Su libro retrata a una mujer excepcional: No solamente talentosa para el manejo hábil de un negocio dentro de una sociedad mayormente masculina, sino con un enorme sentido del humor:Yo me pateaba de risa en algunas partes, y en otras ponía mis cinco sentidos en sus sabias experiencias personales ( porque parece que ella no quiere dar consejos...lo cual me parece excelente ) Parece que la pobre se las vió negras al principio, pero a final de cuentas, a todo lo sacó provecho. Y en serio, es un libro INDISPENSABLE para cualquier mujer EN CUALQUIER PARTE DEL MUNDO, ya sea que tenga una tiendita, una empresa, una fábrica o sea funcionaria de una enorme empresa transnacional.. La verdad, aunque yo no hubiera tenido negocio, habría quedado satisfecha de leer el libro, porque es interesante, ameno y gracioso!

QUIERO QUE MI SEÑORA SE ENTERE DE QUE MI NEGOCIO LO
MANEJA ESTA MUJER A TRAVES DE SU MARAVILLOSO LIBRO!
Te la recomiendo, amigo..pero que no se entere su esposa!!
Son BUENAS DE CELOSAS..PERO LOS CONSEJOS ADMINISTRATIVOS DE ESTE LIBRO, LE VAN A ENCANTAR CUANDO LOS VEA CONVERTIDOS EN UN COCHE NUEVO !

Te demuestra el enorme talento que tiene la mujer, y que NO ES COMO EL DEL HOMBRE...SINO ENTERAMENTE DISTINTO, MÁS AGUDO, MÁS PENETRANTE, MÁS FORTALECIDO .
Este libro NO SOLO TE DA LAS BASES MÁS TALENTOSAS PARA ADMINISTRAR UNA EMPRESA O UN NEGOCIO...sino también tips para VIVIR BIEN !

Its a great book, it really helps me in my work and in my relation ships. Congratulations to the author! I just can't wait for her next book.

this has been a great inspiring book for our company. We are young film makers and this book relly helps us a lot to relate to people on a day to day basis.

 

I have read some of Andrea Valeria's books, and I'm always waiting for the next one to be released! For me is not that a book will tell you what to do, but helps you to know yourself better or helps to understand your ups and downs, always in a witty manner. You can learn how to take advantage of your strong personal points. I have seen the editor's copy and I'm just waiting to have it.

I sat down to read a couple of pages of this book and ended up reading the entire thing! Not only did I find the movie suggestions and reviews on target and helpful in battling the video rental ennui, I found myself laughing out loud! At then end of the book, I felt like I knew the "girls" myself! I bought several copies of this book for gifts ranging from a Father's Day gift to a graduation present for my 12 year old cousin! Buy this book for yourself and for anyone who likes movies.

At last, at last.... movie reviews that are smart AND unpretentious. My favorite thing about this book is the way that the girls respectfully, no gleefully, disagree with each other. When I got to the chapter about horror movies, I felt an old familiar sense of embarrassment as Andrea described the thrill of renting all the goriest movies available with her girlfriends in junior high. I am a big fat chicken when it comes to scary movies. Just can't handle them. And then, voila, I turn the page, and there is Sibyl's essay "I Am a Big Wuss" confessing to just the same! What fun.

Though far from an all-encompassing movie guide, it is still well-worth the price of admission. I didn't always agree with the choices they made (I mean, Andrea, come on! "My Fellow Americans"???). But I enjoyed every page of the book and found it to be among the wittiest I've read this year. My one complaint? It was too short. I wished there were more!

I love Bocelli's voice and his passionate delivery of each piece of music that he performs. Reading this refreshing and straight forward memoir has helped me understand why I am so captivated by his work. If you are a Bocelli fan you will enjoy understanding more about how his life has created his voice and presence. I recommmend the book.

