Buyers Are Liars & Sellers Are Too!: The Truth About Buying or Selling Your Home

Buyers Are Liars & Sellers Are Too!: The Truth About Buying or Selling Your Home
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So true!

A hilarious must read for anyone buying and/or selling a home

This book saved me...TWICE!!!

Reality Show in a Book

Wow. This was a big help!

Buyers Are Liars & Sellers Are Too!: The Truth About Buying or Selling Your Home
Richard Courtney
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Binding: Paperback

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So true!.......2007-06-15

A new agent MUST READ, and a great lesson review for the experienced! This book had me laughing so hard there should be a sitcom based on it. Being in Real Estate now for 5 years, it's amazing the things you learn on your journey. Richard nailed every scenario and adds such a humorous twist to it that before you know it you're half way through the book! It's the fastest way to get amazing insight to how buyers and sellers function and what REALLY goes on their heads. I wish I had found this book a while ago. It would have made me not only a better buyers agent but listing agent as well. I make my clients read it so they can get in the heads of buyers, sellers and their own. DO NOT PASS THIS BOOK UP!

A hilarious must read for anyone buying and/or selling a home.......2007-01-29

Richard Courtney's book is delightful, insightful & informative.
I knew nothing about the intricate process of buying and selling a home until I read his book. Richard keeps it simple and puts everything into perspective about what to expect when buying or selling a home. His sense of humor and real estate expertise will keep you laughing and learning from start to finish.

This book saved me...TWICE!!!.......2007-01-28

I have bought and sold two houses and thanks to this book the process was MUCH less stressful. The author's common sense advice and straightforward suggestions kept me sane many times. I would recommend this book highly to anyone who is even thinking of buying or selling a home. It will help take away the many wakeful nights of worry associated with this incredibly anxiety-filled time!

Reality Show in a Book.......2006-10-19

This is a very light-hearted yet full of information read for anyone thinking about buying or selling any parcel of property. It captures human nature at its best -- and give quips, quotes, and wit to use to understand transactions. This book was a gift to me and I really enjoyed it. When buying or selling something as valuable and filled with emotion as a house purchase often is...it is great to have the knowledge and understanding along with a bit of humor to fall back on for reference.

Wow. This was a big help!.......2006-10-05

I have always had a secret slight distrust for this process. Not so anymore. The fact is, we all want to do as good as we can whether we're buying or selling. I found this book to be very helpful. It helped me to delineate between my subjective and objective viewpoints and it helped me make better decisions. The best part is it was a fast, easy read and pretty darn funny. I wish it had been around before my previous home transactions. I would highly recommend it.

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Another Safe-Keeper's Secret
A subtle gem of a story
Lived Happily Ever After
A magical book
A satisfying stand-alone fantasy

The Truth-Teller's Tale (Firebird)
Sharon Shinn
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Release Date: 2007-04-05

Book Description

Innkeeper's daughters Adele and Eleda are “mirror twins”—identical twins whose looks are reflections of each other's—and their special talents are like mirrors, too. Adele is a Safe-Keeper, entrusted with hearing and never revealing others' secrets; Eleda is a Truth-Teller, who cannot tell a lie when asked a direct question. The town of Merendon relies on the twins, no one more than their best friend, Roelynn Karro, whose strict, wealthy father is determined to marry her off to the prince. When the girls are seventeen, a handsome dancing-master and his apprentice come to stay at the inn, and thus begins a chain of romance, mistaken identity, and some very surprising truths and falsehoods.

Customer Reviews:

Another Safe-Keeper's Secret.......2007-03-23

The Truth-Taller's Tale (2005) is the second Fantasy novel in this milieu, following The Safe-Keeper's Secret. Adele and Eleda are mirror twins, born at the same time, but opposite in many ways. They look much alike, but one parts her hair on the left and the other on the right. They grow up to be a Safe-Keeper and a Truth-Teller.

In this novel, Adele is the secretive one, who is able to lie at will. On the other hand, Eleda is always honest, unable to tell a lie under any conditions. Woe be to anyone who mixes the two and passes on a story to the wrong twin.

