POWER GOLF FOR WOMEN is a perfect follow-up to GOLF IS A WOMAN'S GAME. If you liked GOLF IS A WOMAN'S GAME you will love this book!!

I have read both Golf is A woman's Game and Power Golf for Women. Although i agree Golf is a Woman's Game is a great book Power Golf For Women wins by a nose. You can't go wrong with either of these books. I just like the emphasis on power and this book has really improve the distance in my game. VERY MUCH RECOMMEND

I was impressed with this author's book Golf is a Woman's Game, but Power Golf for Women is an absolute gem. Once again as I stated in my review for Golf is a Woman's Game, this book applies to men as well. I do believe this one will end up one of golf's finest books.

If you liked the film of _Sense and Sensibility,_ you'll probably love this book. It's profusely illustrated with black-and-white pictures of both scenes from the movie and off-camera, and has two lush sets of color plates (which don't look quite right in the paperbck version, but which do communicate the beautiful cinematography of the film). This book inclues the shooting screenplay, heavily edited so neophytes can read it without confusion, an introduction by the film's producer, and, most notably, a series of diaries by Emma Thompson during the shooting. While the entries are usually quite brief, they provide a small but revealing windows onto the process of moviemaking, often quite a contrast to the seamless product seen on-screen. Disappointingly, they're not very detailed about the screenwriting process itself, nor about the five-year-long struggle Thompson endured to write the screenplay (when she began it she was a little-known actress and the two leading parts were originally written with real-life sisters Natasha and Joely Richardson in mind, but this detail is nowhere mentioned in the book). Those interested in personal details will be frustrated: although Thompson reportedly began dating Greg Wise, who played Willoughby, during the shooting, it's not mentioned. But there are remarkable insights into Jane Austen, the film, and the process of moviemaking itself, and the diaires help explain how Thompson managed to create such a faithful but lively adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Thompson's bawdy English wit is also brilliantly displayed. This is a welcome look into the mind of a fascinating, articulate, intelligent actress, and a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at an already-beloved movie. Highly recommended

If you read Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" before or after seeing the 1996 film version then I think it is pretty easy to conclude that Emma Thompson's Oscar for Best Screenplay adaptation was richly deserved. After writing and performing a series of short skits for British television, Thompson was approached by producer Lindsay Doran to write the screenplay. Thompson began by dramatizing every scene in the novel, which resulted in 300 hand written pages to be followed by 14 drafts as the 1811 novel was crafted into the final script. The result was a script that manages to be not only romantic and funny, but also romantic and funny in the best Austen sense of both words.

Be aware that this is the Original Script, not to be confused with the Shooting Script. This should be clear as soon as you beginning reading, because originally Thompson had the scene shifting back and forth between Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor/John and Fanny Dashwood (credit for this revision must go, I believe, to Film Editor Tim Squyres, who recut the scene so that we get all of one side and then the other instead of alternating back and forth as in the original script). Overall the strengths of Thompson's script are in two main directions. First, she manages to convey the scope of the novel in a two-hour screenplay, no mean task. Second, the little details she adds to Austen's story are simply marvelous. For example, her use of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not the marriage of true minds"), which Marianne and Willoughby share to their great mutual delight and which Marianne repeats standing in the rain looking at Willoughby's new estate. In fact, Thompson revised the first scene to make it even better, having Willoughby misquote a key word in an elegant bit of foreshadowing. Thompson also makes one nice little change at the end. While Austen has Elinor bolt from the room to cry outside during the happy ending. Thompson creates a wonderful moment by having her stay in the room and having the rest of her family flee. There are not too many scenes where you are crying and laughing at the same time, but Thompson certainly created one (and has the added virtue of relying on herself as an actress to nail the performance as well). All of these are marvelous examples of playing to the strength of the cinema to bring Austen's novel to the screen.

