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Harrod's Crazy Alice has three sections of rolicking poems: "Crazy Alice, a fictional autobiography exploring the poet as your woman; "Sex Without Words," which explores the connections between language and the body, words and love-making; and "Artifacts," poems largely from her experience as parent and teacher.Harrod's most popular book among high school teachers and their students. ... Read more

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Mrs. Harrod- Quite a Woman!
Not only do I own and enjoy this book, but Mrs. Harrod teaches my Poetic Interpretation class at school. She is an amazing woman and a wonderful poet.All of her works are entertaining and fun to read. She has awonderful way of working the English language and writes very openly. ... Read more

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Curse of Osiris By Elaine HopperZane Ryan broke Alexis' heart four years ago so she isn't pleased when he returns with a crazy story about saving her and the world from imminent doom. But when an Egyptian god with supernatural powers wants to marry and sacrifice her, her only hope is Zane.Reader Advisory: Contains a mildly explicit sex scene.Fate's Little Trick By Sheryl Hames TorresWhen fate robs Gemma of something precious it happens at Christmas. After losing her family and her hearing she runs to her childhood home to escape the pain around her. Can she keep fate at bay when the past comes back to haunt her just days before Christmas?Ghosts of Auld Lang Syne By Maureen McMahonStacey Christian and Peter Mansfield reunite to celebrate the new year with friends at a remote New England homestead. Are the incidents that befall the guests really just accidents? Why does the restless specter of a young woman walk the halls? And will Stacey and Peter finally acknowledge their true feelings for each other before it's too late?Haunted Hearts By Kim CoxWill Lana Malloy solve the twenty-year-old double murder of her great-aunt and her great-aunt's fiancé by Valentine's Day? If she can, they'll spend eternity together. If she can't, they'll be stuck as haunted hearts for another year.Mistletoe Medium By Elizabeth DelisiCan psychic Lottie Baldwin and the handsome new man in her life pool their talents and solve the mystery before the bandit strikes again?Valentine's Inn By Chris GroverAfter being injured in an automobile accident that killed three friends, Rianna Gordon hopes to erase the past by hiding herself away. She has no idea it's the past that holds the key to her happiness until one cold February morning when a stranger and a stray cat show up and she starts smelling violets everywhere she goes. ... Read more

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This sympathetic novel about the effect of a sex change on a romantic relationship, a family, and a community could almost be sold as a textbook--a kind of transgender Guide to the Perplexed. With its calming tone and scrupulous sensitivity to the feelings of all involved, it sometimes reads like a textbook, too. But while nobody is likely to launch a protest campaign over the cautious revelations of Trans-sister Radio, that's precisely the subject of Chris Bohjalian's seventh novel, in which a male college professor in a small Vermont town transforms himself into a woman. Even Dana Stevens's initial step in this direction--donning women's clothing--elicits a powerful reaction from the community.

And what about Dana's new girlfriend Allie Banks, a beloved local schoolteacher who fell in love with him before learning of his plan? Her initial instinct is to end the relationship. Then she decides to stand by Dana, inspired rather than daunted by her stuffy ex-husband Will's opposition to the "effeminate" guy she's dating, and by the horrified reactions of the parents at her school. She does, it's true, continue to love Dana after the sex reassignment surgery. And she stoically endures the threatening notes in her school mailbox and the crude graffiti on her front door, as well as the minor vindication of a local public radio story on their battle. Yet Allie never makes the emotional shift from heterosexual woman to lesbian. Breaking off the affair, she spends months mourning the man she had fallen in love with.

Assuming, as we are meant to, that Dana is outwardly becoming the person she always was inside--that biology is anything but destiny--there's only one character who undergoes a profound change over the course of the novel. That would be Will, Allie's ex-husband, who recoils from Dana's initial sexual ambiguity. After her surgery, however, he finds himself increasingly aware of her as a woman.

And so when I'd hug Dana or touch the inside of her palm with the inside of mine (a handshake, yet so suggestive) or my fingers would find their way to one of her arms, I would experience a sexual ripple and wonder why I had felt such a thing--why I had courted such a thing.And the answer would be because she was pretty and she was smart and she was feminine.

