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1. 

   9/21/08

   ender

   Asperger's and Girls
   
   www.amazon.com/Aspergers-Girls-Tony-Attwood/dp/193256540X/
   
   "At last, here is a book that provides up-to-date information about girls and women with Asperger's Syndrome. Covering topics such as diagnoses, education, puberty, relationships, and careers, experts in the field share practical advice for both caregivers and the women and girls who are affected by Asperger's. Other chapters are written by women who have been diagnosed with ASD. They candidly reveal their experiences and compassionately advise others. Finally, this book recognizes the unique problems of girls on the spectrum. About the Authors: Dr. Tony Attwood is the world's foremost authority on Asperger's Syndrome. Dr. Temple Grandin is arguably the most successful woman with autism. Catherine Faherty, Shelia Wagner, Mary Wrobel, and Teresa Bolick are major figures in the Asperger's field. Lisa Iland, who has a brother with autism, offers insightful social advice. Jennifer McIlwee Myers and Ruth Snyder have Asperger's Syndrome; their intriguing stories will make you laugh and cry."
   
   as for your other questions, i have seen thinking positive have some effect on my health. when i was in the hospital for a bone marrow transplant, i told the nurses that my blood counts would double the next day. they did. the nurse laughed when i said i willed it to be so. so i told her they'd double again the next day. they did. she quit arguing with me.
   
   unfortunately i've never been able to get it to work for anything else!

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   1. 

      9/21/08

      Jeunelle

      Wow what an Awesome book review.
      Sounds like an interesting read.
      The blood count episode is amusing but hey if it works.....
      Thanks for dropping by ender.
2. 

   9/21/08

   globalgirl

   Just lost all the data!

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3. 

   9/21/08

   globalgirl

   Just ordered from Amazon:
   
   1. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
   www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/1594200823
   From The Washington Post
   In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan writes about how our food is grown -- what it is, in fact, that we are eating.
   
   2. The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
   www.amazon.com/End-America-Letter-Warning-Patriot/dp/1933392797/ref=pd_bbs_...
   “Naomi Wolf ’s End of America is a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous issues of tyranny, democracy, and survival.”
   —Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the three-volume Eleanor Roosevelt
   
   
   3. Infidel
   www.amazon.com/Infidel-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali/dp/0743289692/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF...
   From Publishers Weekly
   Starred Review. Readers with an eye on European politics will recognize Ali as the Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament who faced death threats after collaborating on a film about domestic violence against Muslim women with controversial director Theo van Gogh (who was himself assassinated). Even before then, her attacks on Islamic culture as "brutal, bigoted, [and] fixated on controlling women" had generated much controversy. In this suspenseful account of her life and her internal struggle with her Muslim faith, she discusses how these views were shaped by her experiences amid the political chaos of Somalia and other African nations, where she was subjected to genital mutilation and later forced into an unwanted marriage. While in transit to her husband in Canada, she decided to seek asylum in the Netherlands, where she marveled at the polite policemen and government bureaucrats. Ali is up-front about having lied about her background in order to obtain her citizenship, which led to further controversy in early 2006, when an immigration official sought to deport her and triggered the collapse of the Dutch coalition government. Apart from feelings of guilt over van Gogh's death, her voice is forceful and unbowed—like Irshad Manji, she delivers a powerful feminist critique of Islam informed by a genuine understanding of the religion. 8-page photo insert. (Feb.)

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      9/21/08

      Jeunelle

      @Globalgirl...Nice list, I am interested in all of them
      but I seem even more interested in The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
      It would be cool to know exactly what we are eating. Thanks for sharing.
4. 

   9/21/08

   annaswan

   I haven't ordered it yet - but I'm wanting an older book... The Ryder Waite Tarot Book that goes with the cards. I have the card deck, but I'm about as accurate with it as I would be with reading toe nail clippings. LOL In other words... all else has failed... I soooo need the instructions!!

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      9/21/08

      Jeunelle

      @Annaswan....I had a Tarot card deck I kept around the house when I had parties. They just made the party more interesting but of course I am missing that along with some of my CD'S and Dvd's, so I won't be having any more parties for a long time. People are such jerks, can't trust them to not rip you off.
      Good hope you make out good with the Tarot.
   2. 

      9/21/08

      timethief

      @annaswan
      I have Tarot Basics by Evelin Burger & Johannes Fieberg for interpretation of the Ryder Waite Tarot deck. I also have the Muller & Cie deck and Tarot book
   3. 

