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The authors integrate cooperative learning with competitive and individualistic learning by providing guidelines for managing critical issues such as teaching social skills, assessing competencies and involvement, and resolving conflict among group members.
Each type of learning is clearly defined; the advantages and disadvantages of each are covered; and the research is analyzed to illuminate the conditions under which each should be used.
Pre-service and in-service teachers with an interest in cooperative learning and teaching methods.
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Anything couldn't be better for introduction.......2000-04-04
Now I'm developing smart agents to guide students learning while working together. This book has been a good refernce for me. I am sure it will be good for you, too. It can be your great introduction to cooperative learning for reviewing details of good cooperation and bad competition and systemic approaches to them.
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When the Beatles spilt in 1970, John Lennon and Paul McCartney each created a new body of work as they defined their individual styles. This book examines their growing confidence and the highs and lows of their careers via a careful and entertaining examination of their every major record release from the 1960s to today. A must for every music student and Beatles fan, with lots of info for collectors (release dates, catalog numbers, credits, etc.). Includes cool photos throughout and a detailed index.
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Comprehensive but only somewhat compelling.......2007-08-04
First comment: I hate the hideous cover photo of Lennon and McCartney morphed together. Freakish. Fire the art director.
More relevant: this is a thick book, chock full of info, and accounted for an interesting afternoon or two. Part of the problem is that it discussed the relevance of particular lyrics, but doesn't include the songs' full lyrics. So I found that I had to go to Google to get the full stories behind the songs--which was why I bought the book.
The other unfortunate part--which the author can't do anything about--is that I obviously wanted to immediately hear the songs--or snippets of the songs--as I was reading about them, either to refresh my memory or because I hadn't heard them before. So you either need to read this next to your stereo--with a full McCartner & Lennon collection at hand--or while on Amazon (to hear snippets for free). That's not a fault of the book, simply the limitations of the medium.
Bottom line, a book about music is a tricky and not entirely fulfilling proposition. But on the whole it's a useful and interesting book; John Blaney has done a nice job.
A 'must' for any collection serious about a full representation of the Beatles' works........2007-07-08
The songwriting partnership of Lennon/McCartney is one of the most popular of all time and formed the foundation of the Beatles' sound and evolution: but this focus is on their independent songwriting after they broke up, and offers important assessments of their work both within and outside the Beatles. Collectors will appreciate the facts on release dates, catalogue numbers, composer credits and technical recording information, while Blaney's critical analysis and lively style peppers quotes from the songwriters along with insights. Sidebars of information accompany in-depth analysis of songs and the individual artists. A 'must' for any collection serious about a full representation of the Beatles' works.
An inexpensive alternative to his previous volumes.......2007-06-29
Mr. Blaney has previously written two excellent detailed song-by-song discocraphies, one on Lennon "Listen to this book" and one on McCartney "The songs he was singing". This new book "Together Alone" appears to be a slightly revised combination and abridgement of his two earlier titles, with somewhat less discographic detail. It is a cheaper, one-volume version, and as such is a very good buy. For those who already have the 2 earlier books, this new one is largely redundant.
Critical discography of Lennon & McCartney solo releases.......2007-06-23
Lennon & McCartney go together like peanut butter and jelly--they are complimentary but with distinct different flavors. John Blaney's critical discography will make fans both happy and mad--while he completely covers the duo's recorded output (to the time this was written after "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard")giving information on the recordings, trivia about the songs and how they charted, he also gives us his opinions some of which Beatles fans will disagree with. On the whole, though, Blaney is on the mark in his assessment of the strengths/weaknesses of their various songs and recordings.
For example, Blaney discusses Lennon's "Mind Games" assessing the final product as the type of bland music that Lennon thought fans and the record company might want. While that might be true of some of the material on "Mind Games" he also points to the stronger recordings/songs as well. Personally, I disagree with some of his critical assessments of the songs on "Mind Games" but he makes strong, valid points for his opinions. As with "Mind Games", Blaney is equally unforgiving of McCartney's "Red Rose Speedway" which he basically suggests is a half finished album lacking cohesion and capable lyrics. Again, his assessment is often on target although one could argue with him about some of the songs on the album. There are a number of opinions here that while informed a Beatles-Lennon/McCartney critical fan would disagree with. The only major flaw with the book is numerous proof reading errors aside from that, Blaney's book is well thought out, argued and intelligently written (even if you do disagree with his opinions).
