Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum Novels)

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Stephanie Plum, Trenton's favorite bondswoman, is having a career crisis, which gives Janet Evanovich plenty of opportunities to showcase her series heroine in a variety of alternative vocations, from dry cleaner to factory worker. Most of them don't last a full working day, which is good for the reader, since it plunges Stephanie back into the always seedy, often dangerous, and always colorful world of fugitives who'd rather flee than face their day in court. She may be tired of having her life threatened, her cars torched or blown up, and her apartment broken into, but one thing she can say about her job is that it's never boring... and neither is she. Despite her intentions of going straight at a job with a little more security and a bit less excitement, an old client won't let her--he keeps leaving her threatening notes, stalking and scaring her, and making sure she needs the protection of the two men in her life--Joe Morelli, the sexy cop who's been bedding her since high school, and Ranger, the even sexier tough guy who can take down the meanest fugitive around but has a tender spot in his heart for the plucky Ms. Plum. All Evanovich fans' favorite characters people this sprightly caper novel, including Lula, the fast-food-chomping former hooker who's hot to take over Stephanie's job but really belongs in a WWE Takedown; Grandma Mazur, who'd rather go to a wake than a fancy-dress ball; Grandma Bella, the matriarch of the Morelli family whose evil eye frightens even the indomitable Stephanie; and Valerie, Stephanie's sister, who's about to embark on another trip to the altar. A great beach read, Eleven on Top is a guilty pleasure that will delight readers of the author's 10 earlier novels and should win her even more fans. --Jane Adams

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Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: Uncle Scrooge adventures by Carl Barks. They gave me a lifelong love of the adventure story both in film and literature. And I wouldn't mind pushing my quarters around with a bulldozer in real life, either.

Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: Book: The Neiman Marcus holiday catalog (I can pretend I'm shopping.)
CD: MTV's Grind, Volume 1 (Happy music and I love the samba.)
DVD: Shrek 2 (Happy movie.)

Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: "No. Your butt doesn't look big in those pants." Said to myself.

Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: No phone. Locked door. Room service. Silence. My cat (Gus) on my lap.

Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: "Later, Dudes!"

Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets)

Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
A: The ability to eat Cheez Doodles and Krispy Kremes and never get fat.

The Stephanie Plum Series

One for the Money
Two for the Dough
Three to Get Deadly

Four to Score
High Five
Hot Six

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Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Stephanie thinks it's time for a change. So she quits. She wants something safe and normal. But the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now...Stephanie is stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. Tempers and temperatures rise as competition ratchets up between the two men in her life-her on-again, off-again boyfriend, tough Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and her boss, Ranger. Can Stephanie Plum take the heat? Can you?

Customer Reviews:

I love this book series!!!!!!!.......2007-10-01

Janet Evanovich is so awesome, the Plum series is my favorite! I can not
get enough of these books, can't wait till the next one comes out...
Everyone I have turned on to this series has enjoyed them too, from
my daughter in law who is 20 yrs. old, to my friend who is 49! These books are laugh out loud funny and just plain entertaining to read! You have to start with #1 and don't skip! They really build on eachother! Love them!

Stephanie Plum.......2007-09-11

This is number 11 in a series of books by Janet Evanovich about a girl in New Jersey that gets a job as a bounty hunter. She has many adventures both serious and funny as both a bounty hunter and as a woman in love. This series of books keeps up my interest in reading. It's hard to put them down. I can't wait to see what happens next to Stephanie Plum!

Eleven on Top - is the Tops!.......2007-09-10

Reading Janet Evonovich's books are always a lot of fun. Stephanie Plum is always fun - great imagination to keep putting her in jams that she has to get herself out of. I find myself laughing out loud. A lot of fun, entertaining, a quick, light read. A book you don't want to put down.

Still On Top!.......2007-09-06

Another winner by Janet Evanovich! The continuing saga of Stephanie Plum continues to hold me captive until I finish each book. It is great humor mixed in with a little intrigue and romping through New Jersey! Loved it, as usual!

Another fun read in the Stephanie Plum series.......2007-09-05

Very fun read. I have read all the Stephanie Plum novels and this is a lot of fun.

Be Your Own Mentor: Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success

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Advice Helpful to Women at All Stages of Career
A must read for women in business
Put "personal publicity" on your mentoring agenda!
How To Get To The Top!
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Be Your Own Mentor: Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success
Sheila Wellington , and Betty Spence
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Release Date: 2001-02-27

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All of us, from birth onward, learn by emulating others. Yet when it comes to our professional lives, we often forget that what we see, we imitate, and what we imitate, we become. This is obviously a positive thing for those who have found successful, encouraging mentors in their fields, but finding those mentors is still much easier for men than for women. In Be Your Own Mentor, Sheila Wellington seeks to provide women not only with advice on locating appropriate mentors, but with the tools to mentor themselves and the opinions, advice, and encouragement of women leaders worth emulating.

Wellington speaks from a broad range of experience. Having spent 20 years working in public health and one term as the first female Secretary of Yale University, she now serves as the president of Catalyst, a nonprofit research organization that works to advance women in business. Catalyst has conducted numerous interviews, surveys, and focus groups on the subject of women succeeding and excelling in their professional lives, and the results of much of that research is included here. CEOs from industry and the nonprofit world, law-firm partners, university presidents, and senior consultants all add their two cents' worth (or more like six figures' worth) to Wellington's observations on everything from planning your career and avoiding being boxed in to learning how to network efficiently and successfully integrate your work life with your home life.