Adele and Eleda are the daughters of innkeepers, so there are always chores to do. The inn is quite successful due to its location and often full of guests. The family's favorite guest, however, is the Dream-Maker Melinda, who stays there every Wintermoon.

Melinda is very popular wherever she goes, but the inn is among her own favorite places. Every year Melinda asks Hannah -- the twin's mother -- what dream would she want and Hannah answers that she has everything she wants. But one year Melinda points out the nature of the twins and Hannah is both surprised and pleased; Melinda gave her a dream that Hannah never knew she wanted.

In this story, the twins have a best friend, Roelynn, the daughter of the richest man in town. Her father Karro has a dream that he is convinced will come true; he believes that Roelynn will marry Prince Darian and become Queen. Karro has business interests with Queen Lirabel and visits the capital quite often, taking Roelynn, but somehow the prince is always elsewhere when he visits.

Roelynn is very satisfied with that situation and continues to have affairs of the heart with the most unsuitable males she happens to meet. Since Karro almost has apoplexy many time over Roelynn's casual romances, something is bound to break sooner or later.

Eventually, Eleda has an affair of her own, which would have turned out badly if Adele had not meddled. Later, Eleda learns of her sister's secret love and keeps this secret safe, which only her sisterly love makes possible.

Once again, the author tells a heartwarming and personal story about two sisters, but this time more about sisterhood, friendship and romance than state secrets. Naturally, this story also has a surprise ending; to everyone, that is, except Adele, who knew all about it from the first. Another Safe-Keeper's secret.

Highly recommended for Shinn fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of ordinary people, extraordinary situations and true love.

-Arthur W. Jordin

A subtle gem of a story.......2006-02-01

This lovely tale works both on the surface and at a deeper level. Sharon Shinn deals with the sexuality and yearnings and dreams of young people in such a subtle, yet insightful way, that I found myself translating Truth-Teller and Safekeeper into metaphor, searching for the hidden import--and not being disappointed. This is a fantasy world, but it works as a model for the real world, for the conflicted personality of the adolescent, with a happy resolution that doesn't subtract the weight of the message. I loved it. I hope every young girl of my acquaintance reads it!

Lived Happily Ever After.......2006-01-26

This book is good for kids that like a story that follows the same plot line as the traditional fairy tale with a few twists. Happy endings all around, and mixed up identities told in a way that isn't too funny that it destroys the tale, but makes it interesting. This is different than the first book (the Safe-Keeper's Secret), but has more characters and depth to the story, making it a much better book than the first.

A magical book.......2005-09-21

"The Truthteller's Tale" and its prequel, "The Safekeeper's Secret" are both wonderful books and, although they are targeted to a young adult audience, I hope that doesn't stop adults (I'm almost 50) from picking up these gems. I've read some of Shinn's other books and, while they are very good, I don't think they have the magic of her young adult fantasy. She creates a world that is absolutely real and the pictures she draws with her words can break your heart (her writing reminds me of Alice Hoffman at times). I find it difficult to read a book where the characters are not sympathetic, no matter how well written. That is definitely not a problem with "Truthteller's Tale." Shinn has populated her little world with the most charming people imaginable. Adele and Eleda are twin sisters, one a Truth-Teller and the other a Safekeeper. They live in the small town of Merendon, and this book describes their friendship with a local merchant's daughter, Roelynn, her brother Micah, and their experiences with various characters, savory and otherwise, who pass through their small town. There are enough plots twists and little mysteries and romances to keep your interest throughout the book. Sharon Shinn must remember her own adolescent years very well, because the emotions and words of her characters ring true. They're enormously likable and very real.

For many years, I never even looked at young adult or children's books because I thought I had "outgrown" them. Then one day I heard an interview with Lois Lowry, which prompted me to pick up "The Giver." From there, I went on to J. K. Rowling, Jonathon Stroud and Libba Bray and returned to some of my favorite authors from childhood (Kate Seredy, Jack O'Brien, Chad Oliver, Madeleine L'Engle). I was reminded of how magical these books are, and how a good book never has a limited audience. "The Truthteller's Tale" is such a book. It deserves a place on the bookshelf with your other treasured books, to be savored and read again and again.

