Jane Cowl: Her Precious and Momentary Glory

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Fascinating history of Broadway theatre in early days.......2007-01-07

I went to acting school with Richard King. In 1948, we were both involved in a play, "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson, starring Jane Cowl as a visiting star, at the Pasadena Playhouse. I was her stand-in, playing the Queen until Miss Cowl arrived. Dick was stage manager. His book gives the fascinating story of her life, all the Broadway events happening around her for all those years before World War II. Dick knew her well until she died. The only problem is that he typed it himself and no one edited it for spelling. But ignore that, it's FASCINATING!

King's Cowl.......2004-05-14

A must read biography of this important but nearly forgotten early 20th Century Actress. King captures the feel of the period in his prose style and the style of the actress in his imagery. Broadway of the teens, twenties and thirties is lovingly recreated. This is a book no theatre buff or scholar will want to miss.

King's COWL.......2004-05-14

A fine piece of scholarship about this neglected early 20th century actress. King has caught the spirit and feel of the theatre during this important period when American playwriting was coming into its own and acting was moving from the declamatory style to the ultra realism of today. Kings carefully researched book should be in every theatre buffs library.

Jane Cowl. Her Precious and Momentary Glory

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Jane Cowl. Her Precious and Momentary Glory
Richard Abe King
Manufacturer: 1stBooks Library
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUV0II

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Delrita likes being invisible. If no one notices her, then no one will notice her uncle Punky either. Punky is a grown man with a child's mind. Delrita loves him dearly and can't stand people making fun of his Down's syndrome. But when tragedy strikes, Delrita's quiet life—and Punky's—are disrupted forever. Can she finally learn to trust others, for her own sake and Punky's? This story captures the joy and sorrow that come when we open our hearts to love.

Winner of the Mark Twain Award

Winner of the William Allen White Award

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A must read for promoting acceptance of those with disabilities.......2007-09-24

This is a beautiful, wonderfully written book. Though a work of fiction about a young man named "Punky", author Wood's wrote this book as a tribute to her late brother. I myself am a sibling of a man with Down Syndrome and as such this book is very close to my heart. People with Down Syndrome possess personality traits such as blunt honesty, obsessive/compulsive-like reliance on routine, stubbornness, finding great joy in simple things and in a job well done. Wood's depiction of Punky, who possesses all these traits and more, is dead-on. So much in her characterization of Punky describes my own brother. I am also from Missouri, where the story is set, and can attest to her descriptions of the settings being very accurate. I own this book in paperback and only wish I could still find it in hardback because it will be a permanant part of our family library.

Great Book!!!.......2006-10-12

This book is a "must-read", it is sad at parts but I won't spoil the book for you!!! If you are looking for a great book read this, you should also read the sequel Turtle On A Fence Post, it is also great! The Man Who Loved Clowns is about Delrita, a girl who's uncle "Punky" just turned 35 years old, he has down-syndrome.I won't tell you any more but trust me READ THIS BOOK!!!

The best book ever written! .......2006-05-10

This is the greatest book. Perfect for children of all ages. ITs a heart touching story, and shows how families need to stick together no matter the circumstance. This story is a great example of how no families are perfect. Punky is a wonderful character/person, he touched my life. This book makes you want to smile and cry at the same time. Its an amazing book, don't just take my word for it, go ahead and read it yourself.

Every Child Should Read.......2006-02-28

This is the most sincere book that I have ever read. I actually read it aloud to my 6th grade students. We were all moved and touched so much by the main characters, Punky and Delrita. This book exposed my students to many morals and excellent character traits as they learned the importance of accepting others, even if they are different. My students have missed this book so much since we finished it. I think it will leave an everlasting impact on their lives, and they will always treasure this story that we shared together.