Be Your Own Mentor is jam-packed with informative statistics, useful suggestions, and encouraging reminders--almost to the point of overload. With so many "voices" and so many topics covered, it's easy to feel a little overwhelmed. Despite this organizational drawback, however, this book is a useful tool for women, especially those just starting out. And for the avid emulator, who better to learn from than the likes of Zoe Baird, respected lawyer and president of the Markle Foundation; Betty Beene, president and CEO of United Way of America; Ellen Hancock, chairman and CEO of Exodus Communications; and Anne Mulcahy, president and COO of Xerox Corporation? On that note, the appendix, which provides career-path profiles of each of the pioneers quoted, is one of the most interesting sections of the book. --S. Ketchum

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Surprising secrets of success from some of America's women leaders; all the things a mentor would tell you are revealed in this mentor-in-a-book. Sheila Wellington, the president of Catalyst, draws on Catalyst research, contacts, and know-how to tell you how to understand the unspoken rules in the real world of work today and how to get ahead.

Catalyst studies reveal that having a mentor is the crucial key to success at work, and it's the single advantage men usually have, and women usually don't. Even at the best organizations for women, there is still a shortage of mentors. Be Your Own Mentor becomes that mentor for you, providing through stories and eye-opening advice a step-by-step guide to advancement. How to master the art of networking, how to create opportunities to gain experience and visibility, how to manage time, how to negotiate salary, and much, much more is discussed, as you learn from leading women how they got where they are, the mistakes they feel they've made along the way, and how they created lives of achievement and satisfaction. Hear from women such as Carly Fiorina (CEO, Hewlett-Packard), Cathleen Black (president, Hearst Magazines), Judith Rodin (president, University of Pennsylvania), and Andrea Jung (president and CEO, Avon). From that first resume all the way to the CEO's office, Be Your Own Mentor guides you along your path to success.

Be Your Own Mentor gives advice from top women on how to:
Devise a short-term and long-term career strategy
Gain visibility in the workplace and in your field
Create opportunities to gain valuable experience
Change your career path
Negotiate salary
Balance work and family
And much, much more...

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Be Your Own Mentor reveals the secrets and savvy business insights of top women in business and acts as a stand-in mentor for readers. From the first resume all the way to the CEO's office, this book guides readers along the path to success. The book describes what a mentor is, why women need one, and offers real-life stories to help women master the art of networking, creating opportunities, time management, salary negotiation, and much more.

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Advice Helpful to Women at All Stages of Career.......2001-09-24

I bought the book "Be Your Own Mentor" during a transitional time in my career. The advice offered has provided me with many great ideas on advancing my career. I thought the get ahead basics were especially helpful. As I was looking for a new position, the job search advice helped me to form opinions on how this new position could be a stepping stone to my future. It urged me to take a look at my career as a progression of jobs on my resume. Additionally, Sheila Wllington offered advice that I had not read in traditional job search books. I think this book is helpful to women at all stages of their career whether just starting out or ready for a mid-career change. If you think you need some advice from successful women and need some ideas on how to further your career I highly recommend this book.

A must read for women in business.......2001-07-31

I wish this book had been around when I was just starting out in business. I would be a lot better off today if I had gotten the great advice it gives out. Much of the writing is based on research done at Catalyst, so is fact-based. Shelia Wellington uses her vast experience and connections to give a road map for success for women in the business world. Many nuggets of advice from women who have reached the highest levels in their careers. A must read.

Put "personal publicity" on your mentoring agenda!.......2001-05-18

Being your own mentor is a critical concept and certainly includes mastering the art of networking. But a good self-mentoring plan must also include achieving corporate and community visibility. To really take charge of your career there is no substitute for creating a strategic 'personal' publicity plan. Your boss won't do it, and neither will your mentor. It is up to YOU. People have to know who you are, what you stand for, and why they should hire you, promote you, or do business with you. That's really taking charge of your career.

How To Get To The Top!.......2001-03-10

I wish I'd had Be Your Own Mentor years ago. It's chock-full of what to do when you're trying to get ahead at work, with do's and don'ts I've not heard anywhere else. It explains the kinds of jobs that will take you to the top and tells you which won't. And something else it does that you can't get elsewhere: women at the top (like Carly Fiorina of Hewlett Packard) tell you what to do when specific problems arise at work -- like how to land an assignment you want, or what to do when you meet bias, or how to get people who can help you on your side. Includes useful tips on building credibility and taking charge of how you're perceived, or for getting out of a dead end situation with a difficult boss, plus sensible advice about dealing with guilt as you're balancing personal life and work. You gain access to many wise women -- the older sisters everyone needs, who genuinely want to help you reach your goals. My son says most of the career tips will work for him, too, but women especially can use this practical, smart advice book by Spence and Wellington all through their careers.

Wonderful quotes.......2001-03-05

This is an interesting book, perfect for people just out of school or in the first 2-3 years of a career. The advice in the book is solid, and the quotes from the pioneer women are especially interesting and informative. It is refreshing to hear their perspectives, and they provide wonderful information, ideas, and a sense of sisterhood.

