Book Description
Everyday, an estimated one thousand Americans die from the effects of smoking. There are 45 to 50 million nicotine addicts in the United States, and most would like to quit. If you are one of them, this book is your guide.
Customer Reviews:
IT WORKS!!!!!!!.......2007-09-03
I listened to the CD 3 nights in a row - too nervous the first time, relaxed the second time and fell asleep the 3rd time. By the 4th morning, I never picked up a cigarette again and I have smoked 2 packs a day for 28 years. Thank you Susan Hepburn - I'm looking for a CD on weight loss - I thought the book said that was in the works. I will purchase the day it hits the markets!
It worked for me but..........2007-08-27
...the label could be misleading.
This book will not magically make you a non-smoker overnight. You have to do your part to stay free of smoking (i.e. The CD is instrumental to ease and jump start first a few days or week but you also need to stay committed to be a smoke free person after that).
Thank you Susan Hepburn!
It's all in your head........2007-07-25
I purchased this book and CD after reading all of the reviews I could find.
I was desperate to try something besides the patch or gum.
I've smoked 1.5 - 2 packs for 32 years and had only quit twice before for short periods of time. I was so confident that it would work after reading some great reviews and I believe that is why it did work for me. I believe I wanted it bad enough so my mind was very open to the suggestions. It's not weakness of the mind that makes hypnosis work it's strength.
I too fell asleep..I think. I'm not going to say I never craved one again, I still do sometimes and it's been 4 months, however it was easier than any other time I've quit.
So if you want it to work it will, if you're ready and your mind is open to it.
Good luck.
it really works.......2007-01-22
My 20 yo son and 24 yo friend BOTH quit using this book and CD. They both said it was very easy. Worth way more than the price.
returned the item.......2007-01-15
i did not see the cd was not included and returned the item for refund
Book Description
Play It Again, Sam is a timely investigation of a topic that until now has received almost no critical attention in film and cultural studies: the cinematic remake. As cinema enters its second century, more remakes are appearing than ever before, and these writers consider the full range: Hollywood films that have been recycled by Hollywood, such as The Jazz Singer, Cape Fear, and Robin Hood; foreign films including Breathless; and Three Men and a Baby, which Hollywood has reworked for American audiences; and foreign films based on American works, among them Yugoslav director Emir Kusturica's Time of the Gypsies, which is a "makeover" of Coppola's Godfather films. As these essays demonstrate, films are remade by other films (Alfred Hitchcock went so far as to remake his own The Man Who Knew Too Much) and by other media as well.
The editors and contributors draw upon narrative, film, and cultural theories, and consider gender, genre, and psychological issues, presenting the "remake" as a special artistic form of repetition with a difference and as a commercial product aimed at profits in the marketplace. The remake flourishes at the crossroads of the old and the new, the known and the unknown. Play It Again, Sam takes the reader on an eye-opening tour of this hitherto unexplored territory.
Customer Reviews:
Nuggets Amidst the Jargon.......2002-04-18
The nineteen essays collected here (along with introduction and afterword) grapple with various aspects of cinematic "remakes", and while most have something to offer the general reader, many get bogged down in attempting to find a definition or critical space for remakes. In other words, to get to the good stuff, you're going to have to wade through a lot of critical jargon from psychoanalytic film theory and cultural studiesýwords such as "intertextuality," "oedipal" and "postmodernity" pop up a lot. That caveat aside, there are plenty of nuggets to reward the patient reader.
