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"Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me," asserts J.R. Moehringer, and his compelling memoir The Tender Bar is the story of how and why. A Pulitzer-Prize winning writer for the Los Angeles Times, Moehringer grew up fatherless in pub-heavy Manhasset, New York, in a ramshackle house crammed with cousins and ruled by an eccentric, unkind grandfather. Desperate for a paternal figure, he turns first to his father, a DJ whom he can only access via the radio (Moehringer calls him The Voice and pictures him as "talking smoke"). When The Voice suddenly disappears from the airwaves, Moehringer turns to his hairless Uncle Charlie, and subsequently, Uncle Charlie's place of employment--a bar called Dickens that soon takes center stage. While Moehringer may occasionally resort to an overwrought metaphor (the footsteps of his family sound like "storm troopers on stilts"), his writing moves at a quick clip and his tale of a dysfunctional but tightly knit community is warmly told. "While I fear that we're drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we're defined by what embraces us," Moehringer says, and his story makes us believe it. --Brangien Davis
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"Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me," asserts J.R. Moehringer, and his compelling memoir The Tender Bar is the story of how and why. A Pulitzer-Prize winning writer for the Los Angeles Times, Moehringer grew up fatherless in pub-heavy Manhasset, New York, in a ramshackle house crammed with cousins and ruled by an eccentric, unkind grandfather.Desperate for a paternal figure, he turns first to his father, a DJ whom he can only access via the radio (Moehringer calls him The Voice and pictures him as "talking smoke"). When The Voice suddenly disappears from the airwaves, Moehringer turns to his hairless Uncle Charlie, and subsequently, Uncle Charlie's place of employment--a bar called Dickens that soon takes center stage. While Moehringer may occasionally resort to an overwrought metaphor (the footsteps of his family sound like "storm troopers on stilts"), his writing moves at a quick clip and his tale of a dysfunctional but tightly knit community is warmly told. "While I fear that we're drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we're defined by what embraces us," Moehringer says, and his story makes us believe it. --Brangien Davis
Customer Reviews:
"the Tender Bar".......2007-10-02
This book is just so "touching", which is a weak word to use for such a great book! Being a mother, my heart just aches for this dear young boy,then man, as he goes through life. Am sure his Mom is so proud of him! Definitely recommend...RM
3 1/2 stars really.......2007-09-08
Interesting life
Great writing style although the attempts at humor & the similes/metaphors were ever so slightly overdone in my opinion
Filthy language through major sections:(
Unusual Story.......2007-08-30
I'm not sure if I enjoyed the story or writing more. The story is disjointed like the life of the narrator, but the pages flow nicely and I'm very happy I read it.
A Wonderful Memoir of an Evolving Life.......2007-08-26
Moehringer uses the story of a bar as the setting for his own story, growing up on the fringes of respectable working class life and achieving a certain degree of success. The bar is where the fatherless Moehringer learns to be a man, surrounded by a collection of significantly flawed characters drawn from Manhasset's odd mix of upper and lower economic class. Unlike many tales of surmounting economic and social hurdles, Moehringer manages to keep himself and his achievements in the background. He focuses on the struggles and screw-ups and nicely captures the conflicts of class, peer group, and community that accompany many people's upward climb. In places like the blue collar side of Manhasset, upward mobility is something that is both encouraged and a source of threat. Moehringer had sense enough to recognize this and to recognize when his triumphs were a wedge and how the bar and its regulars could be an impediment to growing up and moving on. It's apparent that Moehringer's life is still one with missing pieces and struggles to come.
This appears to be one of the few Niman scholar books that doesn't run out of gas before the end.
INSIPID.......2007-08-26
This is such a disappointing memoir! Most of the book is an account of this young Ivy Leaguer's pathetic on-again, off-again, puppy love tryst with his college age heart throb and his "struggles" to get passing grades. Such insipid writing is not worthy of note. Are we supposed to cry over this? I had enough but I kept waiting for more. I kept reading to the end hoping that some depth might develop. Unfortunately the book retained its shallow treatment page after page. Bring on the violins.
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Unabridged. 14 discs! Moehringer tells the tales of his youth. Narrator Adam Grupper captures each aspect of Moehringer's journey to adulthood, from the disappointing lows to the belly-laugh-inducing highs. Abandoned by his father, Moehringer was an only child raised by his caring mother. He needed men in his life - enter the denizens of the Publicans Bar, Like a group father - they provided male guidance.
