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Just Like That
Karin Kallmaker
Manufacturer: Bella Books
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Syrah Ardani tried independence - but the call of the Napa Valley hills and rolling vineyards of her family's winery have brought her home again. She is content with her ordered world until she learns that her father's feckless management has put Ardani Vineyards into receivership.
Corporate turnaround specialist Toni Blanchard's arrival is preceded by tales of her slash-and-burn techniques. Determined to meet this soulless corporate raider head on, Syrah proudly prepares to do battle for her home and family business.
Toni has reason to retreat from a high-pressure Manhattan lifestyle, not the least of which is a bitter break up. She's been told that Syrah Ardani is attractive and single, but Toni never mixes business and pleasure.
Toni's father wants her to save his old friend from bankruptcy. The court has appointed her to safeguard the creditors. The creditors clamor for a quick sale and payment. The beautifuland hostileSyrah wants Toni off her land and out of her life.
Their clashes smolder with distrust and resentment, but also threaten to light a completely different kind of fire. Most dangerous of all is the one thing Toni can't controlthe way her heart reacts when Syrah looks at her
just like that.
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Double romance.......2006-07-28
Ohhhh...Kallmaker does it again. A 5 star awesome novel.
In this novel, we find Syrah (named after the wine) trying to assist her father from losing their vineyard and business. Since his business' credit has been maxed, the creditors are sending in someone to assist her father in making good solid judgements with his business.
Syrah doesn't want the axe man to come, but he cometh in the form of Toni Blanchard. Toni's beautiful, competent, smart and also happens to be the daughter of Syrah's father's college roommate.
As Syrah and Toni do battle over business and bookkeeping, Syrah's friend Jane (tough butchie looking for love in all the wrong places) also gets hooked by the love bug.
Pick it up and you won't be able to put it down.
This One is to Savor.......2006-07-06
This the 17th outing for Kallmaker, and she brings us something new. This is the story of Syrah, born with grapes in her DNA. And Toni, a businesswoman who works for stockholders and courts and essentially tells companies how to restructure their businesses and then walks away. When Toni is asked to look at Syrah's family vineyard, she discovers that while she likes Syrah's father, he is a poor businessman. What will Toni find when she goes through the books?
Kallmaker slowly builds the attraction between Syrah and Toni as she explains the business of winemaking to the reader. Each character is well-written as are the minor characters - Jane, Syrah's best friend; Missy, Toni's best friend; Mira, Toni's ex and the woman you love to hate; and Caroline, the avaricious sister of Missy.
This is a traditional lesbian romance, and is to today's romances as cozies are to mysteries. It is well worth the read if for no other reason than the reader will learn something about making wine while enjoying a romance.
Love at Second Sight.......2006-01-02
A thoughtful friend gave me this latest Karin Kallmaker novel for Christmas - signed no less! - and it was a true delight to read. Pride & Prejudice is one of those books I know I *ought* to have read, but I haven't. Since it's apparently the birthplace of the romance novel - and the blueprint from which Just Like That was developed - I think I have to read it.
There were plenty of twists and turns in the story. I knew all along that somehow Toni would save the day, but exactly how was a surprise. I knew that Toni would declare herself in love with Syrah but sat there with my mouth hanging open when Syrah threw every word back in Toni's face. Syrah and Toni struggle to understand each other, and both of them are more than willing to let their pride and their misconceptions flourish.
Meanwhile, Jane and Missy, in beautiful contrast, take one look and fall madly in love. Everything goes easily - well, until well-meaning friends get in the way. At one point Syrah says that looking at their happiness felt like it was breaking her heart, since her own eluded her.
The prose of this tale is easy and rich. Others have of course compared it to wine, which is natural, so I won't. Even though it's the perfect comparison. The story comes to the reader without a lot of effort, but thoughtful consideration of the intricacies of the emotions involved, as well as the structured metaphors of nature, only deepened the pleasure for me.
I think my favorite scene was when Toni accidentally catches Syrah and Jane skinnydipping - the layers to all of that exchange are wonderful with Syrah angry for the dust settling on the grapes from Toni's thoughtless driving and Toni hardly listening as she contemplates Syrah's half-covered bum. And the visual of the Sophia-Lorenesque Syrah in nothing but a wet T-shirt...pure eye candy. Be still my libido!
