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Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?
Marissa Walsh

Clarion Books, 2008

How often do you find yourself looking in the mirror? And smiling at what you see? More likely, you're thinking what you see is: Fat, Ugly, Skinny, Round, Stacked or Flat, Bad or Good. From reality television to tabloid headlines, we're all surrounded by weight and discussion of weight. In this collection, a stellar lineup of YA writers sound off on body image., self-esteem, diets, eating disorders, boys, fashion magazines, and why ...

Does This Cape Make Me Look Fat?: Pop Psychology for Superheroes

2 reviews
Chelsea Cain, Marc Mohan

Chronicle Books, 2006

Super-Empowering!
This is an amazing book, one of my all-time favorites! Most self-help books are so serious they really annoy me, but this one is perfect. Some people might not 'get it' but anyone who relates to the Superhero archetype (social activists, therapists, social workers, etc.) will find this to be a compassionate and funny read. The authors and illustrator really understand the mythic mind and ...

Make This Your Lucky Day: Fun and Easy Secrets and Shortcuts to Success, Romance, Health, and Harmony

12 reviews
Ellen Whitehurst

Ballantine Books, 2007

Just AMAZING
I have been putting to use just some of the tips in the book, and my financial picture immediately picked up. It's really just amazing. AND that's saying a LOT since I'm a real estate agent in this horrible market. I now have 4 houses in escrow and offers in on others and it started the instant I got the book and started to implement it. What I have done so far is: clean my desk, inside ...

Trickster Makes This World: How Disruptive Imagination Creates Culture
Lewis Hyde

Canongate Books Ltd, 2008

"Art is a lie that tells the truth." - Pablo Picasso. Picasso disrupted the world around him, and in doing so he reshaped it. That is the Trickster spirit. Playful, mischievous, subversive, and amoral. Tricksters are a great bother to have around, but paradoxically they are also indispensable heroes of culture, because our world - with its complexity and ambiguity, its beauty and its dirt - was trickster's creation, and the work is not yet ...

Make This Viking Settlement (Usborne Cut Out Models)

1 review
I. Ashman

E.D.C. Publishing, 1998

Usborne cut and assemble Viking Village
Great village with boats and even boats under construction. Great accessory for anyone reading about Lief Erickson, Eric the Red, or the explorers prior to Columbus.

"Does This Dress Make Me Look Fat?": A Man's Guide to the Loaded Questions Women Ask

5 reviews
Stephen James, David Thomas

Tyndale House Publishers, 2007

Best Relationship Book that I've Read
This small book is packed with helpful ideas for communicating effectively and understanding what is behind some of the questions women ask. Its an easy read as the stories the authors use as examples are often quite funny. I read part of this book right across from my girlfriend at a coffee shop and literally was able to take a step forward in our relationship right then and there as I put ...

Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More

19 reviews
Peter Walsh

Free Press, 2008

Clutter-free living & eating
Boy, if I can follow all the step-by-step instructions Peter recommends, life would be so much simplified! This is a great book and anyone who picks it up will benefit in some way, big or small, depending on how far you follow his lead. Just the idea of PLANNING what you are going to eat instantly rids you of bad choices resulting in loss of weight and increase in self-esteem.

Trickster Makes This World Mischief, Myth, and Art

15 reviews
Lewis Hyde

Canongate Books Ltd, 2008

Masterful non-fiction writing
A brilliantly written, funny and moving book--filled with substantial scholarship and honest about its own stakes. To tell you the truth, I was moved to write this review by the two reviews below, both of which fall pretty wide of the mark. First, this is an amazingly well-written book, and that goes for both Hyde's prose style and his winding structure. His reflections of his own project do ...

Does This Make Me Look Fat?: The Definitive Rules for Dressing Thin for Every Height, Size, and Shape

44 reviews
Leah Feldon

Villard, 2002

not only for soft shaped ladies! basic rules of harmonious figure
I am Italian and I sew. this means that clothing is a basic necessity for me. I am blessed with a good figure but everytime I help a friend in looking at her best, I have not been able to tell her why I insist for a certain lenght or a neckline. in this book there are the reasons why certain harmonies are so perfect and why other choices are wrong on two ladies apparently similar. It is the basic ...

