have learned something new. The contents are wonderful from Accessories to zoology... (go fig) there is even a part on teens! She gives you a simple wardrobe to start with that you add on. Page 16-17 is very helpful too talking about what to wear from winter to spring and summer that will take you from work to dates...she even has a nice outline if you are living in a cold washed area to a heatwave area. I'm thinking of purchasing another to give to my daughter so I can have mine back! Best of luck to all you chic women out there!

Eternal principles, outdated details.......2007-06-12

The principles of good dressing are eternal and well expressed here...dress for your body and not for current trends, quality over quantity, terrific basics accessorized with high quality goods make for an elegant appearance.

However, the details are more appropriate to the last century, or even the one before than this one. After several witty introductory chapters, when the author discussees an "essential wardrobe" it is clear that these are essentials for a woman of leisure who, perhaps, lives in the 1950s. How many of us change several times a day...for morning, afternoon lunch, cocktails, evening wear?

I can well imagine that Queen Elizabeth nods in recognition at these recommendations. For modern, working women, this is charming, yet impractical advice for day to day living.

Professional Designer's Choice!.......2007-05-14

As a professional designer I am always looking for gifts and books to recommend to my clients. This book is one of my favorites for its sense of wit and surprisingly accurate information. I have lived in London, Paris and Los Angeles and can promise that elegant women have changed very little over the past 40 years. There is definitely more diversity permitted, but elegance as a reflection of charm, refinement and economy have not changed much at all. Elegant women are neither showy, nor trendy, nor cheap. An elegant woman would not frivolously waste money at fast fashion retailers such as Forever 21 nor would they be caught dead dressed inappropriately for the situation. In our current culture of self absorbed me me me, it is nice to reflect on a time when giving care to ones appearance was a way of giving to others, helping others to be at ease and projecting the sense that you have assigned a certain amount of importance to being with them. Although the truly elegant woman is a vanishing bird, use this guide to assure it's recovery. There is no greater experience than to be in the presence of a woman whose appearance provides a subtle backdrop to her sparkling and charismatic personality. When you needn't worry about your appearance, you are free to express your personality and charms without worry.

"Dated," or classic?.......2007-04-28

This book was first published in 1964, and it's called "A Guide to Elegance." This is what it is. It might seem dated -- if you're expecting it to reach through the ages and apply magically and specifically to the social climate of the 21st century. And as much as we all love books, they do have their limits when it comes to time travel and interactivity. Dariaux understood well that tastes change with time, saying, for example, "...a shade or combination which seems impossible to us today is quite likely to enchant us tomorrow." You're asking too much of her if you're complaining that she hasn't adequately predicted the 21st century.

The book is far better if taken with the grain of salt that four-plus decades' lag from the date of creation should naturally inspire. The parts of the book that are obviously not applicable to current life (such as choosing different outfits for morning and afternoon) are just as interesting as relics. The rest can be taken or left for what it's worth, and if not relevant to the reader directly makes for enjoyable reading all the same. It's more surprising how much of it *is* useful than how much is not.

A few commenters have complained that this book offers guidelines geared toward rich women: are we looking at the same book? Never mind the sections devoted to budgeting and making careful choices when you don't have much money; her suggestions for a good complete wardrobe are far, far sparser than I'd bet any of our closets are.

To those commenters who feel a certain pride in standing up for creativity and individual expression, kudos for you -- but this book does not say How All Women Must Dress; it outlines how you should dress if you wanted to look elegant in Paris 40-some years ago and felt that you needed some help in doing so (as explained in the foreword). Dariaux does an excellent job of that.

Weak on advice but quite entertaining.......2007-04-20

While I was looking for advice that was more up to date and offered better examples, this book pointed me in the right direction on my quest for elegance and style. The book is short, sweet and amusing, but it fails to provide clear examples of what the author means. Left to my own imagination I conjured up rediculous images of what I thought the author was trying to describe as an elegant outfit. At one point, the author mentions a skirt suit worn with flat knee-high boots as an example of proper dress which caused a chuckle a return to the book store for more up to date advice.

amBITCHous: (def.) A Woman Who: 1. Makes more money 2. has more power 3. gets the recognition she deserves 4. has the determination to go after her dreams and

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could be audaciously ambitious and happy at the same time?
You can, and you will.