I can't wait for Karin's next book - every single one is a different iteration of the lesbian romance novel, each a gem in its own right, often for different reasons. It wasn't that long ago I thought romance novels had nothing to offer a sophisticated reader. I was wrong. I admit it. This is pure romance and I think I'll read Pride & Prejudice very soon.
Kinda Bummed.......2006-01-01
I went into this book knowing how it was going to end because as with all of her books you know going into it how it is going to end (a perk indeed when it comes to me and "trashy lesbian romance novels"). The premise was amazingly good...it caught and kept my attention. I just found that with this particular book it lagged a bit more than in books past. I understand that suspending disbelief is one of the HUGE attractions of a great romance book...(believe me...I get and appreciate that..just ask my girlfriend or my bookcase stuffed with books) I just after getting to the declaration of love found myself rolling my eyes a bit and wondering...how is this at ALL possible when you have less time together than it could even take someone to fall into complete lust?? The girls in the movie "Better than Chocolate" spent more time together before their declaration (ok..perhaps its a close tie)
This book does have some great moments like the entire party scene and the stargazing scene and I by no means wish to stray people away from this book completely. Karin is a great writer and in the romance department I can't write a novel even a quarter as great. I would just say that she has a great collection of books, and if you are looking for a big bang introduction this is not the one I would wade into first.
Why do I read Karin Kallmaker?.......2005-12-17
Friends ask why I prefer her work over most of the other lesbian fiction writers out there, and by the time I'm done explaining they're not listening any more. I read a variety of writers, too, and there are many good ones out there, to be sure. But Kallmaker is easily my favorite, and here in Just Like That is the perfect example of why.
When Syrah and Toni leave dinner together, after what neither of them will admit is a date, we know they are probably headed for a sexual encounter. Many writers can competently get the two women into bed, the sex will happen and on goes the story. Kallmaker, however, layers the scene between Syrah and Toni with other elements an attentive reader can appreciate, elements that deepen the conflict and shed light on the nature of the two women and what they would bring to the eventual relationship we hope they will forge.
To open the possibility of privacy, on the drive home, Syrah suggests taking the back roads. On the surface, that's a simple writer's choice to deepen the intimacy. But the back roads lead through the vineyards of Syrah's family, the land that she labors in and loves. To enter, Syrah herself gets out and opens the gate. Metaphorically, she actively invites Toni into her private world, one full of green and life and perhaps even magic starlight that a jaded New Yorker can feel.
While the subtlety of the place might escape Toni, the pull of sensual nature - and Syrah's marked sensuality when in her fields - is powerful. It's the always-in-control Toni who is overwhelmed and Syrah who gives, eagerly and naturally, the pleasure. She's in her element and has let Toni in - for the moment.
When Toni tries to return the pleasure, however, Syrah is spooked. Could it be because Toni is offering only her body and not her inner self? Could it be that Syrah senses that there is no place - yet - that touches Toni's soul the way the vineyards touch Syrah's? These questions and insecurities are embedded into the sexual exchange, not tacked on after - that's the magic Kallmaker creates. Toni, so rich and eligible, abruptly finds herself the one who is bankrupt in the things that Syrah values.
Many readers will fly through this scene because it's hot - they are after all doing it on the hood of a car under a starlit sky. Kallmaker knows how to turn up the steam in a love scene but she never stops there.
Certainly, the deeper levels in the scene are not essential to understanding the plot or being wholly satisfied by the ending, but for the people who ask me why Karin Kallmaker is my favorite - and in my opinion one of the best lesbian fiction writers out there - that's why.
Her work is as deep or as simple as the reader wants to make it. I read her for depth and have never been disappointed at the skillful and insightful way she writes about women, lesbians and the nature of trust and love.
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- Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You: When You feel Like the World's Voted You Off
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Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You: When You feel Like the World's Voted You Off
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A Self-Help Spoof for the Life Impaired
Right here in this book store, you can find hundreds of them -- self-help books. They tell you how to improve your finances, lose weight, age gracefully, and influence people. But even after reading all those books, you're still a mess. It can only mean one thing: maybe life's just not that into you.
Once you open you mind to this possibility, you can quit beating yourself up. It's all about attitude. It's about the find art of whining. It's about losing your shirt, but keeping your dignity. It's about being dull and boring, but making it work for you. It's about losing friends and influencing nobody. It's about just saying no to dieting because, well, let's be honest, carbs just taste good.