But we get much more than just the screenplay in this volume, because Thompson includes excerpts from her diaries kept during both the writing of the screenplay and the actual production of the film. It would be nice if there was more insight into what she was thinking when writing the screenplay as I am always interested in how decisions were made and where inspiration comes from, but Thompson makes up for that with her little tales of working with director Ang Lee and the rest of the cast in making the film. Finally, in the Appendices, there is a very choice little treat, namely Imogen Stubbs' Prize-Winning Letter, written to Elinor from Lucy. Do not worry; by the time you read it you will understand why it is so hysterical. There is also a list of the fine homes and estates where "Sense and Sensibility" was filmed if you happen to be roaming around England and are interested in looking for such things.

Most for-sale screenplays are just that -- screenplays. Emma Thompson, who wrote the screenplay for the delightful Jane Austen film "Sense and Sensibility," chose to include journal entries throughout the filming of the movie as well, in addition to the winning entry of a contest to see who could write the best letter from Fanny to Elinor.

There is wit in the descriptions and the photos, all well-captured. The journal entries are entertaining and a good look into the making of a movie. Although be forewarned -- because they dress like the characters of S&S, they do not talk like them. There is definitely some verbal crudeness in the book, men and women alike, but if you can overlook that (or are used to it) then this book will be a delightful read for any Jane Austen fan.

This is the second children's book of writer/illustrator team Eileen Spinelli and Jane Dyer who have the ability to create instant classics in the children's book department. In Sophie's Masterpiece, thier second effort together, Sophie the spider is a web-spinner extraordinaire whose works go largly unappreciated by the residents of Beekman's Bordinghouse. By the time Sophie finds a comfortable home with a "young woman" on the thrid floor, she is very old and tired - but she finds the strength to spin one last work of art for the young woman's new baby. Spinelli has taken the cycle of life and death and created a story that, while ultimately sad at the end, does not dampen the wonderful feelings you have for Sophie's selfless and beautiful act. Dyer's watercolor illustrations are perfectly in tune with the story and are incredibly detailed from Sophie's shadow on the staircase to the individual strands of each of Sophie's webs! A truly beautiful book all the way around.

Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale , written by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by Jane Dyer is one of the very best children's book I have ever read.

The story concerns a spider named Sophie. Sophie doesn't just spin a web--she weaves extraordinary works of art. Everyone who knows her is in awe of her talents.

She strikes off on her own to a drab little boarding house where she takes up residence and weaves her wonderful webs--but none of the people there care for her webs--or for her, for that matter. Except for a boarder who is expecting a child. She welcomes Sophie into her room and as she knits clothes for the baby Sophie, now old and frail, weaves a special baby gift of her own.

Warm and touching without being maudlin, Sophie's Masterpiece is a kind and loving story with extraordinary illustrations the dazzle on their own yet blend perfectly with the tale.

I have given this book as a gift to many children and am told time after time that it soon ranks as those kids favorite book.

Sophie's Masterpiece is a masterpiece, indeed!

I recently bought this book for my daughter. We both love it.

Sophie the spider is more talented than most. Everybody knows that someday Sophie will spin a masterpiece. When she comes to that point in life where a spider must "strike out on her own" Sophie finds herself at Beekman's Boardinghouse. It's a dull, drab place that cries out for her talent!

But her efforts go unappreciated at every turn. She tries to spin curtains for the parlor, make a colorful suit for a sea faring captain, and weave new slippers for the cook. Each time she is discovered and greeted with disdain or fear.

Sophie climbs her way to the very top of the boarding house stairs and makes her way to the knitting basket of a young, pregnant woman. This time when she is discovered the woman only smiles. A now frail and elderly spider, Sophie watches as the woman knits a pair of booties and a sweater for her soon to be baby. But when the yarn runs short there will be no baby blanket. The landlady offers a rough, scratchy old quilt that Sophie has encountered on her journey through the boarding house. Sophie knows that for a baby's soft skin it will never do. Sophie knows she is the only one to remedy the situation.

