Book Description
If your lover has left you...
If your relationship is on the edge, and you feel fragile and out of control...
If you regret walking out...
If you're not sure you want your lover back, but you need to understand what happened...
You do have a second chance--if you know what has to come first.
Falling in and out of love is a natural process that can be understood and mastered. Love properly understood can be love regained and kept alive for a lifetime.
This step-by-step approach developed by psychiatrist Blase Harris works. It has worked for the people in this book. And now it can work for you. Dr. Harris's practical guide shows you how to avoid the common mistakes ex-lovers make, love 100 percent, and get your lover back!
Customer Reviews:
Hmm No the best.......2007-10-17
Hi. I did not get my love back. I did follow the advice very well in this book. Flower for two weeks straight, writing apology letters, letting them know dating some one else is good and you want them to be happy, but it did not work. I even took the test in the beginning of the book and scored high, showing me I had a good chance of getting me love back, but My love did not love herself and started are relationship trying to find that in me. She left me and started to do the same thing with some one else a day later. Actually she left someone before she started dating me. I guess if she was healthy, the book may have worked. This is such a touchy area. See if you really love some one it is worth a try. Maybe I did not really love my love, and suffer from something as well. It is okay to get your love back if you are not hurting yourself. Besides if you do not try you may regret it latter. Good luck
Good read even if your not trying to win a lover back.......2007-08-31
good read on how to love people, but not over love and how to get them to love you, and helps to understand why people in love do the things they do, and helpfull in dealing with impaired lovers.
Good book.......2007-07-08
Very nice reading, easy and makes you want to change your own actions... i got my lover back with this book :)
Helped me to meet my husband,.......2007-07-05
I bought this book with the hope of getting back my first love. However, he had already moved out and had no intentions to come back with me. I was devasted and very sad, anything was working and I started to think this book was just an utopia: the more I showed I was there for him, the more he wanted to run away.
One day, he just told me the true:
"I know what you want and I'm never going to go back with you". "You will need to find somebody else and start over" and hanged out the phone (so many times).
Holding to the happy times with him, I kept my hopes and continued reading the book anyway, I wanted to know what went wrong with my first love and to do better if I ever had a chance with him again. I stopped calling him and gave him a long space. In the inter (it was a very loooong space) I met my husband (a sweet guy, family oriented and, like me, willing to start over and give/receive love), and in less than one year we were engaged. We just had a baby boy and want more babies soon.
My first love was right, I applied the improved me in my actual relationship and I'm very happy! I'm sure that he never tried to hurt me, he was just trying to help me to move on too.
Love you first and so you can love 100%. I'm agree with most of the reviews, this book is for men who negleted their women; but for women, we just go on with our life and learn from mistakes, and DON'T CALL HIM IF HE DOESN'T.
Silly title but a wake up call to grow up.......2006-06-14
I just came across this on Amazon. I read it over 10 years ago after a break up when I knew I didn't want to do the same old "sour grapes, who needed him" bull. I remember loving the book and trying it all, taking the higher road, feeling the grief and really trying to be his friend and supportive. I really gave the book a shot and 10 years later I am still married to my best friend in the world, the guy I read the book regarding. I can't attribute it all to one book but this is a great start at getting clear, taking responsibility and growing up emotionally. I recommend it and therapy and know that the right relationship will reveal itself if you do the footwork. I did find this book at the exact right moment and if you can get past the title I think it has a lot to offer.
Book Description
Let's be honest. No woman really wants to be alone for the rest of her life. But does being alone mean you're doomed to be miserable forever? Definitely not! And does being single have to equal lonely? No way! You can have the best time of your life when you're single, but you wouldn't know that from our relationship obsessed society, where celebrity magazines devote the majority of their content to who's dating whom and the wedding industry is a $100-billion business. Yet more than a third of marriages end in divorce, and countless other couples languish in unions that shouldn't have happened in the first place.
Don't become a statistic—love yourself and never settle!
