Unzipped

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ANALYZE THIS.…

Chrissy McMullen has made a career leap, all the way from slinging drinks at Chicago’s most notorious nightclub to dispensing psychotherapy from her sleek new practice in L.A. Even if she can’t quite shed her too-loud, too-curvy alter ego–or the brawling family that insists on claiming kinship. So when her most famous client, buff football star “Bomber” Bomstad, starts chasing her around her desk and getting, well…unzipped…Christina gets just a little miffed–until Bomber has the bad manners to drop dead at her feet.

Enter Jack Rivera, a no-nonsense detective with a grim attitude and a great butt, who’s determined to prove this cocktail-waitress-turned-shrink was engaging in some very unethical behavior. Persuading Rivera that she’s not a murderer isn’t going to be easy. Plunging headfirst into a city full of people in need of some serious therapy, Chrissy will have to use all her street smarts, a good deal of sex appeal, and a little love to clear her name–and cancel an appointment with a killer.

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“Lois Greiman is a modern day Dorothy Sayers. Witty as hell, yet talented enough to write like an angel with a broken wing.”–Kinky Friedman, author of Ten Little New Yorkers

“This is an amazingly good book with tons of twists and turns. And it's funny. Chrissy's internal thoughts are hilarious, as are the situations she gets herself into. Plus, the sexual tension between Chrissy and Rivera spices things up but never detracts from the pacing. Greiman has put out a winner that will hopefully become a series.”–Romantic Times, Top Pick

From the Paperback edition.

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What a riot!.......2007-03-22

Move over Moonlighting! If you recall that TV series (or even if you don't) you will not want to pass up this first-in-a-series--"Unzipped!" by Lois Greiman.

Enter Chrissy McMullen, an L.A. psychotherapist with a penchant for fancy ice cream, sensible cars, and a seemingly unattainable lover/detective; Jack Rivera.

After a hunky patient, in a rather `Un-zipped' situation, drops dead at Dr. Chrissy's feet, the chase for his murderer is on. Though the chase, according to Rivera, points directly to Chrissy, there are oodles of suspicious characters, possible motives and tons of dead-ends (as well as dead bodies) swirling about.

Greiman's knack for showing us the interior thoughts of Chrissy's complicated world keeps those pages turning; yet the ultimate fascination as a reader, is the steamy-heat between Chrissy and Rivera. It burns and smokes, buttons go flying and in the end...

Don't miss it--and thank goodness this is only the beginning!

Unzipped.......2006-07-19

I loved this book. Even though I wanted to reed it all the time, I didn't want to finish it!
I found myself saying "oh my gosh" and things like that in public places all the time(not usual for me at all!).

Even though the appearance, the lenght or the author of the book might not appeal to you give the book a change!

Pick it up and read!

I couldn't put this book down!!.......2006-07-04

You should definately give this book a chance. It's sweet, funny, interesting, and sexy. I loved every page and I can't wait to read the next chapter in this series and I hope there are more to come.

Funny new mystery.......2005-08-27

Christina "Chrissy" McMullen is a psychologist in California. Ex-football player and celebrity Andrew "Bomber" Bomstad is one of her clients. He is, that is, until he drops dead in her office. He'd come to Chrissy for help with his impotency problem. The police believe she killed him because there is an open bottle of wine in her office and evidence, in his unzipped jeans, that he had been cured of his problem. Things are not what they seem, but Chrissy can't make police detective Jack Rivera see this. He just keeps hounding her to tell him why she killed the Bomber.

Chrissy ends up asking an acquaintance from her cocktail waitressing days, an acquaintance she'd rather forget, to help her get some information on the Bomber because everything she's being told since his death doesn't match with what he'd told her when he was alive.

I like the way Chrissy plays with Rivera's name to get to him. She knows she didn't kill the Bomber even though the police think she did, so she sets out to figure out who did. This puts her in some sticky situations that are very funny.

I laughed out loud almost every time I picked this book up to read more. I found it hard to put it down. I just wanted to keep reading. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait to read the next one. Chrissy is a hoot and a fun amateur sleuth. There is a love interest as well which kept me wanting to read more to find out what would happen.

I highly recommend this book and can't wait for the next one. I want to see what trouble Chrissy can get into next.

