books about: acquaintance

books about: acquaintance

books:

Acquaintance

Gigi, Julie de Carneilha, and Chance Acquaintances: Three Short Novels

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001

Collected Stories By A French Master
Gabrielle Colette died in 1954. She is most famous for writing "Gigi" which became a Broadway musical and Oscar winning film. Gabrielle was a talented, gifted writer, with aesthetic skills and a charming perception of humans, particularily the society she grew up in ...

APHC Christmas: With Garrison Keillor & Hundreds of Friends & Acquaintances (Lake Wobegon)

Highbridge Audio, 1995

A Prairie Home Christmas
I originally bought this CD as a gift but was curious enough that I opened it and played it. I love it. Obviously, I'm keeping that copy and buying another! I am from the Midwest and haven't been back for Christmas in years. Garrison Keillor's wit and homespun stories, ...

Sexual Assault on the College Campus: The Role of Male Peer Support
Martin Schwartz, Walter DeKeseredy

Sage Publications, Inc, 1997

"I can?t imagine anyone living or working with adolescents and young adults without being aware of the material in this book. A must read for educators, health providers, student personnel, administrators, the clergy, campus security, and even parents." --Mary P. Koss, The Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona "My overall response ...

A Man in Full

Tom Wolfe

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

Wolfe at his best!
I've read this book many times - it's a masterpiece in every sense of the word, like all of Wolfe's other novels. No other writer that I can think of makes his characters *come to life* the way Wolfe does! I feel like I KNOW the men he's talking about. Like David ...

Sex, Power, Conflict: Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectives

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

Sexual harassment in the workplace, date rape, and domestic violence dominate the headlines and have recently sparked scholarly debates about the nature of the sexes. Concurrently, the scientific community is conducting research in topics of sex and gender issues. Indeed, more research is being done on the topics of sexual conflict and coercion ...

An Acquaintance with Darkness (Great Episodes)

Ann Rinaldi

Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2005

Through the Eyes of a Civil War Orphan..
Emily Pigbush is an orphan. In the first few chapters of the book, she loses her mother, and her father is long gone from the war.She is left to live with her best friend Annie, the daughter of Mary Surratt.That night, there is a great outcry in the city of Washington, ...

A Kind of Acquaintance: A Kavanagh and Salt Mystery (Severn House British Mysteries (Paperback))
David Armstrong

Severn House Publishers, 2008

An atmospheric crime novel from a prize-winning author - DI Frank Kavanagh, along with his lover and colleague DC Jane Salt, is undertaking a routine inquiry into the murder of Sarah Clement, a once successful novelist. But the case is complicated when the owner of a bed-and-breakfast close to the canal where Sarahs body was discovered is also ...

Truman Capote

George Plimpton

Nan A. Talese, 1997

TRUMAN
Honestly, Capote would have loved this book, he loved the subject above all others. Ths late Plimpton does a fine job getting many of Capote's friends and admirors, as well as detractors, to give an insightful look at this singular man. Capote was complex and ...

George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, ...

Random House, 2008

Getting it Right
Nelson Aldrich, already a noted and perceptive writer, has done a marvellous job of creating this oral history of George Plimpton whom he knew well all his life. There are so many interviews with people who had disparate contacts, opinions, and experiences with George, ...

I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape

Robin Warshaw

Harper Paperbacks, 1994

This book is very helpful
Having looked at numberous books on the subject of rape and how to react if you or a loved one is raped, I have determined this to be the best book. When I went to the library, the other books there talked about the aftermath of rape, especially discussing long-term ...

Beauty Restored: Finding Life and Hope after Date Rape

Me Ra Koh

Regal Books, 2001

No Matter How Dark Your Pain May Feel, MeRa Offers Hope
MeRa's allegories describe the shame, loneliness and pain that I have felt, yet was unable to express...she also shows us the creative side of a loving and gentle God. I was moved by her first chapter where Jesus enters her dungeon of shame and darkness...and sits with ...

Elementaria: First Acquaintance with Orff-Schulwerk

Schott, 1984

how, but not why
I am tempted to give this book a 6, since it is considered the bible of the Orff-Schulwerk approach. Sure enough, it gives complete instructions on how to set up an instrumental ensemble, how to play the instruments, and how to teach the gross motor activity. In ...

When Violence Is No Stranger

Kristen J. Leslie

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002

A great resource for caregivers
This book offers great insights into the problems of acquaintance rape. It provides a thorough overview of the problem, reflects critically on four cases, looks at theological implications (psycho-spiritual dimension), and concludes with practical suggestions on ways ...

The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances

Peter S. Beagle

Tachyon Publications, 2003

And Now, Live From New York, It's Pliny The Elder...
This is an odd little collection of sundry works spanning a long period in Peter S. Beagle's career. I read on average two fiction books a year (I read mostly technical nonfiction), but was so intrigued by the title of this book, that I purchased it for some light ...

I Am My Own Best Casual Acquaintance: And Other Cosmic Half-Firmations

Shanti Goldstein

Contemporary Books, 1993

Hilarious! Won't let you take self-help too seriously.
A collection of "half-firmations" which will open your eyes and make you laugh at your problems. Some of these have been making the rounds of the internet recently (Summer 1997), without proper attribution -- get a copy of this wonderful little book to get the whole ...