“I’m here to tell you that all of your priorities—personal and ambitious career goals alike—can fit together harmoniously. I’ll show you how, like thousands of women I’ve worked with over the years, you can make more money, earn the credit and recognition you deserve, have more power, and be as ambitious as you want to be. I’ll show you how you can be ambitchous without compromising your ethics and integrity. I’ll show you that you can feel worthy and entitled to all of this without fear that you risk sacrificing your desire to have a full, happy personal life and without being afraid that you’ll be less of a woman. It’s worked for me. It’s worked for countless ambitchous women I’ve advised. It will work for you.”
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We women aren’t advancing in our careers the way we should. We’re not making the money we deserve or getting the fulfillment we desire. And this time it’s not men who are holding us back. This time we’re doing it to ourselves, because ambition—for us—is still a dirty word.
Debra Condren has coached thousands of women at every level—from those just starting out to the most powerful female executives in the United States—and each one possesses the same fear: if she goes after her dream, she’ll be seen as selfish, bitchy, a bad wife, or bad mother. But it’s exactly this fear of ambition that has forced women to leave the best part of themselves—their dreams, their great talents—by the roadside, rendering them less able to be the whole people they should be in every area of their lives.
Condren has a new message and mission: to remind women that ambition is a virtue, not a vice. Ambition is the best of who we are.
The real way to have a great life is to see ambition as a part of your value system to which you must give equal attention, along with the other priorities you hold dear, including your spouse, your children, and your friends. In amBITCHous, Dr. Condren offers fresh, powerful tools for reclaiming your dreams. Her eight amBITCHous Rules provide concrete, innovative solutions to the everyday struggles we as women face, like taking credit, deflecting detractors, and handling confrontation, so that you can become more powerful and fulfilled at work and more satisfied at home. You can redefine your ambition in the face of social sanctions and unapologetically go after your dreams without sacrificing the rest of your life.
You owe it to yourself and the world to make the contribution you were born to make. Debra Condren will show you how to do it.

“A defiant charge to women to 'reclaim ambition as a virtue'…Ms. Condren, who has been paying attention all along, [has] worked out a way to make charm and ambition pay."
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Great Book!.......2007-05-23

I thought this book was an excellent read and I felt very empowered after reading it. I highly recommend this book for any woman at any stage in her career.

I think the author addresses several issues that women encounter. I really, really enjoyed it and I will pass the word about this book.

About that pay differential..........2007-05-20

The data still come in that women earn about 80 cents for every dollar a man earns. 44% of that wage gap can be attributed to WHAT women do (pink collar jobs, taking time to raise children) and a further 18% of the gap was associated with workplace characteristics such as WHERE women work. But the remaining 38% of the wage gap cannot be explained.

Author Condren attempts to teach women skills to bridge that considerable gap. Not since Hardball for Women has someone tried to instruct women how to play the game to win.

The advice covers quite a range, from avoiding self-sabotaging female behavior (submissive, apologetic false modesty) to blowing your own horn, deactivating detractors and saboteurs, acquiring allies, getting coaching and negotiation skills. Landing a job with the right pay can have cascading consequences downstream to the rest of your career, so this is advice you really can't afford to ignore.

I'd say "RECOMMENDED" but I think the right word here is "ESSENTIAL."

We All Need This Book.......2007-05-01

I think I'm a pretty smart woman and business owner, but now and then, I find that I still have to remind myself to beware of the alligators hiding in the grass, potentially ready to bite my ankles in a new business situation. What I need on those occasions is my very own Fairy Businessmother, and Debra Condren is it. Gazing down at me with her loving Glenda-the Good Witch of the North adoration, Condren's words consistently give me a good kick in the rear and her undying permission --not to apologize for asking for what I want and more importantly, getting it. I do not have to be a sitting duck for the easily threatened/overly compensating associate with a huge ego who waits for the perfect moment for a stealth ambush. (We've all had this happen). I do not have to give away my power, credit for my work or my talents just because I'm asked to. Condren says it's okay to say no, no, no. I will still be a fabulous person and a brilliant business woman. It's not that I don't already know many of these things; it's just that like you, I seem to forget them and to need to be reminded of them regularly lest I succumb and slip into my earliest childhood dramas and traumas. NOW is the time for me to use what I've got to accomplish what I'm meant to do in the world. And Condren's is the voice I want permanently inside my head to guide me on the journey.

Finally, someone who gets it.......2007-04-22

Finally, someone who's as sick as I am of being told to aim for "life balance" instead of going after what I really want. Condren gives really sharp examples of how women fall (or put themselves) into traps that make them feel good about selling their dreams short. She's out to remake the paradigm that says that smart, ambitious women are all bitches and makes a compelling case for "equal rights" for career, motherhood, and everything else.

Inspirational!!!.......2007-04-22

This book has inspired me to get out there in the world and pursue my dreams. I do not want to be a women who just gets by 50% - that is not enough and is only limiting my potential. Societal views of women place us in a more confined place then we realize. This book was eye opening to cultural brainwashing I had not even realized. It gives a great sense of community through this fight and is an essential guidebook for all women trying to make their way in this male dominated career world. Condren writes with clarity and also a familiarity which is really that little voice we all tune out in our head. I highly recommend this book to anyone questioning why they are doing and where they are going.

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