"Working Time" is an exceptional collection of essays on modern poetics from one of America's best young poets. Part of the University of Michigan's renowned series (Poets on Poetry), this book sheds light on the politics of poetry, the role of the poet in society, and the challenges confronting American poetry at the turn of the century. Her understanding of the technical elements of free verse and her ability to convey ideas lucidly and without pretense make this an outstanding collection for both the serious poet and fan alike.

Social phobias and performance anxiety are surprisingly widespread in our society. Miller avoids psycho-babble and uses good clear language to describe the common phobias and propose techniques for self help. As a psychotherapist with a long background in treating anxiety disorders, she seems to get right to the heart of the matter. Useful both to the person who wants a self-help guide and to the interested layman who simply wants a better understanding of the problem. This book is much easier to read than the expensive and intimidating professional books on the same topic.

I found a striking difference in Jane Miller's book from the many others of the same genre. Most such books are written by "former" phobics who subtly bring to their books all the self-depreciating attitudes and negative emotions that seem to be inherent in anxiety sufferers. Jane Miller on the other hand, conveys the fact that she has rarely been afraid of anything and more importantly she conveys her admiration for the courage of folks who on a daily basis deal with very uncomfortable fears. It is this loving respect she gives her readers, as she guides them toward relief, that is so wonderful. Every chapter has some suggestion, some explanation or some exercise that changes the way the reader perceives his or her anxious moments. Ms. Miller's pride in their courage and her faith in their ability to progress is very empowering.

This book is it. If you suffer as I did from anxiety, panic attacks and phobias then this book by Jane Miller is a must read. The tools and technigues if used on a regular basis cannot help but to lead any phobic down the path toward recovery. We use this book in our groups because it is very easy to grasp the seven essential steps toward recovery and to then apply them to your individual needs. In my own path toward recovery I found the two most important steps were changing my belief system and relaxation. You cannot be relaxed and tense at the same time, therefore why not practice and get real good at relaxation. As far as the belief system is concerned, we all have heard the statement, '" You are what you eat", well you're also what you tell yourself you are, so be smart and tell yourself good positive things instead of scary negative things and in time you will be surprised at the results. The author, Jane Miller knows her stuff and has had some great help from colleagues and clients in putting this book together to the benefit of all that may read this book.

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Hi all this is a great book. And i am not just saying this because my aunt wrote this but it is a very good book. She is my dad's brother and i think that she did a great Job.

My cousins have add/adhd as so do i so i think that her book is great. Go out and buy it today.

Keep up the great job Aunt Janie. I love you Love your neice Jenn.

The most comprehensive, non-judgemental book about ADD that I have read and I have read many. A MUST READ for anyone connected with ADD --parent, extended family, teacher, advocate, etc. Equally valuable for beginner or advanced ADD researcher. I wish this book had been available three years ago when I started my quest for information about ADD.

Erin is in the sixth grade. She has do decide whether or not to be adopted by her stepfather and change her last name or keep her biological father's last name. She also has to decide which guy to chase after! A smart and funny guy, Ryan? Or, the popular Jock, Richard? Find out if she accepts a dare from Kim, the most popular girl in school. Does peer pressure effect her decision?

Erin Mitchell has to make a lot of choices;Should she choose Truth or Dare? Who does she like more, Ryan Williams, or Richard Frazier? And does she want to make her mom and stepfather happy by changing her name to match her family's? Although her mom won't let her wear eyeshadow, she'll let her make a possible life changing decision. Told in the eyes of an eleven year old girl, this book will really make you wonder what's in name like you never did before.

Miss Marple goes on vacation to stay at Bertram's Hotel. If you were thinking she was going to have some kind of adventure like she did in _A Caribbean Mystery_ or _Nemesis_ while she was on vacation, think again. If you enjoy Miss Marple because she comes up with these wacky village parallels, you are going to be disappointed. There aren't many here. A large part of the detecting is done my Chief Inspector Davy. Miss Marple is merely a side character in this one -- she really isn't super involved except when Davy talks to her during his investigations. She is more a "witness" than a sleuth.

Granted, by this point she is rather old, so at least Christie keeps her doing things within her capabilities!

The description of the hotel are great, and the premise of the plot had some nice possibilities but I don't think this was as well mapped out as some of the other Agatha Christie mysteries. If you are a long time reader, you are going to guess whodunit fairly quickly.

Overall, it's ok, but not one of the best. The Miss Marple short stories (ex: Thirteen Problems) are better.

Miss Marple is on another vacation courtesy of her nephew, the mystery writer Raymond West. On this outing, she is spending a week at Bertram's Hotel in London. Bertram's is one of the few places that has maintained its elegance and not given in to the mod fashion now sweeping London. The staff, the food, the setting is all very genteel and charming, much as it was in pre-war days.

However, something is not quite right at Bertram's. The police turn up checking out a clue that a series of well-planned robberies in the city is somehow connected to the stately hotel. Chief Inspector Davy is the detective in this one and he welcomes Miss Marple's keen acumen. We are introduced to an assortment of English ladies and gentlemen staying at the hotel which serves as a gathering place for suspects much as the country estates did in Christie's earlier works.

Although this is slower than many of her other works and has a rather complicated conclusion, it is a good look at the changing times in English society and another wonderful visit with Miss Marple.

Miss Jane Marple is in London on holiday and is staying at posh Bertram's hotel. Where Miss Marple goes, murder is sure to follow and it does. The details of Bertram's Hotel- the service, the high tea, etc- are great touches from a bygone era and help to make this book memorable. The plot is well-constructed and well-written although there are a few signs of the decline in Christie's work that was to begin a few years later.Overall,this is an enjoyable mystery by the greatest mystery writer ever.

This book is written as it has been culled from Brassai's personal journal and notes over a period of almost fifty years.