A satisfying stand-alone fantasy.......2005-09-12

Twin innkeeper's daughters Adele and Eldea find their special talents are mirrors: Adele is entrusted with secrets while Eldea cannot tell a lie if asked a question. A handsome dancing master and his apprentice come to stay at the inn evoking romance, mistaken identity, and many secrets in this wonderful sequel to Sharon Shinn's The Safe-Keeper's Secret, which needs no prior introduction to prove a satisfying stand-alone fantasy.

Home Truths: Gender, Domestic Objects and Everyday Life

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My Thesis

Home Truths: Gender, Domestic Objects and Everyday Life
Sarah Pink
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Homes are defined by smells, sounds, textures and objects, all of which reflect how people live their everyday lives. From spray-painting the wall to relaxing in the bath, the products we use speak volumes about who we are. Home Truths explores material and sensory spaces of the home to uncover how gender roles are performed. Sarah Pink shows how everyday items ranging from perfumes to soap powder imprint and reinforce daily experiences and identity. How has the home been affected by the fact that more women now work and more men spend time engaged in domestic tasks? How do more traditional family-centered homes compare with those belonging to diverse family forms and people living alone? What does a study of domestic gender tell us about how change occurs? Answering these questions and many more, Home Truths shows how everyday activities can be deeply revealing of gender roles in the twenty first century.

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My Thesis.......2005-07-20

Home Truths has been an important aspect in my Honours Thesis, Home and the Practices of Home Making in Gerringong, NSW. The idea of the sensory home has become quite apparent in my interviews of women in Gerringong and Pink's comments coorelate with these women's ideas.

Bringing Home the Business: The 30 Truths Every Home Business Owner Must Know

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I recommend this as a pretty good all-around book
What a helpful, excellent, useful book!
Bringing Home the Business

Bringing Home the Business: The 30 Truths Every Home Business Owner Must Know
Kim T. Gordon
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While no one knows exactly how many Americans operate a home-based business, just about everyone agrees their numbers are legion and growing every day. Unfortunately, most books directed their way are either too elementary or too wide-ranging to be really useful--at least without stacks of supplementary resources. Bringing Home the Business, on the other hand, is both refreshing and valuable because it focuses on just one aspect: getting and keeping customers. Significantly, it also lays everything out in a format busy entrepreneurs can easily peruse and absorb. Kim T. Gordon, a small-office/home-office specialist, divides the advice into 30 essential areas like Manage Lists and Callbacks. Each begins with a succinct "truth," such as "You don't need a staff for contact management; you need the right system." What follows are plenty of relevant details: why contact-management software is helpful and how to select an appropriate program (or develop an effective paper-based tracking system). There's no extraneous information on creating corporate structures or choosing office furniture, just solid recommendations on this critical aspect of establishing and growing a commercial enterprise that happens to be headquartered in the home. --Howard Rothman

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The greatest obstacles most home business owners face are making sales and finding new customers while also mastering the challenges of living and working under one roof. In Bringing Home the Business, top home business expert Kim T. Gordon has identified the 30 truths that can make the difference between success and failure in a home-based business and has translated them into action steps business owners can take to increase their success. From formulas for positioning a business and creating an image, to new technologies, Internet marketing strategies and tips for work-at-home parents, straightforward truths are illustrated with real-life stories of successful home business owners in a wide range of fields nationwide. Following each truth is a checklist to keep you focused on your goals.

The structure of the book makes it ideal for busy entrepreneurs, and it presents step by step advice and detailed instructions to help you win more business and live and work successfully under the same roof. Whether you're planning to start a home-based business or have run one for years, by reading just one truth per day, in a month, you'll master a complete course on home business success.