Jen Schefft knows that better than almost anyone. In 2003, she got engaged in front of millions of people on television's The Bachelor, only to see it end nine months later when the relationship just wasn't right anymore. A year later, she turned down an engagement on The Bachelorette, and the backlash was relentless. She was labeled a "spinster" by a celebrity magazine, and a noted national talk-show host remarked that she would be "a bachelorette for the rest of her life."
This is a terrible message to send to the millions of sensational single women out there, and in Better Single Than Sorry Schefft makes it her mission to let women know that it's better to be single than to be in a relationship that doesn't make you happy. With testimonials from women of all ages—single, married, in committed relationships, with children (even single moms) and without—this book tells you how to let go of your fear of being alone and how to love yourself and never settle for a relationship that is anything less than you deserve.
Written in a conversational style, as if talking with your best friend, Schefft helps you navigate the pressures of a culture that places an unhealthy importance on being in a relationship and shows you how to find happiness in work, home, and the simple pleasures of everyday life. Above all, she shows you how it's far, far better to be single than sorry. Being single is a time to have fun, learn new things, grow, and blossom—not a time to feel desperate or depressed, so cherish it!
Customer Reviews:
Flashback To The High School Girl's Bathroom.......2007-06-08
I got this as a gift. Reading it was like being zapped back to high school, in the girl's bathroom, where that one click of know-it-all girls were always busy gossiping and deciding how everyone else should behave and what was and wasn't cool. The basic message back then, as with this book, is you are either with us or against us. Conform to what we think women should be. Not a good message for girls or women and certainly won't help you with dating. If you want good advice that doesn't tell you how to be and will work, I suggest God Is a Woman: Dating Disasters and A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend: For Every Guy Who Wants to Be One/For Every Girl Who Wants to Build One, which are both very good. I also heard The Manual: A True Bad Boy Explains How Men Think, Date, and Mate--and What Women Can Do to Come Out on Top is good and just picked up a copy of that.
Good For Everyone.......2007-05-31
This book gives the reader something to hope for: the right guy WILL come along if you are patient and you stay true to yourself. This was an amusing read, mostly filled with quotes from other women who will validate for you that you are not alone in this. I'm glad I purchased this book.
Great book for the single woman in her twenties.......2007-05-14
It seems like all the books I read about being single, are for middle age women or for single moms. It was nice to finaloly read a book that I could relate to, being in my twenties. Very cute and funny.
REFRESHING!!!!.......2007-05-14
I read this book at Barnes and Noble on a study break and I will admit that I found it very refreshing!! Why? too many books about being single seem to focus on some aspect of trying to fetch a guy by improving your looks, by flirting better, by having fewer standards, by networking more, etc. While some of those principles are not always completely bad, they focus on life being better with having the ideal mate in your life (instead of learning how to manage or enjoy life). And then other times, they are outright anti-feminist with principles of encouraging submissiveness, a lack of communication and pretending to be something that you are not which is damaging to BOTH sexes, not just women.
This book I think gets it RIGHT. Jen Schefft talks about ENJOYING the single life, about NOT SETTLING, about not falling into the peer pressure when friends or parents want you to be with someone. I think that this is downright refreshing in contrast to other books on single life. More books should be like this! They should not encourage women to be any less than who they truly are, and changing something about yourself should be because YOU want to do it, not because you want to get someone's attention. This seems to have a slef help twist on a feminist perspective.
Other books that I think that people who might be interested in this book might benefit from are: The Meaning of Wife, Bachelor Girl, Feminine Mystique, A Room of Ones Own.
Wonderful Book.......2007-05-13
I think that every woman should read this book. I am in a relationship, but still found this book compelling. Her thoughts on how you should be treated and loving yourself are absolutely right!
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Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In
Better Than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again - without leaving home - yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received from candidate Clinton's top aides, and 100 percent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all ever penned by man, beast, or Thompson.
