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With her sixth novel, award-winning author Sarah Dessen offers up another generous helping of finely crafted storytelling about real teens dealing with real life. In The Truth About Forever, when asked how she is coping with her father's death, invariably seventeen year old Macy Queen's answer is "fine," when nothing could be further from the truth. In actuality, she is drowning in grief while maintaining a flawless façade of good grades and unblemished behavior. Though she feels lost when her boyfriend heads to "Brain Camp" for the summer, she finds herself a job with the quirky Wish Catering crew, and meets "sa-woon"-worthy Wes, whose chaotic lifestyle is in direct opposition to her own. As the two share their stories over the summer, Macy realizes she can no longer keep her feelings on ice. Though it feels like her future endedwith her dad's death, Macy's learns that forever is all about beginnings. Dessen charts Macy's navigation of grief in such an honest way it will touch every reader who meets her. All of the Dessen trademarks are here: a girl in transition, a wonderfully fleshed out cast of secondary characters, and of course, the luminous, powerful writing itself. The Truth About Forever will more than satisfy Dessen's legion of fans, and will win her countless more as well. Highly recommended. (Ages 12 and up) --Jennifer Hubert
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Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen is looking forward to a long, boring summer. Her boyfriend is going away. She's stuck with a dull-asdishwater job at the library. And she'll spend all of her free time studying for the SATs or grieving silently with her mother over her father's recent unexpected death. But everything changes when Macy is corralled into helping out at one of her mother's open house events, and she meets the chaotic Wish Catering crew. Before long, Macy joins the Wish team. She loves everything about the work and the people. But the best thing about Wish is Wes—artistic, insightful, and understanding Wes—who gets Macy to look at life in a whole new way, and really start living it….
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From a 14 year old Girl...........2007-10-24
Sarah Dessens "The Truth About Forever" Is by far one of the best books ever. Since I Happen to be a lot like Macy, I really enjoyed this book. And it has helped me over come some of my own fears. I know that sounds like a lot for a teen book to do, But some how Sarah Dessen can take real life problems + the joy of a good book and turn it in to a truly amazing read.
Best BOOKK.......2007-09-26
This was by far my favorite Sarah Dessen novel. She creates characters that make you feel like you know. They're personalities jump out at you and suck you in, and by the end you're wishing that it was never over.
FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIMES.......2007-09-12
i absolutely LOVE this book. i started reading it at about 10 o'clock and just couldnt put it down. i finished it that night, at 3 in the morning. i lauged, cried, and fell in love with this book, and all the characters. Sarah Dessen is by far my favorite author. i am in the middle of another one of her books, "this lullaby," which i am loving.
i would recomend this book to anyone in a heartbeat!
books.......2007-09-07
My daughter just loves this author and all her books so far that she has read.
Highly Recomended!.......2007-09-01
Before I bought it I wasn't sure if I would like it, even though everyone I had talked to loved this book. They weren't wrong. This book shows deep insight into the life of a teenager who is too afraid to show her emotions even though she longs to do so. Beautifully written, I would recomend this book to anyone!
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Don't break up before the breakthrough!
Have you ever believed that you have fallen out of love, or said "I still love him but I'm not IN LOVE anymore?" In this groundbreaking guide to the physiology and psychology of lasting love, Dr. Pat Love reveals that love has normal, predictable stages that include highs and lows, and that many couples mistake the lows for the end of love. The Truth About Love is an inspiring, practical guide that will teach you how not to break up before the breakthrough realization: You can create the true love you long for with the partner you already have.
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Read it for the first chapter.......2007-09-04
This book gives you a good deal of information on the "infatuation" phase that I think many of us go through in meeting someone. I know that I have gone through it, and it helps in understanding where things go from there or why they end.
very good book.......2007-03-30
I thing every body should read this book at least once every few years as a reminder... even if we think we know enough about love by now....
excellent, practicall and right on.......2007-01-17
This book is full of good old common sense views on life and living with another especially in the context of having made a comitment to another. if your interested in the real basics behind maintaining and enjoying a comited relationship with another person, this is a great starting place.