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The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse has provided the citizens of Compton Dando with splendid fodder for gossip, prompting speculation of arcane rituals and bizarre sexual practices. But with the murder of the commune's leaders, the rumor-mill goes into overdrive. It's the most exciting thing to happen in Compton Dando since three boys burned down the bus shelter. In trying to solve those murders, Chief Inspector Barnaby is less excited than exasperated. The residents of the Windhorse commune may have been seeking the simple life, but they re all concealing complicated pasts - or past lives. As in Death of a Hollow Man, Graham is at her most gleeful when skewering the eccentricities of a closed community, and no one survives unscathed.
Customer Reviews:
Death In Disguise.......2007-08-29
Although written by an author who obviously has a keen sense of humor, the plot very rapidly disintegrates into a sharp-tongued social critique; the diaglogue becomes increasingly difficult to follow and the sense of delightful sarcasm falls flat. Doubt if I ever will purchase another book written by Caroline Graham.
has good points--and bad points.......2004-10-03
i have seen several episodes of the television series based on these characters and enjoyed them. i finally decided to try the novels.
at first, i quite liked this book. there was enough acid in the characterizations to make them interesting, the author certainly writes well, and everything seemed in place for adding this author to my list of must reads. i was even willing to forgive her patronizing attitude toward handweaving and mrs. barnaby. (note to author: hand made doesn't necessarily mean badly made, and is mrs. barnaby so dim-witted and tasteless she'd palm off a bit of tat on her husband?)
what ruined this series for me is the character of troy. perhaps for people fortunate not to have spent far too much time dealing with the arrogant ignorant, troy's character is an amusing contrast to barnaby. i, however, am fed to the back teeth with the stupid prejudices of the uneducated, uncultured and limited. and i can't say i have a lot of time for those who think such people are merely comic relief in life as well as literature.
aside from that, as a mystery, this is well plotted and well written. it is certainly worth trying.
Too Quirky for Words!.......2002-07-29
Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby is a wonderful character. He's so human and so likeable with all of his human shortcomings and uncertainties. Troy, his partner, is quite despicable actually. He's such a chauvinist, and quite full of himself, but again, he's so believable. Ms. Graham draws very real characters. Even the quirky people involved in this particular mystery are so finely drawn that they are recognizable. Ms. Graham writes in the "cozy" genre, but her books are really anything but cozy. There is enough murder and mayhem for anybody if they take the time to read her books. This book does such a good job of descrbing cult life that it appears the author has personal experience with this type of lifestyle. I sincerely recommend this series for those mystery readers are looking for something a little different, and for characters and situations quite out of the ordinary.
Utterly human, utterly readable, and utterly clever.......1999-01-21
Caroline Graham is sheer joy to read. Her characters are always eccentric but never caricatures (though the author's acerbic tongue may initially make you wonder!) The literary allusions, the author's determination to make her reader stretch (but never in a pedantic or boring way) all contribute to the "can't put it down" quality. (NEVER start a new Caroline Graham just before bedtime. Wait 'till you have several hours to spend.)
Throughout Death In Disguise I found myself sympathizing with not only the sympathetic characters, but also the obnoxious, the loopy, and the pathetic. Throughout it all the plot weaves and clues drop, which are available to the alert reader to sort out.
That said, there are some weaknesses in this particular mystery. An unfortunate affair is introduced rather clumsily for the obvious (and awkward) purpose of setting up a character's demise. The villain is only revealed through some out-of-character twists. The police work seems rather lacksadaisical, without the tightness that the excellent writing would suggest be accorded to the plot (bodies drop like ninepins and yet no crime scene is cordoned off, suspects flee without follow-up, and so on.) But the sly development of fully rounded characters plus her dead-on skewering of the new age fringe is priceless.
I'm sorry it's gone out of print. I hope the publisher plans to reissue a paperback at least. If you enjoy Dorothy Sayers, you will love Caroline Graham.
