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An insightful debunking of the way charitable giving disguises American neglect of the public welfare. Observing that the United States has the weakest public social welfare system in the industrialized world, What's Love Got to Do With It? explores the extent to which the huge charity enterprise industry legitimates and supports this state of affairs. Independent philanthropy, the book argues, provides a cover for the harshness of America's free market capitalism. It also exposes the warlike posture of a state apparatus that focuses on discipline and correction rather than on eradicating inequality. David Wagner, a professor of social work and sociology at the University of Southern Maine, traces the origins of the charitable mystique from a historical and sociological perspective--from its religious roots in the missions to convert indigenous peoples, through the long period of the poorhouse, the rise of foundations, and the development of new alternative social service agencies. Wagner goes on to show how America has glorified its private sector at the expense of providing material benefits, such as income support, housing, or medical insurance, to its citizens. This has immense social costs, not the least of which is the institutionalization of poverty among many U.S. citizens. One of the few works to examine the overall role of charitable giving in America, What's Love Got to Do With It? is bound to spark debate and, ideally, reform.
Customer Reviews:
waste of a time.......2006-05-01
this book is utterly useless. the author makes good points, but he would have been better off just writing a short essay. the book drones on and on, every paragraph feels exactly like the one before it. saying something over and over again, hammering it in like that works sometimes but this authorly surely cant. go to borders, read the introduction and the last chapter, and then move onto something better.
dont waste your money on this.
Excellent and incisive critique of American charity.......2000-04-08
David Wagner's book What's Love Got to Do With It, provides the reader to an insightful perspective on American charity. Penetrating the veneer of "do-gooderism," Wagner exposes the abuses, distortions and deliberate social control mechaisms that have been a part of the American charitable entrprise since its inception. This book is a must read for anyone involved in philanthopy, social welfare service provision, or social work education.
Baltimore Sun 2/6/00.......2000-02-19
"Wagner's book will be interesting reading for donors, policymakers and advocates for the poor...with charities' influence growing, the time is right to raise red flags -- and Wagner's (criticisms) are largely on target....His book attempts principally to raise questions in an unquestioning age."
from Frank Browning salon.com review.......2000-02-10
"Wagner's concise and vivid chronicle of the rise of paternalistic American charity is a valuable handbook for anyone who wants to challenge the duplicitous nostrums that the vapid stars of both political parties have lately offered up on everything from welfare to the widening class gap to the impoverishment of public education to the more and more degraded public-health system"
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Pose
That's all Melody, an ex-model and recent divorcee, has been doing for years. Posing for the camera. Posing as a happy wife.
Focus
Now she's ready to concentrate on her own life. She's returned to her hometown to start a career behind the camera. And her girlfriends think it's the perfect time to revive a list they dreamed up years ago: the five men she'd be allowed to sleep with, no matter what!
Shoot
But someone seems to be narrowing down the list for her, and her ideal men are turning up dead from suspicious causes. Melody turns to local homicide detective Nick Walker for help -- but if they don't catch the killer soon, she's going to need a new list!
Customer Reviews:
Mysterious Romance.......2006-07-07
This book isn't chick lit and it's not mystery. It's a romance dressed up with some witty diaglogue and steamy scenes.Predictable plot, family values and outcome. A good beach read for those who like modern romances.
Chick Lit with a clever twist........2006-05-03
Mix well crafted chick lit with a mystery thrown in for good measure and you have She's Got The Look. This clever and funny novel features recently divorced Melody who returns to Savannah to start over again. A drunken joke years earlier catches up with her in a bizarre way when a list of the five men that she would most like to sleep with turns up and the men on the list start dying. Number 1 man on her fantasy list turns out to be the lead detective on the case. Throw in a stalker and dysfunctional relationships with her ex and her family and you have the makings of an enjoyable and believable read. Leslie Kelly does a great job of blending romance, tragedy, and humor and her characters are both likeable and believable.
Lots of sexy fun.......2006-03-06
I liked this book for its humor and the friendship between the heroine and her friends as much as for the main two characters. But my favorite moment in the whole thing was the viagra overdose. The weird deaths of the men on the heroine's "sex list" were a special perk over and above the terrific romance between the hero and the heroine.