Albert Kolker's "Recalculating the Hitchcock Formula" is an intriguing analysis of Martin Scorcese's Cape Fear, in which it is proposed that Scorcese remade Cape Fear by simultaneously remaking Hitchcock's Stage Fright, I Confess, and Stranger on a Train. Dan Georgakas's essay on Robin Hood effectively shows how the 1938 and 1991 versions each embodied the cultural and political trends of their time. Michael Brashinsky's considers Bergman's Virgin Spring and Wes Craven's The Last House of the Left in an examination of how a to remake a European "art" film into a low-budget slasher picture. In "The Superhero With A Thousand Faces," Luca Somigli provides a cogent analyses of the relationship of superhero film franchises such as Batman and Superman to their comic-book sources. His elegant conclusion is that such projects are based on the accumulated myth of the characters and setting, rather than being remakes. My favorite essay is Elisabeth Weis's exploration on how the film M*A*S*H was adapted for television and managed to continually reinvent itself while maintaining audience loyalty. Other essays have their moments, but the ones above will be the most accessible and interesting to the general reader.
Book Description
Filled with fun facts, quirky quotes, and memorable moments, The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (Seasons 13 and 14) guarantees a gaggle of giggles and guffaws for the most devoted fan or even the occasional viewer of the world's most popular animated show, The Simpsons.
Join Matt Groening for the next instalment of the The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. Picking up where New York Times bestseller, The Simpsons Beyond Forever, left off, this new volume will tell you everything thing you want to know – and more than you think you know – about The Simpsons' 13th and 14th seasons. Complete with plot synopses, quotes, new characters, stuff you might have missed, along with addendums to all the lists from the first three volumes, this new guide offers an exhaustingly funny look at The Simpsons for the most detail–oriented fan, the casual viewer, and everyone in between.
Customer Reviews:
Love it, but I feel like I'm getting ripped off.......2007-02-03
I love the Simpsons and these books are a "must have" for any serious fan. Plot summaries, gags, quotes, movie references, song lyrics, and "the stuff you may have missed" are all great. As I am rewatching the seasons on DVD, I love to pull out these books and refer along.
However, I am a little irritated at how much I feel Groening and company to be "milking" these books and the consumer for $$$$. The first book contained 8 seasons and was great. Now lately, all three of the subsequent books only cover two seasons? This latest book was released in 2005 at the beginning of the 17th season. Surely they could have made more of an effort to make the book more current and include the 15th and 16th seasons as well.
I'm a little annoyed that it cost me $12 to buy the first book in this series that covered EIGHT seasons, and yet I've had to spend $42 on three books which have only covered SIX.
a little too much.......2006-03-23
These are long!!!! They get kinda boring and i think they just put in the info to fill the book.
The simpsons.......2006-02-27
This book is perfect for any simpsons fan. You can follow the entire show with this book. The funnest part is reading along as you watch the particular show, and find the little stuff the book puts out
Great Show, Good Book.......2005-11-06
This book is probably a must for any real "Simpsons" fan. It is full of summaries of each episode in the 13th and 14th season, as well as memorable quotes, interesting trivia, and things you may have missed. The book offers interesting character designs from different episodes, as well as on-going couch gags and what Homer likes ("Mmmm") and dislikes ("D'oh"). However, I feel some of these things are just placed inside to make the book seem more full and deserving of $15. But, overall, I was very happy with the purchase and, as I stated earlier, I feel it is an essential for a big "Simpsons" fan.
Customer Reviews:
Spam.......2004-12-16
I have not read the other Penn Dutch mysteries but the Spam in the title caught my eye. Magdalena was funny, especially with the nicknames but she talked about her ex-husband too much. I enjoyed Strubly Sam and the other characters. The mystery was too rushed which is why I give it only 3 stars. Had there been more focus on the mystery and sleuthing throughout the book and less about the ex-husband it would have rated higher.
The most ridiculous book I've ever started reading!.......2004-05-05
This book is the silliest pile of nonsense I have ever run across. If you've got nothing better to do with your time than read one of the Penn Dutch Inn books then you've got more time than good sense.