What one can say about the Story of Amos Bardi. A Beautiful introduction, with "A" level, to which, in fact everyone of us have someone looking to us at all time. The story begins and as we read through, we find that what happens to Amos Bardi, is not bowring, on the contrary, very interesting to follow the life of this little boy, and the adolescent and the man. All of us, would like to have had someone in our lives that would dedicate to us as much time, as Amos Bardi was granted, when he had to go to University. Its unbelievable how one can be able to accept the destroy of our own concepts and ideas through some one that possesses more knowledge, and throws us upfront, to see whats around us with another perspective. How honest and sincere one speak about oneself, without the presumptious, that all of us are empowered, because we do not like others to see our week points. All in all a great book. A book that is a non-stop reading book. The final letter to his parents and wife are, what all of us, inside ourselves, would like to say, but sometimes it is not possible. This perspective of God and about the Human being is written so well, that this book is Literature, not a mere story, told by one more writer. Pitty, is that the public in general do not buy it. Its a legacy of strenght, of faith, of endurement and of achievement, when us human beings, barely reach to our final purpose. We are mere spectators of whats around us, and live what is more immediate.
And this book was written by Andrea Bocelli, in moments of solitude and deep lonliness. A GREAT MAN. To him, I wish he continues to write, because his book is as good as his music.
I would have given more stars, if they were. In fact, he has all the stars of the Universe. Pim

I really enjoyed reading Andrea Bocelli's biography.
I would highly recommend it to anyone, and would give it more stars if I could. It is very entertaining and inspiring!
It has some great photos in it as well. Andrea Bocelli does a great job telling about his life and career.

Surviving Hitler, by Andrea Warren, is a story about a boy named Jack Mandelbaum. He is a Jewish boy and lives during the time of WWII. He is separated from his family and lives in a concentration camp. He has to survive in them. He is very determined to survive in the camps because he wants to meet with his family after the war.
During his time in the camps he meets a man named Aaron who gives him vital information about the camps. He also tells him that if he cannot work, the Nazis will kill him. He tells him about the ovens. What I think is the most important rule that Aaron told Jack was that this was just a game that Hitler was playing. Jack was in that game. If Jack lost, he would die, but if Jack won, he would survive the Nazi death camps and live after the war was over.
I recommend this book because it had a lot of good description, great quotes, and a very interesting and unpredictable plot. I would rate this book a 4 1/2 out of 5 and not a 5 out of 5 because it didn't give many details about his life after the war or about the other characters lives after the war. This was an all around good book that I enjoyed very much.

Surviving Hitler

The book Surviving Hitler is about a boy named jack who was living a fine life until the Holocaust. He lived life like a normal human being. He swam, went to school, and even got into some trouble. When Hitler started killing the Jews jacks father sent him his sister his brother and his mother to their grandfathers house, They moved to a small town. They had lived their for a week until they got a phone call from their cousin they wanted jacks sister to go and help her with their baby. So jacks sister went and lived with their cousin. Their father was still at home working and was suppose to be their in about a month. They got four letters from him saying he was all right. On the fifth letter he didn't Wright it from home he wrote it from a concentration camp. Jack and his family were so sad.
Jack helped people with jobs and got a card that said he was a worker and he had a job. A week later they were in a concentration camp. Jack and his mom and brother held hands tightly. Jack made a mistake by showing the officer the card. He went one way and his mom and brother went the other way. Jack worked for a year strait in one camp. He met some guy and taught jack how to stay clean and be free of lice. Every morning jack would take a shower and wash his uniform at the same time.
He got moved to another camp and worked there for a year. There he could not take a shower. At this camp he became a carpenter and got fed double of what every one else got plus two muffins. He would give the muffins to the prisoners and the guards. At this camp he became very sick and almost died. The guard that he gives the muffins to saves him by having the doctor give him medicine. When the war was over jack and his friend Moniek were the first to leave. The other people were so shocked they were free they stayed their for a couple of minutes. Jack went and looked for his parents. He didn't find them but he hoped they were still alive. If they were not alive he knew his brother and his mom died together. Jack lived for a while with Moniek. They were best friends and were winners of Hitler's game.