My main complaint about the book is there is no new information or anything groundbreaking. Most of the author's ideas are obvious, and she should let the pioneer women speak some more.

Overall, I would recommend this book to young women just starting out who are not quite sure what to expect or if they are on the right track. The pioneer quotes are worth the price of the book.

Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts
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The Best Info for Direct selling

Yes!! Finally

Some OK tips, but mostly common sense

Million Dollar Wisdom for all entrepreneurs wanting success

Lots of great ideas!

Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts
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Release Date: 2005-01-15

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Millions of people around the world are involved in direct selling. There are 12 million in the United States alone! Almost 74 percent of direct sellers are women.

An estimated 46 million people in the world are involved in direct selling, according to the Direct Selling Association. In less than ten years this number is expected to grow to an unbelievable 200 million! With more people looking for careers that offer independence, flexibility, and tremendous income potential, this book offers a one-stop source of nuts-and-bolts advice, insights, and practical sales skills.

Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts addresses the three most popular models of direct selling:

* network marketing (e.g., Amway)

* party planning (e.g., Pampered Chef)

* person-to-person(e.g., Guardian Life Insurance)

The training that many of these companies offer is limited and typically covers only product features and benefits, basic sales techniques, recruitment, and order processing.

Through extensive research, the Direct Selling Women's Alliance (DSWA) has identified four crucial ""life skills"" that often are neglected or omitted from a company's training and support program:

* Financial and tax guidance.

* Coaching and leadership skills development.

* Business management and technology training.

* Daily success practices and implementation.

Build It Big unveils the methods and approaches in developing these skills that, DSWA believes, are the true linchpins of growth and long-term sales stability. The disciplined approach and real-life insights from some of the most successful and talented people in the direct selling business will have broad appeal to rookies and veterans alike, especially for people who are opting for direct selling for part-time work, extra income, and the autonomy it offers.

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The Best Info for Direct selling.......2007-03-08

Build it Big is THE book for you if you are in direct selling. This book has so much info and teaches you everything you need to know to build your business. This book walks you through everything and is for those brand new to direct sales or those that have been consultants forever. I will recommend this book to everyone!

Yes!! Finally.......2007-01-10

This Book is wonderful. Love it!
I can't say enough about this book and what it has done for me.
If you or someone you know is in Direct Sales purchase this
book. Written by Women for Women.

Some OK tips, but mostly common sense.......2006-07-27

I was interested to get this but really REALLY disappointed when one of the first tips was to call 100 people. No kidding. I found this to be a lot of re-hash of old ideas. Some decent tips but you really have to search for them. Bad layout, too. Not easy to read. Lots of stuff sort of thrown at you. If you are really NEW to sales, you might benefit but most of it you can get through better books or free in internet searches, your team leader, etc.

Million Dollar Wisdom for all entrepreneurs wanting success.......2006-07-25

This book in short is incredible, not only it's packed with tons of wits from proven experts, but it's so simple to follow and read that all I have to do is implement the startegies and which i have with tremendous immediate results. Every entrepreneur should get one, regardless of the industry. After all the art of networking and building heartful relationships is the core foundation for all business success-no exceptions. If you are reading this, you owe it to yourself to own one today. !!!

Lots of great ideas!.......2006-07-25

This book gave me a lot of great ideas for my Pampered Chef business. It was very helpful with answering objections and working with my downline. I only have 2 so far, but I will be better able to help them become successful. I had to pace myself or I would have read the whole thing in one sitting!

More Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts

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A reliable manual for home-based selling
More Build It Big
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More Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts
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A revolutionary shift is occurring in the world of work. Home-based entrepreneurs seeking independence, time, and uncapped income are selling everything from life insurance, carpet cleaning, and computer repair, to cookware, beauty products, and candles. According to the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance, 49 million direct salespeople sell $85.5 billion worth of products and services worldwide each year. More Build It Big is the sequel and smart companion to Build it Big. In this new handbook, industry leaders deliver straightforward advice, cutting-edge insights, and best practices to help direct sellers and distributors become sales superstars. Up-to-the-minute stories from top salespeople, profiles of leading distributors, and the latest how-to’s on networking, party planning, and person-to-person selling make this book a key addition to the direct seller’s reference shelf. More Build It Big delves into the personal and business skills that direct selling pros use to achieve success: sponsoring, building, and coaching a team; becoming a leader; organizing business finances; and integrating home life and business. Appropriate for novices or experts who want to set goals, fire up teams, and boost revenues, More Build It Big is sure to increase the power and motivation of thousands of direct salespeople worldwide.

Highlights

More Build It Big gives independent salespeople and distributors:

•New case studies covering an extensive range of products and services appropriate for direct sales

•Expert advice on booking venues and coaching hostesses

•Surefire techniques for developing relationships and building a contact database

•Tips for avoiding major mistakes and stumbles

Customer Reviews:

Best Direct Sales Books.......2007-09-30

The Build It Big Series are the best books on the market for helping you grow your home based business. It is divided into little articles written by the industries best. A great easy read! I have grown my direct sales business greatly after buying these books and joining the Direct Selling Women's Alliance.

Awesome.......2007-03-08

More tips for those in direct sales. Awesome! I can't begin to say how much I love the Build it Big Books. This is the sequel to Build it Big and will help the novices in the field or the experts.

