Book Description
From snorkeling off of Isla Cozumel, the second longest reef in the world, and partying in the trendiest clubs and bars in town to exploring the Mayan ruins of Chichèn Itzà, San Gervasio, Tulum, and Cobà, Moon Handbooks Cancún is the guide to the best the city has to offer, both on and off the beaten path. Practical information includes suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights, plus essentials on dining, transportation, and accommodations for a range of budgets. Complete with details on shopping for traditional textiles and handicrafts, staying in beachside bungalows or luxury hotels, and golfing on a Jack Nicklaus-designed course, Moon Handbooks Cancún gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
Customer Reviews:
Great Layout.......2007-08-23
I like this guide because of how easy it is to read. Most travel books are arranged by activity (hotels, sights, restaurants, etc.), but this is by area, which makes it very easy to find what you are looking for. Like any travel book, there are things which are out-of-date, but that should be expected; one should never whole-heartedly trust any one information source, especially when it pertains to travel. Used in tandem with another guide book and/or the internet, this is an excellent tool.
workable good tour book.......2007-01-10
This was a very informative book. Though it did not give the info I needed for hotels otherwise a helpful book.
Don't leave home without it!.......2007-01-04
I have travelled quite a bit through the years and have always relied on Frommer's and Fodor's, but Moon blows them away! Fantastic insights, great suggestions. I just planned my honeymoon using this book and located a wonderful hotel that the travel agents don't know about! I will use Moon guides from now on!
Low level descriptions, lack of useful information, out of date.......2007-01-02
Can't believe how lousy this book is. We just went to Cancun, and much of the information here is out of date. The "must-see" place claimed by the book such as las Pallapas, is just an empty, run-down, lifeless square in the afternoon. Surroundings of the square looks unpleasing as well. Can't find any really useful tip for Cancun.
Terrific.......2006-05-09
This is by far the best guidebook to Cancun and surrounding area out there. The depth is incredible; the authors mention somewhere that they stayed in Cancun for two months, and it shows. It's not just Cancun either - the coverage of Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, the Mayan ruins, and all up and down the coast is excellent. The problem with some guides (Lonely Planet, Frommers, etc) is they "take sides" - they're either too cynical about "gringos on vacation" or totally ignore anything that's not sold in a package. The Moon book really showed both sides: from beaches and nightclubs and five-star restaurants, to museums and Mayan ruins and street food. (Real culture in Cancun - who knew??) There's also good suggestions for people traveling with kids, another complaint of mine about some guides. We got all the R&R we wanted, plus a few things I didn't expect. Moon isn't a well-known name, but this book is worth getting.
Book Description
There's not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa's Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include:*Never give a woman the key to your apartment.*Playas "have sex"; they don't "make love."*Don't be afraid not to commit, no matter how hot the sex is.*A woman can't use you if you use her first.One night, while watching the game and drinking beer, friends Marcus Lowery, Samuel Gunn, and Phillip McKenna all admit to buying Montgomery's book. Recent divorcees, Phillip and Sam are looking to unleash their hidden playa. And after being a widower for a year, Marcus is ready to cautiously ease back into the dating scene. So, they decide to put the rules to the test. . .and end up going on one of the wildest rides of their lives.
Customer Reviews:
Play on.......2007-08-18
I really liked this one, b/c it was a step away from the norm. I was so used to Mrs. Jackson writing in the usual Arabesque guideline way, that this was a pleasant and welcome surprise. A player finding out that he wasn't immune to the nfamous L word. Lance was so confident and cocky that he'd actualoy written a manual on how to be a player. It was beyond high time that he got his, and he did. Dr. Asia Fowler gave him his and so much more. Mrs. Jackson's delivery was as usual perfect. Not overly elaborative, just enough.