      9/21/08

      annaswan

      TT - when I was first given the deck, it was in a beautiful gift box along with a book, and I assumed they were a set. But on second thought I do sort of remember the book title having the word "Basics" in it. Over time the book and deck were seperated and somehow I've managed to lose the book. I'm going to look on Amazon now and see if maybe the book you have and mentioned jogs my memory when I see it's cover - that may have been the book I had as well.
5. 

   9/21/08

   katarokkar

   The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
   
   Richard Dawkins, in The God Delusion, tells of his exasperation with colleagues who try to play both sides of the street: looking to science for justification of their religious convictions while evading the most difficult implications—the existence of a prime mover sophisticated enough to create and run the universe, "to say nothing of mind reading millions of humans simultaneously." Such an entity, he argues, would have to be extremely complex, raising the question of how it came into existence, how it communicates —through spiritons!—and where it resides. Dawkins is frequently dismissed as a bully, but he is only putting theological doctrines to the same kind of scrutiny that any scientific theory must withstand. No one who has witnessed the merciless dissection of a new paper in physics would describe the atmosphere as overly polite.

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      9/21/08

      Jeunelle

      @katarokkar....Hey I'm glad you mentioned Dawkins.
      Someone else told me to grab a copy of this book too but I haven't gotten around to it as yet. Yup it definately sounds for interesting read.
   2. 

      9/21/08

      timethief

      @Jeunelle
      The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
      I'm on the library waiting list for the same book. I can't afford to buy books so I use the library. I also have friends who are at sea from spring to fall. When they hit land again to spend the winter here they arrive on my doorstep with a large cardboard box full of books. I then read all winter long and donate the books to our local library when I'm done. The selection is always amazing and I find myself reading books I never would have selected myself.
6. 

   9/21/08

   Jeunelle

   WOW...That make 3 of us here, this is cool.
   
   Sounds like you got the easy pickings of some good books to read. Nice

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7. 

   9/21/08

   Jeunelle

   Here is a Link to the book I'm so hot and bothered about.
   I should be receiving it this week. I'll follow up on it after I read it.
   www.amazon.com/Biology-Belief-Unleashing-Consciousness-Miracles/dp/14019231...

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8. 

   9/21/08

   CrystalRaven

   My second oldest daughter gave me a gift certificate, so I am waiting for...
   
   The Fifth Sacred Thing
   
   www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/The-Fifth-Sacred-Thing-Starhawk/9780553373806-...
   
   Imagine a world without poverty, hunger, or hatred, where a rich culture honors its diverse mix of races, religions, and heritages, and the Four Sacred Things that sustain all life - earth, air, fire, and water - are valued unconditionally. Now imagine the opposite: a nightmare world in which an authoritarian regime polices an apartheid state, access to food and water is restricted to those who obey the corrupt official religion, women are property of their husbands or the state, and children are bred for prostitution and war. The best and worst of our possible futures are poised to clash in twenty-first-century California, and the outcome rests on the wisdom and courage of one clan caught in the conflict. Ninety-eight-year-old Maya has helped shape the ecumenical culture of the North by reviving and re-creating an earth-based spiritual tradition. Madrone, the granddaughter of Maya''s longtime lovers, is a healer trying to thwart recurring epidemics that she suspects are biological warfare waged by the tyrannical South. Bird, Maya''s grandson, returns from ten years in a Southern prison with warnings of impending invasion and an urgent request for help from the resistance in the hills. When Madrone travels south to aid the rebels and search for a cure to the deadly viruses, she finds herself fighting for her own life alongside battle-weary guerrillas and beautiful pirates. Meanwhile, in the North debates rage about how to repel the invaders. "All war is first waged in the imagination, first conducted to limit our dreams and visions, " Maya says, and warns that by killing their enemies, they may themselves become transformed by vioience and destroy all they have built. Bird champions heralternative vision and becomes a leader of the faction calling for nonviolent resistance. When he is captured and pressured to cooperate with the enemy, the fate of the North hangs in the balance. Richly imagined and beautifully written, The Fifth Sacred Thing is a powerful novel
   
   p.s. I also have a few tarot decks, whodda thunk it, Tarot for Yourself by Greer is amazig and for all decks

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      9/21/08

      Jeunelle

      @WitchWoman....A world without poverty, hunger, or hatred.
      Glad you took the time to drop the info here. Also thanks for the link.
      I honestly haven't heard of this book but it does sound like an interesting read.
9. 

   9/21/08

   cooper

   Don't have much reading time but I just saw this on a blog I read, and it looks like something I might like. So I think I'll order it.
   "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books"
   www.amazon.com/Reading-Lolita-Tehran-Memoir-Books/dp/081297106X

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   1. 

      9/22/08

      Jeunelle

      @cooper...Looks like a good read.
      Well hopefully after you read it, you'll be back to give us your book review.
      Happy reading.
10. 