A reliable manual for home-based selling.......2006-09-07

If you've ever attended a Tupperware party or spoken to a Mary Kay or Avon representative, then you are familiar with the concept of direct selling. More than 49 million people worldwide are hawking everything from toys to life insurance as independent contractors. Many of these professionals found a terrific resource in the book Build it Big, published by the Direct Selling Women's Alliance (DSWA). Now, the organization has compiled more insights, anecdotes, tips and techniques, specifically for female direct-sales professionals. Unlike most business writing, which is usually gender-neutral or all about "him," the operative pronoun here is "her." Although the sales strategy and self improvement advice isn't particularly new, it is solid. The book guides promising novices (most advice would apply to men as well as women) through the direct sales necessities, from finding inspiration and prospects, to asking for referrals or sales, dressing appropriately and building a team. Whether you need the advice or support of a coach, a sales guru or a fashion diva, we believe you will find it in this collection of 101 best practice essays from veterans of home-based sales businesses.

More Build It Big.......2006-07-24

Sequel to Build It Big. Excellent book. All Direct Sellers should have this in your library of must have motivational books.

another Taste of Home Entertaining consultant must have.......2006-07-09

Ok, so I thought that the first Build it Big Book was great! Now here is even more great tips and information to furthur expand your business. I have learned a little something from everything that I read with this. If I feel that things are slowing down a bit, I pull this out almost like a reference book and look for some fresh ideas that I can use to liven things up. It never fails to come through and It enables me to coach my team more effectively and share the knowledge that I have gained with them. This book also makes a great gift for your team members.

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Long Before Sex in The City
Woman on Top by Nancy Friday
A great read, educational, enlightening, read it with your partner and learn!
Haven't had a chance to read it yet
Tastefully done erotica with some psychological insights added

Women on Top
Nancy Friday
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Nancy Friday's phenomenal bestsellers My Secret Garden and Forbidden Flowers broke new ground, revealing for the first time the complexity of women's secret sexual fantasies. In Women on Top, she returns to the subject that made her famous, examining the erotic fantasy lives of more than one hundred and fifty modern women. Drawn from Friday's personal interviews and letters, Women on Top contains transcripts of real sexual fantasies that will change your mind-set about women and sex. A revolutionary exploration of female eroticism, Women on Top reveals the powerful and astounding sexual attitudes that are forever changing our intimate lives.

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Long Before Sex in The City .......2007-08-27

This wonderful book came along to say that women do have fantasies. And some of them can be more intricate than you might think.

If you believe the saying that says, "You won't be good to me off your feet, if you're not good to me on your feet," you will probably be open to reading this book.

It's a great book for both genders. For men because the pressure can be taken off of them. For women, to say, "Express yourself!!"

Woman on Top by Nancy Friday.......2007-08-23

I had already read some of Nancy Fridays other books including "Men in Love" which discusses men's sexual fantazies so I wanted to hear what she had to say about the ladies too. This is a very interesting and informative read, and might give the ladies some hints to spice up there sex lives too. I would recommed this book and Nancy Friday is a very well informed sex therapist.

A great read, educational, enlightening, read it with your partner and learn!.......2007-03-05

Nancy Friday has earned her title as a groundbreaking writer/researcher on topics surrounding Womens' Sexuality, fantasy etc. So much study has been done by so many over the years about the changes in Society as it has evolved, `liberation', empowerment, contraception etc. Some have studied sexual behaviours and patterns, how the changes manifest. With this book Nancy Friday looks at one of the very foundations of the changes, one of the proofs of the crystallization and permanence of the changes, by studying changes to the very core motivations for the changes-Womens' sexual fantasies. Every reality nearly inevitably has to begin as someone's fantasy so the shifting fantasy world suggests the changes that are going to be part of the physical world.

The start of the book is an overview of the role of fantasy, how the rest of the book was collected and collated and the reasons for producing the book.

The rest of the book is detailed Womens' Sexual fantasies, each presented as they were when Ms Friday canvassed her demographic for volunteers.

This is an enlightening read, at times brutally candid and explicit (under the protection of anonymity). There is an understanding of some Women's need to be subjugated and dominated (rape fantasies etc.) to other Women's need to subjugate and dominate (equally explicit and violent).

In many ways this book provides an insight into some of the deepest and most intimate part of the subjects' psyches. No matter how stable, secure and loving a Woman's life and world is, there is often a wild snarling crazed animal part of them that captures the power and passion of female sexuality. This is the Archetype that could rip it's own Mother apart for the explosive release of uninhibited orgasmic release. This primal energy is sometimes reflected in the fantasies detailed in this book, especially nowadays when Women have licence to feel everything which is theirs to feel and so can feel free to explore those fantasies without guilt. Women can now have and know what, in earlier times was dictated out of Womens' lives except for those willing to step outside `norm' into such things as Witchcraft, Wicca, etc., where the artificial constraints of Society's norms did not apply.

As a bloke, these changes could scare the crap out of me but I figure I'd rather live in the shadow of that sort of healthy power and the force of female lust than to live in a culture of emotional safety and mediocrity created by slaying the Goddess.
Cheers
Lloyd

Haven't had a chance to read it yet.......2007-01-06

Haven't had a chance to read this as I am still working my way through the first book (My Secret Garden) by the same author.