Blaney has done his research and whether or not you agree to disagree with him he has written an impressive book on the post-Beatles careers both men had. Like Bruce Spizer's books on The Beatles Capitol and Apple recordings, Blaney tries to be as exhaustive and accurate as possible. He also includes bits of trivia that even I wasn't aware of for example that "Jamrag" which is credited to Lennon and Ono was actually a Frank Zappa song called "King Kong" that the two credited to themselves on the "Sometime in New York City" album. While Lennon and Ono appear on the recording itself they had absolutely nothing to do with the song which Zappa had written before their onstage collaboration.
He even discusses McCartney's side projects such as "Thrillington" (and points out that while McCartney attacked arranger Richard Hewson's over-the-top arrangement for "The Long and Winding Road" he collaborated with Hewson to create "Thrillington" commissioning him to write the orchestral arrangements of the songs from "Ram"), The Firemen and Twin Freaks.
The book comes separate discographies for both Lennon and McCartney as well as a list of collaborations that both men did with other artists as songwriters/producers/performers. You may disagree with Blaney's opinion (or not)but he's done a marvelous job of cataloging both Lennon and McCartney's post-Beatles careers and putting them into perspective by discussing the circumstances that helped create the variuos albums they made.
Oh, and I think the cover is kind of cool. I've often felt that Lennon & McCartney were a perfect compliment to each other as songwriters and this is a visual that suggests that as well.
Musical Juggernauts.......2007-04-18
This is a book that all will love, from people just becoming familiar with the Beatles to inveterate fans and Beatle scholars. John Blaney is a gifted writer with a perceptive mind. He has included in his work many little known facts about the world's best song writing duo, John Lennon & Paul McCartney!
In addition to recognizing the talents of these musical juggernauts, Blaney lists Paul McCartney's charitable performances. He analyzes the songs of these brilliant lyricists and Paul McCartney's spiritual side which is reflected in some of his later works. For many years, George Harrison was credited as the Beatle who wrote of spiritual matters; while true, this is not to overlook that accomplishment in Paul McCartney.
This is a book that will be cherished by all Beatle fans and people who are interested in their music.
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New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky weaves a stunning, intricate, and beautiful tapestry of life, love, and acceptance, first published in 1995.
With their daughters off to college, the time has come for forever best friends Emily, Kay, and Celeste to redefine themselves as women. Once half of a perfect marriage -- still suffering from a terrible loss -- Emily hardly knows her workaholic husband, Doug, anymore, and is drawn instead to what is offered by a new neighbor. A dedicated teacher who loves her job, Kay is confused and troubled by husband John's unfamiliar demands. And Celeste, long-divorced and ecstatic with freedom, sees her electric new life dimmed when her child is endangered.
The precious secrets, desires, and needs they've hidden for years can be denied no longer. But first, three women must learn the hardest lesson of all: how to love themselves.
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Emily, Kay and Celeste have been best friends forever. Now, with their daughters away, they must redefine themselves as women. Emily, Kay and Celeste have been best friends forever. Their daughters are close, too, but all the girls are off to college now, and the mothers must redefine themselves as women. Emily, once half of the perfect marriage, hardly knows her workaholic husband Doug anymore. What she wants so badly from him is being offered by her new neighbor, a widower with heart, soul, and grit. Kay, a dedicated teacher, still loves her job, but her husband John is making unfamiliar demands of her, demands that confuse her and make her wonder about their future together. Celeste, long-divorced, is ecstatic with freedom. She searches for the perfect man, but when her daughter is endangered, her electric new life looks terribly dim. As the most precious parts they've hidden for years suddenly demand to be heard, these three women must learn to love themselves. A beautiful tapestry of life, love, and acceptance, Barbara Delinsky expertly interweaves these three stories in a glorious work that is at once moving, romantic, and real.