Hate the game, Not the Playa...........2007-03-01
It has been awhile since I have read works of Mrs. Jackson,and I must admit that I had a hard time reading and deciphering the persona she reflects with the characters, after falling in love with her other more dreamy characters like the Madaris clan, but once again I said that It has been awhile since I have read any of her work. I decided to go back and get caught up on Brenda Jackson novels, so I started with this one. Lance Montgomery is a product of his own writings that is what has made him the millions that he now has (well after some well investments) but anyway he is the man that the women publicly love to hate, but he sure sets a fire in the females and in the males with his latest novel "The Playa's Handbook", now listen to this a list of warnings to brothers,
A woman can't use you if you use her first! Don't be afraid NOT to commit, no matter how hot the sex is! Before you get carried away with a woman, make sure everything she's packing is the real thing! Now these are just a few of the rules from the playas handbook, but Dr. Lance Montgomery needs to be hog tied and beat!!!! When this book gets out the men really start tripping and then you have men on the rebound trying to be playa's, yeah right that is until some very sensual and real women come into play, can these women get these men to turn in their playa's cards?? When Dr. Montgomery runs into the likes of Dr. Asia Fowler, she gives him a run for his money because she is a renowned author who writes the opposite of Dr. Montgomery,she believes in Love and has dealt with the playa's so she doesn't approve of the advice he is spreading, well now it all begins as Asia and Lance cross paths. This novel has a variety of situations and will keep you reading. I have to admit it is somewhat predictable, but I think Mrs. Jackson has done a good job with keeping it interesting.... once you finish this one, you will want to go straight to the sequel "No more playas." I will write another review on No more playas once I finsh it...... Good job Mrs. Jackson.
Male Peer Pressure.......2007-02-27
Gary, Indiana has come a long way from Ron Howard's lisped version of, Gary Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana! heard in the Musical, The Music Man.
In Brenda Hampton's Playa's Handbook Gary, Indiana is home to one Lance Montgomery who author's The Playa's Handbook. Read the top ten rules below:
Top Ten Rules [DS's comments in ()]
- Never give a woman the key to your apartment.
- Playas "have sex," they don't "make love."
- Avoid crotch-grabbers, unless you like feeling assaulted.
- Before you get carried away with a woman, make sure everything she's packing is the real thing (LOL, LOL, LOL!)
- Stay away from women who have reputations for "faking it."
- Beware of women who prefer the "on-top" position all the time. (eyebrows raised)
- Avoid the "First Come, Last Served Syndrome" by making sure she's willing to go down on you if you're willing to go down on her. (ROFLMBO)
- Don't be afraid "not" to commit, no matter how hot the sex is.
- Beware of women who ask what sort of work you do too soon in the conversation. Usually that's an indication they are trying to find out how much money you make. (Wrong! If you have a J O B and if it's legal... LOL)
- A woman can't use you if you use her first.
Reading the a book which includes the above rules and following an example of the author, Lance Montgomery, three male friends give into unspoken male peer pressure to unleash their inner playa.
This book was a good afternoon read. The characters are indentifiable as someone's brother, bonehead or significant other that we've all encountered at some time in our lives.
Boring and predictable.......2006-08-13
This is my second BJ book and most likely my last. It took me more than three months to plow through this so called women fiction book. However, this is a stretched out harlequin paint by the number story at best. Lance was the only character that stood out-the other three men were so similiar in thinking and mannerism that each time the book introduced Sam, Marcus, or Phillip I had to really think or wait two or three pages into the chapter to remember their situation. Each chapter opened with the rehashing of what happened in the last chapter. It was a lot of sitting and thinking-nothing really happened. Characters, mainly women, flittered in and out with no real point or purpose--just chomping up the scenes and pages to reach an unknown word count. By the time the ghost of Dottie showed up, I wanted to throw the book against the wall. You're never really clear about how much time is passing and everyone just falls in love too easily. I thought that this was going to be a more sexy, edgy story and it was none of those things.
Playa's Handbook.......2006-08-08
I enjoyed reading this book and has told many of friends about it as well. I have always enjoyed Brenda Jackson writing and the way she can tell one story and weave another one in that is sure to be another book.
I always look for the next book to see what is happening with her characters.
I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys a good love story.
Average customer rating:
- truly amazing
- A different type of novel
- Dark and disturbing yet no one seems to notice...