A Life-Changing Read.......2006-12-03
My marriage counselor recommended this book but I had already made up my mind that divorce was imminent. Then the book came in the mail and I read it in one day. It was like Dr. Love wrote about my relationship! It forced me to look in the mirror and realize that if I made changes, instead of expecting only my spouse to change, my marriage might be salvaged. It is an extremely easy and quick read, written using simple language. I cried tears of joy after realizing that hope was not at all lost. The exercises provoked thoughtful discussions with my spouse and we are both now committed to trying many of Dr. Love's suggestions. True love goes through many transitions and you must be able to adapt to the different stages (which takes work!) Buy the book - it shows you how to recognize when changes are needed and how to make them.
Is the Magic Gone from Your 'Romance'?.......2006-11-10
Not enough pizazz in your relationship? No more thumpity-thump in your heart when it comes to 'romance'? Before you decide to dump your significant other, read this book. Both my husband and I can honestly say that the information went a long way in saving a perfectly good marriage - we just didn't know that we had one. Now we're pretty sure of it and hope to spend many more happy years together, truly in love.
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P.M.H. Atwater was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, and died in Boise, Idaho. Yes, the author of this book died- three times to be exact. Since those experiences, she has traveled, studied, spoken and written about what happened to her and others when they died. Considered an authority on death, near death, and the afterlife, Atwater has written a book that gives details and deep insights into what really happens when you die and what it truly means. She also explores such mysteries as heaven and hell, the souls' existence after death, the power of prayer, and delves into the truths and myths about death that may shed new light on the real truth about life and living.
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NDE.......2007-08-11
Near death experience.....I would like a clear diffenition of these words.Four years ago I died in a horse riding accident, it is recorded that I was dead (not near death) for at least 28 minutes....When I had recovered enough, in 9 months, I went on an expedition to find others that had experienced what I had....I ask others that had claimed to have died what was the nature of their experience, without first revealing mine. In all the people I had spoken with and emailed I only found 2 persons that could accuratly describe what the other side is like.....complete with the feelings, sights, music, smells,....As all of us are different, and we are the sum of all of our own experiences....then each one of us has a different experience????? I keep focused on my quest, but I did not find this book of help to me.
a must read.......2007-03-22
This is the best book I have read on NDEs. Could be very helpful for those who fear death.
Review from "Venture Inward Magazine".......2006-12-09
"Long-time professional researcher and recognized authority on the near-death phenomenon, P.M.H.Atwater is amply qualified to interpret and analyze the many detailed accounts from people of all ages and levels of society. Her conclusions, deeply insightful and convincing, build a non-denominational and cross-cultural basis for the science of death, near-death, and the after-life. She creates a credible and useful picture of the soul - its nature, scope, qualities, and its role in one's life and death. Heaven and hell are explored within the many "energetic" levels of reality in and out of the earth plane.Some of the information will startle and fascinate those readers new to this realm: aborted twins, who have "grown up" on the other side, showing up to greet the near-death experiencer; encountering a future child; reliving one's conception, with the attendant knowledge of choosing the most suitable genes for one's life purpose.
Much of the information will comfort and relieve those with a fear of dying and the afterlife. To this end, a listing of groups, projects, music, and videos is full of helpful contacts, including a groundbreaking presentation, "As You Die," available in various formats, to guide a loved one through the process in peace.
The candid sharing of her three deaths makes this Atwater's most personal, heartfelt, and valuable book yet." ...as it appeared in the
Sept/Oct '04 issue of "Venture Inward Magazine" by Susan Lendvay
Where's the beef?.......2005-06-28
What is the afterlife like? That's what I want to know. I want to read anything that will tell me.
This book leaves me wanting a lot more. It touches on the question, but doesn't give enough substance.
It tells us that there are a dozen heavens, a dozen hells, and many realms that are finer than heaven. That is the closest it comes to telling us what the afterlife is like. But that is clearly not enough.