Best I've read in a long time. Laughed out loud!.......2005-07-22

This is the most entertaining book I have read in a long, long time. Her "thoughts to herself" had me laughing out loud so often my husband demanded I read some of the paragraphs out loud. They were pictures for the mind's eye. If I take time from my horrendously busy schedule to read, I want to have a good time doing it and feel happy afterward. This book was perfect. Great dialog. Funny situations. Steamy but believable. Things that could really happen ... many have, to me. Self doubts that any woman has. A down to earth coctail waitress who has worked her way through college to a private practice, she works hard to look totally sophisticated but still runs on her blue collar knowledge at heart. She is a strong woman but this author doesn't take it too far. She doesn't make her try to be so independent that she just looks stupid. I get so frustrated with authors who make the heroine want to be established as so independent from her hero that she makes absolutely moronic choices putting everyone in danger.

Brando Unzipped: A Revisionist and Very Private Look at America's Greatest Actor

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"Brando Unzipped..." - Mostly A Work Of Fiction???
The Tale of the Noble Tool
Pure rubbish through and through...??? (revised)
Brando: The Man or the Myth?
Salacious, gossipy unorthodox bio.

Brando Unzipped: A Revisionist and Very Private Look at America's Greatest Actor
Darwin Porter
Manufacturer: Blood Moon Productions, Ltd.
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ASIN: 0974811823
Release Date: 2006-01-05

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THE BOOK THAT HAD TO WAIT FOR BRANDO TO DIE The mysteries that enveloped the late superstar MARLON BRANDO (1924-2004) are unwrapped and exposed in a richly anecdotal warts-and-all biography, BRANDO UNZIPPED! by bestselling biographer, Darwin Porter. The greatest film actor of the 20th century lives again in these pages, each meticulously researched over a period of more than 40 years. Each of the people Porter interviewed, including many of Brandos loversboth male and female--had a different story to tell. Many of them contradicted heretofore published accounts of how those encounters evolved. Hostile witness or loving friend, each subject added a piece to the mosaic. The result is a fully rounded view of a revolutionary actor who, like lightning on legs, electrified the world in Streetcar Named Desire, where he played Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway version of 1947, and the film version in 1951. The book also describes his Oscar-winning turn as Terry Malloy, the boxer who could have been a contender in On the Waterfront in 1954, and his electrifying comeback as Vito Corleone in The Godfather in 1972. The combative, moody, iconoclastic, polarizing, and enigmatic figure appears as a flesh-and-blood creation in this revelation-studded bio. Its all here: The Rebel Without a Cause who made rebellion hip. The suicide attempts of former girlfriends, Startling stories about Sleeping with the Enemy (bedding a stalker who turned out to be a cannibal in disguise). His involvement with the Black Panthers. The ill-fated marriages, bitter divorces, and child-custody battles. A son with a murder rap. Jealous actors who wanted to seduce Brando and then become Brando on screen. With candor, the author unveils the details of that ongoing disaster that Brando called my life. The charismatic personality of The Wild One is recaptured in all its brooding power that seemed forever ready to explode at any moment. The same animalistic intensity that Brando brought to the role of Stanley Kowalski lives again within the pages of this bio. From sex symbol of the 1950s to a swollen, overweight slob who became a tabloid scandal in the 90s, Brando was one of filmdoms true originals. Women wanted him, and certain men wanted him, and Brando was willing to share his charms with a string of lovers whose hangouts ranged from the A-list boudoirs of New York and Hollywood to the back alleys of a string of cities from New York to the slums of the South Pacific. Throughout this biography, Brandos quirky and sometimes bizarre humor often bubbles to the top. As an example, once, when he was asked for a summation of his life, Brando said: Ive never been circumcised, and my noble tool has performed its duties through thick and thin without fail! More than the story of Brando himself, the biography chronicles the loves of his life, most of which were of short duration but played out with the same kind of intensity he brought to the screen. Regardless of their origins, his affairs invariably crossed the American plains to land on the opposite coast. His lovers were as mercurial as his own personality. They included Doris Duke, the richest woman in the world, and Burt Lancaster, the actor originally targeted for the role of Stanley in Streetcar. The true story of his explosive relationships with Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra is printed for the first time, as is an array of friendships and/or feuds with such unlikely figures as Richard Burton, Charlie Chaplin, and (believe it or not), Michael Jackson. The roles Brando lived off-screen were even more provocative and intriguing than those he created on screen. He paraded through the bedrooms of such luminaries as an aging Marlene Dietrich, and enjoyed one-night stands with both Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy. His tortured relationships and love affairs with James Dean and Montgomery Clift are explored in depth, as is the pass