Customer Reviews:

I recommend this as a pretty good all-around book.......2002-06-29

I found this book to be worth the money, though not the best ever (only because it covers a lot of subjects and therefore had to be rather generalized). It does, however, do an excellent job of summarizing the ideas it does present, and continuallly applying throughout the book the points it has already covered. I especially appreciated the information on how to present your business, particularly how to write your company brochure. This section is worth it in itself. I am a marketing assistant at a marketing communications firm, and I learned quite a lot about how to be outer-directed in presenting information (and used this info in designing two brochures and one web site since). The author does an excellent job of getting her points across and stays very focused on the subject at hand while still keeping the big picture in mind. Really good book.

What a helpful, excellent, useful book!.......2000-06-12

Wow! Kim Gordon knows her stuff and she shares it all in this highly informative, even inspiring must-have business book. This lady really covers the skills, strategies, thought processes and mental tools every home based business owner must have. It's a terrific book - I thoroughly recommend it!

Bringing Home the Business.......2000-03-10

After reading just a few chapters of this new book, I feel like I found a gem! If I take it slowly and spend some time on each topic, I will feel I have taken a much-needed business course. Although my home-based writing business is relatively successful, it is clear from reading the book that I have a lot to learn and improve upon. However, the author does not condescend or try to impress. In fact, the tone is just right...instructional. The checklists at the end of each chapter are focused and helpful. Many checklist items provide a good way to practice what you are learning. I find the book readable and interesting. I already bought a second one for a friend who recently mentioned the need to pump up her home-based floral design business. She called to tell me she is thrilled with it and is using it to do some strategic planning. I recommend this book highly for anyone who already has a home-based business as well as those considering it.

Light & Truth: The Journey Home (Light & Truth)

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Light & Truth: The Journey Home (Light & Truth)
Darryl Harris
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A Lovely Read
Minor (for Lodge) but still above average . . .
Light but interesting
minor, but worthwhile
Brief even for a novella, cute play, light read

Home Truths
David Lodge
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Adrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished but slightly faded reputation, is living in semi-retirement with his wife, Eleanor, in an isolated cottage beneath the flight path of London's Gatwick airport. Their old friend from college days, Sam Sharp, who has since become a successful screenplay writer, drops by unexpectedly on the way to Los Angeles. Sam is fuming over a scathing profile of himself by Fanny Tarrant, one of the new breed of pugnacious interviewers, in that day's newspaper. Together, Sam and Adrian plan to take revenge on the journalist, though Adrian is risking what he values most: his privacy. What follows is unexpected and upsetting for all of them, including Fanny.

David Lodge's delicious novella examines with characteristic wit and insight the tensions between private life and public interest in contemporary culture.

Customer Reviews:

A Lovely Read.......2007-04-10

This novella was originally a play and the metamorphosis is seamless. One can sense the transition from stage directions to descriptions and the reincarnated dialogue, but it is all done so deftly that it causes no distractions. Contra one editorial reviewer, this is not a farce, but a blunted novel of manners. The characters are all touching in their way--even the barracuda journalist--and the writing is exquisite. All David Lodge fans should be sure to read HOME TRUTHS and new readers might want to wet their feet here (or dampen their entire skin, given the function of the protagonist's sauna). The resolution of the plot (which I won't spoil) casts all that went before in a changed light, as good endings should. We don't see it coming and the result is a change in mood that is very effective. David Lodge is more than our finest student of academe; he is one of the great novelists of the twentieth century (and beyond). He simply does it all with such a light touch that we are tempted to overlook the difficulty involved in attaining that achievement.

Minor (for Lodge) but still above average . . ........2004-01-07

I'm a great fan of Lodge's novels, so I was surprised to find a title published in the UK in 1999 with which I was not familiar. Short, too -- only 115 pages. It turns out to be a novelization of a stage play, which means it's about 95 percent dialogue. Which is okay with me, since Lodge is very good at divulging character through dialogue. This one is about Adrian Ludlow, ex-novelist, now living with his wife in a cottage under the flight path from Gatwick, and his long-time friend, Sam Sharp, a financially very successful screenwriter. It's the early summer of 1997 and Sam has recently been savaged by a London newspaper interviewer called Fanny Tarrant -- one of those paparazzi-in-print whose reputations are built on making gleeful mincemeat of the famous. There are any number of editors who would like to see Fanny taken down a peg or three, and Sam has a plan for revenge. Fanny also had approached Adrian about an interview and he, being no fool, had declined. But what if he were to agree, and then write his own scathing counter-interview, turning her own methods back upon her? Adrian agrees, not entirely for Sam's sake, . . . but, of course, none of it goes quite according to plan. Not for Adrian, not for his wife, Eleanor, not even for Fanny. As Lodge quotes from the OED, a "home truth" is "a wounding mention of a person's weakness," and that's what this piece is about, in spades. This isn't one of Lodge's major efforts, but it's certainly worth reading.