It had so much promise.......2006-02-25
It had so much promise. Really, when I bought this book I was thinking along the lines of Linda Howard's Mr. Perfect, which was a much better book. But when I got to reading this book, I was disappointed. I hate being plopped into the middle of a series and not know it, with back stories and characters that talk about stories that I don't know. And She's Got the Look did that. In the end, I found I didn't care if the hero or heroine got together or not.
Hot Funny Mystery Novel.......2005-11-12
`She's got the look' by Leslie Kelly is one of the best books I have read it quite sometime. This is funny, hot story with `keep you guess mystery.' Melody and her friends make a list of the men who that could sleep with - without quilt. When Melody finds herself divorced years later and the men on her list start dying things get weird. Her number one man is now a detective looking into the bizarre consequences. I have ordered `She Drives Me Crazy' by Leslie Kelly and I can wait for the next adventure.
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From bestselling author James Grippando comes the newest Jack Swyteck thriller, in a series that critics have called “riveting,” “a winner,” and “lapel grabbing.”In Got the Look, Swyteck is up against a killer who's so fiendishly clever and so diabolical that even Jack may have at last met his match.
""Pay me what she's worth.""
FBI agent Andie Henning is tracking a ruthless kidnapper plaguing South Florida, one who's out to prove that all human life can be valued in dollars and cents. But he has slipped through her net at every turn. This time he's taken the wife of one of the state's richest horse breeders and is asking a ransom of $1 million. The stakes go up when Andie finds the woman -- dead.
Enter Jack Swyteck. He has a new girlfriend, and life is good -- until Mia Salazar goes missing. Then Jack gets a one-two punch: he discovers that his lover is married, and her rich husband gets a ransom demand that pegs Mia as the kidnapper's latest victim. Worst of all, her husband knows all about her affair with Jack, and he decides to pay the kidnapper exactly what his cheating wife is worth: nothing. Feeling deceived, Jack at first resists getting involved. But as secrets unfold about Mia's strange marriage and mysterious past, Jack is in for a twisty ride that may bring him face to face with a madman.
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Customer Reviews:
Page-Turning Thriller.......2007-07-09
This is a riveting page-turner with lots of twists, great dialogue, and some excellent action pieces. The Jack Swyteck series is an underrated one, but one that usually delivers solid entertainment, just like this entry does.
Suffice it to say that like all thrillers, there are a few too many coincidences to believe, but that is a common fault of the genre.
Recommended.
not the best Swyteck book.......2007-05-12
This is not the best "Jack Swyteck" book I have read, and I have read them all. BUt I would definitely give it a read, although it is a bit slow at times, it does end with a bang. If you like Grippando's writing you will still like this book.
5 stars.......2007-03-02
Hot shot Miami attorney, Jack Swyteck, is stunned when he discovers that his latest girlfriend, Mia, has not been honest with him. Not only has she been vague about her past, but she is also married. And when she is kidnapped and her wealthy husband decides that his unfaithful wife is worth nothing the kidnapper requests Jack to pay the ransom. Jack is not one to sit still and take orders from the FBI, and so he takes matters into his own hands as Mia's fate rests on his head. In a race against time and the kidnapper's demand to pay what she is worth, Jack uncovers Mia's secret past as he tries to negotiate with a kidnapper who killed his previous victim when he was not paid what she was worth.
***** Awesome read with nonstop action and suspense from the first page to the last! James Grippando has created a cast of interesting characters in this book and there is never a dull moment. Got the Look has got me hooked. I cannot wait to read the rest of Grippando's Jack Swyteck stories. *****
Reviewed by Amanda Killgore, Freelance Reviewer.
Slow and boring.......2007-02-21
I read the first 75 pages and just gave up - nothing was happening! This was my first Grippando and I'll never waste time on him again. I cannot believe the five star ratings for this book! There are so many good mysteries out there, why waste your time on this one? It it NOT GOOD!
Awesome read with nonstop action........2007-02-18
Hot shot Miami attorney, Jack Swyteck, is stunned when he discovers that his latest girlfriend, Mia, has not been honest with him. Not only has she been vague about her past, but she is also married. And when she is kidnapped and her wealthy husband decides that his unfaithful wife is worth nothing the kidnapper requests Jack to pay the ransom. Jack is not one to sit still and take orders from the FBI, and so he takes matters into his own hands as Mia's fate rests on his head. In a race against time and the kidnapper's demand to pay what she is worth, Jack uncovers Mia's secret past as he tries to negotiate with a kidnapper who killed his previous victim when he was not paid what she was worth.
