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When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir by Bob Kerrey
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"This is not the story I intended to tell." So writes Medal of Honor winner Bob Kerrey, whose youthful innocence died in the Mekong Delta one midnight in 1969.
Kerrey, the former Nebraska senator, touched off controversy when, in 2001, he admitted to having taken part in a Vietnam War incident in which women and children had been killed. That terrible event stands at the center of this book, which, among other things, offers a sharp critique of the conduct of the war; Kerrey writes that it "could not be won because we focused too much on stopping communism and too little on building a free and independent nation." But Kerrey's absorbing memoir, written at a distance of four decades, touches on much more: the lost virtues of 1950s America, small-town life in the heartland, the nature of heroism and patriotism, the camaraderie and sorrow born of combat, and the need to remember the past.
Joining the work of Tim O'Brien, Philip Caputo, and other eyewitnesses, Kerrey's account presents grim proof that war is "not what our slogans, propaganda, and childhood fantasies have taught us to believe." --Gregory McNamee
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Bob Kerrey grew up outside Lincoln, Nebraska, in the 1950s, and in his trademark style-serious, sometimes wry-he tells of his journey from that heartland to the dangers of Vietnam, to the hospitals where he recovered from his grievous injuries, and finally to the Nixon White House where he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Inspired by the stories of biblical heroes and thrilled by the cowboy serials he saw at the movies on Saturday afternoons, Kerrey grew up in a world as safe and quiet as anywhere you could find on Earth. When he went off to college he knew or cared little about what lay beyond Nebraska, though soon his life would be changed forever. Bob Kerrey comes from a family of soldiers, and so, when the Vietnam draft loomed, he volunteered for the elite Navy SEALS, hoping for adventure and the honor of serving his country. After his arrival in Vietnam, he had to face the brutal reality of the war. In his first firefight, women and children died. His second encounter cost him part of his leg. In his year at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, he drew strength from his fellow patients, some more disabled than he, and he learned to walk again. But he had turned against the war and could no longer find solace in his religion.
A quest begins and ends this book. When his father was dying, he asked Kerrey to find out how his Uncle John had really died in World War II. It is this quest that inspires Bob Kerrey as he narrates his own personal odyssey in this remarkable and powerful book.
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The first hero to be swift boated by the neocons.......2006-02-24
Just as Senator Bob Kerry was was cotemplating a run for the presidency back in the '90s, I can recall hearing news reports of his alleged "war atrocities". The eyewitnesses come forward and before you knew it, the story has created enough controversey for Mr. Kerrey to slowly fade from the presidential race. Thus the swift boating begins. Round One goes to the chickenhawk neacons. Fast forward a few years and the same S.O.P is employed to Max Clelland, John McCain, and John Kerry.
Forget about that Bush, Rove, Rummsfeld, Wolfiwitz, Cheney, Phife, Pearl, etc. never served ONE HOUR in a hostile environment. The important thing is what men who were 'in country" did while they were there. I think it's called deflection.
There was a time when fighting for your your country was a noble thing. Now, those who didn't serve during war have no other defense but to smear those who did.
Fmr Sen Bob Kerrey on the Young Bob Kerrey.......2004-08-23
This is the story of Bob Kerrey coming of age.
We get a portrait of what sounds like a pretty typical 1940's and 50's upbringing of a Midwestern boy in a large middle class family. That boy goes off to Vietnam as a Navy Seal and loses part of his leg -- as well as his innocence.
Bob Kerrey's book is about the best I've seen of those biographies done by presidential wannabe's (he arguably was still in play when this was written). By that I mean it is less self serving and more honest (mistakes made, mindsets typical of his time and place held, no claims to have embraced our current societal mores before his time, etc.). Kerrey talks of his mistakes, fears and misdeeds as well as his hopes and dreams. Nothing rocked his world and he was on track to be a faceless part of our country's backbone (town pharmacist in the middle of Nebraska) who you'd never heard of until Vietnam changed him.
His experiences left him critical of his country's leadership and wary of war after he witnessed combat first hand and suffered a debilitating wound during his service in the Mekong River Delta. He came back to the war a better informed citizen (in his portrayal) who had real personal objections to continued involvement in Vietnam (and to his credit didn't lead any wholesale condemnation of his soldier peers like the other Senator named Kerry (no relation and no "e").
