Book Description
The runaway bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul captured the imagination of millions of readers with its uplifting message of hope and inspiration. With a nation still hungering for more good news, Canfield and Hansen went back to work and cooked up another batch of life-affirming stories to warm your heart and soothe your soul.
Through the experiences of others, readers from all walks of life can learn the gift of love, the power of perseverance, the joy of parenting and the vital energy of dreaming. Share the magic that will change forever how you look at yourself and the world around you.
Special contributions from M. Scott Peck, Ann Landers, Art Linkletter, Harold Bloomfield and many others are included.
Customer Reviews:
Chicken Soup?.......2001-01-08
I read this collection of life stories and events with an admitedly negative attitude toward it because of my dislike of the first book of this collection. Nevertheless, I thought that this volume was even worse than it's predicessor. I don't believe that this book has any literary value to it at all. It most certainly didn't make me feel better about my life. Personally I believe that these events are things that happen to everyone in their lifetime. Merely reading about them AGAIN had even less appeal to me than it did the first time.
Chicken Soup?.......2001-01-08
I read this collection of life stories and events with an admitedly negative attitude toward it because of my dislike of the first book of this collection. Nevertheless, I thought that this volume was even worse than it's predicessor. I don't believe that this book has any literary value to it at all. It most certainly didn't make me feel better about my life. Personally I believe that these events are things that happen to everyone in their lifetime. Merely reading about them AGAIN had even less appeal to me than it did the first time.
Spirits will rise.......2000-01-13
This book will make the most depressed people to walk the earth's spirit rise to hapiness. The stories in this book touched my heart and will yours. At first I thought it was just another popular book, but when I read these stories, I fell in love with this books. Each story and each section of the book has a signifigance.I say again, these stories touched my heart, and will yours.
Read My Story on Page 16. . ........1999-09-22
I wrote a story for this book called, "A Strawberry Malt and Three Squeezes, Please!" to honor the memory of my mother who died of Alzheimer's Disease. I hope it touches your heart. She was a very special woman!
S. Riden asks: HOW DOES HE KEEP DOING IT????????.......1999-04-23
Jack Canfields is a genius. I may not be the smartiest person in the world, but I know heart when I see it and this guy, he has it. I can only compare Canfields to Bil Keane as an inspiration in my life. Delightful. If I could only give it 11 stars...
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Self Help.......2000-04-30
I have several of the Chicken Soup books, I would love to have them all! I can sit for hours and read the short stories over and over. I've noticed that my pastor uses alot of them in his sermons also. It just warms my heart when I read the touching stories about struggles and triumphs in the lives of others. Some say that the series is depressing but I find that when I'm in a dark moment I can read or recall some of the stories I've read and I feel better. They just help shed new light on certain situations. Great gifts also. I've given them to friends and family members on different occasions. They loved them.
depressing stories, no redeeming qualities.......1999-08-29
The theme of nearly all of the "stories" relvolve about death (someone else's) which leaves the survivor as the victor or sometimes just the survivor. Sounds like bad medicine to me. The smarmy introductions provided by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen set the scene for real tear jerkers with no moral to the whole sad production. Don't waste your money and postage on this. I'm requesting a refund. Alex Ryan
Wonderful display of love and everyday life.............1998-04-17
My beloved friend gave me this book for a gift. This is the most wonderful book I've read recently. It reminded me how we were when we were young and naive. If you are wondering what to get for friend who you love, this is it.
wow!!!!.......1997-11-15
I loved this book! I stayed up for 6 hours because I couldn't bear to put it down. All of the stories touched my heart and I cried for hours.
Feeling down and out? You must read this!.......1997-10-08
This is one of the most uplifting books I have ever read. I now own almost all of the Chicken Soup books and I find them helpful in many ways. Each story is fairly short and offers hope and inspiration. They take away all of the ickiness life has to offer. These books also make great gifts!