Tastefully done erotica with some psychological insights added.......2006-10-23

I am a personal growth coach and I do some work in the area of sexuality. There are many people that are inhibited around their fantasies or feel guilt for having normal sexual feelings. I feel this book is useful because it provides a wide array of different types of fantasies that are common in themes in the female population. This can be a very helpful book to help people normalize their feelings of shame and guilt around their innocent fantasies.

I also like that this book provides some psychological interpretation of female fantasies and is organized around themes. The content is erotic, but tasteful. On the other hand, people's authentic experience is captured and the content is not necessarily sugar-coated.

I think this book will appeal more to women than to men. Among other things, it will help women to realize that they are not unique in having certain desires that they don't fully understand or want to have happen in real life.

Two other great books that describe the psychology of sex and sexual fantasy are THE EROTIC MIND by Jack Morin and THE EVOLUTION OF DESIRE by David Buss.

Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence

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Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence
Stephen J., Ed. Ceci
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Why aren't more women pursuing careers in science, engineering, and math? Is the lack of women in these fields a consequence of societal discouragements, innate differences in ability between the sexes, or differences in aspirations? These questions always spark a host of other questions--and a multiplicity of answers--all of which have important implications for gender equality and for retaining the nation's competitiveness in the technological marketplace. The most reliable and current knowledge about women's participation in science is presented in this collection of fifteen essays written by top researchers on gender differences in ability. The essayists were chosen to reflect the diversity and complexity of views on the topic, about which knowledge has been accumulating and evolving for decades. The editors provide an introduction that defines the key issues and embeds them in historical context and a conclusion that synthesizes and integrates the disparate views. Written accessibly to appeal to students and non-specialists as well as psychologists and other social scientists, the contributors reframe this key controversy and challenge readers' emotional and political biases through solid empirical science. Taken together, the introduction, essays, and conclusion make a convincing case that sex differences are neither as unambiguous as earlier researchers suggested nor as insubstantial as some current critics claim. Sex differences in career choices are definitely not inevitable, as the past thirty years have documented both a sea change in the gender makeup of various fields and fluctuations in ability-score differences between the sexes. However, as the essays make clear, such changes leave open the possibility of cultural and biological bases for today's sex differences in science, engineering, and math participation.

An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List

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Failed to see the magic
A Kotex Christmas says it all!
nothing says Christmas like naughty girls
Great Idiot Girl Reading
Give this to yourself for Christmas!

An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List
Laurie Notaro
Manufacturer: Villard
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1400064368
Release Date: 2005-11-01

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Like her other titles, Laurie Notaro's An Idiot Girl's Christmas is a bon bon of a book--one that is so honestly observed that, if you are at work, you will find yourself sneaking in time to read it at your desk in the middle of the day, snorting with laughter. There are few writers who can nail the particular humiliation of, say, buying a box of tampons in a crowded store while a small cadre of punks makes unfortunate jokes behind you. Or who can let loose the funny fury of wrong-headed Christmas gifts, such as her mother's peculiar affinity for food-scented candles:

Always on my list is a scrumptious delicacy from my mother's favorite Wax Candle Baked Goods store. I don't know where my mother found a wax store that specializes in baked-goods and pastry candles, but she did. Good job Mom!…It's the perfect diet food, because biting into one is like biting into Jennifer Lopez's double-decker ass at Madam Tussaud's, kind of like sinking your teeth into a thick, dense bar of Irish Spring--without the flavor.

With some new and some best-of material (the venerable Jingle Bell piece about a Barney-obsessed neighbor is here), this volume covers many a family holiday at the Notaro household, with an amusing assortment of ill-adjusted siblings, in-laws, and that grand dame of dysfunction and buzz kill, Notaro's mother. Or at least the ever-so-lightly fictionalized version of Notaro's mother, who plays the foil to Notaro's perpetually underfunded, tortured, and sweetly Machiavellian self. The palpable and universal mother-daughter tension in their relationship is best mined in the chapter, "Oh Holy Night," or "The Year I Ruined Christmas," in which the n'er do well's daughter purse is lost, found, and returned home with a tire track across it and without Notaro herself:

"I was dead?" I asked my mother eagerly, trying hard to fight the urge to jump up and down in glee. "Oh my God. I can't believe it. This is fantastic. Did you cry?"

"Well, almost," my mother confessed. "But then again there was the relief of getting the second use out of your prom dress."

In the end, wit and clever revenge on dull party guests trump the rich, thin, and conventionally pretty girls every time. Notaro's Idiot Girl's Christmas is a holiday worth celebrating. --Megan Halverson

Book Description

IT’S LAURIE NOTARO’S HOLIDAY HANDBOOK.
PREPARE TO LAUGH YOUR TINSEL OFF.

It’s the most wonderful–and most dreadful–season of the year, when boxes of truffles attack your thighs, drunken holiday revelers stay long past their welcome, and your grandmother has conniptions at the department store over the price of hand lotion. Welcome to Laurie Notaro’s Christmastime.