Book Description
"Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what Forrest Gump is to idiot savants."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again--without leaving home--yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign--in all of its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received by candidate Clinton's top aides, and 100 percent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all ever penned by man or beast.
"[Thompson] delivers yet another of his trademark cocktail mixes of unbelievable tales and dark observations about the sausage grind that is the U.S. presidential sweepstakes. Packed with egocentric anecdotes, musings and reprints of memos, faxes and scrawled handwritten notes (Memorable."
--Los Angeles Daily News
"What endears Hunter Thompson to anyone who reads him is that he will say what others are afraid to (.[He] is a master at the unlikely but invariably telling line that sums up a political figure (.In a year when all politics is--to much of the public--a tendentious and pompous bore, it is time to read Hunter Thompson."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"While Tom Wolfe mastered the technique of being a fly on the wall, Thompson mastered the art of being a fly in the ointment. He made himself a part of every story, made no apologies for it and thus produced far more honest reporting than any crusading member of the Fourth Estate (. Thompson isn't afraid to take the hard medicine, nor is he bashful about dishing it out (.He is still king of beasts, and his apocalyptic prophecies seldom miss their target."
--Tulsa World
"This is a very, very funny book. No one can ever match Thompson in the vitriol department, and virtually nobody escapes his wrath."
--The Flint Journal
Customer Reviews:
FEAR AND LOATHING IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 1992.......2007-04-23
Better than sex
Know this. The late Hunter Thompson, Doctor Gonzo, was something of a muse for me although our politics, in the final analysis, were light years apart. I have read everything of his that I could get my hands on. During many a troubled time when I got down on the seemingly hopeless struggle in the fight for socialism his savage humor aimed at the inanities of bourgeois politics and politicians carried me through. That said, the book under review Better Than Sex about the trials and tribulations of covering the ill-starred 1992 presidential campaign is not one of his better efforts and even with his vast journalistic skills must have been a chore rather than something to really dig into. I will tell you my take on the matter.
Hunter Thompson started making a name for himself as a political journalist in his first efforts at trying to understand presidential political campaigns during the ill-fated Democratic campaign of George McGovern against one Richard M. Nixon in 1972. His Fear and Loathing on Campaign Trail 1972 stands as a classic of `alternative' journalism on the issue. He stated then that a political junkie, and by any definition he was one, could only really stand in the vortex of one such campaign before burning out. Nevertheless he recklessly pressed his luck. Unfortunately, Thompson found himself in the place where Teddy White found himself after his seminal `straight' reporting on the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon campaign, The Making of President. White too, went on to write more such books and not to his benefit. In short, pigeon-holed. Take that lesson for what it is worth.
The problem with Better Than Sex is that Thompson had written it all before, and to better effect. The writing seems frantic and tired, very tired. It did not help that his cast of main characters- one President George H. W. Bush, one William Jefferson Clinton and one genuine dingo bat Ross Perot- would make even a political junkie get him or herself to the nearest rehabilitation center. The book reflects that in many ways not the least of which is the extraordinary amount of filler (literally with `draft' notes, letters, drawings etc.) that clutters the book. If that does not convince you then a three star rating on a genuine five star journalistic hero of mine tells the tale. Still, there is more than enough savagely funny analysis and humor for a real Thompson junkie to get by on during a few lonely political nights. Enough said.
Not what I expected but still good.......2006-01-27
Lots of politic stuff.Kind of boring theme but Hunters words makes it fun and intersting.It is a good book if you are a Hunter fan.If you are not dont start go with this one.Pick up "Fear and Lothing in Las Vagas" or "Hells Angels".After you read those book this book will be lot better.
Political Junkies, Rejoice..........2005-06-03
I find that, no matter what book I read by the good Dr. Thompson, I can never write an appropriate review or make any sort of intelligent, logical comment on the subject. To date, I've read Hell's Angels, The Rum Diary, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas twice, along with a few of the articles in Hey Rube. Picking up Better Than Sex, I hoped to finish the book and be able to, finally, write some sort of response to the book, putting to rest this impotence of critique that seems to hang like a strange, twisted shadow over his writing.