Light but interesting.......2003-04-24

Many excellent books have been adapted into good plays, but it often doesn't work quite so well when it's reversed. "Home Truths," originally a play penned by the same author, is not amazing but it is amusing and occasionally thought-provoking.

Adrian Ludlow and Sam Sharp were best friends in the sixties, but now are merely "old friends." Adrian published one much-loved book and some mediocre ones before going into semi-retirement with his wife Eleanor; Sam, on the other hand, is a rising screenplay writer in Hollywood. But when the acid-tongued Fanny Tarrant writes a humiliating article about Sam, he entreats his old pals to help him.

Adrian tries to dig some dirt on Fanny, while revealing personal details about himself -- that he and Sam both slept with Eleanor in the sixties, when everyone was experimenting with relationships. Eleanor is enraged when she learns of this, and Sam isn't too pleased either. Will Fanny publish the embarrassing story?

It's not a huge or deep story, but it makes a sort of witty commentary on the media and how they affect and are affected by the people they report on. The rather exaggerated media article and the material on Princess Di (a woman whose death was partly attributable to the bullheaded press) add to the feeling.

The writing is very spare, as if Lodge merely wrote down the basic movements like stomping out, pulling down a piece of clothing, opening a door and so on. The dialogue -- unsurprising for a play-turned-novella -- is the main force in this story. The characters aren't perfect, and become rather annoying at times -- Adrian is stuffy, Sam is a bit self-absorbed, and I felt that if Eleanor wasn't happy, she should have said so outright rather than drifting around in a sort of identityless cloud.

It reads more like a play with action inserted and "he said" instead of the character's name. But "Home Truths" is a fairly amusing and well-plotted little story.

minor, but worthwhile.......2003-03-02

David Lodge is justly revered as both one of the best comic novelists of recent decades and as a writer who explores serious moral themes through his satire.
Folks then were somewhat disappointed when this novella was published, because it's not quite up to the standards of his novels. Perhaps they're being a tad
fanatical.

As Mr. Lodge acknowledges up front, Home Truths began life as a play and for purposes of this novelization he did not make major alterations. This leaves it
with all the unnaturalness of theater--a single setting, just four characters, and a reliance on dialogue--despite the new format. You can either accept the
limitations this imposes and be grateful for a chance to read an awkward but worthwhile piece that wasn't coming to a theater near you anytime soon, or you
can dwell on the matter and not enjoy the book.

Adrian Ludlow is a somewhat accomplished but now mostly silent author who's "retired" to an isolated English cottage with his wife, Eleanor. Over
breakfast one morning they agonize over, and thrill to, a newspaper interview their old friend, screenwriter Sam Sharp, gave to an up and coming journalist, Fanny Tarrant, who's made her reputation
by eviscerating the self-absorbed celebrity subjects of her profiles. A representative sample from the story on Sam reads:

The first thing you notice about Samuel Sharp's study is that it's plastered with trophies, certificates and citations for prizes and awards, and framed press photographs of Samuel Sharp,
like the interior of an Italian restaurant. The second thing you notice is the full-length mirror on one wall. "It's to give the room a feeling of space," the writer explained, but you can't help
thinking there's another reason. His eyes keep sliding sideways, drawn irresistibly by this mirror even while he's speaking to you. I went to see Samuel Sharp wondering why he had
been so unlucky in matrimony. I left thinking I knew the answer: the man's insufferable vanity.

It gets worse. But the truth is even these old friends are enjoying seeing him get his comeuppance, because he is just as vain as he's made out to be in the article.

