Sound advice for real people
Book title: How to Get What You Want In Life With the Money You Already Have
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
I haven't quite finished the book yet, but was gratified to learn that I already use a few of Ms. Keeffe's techniques, specifically paying the minimum on cards (harder than it sounds), letting money pile up in a couple of seldom-accessed accounts, and keeping a jar, being amazed at how fast it adds up. Ms. Keeffe's book added structure and purpose to these activities, that is, label the jar with a specific goal, and label individual accounts likewise. (I still only use envelopes, but that works too.) These may seem simple and wrong-headed depending on your background, but they ARE a practical way to keep one's dreams in view while systematically attaining them. It's kind of hard to remember to change my thinking and behavior, but the reward will definitely be worth it for me. My thanks to Ms. Keeffe for the boost.
EAN: 9780316485180
Pages: 256
Publisher: Little, Brown
Authors:
Carol Keeffe
Y1K = Y2K
Book title: A Journey to the End of the Millennium - A Novel of the Middle Ages
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
The positive reviews are right. This is a marvelous book. It weaves a medieval tapestry series from strands of religious law and religious conflict, gender and sexuality, geography and climate, race, culture and ethnicity. Its world -- Paris, Worms and Tangiers in the year 999 C.E. -- is well-researched and vividly imagined. This world feels strange and, at times, truly frightening in its prmitiveness. But it is also very, very familiar. The parallels it draws between Y1K and Y2K are subtle, but they are very much there. This book is dealing with very important issues. It will be with me for a long time.
EAN: 9780156011167
Pages: 352
Publisher: Harvest Books
Authors:
A. B. Yehoshua
Gives a reasonably good end to the series
Book title: Foundation and Earth
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
I have to start by saying, read Asimov's "End of Eternity". It is by far his best SF work and may be the best SF novel I've ever read.I think a lot of the reviews have been unduly harsh on Foundation and Earth. I thought this book was engaging and had a pretty good end that has me excited to go read the robot and empire novels. Also, while the book really gave an end to the series in a meaningful way, it did leave open a possible future story that the Asimov estate could allow someone to write.
EAN: 9780553587579
Pages: 528
Publisher: Spectra
Authors:
Isaac Asimov
A Real Eye Opener
Book title: Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
While "A Distant Mirror" uses the life of a certain French noble as a thread of continuity, it goes beyond his biography. It is a thick, exhaustive tome of scholarly research which details the main events of 14th century Western Europe and England. The main themes are 1) the corruption of the nobles and the Church, 2) the wars of England upon France, and the soldiers who subsequently became mercenaries who continued to ravage France, and 3) the Black Death, which wiped out about half the population of Europe in succeeding waves over 50 years. The description of the populace's reaction to the plague was particularly interesting - people at first thought it was a scourge from God and the end of the world was at hand. Then as it hit again and again and the world didn't end, they drew their own conclusions.
EAN: 9780345349576
Pages: 704
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Authors:
Barbara W. Tuchman
A truly informative and practical guide!
Book title: Help Your Man Get Healthy: : An Essential Guide For Every Caring Woman
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
This book provides tons of valuable information and then gives hundreds of realistic suggestions that have already had a great impact on the health of my spouse and our relationship. Whether you want to help your man drink less (alcohol), smoke less tobacco, eat less saturated fat, or just get a little more exercise, this book will give you so many great (and often subtle) suggestions that he won't even realize he's getting healthier! I highly recommend it.
EAN: 9780380797691
Pages: 288
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Authors:
Maria K. Regan
Steven Jonas
The Outsiders, the best book in the world
Book title: The Outsiders
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Ponyboy and his gang are greasers, which means the lower class kind of people. Their rivals are the socs, which means the socials or upper class kind of people. Many exciting events happen encouraging you to read more. In the end the two rival gangs learn to cope with each other. I read the book 16 times and I strongly believe that this is the best book ever! I think that kids my age, 12, would really enjoy this!
EAN: 9780140385724
Pages: 180
Publisher: Puffin
Authors:
S. E. Hinton
Great Book!
Book title: Zooman Sam
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
This was a hillarious comedy of a 4 year olds life. It starts out when his pre-school teacher announces that they will be having a future job day in the upcoming week. Sam decides that he will be a Zoo Keeper like Jake in his Zoo book. His mom makes him a Zoo keeper outfit that says Zooman Sam right on top. His sister Anastasia borrowed some baseball caps of animals from her un-boyfriend. His teacher and he decide that he will wear one cap every day. But when he used every cap in his bag except for the scary ones what will he do?!? Can Sam be a Zoo man forever!?!
EAN: 0046442973939
Pages: 160
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Authors:
Lois Lowry
Very Thorough
Book title: Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
I just finished passing all 5 exams using this book. The books has hundreds of questions-and-answers, and that really helped me prepare for taking each exam. From the front of the book to the back, there must be a thousand different exercises that the book leads you through. Gets it right into your hands!You do have to study, of course. You can't just read the book and then go take an exam...you have to do all the exercises, and then do similar work applying the techniques you just learned to a project of your own. That's what it takes to get any new technique ingrained into your memory.Overall, this book is a great preparation for the exams.
EAN: 0783254030749
Pages: 1351
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors:
Jason Couchman
Jason Couchman
unreal!
Book title: A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Anyone who works with children needs to read this series. So many times we are amoung children that are abused and no one knows it. In Dave's books he tells us how he would try to reach out to people but they didn't know it. I work with children and now I know what to watch for and what to do if I notice any of this. Dave is a man that has been threw a lot and NO ONE should ever know the kind of hurt he did. My heart goes out to Dave and all the abused people in the world. Thank you Dave for writing this series!
EAN: 9780525945215
Pages: 284
Publisher: Dutton Books
Authors:
Dave Pelzer
A very nice touch.
Book title: Northern Lights
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
As always Mis. Roberts, has out done herself. This was very well put together and thought out. I am pretty good in guessing who did the killing but in this one it was a shocker. Now I want to go and see the Northern Lights, never knew any place like that until I reed this awesome book. But maybe in the Summer time. I love the way she talked about the glacier and just reading it made me cold. I loved it though and if you haven't pick up a copy yet. It is another Roberts, MUST.
EAN: 9780399152054
Pages: 562
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Authors:
Nora Roberts