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Otra Taza De Chocolate Caliente Para El Alma: A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Mark Victor Hansen
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Return To Promise (Heart of Texas, No 8)
Debbie Macomber
Manufacturer: Mira
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Bestselling author Debbie Macomber continues to delight readers with her heartwarming Heart of Texas series with Return to Promise. Back on familiar ground, Macomber reintroduces us to favorite characters from earlier volumes, including Cal Patterson and his wife, Jane. Married for several years, Jane has severely cut back her medical practice to raise their two small children while Cal continues to ranch. But when Jane and the children take an extended trip to California to nurse her ailing father, Cal becomes the target of an attractive newcomer in town, hot-to-trot Nicole Nelson. Jane returns to Promise as rumors surface about the time Cal spent with Nicole while the cat... uh, Jane... was away. Disagreements and doubts escalate, leading to Jane and Cal's separation, Jane heading back to her parents' home in California with their children. Alone, Cal is forced for the first time in his marriage to think, really think, about what he wants and needs his life to be. The prolific Macomber answers fans' cries for "more, more, more" Promise, Texas, with her true and sometimes painful portrayal of life and love after the initial rush of hormones passes.--Alison Trinkle
Customer Reviews:
I don't think so either.......2005-07-06
I have read other books by Debbie Macomber and thoroughly enjoyed them. However, in my opinion this one did not measure up to her previous works. Maybe if I had read the previous titles in this series I might have liked "Return to Promise". However I found the childish misunderstandings and lack of communication between Cal and Jane quite ridiculous. In my opinion, this book read like a soap opera.
I agree with the reader review from May 19, not worth it.......2005-06-20
The review entitled "I don't think so" pretty much nailed it on the head. I was disappointed. Check out The Shop on Blossom street for a really good read by Debbie Macomber.
Glad they returned!.......2004-10-09
This book is a great beach book and hard to put down. Although
you know from the beginning who where what why when. Glad I read it and look forward to reading the first one!
Pretty Good........2002-06-13
This was an enjoyable book, but I can't give it 5 stars because the whole book was all about 2 Dr Jane and her Husband. But, worth reading.
A Marriage is Tested.......2002-06-11
Cal Patterson and Jane have been married for several years and have two children.Jane is called back to her family in California resulting in her staying longer than expected.When Jane returns to her home in Promise,she is met with disturbing awarness that her marriage is being tested.
I enjoyed the book very much and I believe you will also.It is easy reading and relaxing.
Book Description
Drawing from his extensive travels around the world, Fr. Rohr has discovered that initiation rites have been a part of every culture for thousands of years. Bestselling author Richard Rohr, a leader in the renaissance in male spirituality, offers the fruit of his travel and experience to explain the importance of male initiation and male elders in healthy psychological and spiritual life.
Customer Reviews:
Powerful insights.......2006-01-15
This is a fantastic book with some very keen insights into the condition of men in the world today. The author began his "male initiation weekends" some twenty years ago when it was somewhat of a "fad" of the 80's to take a group of men out in a wilderness setting to "discover themselves." Richard has stayed with the process over the years and now writes of the fundamental insights which he and his team have gained in doing this kind of "men's work." Joseph Campbell made the insight years ago that young men in the United States today were severely lacking because they did not have the "initiation rites" which had been an advantage to older tribal societies. These rites introduced young men to their proper role in society so that they knew who they were, what was expected of them and their proper roles as protectors and fathers in society. Richard has risen to the challenge by creating such an experience and making it available to men all over the world for two decades. He offers some reflections on how this has developed and how men have responded to it over the years. In addition he suggests a format and some insights for regular meetings of men who are interested in personal and spiritual growth based on his experience with a group in New Mexico. As a person who has been involved in similar processes for the last thirty years, I find his reflections affirming and stimulating. My own men's group is in the process of purchasing the book and setting up a schedule to explore his material. His "five spiritual truths" are a summary of what is common and the best spiritual teachings regarding the role of men from various Christian and non-Christian traditions. I highly recommend the book for insights on a personal level or with a group of men.
Some good....some bad........2005-11-17
I finished Richard Rohr's book with very mixed feelings. I do believe that addresses some valid concerns regarding maleness in our deeply feminized and sanitized culture, however, he does so at the expense of certain truths in my opinion.