In ten brand-new stories and three previously published favorites, Notaro shares the sidesplitting daily disasters of the holidays, like finding herself on emergency feminine product recon at midnight on Christmas Eve; surrendering to the inevitable Horrible Gift Parade by simply asking for holiday dish towels and giant white underpants from Sears; battling the morons in line at the Seventh Circle of Hell, otherwise known as the do-it-yourself craft store; and trying to live down her reputation as the Most Unfun Christmas Party Guest Ever, due to an unfortunate misunderstanding involving a fake overdose and emergency paramedics.

So whether you find yourself at the Dull and Smart Party or the Raucous and Stupid Party this holiday season, you’ll always know where to find Laurie–just follow the chocolate trail over to the cheese platter. She’ll be the one dialing the cops.

Customer Reviews:

Failed to see the magic.......2007-07-16

I did research for a light funny book for our book club and came across this book with outstanding reviews. The book was moderately funny at best. Yes it was an easy light read but nothing warranting 4 1/2 stars. Perhaps since this is the first of her books I have read it didn't have the same appeal. I would not recommend this book to anyone.

A Kotex Christmas says it all!.......2007-07-07

I loved this book just like I loved the others--my favorite standout is "A little Kotex Christmas," which was hysterical and will become a standard read during every holiday from here on out! Fantastic book!

nothing says Christmas like naughty girls.......2007-05-16

If you have a sense of humor, this is the book for you.

Great Idiot Girl Reading.......2007-04-11

Oh my goodness was this book a scream! For any girl who has ever felt out of place or a little dumb or tripped over her own feet this book is for you! Notaro says things I have thought over and over and this book made me laugh out loud, the first book to ever do that. I also recommend any of her other works. I feel like I'm having a stupid, enjoyable conversation with my oldest friend whenever I read her works.

Give this to yourself for Christmas!.......2007-03-05

I have read all of Laurie's other books and bought this as an early Christmas present for myself to help me get thru the stench of the holiday season. It's a fun read. I especially loved the one about taking Nana shopping and shared it with two friends of mine who are dealing with demanding, cranky mothers in their late 80s. Laurie you are working your magic and I cant wait til your new book comes out in May. Keep it coming!

The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter)

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A clever cozy series
Beatrix Potter buys a farm...
Cute but Slow
Delightful English Cozy Mixes Beatrix Potter's Animal Tales with Murder
Another engaging cozy.

The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter)
Susan Wittig Albert
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ASIN: 0425201015

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The author of Peter Rabbit and other tales, Beatrix Potter is still, after a century, beloved by children and adults worldwide. In this first Cottage Tale, Albert introduces Beatrix, an animal lover and Good Samaritan with a knack for solving mysteries. With help from her entourage of talking animal friends, Beatrix sets out to win over the human hearts of Sawrey, where she's just bought an old farm--and plans to stay.

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A clever cozy series.......2007-09-05

I'm so happy to have discovered the Beatrix Potter mysteries. What a gem! The writing is clever, the characters - both human and animal - are thoroughly engaging, and the author's physical descriptions of the Lake District where the book takes place is first-rate. I love mysteries that take place in small English villages with characters that are so real you feel as though they could walk off the page and enter your life.

The mystery itself is not deep or involved, but the author's engaging writing of English village life more than makes up for it. This is the ideal book to read on a weekend afternoon with a cup of tea and a scone.

Beatrix Potter buys a farm..........2007-09-05

It's England in 1905, Beatrix Potter has purchased Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey in the Lake District. Local farmers are upset that the farm is now owned by an outsider and a woman at that. On arrival, Beatrix Potter finds the woman she was to board with, Abigail Tolliver, has died unexpectedly and foul play is suspected. Beatrix rents a room at Belle Greene and begins to get a feel for her farm from Mr. Jennings who she hopes will stay on to run it for her. But the town is uneasy with Miss Tolliver's death, a missing painting, a theft at the school, a head teacher that seem bent on mischief and mayhem, and now a London woman owning a local farm.

Since the book is based on an actual historical figure, Beatrix Potter, the story must fit into the spaces in her life not covered by her diaries, writings, letters, and other documentation. I haven't read much about Potter and knew little of her except for her children's books and her love of nature, biology, and science. I was enchanted by the story. The character of Beatrix Potter is rich in contradictions and yet steeped in the traditions and strictures of her time. Albert has given us a woman who yearned for love, independence, and growth but who felt obligated to obey her parents every whim at the expense of her own happiness. Yet, Potter's mind is quick, concise, and her courage, especially when needed by others, is unfailing. I hope to be able to take advantage of some of the suggested resources listed in the back of the book to learn more of Beatrix Potter's life.

The story is a wonderful mix of characters including animals as well as humans. The point of view shifts from the animal views to those of humans with distinct and interesting contrasts for the same events. The mystery is low key and while the solution is fitting and satisfying it's not so much the mystery as the wonderful insights into small town mores and society. This is truly a town filled with believeable people living their lives in 1905 England.

Reading the story is a quite trip in time and a delightful vacation in another place with people you may end up caring about as if they were your own neighbors.

Book also contains a Historical Note, Glossary, List of Resources, and recipes for Tatie Pot, Sponge Cake, Elsa'a Grape's Gooseberry Sauce, Bertha Stubbs's Rhubarb and Strawberry Tart, Gingersnaps, and Mrs. Stokes's Treacle Pudding.

Cute but Slow.......2007-03-09

Beatrix Potter, successful author, has bought a farm in the Lake District of England. She loves the area and is hoping to use it to set up an independent life from her parents.