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"Brando Unzipped..." - Mostly A Work Of Fiction???.......2007-08-15

I am not sure what to think regarding this book, "Brando Unzipped: A Revisionist and Very Private Look at America's Greatest Actor." I believe some of the contents of the book to be accurate based on my reading on Brando and interviews he has done, but I felt in reading the book that there was a large amount of content that seemed to be mere conjecture and gossip on the parts of "sources" - "sources" I am not sure were real, legitimate, or entirely truthful. In addition, in some cases, sources were not cited at all and statements were made that sounded to me as if the author "thought" certain things "may" have occurred and included those as well. If this is true, then I am concerned about a possible lack of journalistic integrity.

I am highly doubtful that all of the sexual liaisons author, Darwin Porter, describes in this book are accurate or balanced. I doubt that Porter was present during Marlon Brando's sexual encounters and I do not think the scant few "sources" cited in the book were present either. Some of this author's inclusions do not ring true to me. I wonder if the author's own feelings, desires, and personal obsessions got in the way of telling a completely truthful and balanced story.

With regard to the writing, I think this was a tedious read in some respects - the pace was too slow, the book was too lengthy, and there were too many unnecessary details that led to boredom for me as the reader. It could have been better edited. Having said that, it is not the worst I have read, but it is not one I would have purchased for the price I did ($30 including S&H) had I known it was not the great book I thought it would be. To me, it is just an average book, at best, and I am left with doubt as to its integrity.

The Tale of the Noble Tool.......2007-07-21

Well this book certainly destroyed the myth of many of Hollywood's most famous stars. It was a fasinating read full of gossip, some known and some not previously revealed. However, I had problems with verbatim conversations that were not properly footnoted. Was there a fly on the wall? Brando was not someone I would want to know!

Pure rubbish through and through...??? (revised).......2007-07-09

While reading this book, it made me want to shower after each chapter read. Salacious, depraved detail after detail with dubious posthumous dialogue between Brando, his conquests/"f**k buddies", and friends. I don't know what to believe after reading this mess. This book will definitely have you not like Marlon Brando, even to the point of disgustful hatred. With all the screwing around he did, it's a wonder his genitals didn't rot off. If he lived today he would surely be HIV positive. Having been sexually molested/abused by a nanny, and purportedly his own mother, I could think of no other reason for him to have lived so pathologically promiscuous. Brando was definitely a very "unwell", psychically damaged man; this was well-proven up into his last days. I can't really say if this book was exaggerated to say the least, but it sure left me feeling like I discovered something I wish I hadn't. I will never see or look at another Marlon Brando film or photo the same way again. If you want to know more about Marlon Brando, I suggest you read elsewhere, as I will. I gave it a chance, but came to the conclusion of it being cheap, exploitative tabloid [...] instead.

This book just had me shaking my head in disbelief exclaiming "NOT MY MAN!", rendering me mortified...and saying a prayer for his immortal soul.

The infamous "picture" half-way through had me petrified. Just proves the author was banking on sleazy shock value to generate interest and sales. Mr. Porter obviously got my attention, but I'm glad I kept the receipt.

Brando: The Man or the Myth?.......2007-06-22

It's hard to know what to make of this book. Over 600 pages of bedroom revelation covering a mere 15 year period, and make no mistake, each page contains multiple couplings with the famous and not-so-famous. If only a fraction are true, Brando qualifies as a world-class sexual athlete. And that's the trouble. The reader can't know how much to believe since the vignettes pass by rapidly and without attribution. There're some named sources cited at volume's end, but these remain vague and without specifics. Given Brando's proven allure and prodigious talent (at least, during the early years), it's a good bet many are true. But which ones and to what extent, we can only imagine. Author Darwin Porter's narrative resembles a scorecard more than a biography, zipped, unzipped or flagging in the wind. In fact, the narrative leaves much to be desired. The thread, such as it is, follows a rough time-line from about 1943 to 1960, though dates are rarely cited. Instead, the episodes unfold fluidly without framing, merging ultimately into a kind of orgiastic reverie. I hate to say so, but the piling-on becomes repetitive and eventually rather monotonous. Anyone looking to better understand Brando, the man or the artist, better look elsewhere. And in what may be the unkindest reaction of all-- the author manages to turn this legend's rich private life into what is finally a rather tiresome read.