Specifically, as one reads this book, one gets the feeling that Mr. Rohr is not a Catholic because he is compelled by the overwhelming force of truth to be so, but because Catholicism is his personal favorite choice over several other equally good and fine religions.
This is NOT the Catholicism of the Early Fathers of the Church, but the Catholicism of a New Age guru who makes statements which reflect his New Age mindset regarding the validity of all religions and specialness of none (not even his Catholic religion).
Such statements as "...whether you are a Christian, Jewish, or Moslem holy man" (pg. 18) litter the book and give me the distinct feeling that in Mr. Rohr's opinion, any religion can have "holy men." This is in opposition to the traditional Christian understanding that holiness comes through a Sacramental relationship with God through Christ. Sounds like a typical New Age ecummenist spirit to me.
Also in New Age fashion, Mr Rohr is loathe to tolerate criticism of anyone, as seen by such statements as "A projection screen must and will be found, be is sinners, heretics, Jews, terrorists, communists, women, gays, blacks, or poor people" (Pg 41). That has the ring of typical leftist drivel to me, in which we are not to utter a word against the sins that people commit. Notice how in leftist fashion, homosexuals are lumped together with blacks. My distaste for homosexuality has to do with the fact that both God and His Church call it a sin. You cannot say the same about being born with black skin, but leftists will try to make statements against homosexuals on par with racism.
Mr. Rohr is not very enchanted with the religion of his choice either, as shown by this quote:
"This sacralization of the past is emblazoned in all the structures of patriarchy (I bet he is in favor of women "priests" also!): royal families must pretend they go back to King Arthur or some saint, Americans have to mythologize George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Roman Catholics look for some kind of proof of apostolic succession" (pg 94).
This man obviously doesn't have a very firm grip upon his Catholic Faith. There is a very distinct reason that apostolic succession is both biblical and important -- and it has to do with authority in the Church and the authority of the Church over the world, even if the world rejects that authority which was given to St. Peter and the apostles.
And then there is this statement: "Catholics go to Mass repeatedly since we are slow learners, but Jesus did it only once." (pg 104) I was beyond stunned when I read that sentence, for it shows a complete ignorance, either willing or unwilling, of the basic principles of a covenantal relationship in which there is confession, sacrifice, and covenantal meals of restitution and renewal. And this from a man who is supposed to be writing about renewal of the male spirit. There is nothing more renewing than forgiveness of sin and restoration to a place of acceptance at the family table. He has missed the boat big time with that statement!
Finally, here is one last zinger that raises, at least for me as a Catholic, considerable question marks about this man and where he is coming from: "Catholics created purgatory so they could still have possibility and some control even after death." (pg 164).
That is just so patently false it would be laughable if this man wasn't a member of a Franciscan Catholic order. One would think that a certain level of training in theology and soteriology would be mandatory for membership in such an order. I do not want to get into a doctrinal dissertation here, but suffice it to say that he is dead wrong with this statement.
Richard Rohr's book makes many good points and calls us as men to a level of self-examination that the Western male has not engaged in for many decades. The sad part about this book is his failure to blend these ideas into a workable Catholic anthropology for laymen. Mr. Rohr instead takes the cultural wide road of this present age and sinks into the marsh of New Age thought lest he offend anyone by being completely and forthrightly sold out to the Truth which Christ embodied into the Catholic Faith.
I would read this book with a very discerning eye, especially if you are not strong in your Catholic Faith. There are some real diamonds of thought in here, but they are surrounded by a lot of mud that you will have to wade through.
Finally, a book about men that hits the bullseye!.......2004-11-07
No matter what one's backgound or affiliation, here is a candid and insightful expose on what being a man in "modern" western civilizaton is, is not and should be. Rohr has clearly and simply hit the target dead-center by revealing what nearly every man senses but rarely has the ability to define, and what contemprary western society, American in particular, has squelched, smothered and shamed men for -- being a true man rather than some calculated, psycho-sociol, politically correct manifestation of manufactured "maleness."