Make This Model American Fort (Usborne Cut-Out Models Series)

E.D.C. Publishing, 1998

You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again

25 reviews

Phoenix Books, 2006

Conflicting feelings
I walked away from this book with conflicting views about it and its contents. On one hand, I felt very sorry for the girls about some of the experiences they had, but one of the girls still seemed somewhat smug about the sexual experiences she had with certain celebrities and considering the fact that she said she had suffered so much , that kind of dampened the effect of the horrific things ...

Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

32 reviews
Maxwell Taylor Kennedy

Broadway, 1999

Weep, yes, but then be inspired
For those who missed the time in which those now called "Reagan Democrats" and those opposed to the ongoing war in Vietnam were inspired by the same voice, especially who cannot even begin to imagine how that could be, this small book is a must-read that will enable you to experience what is possible through inspiring [rather than angry divisive cynical] leadership. Some quotes from the ...

Make This Medieval Town (Cut Outs)
Iain Ashman

Usborne Publishing Ltd, 1998

Make This Roman Fort (Usborne Cut-out Models)

2 reviews
Iain Ashman

Edc Pub, 1989

Usborne Roman Fort
Five year old boys, with careful hands love playing with the HO size Roman soldiers taking them in and out of the fort. Mom and Dad can put it together with some participation from their child. What a way to stimulate a lasting interest in history.

Consider This...: Questions That Make You Think

1 review
Barbara Ann Kipfer

Random House Reference, 2007

Great Conversation Starter / Re-director
This book is chock full of questions the speak to ontology, cosmology, morality, etc etc. The table of contents says it all: The Arts, Cause and Effect, Existence and Death, Good and Evil, Happiness and Suffering, Ideas and Opinions, Nature and Animals, Philosophy and Religion, Time and Space, Truth and Reality. If you're looking for a way to begin or deepen a conversation, learn a few of ...

You've Got to Have Balls to Make It in This League: My Life as an Umpire

6 reviews
Pam Postema, Gene Wojciechowski

Bison Books, 2003

Call them as you see them
A very funny book about the perhaps still rampant sexism in professional baseball. Postema recounts her experiences in trying to become a major league umpire--a goal she nearly reached. Umpires tell stories and Postema has some great ones--unedited and vulgar--but very funny. The book also has its serious side. Postema career as a professional umpire reveals the deeply sedimented ...

Deliver This!: Make the Childbirth Choice That's Right for You . . . No Matter What Everyone Else Thinks

11 reviews
Marisa Cohen

Seal Press, 2007

No better way to break away with denial
I'm 27 weeks pregnant with my first child, and in the last few months I read a lot about anything that has to do with pregnancy and child-bearing, but I stayed away from reading about, not to mention thinking about, delivery.. Since I got Deliver This!, though, I couldn't put it down, despite how tired and sleep-deprived I am.. and it was a great experience. I couldn't have asked for a better, ...

Make This Model Medieval Castle (Usborne Cut-Out Models)

5 reviews
Iain Ashman

E.D.C. Publishing, 1997

A Fortune of Fun for $10
This model has been an absolute kick to make. I am an overstressed financial executive and mother of an almost-four-year-old and this book has become my evening therapy. Although my daughter can't help with the building (it's fairly complicated and requires careful cutting), she loves watching me put it together while she plays with the tiny cut-out characters. She has spent hours making up ...

Does This Book Make My Butt Look Big? (and who cares anyway, it's my butt)

15 reviews
Sarah Nilsen

DeHart, 2008

Fabulous read!
This is the most hilarious book I have read in a long time! The perfect way to relax and have a good belly laugh. (I was seriously laughing out loud at times) You can't go wrong with this book! Enjoy it, I certainly did!

Hooking Up: You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again Again

8 reviews
Olivia, Carly, ...

Phoenix Books, 2006

HOTTEST BOOK TO HIT IN A DECADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I highly recommend this book. This was a great read, very informative and lots of fun. I especially loved the Hollywood insiders input of Jennifer Young the daughter of an Oscar winning actor. The first kiss and tell with a life's lesson to be learned. This book is definitely not shy, it names names but hey if you're left out how hot is your career?? How much closer can you get into ...

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