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Angel in Disguise
Xandra A. Graviet
Manufacturer: Lightworker Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 General | Spirituality | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1928806155
Release Date: 2006-10-06 |
Product Description
Brooke was 13 when she crossed over following a tragic automobile accident. After her death, her mother needed answers to questions to obtain peace in her life. During her search, she found herself asking Brooke to help her understand the secrets of life and death, and why someone so young had left such a promising life. The author had long used automatic writing, so it was natural to interact with her daughter in this way. Angel in Disguise is the record of their mother-daughter conversations across the veil. It is also a story of an intimate connection between heaven and earth. The dialog also reveals Brooke's amazing wisdom as she comments on the real-life dramas in her mother s life.
Customer Reviews:
Brooke Was An Angel.......2007-10-03
My aunt wrote this book about my late cousin. Through automatic writing she and her daughter have kept a strong bond even after 9 years. Amazing and powerful, you'll be in a whole new world after reading this.
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- should be more critical
- A Wonderful Book
- BUY THIS BOOK
- Comments from a near-death researcher with over 23 yrs exp.
- Facinating book!
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Blessing in Disguise: Another Side of the Near Death Experience
Barbara Rommer
Manufacturer: Llewellyn Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1567185851 |
Customer Reviews:
should be more critical .......2004-10-14
Blessing In Disguise relates many patient accounts but in only a portion of these was clinical death recorded or reported to the reader. Many cases are used where patients were only under heavy medication or anesthesia this is not the proper study of NDE's since halucinations are too common. The book also overwhelmingly interprets patient accounts in terms of the paranormal such as astral planes, astral projection and mediums etc.. The book also seeks to see the reported NDE's in a theoretical model that is opinion. I am well read on this subject and have carefully interviewed people who told me of their NDE's. Though the book received positive reviews from other writers The reader should rely on more scientific, critical works such as Dr. Morse's CLOSER TO THE LIGHT. The book was not proof read well since there are a number of typographical errors.
A Wonderful Book.......2001-06-10
I have read this book,have heard Dr Rommer speak on two occasions and have seen her on A&E. It is a wonderful insightful book. I myself have had a NDE and find the cases sited to ring true to my experience. As shown in most of the reviews,(except for 2 obviously written by the same person), and in my experiences selling this book. (I work for a major bookstore and this is one of our bestsellers), most everyone feels the same as I, including several well known experts in this field. If you have an interest in NDE's this book is a must read.
BUY THIS BOOK.......2001-06-04
I happen to know Dr. Barbara Rommer. I was also one of the many people whom she interviewed for this book. This book delves into the near death experience in a way no other book has ever done. It covers the near death experience that was less than perfect. It explains the less than perfect NDE's in a way that anyone can understand. If you have ever heard Dr. Rommer speak about her book as I have several times you would absolutley want to read this book. I am actually one of the subjects listed in the book. If you fear death, read this book. Dr Rommer has been featured on many television programs such as Montel Williams. Many of you will be surprised to know that Dr. Rommer died a few weeks ago in February 2004. Thank God that the legacy of this book continues.
Comments from a near-death researcher with over 23 yrs exp........2001-04-17
Barbara Rommer's book is quite extraordinary. Aside from the usual cases of heavenly abodes, angels, and cities of light, she dares to reveal more about those who have unpleasant or hellish near-death episodes. And she talks indepth about the people who experience this and their fears about what they went through. Near-death experiences are not religious experiences, nor do they reflect religious doctrines, per se. They are moments of "otherworldly" awareness that happen most often on the edge of death and to both children and adults. When we speak of near-death experiences, we're really talking about a complex dynamic that is not easily understood or explained. But true it is in the sense that this phenomenon happens to about 1/3 of those adults who face death, nearly die, or who are clinically dead but later revive or are resuscitated. With children, the figure is closer to 70%. Average length of time without vital signs is from 5 to 20 minutes. Not only are near-death experiences important because of the venue in which they occur, but because of the pattern of psychological and physiological aftereffects that tends to increase with time. Also, in many of these episodes, information is revealed or witnessed that could not have been known by the experiencer beforehand. The medical reality of near-death states can no longer be denied. That's why physicians, like Dr. Rommer, are finally speaking out. That Dr. Rommer focuses on the unpleasant aspects is critically important to our understanding of these states. I only wish that her publisher would have allowed her to carry more of her actual research findings and methodology in this book. Rather, they wanted to keep the text simple for the average reader. I think this is a mistake. "Average" readers are more intelligent than publishers think and are quite capable of evaluating and understanding good research. I have been speaking out about unpleasant near-death experiences since my beginnings in the field of near-death studies, and mostly to deaf ears. Now, finally, hellish and/or unpleasant experiences are receiving the attention and study they deserve, and without judgment or rancor. I congratulate Barbara Rommer for her courage in speaking out. And I hope she does more. If we only hear what we want to hear about this important phenomenon, we are robbing ourselves of a vast treasure-trove of material that very well could describe not only an "afterlife" - but the rich complexities of human consciousness and of our ability to change and grow, to transform.