- Working my way back to you, Babe, with a Happiness that Died
- From darkness into ...more darkness
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The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis
Manufacturer: Vintage
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ASIN: 067978148X
Release Date: 1998-06-30 |
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Set at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England at the height of the Reagan 80s,
The Rules of Attraction is a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students with no plans for the future--or even the present--who become entangled in a curious romantic triangle. Bret Easton Ellis trains his incisive gaze on the kids at self-consciously bohemian Camden College and treats their sexual posturings and agonies with a mixture of acrid hilarity and compassion while exposing the moral vacuum at the center of their lives.
Lauren changes boyfriends every time she changes majors and still pines for Victor who split for Europe months ago and she might or might not be writing anonymous love letter to ambivalent, hard-drinking Sean, a hopeless romantic who only has eyes for Lauren, even if he ends up in bed with half the campus, and Paul, Lauren's ex, forthrightly bisexual and whose passion masks a shrewd pragmatism. They waste time getting wasted, race from Thirsty Thursday Happy Hours to Dressed To Get Screwed parties to drinks at The Edge of the World or The Graveyard.
The Rules of Attraction is a poignant, hilarious take on the death of romance.
Customer Reviews:
truly amazing.......2007-09-09
this book was by far, one of ellis' most breath taking novels. "the rules of attraction" took on what is now modern day college life and what happens in college. it is full of disturbing, funny, violent and dark image that you will think of over and over again. when you read the book and get to the ending you will wish the book never ended and be angry how it ended. Rock and roll
A different type of novel.......2007-06-12
Many people dislike this book and deride its lack of cohesion and unsympathetic characters. However, like most of Ellis' work, The Rules of Attraction uses snippets of characters' lives to tell the story of a community, or at least of a group. This book does not have the obsessiveness of American Psycho, and it is somewhat subtler, but it again uses the shallow desires and thoughts of it's characters to paint a picture of a group of college kids at a small liberal arts school, and it allows the reader a glimpse into parts of the mind not usually devoted to in novels. If you are a fan of Ellis, you will like this book.
Dark and disturbing yet no one seems to notice..........2007-02-12
After reading the impressive `Less than Zero' I was compelled to move right along to `The Rules of Attraction' and I am so glad that I did. Already accustomed to Ellis' writing style I was immediately drawn into his sophomore novella, engrossed in every chapter, every character and every embellishment of college life complete with all its highs and lows. Following the same formula as he had with `Less than Zero', `The Rules of Attraction' really has no story to tell. It's just the random lives of a handful of college students as they wallow through their lives one day at a time.
The novella covers quite a few heavy subjects including drug addiction, suicide and abortion, but everything is discussed and explained in such blunt almost sarcastic dialog that it's not really `heavy'. It's obvious to the reader that the circumstances and consequences of actions are of less and less importance to the parties involved and it adds a layer of realism to each character. I say realism, and that may sound odd, but it's really not. All too often novels and films over-dramatize subjects and to me that takes away from the gritty realism of the circumstances. Bret here capitalizes on the pure simplicity of the average teen's mind and it works wonders.
The novella discusses quite a few students, but three in particular are explored deeper than others. Sean Bateman is in love with Lauren Hynde who is still waiting for Victor to return from Europe. Paul Denton is becoming more and more obsessed with Sean while he's still mourning the loss of his ex-boyfriend Mitchell to the arms of a WOMAN named Candace who just so happens to have a thing for Sean. You may think it sounds like your average teen pining for love and affection but you're wrong. It's much more than that.
Littered with sarcasm and wit yet layered with eventual sadness and desperation, `The Rules of Attraction' manages to flush out humanity in every sentence. From the uncomfortable car ride home after an abortion to the dramatic and heartbreaking suicide, as mentioned, there is quite a bit of `heavy' material contained in this small book, but reader be warned that the characters involved will not feel as deeply disturbed by the outcomes as you will. Any fan of the film will feel even more fulfilled after reading Ellis' brilliant novella and will find it amusing how Victor's European escapade has been literally translated word for word into the film.
Working my way back to you, Babe, with a Happiness that Died.......2007-02-01
Question: It's the big night, the Dress to get Screwed Party---what should you wear? Answer: Nothing, you clown!