***** Awesome read with nonstop action and suspense from the first page to the last! James Grippando has created a cast of interesting characters in this book and there is never a dull moment. Got the Look has got me hooked. I cannot wait to read the rest of Grippando's Jack Swyteck stories. *****
Reviewed by Barbara Stabler for Huntress Reviews.
Book Description
Email has changed all the rules.
Not a formal business letter, not a face to face (F2F) conversation, not a telephone call or a fax, email is both, all, and none of the above. More like a postcard but without the perfect photo, email offers the skilled writer the unique opportunity to make a great impression, command respect, influence others, make the sale, and boost success. This booklet will show you how to differentiate yourself, your service, or your product and how to feel confident and comfortable about what you "put in writing."
Customer Reviews:
Disappointed!.......2005-04-01
I could have typed this book in 20 minutes. I can't beleive I paid 6.95 + s&h for this. One of the tips was something like "be Polite" and that was it. The book doesn't even weigh one oz. and it came in this big box. I thought the book was the invoice. If the book was single spaced you could have it in 3 pages. Well, I learned a lesson but the 93 tips are just plain common sense.
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It's a browser's treasure of culinary etymological lore, but there's a table of contents that bespeaks a structure, starting with foods named for what they look like (such as rambutan, the sweet, red-bristle-covered fruit named for rambut, the Malay word for hair; or cabbage, which arose from the Old North French caboche, meaning head, making the phrase "a head of cabbage" redundant). Next comes a chapter on food names associated with religion and the supernatural (from angel-food cake and cappuccino, named after the brown cloaks of Capuchin monks, to pumpernickel, which supposedly means devil fart). There's a section on foods named by mistake, covering misnomers like geoduck, Bombay duck, and cold duck, none of which is related to the fowl, and a chapter on foods named for people and places, like Beef Wellington, Fettuccine Alfredo, Tootsie Rolls, and even Carpaccio (named after Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio, whose work often displayed a predilection for red).
Barnette delves into the stories of foods named for what's done to them or what they do to us (such as bangers, British sausages that'll explode if not pricked before cooking, and aubergine, which derives, via Arabic and Persian, from the Sanskrit for antifart vegetable.) And finally, there's a chapter on words derived from other words about food and drink, such as the dog term mutt, which came from muttonhead as an insult applied to dull people, which came from the assumption of stupidity of sheep, i.e., mutton.
Its index makes it a bona fide language reference, but it's more than just an academic resource. It's an etymologist's dream, a food lover's fantasy, and a general delight for anyone who takes joy in words and trivia. In telling the stories behind the names of foods, Barnette proves, as writers M.F.K. Fisher, Harold McGee, and Calvin Trillin have before, that a love of food and a fascination with language are not incompatible. --Stephanie Gold
Book Description
"Everything in [this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endless food for thought." --The New Yorker
What makes the pretzel a symbol of religious devotion, and what pasta is blasphemous in every bite? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What naughty joke is contained in a loaf of pumpernickel? Why is cherry a misnomer, and why aren't refried beans fried twice? You'll find the answers in this delectable exploration of the words we put into our mouths.
Here are foods named for the things they look like, from cabbage (from the Old North French caboche, "head") to vermicelli ("little worms"). You'll learn where people dine on nun's tummy and angel's breast. There are foods named after people (Graham crackers) and places (peaches), along with commonplace terms derived from words involving food and drink (dope, originally a Dutch word for "dipping sauce"). Witty, bawdy, and stuffed with stories, Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies is a feast of history, culture, and language.
"Why didn't anyone think of this before? . . . What fun Martha Barnette has made of it all, every name for every dish explained and traced and jollied." --William F. Buckley, Jr.
Customer Reviews:
If Your Recipes Include Foods AND Words..........2004-06-30
I admit I'm a lover of both food and words, so this delicious book seemed the right menu choice when I borrowed it from the library recently. I was not disappointed; I have since purchased my own copy for reference in my food writing. The book is erudite, of course, but delightfully so. The origins of many of our food terms may indeed be obscure, but now that I have feasted on this little masterpiece, I no longer feel comfortable eating things with titles I cannot explain. Martha Barnette does go off on tangents that some may find vexing, explaining word relations that only begin with cuisine, but in doing so she adds richness to the stew. Both food and language are quintessentially civilizing; she's melded the two into an important book for any culinary or literary shelf.