A hilarious, good-natured spoof on more that fifty self-help books, this book will leave you feeling better about who you are and laughing your way to becoming the person God created you to be.
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Don't Be Deceived .......2007-10-05
I run a small church in Selma, Alabama and I'm feeling the sickness of the devil. For any Christian who is tempted to purchase this book believing that it portrays any Christian values as Ms. Eggett suggests, the absolute opposite is true. This book is a dark, mean-spirited mockery of all that Christians hold dear. It is absolutely awful, unfunny, mean and written without heart. Do not fall into temptation by wasting your hard-earned money on this vile excuse for a book. You have every right to read what you wish but this is one of the most anti-Christian tomes that I have ever tried to suffer through.
Funny.......2007-09-24
Admit it... you read all those popular so-called self-help books and put their advices, exercises, recommendations, suggestions, plans, ideas, mantras, meditations, visualizations, affirmations, prayers to work only to find that none of that silliness works, and then you turned to this book and had a NECESSARY GOOD OL' LAUGH!... I admit it.
Absolutley Awful! .......2007-09-13
I really give this book NO stars.
This was the dumbest book I have ever read. By reading the reviews of this book before I bought it-it sounded like it would be really funny. It is soooo disappointing, I couldn't finish reading it. Wish I could return it! It's going right into the charity box.
VERY FUNNY.......2007-09-03
There was a lot to like about this book beginning with the concept. A book that rakes self help books over the proverbial coals is a premise you'd think would have been done long ago.
With that concept, the laughs come easy. As an occasional reader of Tony Robbins I found the chapter mocking his "The Giant Within" ("The Behemoth Within") to be hysterical, and the funniest thing I've read in a while. (In the chapter sending up the book, "Tony Robbins" is a giant of a man who lives in a run down tiny apartment so small he has to sleep with his feet extending into the apartment building corridor.) I also liked the scathing send ups of "The Rules" "Who Moved My Cheese", and "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" the latter a sanctimonious, patronizing financial advice book that was ripe for parody. The book correctly portrays self improvement authors as a group of vain men & women who love to put phony "Dr" credentials in front of their name and refer to themselves in first person.
I also loved the parodies of those little "positive affirmations" books with their piffy little positive thought balloons. Also the brilliant, hard hitting mockery of "Maybe He's Just Not That Into You" when all a guy has to do is sneeze for the authors to shout "dump that loser" had me laughing.
The reviews for this book are all over the map, proving how subjective comedy is. But if you're a halfway well read person who has a basic understanding of what a self improvement book is, you will LOVE this book. Also if you're a fan of satire, specifically movies like "Spinal Tap", and "Best of Show" you will love this book.
My only complaint is that some of the diagrams were a little bland. But the text sparkles.
Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You: When You feel Like the World's Voted You Off.......2007-09-02
Read lots of reviews before buying this. Cannot believe anyone would think this is a self help book or even a spoof on a self help book. The best thing about this book is the title. If you like real inane humor then this book is for you. Comparing it to the humor of Woody Allen or Gary Larsen is like comparing the Ritz Carlton to Days Inn. The humor is so corny that it brought back memories of the Three Stooges. If anyone wants this book I'd be glad to send it to them free just to get rid of it.
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On-the-go Instrction Because your time is valuable... All Audio All on the go! Beginning level instruction is presented in an all-audio format on 4 digitally-recorded CDs. You have the opportunity to learn on the go, taking advantage of time normally wasted. Study in your car, while exercising, doing yard work anywhere you can safely listen to a CD player. No accompanying books are needed to help you complete the lesson activities. Why can t learning be fun? It can! Linguaphone has chosen to present the allTalk series in an entertaining, soap-opera format. No dry old teacher with a monotone voice putting you to sleep, you follow the adventures of a visitor to a Spanish-speaking country as she interacts with individuals in a variety of interesting situations, learning the language and beginning to understand the culture. Actually learn the language Tired of spending money on language courses that don t work? Did you ever think the problem could be with the course and not you? With Linguaphone s unique learning sequence: Listen, Understand, Speak, you will find yourself actually using the language in no time at all! You are presented with a unit of the language, it is then broken down and explained to you, then you put it back together with greater understanding than just repeating what you may not have understood in the first place. . . . and learn it well! The all Talk methodology not only teaches well, but will have you speaking and understanding basic spoken Spanish in no time at all. Other popular all-audio courses require four times the cds, four times the money and four times the time to do what Linguaphone s allTalk Basic does with 4-one hour CDs.