    9/22/08

    fated82

    I din buy the book, borrowed it. Problogger. Is by the author of problogger.net and he talks about how to be successful in blogging.

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    1. 

       9/22/08

       Jeunelle

       @fated82....I signed up for Problogger but haven't taken the time to read it as yet. I am still reading some other books I haven't completed as yet
       but I'll eventually get to it. It sounded like Problogger would be helpful for bloggers
       with lots of inside information, so it should be a good read.
       Let us know later how you made out and thanks for responding to this discussion.
11. 

    9/22/08

    TragicComedy

    I'm about to start reading Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen.
    
    "Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the throne, is flat broke. She's bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed for London. The place where she'll experience freedom, learn life lessons aplenty, do a bit of spying for HRH—oh, and find a dead Frenchman in her tub. Now her new job is to clear her long family name."
    
    I've got one coming in the mail called Things I Want My Daughters To Know by Elizabeth Noble.
    
    It's about a mother of four girls who has died of cancer and the letters she's left behind for them.

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    1. 

       9/22/08

       Jeunelle

       TragicComedy....Awesome...let us know how it turns out.
12. 

    9/22/08

    LGramlich

    Either...
    1. "Writing the Artist Statement" by Ariane Goodwin (which is--you guessed it--about writing one's artist statement,) or,
    2. "Self-Promotion for the Creative Person: Get the Word Out About Who You Are and What You Do" by Lee Silber (again, pretty self-explanatory.)
    
    Do you believe that negative thinking can take a toll on the mind and body? In some instances, sure.
    
    Have you seen or felt any signs of weakness due to excessive negativity directed towards you? Not possible. I'm too secure in myself to give a crap what other people say about me.

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13. 

    9/22/08

    Jeunelle

    LGramlich...Cool..I haven't heard of either but happy reading.
    Thanks for answering some of the negativity questions.
    
    Negative programming is a problem for some and I have heard some to say they are secure,
    only later to find out that they weren't as secure as they would like to think.
    Sometimes the problem creeps up subtle.

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       9/23/08

       LGramlich

       Agreed. It's one thing to SAY you're secure & another, entirely to BE secure. Fortunately, I'm in the latter group.
14. 

    9/22/08

    msbaby

    The First Billion is the Hardest T. Boone Pickens
    
    The part that I'm interested in would be the authors ideas for America's energy future.

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       9/22/08

       Jeunelle

       @msbaby....Thanks for drop the title and author.
       This is something I would be interested in reading later too. Happy reading.
15. 

    9/23/08

    drjay1966

    Book learnin's elitist...

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    1. 

       9/23/08

       Jeunelle

       @drjay1966...Is that a title to a book?
       Can you elaborate a little more?
16. 

    9/23/08

    myriadlife

    Two Caravans looks good. Anybody read it?

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       9/24/08

       Jeunelle

       @myriadlife....Sorry I haven't but maybe another BC Member might of and will leave a comment for you here later.
       Let us know what you thought of it after you've read it.
17. 

    9/24/08

    Jeunelle

    NEWS FLASH
    Just received the book in the mail today. (The Biology of belief)
    According to the book it has sold 150,000 copies so far and is a "Best book award for 2006".
    Can't wait to finish it. I'll let you know the results later.

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18. 

    9/27/08

    Jeunelle

    Two books I just received in the mail today
    
    #1. Building business web sites (Advanced html and tools for electronic commerce)
    Author: Adam Blum $39.95 USA $59.95 Canada
    
    #2. Creating killer web sites (The art of 3rd generation site design)
    Author: Adam Siegel. $49.99 USA $70.95 Canada
    
    I actually got lucky and picked them both up on Ebay for a $3.00 bid.
    Shipping was only $7.00, not bad at all.
    
    I got these two books to help me with my websites which desperately needs work.
    The 1st book listed has a CD Rom to help you with html, control your pages and other stuff.
    I can't wait to give it a good read. I need all the help I can get with my websites. Geez.

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19. 

    1/19/09

    famouspick

    Molecular Biology of the Gene
    Middlemarch
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    
    
    
    
    famouspick.blogspot.com
    Book recommendations from famous people

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20. 

    1/19/09

    SweetViolet

    L'Aventure du Sucre
    
    It's about the history of the sugar cane industry in Mauritius.

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21. 

    1/19/09

    Arnous81

    Yesterday I had this urge to start reading about Human Rights.I dont know why.I feel like Im lacking knowledge on that topic..

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22. 

    4/25/09

    archiegottlieb

    since all the copies in the library have been checked out, i'm going to have to buy hegel's "phenomenology of the spirit."

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