Structuring his story around the transcript of a fictional National Public Radio feature on transgender, Bohjalian shifts the point of view with every chapter: the characters often seem to be enlarging on comments they had made for broadcast. We hear from Dana, Allie, and Will in turn, as well as Carly, the daughter of the divorced couple. In this sense, Trans-sister Radio gives everyone equal time. And for good or ill, it has none of the bluster or transgressive charge of Gore Vidal's late-1960s bombshell, Myra Breckinridge. Instead it brings transgender home, rendering it (to quote Dana herself) "domestic as a balloon shade or a perennial garden. And just as harmless." --Regina MarlerBook Description
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What if the person you have fallen madly, firmly in love with were to tell you that they are someone else--someone you are suddenly unsure you know? New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian, known and loved for his inventive tales of people caught in moral and ethical dilemmas, posits this very question in a romantic and edgy new novel that's impossible to put down.

Alison Banks is an elementary school teacher in her early 40s, whose only daughter is leaving soon for college. To take her mind off the impending separation, she takes a course at the local college and finds herself falling in love with her instructor, Dana. Handsome, sexy, and charming, he is the man Alison had given up hope of ever meeting.

Months into their almost idyllic relationship, he confides a powerful and intimate piece of information: he loves her, but he has long known that he is a woman trapped in the body of a man.  After much soul searching and in order to free himself, he is having a sex-change operation at the end of the year.
        
Alison bolts, but comes back to him when she realizes how deeply in love she actually is. The story is told--in alternating chapters--by Alison; her teenage daughter, Carly; her ex-husband, Will; and the charismatic Dana, each adding layers of insight and complexity, each responding in his or her own way to the issue of how and why we love exactly who we do.
        
In his best-selling novels Midwives and The Law of Similars, Chris Bohjalian examined, with remarkable subtlety and empathy, how lives can be changed through one seemingly random occurrence. In Trans-Sister Radio, he uses that subtlety and empathy to explore the very nature of love and identity. With this compelling, unforgettable new novel, Bohjalian gives his many readers a love story, a tense cautionary tale of morality, an outstanding cast of characters, and a whole new way of thinking about love.Download Description
Four people in a small Vermont village are about to have their lives inexorably intertwined by the uncertainties of love . . . and the apparent absolutes of gender. ... Read more

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Dead book
I was a Midwives fan and so thought I'd give this book a shot. I was so disappointed. I hoped to explore the soaring passion and power of transcendent love that lifts you out of any sense of time and space -but found the author to be limited in his ideas about gender and identity as well as love. Tofeel trapped in a body IS the hell of human existence. We all long to be seen and known for who we are in truth, and the culture-bound definitions of sexual identity used in this book don't provide me with enough to fall in love, either with the characters or their experiences. Much of it was too "clever", too shallow, too physical...too predictable...

An interesting book that helps to understand the society around a transexual
I enjoyed reading this book. In my opinion it is important to see the prospective from the social envorment around a transexual. Looks to me that is very difficult to be accepted if you are different. That's the reality.
In general, our society force our public image to fit in the role of male or female we must play. For most people that role is determinated by their fisical gender. But Jung, like Freud, felt that we are all really bisexual in nature. When we begin our social lives as infants, we are neither male or female in the social sense. Almost immediately -- as soon as those pink or blue booties go on-- we come under the influence of society, which gradually moulds us into men and women.
In all societies, the expectations placed on men and women differ, usually based on our different roles in reputation. Women are still expected to be more nutring and less aggressive; men are still expected to be strong and to ignore the emotional side of life. But Jung delt these expectations meant that we had developed only half of our potential.

Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
***This review may contain SPOILERS***