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- I'm delighted to have poetry published in this edition
- Margery Wynne is surely a Sister of My Heart!
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You're Just Like a Sister to Me: Poems Celebrating the Special Friendships That Women Share (Friendship)
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"I can barely even begin to tell you how much you touch my soul, raise my hopes, and inspire my smiles. Maybe the best way to convey it is to lovingly try and say that you've always been and you will always be
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There are some friends you can tell anything to, and you know they'll understand. These are the kind of friends that you can always count on to be there for you. They are the ones that you can be yourself with, that you enjoy spending time with, and that you trust with your heart. For women especially, good friends like these are more than just friends... they're family.
This book is a touching thank-you to the exceptional friends in women's lives. It's a lasting expression of appreciation for all the times they've been there... to listen, to lend a shoulder, to inspire a dream, or just to laugh and talk with over a cup of coffee. It's a heartwarming collection of some of the most beautiful poems ever written commemorating the memory-filled moments that women share. And it's a beautiful and lasting way to let a special friend know that she is thought of... like a sister.
"You're the friend who means so much to me, the one I'm thinking of right now, the one who feels like family in my heart." - Barbara J. Hall
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I'm delighted to have poetry published in this edition.......2001-02-05
Blue Mountain Arts anthologies are beautiful, inspirational and capable of pulling people closer! That is the thing that makes them so special. I especially love this one - naturally, because my poetry appears within! I'm honored to have poetry published with Blue Mountain Arts and can't offer this volumn enough praise! The poets who contribute to the pages of Blue Mountain Arts anthologies are insightful, sensitive souls who I forever enjoy reading!
Margery Wynne is surely a Sister of My Heart!.......1998-07-27
Having read many of Margery's poems on her website, I was thrilled to see that others will share in her insightful work.
I believe that she truly is a "Sister of My Heart"
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- Richie's Picks: JUST LIKE THAT
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Things change so suddenly. One day Hanna has a long-term boyfriend; the next she realizes she doesn't have strong feelings for him and breaks up. One day Hanna trusts her two best friends completely; the next, all of that trust is toppled. One day she feels rooted in a family and a community; the next she begins to question everything, including herself. And when Hanna meets a guy named Will, things are suddenly more complicated than ever. Just like that.Marsha Qualey is known for her characters full of heart and substance people whom you feel you know, people whom you almost wish you could be. Hanna is such a character, and this story of a pivotal season in her life will remind readers of Sarah Dessen's novelsinsightful, addictive, and real.
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Richie's Picks: JUST LIKE THAT.......2005-12-05
From the Associated Press, November 26, 2005:
"CEDAR GROVE, Wis. - The deaths of two children and a man who broke through frozen ponds in southeastern Wisconsin have led officials to warn of the dangers of skating or driving on early winter's thin ice."
Just like that, the horror of the headlines plunged me right back into the tense, cold memory of Marsha Qualey's JUST LIKE THAT, a story of broken hearts and frozen secrets:
"Snowmobiles and ATVs were illegal in the city parks, but that didn't ever stop people from tearing down streets and over the lakes when there was fresh snow. A sinewy cloud of breath shot out of my mouth as I swore at the disturbance. I stood up, ready to stalk away so I could be alone with my bad mood. A four-wheeler raced past me toward the lake. Its bright headlight cut a swath out of the darkness. There were two people on the vehicle. More happy lovers, no doubt. I'd ventured out tonight to purge my head of thoughts of romance and look what I'd run into. The ATV sped over a snowbank at the edge of the ice and rode the air for a few feet. When it landed, the passenger tumbled off. The driver immediately cut the engine. A girl laughed and shouted, 'I love you Derek!' I sat back down. The movement must have caught her eye because she called out, 'Friend or foe?' They laughed at her wit in a merry tenor-soprano duet. Before I could answer 'Foe,' they sped off again. Then they made a sharp turn and came toward me, angling away at the last minute and stopping with a spray of snow that missed me by inches. 'It's our one-year anniversary!' the girl said. 'Here's a present in reverse! Find someone and have fun!' An unwrapped condom landed on my lap."