So she sets out to weave a blanket for the child even though she is feeble and weak with age. She goes to the wide windowsill and spins a blanket with her own soft silk and moonlight, starlight, lullabyes, playful snowflakes, and other wondrous snatches of the lovely world. Just as the baby is born Sophie hears the cry of the newborn and right there spins in her very own heart (be prepared for your eyes to tear up). Sophie has created her masterpiece.

Is this spider reminicent of the loveable Charlotte? Yes, most certainly. Nothing wrong with that. We could use more selfless, giving, artistic spiders in the world, after all. The art is very different too. You would never imagine a spider being pictured in quite this way, but I feel it works.

The language is poetic and soft, gently leading the reader along to the conclusion. Be sure to have your child run their hand along the book's cover to "feel" Sophie's web, which is slightly raised and also "glimmers" when held in the light. Also check for fun details. Sophie uses a thimble for stool and a bobby pin for a cain. She weaves colorful stockings--eight in all, one for each spidery leg!

If you want a fun contrast read this book with The Spider and the Fly, the classic cautionary victorian-esque poem by Mary Botham Howitt newly illustrated by Tony Diterlizzi. The spider in that book is completely opposite of Sophie, but the message is equally wonderful in a completely different way (a caldecott honor). Children will have a blast contrasting the two spider characters! (And I might add that it's an excellent reminder that there are also both good and bad people in this world).

As a contributor to this book, I must, from the get-go, admit to bias. However, as a poet and frequent contributor to anthologies and literary journals, I'm also a pretty tough critic. When I received my copies of We Used to be Wives, I almost expected the kind of work often found in some anthologies (work that would possibly not make it into literary journals and magazines, or at least not high quality publications.) I was very pleasantly surprised to find the poetry therein to be of the highest quality work from extremely talented and accomplished poets. I've truly enjoyed each of these poems about the times before, during, and after the trauma of divorce. There's no whining here, but a great deal of honesty and insight about divorce and the losses incurred therein in these very accessible heartwarming poems. I recommend this great collection to anyone who has gone, is going through, or is considering divorce. I also recommend it to any unmarried woman dealing with the end of a relationship. Loss is loss, regardless of one's marital status. Perhaps not surprisingly, one finds a good deal of humor here, and is dazzled with the level of maturity evident in these poems. Read We Used To Be Wives. You'll love it.

Even though as a happily married man, I'm not exactly the target audience, I loved "We Used To Be Wives." It is a beautifully crafted book from cover to cover that is touching, disturbing, and uplifting all at the same time. Although some of the poems have a harsh, ugly edge to them, they end on a note of hope or beauty and even humor. And that's what I loved about the book. By helping heal the wounds of divorce, "We Used To Be Wives" grows hope out of ugliness and despair.

We Used to Be Wives, edited by Jane Roth, is a vivid and startling collection of poetry that picks up the jagged pieces of divorce and offers a sparkling mosaic of candor, grief, insight, and healing. Featuring some of the most important female voices in the world of poetry today, including Marge Piercy, Jane Roth, StellaSue Lee, Andrena Zawinski, and others, this book adds a whole new dimension to the word "liberation." From the ashes of tragedy rises a Phoenix that belongs on the bookshelf of every woman in America and beyond.

What touched me the most was the fact that there were no pity parties for one, no cases of craft gobbled by the demon of lost consciousness. The sorrows are as sharp as the rays of light which follow them. If you've ever loved and lost, this book belongs to you.