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Favorite Delinsky.......2005-10-23
This is one of my favorite books. The characters are real and believable. Through the story, I felt their pain, joy, sorrow, and passion. The plot has depth and it will be one you don't want to put down! If you like Barbara Delinsky, you will Love Together Alone.
Powerful and heartrending.......2004-01-10
This book is one of Delinsky's best. She has researched and written about a terrible crime that effects everyone in this country and probably worldwide: Child Abduction.
The mix of characters, a dishrag mother, Emily, whose life has been dominated and controlled by her husband, Doug, who has been punishing her for 19 years by abandoning her in the trumped up guise of needing to work extra long hours, days, months, and, naturally it involves excessive traveling. Doug is a rigid jerk who despises and loathes Emily for leaving their son in a car while running into a post office in their small town only to return and find the child gone. His dishonesty with Emily is a real gut wrencher.
There is a cast of good girl friends and a "renter" Brian, who is a cop with a 2 year old left in his care due to his wife dying in an accident. He puts the moves on Emily right away when he sees her husband has literally abandoned her. And she doesn't resist. The plot thickens when Jill, their only surviving child, away in Boston at college, observes her lying, cheating father on the door step of a townhome there embracing a woman and kissing a little boy. Jill lets her mother know in a very oblique way and this leads to the discovery by Emily of the facts.
Emily finally gets the guts to remedy the problem, yet it is very hard to identify with her in a truly sympathetic way especially after the desperately dependent Emily starts cheating with the renter Brian while her husband is away. Two wrongs do NOT make a right no matter how justified the author wants us to believe. Especially since this is a morality tale and the immorality of the characters cancels its impact.
There are enough subplots to keep the most demanding reader
engaged. I hated her self pity and morose self absorption. I really hated her betrayal of her marriage BEFORE she discovers her husband's cheating. It was very jarring and I wish the author had introduced Brian late in the story, after the unmasking of the duplicity of Doug to make it, perhaps, more decent. Otherwise it is a story of two cheating spouses grieving over a lost child. The ending is a non event. The crazy old neighbor woman Myra is not at all believable and in fact is massively annoying. To find that she has harbored the secret of the lost child's death is just too far fetched. But, the fact of the missing children theme is educational and well meant.
Enjoyed Every Minute!.......2003-07-08
I loved the story and the characters. Excellent buy.
One of the BEST stories I've read in a while!!.......2002-08-05
Oh, what can I say. Barb Delinsky has done it again. This book grabs you right from the beginning and doesn't let you go. You feel like you know the characters personnally. You don't want the book to end. You will even shed a few tears at the shocking ending. EXCELLENT!!
Excellent Book!.......2002-07-05
This book was such an inspiration! I couldn't put it down. The characters were so real and so true to life. This stuff can really happen to women today.
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Most observers agree that marriage in America has been changing. Some think it is in decline, that the growth of individualism has made it increasingly difficult to achieve satisfying and stable relationships. Others believe that changes, such as increasing gender equality, have made marriage a better arrangement for men as well as women.
Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years apart, this book takes a middle view, showing that while the divorce rate has leveled off, spouses are spending less time together--people may be "bowling alone" these days, but married couples are also eating alone. Indeed, the declining social capital of married couples--including the fact that couples have fewer shared friends--combined with the general erosion of community ties in American society has had pervasive, negative effects on marital quality.
At the same time, family income has increased, decision-making equality between husbands and wives is greater, marital conflict and violence have declined, and the norm of lifelong marriage enjoys greater support than ever.
The authors conclude that marriage is an adaptable institution, and in accommodating the vast changes that have occurred in society over the recent past, it has become a less cohesive, yet less confining arrangement.
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Great Book!, Very Informative!.......2007-07-28
They give their statistics from a study they conducted from 1980-2000. It was a very interesting read. I would recommend to anyone!
