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Get Out of That Pit: Straight Talk about God's Deliverance
Beth Moore
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Get out of the pit!
I really enjoyed this book. It laid out in a simple format the different types of pits in life. They are...
(1) The one's people push us into.
(2) The one's we accidently fall into ourselves.
(3) The one's we fall into deliberatly ourselves.
No matter which ...
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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)
Valorie Schaefer
American Girl, 1998
Where Was This Book When I Was Growing Up?
The Care & Keeping of You:
The Body Book for Girls
Where was this book when I was growing up? What a great book for girls.
As a mother of three girls and a grandmother of four girls, I give thumbs up to The Care & Keeping of You.
I began reading this book ...
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami
Knopf, 2008
Brilliant, Beautiful
I did not know Murakami's work at all before I purchased this book. I saw it in the running section at a bookstore and decided to give it a read. As I was purchasing the book the sales staff got very excited- turns out they were all huge fans. One person had even done ...
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Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the ...
Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann
Harper, 2008
Fleeced
Dick Morris pointed out a lot of problems that needed to changed in this country. My take is John McCain is the one that can get a lot of these changes done.
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What to Say When you Talk To Yourself
Shad Helmstetter
Pocket, 1990
One of the most important books you'll ever read!
Lot's of experts tell you that self-talk is important for success & happiness. Shad Helmstetter explains why, clearly and with rational scientific support.
More important: He delivers clear and simple steps to help change the way you talk to your self to realize ...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Not heartwarming... in a good way.
Before reading this book, I very much thought from the title (and because at the time I did not know who David Sedaris is)that it would be a "heart wrenching tale" about some child who is physically unable to speak or doesn't have access to a decent education. It was ...
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Collins Living, 1999
Best ideas for dealing with difficult situations
I thought this book would apply only for older children, but I've found several techniques that already apply and WORK with my 2 1/2 year old child. I love the way the book is organized and I love how it really gives many specific examples of how to apply the methods ...
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Walking with God: Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really.
John Eldredge
Thomas Nelson, 2008
Super Book, My Favorite on the Topic
I have read a few books on hearing God but this one is my favorite. It is super and such an encouragement.
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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Leil Lowndes
McGraw-Hill, 2003
Get what it aims to do done
For those of you who are looking to improve the quality of your communication and relationships this is one of the books for you. However I'd recommend starting with How To Win Friends and Influence People by: Dale Carnegie. As Lowndes states in the intro of her book, ...
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Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning
Kerry Kennedy
Crown, 2008
Faithful Catholics will want to avoid this one
Anyone who loves the Catholic Church will be distressed by this book.
Kerry Kennedy, who collected these essays, writes she has a friend who endured "a sermon that amounted to a frontal assault on gay men's and women's rights"(p xxix). While she says she ...
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The Fine Art of Small Talk: How To Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills -- and Leave ...
Debra Fine
Hyperion, 2005
"The Fine Art of Small Talk" is the real thing!
"The Fine Art of Small Talk" is the real thing. Accept no substitutions.
Do you dread networking events, meeting new people, hospitality suites and business related social events? That's the question author Debra Fine poses on her Web site.
Let me answer the ...
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Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, New Edition
Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, ...
McGraw-Hill, 2002
Truly Amazing!
Heard from a friend about baby signing, didn't think that it worked until I tried it. This book gives you the basic idea of what, when and how. Good book easy to understand.
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How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation
Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey
Jossey-Bass, 2002
Finally Understanding Change Resistance as Useful Information
Imagine getting so much perspective on habits you're not happy about that you can actually keep your commitments to yourself. Using language structure as both the diagnostic and the cure, Kegan and Lahey offer up a fresh guide to creating sustainable change.
While ...
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What's the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys
Laurie Krasny Brown
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2000
Birds + Bees + Kids Pick!
A great book for kids 5 and under, it covers the basic information kids need to know about how babies are made, okay/not okay touches and families. Its fun cartoon illustrations make it an engaging read for the preschool set.
I love the drawings of naked boys and ...
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Sweet Talk
Susan Mallery
HQN Books, 2008
Sweet intro to the Sweet series
Child prodigy turned world renowned pianist Claire Keyes receives a distressing call from her estranged sister Jesse advising that her twin Nicole needs her assistance after surgery. Claire hasn't talked with either sister for years, but a bout with panic attacks and a ...
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