Salacious, gossipy unorthodox bio........2007-01-19

Has such a salacious biography ever been written on a major Hollywood star before?.

Forget the Brando that most of my generation became acqainted with in movies like The Godfather. In the late 40's; 50's and possibly into the 60's before the huge weight gain...he was quite the sex god. According to Darwin Potters book he must have slept with half of Hollywood, male and female and unapologetic or ashamed about his bisexuality.

Its juicy, gossipy and I couldnt put it down, whilst Potter acknowledges his sources pretty close to the revelation. The only problem I had was when he recounts private conversations between Brando and his paramours verbatim...

Another side to a true legend and individual, a good buy.

Oh yes the infamous photograph is included as well.

Zits Unzipped: Sketchbook #5 (Scott, Jerry, Zits Collection Sketchbook, No. 5.)

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Zits a-poppin'!
Coverage of the teen's ironies and agonies
5 stars for Borgman/Scott
Zits on is best!

Zits Unzipped: Sketchbook #5 (Scott, Jerry, Zits Collection Sketchbook, No. 5.)
Jerry Scott , and Jim Borgman
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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ASIN: 0740723227

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It's every teenager's worst nightmare: Zits raging like wildfire. In just five years, the comic strip Zits has progressed from its wildly successful debut to become one of the most popular strips on the comics pages today, now appearing in 1,000 newspapers worldwide.The humorous daily life of parents Connie and Walt Duncan and the teenager they own and operate, Jeremy, are again presented as an open book for all to read in Zits Unzipped. In this latest collection, creators Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman chronicle the life of 15-year-old Jeremy Duncan as if there were a camera following his every confused adolescent move. He has to be dragged out of bed at noon during summer vacation. He agonizes over and dissects every syllable of a cryptic exchange he's just had with his girlfriend, Sarah. He almost bursts with the questions, concerns, and insecurities of teenagerhood, yet fends off every attempt by his mom to get him to talk with a standard "I dunno."With its perfect blend of teenage reality and clever humor, Zits Unzipped will deliver laughs for Zits' faithful readers and new fans alike.

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Zits a-poppin'!.......2005-08-31

Bad haircuts, "clueless" parents, pimples, hormones, loyal and/or ditsy friends, the girl's posse, dreams of the uncharted future, weird friends, untamed appetites and endless insecurities-- ZITS is a hilarious commentary on the foibles of being a teenager in middle America.

In this compendium of strips, Jeremy deals with having to get girlfriend Sara a Christmas gift (he gets her a tire); body-pierced Pierce the drummer makes his first appearance; Jeremy, on a rare free weekend with his parents at an orthodontists conference, spends the weekend in the company of an armload of horror videos *and* his overactive imagination; and then there's Ms Butcher, the Econ teacher who truly does stay up at night looking for ways to torment him.

ZITS is constantly fresh, drawn with humorous and deft exaggeration - the cover illustration showing a mountain of CDs, headphones, calculators and tapes spewing out of Jeremy's backpack should ring a familiar bell with any parent of a high-schooler. "Zits: Unzipped" has been read and reread and re-reread in my household. Scott and Borgman have put together a terrific strip that can be enjoyed by teenagers and their parents. Awesome!

Coverage of the teen's ironies and agonies.......2002-08-08

Zits Unzipped is 'sketchbook 5' in the comic strip books and chronicles the life of adolescent Jeremy and his suffering parents, from his relationships with parents and friends to his on/off relationship with his girlfriend. Fans of the strip may find many they've missed over the years; newcomers will relish this coverage of the teen's ironies and agonies.

5 stars for Borgman/Scott.......2002-05-06

Here's the plot: Team two interesting and funny fellows together to write a comic strip about teenagers. Geographically situate them thousands of miles apart connected only by email, phone and fax and instruct them to do a daily strip, plus Sunday in color. Tell these guys the content has to illustrate a lovable but sometimes impossible kid and two tolerant parents, and see what you get! Zits!

Zits on is best!.......2002-04-29

The 5th book on Zits collection is still a sure time of laugh. This book is very well balanced and is good sample of what you are missing for not having it on your daily newspapaer (like me :( ...).