"Surviving Peer Pressure for Teens" is a wonderful guide for educators! As a teacher of Middle School children this is an enlightening guide to the inner workings of their lives. You may not think Middle School students faces 'these' issues but unforuntately today they truly do!The book deals with everything from acting cool, to dressing cool and includes a poignant chapter on drinking and drugs. The authors, who openly admit they are just 'two chicks' use phrase and 'lingo' that I hear from my students in school--language that kids will enjoy hearing and would be able to relate to. The authors also adequately note and encourage teens to seek out help, beyond the confines of the text. The book also has sections called 'Kids with a Clue', where real teens open up about their personal experiences and how they were dealt with.
I recommend this book to any educator teaching middle-high school. Although some of my Middle School children aren't offically teens you can be assured they are experiencing this pressure ten-fold. As teachers we must understand our students, just like parents. This book is certainly able to provide a greater understanding of the pressures that "our" children face each day. I would also agree that giving this book to a Teen, for whom it truly is designed, would be most appropriate! Perhaps, teens would be intially frustrated by receiving such a text but would change their opinions as soon as they begin reading Chapter 1. Kudos to the authors. Thank you for helping me gain a greater insight into the lives of my students.

I bought this book for my 14-year-old daughter and wish I had gotten it two years sooner. She read it quickly, couldn't put it down, and laughed out loud more than once. She said the humor in the book really made it easy for her to accept the "messages" that the authors were trying to deliver. She especially liked the "Kids with a Clue," and wants to take the book to her Health class at school for the teacher to recommend to other students. We both feel that the book approaches a difficult subject with humor as well as great advice (Yes, I read the book, too, BEFORE I passed it on to my child). Well worth the read!

This book was an excellent source of information on pressures facing teens today. I read it hoping to gain some insight on how to relate to the issues that will face my children in the upcoming years. I was well-informed, and extremely entertained. This guide will certainly help parents to see things from the perspective of their kids, as well as teach the kids who read it some valuable lessons. And all of this is done in a light tone that never somes across as preachy! A truly terrific book!

I first thought that this book might be another collection of activities and would be limited to the "playgroup crowd." As a working parent whose child was in daycare from very early, we don't participate in playgroups. However, I quickly found out that this was not JUST another listing of activities nor was it limited to playgroups. I found the activities to be stimulating and fun for BOTH me and my son (and he's now 5½)... a great way for a working parent who wants to relax some on weekends and evenings to have fun with her child. The book definitely lives up to helping parents live Mommy & Me's philosphy: "Living, laughing and learning... Together." I'm getting the book for all of my friends with kids under 5, and those who are expecting!

This is a terrific book and used for lots of things not just favorite activities. Put it on your shopping list for Christmas and it makes a great shower gift as well. I got it for a shower gift along with Mommy-CEO, revised edition, by Jodie Lynn, and have enjoyed them both so much! These are two must have books for all moms.

I was a little skeptical when I first got Fun with Mommy and Me, thinking it might turn out to be yet another activity book. However, both the design of the book and the philosophy behind it drew me in. As a working parent whose child has always been in daycare, we don't get to participate in playgroups (tried Gymboree and just didn't like it). However, I've always been on the lookout for activities to do with my son on weekends and evenings. This book gave me a wealth of ideas that would be stimulating and fun for BOTH of us! The ideas presented in the book live up to the slogan of "Living, laughing and learning... together." I'm getting this book for all my friends who are expecting and those who have kids under 5... it's a keeper!

Ben and Rose face a long and trying battle with Ben's Guillan-Barre Syndrome. Jane Riley's sensitive yet constrained writing style reveal the strength and foibles of the characters, health care institutions and churches with no rancor. It is a book that I was not able to put down.

I recently finished reading Solomon's Porch and found it to be a beautifully written love story. Ben and Rose are a devoted couple through some very difficult times. Ben suffers from Guillain-Barre Syndrome and the love and care that he receives from his wife Rose is inspirational. The story is not told as a self-pity book, but rather told through the eyes of love while holding on to a sense of humor.

Caring for an ill loved one is a very traumatic experience. Trying to hold on to a sense of normalacy is difficult indeed. I would highly recommend this book for anyone that is interested in reading a story of adversity, hope, and love.