Serving Hitler, by Andrea Waren. The story took place during WWII, in a Nazi concentration camp for Jews. This a true story about a named Jack Mandelbaum.
Jack was twelve when the Nazis put his family in a Ghetto. Where he worked to support his family, because they were separated from his father. The Nazis did not like Jews and blamed them for the loss of WWI. About a year or two later Jacks family was put into a concentration camp. There were two lines for two different camps... but his family didn't know that Jack was put into a different line then his mother and brother. Jack was put into a line for a work camp, and his family went to a death camp.
Jack was alone in a whole new world to him, he didn't know anyone, and he was probly the youngest boy there. A prisoner he befriended helped Jack get through the camp for a while, until Jack got transferred to another camp; told jack to of the camp as a game. The rules were: avoid getting beat, stay clean to avoid getting lice, and stay healthy, so you can go home to your family, and beat Hitler at his own game.
After a while Jack was transferred to a new camp. He meat a boy about his age named Monike. Jack and Monike became best friends. When they both thought they were going to die of starvation a miracle happened. The cooks became very sick and Jack, and Monike were the Luckey souls who got to work with all that food. Jack and Monike new that if they stayed the cooks for a while they might have a chance of living.
After about a year the whole camp was transferred again, and Jack and Monike were not the cooks anymore. In this camp you were if you got to eat once a day. Jack and Monike were separated. Jack was only in this camp about six weeks, and one night the Nazis locked all the barracks. The Nazis left the camp and took all the food and left the Jews for dead. But they knocked down the doors and were free.
Jack was a free man and found his good friend Monike, but sad fully did not have a family to come to. Jack had own Hitler's game but still his family lost. After a while after he searched for his family Jack gave up and moved the United States and started his own family. Jack died in 1998.

I enjoyed the book from cover-to-cover--all 151 pages with 77 pages alone devoted to games. The author provides a great variety of games for anyone over the age of six! They range from the intellectual to the physical; from quiet table games such as "Dear Advice Columnist" to "Shogum" with detective teams driving around the neighborhood. There also terrific ideas for providing atmosphere, many unique party themes, invitation ideas and game supplies that are neither complicated or expensive. There are games for those who've just met to friends who known each other for years

Sending out invitations is easy, planning and faciliting a good party is another thing. This book walks you through every step. It offers themes, prizes, food suggestions and games to bring the people together. This book organizes you as well as making you creative. What a helping hand!

The main reason I purchased the book was because I was out of ideas for good party games and activites. This book certainly solved that problem. It has a ton of things for great parties, not lame games either that people throw in just to fill space. This thing is 100% usable. And what else is nice its adaptable, and they show you how. Really great book worth every cent and more. I do have one problem with though. I only have one party to do right now and too many ideas !

This beautiful picture book biography recounts the life and career of jazz musician, Edward Kennedy Ellington -- better known to all as the Duke.

When the Duke's parents enrolled him in piano lessons for the very first time, he flat out did not want to go. At that time he had visions of playing baseball; but his parents insisted that he learn to play the piano. The music lessons were slow and not a lot of fun. It wasn't long before he quit taking lessons altogether and kissed the piano goodbye. Little did he know then that the melodious rhythms of Ragtime would draw him back to this instrument again and lead to his success as a great musician, composer, and orchestra leader!

Andrea Davis Pinkney does an outstanding job sharing the Duke's story with young readers. Her husband, Brian Pinkney, matches her wonderful text with vibrate illustrations, which translate the Duke's music into a series of bold colored spirals, waves, curls, and swirls that literally leap off of the pages of the book! Without a doubt, this husband and wife collaboration will guide readers in appreciating the rhythm and beat of the Duke's life and music. This book is truly a musician's delight!

I just finished reading the Pinkney's "Duke Ellington" to a first grade class in our predominantly white rural school northeast of Seattle. Being trained as a musician, but now working as a librarian, I loved the way this text really swings. When I noticed much of the slang was going over the heads of the children, I'd ask them if they knew what certain words meant. Interestingly, the one African-American girl in the class was hip to most of the jive.

Sure some of the terminology went right past these kids, but they got into the groove, which is carried along soulfully by the vibrant illustrations. Like another reviewer here, when I was done reading this to the kids, I wanted to hear "Take the 'A' Train." Fortunately I had a CD of "Duke Ellington's 16 Most Requested Songs" sitting in my library, so I popped it in, and these kids were a-hoppin' and a-boppin'.

I think next time, I'll play the CD first. Hopefully, I'll be able to settle 'em down afterwards to hear this jazzy biography.

"Duke Ellington" is a biography of the legendary composer. The book is directed towards younger readers. Andrea Davis Pinkney's text is well complemented by the rich, colorful illustrations by her husband and collaborator, Brian Pinkney.

