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For anyone on a journey of self-discovery, here is the ultimate handbook for living well. O's Guide to Life, the new second volume of The Best of O, The Oprah Magazine book series, gathers the most empowering, energizing, and entertaining articles of the magazine's last two years. Filled with advice from experts such as Dr. Phil, Suze Orman, Martha Beck, and Oprah, the book addresses three major aspects of life. "Your Personal Best" focuses on emotional and physical well-being: maintaining health, building confidence, finding a sense of purpose and balance. "Relationships" provides the tools and insights everyone needs to forge better connections with our partners, families, friends, and co-workers. And, "Living in the World" urges the reader to make life more meaningful by helping and reaching out to others. This is a resource that readers will keep returning to for answers and inspiration.
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The tiltle of this book is very acurate - it really is a guide to life. Not everyone will enjoy this but if you are an avid watcher of Oprah, or, more appropriately, a regular reader of O Magazine, chances are you're gonna love this. Divided into different sections so it is easier to find what you are looking for, this makes a great read whether you are flipping through the pages or reading cover to cover.
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This book is an annoying look at Oprah feel good message or "live like me" books. This gift book would be nice without Oprah's face on it. Books like this one makes me think she is conceded. Oprah fans will love this book because it inspires but if you watch the program and read the magazine than their is nothing new to this book and you'll ship through it first. Read this book from library before buying.
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By Rebecca (Watertown, NY)
makes a great gift. My mother-in-law loves Oprah and keeps this on her coffee table. (or at least, she has it out when i come over, lol!)
By Ms. Susan J. Greenwell (Australia)
Fantastic service received book in a couple of days from US and now takes pride of place on my coffee table.
By T. Kenber (Sacramento)
need i say more - oprah gets it - everything she touches is helpful, inspirational, and wonderful!
By Smauge (Sydney Aus)
The tiltle of this book is very acurate - it really is a guide to life. Not everyone will enjoy this but if you are an avid watcher of Oprah, or, more appropriately, a regular reader of O Magazine, chances are you're gonna love this. Divided into different sections so it is easier to find what you are looking for, this makes a great read whether you are flipping through the pages or reading cover to cover.
By Grayron
This book is an annoying look at Oprah feel good message or "live like me" books. This gift book would be nice without Oprah's face on it. Books like this one makes me think she is conceded. Oprah fans will love this book because it inspires but if you watch the program and read the magazine than their is nothing new to this book and you'll ship through it first. Read this book from library before buying.
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Hairstyles of the Damned
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Hairstyles of the Damned is an honest and affectionate depiction of wanting to belong, but never quite belonging. Joe Meno’s pitch-perfect prose illuminates the tumultuous realities of American adolescence, the disintegration of the modern family, and the way a mix-tape can change a person’s life. Following the riotous exploits of Brian, a Catholic school malcontent, and his best friend Gretchen, a punk rock girl fond of brawling, this work of fiction unflinchingly pursues the truth in discovering what it means to develop your own identity.
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Joe Meno has become my writer. I think every reader has at least one-- that if the author wrote bathroom stall graffitti, they'd want to take a look at it. Does graffitti have 2 F's AND 2 T's? Hmm. Anyway, Hairstyles was the second Joe Meno book I read, the first being The Boy Detective Fails. I've been working my way through his stuff ever since. I think Hairstyles, in addition to being pretty brilliant has at least a little bit of everyone's high school experience wrapped up in it. Read it. Then read some more.
By A. Whitney (Silicon Valley, CA USA)
Being young has some great advantages: passion, belief in ideals and the ability to be inspired by heroes. Being young has lots of disadvantages: powerlessness, confusion, awkwardness, and a blinding need to belong. All of these things are captured in "Hairstyles" and not in an overly nostalgic or veneered way. Protagonist Brian grapples with his budding sexuality, his attraction to a girl who on the surface isn't what society deems desirable, his developing love of music, a need to belong, and the realization that life doesn't run smoothly for him, is friends or his family. It's complicated, and he's just discovering how that can feel.
The book feels real whether or not it was our youthful reality. I found it quite enjoyable. The musical component could also be quite inspirational for someone who was too young to experience it at the time.