The book ends with his discharge from the naval hospital in Philadelphia and also with a postscript on a minor thread of the story. His father had a brother lost in the Philippines during WWII who Kerrey never even knew existed until he accidentally came across a picture of the man. His father, stereotypically reluctant to talk about his war experiences or the pain of his loss, finally asked Kerrey near his death to find out what happened to his brother. This Kerrey did during his first term in the Senate. This forgotten uncle didn't explain Kerrey as much as tie in the tragedy that is war -- even "good" wars like WWII.
This is a very personal story, tightly written in simple and plain sentences. It is an easy read, but also has the feel of honesty because of its lack of varnish as well as adjectives or claimed insights which many politicans doing bios place in their works to relfect on their future potentials as opposed to describing their past experiences.
All in all a quick read that helps explain Bob Kerrey, a former Governor, Senator, current college president who was known as both quirky and thoughtful and independent.
Kerry was a Very Poor Leader.......2004-05-31
Vistica's non-ficition book (The Education of Lt Kerrey)details how Navy SEAL Robert Kerrey panicked under pressure and ordered three children' throats to be cut when he had other options. He further discraced the Navy and all special operations men by panicking again and ordering more than 20 women and children murdered--to include a baby too young to walk. He claims the Vietnamese could have warned the enemy--yet--his gunfire was more of a warning than a crying baby. He received a VALOR award for the cold-blooded murders!!!
Kerrey also was awarded the Medal of Honor that generated from an up-graded Bronze Star for Valor (A mercy award for him loosing his foot during another bloched mission.) He actually claims his team climbed a 350 foot cliff BARED-FOOTED at night!!!
Also seven highly trained Navy SEALS took on seven SLEEPING VC. (A MOH fight?)
Kerrey's book is a pathetic attempt at justifying his poor leadership in combat by shifting the blame. He has used his phony MOH to hide behind for thirty-five years. It is time he fessed up to the truth.
He was the commander and he was responsible.
Donald E. Zlotnik Major (Ret)
Special Forces
Good Book.......2004-04-15
This book is slow to begin with as the author gives a personal history of his entire family. But the history is also from an interesting viewpoint. It's not textbook history, but told from a person who was alive when these things happened. I like the authors style of writing because he doesn't want to apologize or try to excuse the things that he did. He explains it as it happened.
Exquisite memoir and metaphor for a troubled time.......2003-09-03
Senator Bob Kerrey's memoir, "When I Was a Young Man", was written with a number of purposes in mind. At the time of the book's release, Senator Kerrey was entertaining presidential aspirations and, while Kerrey does not admit to this, "When I Was a Young Man" is another in a long line of political memoirs released to coincide with higher political ambitions. The greater purpose, though, stated by Kerrey and obvious from reading this book, is to bring perspective to the Vietnam War and, in particular, an incident where Kerrey is today being unjustly attacked as a war criminal.
Kerrey was, without a doubt, the accidental soldier and the accidental war hero. All Kerrey wished to do was live a simple life in Nebraska and work towards becoming a pharmacist. The Vietnam War and prospect of being drafted led Kerrey opting, instead to go to Navy Officer Candidate School and accepting an offer to join the Navy Seals. While not truly understanding the purpose of the war or the growing national resentment towards, Kerrey set out to perform his duty to the best of his abilities. This led to the two most significant moments in his life. The first is the one he is being skewered for today. During a mission that turned out to be an abject failure, Kerrey's squad got trapped in a firefight in a Vietnamese village in which numerous women and children were killed. Kerrey doesn't shy away from the burden of responsibility. He fully accepts it, but in reading his description of what happened, it becomes clear to the reader that the actions of modern-day revisionists to group Kerrey with people like Lieutenant William Calley is criminal.
The second significant moment is the one for which Kerrey was awarded the highest military honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor. By Kerrey's own admission, however, he is still not certain why he received it. His actions in another engagement, which cost him part of one leg, may have very well saved the lives of many of his men. Kerrey spends little time talking about the mission, itself. It leaves the reader confused as to what actually happened that got Kerrey the Medal of Honor. I feel that may be intentional because it seems that Kerrey, himself, is confused as to what actually happened that night, too. He does not personally feel worthy of the award, but is persuaded to accept, if only to honor those he served with.