The book begins with Ellington's childhood, and describes his early interest in music and the beginning of his career. The Pinkneys portray his triumph at the Cotton Club, his musical partnership with Billy Strayhorn, and other aspects of his life and career. The book concludes with the triumphant premiere of Ellington's great composition "Black, Brown, and Beige" at Carnegie Hall in New York.

One of the aspects of the book that I like best is Andrea Pinkney's use of hip slang that recalls the era being portrayed. Example: "Yeah, those solos were kickin'. Hot-buttered bop, with lots of sassy-cool tones." And Brian Pinkney's illustrations combine vibrant color with an appealing "antiqued" look. Overall, an excellent educational book for young readers.

Set in the early 1960's, Friday Nights at Honeybee's is the tale of two women, Forestine Bent of Brooklyn and Viola Bembry of Jasperville, South Carolina. Two women with vastly different backgrounds that meet at Honeybee McColor's Harlem Brownstone and develop a wonderful friendship. Viola is the daughter of a preacher man. Raised in the strictest of households, her mother prides herself on being the wife that does whatever her husband wants. Nelvern wants her household to be an example of a perfect marriage with a perfect child to boot. Viola desires other avenues but is forced into submission to her family. A loveless marriage, a moment of passion and an expulsion from the church find Viola on her way to Honeybee's. Forestine on the other hand, is a girl that lives in the shadow of her pretty sister and a mother who makes no bones that Forestine is nothing and never will be. If not for her father Willie, Forestine's hopes would be dashed. Her father insists that she is a good jazz and blues singer and she is encouraged to follow this pursuit. This eventually leads her to Honeybee's as well.

Once the convergence on Honeybee's takes place, both women seem to develop into their own personas. Forestine has a promising career, which is only enhanced with her performances at Honeybee's "gathers" in the Big House. Honeybee and her other housemates are a hoot. Who wouldn't mind living at the Big House. Viola comes into her own, a mature young lady who at last follows her heart and does what she wants to do for a change. The reader can really feel the atmosphere of the Big House with Ms. Smith's writing. I think she's done a wonderful job of bringing in the essence of blues and jazz into the story. Friday Nights at Honeybee's has a cadence of its own that starts at the front cover and moves throughout the entire book. I'm a jazz and blues fan and some of the names mentioned of other performers in the book were real which leads me to believe that Ms. Smith did her homework in preparing for the book. This always makes a book more grounded for me and I enjoy it a lot better. The melding of reality and fiction make for an interesting read. I really took pleasure in learning about Forestine and Viola, how two vastly different lifestyles yield similar results based on good values put forth by two families in two different ways. Read Friday Night's at Honeybee's, you will be thoroughly caught up and entertained.

This was our selection of the month. It wasn't what we thought it would be. We found it started off slow but we stayed with it and enjoyed the book. We loved the feel of the "gathers", the jazz and blues feel through the story. We felt deeply the wounds of both women and could see how they would both end up at Honeybee's. It started slow, but we did enjoy it in the end and we had a good discussion about the women, their family life, old Harlem, The music scene back then. It was a nice stroll back in time and heartfelt...A nice read.

I am enjoying this book! It is good to have someone affirm you when those in your family cannot, and in the instances of Forestine and Viola, that was the case. Both of these girls were not understood by either of their families, and Viola's case, they marry her off to an eligible bachelor at their church to get rid of her. Even though she questions and asks whether or not she could love this man, no one really answers these things to her satisfaction. To be honest, the union should have never happen. In Forestine's case, she had no support, no backing by her mother, who should have given her what she needed and didn't. Only by her father and Nick, who taught her how to sing and project the gift that she had. Perhaps if she received the nuturing and love by BOTH parents, none of that stuff with her and her brother in law would have started. A great book by a debut author I hope to hear from again.

I wasn't very interested in this book because it is about the 19th century and Leonardo Da Vinci. It's a mystery about who the Mona Lisa really was. The mona lisa is believed to be a lot of people; Leonardo Da Vinci painted himself as a woman, The second Mrs. Giaconda, and Beatrice (a character in the book) are a few of the suggested.