Oh God---don't be that way. Get away from that Keg---it's running on empty, anyway---and come sit over here. Out of the way. All of Carlton Hall is filled with these drug-addled idiots, stoners, sycophants, axe-murders & junkies, Drama-Queens, depraved creatures of the night, satyrs & nymphs and the Great God Pan and my *God*, for all we know a bunch of Dartmouth people---and we might as well talk, me & thee, while New Order is droning out merciless monotone black-hearted menace crunching pounding throbbing out of the speakers.
Let's talk about the Rules of Attraction.
They are---well, it's just not as simple as Boy Meets Girl, Boys gets Girl---not anymore, man. No way.It's more like: Boy meets Girl, who likes Boy, who likes other Girl, who's involved in a crazy sex-thing with Boy (from LA) who might have something strange going on with Boy (at Harvard?), who (rumor has it) got Girl into a little trouble. It's Camden College, mid-eighties.
Reagan posters in the dormhouse, but mutilated, defaced, covered with little ironic black Satan mustachios. Picture postcard perfect New Hampshire liberal arts school, rich with wealthy patrons and a supple endownment, good as Hell to look at in the Fall, preferably Fall with all those pretty colors, lots of Ivy on the curtain wall and gables and---Who are we kidding? Camden College is a prison, a prison for the children of the terminally Rich.
Or maybe not a prison: Bret Easton Ellis conjures up a kind of way-station, a Purgatorio, in "Rules of Attraction", a switching point, the midpoint between Alpha & Omega, between Genesis & Terminus, but you can't get either place from here, and there is NOTHING---I mean, NOTHING---in between.
That's what Ellis's vicious, biting, incalculably funny little book is about, and I'll be damned if it's pretty consumptive reading, following all this Nothing. Into the den of despair, then: Sean Bateman (a mere monster in teething, compared to his investment banker brother Patrick) swoons over Lauren, who is snarky and broods and pines over Victor, traipsing over Europe and desperate to find Jaime, who is mysterious, reclusive, and at least two steps ahead of him; Paul Denton, Drama-Queen, driven to distraction over Sean, mourning Mitchell, who is tramping about campus (& the City ) with that plummy little Freshman Candice---who Sean likes---and the Frenchman Bertrand, who longs for Lauren & virtually anyone else, who is Sean's insufferable roomate.
The Rules of Attraction, then: whoever you love, probably doesn't love you. Or is pining for your Mortal Enemy. Or is using you, for some reason known only to them, or to the Great God Pan, or to Destiny. Or has nothing but pure acid-battery drunken-morning-puke contempt for you.
"Rules of Attraction" is a wicked little gem of literary curare, all high-style and aimless debauchery, and the best of it is that Ellis springs some kind of wicked little trapdoor into the minds of his victims. It's a strange tale, strangely told, in a kind of "Rashomon" fashion, & so spiked with bias & jaundice & strangeness & this wild breed of melancholy that it is utterly impossible to fathom who is telling the truth, or even if there is any truth to be Told.
There is also this aching sadness, and this maddening eeriness, about the book, the kind of atmosphere, like the famous yellow-fog London Peculiar, that hangs about Bret Easton Ellis's work, that single-minded eeriness, that palpable sense of dread and doom and mounting unease, that whisper of foul murders committed by Devils & Demons summoned up by our own vanity and boredom and indifference, that makes this piece an especially spooky read---particularly when Part-Time Lovers Lauren & Sean try to Play House. Icky.
A bazillion years ago---well, it was probably 1987---I was in this little New Wave Noveau Cuisine pizza house, where the pizza slices could be measured in nano-meters (and the food was snipped and parsed and dressed and elegant and inedible), where you hung out to hang out, to hobnob, to sneer, not because the food was good (Jesus, quite the contrary)---all high-style and in-your-face effrontery---and the menu had some little blurb like "Everything Reduces to Nothing". I think the Camden Damned would agree, and perhaps understand---Rock n' Roll, Deal with it.
Read the stilted, halting, loveless scene between the increasingly distracted Paul Denton and his mother, and try not to feel this grinding, horrific sadness, this despair born of potential denied, of things vital left unsaid. Remembered lines, between the sheets
I think the Party's over.