The juxtaposition of war criminal with war hero is both fascinating and telling. Kerrey's own personal saga probably more than anything else encompasses the mess that was the Vietnam War. He is not that callous war criminal that some would make him out to be, nor does he feel that he is a hero that official record claims him as. He is somewhere in between. He is a flawed man who wanted nothing more than to do his duty and serve his country. The horror of this tragic war put in the most unenviable of situations. There is no greater metaphor for what the Vietnam War was than "When I Was a Young Man".
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A well-researched update to the 1996 edition, The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health is an essential reference guide for women of every age. Combining simple alphabetical listings with complete cross-referencing throughout the 300 topics, it's easy to find what you're looking for--anything from airbags to wrinkles, asthma or vulvar cancer. Many of the entries include illustrations, and a number of anatomical charts give welcome assistance if you can't quite remember where your inguinal nodes or tibial nerves are hiding. Making use of the most current research, much of it from the Women's Health Initiative, the advice combines alternative therapies with advanced diagnostic suggestions and the latest recommendations for physical exams. Unlike some medical reference books, the tone here is reassuring--not scary. The authors (also responsible for the first edition) do a fine job of balancing potential serious diseases with the general likelihood that the majority of us are fairly healthy--and just as concerned about hair dye as we are our blood pressure. Best of all, the wide range of topics covered make it equally appropriate as a gift for a girl going off to college (or even just entering puberty), and for a mother concerned about dealing with menopause. --Jill Lightner
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With the publication in 1996 of The Harvard Guide to Women's Health, women seeking answers to questions about their health had access to the combined expertise of physicians from three of the world's most prestigious medical institutions: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. With complete information on women's health concerns, physical and behavioral, this A to Z reference quickly became a definitive resource, praised especially for its coverage of topics not previously considered under the umbrella of women's health. The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health reunites the authors to bring a valued health reference up to date for a new generation--and for those women who have come to rely on the Harvard Guide and are now wondering what to do about their health as they enter a new stage of life, asking questions like the following:
- I've been on hormone replacement therapy. Should I stop? How?
- Could this rash be lupus?
- I've been on the Pill. What is my risk for stroke?
- Fat is bad, fat is good: What should I believe? And what's left to eat?
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- What screening tests do I need now?
In addition to revised recommendations reflecting the current medical thinking on menopause and hormone replacement therapy, the New Harvard Guide includes
- updated recommendations about cardiac health and heart disease--the #1 killer of women in the United States
- entries reflecting recent advances in the understanding and treatment of autoimmune diseases
- better coverage of health concerns throughout a woman's life span, from her first period to menopause and beyond, with a new entry on perimenopause
- expanded nutritional recommendations, including a unique chart of the U.S. government's Daily Reference Intakes for micronutrients, broken down for teens and women whose needs may differ because they are pregnant, breastfeeding, or postmenopausal
- updated information on over-the-counter medications, prescription drugs, procedures, screenings, and diagnostic tests
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This reference is oversimplistic. Check it out in a store before buying it online.......2007-06-21
This book is written much differently than the Harvard Med Guide to Men's Health (which is an excellent book and a good read.) I am a health professional and I was disappointed to find that this book is indexed for use as an alphabetical reference and it is written in (too) simplistic language. Moreover, the explanation of where the research and conclusions come from (large research studies like the Nurse's Health Study, etc.) is absent. As a desk reference, this is a weak resource and as a comprehensive summary of Harvard Med conclusions, it also lacks cohesive, integrated organization.
Great resource .......2007-05-29
I have the original version and I refer to it all of the time. Very informative. Note the number of pages - this is a great resource. now I'm buying the updated version.
useful book.......2006-01-29
I purchased their first edition several years ago and was pleased to see they were updating.
Finding illnesses or symptoms are easily attined and graphics are superb.Would recommend to all my lady friends.