I picked up this book mainly because I saw that it was written by E. L. Konigsburg, a given that it would be a good read. Let's just say it was, in that sense, not disappointing (especially the beginning & middle). I didn't really know that much about Leonardo DaVincci (forgive my spelling errors) before reading this, except that to describe him as a genious would be an understatment, but by the end of the book I felt as if I knew him and understood him both as an artist and a person. And I will never look at The Mona Lisa or any other of his artwork the same again. But to tell you the truth I found the end a bit disapointing. I suppose that was really my own fault though. I had forgotten that this book was based on reality and in my amnesia imagined, or to put it better had no doubts, that there would be some miraculous surprise ending. I EXPECTED a fairy tale ending. It never even occured to me that anyone would die for real! (You see I thought that the death was fake -- a scam to fool the public. Yes, I know I have a wild imagination.) I disliked the ending because I was unprepared for it. I didn't realize I was on the last page until I was literally on the last page. You know how you can tell you're getting to the end of a book because you feel only a few pages in your right fingers? Well, that doesn't work with this book -- there are pictures of paintings by DaVincci (?) in the back of the book. I turn the last page expecting to find the next chapter but find instead that the book is done. I believe "That's it?" were my exact words. I have to say though that the end made the story even more real -- as in it would've happened in real life. The story was excellent despite my immature need for a happy ending. But I AM consistent (I felt the same after Romeo & Juliet). I think that if I had to categorize this book I would place it in the "star-crossed lovers doomed for tragedy" section rather than the "historical fiction -- Leonardo DaVincci" section. Only because the story it really about Leoonardo, eventhough you do learn a lot [of accurate stuff] about him. I believe the story is more romantic, more about true beauty, than anything else. How can I not recommend this book?

This book is excellent.... EL Konigsburg describes the apprentice Salai's service to Leonardo very well... It seems as if you are watching it take place before you, instead of in reality reading it. The Mona Lisa has always been a mystery, how Leonardo labored painting a merchant's wife whilst other noble families begged him for theirs to be done [such as Isabella d'Este]. The thing that really fascinated me throughout this book was that, it was all based on something real. This book was supposed to be a book report, ended up being my spare reading book that I read when I had spare time. Ahh....Thank god for book reports...

Seldom has a young mother dared to express hereself in the courageous, poignant and most of all -- honest way that Andrea J. Buchahan has done by presenting us with her wonderful collection of essays in her inventive and resourseful new book she so astutely calls: "Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute Of It." This informative guide explores the light and dark sides of this all too often rocky road. With each page we hold our breaths and cross our fingers as Andrea dangles her toe in murky waters (and not just the baby's bath). Her words are like a warm fuzzy blanket, sure to make any new mother feel comforted.

Being the mother of two grown children and a new grandmother, I only wish this book would have been on a parenting book shelf thirty-six years ago when I too was a frightened and inexperienced young parent. This sweet collection of words of wisdom is sure to satisfy and soothe the ruffled feathers of any woman who may have doubts about herself as she takes on her new role called - Mother!

There are a lot of good things about this book. It is written well--Ms. Buchanan has the gift of making every sentence feel like she is talking to you, personally. It is organized well--you can read this anywhere--at the park with the kids, in bed at night, on the plane...or sitting on the couch consuming it cover to cover. It's truthfulness and playfulness and candidness all come into play to create a book about parenthood that neither patronizes (matronizes?) or alienates the reader...we've all be been there...or we will be there soon!
It is a nice departure from the ghastly 'how to raise your baby' tomes and the sugary sweet 'lets talk about my motherhood days' books that have been foisted on us lately.
I have three kids of my own, I thought this book covered everything a book ought to!
NICE WORK and a MUST READ!

-Juleigh

"Mother Shock" is exactly what I needed when my first son was born -- an honest look at just how darn hard becoming a mother can be. And I don't mean the delivery. The hard part are the hours and hours of colic and exhaustion and wondering where your identity went.

Now, six years after becoming a mother, I finally feel less alone in my baby years misery thanks to Andrea Buchanan's "Mother Shock."

If you're having a baby, or even if you've passed the baby years, read this book. It'll make you feel much better about the range of emotions -- the "mother shock" -- of the first year of motherhood.