How do you know there are a dozen hells? Describe each one. Make us feel what it is like to be there. The same for the heavens. Make each one of them real for us. Make them so real that we will be able to recognize which one suits us best. It's too easy to say there are a dozen of them. That means nothing to me. It's just words without a real connection.
And if there are a dozen of them, what makes you think that you will see your loved ones in the one you are going to. They may just as well be in another one.
We're told that there are eleven levels in the afterlife. The ninth is "the end of manifest vibratory creation". The tenth is "the void, nonvibratory or pure consciousness". The eleventh, the highest, is "full at-one-ment and entry into states of consciousness beyond human comprehension".
Tell me something. Is this supposed to mean something to me? What the hell is the end of manifest vibratory creation? Do you understand what I'm saying? This book is throwing words at me, and they don't mean anything to me. I want to feel and understand this.
And don't start telling me it is beyond human comprehension. You are writing a book to be read by humans. We comprehend things. Make us feel it. Get beyond occult-speak and make it a real and meaningful experience for us.
The problem seems to be that the author really doesn't know, and the thousands of people she interviewed really don't know, what the afterlife is like. But with thousands of interviews with people who have been there, I would hope for more, and I would expect more.
Contrast this book with the first two books by Michael Newton, called Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls. Those books are full of detail on the afterlife. There is so much more "meat and potatoes" in those two books. They fill you up a lot better.
My biggest problem with the Michael Newton books is that nobody else wrote a book corroborating his findings. Detail is there in abundance. I'm waiting for one of his proteges to write a book that expands on his, and gives us a lot of new material.
The Newton books also make me feel more empowered. They make the afterlife seem like a place where we actually have some control over what happens. It's a place I can't wait to arrive at and enjoy. As for the afterlife in We Live Forever, it feels too impersonal and unsatisfying to me. I didn't even get one good view of one of the heavens. Why would it be meaningful to me to be told that there are 12 of them, and I don't know what any one of them is like.
The really frustrating part of it is that I don't think the author knows either. If she does, what do I have to do to get her to tell me? If she knows a lot more than she revealed in this book, I feel like shouting at her that she really has to consult with me before writing any more books, because she is missing the boat.
If she really knows something, her next book would be a hundred times better than this one if it is simply an interview with me questioning her. I'd bring her out, and elicit the important information. That's why this book leaves me unsatisfied.
Are doctors in America really like this?.......2005-06-05
I bought this book after reading the wonderful reviews by some excellent reviewers and felt sure that this book would enlighten me as to the mystery of death. Forgive me, P. Atwater, but I found the beginning of the book so hard to believe, that I couldn't take the rest seriously enough. Perhaps the book 'After Death Then What' - also recommended by a highly respected reviewer would have been a better place for me to start.
For instance, when Atwater explains the circumstances of her three deaths, she relates how she miscarried and severely hemorrhaged in the bathroom, which precipitated her first death upon the bathroom floor. She then comes back to life, struggles five blocks to the doctor's office where she collapses in his office. The doctor apparently doesn't even look at her chart and, while laughing uproariously at the fact that she'd been taken advantage of and raped, injects her in the right thigh with an unknown drug to stop the bleeding and sends her home.
Now, I have very little faith in doctors and constantly question their conclusions, but never have I heard of a doctor who would laugh in the face of a collapsed hemorrhaging woman and then just send her back out to her car to drive home alone. And if this did happen, why did Atwater not haul him over the coals for malpractice?
The second death occurs as a result of a blood clot forming in her right thigh, causing the 'worst case of phlebitis (the doctor) had ever heard of, let alone seen. He kept saying "There's no way you can be alive" ". However, he, too, just sends her home with a prescription of 'dangerous drugs'. Thus follows a second death from a burst blood clot which Atwater manages to return from unaided.