However, Sam soon arrives at the cottage and enlists Adrian's help in a scheme to get back at Ms Tarrant. Adrian will submit to an interview too, but even as he's being profiled he'll secretly profile
her and sell the resulting hatchet job to a rival paper. The middle portion of the book--Act II, if you will--consists of the counter interviews. Ms Tarrant turns out to be not only quite attractive and a
decent enough sort but also an unabashed fan of Adrian's best known novel. Adrian remains guarded as he digs into her life and eventually convinces her to try his sauna. Eleanor, who'd not wished to
be a party to the charade, arrives home at a guilty-looking moment and, when Adrian is out of the room, simply unloads on him to the eager journalist. In particular, she's devastating in regards to the
difficulty that his inability to duplicate the success of that early novel had on their home lives. She tells a number of painful pent up truths, but tells them to someone who may now share them with the
whole world.

In the final act, Sam and Eleanor and Adrian,, who's stopped speaking to his wife entirely, anxiously await the arrival of the paper that will have the dreaded profile. But as they wait Ms Tarrant shows
up unexpectedly. Unbeknownst to the cottagers it's just been announced that Diana was killed in a car accident while trying to escape the paparazzi, so no one's likely to read or remember a profile of
forgotten novelist Adrian Ludlow. Unfortunately though, Ms Tarrant just happens to have a second piece in that morning's paper, one that's particularly harsh towards the suddenly martyred Princess.

Mr. Lodge brings forward a series of interesting points here. There's the strange nature of our celebrity culture, which sees oceans of ink and film devoted to people who are rarely worth knowing
about and who, more often than not, have done nothing of real value. As Fanny Tarrant says:

I perform a valuable cultural function. [...]

There's such a lot of hype nowadays, people confuse success with real achievement. I remind them of the difference.

But there's also a strange symbiosis between the celebrity and the journalist such that there's truly no such thing as bad publicity and the supposed exposer of the ugly truths about the rich and famous
ends up being just another celebrant. And what surprises all of them, people who should be wise to the rules of the game if anyone should, is how much they are affected by news of Di's death:

As the sound of the TV news coverage became audible, Adrian sat down on the chaise lounge to watch with the other two [Eleanor and Sam]. "I don't know," he said. "A death can
make a difference. Even the death of someone you never knew, if it's sufficiently..."

"Poetic?" said Sam.

"Yes, actually," said Adrian. "Arousing pity and fear, whereby to provide an outlet for such emotions."

"Good old Aristotle!" said Sam. "What would we do without him?"

"We pity the victim and fear for ourselves. It can have a powerful effect," said Adrian.

"Be quiet, for heaven's sake," said Eleanor, who was sitting between them. "I can't hear what they're saying." A representative of some relief agency was discussing the Princess's
work for victims of landmines with the anchorman.

"You think we're in for a national catharsis, then?" Sam said to Adrian, leaning back and speaking behind Eleanor's back.

"Conceivably," said Adrian.

And when the papers finally come, with a story about their own lives, they stay glued to the TV instead.

A full novel would have given Mr. Lodge an opportunity to spin out his own ideas about the strange vicarious lives we lead--where a modern nation can become obsessed by the murder trial of a
former football star or by the death of an oft scorned royal--but he at least presents some questions for us to ponder. And, like all his work, it's very amusing. If you approach the book with a
willingness to accept it for what it is, you'll certainly enjoy it.

Brief even for a novella, cute play, light read.......2001-09-24

David Lodge is English, a former professor, who writes with a sharp eye about the vanities of English academic and light intellectual (television, news columnists) life. He surely has a fine, if basic comic flair. One can't help but feel that much of the great body of work he has written in the past thirty of so years is very autobiographical, but even that charge he attempts to address in this recent work, a reflection on the elusiveness of success defined in one's own terms.

This is a ninety-minute reading, built around the play on which it is based. It does "read" like a play, but that is not a hindrance. Lodge makes his points quickly and adroitly. The four characters expose themselves with ease, although there is less sex than there is history. After all, the main characters are now near fifty. Life has had some sad turns. The young interloper provides the basis for opening old wounds.