She expects peace and quite in the village of Near Sawrey. But on her first visit, she realizes that's not to be.

Miss Tolliver passed away rather unexpectedly on her birthday. Her death was a shock to all, and the village is buzzing. Additionally, things seem to be disappearing around the village, and Miss Potter gets caught up in the middle.

All this is on top of the personal problems Miss Potter faces. She's still reeling from the death of her fiance just a few months before. And, while she may own Hill Top Farm, she must figure out a way to live there while keeping the current farmers there to run it for her.

I went back and forth on whether I enjoyed the book or not. The pacing is slow, and at times I was ready for things to speed up. Yet at other times I got caught up in events and couldn't put the book down.

The characters were interesting. I especially like the portrayal of Beatrix. I completely believed her temperament from the little I know about this period of her life.

Since the book is about Beatrix Potter, there are lots of animals in the story. While they can't communicate with humans, they can talk to each other and actually play an important part in the story. It's handled in a believable way but might bother those who don't like that kind of thing.

There were parts that were enjoyable, but on the whole it was an average read.

Delightful English Cozy Mixes Beatrix Potter's Animal Tales with Murder.......2006-07-30

"The Tale of Hill Top Farm" is a delightful debut story in an engaging new mystery series by veteran mystery writer Susan Wittig Albert. Ms. Albert has done a fine job of blending biographical information from the life of Beatrix Potter (author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and other children's tales) with a compelling murder mystery of her own imagining.

This story introduces the reader to the real Lake Country Village of Sawrey, along with a large host of imagined village inhabitants. As the story opens, one of the village's middle-aged spinsters is found dead in her cottage on the day right after her birthday. The venerable Miss Abigail Tolliver seemed healthy enough at her birthday celebration, and when the village doctor pronounces that she passed due to heart trouble, the local gossips are quick to suspect that Miss Tolliver was poisoned. When Miss Beatrix Potter arrives in town to survey her newly purchased farm, she finds herself looking for answers to the mystery surrounding Miss Tolliver's death. Other strange goings-on in the village include the loss of the Parish Village Register, which contains the church records of the village, and the mysteriouos disappearance of a large sum of money donated to repair the village school roof. The village animals also get involved in trying to solve these mysteries.

Just like the Peter Rabbit stories, all the village animals can talk, but not all the humans can understand them. The animals in this story are embued with much personality, as are the village locals.

I have thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Albert's China Bayles series, and I expect that this series will be one to savor as well.

Another engaging cozy........2006-03-28

Susan Wittig Albert (and her husband) are no strangers to creating characters that live and breathe. This author has yet again managed to create a very engaging story along with her quirky characters. In this series her animal characters are just as believable and enjoyable as the human characters are. I am planning to read it as one of our family read aloud stories, even though I just finished reading it and am looking forward to the next installment of this series.

The Tale of Hill Top Farm: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter (Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mysteries)

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Very Charming
I love this series.
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ASIN: 0425196348
Release Date: 2004-09-28

Book Description

The author of Peter Rabbit and other creature tales, Beatrix Potter is still, after a century, beloved by children and adults the world over. In this first Cottage Tale, Albert introduces Beatrix, an animal lover who has just bought a farm in England's beautiful Lake District. As Beatrix tries to win over the hearts of her fellow villagers, her animal friends set out to solve a mystery all their own.

Customer Reviews:

Very Charming.......2007-06-16

An historical yet fictional cozy mystery account of Beatrix Potter's life. After purchasing a farm in the charming english countryside in 1905, Beatrix's characters come to life and help their human solve the mystery. A must have for any Beatrix Potter fan and a definite keeper.

I love this series........2007-03-05

I love all the books in this series. This is as good as the others. Can't wait for more.

Cute Country Tale.......2006-01-04

This book was listed as a mystery and, although it begins with a suspicious death, this is not a whodunit. Rather, The Tale of Hill Top Farm is a country tale that follows the life of Beatrix Potter and the townsfolk. There is a very interesting group of people in the book and they are all fictional (with the exception of Beatrix and William Heelis). Basically, Beatrix purchases the Hill Top Farm in the small village of Near Sawrey, and the book follows her interactions and struggles. It is weird - at first - to read a fictional book starring a real-life person; plus, the small animals in the book have spoken lines. The animals talk to the humans, but they can't be heard except to other animals. While some reviewers were put-off by the talking animals, I thought it was a sweet addition, and the animals actually help move the plot along. The story is rather `slow' in the sense that there is no action, really. This is a character-driven book in the small country, so you won't zip through this book at the same pace as an adventure or typical mystery. The book reminded me (a bit) of the Mitford series by Jan Karon, but without the religious messages. Overall, the book is very charming and I'll continuing reading the series.

Beatrix Potter vs. the Crabbe Woman.......2005-11-16

I have read the entire series of "Victorian Mysteries" written by Mrs. Albert and her husband under the name of Robin Paige and have found most of the books in that series to be quite good. I was particularly impressed with the entry in that series that featured Beatrix Potter and so I was sure that I would really like this new series that would revolve entirely around the famous author of children's books.