Facinating book!.......2000-12-28
In her book, Dr. Barbara Rommer shares with readers Another Side of the Near - Death Experience, i.e. the "less-than-Positive" experiences. This thought provoking book speaks through the words of the experiences themselves to those often frightening or unsettling experiences that have taken them on their journeys to the brink of death. Often for them, we find in the pages of this book their experiences, through unpleasant, become the entrance to positive and meaningful changes in their lives.
The ten chapters in this book take the reader from a revisit with peaceful near-death experiences to some conclusions, which is titled "A Plea to the Medical Community". In between, we find well-documented chapters, which deal with, and overview of Less Than Positive Experiences. While Dr. Rommer, like many of us, cannot absolutely say that there is an afterlife, she is able to present anecdotal evidence of the probability of the continuity of life beyond bodily death.
In the book, Dr. Rommer has interviewed over 300 patients and shares their experiences in their own words. As explained in the book, she has experienced first hand how often her patients, who fear the dying process, are really fearful of what happens after dying and therefore sometime fail to live life to the fullest. Therefore she, in this book, fulfills her goal "to allay people's fears by reporting the experiences of those who had died and been resuscitated".
In this book you will not only find the convictions of experiences shared in openness and with honesty, but you will also find the convictions of the author openly shared regarding her life's journey of her own soul's spiritual transformation. I found the book extremely informative of her research and extremely thought provoking on the question most people ask about life and death. It makes you stop and think about each and every day we live and how we must strive to make the very most of every moment. Worth reading and re-reading.
Customer Reviews:
An intricate mystery.......2006-10-04
Set in the United Kingdom, A Disguise For Death is the large print edition is a dark murder mystery about the distant aftermath of a deadly bombing. When a former IRA cell leader writes a best-seller about the tragedy, Superintendent Gregory Summers attends a reading; the situation soon turns violent, as old wounds are inflamed, and Summers becomes involved in one of the most difficult and labyrinth cases of his career. An intricate mystery about grudges that time won't heal.
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Naked is the best disguise;: The death & resurrection of Sherlock Holmes
Sam Rosenberg
Manufacturer: Bobbs-Merrill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0672519143 |
Customer Reviews:
A Rosenbergian Labyrinth.......2006-07-01
Not every Sherlock Holmes fan will have the patience to follow Rosenberg down his amazing labyrinth, but the trip, I think, is worth the effort. It is sort of like meeting James Joyce on the dark side of the moon with Doyle sipping tea on the edge of madness. Is it scholarship or an enormous joke? I love this sort of literary hodgepodge. I found it fascinating if taken with just a grain of salt. Rosenberg links Holmes with Nietzsche, Wilde, Dionysus, Jesus Christ, Catullus,Bunyan, Browning, Boccaccio, Bonaparte, Racine, Frankenstein, Flaubert, George Sand, Plato, Poe, Neruda, etc. etc. etc. Is that your cup of tea? Sip it carefully. Have a ball.
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- A Person who read Angel in Disguise & sent me this letter.
- Not bad...as a first draft
- DESTINED FOR THE BEST SELLER LIST!
- Compassionate, Very Moving, Very Touching, Very Emotionally
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Angel in disguise: Bridging this world to the other side
MarJoe Davidson
Manufacturer: ProMotion Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
General | Death & Grief | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1579010431 |
Book Description
Death without dying? A wonderful experience? When you hear the the words death the last thing you associate with it is wonderful, yet this is ultimately what happens. Life after death, those who have been on the brink of death tell of their experience and believe it. On the other hand, scientific minds tend to dismiss these experiences as the human brain's ultimate malfunction before the end of physical life. But what if someone were to experience life after death, peek into the next dimension, without being on the brink of death, moreover not one but three people simultaneously, how could this be scientifically explained? MarJoe, her brother and two sisters carry on a bed side vigil for their dying mother and in return, their dying mother gives her children one last gift- like a kiss to make the pain go away, she has them join her on the journey between hereand there.