Now that I'm somewhat familiar with Chris Bohjalian's work, I can say that this novel, like the others I've read by him, is crafted with much grace, unflinching insight...and some rather startling surprises.
The story involves a college professor who is a man, which is the wrong gender for him. He was meant to be a woman and felt this to be true since childhood. Bohjalian does a great job helping the reader understand why this is so.
Dana Stevens, the professor, falls for one of his students, Allison Banks, a strong, divorced woman with a daughter about to start college, herself.
The story is told with alternating perspectives from Dana, Allison, Carly (the daughter) and Will, Allison's Ex. Each person is affected by Dana's relationship with Allison and the decision he is about to make: to go for gender reassignment surgery in Trinidad, Colorado (the story takes place in semi-rural Vermont, a very familar - and interesting - place to readers of Bohjalian's work).
Interspersed within the book are transcripts from an NPR broadcast on Dana and the surgery. Each character participates in this broadcast and gives their own perspectives on what Dana has struggled with, and the surgery that helps her finally become the woman she is meant to be (also with the aid of hormones. Although I did struggle with Dana's drastic decision, I could also see why she made it, thanks to Chris Bohjalian's insightful writing).
To complicate these already complicated matters, the people in the town where all the characters live get wind of both the relationship between Dana and Allison, And the surgery.
Their overall reaction is not very *nice*, and becomes especially inflamed because Allison is a teacher in town. Bohjalian very convincingly shows just how narrow-minded, judgmental and downright hateful people can be Anywhere - even a small town where everyone knows each other. Maybe *especially* there, but several of the townspeople also respond with much more humane reactions, thankfully.
Overall, I loved this book, but I do wish the author had given us a bit more about Dana, beyond the struggles of being transgendered. I don't think the author wanted to short-change this extremely important part, however, so I can see why this is Dana's main focus.
More material on Dana would have probably given a bit more emphasis to why the book ends as it does; still, I believed in the ending and found it compelling and real.
Love is so often unexpected, and cannot be pinned down so easily, nor, really can gender, at least not as much as people might like to think. More open-minded (and even just curious) readers will find this book resonates with them on many levels because love is really what it's about - and the many, wonderful, diverse and interesting forms it takes.

good but too long
i thought this book was pretty good but it was way to long everyone seems to be compaling about the ending i somehow saw it coming.

Must read
I loved this book, and found it impossible to put down until I'd finished. Although the backdrop for this is a M-F transexual, the themes that are dealt with focus mainly on acceptance from the outside world, plus gender and what this really means to an average person.
I felt that as a straight, married man, Bohjalian did a great job of putting himself inside the head of someone very removed from his life, and talked about trans people in a very open and frank manner, without judgment or stereotyping. There may be some factual inaccuracies around what the protagonist would have to go through in "real life", were she seeking gender reassignment, however it doesn't matter. This book is not "All you need to know about transexuals", rather the story of one woman and events that happened to her over a certain period of time.

Loved it. ... Read more

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The Maine "bible" celebrates its 10th edition as the most comprehensive guide to the state. Christina Tree and Elizabeth Roundy Richards have explored every corner of the state to provide discriminating, opinionated recommendations for travelers of all stripes. From rustic sporting lodges, rafting trips, and hiking trails, to artists' colonies, historic homes, and museums, they guide readers beyond the lobster pounds and tourist trails of the heavily traveled coast, into the far reaches of this vast and beautiful state. Features include:

• More than 1,000 dining and lodging reviews
• 34 up-to-date regional and downtown maps
• calendar guides to annual events and celebrations
• an alphabetical "what's where" subject guide for trip planning
• handy icons that point out places that offer best value, cater to families, welcome pets, and provide handicapped access

An independently researched guide; no paid listings. 80 black & white photographs, 34 maps, index. ... Read more

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greatest maine travel book ever
This book is awesome. We love Maine and this book has helped us explore it. I tell everyone I know to buy this book if they are going to Maine, whether it's their first or 30th time there.

"...An Explorer's Guide" is the tops
"Maine: An Explorer's Guide" was my first purchase in the series.Since then, I have used "Vermont..." and "Maryland...".While perhaps not ideal for novices in a region, they are excellent for one who has some familiarity with the state one is visiting.The descriptions of history, geography, cultural and recreational offerings; and the listings of inviting, independent restaurants, shops and accommodations have always been accurate, informative and insightful.If you are likely to visit more than once, or stay longer than a few days, this is the book for you.As a piece of advice, buy a good map to go with it.

Extremely helpful book!
This is the guidebook we include in each of our B&B rooms.
Guests frequently take it with them on their day trips and
I have found it to be full of very comprehensive information
on what the State of Maine has to offer.

Very useful book for exploring Maine
My husband and I re-located to Maine in 1995.We have used this book extensively to plan day and weekend trips around the state.There are so many wonderful places to explore and this book always gives us some good tips and starting points.We currently have the 10th edition.