Suspend prejudices and read, like it or not, the truth ...
Book Description
Devnee is tired of being ignored. Tired of feeling ordinary. All she wants is to be beautiful. If she's beautiful, everything else will fall in to place: popularity, friendship, even love.Devnee's family has just moved into a new house--a house with a vampire in it. He can grant Devnee's wish, but there's a price. Is she willing to pay it?
Customer Reviews:
Awesome.......2007-05-25
I LOVE this book. It's my favorite of the trilogy. I believe every girl at some point in her life has wished she were better looking or more intelligent, and therefore can relate to this book.
All Devnee wants is to be liked at her new school, but she soon discovers that her classmates think she's plain and boring. She wishes she could be beautiful like Aryssa and interesting like Victoria. The vampire in her bedroom can grant her wishes and make her "perfect" for a price, but are shallow relationships and overexposure really what Devnee needs to make herself happy?
I wish..........2004-08-30
The story is about Devnee, a plain girl who constantly wishes to be beautiful. Her wish is finally granted by a vampire but as everything does, it has consequences.
I wish...
I wish that they never reprinted this book. It was a waste of time and money. I absolutely hated Devnee as a main character, she was selfish, self-centred and cared about no one but herself.
Devnee was probably even worse then the vampire, and so dumb witted. The plot was stupid, the dialoge good but the internal dialoge beyond redemption. The ending should have been trashed and Devnee made me want to rip out my hair. She knew what she was doing was wrong, but she was like a damn osterich.
There is really no words to describe how stupid this book is and if i were you i'd stay as far away from it as possible.
If by some mishape you do read this, you have my condolences.
Devnee made a wish, she wished she hadnt...........2004-03-13
All Devnee wanted was to be popular, but most of all, the one thing whe wished for was, beauty. Moving to a new school is hard enough, but when you find out that your buddies, that volunteered to help you, really despise you! Upset, and wanting Devnee wanted revenge against Aryssa, her beautiful buddy, who cant wait to get rid of her. When Devnee finds out that the vampire in her tower can grant her wish for beauty, what will she do..? If she wishes for Aryssas Beauty, what will happen to Aryssa......
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three mmpb books. 3 Titles By Caroline B. Cooney The Vampire's Promise Series (1-3) : Deadly Offer - orig. The Cheerleader, Evil Returns - orig. Return of the Vampire, Fatal Bartain - orig. The Vampire's Promise.
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Displaced Promises: Forced Migration, Refuge and Return in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Paul Stubbs
Manufacturer: Life and Peace Institute
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harlequin presents, Carole Mortimer, Charlotte Lamb, Vanessa Grant, engagement, return, falling, fall, love, heartbreaker, hidden, memories,
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Return to the NEP: The False Promise of Leninism and the Failure of Perestroika
Oscar J. Bandelin
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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ASIN: 0275977943 |
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No scholar denies Mikhail S. Gorbachev's role in developing a new approach to Soviet socialism, but most writers emphasize the radical departure from traditional Soviet ideology that perestroika seemed to represent. This work presents perestroika as part of the continuum of European intellectual history. It examines the sources of Gorbachev's thinking and action in 19th-century thought, the development of Russian Marxism through the intellectual crisis at the turn of the 20th century, the pragmatic and philosophical challenges to the Marxist-Leninist paradigm, Stalinism and its critics, and reform Communism in post World War II Eastern Europe. Against this background, the book argues that the decline and fall of Soviet Communism was much more deeply connected with ideological issues than most scholars have realized. Bandelin presents fresh analyses of the impacts of major works and ideas, such as Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-Criticism, the neglected Marxian concept of the "Asiatic mode of production," and the underlying relationship of East European reform Communism to perestroika. He analyzes the major intellectual trends of perestroika in terms of these and other currents. This study offers a perspective that challenges most of current scholarship on the issues it raises, suggests new avenues for research, and contributes to a broader overall understanding of the problems of Soviet socialism and Gorbachev's effort to solve them.
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Set of 3 Audio Cassettes.
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