This series is based on Potter's real life purchase of Hill Top Farm in England's Lake District and features not only a captivating set of villagers but also an eclectic group of mystery solving animals. Both the people and the animals of the village are a gossipy bunch and both tend to make mountains out of molehills and spread inaccurate speculation. In the case of this book however these things may be a virtue for although there are several little mysteries running along as secondary plot lines all of the mysteries are quite shallow and could use any weight that the village grapevine might add to them.

It seems to be the style of this author to use the first book in a series as an introductory volume that introduces her readers to both the characters and setting of the series. That is certainly what she has done here for if the depth of the mystery content of this book were a creek one could wade across it without getting the top of ones feet wet. One of the main mysteries in this book for example is that an entire two pounds has gone missing and its disappearance has the ever-domineering Miss Myrtle Crabbe on the warpath. I'm sorry but this is just not the kind of despicable crime that would get the attention of Sherlock Holmes, or even Agatha Raisin for that matter. Now that the setting and characters have been introduced I have high hopes for the next entry and am expecting to find a little bit more meat in that book's mystery stew.

As usual however, Mrs. Albert has a delightful writing style and her ability to create characters that are fanciful but still realistic never ceases to amaze. Her animal characterizations are so good that they rival those of Beatrix Potter herself and include an owl with a recipe book for cooking rat and a cat that is afraid of heights. Add to that a couple of art thieves, a missing Parish register and a mouse that drinks champagne and what you get is a delightfully fun warm fuzzy mystery of the cozy variety. With just a spoonful or two more of actual mystery I think that this author will again have found the recipe for success.

A Special Type of "Mystery".......2005-10-09

The Tale of Hill Top Farm is the first of a series which centers around the imagined life of Beatrix Potter, famed author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and many other beloved children's books. The facts of her life are adhered to: her growing literary success; her difficult and cold upper class parents; the death from a sudden onset leukemia of her fiance and editor; her purchase of a small farm in the English Lake Country. But, the events surrounding the "mystery" are Susan Wittig Albert's contribution - the excellent description of the countryside and the times (later 1800's), the people, the speech patterns,etc. are done "in the manner of" Beatrix Potter...and well done.

Accustomed as we are to rip-tide quick action packed thrillers, it takes a bit to switch to Ms. Potter's/Ms. Albert's 19th century charm and pace. Don't be put off by the need to "switch gears"...it is a pleasure to have a different pace to a mystery. And the characters, including animals a la Potter, are wonderful.

Elmer Batters: From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose (Photo & Sexy Books)

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Homage to Elmer Batters
Stockings and Feet Fans
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Elmer Batters: From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose (Photo & Sexy Books)
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Homage to Elmer Batters.......2002-10-18

Elmer Batters: From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose is a homage to a real American cultural icon--the cheesecake photographer as artist. As any Batters fan knows, his photographs of female nylonned feet and legs raised a personal obsession to the level of pop art. The photos speak for themselves and any person interested in leg art will find them interesting at the very least and erotically fascinating at most. Batters' camera and his eye for composition could transform an absolutely ordinary girl next door type into a mysterious love goddess. As a long-time Batters fan, I expected the photos to be wonderful and erotic. What is surprising about the book is the interview material. Elmer Batters was an ordinary man trying to pursue a vision and make a living by doing something equally contrary to the morality of the fifties and the free sexuality of the sixties. Batters simply did not "fit in" in either decade. It is absolutely fascinating to read Elmer Batters' thoughts on what constitutes a great erotic photograph. It is also interesting and poignant to read about his approach to cheesecake photography: his way of working with models, and the role his wife played as a partner and supporter in what must be one the more unlikely artistic collaborations. The story of Batters' various brushes with the censors in the fifties and sixties are also interesting and more than a little troubling. If I have any criticism of this book at all, it is that I would have loved to have heard more about Elmer Batters' life and struggle to make a living in a very odd profession: photographing nylon legs and feet! This book is a must!

Stockings and Feet Fans.......2001-10-03

Elmer Batters' name is nearly synonomous with leg art and pinup photography. This book is a nice tribute to his work, and my only complaint is that is too brief. The interview with him and the history behind some of the models was interesting reading, and of course, the photos are a treat.

The best!!.......2001-08-03

Mr. Batters has(sadly)passed away but he leaves some awfully big shoes to fill. If you have a foot fetish, then you owe it to yourself to get this book. It makes me smile, ear to ear, when I see the work of this artist. His work isn't commercialized and if you read the book you'll discover he didn't have it as easy as some do today. We all owe this man more than we can repay! But don't just trust the words of others...see for yourself. You won't regret it! ;)

Batters is an Inspiration.......2001-07-13

For those of us who like to wear stockings and suspenders, this book shows how it should be done with style and grace.

FEMALE NYLONED TOES THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF!.......2000-08-15

I grew up collecting Elmer Batters Magazines, 8mm Films and later Videos. Little did I know the World Wide Cultural Icon He would become. Finding this book renewed old passions, in a life filled with erotic Fantasies revolving around Female Nylon Clad Feet which began when I was in 5th grade. I strongly recommend this series for those who where not fortunate enough to collect all of the Masters images. Or as in my case lost the images to neglect and wear and tear of the Original Magazines.I AM A TRUE BELIEVER in elmers legacyA True Believer In Nyloned Female Feet as Objects of Great BeautyEd Lawrenceedlawrence@yahoo.com

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