Like most people faced with the inability to perform a task, mine is psychological, rooted in a sort of awe factor, that phosphorous phantom known as envy that usually takes the form of imitation or fear and inability. I mean, essentially, you read Thompson and when you put the book down, you say "I want to write like that." Then, you open up Word or, if you're a bit old-fashioned, you pull out a pen and paper, and sit there, staring at the blankness, the perfect emptiness that you know you're only going to muck up because no human being can write like that.
No living human being, anyway.
What Thompson did - not only in writing but in life - was to infuse everything he touched with a sort of rough humanity. Whatever the subject, from the loss of idealism in the sixties hippy culture to why Bill Clinton was a weird one, but the only thing we had going in 1992, he could explain and expound upon it with the word of a poet and the common sense of your best childhood friend. The man knew how to craft a sentence and a story, something that was both informational and interesting, and by the time you reach the end of the story, you realize you're walking away not only entertained but educated. He had the power to do that.
Better Than Sex is a bit different from his earlier work, mostly in that it relies heavily on deviant, manic faxes sent to everyone from Clinton's campaign manager to Jan Wenner at Rolling Stone while Thompson was covering the campaign trail in 1992. While you're shuttled from one strange jaunt to the next, entertained at Hunter's various bizarre suggestions, you're also learning, picking up things you never realized were going on in that oh-so-important election year. He's pointing out mistakes that Bush Sr. made in 92, mistakes that were remembered not only by Hunter, but as becomes apparent as the book comes to a close, by the Bush II campaign. It's like a hard, fast look at the 2004 election trail, seeing the same plays from the same teams, except this time the away team learned from their mistakes twelve years ago, and they're not about to lose this championship again.
Reading it, however, isn't just an entertaining story or a guide to how to win a Presidential election. It's also a window into the mind of a man who was fed up with the Republicans twelve years ago, ready to take drastic action if Bush Sr. was re-elected. Reading it now, in light of Thompson's suicide in February, one can almost begin to comprehend the incomprehensible, as in his weirdest, most outrageous moments, Hunter revealed more of himself than he did when straight-laced and serious. In his coverage of the 92 campaign is the story of a man who could not live under the fascist iron fist of the more moderate Bush Republicans of the past, who reviled everything they stood for, and who threatened to flee the country should they take control for another four years. He shows himself as a man who is reinvigorated by the victory of sensibility over the zealous, Big Brother of a Republican party that was half the strength and only a forth as fanatical as the one that recently enthroned itself for another four years. He is revived by the masses throwing out the trash and choosing to change the ways of the country by making a choice for improvement and change. Twelve years later his rallying cry in Rolling Stone went unanswered, America chose fascism over freedom, and freak power as a force to be reckoned with is dead in the United States-how could he survive in that world?
This is not to say that a single presidential election could determine the life or death of one man; when it comes to politics, mortality rates are usually in the thousands. What Better Than Sex does say, however, is that like it or not, Thompson was a political junkie, that while his reputation was built on drugs, his perfect drug is a good political match, and that as a catalyst, it held major sway with a man whom drugs alone could not touch.
Accurate Title.......2004-05-22
This book is better than sex. His best since Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He's not your average acid casualty. This book is an amazing blend of outrageous, mind bending accusations, libelous paranoid ranting, and just good old fashion fun. Hunter is a national treasure and this book is a great read.
A great representation of sarcasm.......2004-05-05
Better Than Sex is a book for those who like to read sarcastic, humorous, and often-cynical writing. Thompson creates a world of politics that is not the "norm" in the United States. It is something ugly, COMPETETIVE (even capitalizing it makes it understated), and downright dirty. He compares getting into politics like an addiction, a very serious addiction. It can mold people into a horrible beast that would run over their own mother as long as they got elected.