$Unzipped: Tantalizing\His Every Fantasy\Playmates (Harlequin Romance)$
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Fun and Sexy
Fast read
Three great authors=three great stories
Excellent summer reading
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Unzipped: Tantalizing\His Every Fantasy\Playmates (Harlequin Romance)
Lori Foster , Janelle Denison , and Crystal Green
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0373836783

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Fun and Sexy.......2007-03-20

I enjoyed this book. No need to summarize the stories since many have already. I'm more of a mystery/thriller reader but this book gave me a taste of three fun and sexy stories.

Fast read.......2005-09-28

I just finished this book today. I thought the first two stories were great, I think the third lacked something. The couple in the 2nd story that had been friends for so long and for her to come to him and ask of him what she did just blew me away.
Josie and Nick just warmed my heart all over.
All in all, I would recommed this book.

Three great authors=three great stories.......2005-08-15

Tantalizing/Lori Foster
Josie Jackson's sister arranges a blind date for her with Bob Morrison. Both dreaded the blind date; he expected a stuffy, matronly prude while Josie assumed that Bob would be another boring, nerdy man just as all of her sister's other fix-ups had been. Josie decides to scare off her geeky match with a red-hot outfit, hair and make up, never dreaming that her date would be a gorgeous specimen of a man capable of showing her just how sensuous she is. The only problem is that Bob isn't Bob at all; he's Bob's business partner Nick Harris. Nick agreed to stand in for Bob because Bob is crazy about Josie's sister, Susan and doesn't want to date anyone else. Nick allows Josie to believe that he is Bob, thinking that he would continue to see her just a while longer, and then he was unwilling to stop the exquisite pleasure he has found in helping Josie lose her inhibitions. But when pleasure turns into something much deeper and Nick still hasn't told Josie the truth, he fears what her reaction will be at being deceived.
Lori Foster has once again given her readers a lighthearted, sexy story with more of the adorable characters that she is known for.

His Every Fantasy/Janelle Denison
Leah Burton wants to know how to please a man before she marries her fiance, seeing how he doesn't warm her up in the same way as Jace Rutledge, her older brother's best friend. When Leah tells Jace that she needs a favor of him, he never dreams that her request would involve tutoring her in sensual pleasure. When he hesitates and she suggests that perhaps she should look elsewhere for instruction, he finds that he cannot stand the thought of her being intimate with anyone but him. After sharing every intimacy imaginable, Jace simply cannot let Leah go and he sets out to convince her that his feelings are true, but he isn't sure if she shares those feelings.
This is a very steamy story that romance lovers will love.

Playmates/Crystal Green
Sean McIntyre and Fiona Cruz handle public relations/marketing management for two of the hottest actors, and are working hard at keeping the peace between their respective clients, they work brilliantly together in front of the camera but behind it seem capable of murdering each other. Keeping their hands to themselves proved to be just as difficult for Sean and Fiona. They thought that they could play the game without falling in love, but it begins to look like that will be harder than either anticipates.

Crystal Green has written an incredibly sensual story with characters that are very much in touch with their sensual selves.

Excellent summer reading.......2005-08-12

This book was an excellent set of stories to add a little spice to your summer. These stories were just the right length to read in the air or on the beach. As always, Lori Foster was excellent.

BUYERS BEWARE.......2005-08-07

All three stories were steamy! Not a bad book if you like HOT READS! Lori Foster and Janelle Denison are two of the best romance authors out there. But, If you are buying this book because you can't get enough of Lori Foster, BEWARE. The story "TANTALIZING" was released by Harlequin in 2004 in a book called "Lip Service" and is now being rereleased in this book. So, if you're buying this book hoping to find another one of Lori Foster's hard to find stories, you will be disappointed.

Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises And Realities

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The cutting edge of biotech's promise
A competent and readable overview
Great intro for the layperson
compelling
Not That Great Of A Book

Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises And Realities
Eric S. Grace
Manufacturer: Joseph Henry Press
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ASIN: 0309096219

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The cutting edge of biotech's promise.......2006-11-07

Eric Grace is a science writer with a Ph.D. in zoology: his BIOTECHNOLOGY UNZIPPED: PROMISES AND REALITIES may sound technical but is surprisingly accessible, appearing in a revised second edition to provide chapters covering health, environmental concerns, and biotech applications. The first edition, which appeared in 1997, was on the cutting edge of biotech's promise: since then much has happened, and this second edition updates details for the latest studies and issues.