The man who loved clowns (review) : By Kayla Parks.......2005-10-20

Delrita moved to Tangle Nook from a small town. She lived with her mom,dad and uncle Punky. Punky has a disease called Down's syndrome and just turned thirty-five, and it's very unlikely for someone with Down's syndrome to live past forty. Delrita meets Avanelle Shackleford, and her brother Tree. Delrita, and her family pack up and go to Silver Dollar City. While they are there Punky "trades" a clown for clown. That led them to meeting Whittlen Walt. Walt came in handy later when Delrita's parents get in an accident and Walt is there for Delrita, and Punky.
In my opinion this book is an excellent book. It is most definitely highly recommended in my mind.

Noah Webster: A man who loved words (A Beka Book reading program)

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Noah Webster: A man who loved words (A Beka Book reading program)
Elaine Cunningham
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Man Who Loved Egypt (Ariel Books)
Bimbashi McPherson , and Barry Carman
Manufacturer: BBC Pubns
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Pictorial summary of a human St. Columba

Man Who Loved Books
Jean Fritz
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
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ASIN: 0399207155

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Pictorial summary of a human St. Columba.......2005-06-27

There are over 6 pages to this book which gives a very human understanding of how he became a missionary to Scotland and, indeed, how much he loved books. It is filled with wonderful pictures and is appropriate for children as a learning tool for growing in integrity and righting wrongs.

10 Volumes James Bond Thrillers (Diamonds Are Forever; 007 James Bond: A Report; You Only Live Twice; Casino Royale; For Your Eyes Only; Goldfinger; Live and Let Die; Moonraker; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Man With The Golden Gun, 10 Book Set)

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10 Volumes James Bond Thrillers (Diamonds Are Forever; 007 James Bond: A Report; You Only Live Twice; Casino Royale; For Your Eyes Only; Goldfinger; Live and Let Die; Moonraker; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Man With The Golden Gun, 10 Book Set)
Ian Fleming
Manufacturer: Signet
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VJV7J8

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Set of 10 Signet paperback books: James Bond Thrillers. Inlcluded in this set: Diamonds Are Forever (D2029); 007 James Bond: A Report (D2652); You Only Live Twice (P2712); Casino Royale (P2724); For Your Eyes Only (P2727); Goldfinger (P2729); Live and Let Die (P2730); Moonraker (P2731); The Spy Who Loved Me (P2733); & The Man With The Golden Gun (P2735)

Be Loved for Who You Really Are: How the Differences Between Men and Women Can Be Turned into the Source of the Very Best Romance You'll Ever Know

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Fresh Perspective on Differences
Never fail at Love?!
the magic of differences
Where to turn for advice about love that works? Here!
Finding Love And Romance

Be Loved for Who You Really Are: How the Differences Between Men and Women Can Be Turned into the Source of the Very Best Romance You'll Ever Know

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ASIN: 1559276770

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At a time when it's popular to believe men and women come from different planets, the husband and wife psychology team of Judith Sherven and James Sniechowski takes a far different approach in Be Loved for Who You Really Are. Using case histories, examples, and exercises from their own marriage and 14 years as relationship trainers, the authors suggest that individual and sex differences are not the source of relationship problems. Instead, they assert that true intimacy can be found in mapping and acknowledging differences as relationships ripen with time. You can't hurry love, say Shervan and Sniechowski, who counsel couples to understand four predictable passages to lasting love. These passages include "A glimpse of what is possible," "The clash of differences," "The magic of differences," and "The grace of deep intimacy." In each stage, couples are discouraged from hiding their differences or manipulating their partner to change, and rather are persuaded to encounter each other in genuine, unguarded ways. The book would have been strengthened with less New Age vocabulary and more examples from the authors' marriage, but overall, this is a wise and intriguing guide to creating a lasting love. --Barbara Mackoff