Customer Reviews:
A Person who read Angel in Disguise & sent me this letter........2000-04-16
Hi Pat
I am a Message Board Monitor for a couple of the folders in the Christianity Online Area. This means I look through every messages posted within my particular folders to make sure they fall within AOL's guidelines.
It was either July or August when you posted a message regarding your sister's book in one of the folders in the Women's Health Issues area. This message stood out to me because my Mom had just passed away on July the 5th after a two and one half year fight with breast cancer.
I went to the link you placed in there because I knew this was a book I wanted to read. I saved it on my favorite places with the intentions of buying it in the near future.
In the meantime, my Dad was under attack with cancer (he and my Mom were diagnosed 5 days apart) so I pulled myself by the bootstraps and began the ritual all over again.
Dear Daddy entered into Glory on Feb. 10, 2000 and I was there for his send-off. How I wished I was able to peer into the Spiritual Realm as you and your family did , but I knew within what was happening even though I didn't actually see it with these eyes. I am a Christian who truly believe God's Word and promises to those who believe.
I ordered your sister's book last week, received it a few days later.....began reading it a 6:oo pm on Tuesday and was finished by 9:00 pm. It was as if I relived it all over again. So many things I read about your Mom reminded me of my Mom. LOL Trying to get her to eat and her snapping as us for trying to force her to. Watching her be so strong during the Chemo and radiation treatments so we wouldn't realize how much she was suffering. My Mom had the deepest dimples in the world and smile that could light up a sky at midnight. Whenever I walked into the door, sher'd flash me a smile knowing that's all I needed to see. I'd say, "Hi Toots" and she'd say, "Hi Sweet Sweet." I'd say, How do you feel Mom?" and she'd say, "Pretty good." She could have been feeling like poop and she'd still tell me pretty good. What a gem she was.
When I turned the page and saw your Mom, I felt the tears forming in my eyes. She reminded me so much of my precious Mom. Isn't it something?
I do appreciate you and your family taking the time to write the book. I told my sister about it and she wants to read it asap.
How I wish I could have seen what you did.
God Bless you and your family.
Toni .
Not bad...as a first draft.......2000-03-30
While I don't deny the conviction in the author's voice there is something very distracting throughout this book. The grammer, punctuation and sentence structure is so poor in places that it is hard to follow the story as you would a regular book. Clearly this book is either self-published or published by a very small publishing company. No major publisher would print a book with such blatant errors. When the author is trying to make a point, the typestyle, which is much larger than necessary to begin with, often changes to all capitals. Sentences are ended with several exclamation points, I assume for effect. In reality this just comes across as BEING SHOUTED AT BY THE AUTHOR! (See what I mean?) I understand the author wanting to preserve her original feelings and impressions about the events she describes but this book would have been much more helpful if it look more polished and professional. As is, it's hard to take it seriously.
DESTINED FOR THE BEST SELLER LIST!.......2000-01-20
I was drawn into this story( written in the first person by the author)and could not put it down until it was finished.The book takes you through her families experience of dealing with their Mother's terminal illness, and the care and compassion they gave their mother until her death.The incredible journey they took to the other side gives me comfort that there is a wonderful place we go on to.I feel the family held their mother's spirit here, even though in their hearts they were ready to let her go. The miraculous experience she shared with them made them realize that it was time for her to cross over.This book helped me deal with my own Father's death by me giving him permission to leave and letting him know that I would be ok. I recommend this book to everyone who has or will lose someone close to them. I hope to see this book and author on Oprah!
Compassionate, Very Moving, Very Touching, Very Emotionally.......1999-09-10
This family was very blessed in so many ways. They were able to say their last good-bys to their mother. They were able to take care of their Mother in such a loving way,and in a home surrounding environment. The Miracle they witnessed, let them know without a doubt,that their Mother lives on in the spirit. God moves in mysterious ways. WONDERFUL BOOK
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