JSG
From darkness into ...more darkness.......2007-01-18
A dark, claustrophobic comedy. The reader's amusement can only be tinged with sadness at the waste of these lives with no meaning or purpose. The novel begins and ends in mid-sentence, emphasising that there is no closure here, only a sense of drift. This device also puts the reader in a position of overhearing what is going on, though still feeling a sense of involvement with the desperate lives before us. A useful preparation,too, for the same author's later novel American Psycho, which is even more savage as a satire and more shocking in its subject matter. As a 'Brit' I learned a lot from both books about the shadow side of gilded American youth and the price paid for the American dream. Recommended.
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Setting: Regency England
Sensuality: 8
Having sold her successful business, the Distinguished Academy of Governesses, Miss Hannah Setterington arrives in Lancashire to accept a position as caretaker to the earl of Raeburn's elderly aunt. Hannah is shocked to learn that the newly titled earl is none other than Dougald Pippard, the man she loved and ran away from nine years before. Dougald isn't the slightest bit surprised to see Hannah, for her arrival at Raeburn Castle is the result of a carefully planned scheme to bring her back into his life. Furthermore, he has the power to compel her to remain in Lancashire, for he can give Hannah something she yearns for--a meeting with her deceased father's parents.
While Hannah and Dougald are engaged in a battle of wits and wills, something wicked is afoot at the Castle. The prior two earls were killed in accidents shortly after coming into the title, and when Dougald is shot at and then attacked by thugs, it's clear that he's next on someone's hit list. Whether Hannah and Dougald will arrive at a mutually agreeable truce is debatable, but before the two can live happily ever after they must first discover the identity of the mysterious villain.
This latest in Christina Dodd's Governess series has delightfully Gothic touches with the heroine arriving at a forbidding castle on a stormy night, a dark, brooding hero, and danger threatening the two. In typical Dodd fashion, however, the Gothic elements are offset by the warmth and humor in the wonderfully interesting cast of secondary characters and plenty of romantic tension between Hannah and her earl.--Lois Faye Dyer
Book Description
The Rules of Enticement:
A woman should never surrender to a man without knowing his intentions. A man should never seduce a woman for the purposes of revenge.
Rules of Society
After nine years, Hannah Setterington has decided tosell the Distinguished Academy of Governesses and explore the secrets of her past. To that end she has agreed to be a companion to the elderly aunt of Lord Raeburn, a man enshrouded by dark mystery and haunted by the rumor that he murdered his wife. A strong-minded woman accustomed to the vagaries of nobility, Hannah believes the rumor to be so much piffle, until she comes face to face with Lord Raeburn.
Rules of Fascination
Dougald Pippard, Lord Raeburn, is deviously satisfied when his plan to trap Hannah springs itself successfully. But his satisfaction is short-lived as the indomitable Hannah draws the battle lines and kisses him with the pent-up passion Dougald hasn't felt for nine long years. The fire that has always flared between them rages again with every touch, every glance,until Dougald is almost ready to forget his wounded memories and plans of revenge for just one more night with her.
Rules of Attraction
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After nine years, Hannah Setterington is selling the Distinguished Academy of Governesses to explore her past: the mysterious, and possibly murderous, Lord Raeburn. But it's all a plan: Raeburn has trapped her, and will exact revenge, unless the fire that has always flared between them rages again.
The Rules of Enticement:A woman should never surrender to a man without knowing his intentions. A man should never seduce a woman for the purposes of revenge.
Rules of Society
After nine years, Hannah Setterington has decided tosell the Distinguished Academy of Governesses and explore the secrets of her past. To that end she has agreed to be a companion to the elderly aunt of Lord Raeburn, a man enshrouded by dark mystery and haunted by the rumor that he murdered his wife. A strong-minded woman accustomed to the vagaries of nobility, Hannah believes the rumor to be so much piffle, until she comes face to face with Lord Raeburn.
Rules of FascinationDougald Pippard, Lord Raeburn, is deviously satisfied when his plan to trap Hannah springs itself successfully. But his satisfaction is short-lived as the indomitable Hannah draws the battle lines and kisses him with the pent-up passion Dougald hasn't felt for nine long years. The fire that has always flared between them rages again with every touch, every glance,until Dougald is almost ready to forget his wounded memories and plans of revenge for just one more night with her.