By Nina Sankovitch
January 6, 2009
In Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno, the damned are the teenagers and the hairstyles are just one more teen effort to define and find themselves. Meno's teens live in the very White, working class, and Catholic southside neighborhoods of Chicago. Meno knows this area well; he must, because he invokes it perfectly and genuinely for us, the rows of small brick houses, the squares of lawn, the parochial schools, and the malls and parking lots where teenage socializing goes on, and the basement parties where teenage sexuality is explored. His teens are set loose with only the slimmest threads of adult supervision or affection, to figure out for themselves how to act, think, participate in society, and stand up for their own place in the world.
Music plays a large role in this book (music was also a character in On Chesil Beach) because it delivers the message to the teenage characters that someone, somewhere, understands them. Music is the one medium through which the teens feel normal about the hormones raging through their systems; through the music they find a degree of self-acceptance and hang onto the slightest of self-affirmations as they negotiate their self-image, their role in the lives around them, and their place in a community of abusive teens (self-abusing and of abusing of others, verbally and physically) and largely absent adults. The lyrics of punk groups, no waves, Bowie, hard rock, and even Chet Baker play a role in this book. Lyrics are used by the characters to substitute for their own words, a better representation of what they are feeling that is also less risky than just trying to say it themselves. Mix-tapes (collections of songs recorded for a specific person) are the valentines and love letters, and also the SOS in the bottle.
But it is not only the lyrics that these kids hang onto as if for dear life: the thumping and thrashing of the music is the catharsis for their moods and their desires, providing both an outlet and a mirror for what is up with them.
Brian goes on a mission at one point to steal all the bad music from the parked cars at the mall and deliver their owners from the evils of Crystal Gayle, Kenny Loggins, New Kids on the Block, and the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing: "[w]e seriously thought what we were doing would somehow save the world because it was so easy to understand that bad music actually made people bad." Sounds like a twist on "great good comes from reading great books." Like a good book, good music helps us breach differences and takes us to a place of understanding and compassion. Who has not been swayed by music? Okay, not always with good results but music is the most effective medium for expressing common hopes and desires. And especially for teens, struggling to understand and express themselves, music is the translator, the spokesperson, and the guru. The kids in the book choose their genre (punk, rock, pop) and their identity takes off from there.
In the end, reaching a level of maturity we weren't sure he could get to, Brian realizes that his chosen music is only a part of his self-expression; music is more who he is than his haircuts and his choice of clothes, but it is less that his own words and actions. He needs to stand up for himself now, express himself, and rely on the music for back up.
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By Theoden Humphrey (Oregon, US)
He's right -- that IS a great name for a metal band. This book is in some ways my own story, since the main character is a kid who is exactly my age -- a junior in high school in 1990 -- who doesn't fit in, listens to heavy metal, is obsessed with girls but has no idea how to deal with them, and so on. It's not exactly my story, since this guy has much more trouble than I did in dealing with his problems, and he screws up a lot more than I did. Not that I did nothing wrong, but man, this guy does almost nothing right.
I did like the narration; it sounds a lot like me and my own thoughts at that age and time. I liked the music references, though they went a little bit more punk than I ever did. The conversations were perfect, absolutely letter perfect. I loved the D&D scene, since that was exactly like my own experience (except they have a mom who brings them their own favored drinks in their own individualized Star Wars glasses, which they call chalices, and my friends and I were never that lucky). I appreciated the way he described the character's feelings about girls, but not the way the character acted with girls; I was that horny, but never that crappy to girls. And I was crappy enough -- this guy goes way too far. It made it hard for me to like him, which made it hard for me to accept his redemption at the end. That went both ways, as well: his friends treat him like crap, and so the way they make up at the end was not good enough for me.
Overall it was wonderfully written and sometimes extremely fun to read, but a little bit too dark and depressing. I did, however, absolutely love the lists of best heavy metal band names and horror flicks, as well as the possible ninja movie plots. The magic camouflage nunchucks were priceless. HAIL SKELETOR!
By Dustin Deckard (Wichita, Kansas)
In short, this book is fantastic. As I don't have time for a long review, and I also don't think I would do the book justice by stretching this out, but I'll say this - you won't regret reading this at all.
Hairstyles of the Damned can be rude and unflinchingly in-your-face about things like obesity, racism, and even masturbation (Brian Oswald masturbates a lot), but the character development and grand-scheme story-arc shine through to reveal a heartfelt story of some teenagers that are just trying to fight their way to adulthood like everyone else.
I've read this book several times over the last couple of years, and now that I'm a bit older (19), it doesn't hit home as hard as it did when I was 17 (the age of Brian). Nevertheless, this book can be related to by readers of all ages, and is still quite applicable.
