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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
David Sheff
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008
A beautiful boy
The author is wonderfully expresses his pain about his loving son. I also have a daughter the same age whose drug of choice is heroin. The book opened my eyes to go to Hazeleden to joint the parents program and to go to Al-Anon.
In short I thank the author so much ...
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The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed
Mystery, Lovedrop
St. Martin's Press, 2007
Complicated, but good
The Mystery Methods still work, you just have to stick with it. Also recommend "Secrets of the A Game" by Logan Edwards and "The Game" by Neil Strauss.
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Supernanny: How to Get the Best From Your Children
Jo Frost
Hyperion, 2005
AWESOME BOOK A+++!!!
Great techniques to help parents that are at the end of their rope, and just do not know what else to try to get their child under control. My wife and I have a handsome 2 1/2 year old son that we love more than anything else in this world. We were past the point of ...
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Adults as Children and Children as Adults
This memoir got book deals for several dozen marginal writers with bad childhoods, but those books have been awful compared to this one. Jeannette Walls has enough experience as a writer to tell a story. We have the typical bad dad -- the Angela's Ashes model where he ...
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The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Collins, 2007
My Son loves this book
I bought this for my son and he's carried it with him to and from school for nearly a month. He won't be parted with it, and any book that interests my kid that much has GOT to be good. The book is filled with fun projects, and is not just a father/son book (although ...
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Sail
James Patterson, Howard Roughan
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
The Patterson name must be a stamp.
James Patterson has written some memorable thrillers but Sail seems to be written by a ghost writer who is new (or tired) of the genre and pushed to this book on the masses using the Patterson label. Don't get me wrong, this is a quick and easy read, but the characters ...
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Hands Are Not for Hitting (Ages 4-7) (Best Behavior Series)
Martine Agassi Ph.D.
Free Spirit Publishing, 2000
Hitting Hands
I purchased this book for my 22 month old who has learned that hitting is an "effective" way to get his big brother's attention. My son is fascinated with this book and obviously gets the message. We have a few other books from this series and love them.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press, 2007
Beautiful Storytelling
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" takes place in Paris, in the early 20th century. It tells the tale of an orphan named Hugo who secretely lives in a train station and fixes the clocks, unbeknownst to the stationmaster. Hugo is not just an ordinary boy however. In ...
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Teeth Are Not for Biting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)
Elizabeth Verdick
Free Spirit Publishing, 2003
Teeth Are Not for Biting
Teeth Are Not for Biting (Best Behavior Series)
This is a great book to read to toddlers to teach acceptable and unacceptable behavior. It has colorful pictures and using simple words easy to understand. This book also offers tips and advice at the end for parents ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
A sad burqa "romance" with a semi-happy ending
I enjoyed the book. Despite having a mostly sad story line, the two female main characters demonstrated courage, love, and hope in an otherwise brutal and oppressive marriage. This book is not for children since it frequently describes sexual encounters in a somewhat ...
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LL Cool J's Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood's Fittest Star
LL Cool J, Dave Honig, ...
Rodale Books, 2006
excellent
i lost a 100lbs. in 1 week. Just kiddin. A great book. The workout is insane and very intense if you do it right. You also find out you can do more than you thought you could. Funny thing is that you don't get over that initial workout pain because you seem to ...
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Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah
St. Martin's Press, 2008
wow
what a wonderful story..its been years since i've been so moved by a story. i can't wait to buy a copy for my best friends who would be able to identify with this story. i highly recommend.
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Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories
Glen Johnson
Wiley, 2006
Photographer
I received the book digital Wedding Photography in less than a week and I am so very impressed. Took me three days to finish reading, but so worth it. It had more information than I expected and I will refer back to it many times, because I won't be able to retain it ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
HarperCollins, 2007
A guide to change your eating
Barbara Kingsolver uses her very readable style to encourage us all on a journey to understand the effects of the standard American diet on our own health as well as the health of the earth. This book is a fun and heart-touching read that also contains great recipes ...
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Weight Watchers' Simply the Best : 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes
Weight Watchers
Wiley, 1997
One of My favs
This is one of my most favorite cookbooks and I am not really a cookbook person. But, I will say this-there are some wonderful recipes in this book that even my family really enjoys.
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