The story of Ben and Rose in SOLOMON'S PORCH touches my heart deeply. This book is a riviting story of overcoming adversity and shows pure devotion and love enduring through trying times. I have never read a book that helps me see things through the eyes of the "care-giver," which puts quite a different "twist" on this wonderful book. The characters were "brought to life" as I read each page. Although the story is fictional, it is inspiring and educational, and I might add that it taught me many things I had never known about Guillain-Barre Syndrome. I smiled and I cried through-out the reading of this book. I would HIGHLY recommend anyone to read it.

Daisy is a lovely little duck, winsomely illustrated... and she just can't help exploring her world. As a result, she loses track of her momma. When she discovers her loss, she becomes fearful. The author has managed to portray the isolation of the little duck and the dangers around her in a very simple but vivid way. Happily, Daisy is united with her momma after a few pages; however, enough time lapses that my 2 year old son beomes anxious about Daisy and her predictament. We cannot read the text as written and we focus on the happy reunion at the end. Even then, he goes on and on (for hours) about "Daisy stay close to momma" as he clutches my hand.

If your child does not demonstrate any separation anxiety, this book will be probably be great for him or her at any age. However, you may want to wait until your child is old enough to be comfortable with the content before you read this book (unlike us). As Jane Simmons' illustrations of this little duck are not to be missed, check out her other books if you have concerns about this one.

This book has been a favorite of my daugher's since she was 18 months old. She loves all the Daisy stories by Jane Simmons and requests them almost every night. The author has a wonderful way of making the story exciting for this age group. Her illustrations are marvelous. This book is a "must have" for all toddlers!

Come Along, Daisy is a wonderful way to introduce the importance of staying with Mommy/Daddy when away from home. My 2 1/2 year old daughter is careful not to lose me "like Daisy got lost" when we are out. The book is also a pleasure to read...the illustrations are so cute...and the ending is always happy :)

Older infants and toddlers will probably enjoy leafing through this book. There aren't many words here and what language there is, is written in a silly and whimsical fashion that isn't that musical or poetic. However, the book does introduce the sounds of various animals (e.g. cows, chickens, pigs, bees, etc.) in a way that appeals to very young children. Also, some of the illustrations are rather amusing, causing children to laugh. Recommended for children two years and younger.

My three month old LOVES this book! The rhyming really catches his attention and he loves to hear my husband and I make the animal noises as we read. It's such a silly book, I don't mind reading it over, and over, and over, and over... I think we like it more than our son!

My 8 month old daughter has loved this book since we started reading it to her at 3 months! While she is not as interested in the rhymes yet, the illustrations are colorful and stimulating. It's a great starter book for infants that prefer pictures to words and yet also makes the transition when they start focusing on language as well. Parents will also find it more interesting for these reasons, which is good since you will be reading it over and over.

How else can it be put? This book is a visual documentation of the beauty of sex. From the nude body to the act. It's erotic, yes, but it's not porn. It's not distasteful. It can be arrousing and beautiful at times, ugly and honest at others. Still, a cetain undescribable sense of art is never lost. The collaborators did an extraordinary job at finding the perfect pictures that capture the essence of eroticism without the trash of pornography. Featured artists include May Ray, Albert Watson, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Lisa Spindler (my favorites) among many others. A definite must for romantics or fans of artistic photography, nudes, or just sex.

This shimmering collection of nudes,male and female,can be debated to be a perfect gift for your love. Inscribed with your own words and pointing to a page of succulent text and a most erotic body you will surely send the arrow home like Cupid.A woman's breast cast upon with a vine's shadow is not far from the lower torso of what's surely a male dancer, toe pointing on a small wooden ball.A jug of wine , a loaf of bread and this.Review this beautiful book of nudes together by a roaring fire.

I had the good fortune of buying a couple of copies of this book when it was published and finding a copy on a sale desk this year. It is one of the most beautiful and sensuous books of the human body in any media that I have ever seen. I can't figure out why it is not being reprinted. I am upset since I would buy a "bushelful" to give as presents for many years to come. It is timeless.