This is a book about politics. Yet, there are stories contained with James Carville, the ragin' cajun, stealing Hunter's money and jacket. Also, Thompson describes the, both good and bad, possibilities of a fax-machine, press pass, and telephone. Thompson basically shows his interest in politics in a very uninterested way. He almost makes it seem like he doesn't, in actuality, care about politics through his blatant sarcasm and, at times, downright rudeness. However, while reading, that does not deter from that he is obviously obsessed with politics. I think he's simply trying to state his opinion in a broad, un-censored way. All in all a very good and fun read, for those of you who are cynical and critical of the world around you.
Book Description
Better Than I Ever Expected is a warm, witty, and honest book that contends with the challenges and celebrates the delights of older-life sexuality. It asserts that women over sixty are at the top of their game when it comes to enjoying sex.
Joan Price’s woman-to-woman straight talk transcends the self-help style of other books in this field. Yes, there are challenges to sex after menopause and beyond, says Price, but there are also creative solutions. She is on a mission to let women her age and older know that they can, in fact, have the best sex of their lives. Price gets personal and stays positive, combining her own story with candid comments, tips, and sassy tales from sexually seasoned women. She acknowledges the gritty issues that older women confront in their sexual lives, noting that it’s not easy, but it certainly isn’t over.
At age 61, Price is newly engaged to the man she’s been looking for her whole life. Her discovery of how great “well-seasoned” sex can be was the inspiration for this book. Sidebars present candid and friendly sex tips; fitness, exercise, and lifestyle information; and women's erotic vignettes—both real-life experiences and fantasies.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointed.......2007-07-14
I was very dissappointed in the content of this book. I would not recommend it to anayone.
Excellent Book.......2007-02-14
This was a great read. I appreciated learning that I am not the only one who was lacking in knowledge. Our parents tried to educate us without mentioning sex. I wish I had had this knowledge when I was in my twenties. My sex life would have been much better. I recommend this book to anyone - men, women, couples. I ordered a different book on tape first and felt it was a waste of money. This book is worth every penny and the resources are wonderful.
Like Sex Itself: Fascinating, Fun, and Educational.......2006-10-18
Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty by Joan Price lives up to its title! Like sex itself, it is fascinating, fun, and educational: a how-to book for staying sexually active and enjoying it as we, men and women, mature. With stimulating anecdotes and clinical details, it leaves no sexual arena unexplored. It encourages us to move beyond age and sexual stereotypes and better understand ourselves and our bodies. It gives a variety of suggestions on how to surmount dryness, wrinkles, flaccidity, and the like, in order to continue exploring the frontiers of pleasure and intimacy. Wise and very respectful, Joan reminds us "Great sex is what's happening between two souls, two minds, two hearts--not just two bodies." This book is a testimony to love and creativity. EVERYONE will learn from it. It is what a book should be, enriching! I wholeheartedly recommend it.
We are not alone. .......2006-03-23
Thanks to Joan Price for having the courage and willingness to share her story with others and lead the way towards increasing sexual pleasure and possibilities for all of us. She speaks for all of us "seasoned women" who were told that our sex lives were over.
Better Than I Ever Expected.......2006-03-12
Joan Price really hit the mark with this book, just what I was looking for in regards to 60+ woman. I'm in my 50's and have been dating woman from 68 to 78. This book has help me understand the needs and wants of these wonderful sexy woman.
Book Description
Author Judy Core confronts her demons of alcohol abuse and fractured relationships and discovers the woman she's meant to be. Frank, honest and appealing, this memoir is as memorable as the Kenny Chesney songs Core loves.
Customer Reviews:
Great book!.......2007-07-23
I first heard about this book through Kenny's fan club. The day I received it in the mail I couldn't wait to get off work to start reading it. I read it twice in two days and will be reading it many times over I'm sure. There were so many times in the book when I was thinking "That's me!" Judy refers to music as an escape and it is so true! There are songs for every feeling you could possibly imagine! Great work Judy! Thanks!