The third death is the result of the rejection of the man who had raped her coming back to ask her forgiveness (which Atwater gives), and then refusing to listen to her relate the experiences of her previous two deaths. Apparently, the "emotional blow of being refused was at the core of death number three" She is brought back to life by her son, who sits opposite her and 'talks' her back to life. No physical intervention such as mouth to mouth resuscitation etc. - just talks. Later, 'several physicians' verify that if her son had called for medics, Atwater would have gone too far to be resuscitated.
There appears to have been no medical verification at any time that any of these deaths actually occurred. I'm not suggesting that Atwater is making things up, just that perhaps she may have left her body and had an astral experience that may or may not have been actual death. Three times returning from 'death' with no help is quite extraordinary, as most medical people will verify after working hard to bring someone back who has 'died' on the operating table.
At this point, I put the book down and forced myself to read the rest later. Yes, there are some very good points raised, but I'm afraid that I wasn't convinced - much as I would like to be.
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Why do more than half of all marriages end in divorce? And why is there so much unhappiness in the marriages that survive? Finally, Greg Baer offers the solutions for a long-lasting marriage in his much anticipated follow up to Real Love
Marriages fail not because of a lack of commitment, or poor communication, or even the conflicts that occur over money, children, sex, and household duties. Marriages fail because both parties originally came together without enough of the one element—Real Love—most essential to healthy relationships. No matter how many wounds have been inflicted in a marriage, Greg Baer believes that they can be healed, giving both partners the sense of fulfillment and joy they've always wanted. With practical anecdotes and exercises throughout, Baer shows you, step by step:
* Why our spouses are not the root cause of how we feel and behave
* The truth about why we get angry with our spouses and argue with them
* How to eliminate—not just manage—anger and conflict
* How to identify what we need to change about ourselves
* Determining how you and your partner can both get what you want out of the marriage
* How you can break the cycles of expectation and disappointment
* How to prevent divorce, and how to know when it's the right option
There are no quick solutions to fixing a marriage. With Greg Baer as your guide, you can begin to heal the wounds of the past and cultivate the lifelong commitment to stay with your partner while learning how to unconditionally love him or her.
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Real Love in Marriage: The Truth About Finding Genuine Happiness Now and Forever.......2007-05-14
This information is long over due. With the understanding of Unconditional Love marriage takes on a completely different purpose.
Life-changing attitude readjuster. Marriage tune up included. ;).......2007-04-18
still reading it but already had my change of heart. Profound. Positive Psychology at it's best!!! Totally worth reading. Probably even over and over again. I have lots of red flags (markings) in there.
Real Love saved my husband's life.......2006-09-30
I discovered Real Love about a year ago, and after reading Real Love, The Truth about Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships, I immediately ordered the marriage book and parenting book. After 15 years of marriage, and dealing with the beginnings of the teen-age years with our children, I was searching for something better. I'd already been through many of the parenting and relationship books (and programs), with some success, but when I started reading the Real Love books, I knew I'd found something different. I was incredibly intrigued by the idea that I could ELIMINATE anger from my life, and conflict from my marriage.
Fast forward to today, and while I haven't totally eliminated anger from my life, I feel transformed into a happy and more peaceful person. I realize now that I didn't even really know what happiness was before. My relationships with my children and my husband are much more joyful, genuine, and just... easier. And, during a recent medical crisis, this new way of being helped me through the stress and turmoil, made it possible for me to effectively communicate with the doctors, and enabled me to make better decisions - all of which helped save my husband's life.
Maybe that seems kind of extreme, and I sure don't want to minimize the personal effort I put into practicing these principles, but I truly believe without the knowledge of Real Love, the past few months would have happened very differently, and it's likely my husband wouldn't have survived.
The principles of Real Love are not really new principles, but are simple time-honored truths. So, I'd already come across similar ideas in other books (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, The Road Less Traveled, and Love and Logic), but this was the first time I'd seen practical suggestions on how to eliminate anger (not just manage or control it). Additionally, the way the information is presented really made it easy for me to apply the ideas in my life.