In dealing with the thoughts surrounding her having broken up with her longtime boyfriend, eighteen year-old high schooler and aspiring artist Hanna Martin impulsively takes a chilly midnight stroll and finds herself on a bench at the edge of frozen Lake Calhoun. And so Hanna is in no mood for the young couple's antics. She ignores her impulse, and neglects to warn the young lovers that a pair of skiiers had just come off the ice and had made totally sure that Hanna had no intention to go out on the lake, which the skiiers found insufficently frozen to be safe. Little does Hanna Martin realize, stuck in her own thoughts, that she will be the last person to see the ATV couple alive. The girl's frozen body is found the next morning at the edge of the lake, to where she had dragged herself before succumbing. The boy's body is later recovered out in the middle of the lake.
Just like that, they're gone. In coping with her role in the tragedy, about which she says nothing to family or friends, Hanna repeatedly returns to the pond, where she keeps spotting a young man who clearly must have a connection to the young couple. First, she draws him. Then she tracks him down and meets him. The young man, Will Walker, turns out to be the one to have discovered the girl's body. And the secrets surrounding Will--beginning with the fact that his father is the local Congressman--caused the young man to anonymously notify police about his discovery.
Through her getting to know and becoming involved with Will while sharing with him her feelings surrounding the dead teenagers, Hanna Martin will find herself immersed in his family's multiplicity of secrets and will become estranged from her longtime friends.
As Will tells her, "My family's close. We don't let a lot of outsiders in, not like we used to, but anyone who gets near us tends to get sucked in pretty good."
Just like that, Hanna Martin's entire life is scrambled. And there is little that Hanna can do to move on until she overcomes that belief that she has sole responsibility for what happened at the lake.
Marsha Qualey's JUST LIKE THAT is a bone-achingly cold, honest, and memorable tale of life after tragedy.
best one yet, Marsha.......2005-08-17
This was a wonderful book. I felt like I was right there in Minneapolis, in the cold winter. The author really brought home the feelings that come with betrayal and forgiveness. I would recommend it to any teenager.
The story of how a girl's life changes after witnessing a tragic accident.......2005-08-12
High school senior Hanna is having a bad day --- she's just broken up with her boyfriend, and no one seems to understand why she would dump such a perfect guy. Confused and sleepless, she heads out for a midnight walk on a brutally cold Minnesota winter night. As she sits by the lake feeling sorry for herself, she witnesses what she later realizes is the lead-up to a deadly accident, a tragedy she's convinced she could have prevented.
As artistic Hanna revisits the scene of the accident to sketch out her feelings, she notices another solitary visitor to the site. Soon she discovers that another person, Will, is hiding his own secret about that terrible night. United by their role in the tragedy, Will and Hanna develop an immediate physical and emotional attraction. Soon, though, Hanna discovers that Will is hiding more about himself than she had expected.
Before Hanna realizes Will's secret, though, she's already gotten inextricably involved with his large, emotionally intense family. Hanna, who is an only child being raised by her widowed mother, is attracted by Will's passionate, close-knit family, especially by his older sister Aerin, who is recovering from her own tragedy. Hanna's exposure to this new kind of family inspires her to seek out the truth about her own family roots.
Marsha Qualey's novels for young adults always seem to avoid the kinds of clichéd plots that can mar much fiction for teens. An examination of Hanna's guilt over the death of two teenagers could have deteriorated into a simplistic expose of survivor's guilt. Instead, though, Qualey delves into the complexities of Hanna's reactions; she explores the impact on Hanna's friendships, on her academic work, on her artistic expression, and on her close relationship with her mother. The weakest aspect of the novel is the brief "What Happens Next?" epilogue, which ties up plot ends a little too conveniently and simplistically for what is, in all other respects, a challenging and complex portrayal of an intelligent and complicated young woman.
--- Reviewed by Norah Piehl
Read That Now.......2005-06-17
Just Like That explores the story of a teenage girl named Hanna. After breaking up with her boyfriend, she thinks she'll have a quiet moment to herself, sitting near the frozen-over lake late at night. She sees a slightly older couple, who urge her to come with them to be safe. She stays put. They warn her about the thin ice and depart. Shortly thereafter, a couple about her age drives by on an ATV, loud and giddy, teasing her. Lonely and cranky, she doesn't pass on the warning about the ice.