Food writer Elliot Essman's other reviews and food articles are available at www.stylegourmet.com
Deliciously funny AND nourishing for the mind.......2000-08-23
I've never written one of these reviews, but I just had to stop by and say what a big kick I got out of Martha Barnette's clever book. I bought it because I love food and cooking, but after reading "Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies", I also bought a copy to send to my sister, because she's one of those people who're crazy about words and their origins.
If you're like us, you'll learn a whole lot from this little book -- and enjoy a whole lot of laughs in the process!
A "feast of words" for any lover of food and language........1999-03-18
I LOVED this book! The author has an amazing range of knowledge, both about the kitchen and about words, but what's truly wonderful is her terrific sense of humor, which makes learning all this stuff so much fun.
I mean, who knew that Tootsie Rolls were named after a little girl or that Twinkies were named after shoes? Or that German chocolate cake isn't really German and Swiss steak isn't really Swiss? Or that the Italians like to nibble a plum they call a "nun's thigh," while the Dutch like to chow down on a dish of string beans and navy beans with a picturesque name that translates: "bare buttocks in the grass"?
This is the perfect gift for the cook or food lover who has everything!
Interesting but could be improved with food photos........1997-08-21
I enjoyed this romp through gastronomic etymology. But the publisher should have printed in a more readable type-face, included pictures of the foods discussed, and edited out some of the redundancies. Also, the footnotes are too small to read easily, and much too detailed. It runs between a scholarly work and a Martha Stuart Living magazine. But I look forward to anything else written by Barnette, and I will devour it as I did this book (so to speak)
It's intelligent AND funny!.......1997-05-10
This is one of the best word books I have ever seen. It's intelligent without being dry, and hilarious without being sophomoric. You can dip through it like selecting all the cream centers from a box of chocolates; or you can just start at the beginning and devour the whole thing in one hedonistic draught. "Nun's Tummies" is also featured on a killer Website,
Average customer rating:
- Wonderful book for these troubled times
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Barbie Feelings: I Got So Mad (Look-Look)
Jean Bay
Manufacturer: Golden Books
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ASIN: 0307133222
Release Date: 1999-03-22 |
Book Description
A darling little girl goes to the park with her class. She promises Barbie that she's going to make her sandcakes. After repeated failures, the little girl finds herself getting more and more angry. Barbie intervenes to help her deal with her feelings in a constructive and caring manner.A perfect book for every youngster who has ever had a temper tantrum.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful book for these troubled times.......2001-03-17
As an educator and a grandparent, I cannot emphasize the value of this book. Little ones explore one of the most dangerous of feelings: anger. They learn how to recognized it and deal with it in a positive manner. Vital information for every child.
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- Worth a Listen!
- James Grippando is always top notch
- A SERIAL KIDNAPPER ON THE LOOSE
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Got the Look CD (Grippando, James)
James Grippando
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ASIN: 0060852836
Release Date: 2006-01-03 |
Book Description
From bestselling author James Grippando comes the newest Jack Swyteck thriller, in a series that critics have called "riveting," "a winner," and "lapel grabbing." In Got the Look, Swyteck is up against a killer who's so fiendishly clever and diabolical that even Jack may have at last met his match.
FBI agent Andie Henning is tracking a ruthless kidnapper plaguing south Florida, one who's out to prove that all human life can be valued in dollars and cents. But at every turn, he has slipped through her net. This time he's taken the wife of one of the state's richest horse breeders and is asking a ransom of $1 million. The stakes go up when Andie finds the woman -- dead.
Enter Jack Swyteck. He has a new girlfriend, Mia, and life is good -- until she goes missing. Then Jack gets a one-two punch: he discovers that his lover is married, and her rich husband gets a ransom demand that pegs Mia as the kidnapper's latest victim. Worst of all, her husband knows all about her affair with Jack, and he decides to pay the kidnapper exactly what his cheating wife is worth: nothing. Feeling deceived, Jack at first resists getting involved. But as secrets about Mia's strange marriage and mysterious past unfold, Jack is in for a twisty ride that may bring him face-to-face with a madman.