A doctor on your bookshelf!.......2004-12-18
I spent the last few months wrestling with a "women's health issue" of my own and this book was invaluable! I was able to research the possible things that might be causing my problem so that I had intelligent questions to discuss with my physician. I was then able to refer back to the book with the information he gave me. The diagrams are useful, the language concise, and each entry refers you to related entries in the book. Need a reference when you're healthy and want more info? This book is great. Need a reference when something is going wrong? This book is EVEN BETTER--find out what tests/procedures your doctor might use, the rationale for particular choices, what to expect during the test/exam, and gain insights for what the results mean. The New Harvard Guide can make a very scary situation much more manageable(knowledge is power!).
A lasting medical reference easy for lay readers to access.......2004-12-10
With the 1996 publication of this title, women seeking answers to common health questions enjoyed the combined expertise of physicians from three world-class institutions: The New Harvard Guide To Women's Health revises this classic, including new recommendations reflecting the latest medical thinking on menopause and hormone replacement therapy and adding updated recommendations on cardiac health, nutritional requirements, and the latest medications and diagnostic procedures. A lasting medical reference easy for lay readers to access, yet with all the power of the established medical community behind it.
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Diane Phillips, celebrated cookbook author, culinary school instructor, and brand spokesperson, presents a pantry full of helpful, timesaving suggestions in The Soup Mix Gourmet. Packed with over 375 recipes, the book uses soup mixes, starters, and pre-made condensed soups as key components for all of the dishes, making them easy and quick to prepare. But her recipes should surprise and delight even those who enjoy spending hours in the kitchen. The use of Lipton Savory Herb with Garlic makes a nice rub for a Holiday Standing Rib Roast, while Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken soup creates an appealing element when used in Chicken Piccata. Lipton Onion Soup is mixed with sour cream for a chip-and-dip staple; Top Ramen Salad is suggested for potluck dinners; and Beef and Onion Soup enlivens the standard pot roast. For every vegetable, pasta, meat, and marinade, there appears to be a soup mix destined to enhance it. With the time saved in this comprehensive and inventive book, the family and guests may slow down enough to actually enjoy a meal. --Teresa Simanton
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Mainstream short-cut cooking at its best, with 375 recipes that use dry soup mix or canned condensed soup as a key flavor ingredient.
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A great Cookbook.......2004-04-07
This cookbook is one of the best I have come across. I love cookbooks and I'm always trying different recipes. But this cookbook has really got me trying one recipe after the other.
If you like to cook and like tasty and delicous food and most of the recipes are pretty easy to prepare you should purchase The Soup Mix Gourmet.
A great Cookbook.......2004-04-07
This cookbook is one of the best I have come across. I love cookbooks and I'm always trying different recipes. But this cookbook has really got me trying one recipe after the other.
If you like to cook and like tasty and delicous food and most of the recipes are pretty easy to prepare you should purchase The Soup Mix Gourmet.
A New Favorite.......2003-12-08
After finding this book in the library and looking through it... I knew I HAD to buy it. There were just too many recipes I wanted to try. I usally only buy canned soups, and while I have used them in creative ways I never dreamed that they, along with dry mixes could add so much to so many foods! I plan on making one of the shrimp dip recipes for our department pitch in, and a co-worker is going to make the Tomato Soup Spice Cake. This book is for the novice as well as the experienced cook. Keep it handy.. you will use it often!
Good variety - Easy Prep & Cooking.......2003-11-09
This cook book is a must have for anyone needing new ideas for the family. A short grocery list is all thats needed to provide variety. I found that most of the items required were things I already had in the pantry. These dishes have very simple ingredients and I have found many that are winners with my sometimes picky young adult children. They are quick which is great for the working mom. Vegetables are used throughout, so it's not just a cheese and starch book. What impressed me most was the layout of the book itself - it's just as easy to find a new recipe as it is to prepare one.
It would be great without the MSG..........2003-11-07
I checked this out from the library after reading the great reviews. It gives some very helpful advice with a list of must have spices, herbs, and a list of the different soup mixes with an explanation of what each can be used for. There's also a section on recipes for dry rubs and seasoning mixes which was great.