Rules of Attraction
Customer Reviews:
Okay book in an okay series.......2007-05-09
This book is the end of a series that was okay, but not up to par with the rest of her books.
Interesting Twists and Turns.......2006-11-16
Actually, I enjoyed the novel. I liked how rather than Dodd forming typical heroines that hold out from the man that she loves, Hannah does have some faults of her own, for example, not being able to stay out of Dougald's arms...ever!
The book was a page turner, the characters were charming, and I NEVER saw some of the events that happened coming. Thank you for giving us a book that I could not predict :)
Hot and steamy!!!.......2006-10-04
This was my first book by Christina Dodd and I have to say that it was not my last. Okay this story first opens up with our heroine waiting all alone in the dark for a carriage to take her to her new employer's house. Good so far and it does get better. That first scene with our herione and hero is very hot, and while our hero did seem to be a little mean at times well all I can say is made for some very hot conflicts! The mystery was pretty good too oh and I hated our hero's faithful butler or whatever the heck he was he was really nasty and he actually caused alot of hardship for our herione in the past. Very good gothic romance I know it is in the Regency times and everything but it had a very gothic tone to it to me and I LOVE gothic romances!! 5 stars for steaminess and good story line and of course a very sexy hero who tries so hard to deny his feelings for our heroine but deep down has loved her all along, and really that is what makes a truly terrific story.
The hero just ruined the book........2006-10-04
After reading the concept of this story I was very anxious to read it. Young woman traveling to a distant/unknown town,finding herself all alone at the train station,finally gets picked up by an creepy character who tells her the Lord of the castle killed his wife....hhhmmm. She arrives at the old castle only to find that the Lord is the husbanfd she ran away from nine years ago...Sounded really good to me.
Well sadly its not. The hero is just waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy too nasty and cruel. Seems like Ms Dodd has been taking "mean hero" tips from Rosemary Rogers. Who has the cruelest heros I have ever come across, which is why I no longer read her books. Yes, in the last 100 pages he does redeem himself a bit, but not enough. By then I just couldn't like him, least of all feel any sympathy for him. Couldn't blame Hannah for running away from him at all.
I also didn't like that although he wasn't nice to the heroine, she continued to make love with him. Giving me the feeling of sex for the sake of sex....Rather disturbing.
There is finally near the end a very beautiful love scene where Douglad finally humbles himself, but as I said before too late.
The plot is not that bad.
However between the nasty butler,the heir, the murders, the aunt and her friends,the tapestry, Queen Victoria's vistit, the castle falling apart and Hannah's long lost family....the romace gets lost.
Two stars because the aunt and her friends are really cute. Other than that the book is not a romance worthy read.
Waste of time!.......2006-05-29
I have read other books by Christina Dodd & liked them. Which is why I read this one. What a disappointment! Story plot was o.k. But character development was poor. I like reading stories where I like the characters, at least like them at some point in the story & wish they'll be happy in the end. But this story was so boring, dragging on that I couldn't care less what happened in the end. Only because of my silly compulsion to finish every book I start, I ended up wasting a few hours of my time on this book. BTW, I did like the "Rules of engagement" in the same series very much! I liked Hannah Settrington in that story, which is why I got this book. My humble opinion is that Avoid reading this book unless you've nothing better to do.
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- A plain-spoken, readily understandable guide
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There Are No Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter
Laura J. Buddenberg , and
Kathleen M. McGee
Manufacturer: Boys Town Press
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1889322717 |
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The world of teen romance is sometimes chaotic and oftentimes confusing. What do you say when your 13-year-old asks, How can I make a guy go out with me? How do you respond to a 17-year-old who says shes in love? What do you do with a daughter who gets involved in endless hookups and breakups that leave her an emotional wreck? The answers, just like dating relationships, arent always easy. This book gives parents a window into the teen dating scene and shows them how to maintain their sanity amid all the crushes, courtships, and infatuations of adolescents. Both the fears and the fun of teen dating are revealed as the authors look at some of its biggest issues: Age (How old should your daughter be before she starts dating, and what age should her dates be?) Car Dates (Does your daughter have an escape route if a good date goes bad?) Appropriate Attire (When skin is in, is a bare midriff, backless blouse, or plunging neckline being fashionable or foolish?) Gift Giving (Are gifts of underwear going over the top?) Internet (Are virtual relationships a safer, better alternative for your daughter?) Parents are urged to sit down and talk seriously with their daughters about the purpose of dating and to create family dating rules. Sample activities to help get the conversation started are included. Sprinkled throughout the book are real-life dating stories, many silly, some scary, but all serve to remind parents that dating is a valuable experience that shouldnt be denied or trivialized.