Unbelievable bad!.......2004-04-06
I received three books from this series as a gift. I have to wonder if the person that gave them to me did it as a passive-agressive form of punishment. All three books(including this one)were terrible. Every book in this series seems to have the same awful one-liners. It takes way to long to develop anything even remotely resembling a plot. You can't even figure out when the "mystery" has been solved because you haven't even realized one began. The main character is completely unlikeable. I just wanted her to be murdered to end the misery that is this series. I am a huge mystery buff and I have never disliked any books so much. This auther is horrible.
Magdalena Funny Again........2003-11-23
In this book, Magdalena is funny again. Some of the humour in the last few books has seemed forced and slapstick, but in this book Magdalena is her usual hilarious self. The book also has a little thicker plot than usual as Magdalena gets drawn into a reunion of World War II vets who have rented out rooms in her newly rebuilt inn. (the first inn was apparently destroyed by a tornado sometime between this book and the one previous). We also meet a new character that I hope we see more of - Strubbly Sam. He's wonderful - an Amish widower who may be after Magdalena (and he cooks too). I am looking forward to other books in this series again.
Play It Again Spam.......2003-05-19
Tamra, you did it again! You are great! The book is Awesome!
Customer Reviews:
Entertaining.......2001-07-04
I found the book to be entertaining and I liked the way the first half of the book dealt with their lives in one incarnation and the second half the book dealt with another incarnation. The dog, Sam, seemed to be a cute character and very likeable. However, I didn't think the heroine and hero were developed as well as Victoria Alexander has done in her other works. My rating is based on reading most of her other books and comparing it with them. This one had some light humor, but not nearly as witty as the others.
neither good nor bad.......1999-10-26
I liked the general idea of star crossed lovers being reborn with both of them having feelings of deja vu and with a funny dog set on bringing the two of them together. However, I found the book somehow lacking depth: The love between the hero and the heroine does not really develop, but is there instantaneously. There are no real character traits recognizable when all the people are reborn: the regency heroine is a docile daughter who wants to do a daring thing just once while the present day heroine seems to try everything wild, the villain looses his conscience when being reborn etc. All in all the book is nice enough to read, but I did not get engrossed in it.
One of the best, most original romances I've read.......1998-08-26
Alexander consistently writes romances that defy the traditional romance storyline and conflict pattern. This novel provides a refreshing, original look at soul mates and is fun to read. She has quickly become my favorite writer. Whenever I see her name on the book I know it will be entertaining, heartwarming, a great read.
put your lips together and whistle for this one.......1998-02-16
Being new to Victoria Alexander's work, I found this book to be heartwarming and funny. I especially liked the characters of Sam the dog, and the secondary character of Pippa/Morgan's cousin, Carolyn/Lindy. This is one to while away a rainy afternoon with!
Book Description
What if Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson had stood side by side in Cleveland's outfield? What if integration had taken place in the major leagues before 1947? Who would have won the World Series had a strike not shortened the 1994 season? In this compilation of fantasy scenarios, the history of baseball from 1869 to the controversial 2003 playoffs is literally rewritten by fifty journalists, historians, authors and former baseball players. Topics include playing for pay, Merkle's Boner, rival leagues, the 1919 Series, Mickey Owens and the dropped strike, and integration. Chronologically organized, the experts take up the major events of each era and speculate on the long-and short-term outcomes had history followed a different, but still likely, course. The book concludes with an appendix in which the panel members hold forth on general-interest topics such as star-crossed players who might have gone on to Hall of Fame careers, the greatest big-game players, and World Series pairings.
Customer Reviews:
What If?.......2007-04-06
Fascinating look back at many of baseball's historical decisions and controversial plays. A panel of experts including journalists, statisticians and former players discuss the various events. Included are such things as the realignment of the leagues due to expansion, players whose careers were interupted by injury and military service, home run hitters, the designated hitter and many plays that had far reaching ramifications. Fun and informative read.
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The tale of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, one of Britain's finest comedy double-acts, is told from Moore's perspective. Following his Oscar nomination for
Arthur, Moore returns home to appear on a primetime chat show. Through flashbacks and sketches, the tale of the volatile comedy team is told.