Found the old blue chair.......2007-06-24
Wow! Judy does an excellent job of putting her feelilngs out there for us all to read. Her love for music and how it can soothe your sole is expressed so well in this book. She puts into words what myself and I am sure many others are going through or have gone through in our lives. It's good to know there are others out there with a love for the music and know that it can change our lives!
Awesome!!.......2007-06-08
As a fan of Kenny Chesney, I was initially drawn to this book because of the title's reference to his music, however, I got so much more. Judy is so open an honest relaying her journey. It's great to read a book and think to yourself, "that's exactly how I feel." I would definitely recommend this book and can't wait for future writing adventures.
Fun, Easy Read.......2006-07-13
This book is very fun and easy to read, and also very entertaining. I laughed out loud and sympathized with Judy throughout the book. Overall, it's a great story.
Mutual Agreement.......2006-06-21
Awesome! I love how Judy puts it all out there, saying things we often think and feel but never say. She also identifies with how a woman's neediness can take us down a road of destruction and takes us years to figure out why. Yes, music is therapy when we take time to listen. It's like when she said you feel better when you know someone else has felt that way too. Thanks for being so up front and open. I can't wait for more...
Book Description
Newlyweds Anneke Haagen and Police Lieutenant Karl Genesko are enjoying their honeymoon in San Francisco when they receive an invitation from Richard Killian, Anneke's friend, to watch the University of Michigan game at his sports bar, Maize and Blue. Anneke gladly accepts the invitation, but when Anneke and Karl arrive, they discover that a number of things would have been better than going to Maize and Blue. A Michigan graduate student, Lindsay Summers, has something other than the game on her mind: she is interviewing everyone about what triggers their urges to overeat, which doesn't make her very popular. But is that reason enough to kill her? Anneke and Karl soon find themselves dragged into the investigation to help their friend Richard, who has become the prime suspect. As they search for answers amid a shish kebab of food activists with a dozen different agendas, deadly secrets are revealed-secrets that one person will ensure stay buried-even if it means resorting to murder again and again....AUTHORBIO: SUSAN HOLTZER divides her time between Ann Arbor and the San Francisco area. BETTER THAN SEX is her seventh book in the University of Michigan series.
Customer Reviews:
A Serious Message Between the Humor & Action.......2006-04-18
Anneke Haagen has married the man of her dreams, Karl Genesco, former professional football player and now Ann Arbor policeman, and is on her honeymoon in the Foodie capital of the world, San Francisco. Between the souffles, fusion, calories, carbs and sensualness of what we eat, a critic of "unhealthy" food is murdered and the suspects are legion.
This is a light book (too many characters, its one fault) but the author, is obviously "fed up" (pardon the pun) with the new moral police, what I like to call the NPR crowd. Namely, the huge cottage industry of academia/bureaucrats who revel in telling the general public what and how we should eat, drink, smoke, wear, invest, travel - all with the rabid conviction of a televangelist on a last crusade against Satan. In this case, it's our public servants who want to tax "bad food" and force us to eat "correct" foods for our own good, you understand. The bad guy is an obvious take on Atkins (whose diet did wonders for me a couple of years ago I might add).
The perpetrator of the crime is a surprise - well, not really when one considers [plot spoiler] DC and the headiness of power. Throughout, Anneke has witty and sometimes deep insights about her fellow citizen and their motivations. The honeymoon is less-than-romantic since all emotions of desire and love center on food and not people. Nice read.
Death of a Food Nazi.......2001-10-24
Which of the extremist Foodies killed the pleasure-hating Food Nazi? Her former boss, the nutcase nutritionist politician? The celebrity chef, or his anorexic social climbing wanna-be-lover (whose own hubbie strays with a Reubenesque beauty), or the going for broke restaurant owner? If you've ever wanted to slap silly someone who ruined a great dinner by dithering on about wine or varieties of mushrooms, this lightweight mystery is for you. Plus, series crimesolvers Anneke and Karl finally get a honeymoon.