I made the meatloaf last night with the beef onion soup mix and used cornbread stuffing in place of plain breadcrumbs and spread the ketchup on top. It tasted so good! Then I realized that I wasn't feeling like myself which usually happens after I have something with BHT or MSG (monosodium glutamate). All the Lipton soup mixes contain MSG. I was so disappointed. Unless I can find another brand of soup mix without MSG this book won't do me much good. :(
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- This book lives up to its name BIG TIME!
- A book that horse-lovers WILL NOT be able to put down!
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This book lives up to its name BIG TIME!.......1999-04-26
Any horse lover like me will never be able to put this one down. An endless amount of awesome pictures, cool facts, and other $hit like that really do make this book THE HORSE LOVER'S COMPANION!
A book that horse-lovers WILL NOT be able to put down!.......1998-09-06
Filled with beautiful illustrations and amazing facts about horses, this is the ultiate guide to people who are crazy about horses. It's kind of like a calder in abook used to keep dates and records, but it is also filled with pictures, facts and tales about who else? HORSES! HORSES RULE!
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This book compiles 50 of the best jigs submitted by craftsmen from all over the world to the editors of Popular Woodworking Books. Each innovative, clever and simple project provides an ingenious solution to what was otherwise a complex or impossible building situation.
Start-to-finish instructions and step-by-step photos for each project ensure jig-making success. It's all the information woodworkers need to make their time in the shop more productive, fun, easier and safer than ever before.
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- Good coffee table book for Orchid lovers
- A disappointment, unfortunately.
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Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico
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Wild orchids bloom in virtually every habitat of every state and province of the continental United States, Canada, and Greenland. Orchid fanciers and collectors--a large and fervent segment of the general public--will welcome Paul Martin Brown's comprehensive, illustrated checklist and field guide to the exotic world of these elegant and intriguing flowers.
This annotated guide is packed with up-to-date information and enhanced by stunning color photographs and extraordinary drawings of each species, subspecies, and variety, many highlighting unusual color or growth forms. It provides identification, full distribution range, recent synonyms, and all subspecies varietal and forma information for all 247 taxa as well as comments about the special aspects of each species. Taxonomy and distribution data directly complement information in the Flora of North America project and the parallel dichotomous keys will be useful in the field.
The guide covers 223 species, 24 subspecies and varieties, 103 growth and color forms, and 24 hybrids. With its personal checklist and easy-to-read format, Wild Orchids of North America is perfect for the hobbyist, while offering a concise scientific reference for naturalists, botanists, and advanced orchid enthusiasts.
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Good coffee table book for Orchid lovers.......2004-02-14
My summary:
Easy to page though in an hour or two. There is a real photo of each orchid listed in this book. I am not a botanist or a taxonomist -- I don't want a textbook or 900 page field guide.
This is mainly a picture book to give you a name for an orchid you find out by a trail or in your back yard.
It has cross-reference listings of common and botanical names -- helpful for google searching or if you think it might be one of a few orchids listed.
The photos are good, but the drawings in this manual lack the detail to know what the plant is really supposed to look like. You really cannot tell leaf shape, plant shape, size, etc from the drawings.
A disappointment, unfortunately........2003-12-14
When a new field guide appears that is focused on a special group of plants, one anticipates that a lot of information will be presented about the subject of interest. Well-written field guides should contain at least a short paragraph discussing the details of the life histories, morphology, ranges, etc., of the creatures contained within. Range maps and proper illustrations are appropriate as well. This book does a minimal job of all of this. Although the photographs are nice, they are too small to glean all of the necessary details and some look altered by computer effects or printer error. Furthermore, the pen-and-ink drawings are awful, if at least in the sense of being useful for identifying the plants. The information provided in the text with each species is surprisingly limited, not revealing enough on the form, biology and geographic range of these plants. This lack of necessary detail can actually be misleading to the reader in their undrestanding of the species. This lack of detail also makes the book far less interesting than it could have been otherwise. The large taxonomic key in the back of the book is useful, but keys can not provide the user with a good mental image of the physical form of the plants, rather only of a very limited number of features, in contrast to what a proper textual description can provide. Furthermore, this book skips on some other necessary details, such as an incomplete bibliography, not listing all the references cited in the text, for example. The original sources for a book are important avenues for readers to learn more, therefore they should all be properly listed. The point of a field guide is to educate; if enthusiastic readers are unable to find necessary information due to the general lack of attention to detail in many, let alone most aspects of a guide, then that can not leave them confident that they have learned much of anything new, let alone be confident that they can identify the species properly.