Give Joe Meno a shot and read this book - it's not much like his other two published books, so don't expect the same thing if you've read How the Hula Girl Sings. Hairstyles is written as extremely modern prose - it reads just like teenagers talk.
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Joe Meno has become my writer. I think every reader has at least one-- that if the author wrote bathroom stall graffitti, they'd want to take a look at it. Does graffitti have 2 F's AND 2 T's? Hmm. Anyway, Hairstyles was the second Joe Meno book I read, the first being The Boy Detective Fails. I've been working my way through his stuff ever since. I think Hairstyles, in addition to being pretty brilliant has at least a little bit of everyone's high school experience wrapped up in it. Read it. Then read some more.
By A. Whitney (Silicon Valley, CA USA)
Being young has some great advantages: passion, belief in ideals and the ability to be inspired by heroes. Being young has lots of disadvantages: powerlessness, confusion, awkwardness, and a blinding need to belong. All of these things are captured in "Hairstyles" and not in an overly nostalgic or veneered way. Protagonist Brian grapples with his budding sexuality, his attraction to a girl who on the surface isn't what society deems desirable, his developing love of music, a need to belong, and the realization that life doesn't run smoothly for him, is friends or his family. It's complicated, and he's just discovering how that can feel.
The book feels real whether or not it was our youthful reality. I found it quite enjoyable. The musical component could also be quite inspirational for someone who was too young to experience it at the time.
By Nina Sankovitch
January 6, 2009
In Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno, the damned are the teenagers and the hairstyles are just one more teen effort to define and find themselves. Meno's teens live in the very White, working class, and Catholic southside neighborhoods of Chicago. Meno knows this area well; he must, because he invokes it perfectly and genuinely for us, the rows of small brick houses, the squares of lawn, the parochial schools, and the malls and parking lots where teenage socializing goes on, and the basement parties where teenage sexuality is explored. His teens are set loose with only the slimmest threads of adult supervision or affection, to figure out for themselves how to act, think, participate in society, and stand up for their own place in the world.
Music plays a large role in this book (music was also a character in On Chesil Beach) because it delivers the message to the teenage characters that someone, somewhere, understands them. Music is the one medium through which the teens feel normal about the hormones raging through their systems; through the music they find a degree of self-acceptance and hang onto the slightest of self-affirmations as they negotiate their self-image, their role in the lives around them, and their place in a community of abusive teens (self-abusing and of abusing of others, verbally and physically) and largely absent adults. The lyrics of punk groups, no waves, Bowie, hard rock, and even Chet Baker play a role in this book. Lyrics are used by the characters to substitute for their own words, a better representation of what they are feeling that is also less risky than just trying to say it themselves. Mix-tapes (collections of songs recorded for a specific person) are the valentines and love letters, and also the SOS in the bottle.
But it is not only the lyrics that these kids hang onto as if for dear life: the thumping and thrashing of the music is the catharsis for their moods and their desires, providing both an outlet and a mirror for what is up with them.
Brian goes on a mission at one point to steal all the bad music from the parked cars at the mall and deliver their owners from the evils of Crystal Gayle, Kenny Loggins, New Kids on the Block, and the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing: "[w]e seriously thought what we were doing would somehow save the world because it was so easy to understand that bad music actually made people bad." Sounds like a twist on "great good comes from reading great books." Like a good book, good music helps us breach differences and takes us to a place of understanding and compassion. Who has not been swayed by music? Okay, not always with good results but music is the most effective medium for expressing common hopes and desires. And especially for teens, struggling to understand and express themselves, music is the translator, the spokesperson, and the guru. The kids in the book choose their genre (punk, rock, pop) and their identity takes off from there.
In the end, reaching a level of maturity we weren't sure he could get to, Brian realizes that his chosen music is only a part of his self-expression; music is more who he is than his haircuts and his choice of clothes, but it is less that his own words and actions. He needs to stand up for himself now, express himself, and rely on the music for back up.
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By Theoden Humphrey (Oregon, US)
He's right -- that IS a great name for a metal band. This book is in some ways my own story, since the main character is a kid who is exactly my age -- a junior in high school in 1990 -- who doesn't fit in, listens to heavy metal, is obsessed with girls but has no idea how to deal with them, and so on. It's not exactly my story, since this guy has much more trouble than I did in dealing with his problems, and he screws up a lot more than I did. Not that I did nothing wrong, but man, this guy does almost nothing right.