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This collection of easy piano arrangements includes all 25 songs from the Worship and Worship Again albums, including: Above All * Breathe * I Can Hear Your Voice * Let It Rain * Lord Have Mercy * Step by Step/Forever We Will Sing * You Are Holy (Prince of Peace) * and more.
Customer Reviews:
it's all here.......2006-04-15
All the songs from both CDs - in easy piano arrangements. The engravings are also larger/easy to read, and there are fingerings. Songs include 'Open the Eyes of My Heart,' 'Agnus Dei,' 'More Love, More Power,' 'The Sacred Romance,' and 'There She Stands.'
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Act one, scene one. When Mr. Gibbons posts the cast for the upcoming production of the seventh-grade musical, The Wiz, Madison's world gets a dose of serious drama. Can her role as stage manager of the show help her figure out who likes whom and who her real friends and enemies are?
Customer Reviews:
Review for Play it Again a Madison Finn book.......2004-09-21
I LOVED the Madison Finn book called Play It Again!!:)If you haven't read it I'll fill you in on this book. This book is funny and is about a girl named Madison and her 7th grade life at Far Hills Jr. High. In this book it's happy and can resemble what your life is like, like when Madison got nervous in front of her crush, that was a thing that you might have happen in your life. Another reason why this book ROCKS is that you can read every line of this book and picture it in your head like a movie, and I'm not talking about popcorn with that (just kidding). This book is funny from when Madison tells about when she fainted in front of the whole school when she was in 2nd grade. I also like this book because it is based on every day life and always has advice and answeres for your every questions. If your a Madision Finn fan well then you'll love Play it Again. My advice to you is I can't make you read this but maybe this review will. My last words I need to say about Play It Again, THIS BOOK IS AWESOME!!!!:)
Maddie Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-08-22
Madison finds out who her true friends and enemies are in this book! Poisen Ivy is taking over madison's friends so maddie starts to feel left out since she chickens out of trying out for the play so she is the stage manger. When things go wrong will Madison's friends be their for her or will they fall into Ivy's trap! You will have to read the book to find out.
MadFinn Rulez.......2004-07-12
MadFinn is a really great book for people just becoming teenagers and how it feels. U get an inside look on how it will be ur first day at school and how many friends and enimies u make. Every teenage girl (...) should get a copie of Madison Finn TODAY.
ITS THE BEST BOOK EVA!!!!!
jesi's thoughts.......2004-06-27
I loved this book BTW (MF humor). I know how Madison feels to want something and tries to do it and then chickens out at the last minute so I didn't par-take in her regret in not trying out for a show part in The Wiz. I think stage manager is a great role; she gets to know everything before the cast does and she gets to help with the costumes. But what I don't like is Ivy, yup, Poison Ivy Daly (meddling with Maddie's life as usual). Can't she just stay out of things for two seconds!? She, Aimee, and Fiona are all buddy-buddy now, leaving Madison to watch from behind the curtain again. Even Hart is not paying too much attention to her. But when the fat lady sings everything pops back into reality, which makes me happy. But while Fiona and Aimee were out of the scene it gave Madison the opportunity to introduce the new character Lindsey Frost into the series. She's a girl who can't be excepted, but does that stop Madison. No way!
SO GOOD! SO FUN!.......2004-05-15
This is the 3rd book in the series and it was the best one so far. Madison Finn's grade is putting on a play, The Wiz. She doesn't want to audition so she gets to be the Stage Manager. She is really excited about that but she soon feels left out. All she does in run and get props! And to top it all off, Fiona and Aimee are hanging out with Ivy! This book was used for my book report and it was really easy to do. One of my friends is using my copy of "Caught in the Web" for her book report and she says she has lots of ideas, too. If you want to: know what happens with Fiona and Aimee with Ivy, read a great book, or do an easy but still an A+ book for a report, buy "Play it Again"!
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