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DESCRIPTION: Finding the Power in Your Differences Differences are the number-one reason why couples break up. But in Be Loved for Who You Really Are, the new book from bestselling husband-and-wife psychology team Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D., they demonstrate how differences can be turned into a powerful source of lifelong love and romance. No matter how much two people may have in common, when they commit to a relationship they soon dis-cover all the ways they are different from one another. Failure comes when they struggle to get each other to fit into their expectations of how things "should" be, treating their differences as something to be fixed, in an effort to obtain an unrealistic fantasy relationship. Then, when reality doesn't match the fantasy, the relationship falls apart. "In Be Loved . . . we celebrate those very real and unavoidable differences any two people run into when they are in a committed relationship," says Sniechowski. "We go beyond gender differences. It is not about rules or about coming from different planets but about how two people can successfully co-create their own very personal and unique relationship." Using case histories and examples from their own relationship, Judith Jim show that, con-trary to common belief, differences should not be a problem. "Differences can be turned into opportunities for intimate and spiritual growth in a relationship," stresses Sherven. "They can even be turned into a tremendous foundation for keeping love and romance alive." The authors have helped close to 100,000 couples and singles by teaching them to turn the divisive wedge that drives most relationships apart into a powerful tool to take their relationship to a higher level. "By under-standing what real love requires, no one need ever fail again," says Sniechowski. Be Loved for Who You Really Are outlines a natural and predictable path that love requires, called the arc of love. Within this arc are four inevitable passages that enable the reader to better understand the challenges and pitfalls they will encounter, and to not confuse conflicts and tough times with disaster or failure. The four passages are: *A Glimpse of What Is Possible, the wonderful time of falling in love when you actually see the per-fection of your partner. *The Clash of Differences, when your love is tested through the inevitable conflicts that emerge from your differences. *The Magic of Differences, when those very same differences allow you to be respected and loved for the person you truly are. *And The Grace of Deep Intimacy, when the passionate wonder of the beginning is now yours, through and through, and your love touches everyone you encounter. The idea of a "passage" is used because as love evolves between two people it requires that they face into and grow through a number of challenges. Those challenges are necessary for them to mature in the wisdom of their love and intimacy and in the day-to-day relationship they are co-creating. Unlike most relationship books, which are written primarily for women, Be Loved for Who You Really Are speaks to women and men equally. Judith Jim underscore the fact that men are just as hungry for this kind of life-changing information.

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Fresh Perspective on Differences.......2002-12-30

This book is a refreshing alternative if you are worn out from trying to change, mold, or manipulate yourself or someone else into being what you want in order to fit your romantic picture. The four part model takes the reader through the stages to help learn to embrace rather than resist differences between people in intimate relationships. Jim and Judith, a married couple, use examples from their own marriage as well as cases from their practice to teach us how to discuss and appreciate differences. A couple who really walks their talk emphasizes getting back to the basics of fun and love so your partnership can grow and flourish.

Never fail at Love?!.......2002-02-14

This is not your run of the mill "how to" book on love, but a book that guides you through the spiritual journey of how to love and to be loved. The authors share personal anectodes, and stories of other couples, which helps brings the book to a real personal level. They send the message that, if you honor your self and others, you can never really fail at love...what a beautiful thing!

the magic of differences.......2002-02-11

This book is a great read for individuals or couples who want to explore the path of twists and turns in relationships. It is one of those books you want to read and re-read. Very enlightening -very helpful in making a plan to stay together.

Where to turn for advice about love that works? Here!.......2002-02-01

Reading this book is like journeying to the most exciting "school of life" imaginable -- to learn painlessly, thoroughly, and once and for all, about making love work.

Understanding the five stages of love, as explained by Doctors Sherven and Sniechowski, will help you more in your daily life than anything you've ever read, seen or experienced. This time you're going to get what you need. It's thrilling. And it works.

I've read this book so many times, that my mind automatically goes back to it whenever I get to a troubled point in my marriage. But don't troubled times in a marriage vanish after reading this book? Uh uh. This book is about human beings, not ethereal spiritual creatures. The point is, though, that being troubled about inevitable differences between two people DOES vanish. And that frees you up to actually work on your differences and find a way to turn them into greater intimacy.

Be Loved for Who You Really Are is so different from anything else I've read. It's lively as hell and anything but pedantic. The authors are people first, doctors second. They put themselves into the book. That means, right from the outset, you aren't alone. They're right there with you -- sympathizing, empathizing, encouraging, supporting -- and most important -- guiding and informing.