Diane C. Donovan
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A competent and readable overview.......2003-07-05

I bought this book because I wanted a refresher on Molecular Biology. The first half of the text delivers this, explaining key concepts of DNA/RNA, the role of genes and the function of gene expression in the creation of proteins. Upon these understandings the author builds an explanation of genetic engineering. He explains techniques of recombinant DNA, the relevance of stem cells and modern gene therapy. The second half of the book was of less relevance to me, but if you need a journalist's eye view of the whole of biotech, sweeping across everything from cell biology to bioethics, Eric Grace does a reasonable job of providing it. Pro: Competently written and clearly illustrated. Con: Breadth but limited depth.

Great intro for the layperson.......2001-01-25

After seeing so much in the news about biotechnology, I was in search of an introductory book that would explain the basics of genetic manipulation. This book starts from the very basics--how are genes related to DNA and chromosomes, what are enzymes and proteins, then more sophisticated concepts such as gene splicing and monoclonal antibodies.

While this book won't make anyone an expert scientist, the text and diagrams are clear and concise. I read articles about biotech in the newspapers and business magazines, and this book is a useful primer for those in search of further detail.

After the overall introduction, the author describes biotech applications in several fields, which become a bit of a laundary list after awhile. I would have found fewer, in-depth case studies more interesting. Nevertheless, if you're looking for an informative introduction to biotech, I highly recommend this book.

compelling.......2000-03-23

BIOTECHNOLOGY UNZIPPED is the most compelling evaluation of biotechnology I have read since Harsanyi & Hutton's GENETIC PROPHECY of almost 20 years ago. What makes this book so insightful is the "tradeoffs" perspective that Grace brings to the subject. In every instance where a particular technique is either in development or on the market, the possibilities for selective breeding, or genetic engineering, or composite materials, all hold both a promise and a peril.

Grace, who has a Ph.D. in Zoology and considerable experience as a science writer, attempts to provide enough critical information in each case so that the reader will get a sense of what considerations are involved in any particular "biotechnology solution". What we learn about biotechnology from him is that every biotechnology decision has the following characteristics:

* Costs and revenues (developments cost $millions, so the goal is profits) * Winners and losers (the rich could get lucky, the poor and vulnerable may not) * Benefits and detriments (solutions generate unintended & unwanted consequences) * Enthusiasts and detractors (arguments arise on all sides of biotechnology issues)

The reason that the public is so ambivalent about biotechnology is that its supporters have been so inept at making their case. Biotechnology advocates seem to think that their's is just a problem of an "uninformed public" whom they can re- assure because they have "the facts". They obviously don't appreciate the most important principle of new-age public relations, namely, "They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care".

What Grace shows is that the public does have cause to be concerned. There are no simple problems, no silver bullets, and no final solutions, even if biotechnology boosters pretend there are. If biotechnology advocates become willing to address these concerns, AND learn to manage the expectations of their stakeholders, then they can begin to earn the respect that will otherwise continue to elude them. Grace's book helps clarify all of this. Well done!

Not That Great Of A Book.......2000-02-13

I bought and read this book for my biotechnology class and I really did not like it very much. There are certain parts that are understandable. But much of the book was just blah, blah, blah. If you have to take a class on biotechnology, or just want to read a biotechnology book, this fits you. If you really don't want to read these kind of books, I would not recommend it.

Unzipped: Everything Teenagers Want to Know About Love, Sex and Each Other

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Unzipped: Everything Teenagers Want to Know About Love, Sex and Each Other
Bronwyn Donaghy
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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ASIN: 0732257808

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Strong & Funny Heroine
The Best Blaze Ever!
*** Funny Romance****
interesting contemporary romance

Unzipped? (Harlequin Blaze)
Karen Kendall
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Strong & Funny Heroine.......2007-02-09

This book has very Steamy and Hot Romantic ingredients, with a dash of laughter thrown in the mix. A must read for those who are addicted to Romance novels.

If you like smart, sexy-hot romantic books, you will love, love, love this book.
Our heroine Shannon, an image consultant and hero, Hal who is a computer geek are modern realistic people. Hal wants to change his scruffy computer geek look to a more professional successful image that reflects the success of his computer software company. Shannon, a beautiful and fun image consultant is just the person to turn Hal and his image around.

It is enjoyable to read how their relationship progresses throughout the story. And it is refreshing to see that she is not the usual simpering virginal heroine, but a real woman with a real passion for life and Hal.