A superb review of changes in marriage in the past 20 years........2007-05-07
Amato, Booth, Johnson, and Rogers have written a thorough, scholarly, and smooth reading book that documents important changes in the state (and nature) of marriages in the U. S. over the past 20 years (particularly, comparing data in 1980 and 2000). Their work covers a wide range of dimensions with particular focus on things like social connection (by couples) with others (friends, family, institutions, organizations, etc.) and the implications of these connections. Their work also encompasses changes in attitudes about marriage and divorce in this period of time, as well as changes in roles and expectations of partners in marriage.
The book notes the increased isolation of couples from others, particularly as couples engaged in shared activities and commitments. Couples do best when engaged in some significant shared commitments outside their relatoinship, such as to groups, clubs, church, and efforts to help others. So, this trend toward growing isolation is concerning. They note the one exception to this trend is in involvement in religious organizations, particularly churches. There is a movement toward increased rather than decreased activities of this nature in this period of time.
One of the sets of findings that I found particularly fascinating is that attitudes towards life long marriage and inhibition of divorce grew in the direction of traditional beliefs with regard to marital commitment. I had not expected this finding (I am a psychologist engaged in marital research and know the authors and their work well). However, it was not hard to "expect" it once one sees it. Specifically, the divorce rate per 1000 people in the U. S. peaked in 1981 and the authors essentially find a modest, but significant swinging of the pendulum back in the direction of what most people clearly aspire to (if not able to achieve) in marriage: "til death do us part." The analysis of what is associated with these attitudinal shifts and what is not is fascinating.
Overall, the book is crammed full of very clear, digestable findings on trends in marriage. The background research here is stellar and this is as fine of a team of family scholars as exist today. What is particularly delightful is how readable this text is. There are no tedious presentations of the underlying math, yet they make very clear how they arrive at the various conclusions and what variables are or are not controlled for in specific analyses.
I highly recommend this book. If you like this subject and are of research and/or social observation, you will like this work.
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- Living Together, Feeling Alone
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Living Together, Feeling Alone
Dan Dr Kiley
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Living Together Loneliness has already affected millions of supposedly happily "coupled" women.
Now, renowned psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Dan Kiley smashes the myth that loneliness is based on being alone. After validating your problem with a wide range of real-life stories, Dr. Kiley guides you through a life-affirming, five-step "self-reliance" program that will move you away from blaming your partner toward loving yourself and recognizing your own inner strength. You'll learn how to:
-- Use spiritual behaviorism and its three, principles: faith, hope, and love
-- Reassure the frightened little girl inside
-- Change your peace-at-any-price philosophy
-- Stop being a perfectionist
-- Master ten ways of raising your self-esteem
-- Break old rules and expectations by developing new, healthier ones
With Dr. Kiley's empathetic support, you will learn that the power to exchange your loneliness for happiness is within, and that self-love (not only love for others) is the key.
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Living Together, Feeling Alone.......2000-06-29
Great book! Well written and easy to read. Dr. Kiley does a wonderful job of identifying symptoms and causes of loneliness in a relationship, and specific steps to deal with it. A great book for emotional and spiritual growth. I really enjoyed it.
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The lonely life of a writer need not be. According to this book, there are ways to break that isolation and find encouragement and support within groups of like-minded people. Sections include “Writing Practice Groups,” “Creating Writing Prompts,” “Group Leadership,” and even “What to Do with the Bores, Whiners, Control Junkies, and Thugs.” Whether the group is oriented toward writing the great American novel or a book of family memories, this useful guide offers an array of effective techniques to help writers achieve their goals.
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She does it again!!.......2004-02-13
This is a great resource, whether you are trying to piece together your own writing group, deciding how to choose a group to join, or hoping to reinvigorate your current group. Ms. Reeves offers plenty of practical advice, with true-to-life examples. This is a great follow-up to her collection of writing prompts, A Writer's Book of Days, which I have used almost daily for the past four years!
