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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything 4 reviews
Janelle Brown
Spiegel & Grau, 2008
Gaining wit and worth on the way to "Everything"
I read Brown's book "Everything They Ever Wanted Is Everything" in a single sitting. Its completely gripping -- alternating between a quick-paced narrative that's deftly edited and hilarious social observation. Brown's subject is ambition, in this case of her three female protagonists: Margaret, a flailing feminist 'zine editor in Los Angeles, who keeps up appearances using credit card debt; ...
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Dr. Gary Chapman on The Marriage You've Always Wanted4 reviews
Gary Chapman
Moody Publishers, 2005
GREAT ADVICE ON HOW TO HAVE THE MARRIAGE OF YOUR DREAMS
Every couple enters the gateway of marriage hoping their journey will last forever. Yet in The Marriage You've Always Wanted, Dr. Gary Chapman shares the sobering statistic that half of all couples today will probably split up. It doesn't have to be that way, he says. Since thousands have sought him for counsel, his book captures sage advice in a concise, readable form.
As bestselling author ...
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Wanted (Assassin's Edition) 55 reviews
Mark Millar, J. G. Jones
Top Cow Productions/Image Comics, 2008
The Greatest Superpower
In the universe of "Wanted", the supervillains all ganged up to pick off the superheroes one by one, and now the supervillains rule the world. Our hero (well...protagonist, anyway) doesn't know anything about this--he's a human dumping ground for everyone else's bad vibes. Then he discovers that his father was the greatest killer in the world, and he's inherited the skills...as well as his ...
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The Life You've Always Wanted Participant's Guide: Six Sessions on Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People ...5 reviews
John Ortberg
Zondervan, 2004
Very good Bible Study
I am using this book and video in an adult Bible study with 17 participants. It is a good study which shows you how to live and love like Jesus did. John Ortberg uses humor and touching stories to get his point across. Another thing that I like is that you are referred to scripture to see how Jesus faced the same problems that we face in our daily lives.
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Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask): The Secrets to ...14 reviews
Justin Richardson, Mark Schuster
Three Rivers Press, 2004
A must buy!
I read the book and wish I had read it sooner and then I gave it to my 15 year old to read as well.
Much better than A chicken's guide to talking turkey with your kids about sex (preachy at best, as in religious zealots).
I think books are a useful tool to open up lines of communication and purchased this author's book, Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex with a copy ...
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The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation 16 reviews
Elizabeth Berg
Random House, 2008
Elizabeth Berg is the best!
What a treat to read each of these delightful little stories. All are different but share a thread that makes this writer the inciteful relationship sharer she is! We experience ourselves in these poignant and funny stories.
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A Wanted Man (Stone Creek Novels)9 reviews
Linda Lael Miller
HQN Books, 2008
A Wanted Man
The past has a way of catching up with folks in Stone Creek, Arizona. Schoolmarm Lark Morgan and Marshal Rowdy Rhodes are determined to hide their secrets--and deny their instant attraction. This shouldn't be too hard, since each suspects the other of living a lie. Lark's too-fancy clothes and big-city ways inspire gossip all over town; Rowdy's blond good looks and impudent grin belong to a ...
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The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People (Expanded and Adapted for Small ...35 reviews
John Ortberg
Zondervan, 2002
Insightful, Biblical, and Practical - the perfect combination!
This book was a godsend for me!
I had been stuck in the rut of continually "trying harder" to please God - to no avail, of course. I was repeatedly disheartened by my failure to live up to the expectations that I had for myself, not to mention God's expectations described in the Bible. As Ortberg explains, there is a significant difference between "trying" to be righteous and "training" for ...
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America's Most Wanted Recipes - Volume 2 2 reviews
Ron Douglas
RecipeSecrets.net, 2007
You'll Think You're Eating Takeout
I simply love my secret recipe cookbook. I've tried many of the dishes and they've all come out tasting great. If you're looking for accurate clones for your favorite restaurant dishes, this is the book you need.
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Duke Most Wanted (Heiress Brides)9 reviews
Celeste Bradley
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008
3 1/2 stars: a wonderfully romantic read in spite of the unexpected twist...