Tasteful Murder in SF?.......2001-09-18
Is it possible for Michigan computer consultant Anneke Haagen and her pro-football-player-turned cop hubby to enjoy a quiet honeymoon in San Francisco? Apparently not--their romantic idyll is disrupted when Anneke and Karl witness the murder of a beautiful graduate student in a sports bar, and Anneke and Karl must set aside their amorous exploits to solve the case.
This book is a delightful, one-evening read; just sit down with your favorite Midwestern cuisine and nibble away. Or better yet, take the book with you on your next trip to San Francisco. The author, Susan Holtzer, has included her own favorite real-world SF restaurants in the novel, so this book can do double duty: read it in the airport as a murder mystery, then take Better than Sex around the city with you as a local dining guide!
Cute--food is a four letter word. Not enough detecting.......2001-08-18
Lindsay Summers probably had it coming. After all, if you're a complete witch, sleep with a married man, try to get major food groups outlawed, blackmail your advisor, and produce bad research for your disertation, you are probably going to get poisoned. The only question is, who is going to do it.
Just about everyone at the San Francisco sports bar where Lindsay is doing her 'research' are candidates. Even our heroine, Anneke Haagen was just about mad enough to do something violent. But only one of them actually killed Lindsay. Anneke and her police lieutenant Karl volunteer to help the San Francisco police. Better yet, they bring on their secret weapon, Zoe Kaplan, 19-year-old journalism student, to investigate. It's just as well that they do. Zoe turns out to be the only character in the novel who does much investigation at all. While Anneke eats her way through San Francisco, Zoe puts herself in danger and digs out all of the facts.
BETTER THAN SEX is well written, amusing, and offers fine characterization for the minor characters. Unfortunately, the primary characters, Anneke and Karl, don't actually play much of a role in the mystery. Maybe they should have focussed on their honeymoon.
I enjoyed reading this book but think Holtzer could have toned down the food and turned up the mystery.
A good mysty series just got better.......2001-07-25
Even on their honeymoon in romantic and picturesque San Francisco, Ann Arbor police Lieutenant Karl Genesko and his new bride Anneke Haagen cannot get away from murder. The newlyweds are eating brunch at the trendy bistro Maize and Blue when a food researcher at Anneke's table suddenly keels over and dies. Somebody put poison in the deceased's tomato juice and since Karl is on the scene when the death took place, he is called by his San Francisco counterpart to explore the Ann Arbor connection.
Most of the people sitting at the table where the victim was killed had some kind of tie to Ann Arbor. The victim, Michigan graduate Lindsay Summers, was obsessive about food. She wanted legislation passed to force people to eat right and she had the ear of a Michigan Congressman who jumped on her bandwagon and made it an issue. Karl, Anneka and the SFPD work together to find the killer but in the end it is Zoe, Anneka's friend at the university who risks her life to solve the case.
In this long running series, Susan Holtzer has a knack of creating characters that will appeal to her audience ensuring that they will want to read all forthcoming books. BETTER THAN SEX is a who-done-it with a lot of humor intertwined into the story line, thus ensuring that the tension never becomes unbearable. The great aspect of this series is that Ms. Holtzer makes us believe that passionate love can be found at fifty as easily as it can at twenty-five.
Harriet Klausner
Book Description
From the author of There Goes the Bride, here is book that talks to women about a new approach to life—being single and thoroughly enjoy it! Rather than focusing on Mr. Right, women should use their dating experiences as a developmental process, a learning experience, a way of growing and maturing and deciding what you really want. Women can learn from Mr. Puppy Love, Mr. First Boyfriend, Mr. Swashbuckling Adventure, Mr. Sex, Mr. Serious Intellectual, Mr. Money, Mr. Best Friend, and others. Each chapter concludes with a section called "Been There, Learned This" which lists the specific learning experiences and lessons accomplished from each dating and relationship experience. The book is sharp, energetic, often humorous, and always on the mark.