The next morning, she hears about their deaths on the news. She realizes she was the last person to see them alive - and that she might have been able to prevent their deaths. But she doesn't tell anyone that she was there, not even her mother, not even her two best friends.
And things start to change.
Soon, Hanna meets Will, someone else tied in with that night's events. She gets involved with him rather quickly. Just as quickly, she finds herself drawn into a family with hearts on their sleeves and skeletons in their closet.
Just Like That is highly realistic dramatic fiction in the vein of Sarah Dessen - and that is a high compliment coming from me. It is a must-read book for anyone looking for a poignant story with true-to-life, flawed characters. When I make my top books of the year selections in December, Just Like That is sure to be high on the list.
Beautiful and Complex.......2005-05-20
After becoming entangled in the accidental deaths of two local teenagers, Hannah Martin leans on her art for support. Then she meets Will, perhaps the only other person who understands her. In their confusion, they seek comfort in one another, but Will is hiding a secret that will tear them apart.
Just Like That is a novel of great characters. Hannah is so real, she could be your best friend (or more realistically, the girl you hardly notice on the bus). Will, with his innocence and hope, broke my heart just a little bit. However, it is his sister Aerin that steals the show. Years after her entire band was infamously killed in a car accident, Aerin is depressed and has withdrawn from the spotlight. Her acid tongue, fierce determination and desire for a place to call home make her one of the novel's strongest characters.
With Just Like That, Marsha Qualey has constructed a beautiful and complex novel about need, guilt, comfort and trust. I would recommend this to any teen girl looking for a well-written book full of emotional depth and great characters.
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Letters & Memos Just Like That (Skillpath Self-Study Sourcebook)
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4 Books - 1) - HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU: No-Excuses Truth Understanding Guys (Greg Behrendt) / 2) Getting the Love You Want (Harville Hendrix) / 3) Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus (John Grey) / 4) Mars and Venus in the Bedroom (John Grey) (Unboxed Set of Dating/Relationships Advice Books by Various Authors)
Greg Behrendt ,
Liz Tuccillo ,
John Grey ,
John Gray , and
Harville Hendrix
Manufacturer: various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000W5MMHC |
Product Description
4 Books - 1) - HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU: No-Excuses Truth Understanding Guys (Greg Behrendt) / 2) Getting the Love You Want (Harville Hendrix) / 3) Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus (John Grey) / 4) Mars and Venus in the Bedroom (John Grey) (Unboxed Set of Dating/Relationships Advice Books by Various Authors), in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one
package to save on shipping costs.
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BAD (Behaviour) BEHAVIOR: Werewolf Game; Just Lather That's All; Girl Who Loved Graveyards; Why Herbert Killed His Mother; The Dare; Death of the Right Fielder; Lucky Dip; The Gun; Bless This House; Like a Bug on a Windshield; Revenge; Framing Game
Mary Higgins (editor) (Mauricio Jose Schwarz; Hernando Tellez; P. D. James; Winifred Holtby; Carol Ellis; Stuart Dybek; Liza Cody; Ann Carol; Christianna Brand; Lawrence Block; Samuel Blas; Paul Bishop; Thomas Adcock; M. E. Kerr; M. D. Lake) Clark
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace and World
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Clark, Carol Higgins
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ASIN: B000NRT7XG |
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Bert and the Broken Teapot ~ Just Like Ernie! ~ That Makes Me Angry! (Sesame Street Growing-Up Book)
Anthony Best
Manufacturer: Golden Press/Western Publishing Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Sesame Street
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ASIN: B000OTA5D4 |
Product Description
Parents trust Sesame Street to help guide their children through important learning experiences. With understanding, reassurance, and humor, Sesame Street Growing-Up Books present stories about the challenges children face in growing up.
Hardcover books by Golden Press have large colorful illustrations of all the Sesame Street Muppets and their adventures.
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I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad .) The Jolson Story
Harry Von Tilzer
Manufacturer: Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OWYJKG |
Books:
- Labyrinth
- Lost Girls
- Lost in the Forest
- Magic Tree House Boxed Set 2, Books 5-8: Night of the Ninjas, Afternoon on the Amazon, Sunset of the Sabertooth, and Midnight on the Moon
- March: A Novel
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Message in a Bottle
- Mirror Mirror: A Novel
- Night Fall
- Night Watch
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