I had high hopes for this book when I first heard of its printing, but unfortunately I find it to be one of the more disappointing field guides I have seen, for orchids or any subject. It is not a adequate substitute for old, classic orchid guides, such as Donovan Correll's book of similar title (Native Orchids of North America North of Mexico) and Carlyle Luer's book on the same topic (The native orchids of the United States and Canada, excluding Florida), or even books of half of that amount of content. Sadly, these two classic books are out of print and rare. Probably the best approach for the curious native orchidist is to purchase a set of state and regional orchid field guides that are loaded with interesting information, such as those by Case (western Great Lakes), Coleman (Arizona and the SW), Homoya (Indiana), Liggio (Texas), Smith (Minnesota) and others. The substance revealed about the lives of the orchids within these books is more than enough to allow the reader of several of these to put together the pieces of the wonderful puzzle of these very interesting plants. It would be quite useful to have a new book that integrates such information at the necessary and appropriate level for all of the North American orchid species, but "Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico" by Brown & Folsom is definitely not that book, although I had hoped that it would be. I am very disappointed and feel that it is not a worthwhile purchase.
Filled from cover to cover with full-color photographs.......2003-07-19
Informatively written by Paul Martin Brown (Research Associate, University of Florida Herbarium, Florida Museum of Natural History), The Wild Orchids Of North America, North Of Mexico is a comprehensive field guide filled from cover to cover with full-color photographs. Each photograph of a different wild orchid species is accompanied by a simple line drawing by botanic illustrator Stan Folsom which brings out the appearance of the plant and enhances the basic species information. A beautiful checklist resource for flower and nature lovers, and a seminal addition to any dedicated horticultural and/or gardening reference collection, The Wild Orchids Of North America, North Of Mexico is also available in a hardcover edition (0813025710).
Orchids of North America.......2003-05-31
The book serves as good checklist for the North American species. It should not be construed as anything more than that. The photos are subpar.
Disappointed.......2003-05-01
I have been awaiting the publication of this book for several months after I discovered it was forthcoming. If you are looking for a checklist of wild orchids with sharp color pictures then this is for you. For myself it lacked detailed information of the various orchids. This is likely not possible or the book would be too large to easily carry with you into the field. My suggestion is find an orchid book for your region that can concentrate on the local varieties. In my area of the Midwest, I would suggest "Orchids of the Western Great Lakes Region" by Frederick W. Case, Jr. That book is an older book but contains some very useful information.
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- A handbook filled with quizzes, checklists, and lessons on life
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A handbook filled with quizzes, checklists, and lessons on life.......2006-09-12
While directed to teens, many a parent will want to read Where Should I Sit At Lunch?, which tells how to get the most of the high school years. From handling schoolwork and resolving family conflicts to looking for friends and assessing groups to join, here's a handbook filled with quizzes, checklists, and lessons on life. None are so culturally impoverished as those unfortunates who are barred from the intellectual legacy of the human race because they cannot read.
A Must for Teens, Professionals and Parents.......2006-09-11
I am a clinician working with adolescents. I have "Where Should I Sit at Lunch" prominently displayed in my offices (and my own home). Numerous patients have picked up the book and asked to borrow it. They have come back saying the book was very helpful and made them feel more comfortable about their worries. As one 14 year old said.. "it's so nice to see that other people feel the same way".
A 16 year old boy said "it's better than my therapy, the book gave me good suggestions on how to handle feeling shy and left out. And you don't have to bother reading stuff you don't want to, just go to the part that interests you." I feel that the Author's are empathic, practical and have put together a book that is readable and believable. THey clearly know teenagers and their struggles. The book is especially user friendly to pre-teens and teens. It is definitely a book that every parent should buy and leave lying around the house. It is truly a '24/7 guide to Surviving the High School Years".