I did like the narration; it sounds a lot like me and my own thoughts at that age and time. I liked the music references, though they went a little bit more punk than I ever did. The conversations were perfect, absolutely letter perfect. I loved the D&D scene, since that was exactly like my own experience (except they have a mom who brings them their own favored drinks in their own individualized Star Wars glasses, which they call chalices, and my friends and I were never that lucky). I appreciated the way he described the character's feelings about girls, but not the way the character acted with girls; I was that horny, but never that crappy to girls. And I was crappy enough -- this guy goes way too far. It made it hard for me to like him, which made it hard for me to accept his redemption at the end. That went both ways, as well: his friends treat him like crap, and so the way they make up at the end was not good enough for me.
Overall it was wonderfully written and sometimes extremely fun to read, but a little bit too dark and depressing. I did, however, absolutely love the lists of best heavy metal band names and horror flicks, as well as the possible ninja movie plots. The magic camouflage nunchucks were priceless. HAIL SKELETOR!
By Dustin Deckard (Wichita, Kansas)
In short, this book is fantastic. As I don't have time for a long review, and I also don't think I would do the book justice by stretching this out, but I'll say this - you won't regret reading this at all.
Hairstyles of the Damned can be rude and unflinchingly in-your-face about things like obesity, racism, and even masturbation (Brian Oswald masturbates a lot), but the character development and grand-scheme story-arc shine through to reveal a heartfelt story of some teenagers that are just trying to fight their way to adulthood like everyone else.
I've read this book several times over the last couple of years, and now that I'm a bit older (19), it doesn't hit home as hard as it did when I was 17 (the age of Brian). Nevertheless, this book can be related to by readers of all ages, and is still quite applicable.
Give Joe Meno a shot and read this book - it's not much like his other two published books, so don't expect the same thing if you've read How the Hula Girl Sings. Hairstyles is written as extremely modern prose - it reads just like teenagers talk.
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Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Vol 1)
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Revised edition of the classic cookbook, originally published in 1961.
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I ordered this after seeing the movie. I was a little concerned about whether I really wanted the revised edition or try to find an original. I ordered this one, and was so pleased. It has the original instructions and then a note, like with aspic..It has the instructions for using the calf foot, like in the movie "Julie and Julia" and then tells you how to use boxed gelatin instead, since it is readily available now.
I, a down-home Southern cook, at the age of 53, who thought no one could teach this old dog new tricks, have Boeuf Bourguignon simmering in my oven as I write this, and my husband said the house smells better than it ever has with anything cooking (and he loves my cooking!) The only bad part of this recipe is smelling it, wanting to eat it, and having to wait for it to cook slowly in the oven!
Julia Child is a genius, and I can't wait to try more recipes! Love, Love, Love this cookbook. But now I want new cookware and knives............
By Robert William Wolff (Milton MA USA)
I had heard about this book for years, and the current focus on Mrs. Child's contributions to eating in America and other English speaking locales made me want to own and either cook from it or read it cover to cover.
The book received from the book seller is in precisely the condition stated. It was received quickly.
By Sekhmet2 (Philadelphia)
When you start to use this cookbook, it is easy to understand why it has remained a classic since 1961. It is not like the usual cookbook with big, beautiful photographs, a long list of ingredients and directions on putting everything together. It includes commentary by Julia Child that is really funny sometimes and very useful in understanding how the various ingredients work to make the dish. And, not all the recipes require hours to assemble. The vegetable dishes, in particular, are fairly easy.
I just made Boeuf A La Bourguignonne (Beef Stew) from this book that is included in the movie, "Julia & Julia", for a pre-theater gathering at my house. I served the dish as an appetizer so my friends would know what it tasted like when we went to see the movie. Everyone loved it. When you make this dish, it is easy to see why it is so different from most other beef stew recipes. Each of the ingredients--stew beef, pearl onions, mushrooms, carrots, onions-- is treated individually to get the most flavor and then combined at the end to make the dish. Fantastic flavor! It is so rich that it just melts in your mouth.
If you love French food and want to make some in your home, get this book. This is the definitive book on the subject and it is not that hard to make incredible dishes.
I have made these dishes: Salade Nicoise, Ratatouille, Whole Baked Tomatoes, Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms and Cream, Fish Filets poached in White Wine and Eggs Baked in Ramekins. I highly recommend each.
By Susan Canavespe (Katy, TX)
The copy I have of this book has been used so many times since 1963 that it's just barely together. The most amazing thing about the book is that you can actually understand the classic French recipes in it. It truly is not rocket science, just cooking wonderful things for your family and friends.