I love the underlying theme of this book; you can't fail at love. That isn't hype. The book lets you see how, if you put yourself out there in a real and clear way, you might not always get the results you want, but you won't fail. You won't let yourself down.

Read this book if greater intimacy is one of your most important goals. This is a brilliant, simple and wondrous roadmap to how to give yourself the greatest gift of all -- being loved for who you are.

Finding Love And Romance.......2002-01-14

Be Loved For Who You Really Are shows how differences between lovers can be turned into a powerful source of lifelong love and romance. The Mrs. and myself, having read the book, have discovered that the differences between us need not divide us - and in fact, can bring us closer together. For myself, I have learned to understand that the things she does that I used to let drive me up the wall are in fact the very things I love her for. Most important, Judith and Jim showed each of us how to examine what our part is in the miscommunications that go on all the time. Seems that finding romance with your mate is not a matter of changing them to your expectations. It's really about changing your own conceptions of yourself - and stretching yourself to accommodate others. This leads to a condition known as Intimacy, a quality I feel we could all use more of - instead of that other feeling we confuse with intimacy - Intensity. If you're like me - and I figure I'm no different than you - you have no doubt discovered what little power you have in changing the things he or she does that you don't like. You'll therefore be "knocked out" when Judith and Jim show you how to have an enormous amount of power in changing yourself. And once both partners take a good look at themselves - and give up the Blame Game - they each bring a new and romantic intimacy to their relationship. This book shows you how to achieve such. Be Loved For Who You Really Are teaches how to celebrate each other's differences, and how to co-create your own unique relationship. For Who You Really Are has put and end to 90% of the battles in our house. We have begun to learn to talk to one another, to reveal ourselves - and become bigger people in the process. I know I've become bigger, and it's not just from all that Haagen Daz! I've found out that I'm not such a hardheaded pig as I once thought. And my mate has discovered a softer side that makes me want to be more romantic. The style of Judith and Jim's writing takes the pain out of the process. Read this book, and it will take the pain out of finding love, understanding, romance and most important, yourself. Gotta go now. Martinis for me and the Mrs. - both of us, now shaken and stirred.

The Man Who Loved Animals (Break-of-Day Book)

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The Man Who Loved Animals (Break-of-Day Book)
Syd Hoff
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The Man Who Loved Books
Jean Fritz
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"Now they believe in their poor little dad"
Novels can do that?
It kidnaps you!
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman*
Masterpiece, but dark. Don't read the "introduction" first

The Man Who Loved Children
Christina Stead
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ASIN: 0786110732

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Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, of the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Loved Children is acknowledged as a contemporary classic.AUTHORBIO: Christina Stead was the author of over a dozen works of fiction and the recipient of The Patrick White Prize. She was born in Australia in 1902 and died in 1983.

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"Now they believe in their poor little dad".......2007-06-03

The human being in the title of Christina Stead neglected masterpiece "The Man Who Loved Children" is Sam Pollit, a person in his late thirties but who acts as if he was a kid - at least most of the time when he is with his kids. For them, he is a sort of `jealous god', as describes Randall Jarrell in the introduction to the Picador edition.

On the other hand, Henrietta, aka Henny, Sam's wife and the mother of most of his children, is the incarnation of the devil. Selfish and mean, she threats to kill their child a dozen of times throughout the narrative. However much she is not a good person, Stead doesn't make of Sam a saintly figure - he is just human. And surprisingly, so is Henny.

This is the most beautiful quality of "The Man Who Loved Children" it is a book populated by people that the readers feel they are made of flesh and blood, not made up characters for a narrative purpose. The theme here is family and its dynamics. It is natural that Sam is a man who likes children - specially his - because he is somehow a child who uses strange language, and acts as if not believing the world is real and mean.

The Pollit kids are as just as any kid we know. They like to play, don't like to go to school, behave bad sometimes, and are full of dreams and innocence. This portray of family created by Stead makes "The Man Who Loved Children" one of the most important books written about the subject.