It reads more like a compendium of valuable snippets and insights rather than as a continuous narrative. Brassai as a photographer met Picasso in Paris and was invited by the painter to take some photographs of his work. Most of these photographs were actually of Picasso's small (and not so small) recent sculptures. It was common practice for all sorts of artists at that time(and earlier) to have professional photographs taken of their output so they could see their creations from a different, more removed perspective (vanity?). Picasso was certainly no different.

Picasso himself was an avid amateur photographer and as John Richardson has pointed out in his excellent Picasso Bio. he was not merely content to paint the paintings he also tried to somehow install himself in his pictures via self portaits with various paintings as backgrounds. The camera had become an instrument of magic tele-kinesis.

Brassai's notes show us how enthusiastic Picasso was about his new friend's talents in portraying Picasso's sculptures as if new. Brassai goes on to render much detail of the retinue of followers and sycophants that daily alighted on Picasso's doorstep in Rue Grand Augustin during those mostly war years. One sees completely how it was none other than Picasso himself who craved such fawning even if he did ignore most of their attentions.

It is obvious that Brassai wished to cause no offence with this publication as he discounts all of Picasso's nasty foibles as necessary bohemian artistic exigencies.

The book is full of wonderful photographs of the characters that came into contact with the great man as well as various photos of Picasso's studio, output and abundant clutter.

There is even a complete listing of Picasso's paint requirements. I found that fascinating. One is reminded of Marcel Duchamp's comments that all paintings are really the same in as much as they all start out as a given colour range of tubes of oil paint.

There is little humanity in the observations and maybe that is no bad thing. Picasso and Sabartes are portrayed as two scheming nuncios whose Catalan dialect was the spoken code of choice. Much is given to calcuation of Picasso's position with Byzantine nuance and deliberation. Should he sign this picture? Should he see that dealer?

Overall, a valuable addition to the ouevre on Picasso and a book that can easily be dipped into from time to time.

This is quite simply a wonderful book, and a splendid new translation of a great classic about the Paris art world during the 30s and 40s. Brassai was a witty, wry observer of Paris life and an excellent writer as well as photographer. The episodes he captures of Picasso's life are irreplaceable, often hysterical--and not recounted in other, stuffier books on the great modern artist. Highly recommended for art lovers. A pleasure to read

I enjoyed this book a lot. Some of the reasons I liked this book is because it was like a real life story, it seemed like this could really happen. I usually do not like to read, but in this story I did not want to put the book down. I have read book by this auther and that is one of the reasons why I picked this book. I also can relate to this book because when I was younger I had a friend that had to move away to another state.

I think that the best part of the book was when Margy was moving. The reason I think that is because that was the most interesting part of the story, and that was where the conflict began. The worst part of the story was the conclusion. They did not really explain what happened and i think that they could of done a better job on that.

Two of the things that the auther explained the best was the setting, and the theme. The theme explained how all frindships do not always work, and sometimes it is for the best. The setting was in or near the city. The auther always explained how many different places they went and where they went. He also did a good job on letting you know what the surroundings were. That is why I think that the auther did the best on the setting, and the theme.

Kayla Redmond has been best friends with Margy McKenna since third grade. When Margy moves downtown to Chicago, Kayla is heartbroken. When Kayla finds out that Margy has a new best friend, Noelle, she gets mad. When Kayla is invited by Margy to a sleepover party with Noelle, she realizes that she is no longer Margy's best friend. Kayla even wishes that she could fast forward past all the other bad parts of her life. She was also having trouble with a science project, so she copied off one of Margy's old science reports! When she finally gets the guts to tell Margy exactly how she feels about Noelle, things aren't so weird anymore. Kayla feels as if she should take her finger off the fast forward button, because she realizes that her friendship with Margy is an example of a true friendship!

I was very surprised when I ordered this book and found out that yes, indeed, it was merely a very tiny portion of what I had expected. I suppose I should have known from the price, but the description (at least at that time) did not make it clear that it wasn't the entire dictionary.

While this may be a very thorough source for the words it covers, it should be noted in the basic information that this is ONLY 128 pages of a 15,000 page work. The description above is very misleading.

itz a dictionary. what more can i say

Good guide for 1997, but 3 years later it is out of date and does not contain many new sites. Web directorys should be updated yearly at the least.

I was very unhappy when I saw the cheap quality of The Big Basics Web Directory published by Que.. The paper is the kind used for coloring books, and the printing is poorly done. In some instances it is all but impossible to read the black print on dark gray background. I had expected to receive a book of at least as good quality as Que's Complete Idiot's Guide to Windows 95. Sorry about this poor review. This is the first time in a long time I've been so disappointed in a book I had ordered sight unseen.

     There are literally millions of Websites online today that provide a wealth of information on a variety of topics. There are a handful of good Internet Website directories available that can help surfers find the information they need. Most of these are bulky, though, and can take a while to thumb through. Que and Macmillan Computer Publishing has published The Big Basics Web Directory to provide readers with reviews of their top picks!

     Que's editors have selected the best Website in each of the 101 categories covered in the book. Additionally, four more (best of the rest) Websites in each of these categories are also reviewed. Topics include business, car buying, computers, cooking, education, government, health, hobbies, humor, investing, job searching, news, pets, religion, software, sports, travel, as well as a number of controversial issues.

     This large 8 1/2" by 11" directory features quarter-page screen shots of every Website reviewed. A convenient listing at the back of the book lists every Website and its URL to provide quick and easy access to them. Website reviewers will find this directory to be a great reference tool for review material when facing a deadline. Website designers can pick up some top-notch Website design ideas as well!

     This concise directory will point readers to some of the best Websites available at the turn of a page. Thumb through it at your leisure. There is something of interest here for everyone! Highly recommended!