This is what high school really is like!.......2006-09-11
I thought this book was right on. It definitely helps. High school is such a hard time now, and most parents don't understand that. They always say that they understand because they were there, but honestly their experience is different because each individual's experience is different. All the topics in the book are exactly what high school teens are thinking about. Sorry parents, but it is the truth and it's good to have a guide that actually hits the true points of high school and not the ideal points. There is so much peer pressure that sometimes we make the wrong decisions, but with something like this guide to fall back on then there is not as much to worry about. Also, most guides are geared towards girls, but they are not the only ones with problems. So having parts about the troubles that guys have makes it that much better.
Great Advice for Worried Teens.......2006-09-11
I bought this book for my 14 year old son so that he could begin to understand some of the things that go on in high school so that he could read about real experiences instead of my outdated memories. This book gives insight into everything he could need help with like school, friends, body image, relationships, dealing with family, and more. In particular the first hand quotes from actual high school students showed him that there are a range of things that he could encounter in the next four years, and it would be perfectly normal. He has taken away a new comprehension of what goes on in grades 9-12 besides classes which has made him much more comfortable with the transition that will take place at the beginning of this school year.
Utter garbage.......2006-09-03
I bought this book for my 14 year old daughter, thinking that it might give her some insights for today's high school experience. I was expecting a book that dealt with making and keeping new friends, study habits, organization, balancing schoolwork and homelife, etc.
What we got was a book that talks about on-line dating, whether or not oral sex is considered sex, 10 questions to ask yourself before having sex, tattoos, genital piercing, and talking back to teachers. The book seems like a compilation of crap from magazines like GL or J-14. They barely give any insights on how to survive high school. The title was very misleading.
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Madres E Hijas/Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Sabiduria Para Una Relacio Que Dura Toda La Vida
Christiane Northrup
Manufacturer: Ediciones Urano
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ASIN: 8479536225 |
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Biblia Para Ninas: Historias Biblicas Para Madres E Hijas / Little Girls Bible Story Book for Mothers and Daughters
Manufacturer: Editorial Unilit
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ASIN: 0789907925 |
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The love between a mother and daughter exists in a special place ...where "always" always lasts and "forever" never goes away. -- Laurel Atherton
Every mother dreams of having a daughter to share her life with, and from the instant she first cradles her daughter in her arms, a mother knows that she has been given a precious gift. She hopes that she can be the kind of mother her daughter will look up to and come to with both her worries and her joys. A mother loves when they discover they have the same feelings and care about the same things. She is thrilled when they become close confidantes, favorite companions, and the greatest of friends.
Every daughter treasures the special relationship she has with her mother. She looks forward to their time together doing "girl" things, watching movies, going shopping, or just talking at the kitchen table. She feels more self-assured knowing her mother is there, ready to lend support or advice whenever it's needed. Her mother is her teacher, protector, and one-person cheering section. And as the years go by and they both become a little older, a mother is the one with whom a daughter shares a very special friendship.
This book is a collection of poems and reflections about the special bond that exists between a mother and daughter. Writing selections by noted authors Susan Polis Schutz, Natasha Josefowitz, and Madeleine L'Engle, together with a host of popular Blue Mountain Arts authors, take the reader on an emotion-filled journey through the laughter, the learning, the growing, and all the fun-filled moments that mothers and daughters share. It is a celebration of the strongest and most wonderful relationship of all… the love between a mother and daughter.
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Entre Madres E Hijas
Eileen Dreyer , and
Elizabeth Engstrom
Manufacturer: Vergara
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ASIN: 9501520064 |
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Hijas E Hijos De Madres Resilientes
Jorge Barudy , and
Anne-pascale Marquebreucq
Manufacturer: Gedisa Editorial
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Madres E Hijas
Adriana Lestido
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Madres E Hijas
C. Eliacheff
Manufacturer: Edaf Antillas
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ASIN: 8496107078 |
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Madres e hijas (Narrativas hispanicas)
Manufacturer: Editorial Anagrama
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Madres E Hijas En LA Historia
Ma Pilar Queralt
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Prince Albert and the University: The Prince Albert Sesquicentennial Lecture
Owen Chadwick
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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This is an edited and expanded text of Owen Chadwick's Prince Albert Lecture, given in Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on 7 July 1997 to mark the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Prince Albert as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The lecture focuses on the way in which Albert's German education influenced attitudes to English higher education.
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