In my reading experience, usually the last installment in a trilogy or series is not always the best. The best is generally the first where the concept and characters are the freshest. Not in this case though. Celeste Bradley's The Heiress Brides ends on a particularly high note with "Duke Most Wanted" and is, in my opinion, the best installment of the three.
Of the three Pickering cousins, ...
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The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy17 reviews
Jane Thayer
HarperTrophy, 2005
Puppies Look for Boys
This book was fun to read. Dogs looking for a boy/that's so funny! My favorite part is when the dog is chasing a car. You should really buy this book!!
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America's Most Wanted Fifth Grader3 reviews
Jan Lawrence, Linda Raskin
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1997
This Book Was Excellent
America's Most wanted fifth graders was about 2 kids named Robert and Max. They are full of money making schemes as Robert is trying to but a Super Soaker 2000. They get twisted up with these bad guys that are asking them to sell cookies and then they will give them $5000 a month. They are so siked up until they are in the back of a truck all tied up. READ MORE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS! THIS IS A ...
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All She Ever Wanted 8 reviews
Barbara Freethy
Signet, 2004
I couldn't put the book down!
This is the first book I have read from Barbara Freethy and I am hooked! I couldn't put All She Ever Wanted down! In this mystery romance novel, Barbara Freethy keeps you in suspense until the very end. Ten years after the fact, three sorority sisters find themselves involved in figuring out how and why their sorority sister, Emily, fell to her death. Was it an accident or a murder? Did one of ...
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America's Most Wanted Recipes - Volume 12 reviews
Ron Douglas
RecipeSecrets.net, 2003
Recipes Similar to Top Restaurant Favorites
I was curious about this cookbook, so I got in touch with the author - Ron Douglas. He began putting together his collection with a web site RecipeSecrets.com and then self published this book and a follow up.
After talking with Ron, I got his books. They are really great. There are recipes to make things like Boston Market Macaroni and Cheese, KFC Honey BBQ wings, and Applebee's Baby Back ...
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The Life You've Always Wanted34 reviews
John Ortberg
Zondervan Publishing Company, 1998
Excellent for your Spiritual Growth
I just finished The Life You've Always Wanted in about three days. Ortberg is practical, challenging, and honest. I love his insights on some of the less talked about Christian disciplines - like slowing down, regular confession, and servanthood.
Here is a non-dry, non-wordy, powerful book that any Christian should read. Takes the "pressure" out of spiritual disciplines and inspires me to ...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor13 reviews
Marian Appelhof
Watson-Guptill, 1992
Covers everything!!
This book gives good detail and excellent examples to allow various styles to emerge. Very organized and easy to read. It covers so many different aspects that I, as a newbie, have found it a must-have out of the many books that I have purchased to help me learn. This really is one of the very best of the many that have been written out there. You'll not be frustrated or feel left lacking for ...
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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Janelle Brown
Hutchinson, 2008
A stunning debut from an exceptional new literary voice: an utterly engrossing tale of one family, three women, a facade of perfection and success - and the secrets and lies which undermine it all
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What God Has Always Wanted: The Bible's Big Idea from Genesis Through Revelation7 reviews
Charles F. Boyd
Family Life Publishing, 2006
A different kind of Bible book for kids
In Postmodern Children's Ministry, Ivy Beckwith writes of the danger of reducing the Bible to "doctrinal tenets, moral absolutes, tips for better living, or stories of heroes to be emulated." Instead of using the Bible to "teach children moral lessons...we need the Bible to introduce children to God, God's story, and God's ways."
That's why I was excited to discover Charles F. Boyd's book, ...
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The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea1 review
Guy Billout
Creative Editions, 2007
The striking illustrations vividly contrast light, shadow, and perspective in this wondrous tale of discovery.
"The New Yorker" illustrator Guy Billout presents his latest children's picturebook, The Frog who Wanted to See the Sea, about a timid little frog named Alice with a grand dream, who dares to venture from her comfortable, humdrum pond in her quest to see the sea for herself. Her journey will lead her to bigger and bigger bodies of water, and introduce her to unusual friends - including the ...
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The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories17 reviews
Etgar Keret
Toby Press, 2004
Brilliant
I read this book in its Spanish translation before reading the English one -- they each read a bit differently but Keret's literary brilliance comes through in either: a forceful plunge into humanity's flaws.
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