Writing Alone, Writing Together/No longer alone........2003-07-15
As a lifetime lone writer, I owe Judy Reeves for pulling me-and other fellow writers-out of our caves. This review is not to undermine other books on the subject, for they all have contributed much. What is different about her book, is that words come from the heart with such a direct and deep understanding, they have no other way but to settle in the reader's heart. It sometimes soundss like she knows-and it matters to her-that we benefit from it. As someone who has worked with many writer's groups, she knows their doubts and confusions. Not only does she address the problems of writing in a group, but reveals solutions to help us deal with what we so affectionately call the "block". Although her second book does talk of "writing alone", it succeeds to open a new door to the pleasures and benefits of "writing together". Not only is the book a master's guide for the lost writer, but she connects with the reader and shows how to stop the distraction before it stops the artist. To me, this is a constant guide to fall back on time and again. It is a pleasure to share it with friends and I'll continue to make a gift of it to other fellow writers.
A Writing Guru For Our Time.......2003-06-08
With this book, Judy Reeves secures her place as the best "writer about writing" we have. In this finely crafted work, as well as in her "A Writer's Book of Days," Ms. Reeves has single-handedly rescued thousands of writers from the fears and insecurities that can cripple even the most talented scribes. If you are serious about writing, wait no longer--BUY THIS BOOK, and write, write, write!
Comprehensive, practical, and inspiring guide to writing.......2003-05-30
I found this book very helpful with the nitty gritty stuff about organizing my writing and working with a critique group and classes. It was also quite inspiring and full of ideas about how to write, where to write, who to write with, how to critique, how to revise, etc.
It helped enormously when three other writers and I formed an online critique group. Any questions we had, the book answered. It also gave invaluable suggestions for improving our group and our writing.
The author, Judy Reeves, has lead all kinds of writing groups and classes and gives concrete examples of what works best. Her book is well-organized, and an enjoyable read to boot.
Superb Resource for All Writers.......2003-05-23
Judy Reeves' latest writer's helper is chock full of supportive hints, tremendous insights and guidelines to forming, participating and getting the most out of a writing group. In her clear, concise and genial manner, Ms. Reeves breaks down the "ins & outs" of what writing groups can offer to either neophyte or established writers. It is apparent that Ms. Reeves has garnered much understanding and is excited to share information on how to participate in a writing group-the pages and margins of this book are brimming with assignments, suggestions, prompts, quotes, checklists, everything a writer might need to get going. This book walks the reader/writer through scenarios and suggestions, offering advice of how to start or find an established group and what to do once you are there. She hits on some of the basics, like how to make time to write in our busy lives, to understanding the "Qualities of a Good Group, all the way to dealing with the dreaded "Bores, Whiners and Thugs." She's masterfully included a "how to" guide for the process of reading and critiquing other's people's work. Her "Guidelines for Writing Practice" are worth the cost of this book alone. As with her previous book, "A Writer's Book of Days," Judy Reeves goes for the bull's eye and gets it.
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Exploring locales such as city streets, bus stops, parking lots, bars, retail establishments, and discussion groups, Together Alone ventures into what is often thought of as the realm of passing strangers to examine the nature of personal relationships conducted in public spaces. While most studies of social interaction have gone behind closed doors to focus on relationships in the family, school, and workplace, this innovative collection pushes the boundaries of the field by analyzing both fleeting and anchored relationships in the seldom-studied communal areas where much of contemporary life takes place. The contributors shed light on the diversity and character of day-to-day negotiations in public spaces and at the same time illuminate how these social ties paradoxically blend aspects of durability and brevity, of emotional closeness and distance, of being together and alone.
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This heart-wrenching and heartwarming story about the challenges of growing up will have you rooting for two struggling young people in their search for happiness and for each other. Madison, the only Mormon in her high school, isnt part of the in-crowd. But when she wins a free makeover, she learns some skills that give her the self-confidence she has always lacked. What she has to decide now is whether it is more important to look good or to be good. Josh, a substitute on the high school basketball team, makes an unlikely last-second shot to help his team win the state championship. But unexpected hardships and an untimely death in his family mar his senior year and leave him wondering if there isnt more to life. Can these two youth who grew up basically alone find happiness together?
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good book.......2006-12-09
I enjoyed this book very much. It is written for the Mormon market, but I think other Christians might enjoy it too. It is about two people who are the only members of the LDS Church in their high schools while growing up. And so, they are alone. Ultimately, they meet and marry. It was a good book to read.
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Two Alone, Two Together
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