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Review Date: 9/12/2007
This book was lots of fun! A good listen. Kim Fields does a great job in reading (performing) the story, characters, etc.
Review Date: 7/7/2007
From book's description:
Tonight, Countess Dani diPortanova will be the envy of the international social set. In a gala, star-studded ceremony, the cutting edge of the fashion world and ultra-rich glitterati will honor her as the undisputed queen of fashion design.
To many who will attend tonight, Dani is a radiant, ravashing beauty - a woman who has it all. To others, however, she is a woman to be scorned and detested: for there are those around her who have the world to gain should something deadly befall her...
ROBERTO DIPORTANOVA. A man whose excessive wealth is second only to his cold-blooded thirst for vengeance, he blames Dani for the death of his son and the fall of his family line...
MR. REGGIE. The flamboyant designer once rode a crest of fame - by putting his name on Dani's innovative designs. Now, his career in tatters, he lives to bring the Countess down - no matter what the cost.
BUNNY HESTER. born in abject poverty, she grew up to move in power-hungry circles - and got Dani her hot break. Now she would kill Dani, just to return the favor...
MONIKA VON REICH. The beautiful Austrian aristocrat is running scared from the Mob. Her life depends on a vast inheritance she would get from her best friend Dani - money she can only claim if Dani were dead.
BORN RICH
Tonight, Countess Dani diPortanova will be the envy of the international social set. In a gala, star-studded ceremony, the cutting edge of the fashion world and ultra-rich glitterati will honor her as the undisputed queen of fashion design.
To many who will attend tonight, Dani is a radiant, ravashing beauty - a woman who has it all. To others, however, she is a woman to be scorned and detested: for there are those around her who have the world to gain should something deadly befall her...
ROBERTO DIPORTANOVA. A man whose excessive wealth is second only to his cold-blooded thirst for vengeance, he blames Dani for the death of his son and the fall of his family line...
MR. REGGIE. The flamboyant designer once rode a crest of fame - by putting his name on Dani's innovative designs. Now, his career in tatters, he lives to bring the Countess down - no matter what the cost.
BUNNY HESTER. born in abject poverty, she grew up to move in power-hungry circles - and got Dani her hot break. Now she would kill Dani, just to return the favor...
MONIKA VON REICH. The beautiful Austrian aristocrat is running scared from the Mob. Her life depends on a vast inheritance she would get from her best friend Dani - money she can only claim if Dani were dead.
BORN RICH
Review Date: 6/21/2007
Helpful Score: 1
When I first saw the title of this book, I wasn't impressed, but once I started reading it I was hooked. Very good book, I liked it a lot!!!
Review Date: 7/7/2007
Helpful Score: 1
From back cover: An herb garden of any size - from a few potted plants to a dozen bountiful acres - promises a lifetime of sensual delight. With proper planting, harvesting and preservation, one can enjoy herbs throughout the year. This book shows you how by giving hands-on gardening advice along with harvest tips to meet each herb's particular timetable. Includes recipes and cooking hints as well as lucid illustrations to help identify your herbs and to assist your work with them.
Review Date: 7/18/2007
From back cover:
Now you can:
- Have confidence, not fear, about speaking before others
- Get people to accept and believe what you say
- Be a brand new person the next time you give a speech
Most people can be better speakers than 90% of the people they know. Sound impossible? It really isn't. The tested techniques in this book, many revealed for the first time, will show you how step-by-step. Future benefits to your career and your life could be priceless.
Now you can:
- Have confidence, not fear, about speaking before others
- Get people to accept and believe what you say
- Be a brand new person the next time you give a speech
Most people can be better speakers than 90% of the people they know. Sound impossible? It really isn't. The tested techniques in this book, many revealed for the first time, will show you how step-by-step. Future benefits to your career and your life could be priceless.