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Guilt-free dating—a new approach to enjoying life as a single woma n
Rachel Safier offers a bold new approach to life for the woman who doesn't want to worry about getting married right away, but is instead determined to take more pleasure in dating. Mr. Right Now offers lively stories and practical advice for gaining experience, learning from different relationships, and just plain having fun. In this on-the-mark, often humorous antithesis to the "how to catch a man" self-help books, the author shares her own dating experience as well as those of women across the country and identifies the specific lessons learned from each dating and relationship experience.
Rachel Safier (Washington, D.C.) is a journalist whose writing has appeared in such magazines as Seventeen, Publishers Weekly, and U.S. News & World Report. She is the author of There Goes the Bride (0-7879-6748-3) and has appeared on Good Morning America and in the New York Times and Time magazine.
Customer Reviews:
A new perspective on dating.......2004-06-21
I enjoyed Rachel's newest book a lot. Once again, she is able to point out the key lessons from life experience. What is interesting is she claims that dating should be something we learn from and approach it that way, not as something to be dreaded or that we HAVE to do. Maybe she is suggesting to make it a little less serious and take it for what it is, not as a means to an end. In a society where marital status still plays heavily into how we fit in, this book encourages us to date and learn about ourselves. It's not all about husband-hunting and that is okay. Take the pressure off. Embrace this time in your life.
Rachel does a good job of taking real life examples and making them pertinent to your own. You can see examples of atleast one man you have dated in this book. It's a refreshing new outlook. I really enjoyed it because it made me laugh.
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Is it better than ever? Now that the children have grown and theres more time on your hands as a couple, are you finding that the love and intimacy has gone from your life? It is a fact that as we mature, our sexual drives mature as well, but it is also a fact that while you may slow down and your lovemaking may be different than it was in your youth, that doesnt mean that the quality has to be lower or your pleasure less. In this honest, yet light-hearted volume, replete with delightful stories and anecdotes that present a variety of tools and techniques to help us all develop the kind of openness we desire, Bernie Zilbergeld, well-known sex therapist and author of the widely quoted, "The New Male Sexuality," draws on his many years of clinical and life experience. He explains why we should be enjoying our lovemaking and our intimacy even more than ever and certainly better than ever. Although its true you are probably going to get to know your doctor much better as you grow older, and probably your pharmacist as well, Dr. Zilbergeld shows how all of us can choose whether we are either going to be Lovers in our life or Non-Lovers. Meticulously researched, based on 145 interviews with men and women ages 45 to 87, Dr. Zilbergeld presents evidence that a good number of men and women are having great sex in both their long- and short-term relationships. He shows you how you can learn from the Lovers who are the relationship experts among us. Read this book and you will go away knowing that your love life and your intimate relationships can be just as strong today as 10, 20, or even 30 years ago. You will learn about: -The myths and realities about sex and aging
-Normal physical changes in men and women
-Lovers and Non-Lovers where do you fit in?
-Problem-solving and whats health got to do with it?
-Medications and their uses
-How to talk sexyat any age Dont just complain about your love life, get started today to make it better than ever!
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Reveals the myths and realities of sex and aging.......2005-08-11
The collaborative work of Bernie and George Zilbergeld, Better Than Ever: Love And Sex At Midlife informs couples in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70's and 80s just how they can continue to enjoy their love life -- sex is not just for the young and horny! Better Than Ever reveals the myths and realities of sex and aging, addresses the normal physical changes in men and women of mature years, considers medications and their uses with respect to human sexuality, how to identify and deal with health issues that affect human sexuality, and even how to "talk sexy" at any age! Coherently and accessible written in language ideal for the non-specialist general reader, Better Than Ever is highly recommended reading, and an invaluable addition to community library "Human Sexuality" reference collections.
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