The Best Blaze Ever!.......2005-10-29

Karen Kendall is amazing, and this book is a lot of fun. By the time I caught the shameless setup for sequels, I was thrilled because I was crazy about the premise and wanted more, more, more of these characters. I wish I could go work at "Finesse" and experience it all first hand, but at least I know I can read the next book in the series, "Open Invitation." Starting right now. Gotta go!

*** Funny Romance****.......2005-10-04

I have to say Kendall did a great job in this story.
I don't remember laughing out loud so much like I did when I read this book.

***Shannon is an image consultant and Hal is a computer geek who is trying to pull his company out of the floor. Hal's family recommended that he change his image in order to promote his company. He gets in contact with Shannon just to satisfy his mother and sister. As soon as this people meet the chemistry is incredible and the sex is hot. If you want a sensual and funny story, pick this one up. You won't be disappointed. ****
Barbara

interesting contemporary romance .......2005-09-17

Nerd centerfold Hal Underwood ignores the advice of friends, family, and workers who insist he needs to shed his geek image before his software company goes public. Instead he is more concerned with the leak of information that places his firm at risk once it goes public while his mom worries that he eats and sleeps with his computer.

Pushed by his mom, sister, and especially his legal advisor as the face of the company, Hal reluctantly hires Farmington, Connecticut based Image Consultant and Media Trainer Shannon Shane to make him over. When he first sees how beautiful the statuesque Shannon is, Hal's brain melts as he prefers to make it with her, but his worst memories from high school surface. To his shock he soon realizes that Shannon has her uncertainties too as she feels no one takes her intelligence seriously, which he does from the moment she mentions Saddam.

UNZIPPED? Is an interesting contemporary romance that focuses on not judging a person by what one sees as both lead characters run much deeper than the initial first impressions. Hal is a terrific individual drooling over the six foot beauty who he assumes is outside his range while Shannon thinks the brainy computer guru has done great things way above her inane makeovers. The humorous dialogues between the couple clue the reader that this pair once they unzip the masks belong together producing hairless microhumans but fearing that their offspring would have her brains and his looks to paraphrase Einstein as she believes she is a moron and he thinks he is the centerfold of nerds.

Harriet Klausner

Up All Hours: Scorching Tales of Sex Around the Clock (Title Changed from Unzipped)

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Up All Hours: Scorching Tales of Sex Around the Clock (Title Changed from Unzipped)

Manufacturer: Alyson Publications
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Unbelievable!.......2005-12-20

This is such an incredible collection of unbelievably HOT stories. My book has a lot of wear from being read over and over again.

Awesome!.......2001-07-24

This is an incredible collection of hot & sexy short stories. Think "Penthouse Forum" for the gay man. A perfect book for the beach, airplane travel or lounging around the house. Because the stories are from different authors, the each new "fantasy" is completely different from the others.

So Hot.......2000-12-02

This is probably the best erotic stories book I've read. All of the stories are really well written but not pretentious or rambling. I liked the fact that many of the stories involved everyday situations like an 18-year old taking his driving test. The authors were able to take otherwise mundane scenarios and make them very sexual. Reading this book was pure pleasure.

Unzipped: The Popes Bare All : A Frank Study of Sex and Corruption in the Vatican

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Unzipped: The Popes Bare All : A Frank Study of Sex and Corruption in the Vatican
Arthur Frederick Ide
Manufacturer: American Atheist Press
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Zits: Descomprimido Volumen 5/Zits vol. 5: Unzipped/ Spanish Edition

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Zits: Descomprimido Volumen 5/Zits vol. 5: Unzipped/ Spanish Edition
Jerry Scott
Manufacturer: Public Square Books
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Zits is one of the most popular strips on the comics pages today, now appearing in 1,000 newspapers worldwide. Creators Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman chronicle the life of 15-year-old Jeremy Duncan as if there were a camera following his every confused adolescent move. He has to be dragged out of bed at noon during summer vacation. He agonizes over and dissects every syllable of a cryptic exchange he's just had with his girlfriend, Sarah. He almost bursts with the questions, concerns, and insecurities of teenagerhood, yet fends off every attempt by his mom to get him to talk with a standard I dunno.With its perfect blend of teenage reality and clever humor, Zits Unzipped will deliver laughs for Zits' faithful readers and new fans alike.

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