I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But... : Backstage Gossip from American Idol the Secrets that Can Make You a Star
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 6/27/2007
Helpful Score: 3
This isn't my typical read, but since my daughter bought it for me, I thought I'd give it a shot. I really did enjoy it; liked the back stage viewpoint of the show. It explained a lot about why Simon is the way he is. :-)
Review Date: 7/7/2007
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The influential, uninhibited entertainer's life is traced from her turbulent Missouri childhood to her fame as a jazz singer and dancer. "This indispensable biography treats in full the two cultures--American and continental--that formed Baker, and sets a new standard for critical studies of performing artists," cheered PW.
From Publishers Weekly
The influential, uninhibited entertainer's life is traced from her turbulent Missouri childhood to her fame as a jazz singer and dancer. "This indispensable biography treats in full the two cultures--American and continental--that formed Baker, and sets a new standard for critical studies of performing artists," cheered PW.
Review Date: 7/7/2007
From back cover:
Love and war, pride and passion. An unforgettable tale that will capture your heart...
St Lous, Spring 1861. Nowhere were the rumblings of inevitable war felt so keenly. Its battle cry would briing together lovely, liberated Leigh Pennington and Hays Banister, the dashing Yankee shipbuilder on a secret Union mission...
From the tent hospitals at Shiloh and Vicksburg to the elegant salons of the great Mississippi riverboats, from the lawless borderlands of Quantrill's raiders to the private bedrooms of stolen passions ... their stormy romance swept across an America at war - and blazed with the fiery conflicts of a turbulent era ... Let No Man Divide.
Love and war, pride and passion. An unforgettable tale that will capture your heart...
St Lous, Spring 1861. Nowhere were the rumblings of inevitable war felt so keenly. Its battle cry would briing together lovely, liberated Leigh Pennington and Hays Banister, the dashing Yankee shipbuilder on a secret Union mission...
From the tent hospitals at Shiloh and Vicksburg to the elegant salons of the great Mississippi riverboats, from the lawless borderlands of Quantrill's raiders to the private bedrooms of stolen passions ... their stormy romance swept across an America at war - and blazed with the fiery conflicts of a turbulent era ... Let No Man Divide.
Review Date: 8/19/2007
From Publishers Weekly
The experiences of a group of Harlem teenagers come alive through Myers's use of their rhythmic vernacular. Mouse, 14, spends the summer playing basketball, preparing for a dance contest and--together with his pals--searching for a gangster's hidden loot with the help of a hot-headed kid and an ancient former gang member. But Mouse also has more mundane concerns: his new girlfriend is trying to come between him and his best friend, and Mouse's father, who deserted Mouse and his mother, has suddenly returned. Imbued by Myers with depth, credibility and a keen sense of humor, Mouse lends a strong narrative voice to this highly entertaining novel, which vividly captures the sights and sounds of a Harlem summer. Ages 10-14.
The experiences of a group of Harlem teenagers come alive through Myers's use of their rhythmic vernacular. Mouse, 14, spends the summer playing basketball, preparing for a dance contest and--together with his pals--searching for a gangster's hidden loot with the help of a hot-headed kid and an ancient former gang member. But Mouse also has more mundane concerns: his new girlfriend is trying to come between him and his best friend, and Mouse's father, who deserted Mouse and his mother, has suddenly returned. Imbued by Myers with depth, credibility and a keen sense of humor, Mouse lends a strong narrative voice to this highly entertaining novel, which vividly captures the sights and sounds of a Harlem summer. Ages 10-14.
Review Date: 7/3/2007
Lots of fun ... good read!
Review Date: 9/5/2007
Helpful Score: 3
It was a very slow read for me. Up until I reached the middle, I considered putting it away and not finishing it. Not that it picked up in the middle, it's just that by that point I wanted to know how it ended. Although I don't recommend it because it was that boring, it WAS a subject that stayed with me after I finished reading it and gave me much thought. So, you be the judge!