Greg Baer combines a backbone of philosophical/spiritual truths with a practical, step-by-step process to improving relationships. Through the use of memorable stories like "The Wart King" he explains the principles in a way that is easy to understand and recall. He puts control squarely in each individual's court, and gives you the power and freedom to change your life. In this amazing process, your relationships naturally transform to become more genuine, more loving, and best of all, more fun.
I always prided myself on my personal integrity and character in dealing with other people. I would sometimes get angry and yell, but "only" at my husband or children, so most people saw me as a kind, helpful, responsible and cheerful person. I didn't even realize it until things started to change, but I really wasn't even happy before. I spent most of my time doing things to earn other people's love and approval. I guess I was fooled into thinking my husband and I had a good relationship because everyone else seemed to think we did. In truth, we were just living in the same house, sort of "tolerating" each other. We had learned to get along and make do with being cordial and considerate of each other's needs. We each had our own life, work, friends, and passions, and they didn't often meet. More often than not, when our lives met, it would be over a difference, with both of us needing to be "right," and resulting in anger, yelling, accusations, or at least disappointment and hurt.
Real Love in Marriage helped me see how I was being dishonest in my relationship with my husband, and how I was "running" from him. I wasn't really intimate with him (sharing my hopes, dreams, and passions), because I was afraid he wouldn't accept (love) me. So, I really felt very alone and unloved. Initially, I had visions that my husband and I would read the marriage book together, and we'd sail through our children's teen years without any disasters, and dance our way into our golden years together. I was terribly disappointed when my husband discounted Real Love as "yet another idea (obviously a stupid one)" of mine that I wanted him to buy in on.
But with the practical steps and examples in the book, I was able to take responsibility for my unhappiness, and see that much of my dissatisfaction with my husband was really just because I didn't feel loved, and that I had come to our marriage not feeling loved (it wasn't his fault!) I was trying to control him and prove myself right...I was being very selfish and not really concerned about his happiness! I attended some groups, and practiced sharing my truth with others who could accept me, even with my selfishness and imperfections. It was truly a transforming process. As I felt more loved by others, I was able to see my husband more clearly. I saw that he wasn't trying to be critical and unloving toward me, but that he was just "drowning" - Greg Baer's way of describing how people act when they don't feel loved.
Real Love in Marriage logically dispels the myth that our partners are responsible for making us happy. In addition to the exercises in each chapter, the book is filled with memorable quotes in Greg Baer's Real Love vernacular that were really helpful to me in learning to be more loving. Now, I "tell my truth" so that I stay "filled up". And when I start to get irritated, it's a sign to me that I'm getting "empty and afraid" and just need to "be seen and heard" by a "wise man or woman." When my husband is angry and attacking, I "just add water" and realize that he's just "drowning." With this awareness, I am able to love and accept him, which is just what he really needs. Before, I used to take everything personally, and I would get angry and attack back. Now that I feel more loved, I realize that all of us are pretty empty and afraid, and I stay "filled up" by being more loving and accepting of others.
Recently, our family has been through an incredibly stressful time. During a "simple" back surgery to repair a herniated disk, my husband's disk was infected by a serious bacteria. Due to complications from the multiple surgeries and drugs, he ended up in critical care with major organ systems shutting down, and totally delirious on pain medications. Five different doctors were treating him, and they couldn't understand what was happening. I was operating on practically no sleep, little food, with my husband's life on the line. I know that my knowledge and practice of Real Love made a tremendous difference in my efforts to get the doctors to work together so that better decisions could be made about his treatment.
As my husband's recovery continues, so does my work with Real Love. Real Love has turned what might have been a loss of life and a huge tragedy for our family, into an opportunity for all of us to become happier and find more love and joy in our lives together.
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Why has the United States economy successfully moved beyond its chief competitors? This collection suggests that at least some of the answers to the pattern of divergent development can be found in the role of the entrepreneur. By examining the process that new firms and entrepreneurs play in the economy, the essays in this volume make a fundamental contribution to our understanding of the macroeconomy. The public policy implications of this process are clear. Countries that encourage entrepreneurship and free entry will have better macroeconomic performance than those that retard it.
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