By M. M (ILLLINOIS)
Hm...well, just saw the movie "Julie and Julia," and of course I can't remember the other actress' name, more than likely becuase being in a movie with Meryl Streep is much like playing in a band with Gene Krupa; no matter how good you are, you're going to be upstaged. I even learned that you have to dry out meat (in the movie) to get it to brown right.
For some rediculous reason, they didn't seem to have ANY of her books at B and N, even tho they're in the same mall, and I know I wasn't the only one there just out of "Julie and Julia."
I wasn't able to grab this book thus far, seeing as I can't cook at all, but I'll go along with everyone else on this for now.
I did happen to find a few at the store that looked promising in terms of being accessible (meaning none of the stuff in it is hard to find) and easy--for anyone interested: Readers' Digest "Just five things" by Rachel Lane, and "Anyone an cook," from Better Homes and Gardens. This one goes down to the simplist parts of cooking if you need that help, and praise be, there's none of the horrendously bad photograpy as in the other several-times printing other "Better Homes" cookbooks; those pics don't look like anything I would feed my dog, much less a human. It all tends to remind me of the hilarious book by James Lileks, "The gallery of regrettable food" (real pics and snarky comments of bad things to eat and their accompanying horrible photographs. Mind you, Lilek's "Interior Desecrations:Hideous Homes from the horrible 70's" also never fals to cheer me up, either. In fact, I would NOT be at all surprized to find out one or more of these photos IS from the Better Homes cookbook.
If the book was to sell on awful photography alone, it'd be out of print, so everyone must be using them from mom and grandma, and wear them out.
I only wish you could see inside this Child book. With the economy being what it is, I have a hard time justifying [...] plus shipping for a book I don't know if I will be entertained reading, but I am curious as to ANY book that took 8 years to write.
Funny side note: Julia Child kept the Dan Ackroyd "Saturday Night Live" sketch impersonating her on a VCR (!) tape under her tv for anyone who asked about it; she said she found it funny with her being portrayed as a bit of a lush, and screeching out "save the liver!" while she's bleeding to death.
The only problem with most cookbooks that I saw was they're VERY into noodles, and other carbs. The fats, personally, don't cause me any weight issues, b/c what's the point of cooking if you have to use a disgusting substance such as margarine (which I knew sucked as a kid, even)? Or low-fat anything? But you have to use cakes, candies, and of course bread like using arsenic as a tonic.
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A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.
An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.
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By Sharon Koehlert (The Woodlands, TX USA)
The movie was almost the perfect translation of the characters from the book ,but they did leave some of them out.The choice of actor's to play Clare and Henry were perfect. Lot's of chemistry between them, very believable. This is one
of my favorite books about love and time travel. It is a lengthy book at 500 and some pages, but is an easy read. Received the
book whithin days of ordering it and was priced just right.
By P. Calcote (Beaumont,TX)
I was a bit thrown at first in the beginning of the book. But, now I am half way through and the author has written a very good story! I wanted to read the story before seeing it in the theaters, and I received the book ahead of schedule. Thanks Amazon!
By J. Platz (Washington state)
The TIme Traveler's Wife was a great read in the beginning, but lacked at the end. At first, I couldn't put the book down, but after reading the end, I can't figure out why I couldn't in the first place. The story between Henry and Clare was wonderful! But what was the point in Gomez? I couldn't stand him in this book. As for his wife Charisse, what self-respecting woman would stay with a man like him, knowing that if anything ever happened to her best friend, Clare, that he would try to leave her for Clare. He was a pointless character that the author used to fill in some space. What ever happened to Alba, or Clare afterwards? The ending seemed to be thrown together and lacking in detail, like the author couldn't figure out how to piece it together or got bored writing the book. Other than the ending and the "Gomez" character, it was a real tear jerker that had me crying in the end. I would still recommend it, but with caution.
By CJ (Seattle, WA USA)
The two things I like the best about this book... 1. Compared to other books that touch on science fiction (ESPECIALLY time travel!), this is a book that has amazing amounts of coherence. So many of time travel books melt into incoherent gobblygook once people start skipping around. 2. At its heart, it's not really a time travel book at all. It is a book commenting on modern day love and modern philosophy of life. The book made me think, that is the best compliment I can ever give a novel.
By Kristen A. Mendez Prieto
Even though this book was 500 + pages I read it fairly quickly. It is a great story of a true romance. I feel like this will one day become a classic. I will definitely read it again.
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