Review Date: 8/29/2007
SAFETY-WISE
The basic safety guide for girls and adults in Girl Scouting. This new edition contains revisions to the program guidelines and additional checkpoints for popular activities; plus a new section on group leadership and the role of adults who work directly with groups of girls. Topics include activity planning and progression, the girl/adult partnership process, and group budget planning. Includes new terminology, new safety awards and new travel tips. Revised 2000.
The basic safety guide for girls and adults in Girl Scouting. This new edition contains revisions to the program guidelines and additional checkpoints for popular activities; plus a new section on group leadership and the role of adults who work directly with groups of girls. Topics include activity planning and progression, the girl/adult partnership process, and group budget planning. Includes new terminology, new safety awards and new travel tips. Revised 2000.
Review Date: 1/3/2009
Helpful Score: 1
I didn't enjoy this as much as I have other Patterson novels, but still a good read.
Review Date: 7/7/2007
Not a fairy tale. Very good... I enjoyed this story a lot. A couple of twists just how I like them!
Review Date: 7/3/2007
No, it's not a fairy tale, but a novel featuring a lawyer who is working to prove that his young client, who has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution is sane. As the story unfolds, a body of a woman is found in a swamp. Seeming unrelated at first, the two stories start to come together ... Good read.
Review Date: 7/3/2007
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed this story a lot. Characters were real and relatable. Iris Dart did a good job in portraying the things a person with mental illness has to deal with, while at the same time making her characters likable and making you truly care about them, and care how the story ends. Very good book.
Review Date: 7/7/2007
From back cover:
Embraced by the emerald beauty of the black forest, caressed by the romantic waters of the River Oos, beloved for its Old World elegance by its glittering guests ... this, and more, is Europe's grandest hotel, Baden-Baden's Waldhotel Becker. Now, its fabled doors could close forever...
Unless dynamic Kati Meier can make an impossible dream come true. To her the Waldhotel is more than her late grandfather's lovechild, more than legend ... it burns in her heart like destiny.
From Paris' Left Bank to the south of France ... against danger, greed, seduction, and dark family secrets she couldn't possibly know ... Kati stages a fight that dazzles Europe, opens the doors to sudden love, and lays down a red carpet to triumphant success.
Embraced by the emerald beauty of the black forest, caressed by the romantic waters of the River Oos, beloved for its Old World elegance by its glittering guests ... this, and more, is Europe's grandest hotel, Baden-Baden's Waldhotel Becker. Now, its fabled doors could close forever...
Unless dynamic Kati Meier can make an impossible dream come true. To her the Waldhotel is more than her late grandfather's lovechild, more than legend ... it burns in her heart like destiny.
From Paris' Left Bank to the south of France ... against danger, greed, seduction, and dark family secrets she couldn't possibly know ... Kati stages a fight that dazzles Europe, opens the doors to sudden love, and lays down a red carpet to triumphant success.
Review Date: 12/28/2012
Helpful Score: 1
I did not care for this book at all, and I am one that will read just about anything. Jumped around too much, and I found it hard to keep the characters straight. Pulitizer or no Pulitzer, I found it rather pointless.
Review Date: 8/30/2007
I used this book while researching service project ideas while leading Girl Scout troops for many years. A good resource.
Excerpt from the back cover:
Inside you will find dozens of projects for you, your family, your business, your school to engage in to help in various ways. From tutoring homelss children to donating used appliances to recently resettled families; from having a food drive at your church or club to learning how to best respond to and understand homeless people you may come in contact with, you can make a difference.
Excerpt from the back cover:
Inside you will find dozens of projects for you, your family, your business, your school to engage in to help in various ways. From tutoring homelss children to donating used appliances to recently resettled families; from having a food drive at your church or club to learning how to best respond to and understand homeless people you may come in contact with, you can make a difference.
Review Date: 3/6/2009
The pictures are with older uniforms and pre-petals, but the stories are still nice to use with a group. The part with the story of Juliette Low can be used with many age groups.
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