Sam is a man who does not believe in God, but in Science. He says that his kids now believe in him, `their poor little Dad', but when they grow up, they will `believe in Faraday, Clerk, Maxwell, and Einstein". This clearly exemplifies how the world is shaped in his point of view. But the book cannot be read as the clash between science and faith, since Henny is not a religious person. This is a narrative about family ties and all the troubles that come with once we want to keep these ties alive.

Novels can do that? .......2006-02-14

I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to experience the trials of a smart family coping and not coping with their ignorance, unemployment, poverty, conflicts of morality and vision. Witness the dynamics of the Pollit family - depictions of life on a magnitude of veracity itself. Proving as no other twentieth century novel Tolstoy's thesis as stated in Anna Karenina "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Here we find literary documentation of an engaging, charming, joyful group with a unique brand of unhappiness as bitter as madness. Madness of high acidity - both propositions packaged in to one loose baggy flowing monster. An incredible accomplishment.

It kidnaps you!.......2005-12-19

I think this book is one of th first books I ever read that pulled me in head over heels, and I've just reread it and am bowled over again by coming up for air after being inside the family of the Pollits. This book is painful but absolutely brilliant, and no one who loves literature should live his life without reading this book.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman*.......2003-11-07

The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead is a rare literary masterpiece. It tells the tale of the inner life of the Pollit family (Sam and Henny Pollit with 6 children). The novel is representative of Christina Stead's past. And Louie, the protagonist, is of course, a version of young Stead who grew up in Sydney.

The Man Who Loved Children is a novel about power structures within relationships. I really enjoyed Stead's genius with the monologue, Henny Pollit's excessive and abject speeches and Sam Pollit's frightening idealistic speeches that transform the entire world into a homogenous suburb. The novel is full of amazing realistic and violent detail.

Don't reach for this book if you want to relax or looking for an exciting plot. This is a book that resists easy reading. Unfortunately, the novel has never received the popularity it deserved because it was out of print for some years, making a comeback only in the 1960s when it was popularised in the U.S.

*Taken from James Joyce's Modernist masterpiece- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Masterpiece, but dark. Don't read the "introduction" first.......2002-10-17

The introduction, which is by Randall Jarell (not Doris Lessing) was originally intended as an Afterword, and is so published in previous editions of the book.

That's why it gives away the plot.

I have no idea why the idiot publisher put it first this time.

Anyway, while it takes some patience to get through Sam's babytalk and Henny's rages, there is gold all the way through. The inner life of a house and family is conveyed as in few other books, with vividness and specificity.

Just don't expect to like any of the characters, and you will be rewarded with high drama and deep insight.

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The Man Who Loved Dirty Books
David Guy
Manufacturer: Dutton Adult
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Terrible! Boo!.......2005-01-10

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The hero of this extraordinary novel is matt Gregg, ex-cop and husband to Laurel, a suddenly liberated wife. He is a man trying both to launch a new career as a private detective and to find out what his new role as a male is supposed to be. But his job as an invstigator and his search for identity take him further than he ever dreamed possible when a mysterious death leads him into the sexual labyrinth of the porno underground. His guide on this bizarre journey to the limits of human desire is Hugh Bollinger, a corrupt voyeur who delights in the cultivation of depravity. His hostess is a beautiful creature professionally named Angel, who introduces Matt to the most exquisite erotic pleasures that a skilled sexual technician can offer a man without the encumbrances of love or responsibility. And his companions are the men and women who are Hugh Bollinger's disciples, share the pleasures of adult movies and unususal parties in a hothouse atmosphere where nothing-not even murder-is barred. It is when murder does strike, and Hugh Bollinger lies dead, that Matt must take the final steps in his hunt for a killer and in his journey of self discovery-a journey that is further complicated by his wife's outrageous seduction of a younger man. The solutions to these very different yet strangely connected puzzles form an unforgettable climax to a novel that combines the dazzling mirrorlike effects of an Antonioni movie with a supurb sense of the absurdities and confusions of modern sexuality.

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