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If the bags under your eyes are larger than your shoes, if your wife has more hair on her face than you do on your head, if you both can sleep soundly and irritate the other drivers on the road. . . you need this book.

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Its' Just Fun to Read-Cover to Cover- A real page turner..........1998-09-29

Anyone who is about to become (or already is) "Older Than Dirt" should read this book. I enjoyed every page. Plus it gave me some usefull tips on how to deal with The IRS !!!!!

Now I am sure I want to be dead before I get old........1998-09-15

Grandpa was reading this book when he died...At least he went with a smile on his face. Some of my friends who read it weren't even offended. This will probably win a Pulitzer Prize, provided the Pulitzer people enjoy high quality booger humor. I am buying this book for all of my friends who are old and still having birthdays.

The Truth about Cowboys: Home on the Ranch (Harlequin Superromance No. 743)

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The Truth About Cowboys
The Truth about Life
HISTORY TOO MUCH

The Truth about Cowboys: Home on the Ranch (Harlequin Superromance No. 743)
Margot Early
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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The Truth About Cowboys.......2001-12-06

Margot Early captures The Truth About Cowboys devastatingly accurate in this novel. The main characters were real, had real-life issues to deal with, showed tender emotions and shared things with each other that other romance novel characters shy away from. Once you start, you won't be able to put it down!

The Truth about Life.......2001-05-22

For anyone who's always loved a father you've never met... For anyone who's ever loved a cowboy, and lost...For anyone who's ever been hurt by all of the above. Margot Early beautifully depicts a story as old as time. Erin is a young woman who is bound and determined not to let another cowboy hurt her ever again. Her father, Kip Kay, a Colorado rancher, left shortly after Erin was born and she'll never let a cowboy close again. Or so she swears. As a belated birthday present, she "gives" herself a night of passion with a rodeo clown, Abe, and again is heartbroken after he fails to meet her weeks later. After giving birth to Abe's child and losing her mother in a tragic accident, she decides to ge to Colorado to confront her father. Little does she know that Abe is engaged to her half-sister... Margot Early has perfectly written about the proud, silent, faithful, brave, and diminishing species of man, The Cowboy...For any one who has ever known a real cowboy or wants to, READ THIS BOOK!!

HISTORY TOO MUCH.......2000-06-10

Synopsis: Erin Makenzie had been dumped by rodeo cowboy Abe Cockburn, right before she could tell him she is pregnant with his child. Erin is also contending with being dumped by another cowboy, her father. A man she has never met who left her mother before Erin was born. Erin makes a life changing decision to go to Colorado to tell Abe about his daughter and to introduce her father to his.

This book is NOT worth the out-of-print search. After 6+ chapters of history I got really bored and had to force myself to finish the book. The characters are not very likeable and the entire book is a waste.

How to Cope When You Are Surrounded by Idiots... Or If You Are One (Truth about Life)
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ITS FUNNY!

Not What You Think

How to Cope When You Are Surrounded by Idiots... Or If You Are One (Truth about Life)
Wayne Allred
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A course designed to give remedial training to idiots so that they can function in society. Includes test to determine who is an idiot and train-ing on 101 things you should absolutely never do. Also other unique methods of coping with idiots.

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ITS FUNNY!.......2002-03-20

As the other reviewer said, it is a complete joke, BUT ITS HELLA FUNNY! I am a person who reads nonsense anyway and why would you buy a book titled "How to cope when youre surrounded by idiots or if you are one" if you didnt expect it to be a bunch of bull? Anywho, my point is that this book is extremely funny although it is pointless. I truthfully loved the book. If you have a lot of time on your hands and don't mind reading useless information, then it is the perfect book for ya.

Not What You Think.......2000-06-06

When I first read the description of this book, it sounded interesting to a cynic like myself. I was expecting a witty but generally serious book with a real point, and this wasn't. It was mainly just a joke, and not a very good one at that.

The Outhouse Book. . . Readin' that's probably not ready for indoor plumbing (Truth about Life)

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