So So....
This was just a so so book on Maine.It has some good stuff and some not so good stuff.I bought it because it was the only one in the store with an extensive section on the little town of Kittery which is near the border with New Hampshire.It was a good section and I got a lot of information and use out of it.However, when I started reading the rest of the book I kind of got a little lost.The sections on "where to eat" and "selective shopping" were confusing because they were organized differently.They've put phone numbers for places without an area code and directions like "North along Route 1" which doesn't make any sense to me not knowing where anything in Maine is.I suppose it would be a really good book for someone with some knowledge about Maine or someone who actually lives there and wants to get away for the weekend or something.On the plus side the maps were really good and the photos were nice (black and white, but nice).My copy had five pages in a row that were upside down.Not sure what that's all about.I wasn't able to make it to Maine on a trip I made to the area, but I plan to go one of these days and I will take this book with me when I do because it still has a lot of good information. ... Read more

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This book is part of a three-part developmental series that integrates critical thinking, reading, and writing.The focus is on paragraphs as the book progresses from a discussion of the writing process (Part I) to guidelines for writing paragraphs in each rhetorical mode (Part II) to a look at writing essays (Part III) to an anthology of reading selections (Part IV) to a complete handbook of grammar and usage (Part V). Professonals looking to develop effective writing development skills. ... Read more

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Great
This was my first time ordering a used book and all I can say is that it was a great expierence.The book was in great condition and we recieved it in a timely manner.Great job. ... Read more

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January 1996. CCBNEP-06A. Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program. 543 pages. ... Read more

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Part of a three-level developmental writing seriesthat integrates critical thinking, reading, and writing, Mosaics:Focusing on Essays, Third Edition concentrates on the essay usingthe processes and skills common to all good academic writing by examining ahost of writing samples. An abundance of exercises and activities isincluded to help readers apply the techniques and practices of good writingto their own work.This book is explored in five majorparts: 1) a discussion of the writing process; 2) guidelines for writingessays in each rhetorical mode; 3) a look at writing with sources; 4) ananthology of reading selections; and 5) a complete handbook of grammar andusage.For professionals with a career in writing and/oreducation. ... Read more

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GREAT VALUE
This book was amazing, it helped me so much through my first semester English class. i couldnt have lived without it!!!! and the condition it was it was awesome!!

great instructional guide!
this is a great book,i definetly reccomend.i have one FOR SALE,brand new condition for very decent price,email heather_ellis84@yahoo.com if interested. ... Read more

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Today's fitness leader not only needs training in leading a comprehensive exercise program but also needs an understanding of the limitations and special needs of those with illness, disability, chronic disorders, or a sedentary lifestyle. Exercise for Frail Elders assists you in designing an exercise program as part of either a general recreation, wellness, restorative, or rehabilitation program. It is a practical reference for those instructors working with seniors, the frail elderly, and other special adult populations.

This training guide will give program directors, administrators, and fitness leaders the tools they need to help frail elders and adults with special needs maintain or improve their level of functional fitness. Most older adults have special needs, and this guide will equip leaders to teach exercise to all older adults. Exercise for Frail Elders offers assistance with the challenges inherent in when working with older adults. At the same time, the text shows leaders how to promote a sense of fun and social connectedness in an exercise program.

In the text, exercise programs begin with seated exercises and progress through standing exercises. They are presented in a linear progression that mirrors the setup of a comprehensive exercise class:

· Warm-up exercises for enhancing range of motion, stretching, posture, and breathing exercises
· Aerobic training exercises for increasing cardiovascular endurance
· Resistance training exercises for increasing muscular strength and endurance
· Cool-down exercises for promoting flexibility and relaxation

The authors have gone to great lengths to ensure that individual exercises are clear and accurately illustrated. Each exercise has photos, safety tips, and reminders as well as variation and progression options that will enable you to be creative and flexible with your fitness program and tailor your program to meet participants' needs.

What makes Exercise for Frail Elders unique is the thorough presentation and explanations that show how to design, present, and adapt an exercise program to meet the needs of older adults. The information is presented in a user-friendly format and includes reference charts, forms, checklists, and exercise recommendations for a comprehensive list of diseases and disorders. This book is a valuable resource not only for directors and administrators of physical activity programs but also for fitness leaders working with older adults. ... Read more

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very helpfull
I am a personal trainer and this info is very good for anyone working with older adult, I recommend it with no hesitation.

I am french please excuse my grammar!!!

Thanks

good compilation
This book is well organized, and gives a lot of pratical exercises very usefull for those who works with the frail erderly, but i didn't found anything new in it. On that matter,i was a litle bit disapointed ... Read more