Performed by Jonathan Davis
Customer Reviews:
Worth a Listen!.......2007-05-16
Got the Look is the fifth installment in the Jack Swyteck series by thriller/mystery author James Grippando. This book delivers suspense and thrills as Swyteck hunts down a kidnapper who stashes his victims alive in underwater caves throughout Southern Florida.
Swyteck's girlfriend Mia becomes the latest victim of the story's villain. It is only through her disappearance that Jack learns that Mia is married - to a millionaire, and that like the other kidnappings this one is motivated by money. Having learned of the affair, Mia's husband refuses to pay the ransom and Jack is forced to find the killer, or lose the woman he has conflicted affections for. While this romance plays a central part in the novel, it isn't distracting. So many affairs seem forced, and thrown into thrillers and mysteries just for the sake of including a bit of romance. But Jack's relationship with Mia works - a testimony to Grippando's ability to weave an entirely engaging story without resorting to stock plots or disconnected sex scenes.
Got the Look is an audiobook that you won't want to turn off. Reader Jonathon Davis does a great job portraying the book's diverse characters.
-J. Monthony
James Grippando is always top notch.......2006-08-02
I have never been disappointed in a book by James Grippando. His writing is excellent. When I finish reading, I donate the book to the library and they are always thrilled to get a book authored by him.
A SERIAL KIDNAPPER ON THE LOOSE.......2006-02-04
Gifted with a strong, hard to ignore voice, performer Jonathan Davis breathes life into uber attorney Jack Swyteck as his narration bounces from humor to dead-on earnest with ease. Swyteck's buddy, Theo, also benefits from the interpretation by Davis as Theo tweaks his pal for being crazy in love or comes face to face with the danger they're in.
In this, the fifth Jack Swyteck novel, we find ourselves once again in South Florida.where Andie Henning, an FBI agent, is desperately trying to reel in a vicious kidnapper. The grabber is bold enough to kidnap the wife of a wealthy horse breeder - little sense in coming up with ransom as the woman is soon dead.
Time for Swyteck to be on the scene. Tracking a serial kidnapper isn't his prime concern at the moment - that position is reserved for Mia Salazar, who has captured his heart and mind. But, when Mia is kidnaped the heat is on.
Unfortunately, Swyteck is in for a bit of a jolt when he finds out that his one-and-only isn't. She's married to a very rich man who is not interested in ponying up for a wife who has been playing around with Swyteck. Nonetheless, trick or not Swyteck doesn't want to see Mia dead so he teams with Andie to track the crazy kidnaper.
The scenes that take place while Mia is being held captive are especially chilling, and Grippando paints them well.
- Gail Cooke
Book Description
What naughty joke is tucked inside every loaf of pumpernickel? Why do we call it a Tootsie Roll? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What squiggly creature inspired the name of the pasta called vermicelli?
Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies reveals the surprising stories behind the names we give to the foods we eat. With her witty, engaging style, Martha Barnette serves up a savory feast of history, culture, folklore, and science.
Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as one of the "The 100 Best Books of the Year,"
Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies is a delectable exploration of the language of food and drink. For cooking enthusiasts and word lovers alike, this book provides a smorgasbord of knowledge and bountiful food for thought.
"Everything in it is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style that, starting with words describing things we eat, turns out to offer endless food for thought."
-- The New Yorker
"Truly delicious . . . a vast multicultural smorgasbord of our culinary delights . . . a tour de force."
-- Gene Bluestein, Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Ladyfingers will be savored by anyone with a fondness for food and a passion for language."
--Francine Prose, People magazine
"Why didn't anybody think of this before? . . . What fun Martha Barnette has made of it all, every name for every dish explained and traced and jollied."
--William F. Buckley, Jr.
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LOOK WHAT I'VE GOT! (Dragonfly Books)
Anthony Browne
Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Release Date: 1988-06-12 |
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- Where is Baby's Mommy?
- White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9)
- Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?: What It Takes To Be An Authentic Leader
- Wings of Fire (An Ian Rutledge Mystery)
- YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
- A Fatal Lie: A True Story Of Betrayal And Murder In The New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
- A Taste for Death
- Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
- Amazonia
- Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
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