Customer Reviews:
A plain-spoken, readily understandable guide.......2007-03-06
Written by mothers and Girls and Boys Town workshop presenters Laura J. Buddenberg and Kathleen M. McGee, There Are No Simple Rules For Dating My Daughter: Surviving the Pitfalls of Teen Relationships is a "must-read" guide for parents about the teen dating scene - including and especially the dramatic changes that have taken place within it since the rise of email, text messaging, instant messaging, blogging, and other forms of cyber communication. There Are No Simple Rules For Dating My Daughter is a thoroughly comprehensive guide covering everything from how to set limits to ensure children's safety, how to keep the lines of communication open, how to gently and respectfully break up (in a non-abusive relationship - anyone in an abusive relationship owes the other person no explanations when getting out), how to deal with the pain of rejection, how to recognize and terminate physically or emotionally abusive relationships, talking about sex with teens, and much more. A plain-spoken, readily understandable guide, highly recommended for mothers, fathers, and legal guardians of teens everywhere - and also for teens themselves!
Customer Reviews:
Has Quinn "Doc" found true love?.......2005-04-08
Quinn Gerard is a P.I. and now joined ARC Security & Investigations as a partner and has opened the San Francisco office. Quinn's (Doc) has been a character in several of Ms Crosby's books and now he has his own!
Quinn's doing surveillance for the S.F. DA's office of Jennifer Winston. Her boyfriend's been convicted of embezzlement of over $1,000,000 and the DA thinks she has access to it. The heroine is Claire, Jenn's younger half-sister, who decides to try to loosen up. She's a very conservative elementary school teacher. She & Jenn bleach her hair and dress her in Jenn's clothes. Quinn mistakenly follows her and has contact with her before he realizes. Quinn is drawn to Claire who does help him find Jenn but also wants to get closer to Quinn-she is attracted to him. Great love story with the wounded hero and shy, innocent heroine. Claire helps Quinn understand "the family" situation in his life. In may & June we'll see more of the ARC SF office. Ms Crosby's website www.susancrosby.com has teasers of them.
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From Publishers Weekly: The third installment of Dodd's Victorian-set Governess Brides series (Rules of Surrender, Rules of Engagement) sputters off to a slow start as a jilted husband and his runaway bride rehash old grudges. Hannah Setterington, head of the Distinguished Academy of Governesses, is lured to Lord Raeburn's Lancashire castle with promises of a position on the lord's staff only to find that Raeburn is really Dougald Pippard, the commoner she married when she was only 18 years old. Dougald has waited nine years to exact his revenge on Hannah, and he's more than pleased to engage her services as a companion for his dithering aunt Spring in the hope that Hannah will eventually bend to his will. Despite the obvious sexual tension between the couple, readers will find little relief from their mean-spirited bickering until their first sizzling sexual encounter. A subplot involving a murderer who's intent on disposing of the castle's newest lord provides some additional thrills, and Aunt Spring and her bubbly friends are a comic delight. Although Dodd has an ear for dialogue and a skillful hand, her fiction is a troubling mixture of romance and hostility. While her many fans are sure to enjoy this one, readers who prefer a less brutal courtship should pass. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Title: All Or Nothing the Rules of Attraction, Naqoyqatsi, Blackboards.
Author: Chris Chang
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Film Comment (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: Film Society of Lincoln Center
Volume: 38
Issue: 5
Page: 71(1)
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This digital document is an article from Indiana Business Magazine, published by Curtis Magazine Group, Inc. on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1574 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Mutual attraction. (impact of a legislative proposal to establish mutual insurance holding companies)
Author: Bill Beck
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Indiana Business Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Curtis Magazine Group, Inc.
Volume: v42
Issue: n9
Page: p26(5)
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