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  by krayzee & 6 users

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Author: Nicholas Sparks

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Tags: romance people love_story

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Description: I would have of course preferred he didn't die :( :(

This is the story of twoI would have of course preferred he didn't die :( :(

This is the story of two people who met, by the help of the sea. It was the message in the bottle that drove Theresa to seek for Garret, and inevitably, she falls in love with him. A new relationship may be in the offing, if not for Garret's reluctance. The memory of his dead wife keeps getting in the way, partly because of guilt, despair and of course the promise of undying love. The story was lightly written, giving description of the beautiful sea and life in that little sea town. It makes one's heart float and smile in the course of the story then dramatically breaks your heart as the story ends. A rather tearful ending for what could be a promise of new love....

2007-05-12

  by krayzee & 16 users

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Author: Nicholas Sparks

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Tags: romance religion beautiful movie favorite people love_story

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Description: In 1958 Landon Carter is a shallow but well-meaning teenager who spends most of his time hangingIn 1958 Landon Carter is a shallow but well-meaning teenager who spends most of his time hanging out with his friends and trying hard to ignore the impending responsibilities of adulthood. Then Landon gets roped into acting the lead in the Christmas play opposite the most renowned goody two-shoes in town: Jamie Sullivan. Against his best intentions and the taunts of his buddies, Landon finds himself falling for Jamie and learning some central lessons in life....

2007-04-29

  by krayzee

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Author: Danielle Steel

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Tags: romance people interesting love_story

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Description: Sarah Anderson, a beautiful, successful thirtysomething attorney, is having a midlife crisis.Sarah Anderson, a beautiful, successful thirtysomething attorney, is having a midlife crisis. She's become a workaholic, spending 60- to 70-hour weeks at the office, and she is involved in an unhappy relationship with a man she only sees on weekends, who refuses to involve her in any other aspect of his life. She lives in a dumpy apartment, which contains the same furniture she used in college, and she has no outside interests other than the sometime boyfriend and her job. Everything changes, however, when an eccentric, elderly client of Sarah's dies and leaves her a small fortune and a message: to use the money for something wonderful, to live well, and to think about something other than work. Following this advice, Sarah purchases the dilapidated old mansion the client had lived in (after finding out that it was her own grandfather who originally built it), breaks up with the cheating boyfriend, and focuses all of her attention on rehabbing the old house. As she works to restore the place, she finds contentment in her new pastime; a nice, normal boyfriend in the architect who is helping her; and familial contentment as both her mother and grandmother find happiness in the purchase of this house. A typical Steel fairy tale....

2007-04-26

  by seas & 64 users

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Type: scientific

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Status: liked

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Author: Malcolm Gladwell

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Tags: business communication people audiobook

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Description: Books is a list of facts and explanation of good or bad cases of people communication, suchBooks is a list of facts and explanation of good or bad cases of people communication, such as reading faces, gestures and generally reading others mind....

2006-12-24

  by krayzee & 6 users

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Author: Amelie Nothomb

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Tags: autobiography movie people ok

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Description: about a young Belgian woman who works for a year in Japan, a country that she has revered andabout a young Belgian woman who works for a year in Japan, a country that she has revered and admired since childhood. At the Yumimoto Corporation, a huge export/import business, the chain of command is made very clear to her on a daily basis, and all initiative is snuffed out. After several crucial errors, our heroine's career ends up in the toilet, literally....

2006-12-13

  by krayzee

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Type: fiction

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Author: John Updike

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Tags: people ok

2006-11-21

  by krayzee & 88 users

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Author: John Steinbeck

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Tags: people

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Description: sad. wish they got that farm they dreamt about.

2006-09-11

  by choberygu & 7 users

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Author: Roald Dahl

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Tags: people foxes

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Description: this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in thisthis is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this case are a vaguely criminal team of three stooges: "Boggis and Bunce and Bean / One fat, one short, one lean. / These horrible crooks / So different in looks / Were nonetheless equally mean." Whatever their prowess as poultry farmers, within these pages their sole objective is the extermination of our hero--the noble, the clever, the Fantastic Mr. Fox. Our loyalties are defined from the start; after all, how could you cheer for a man named Bunce who eats his doughnuts stuffed with mashed goose livers? As one might expect, the farmers in this story come out smelling like ... well, what farmers occasionally do smell like....

2006-02-01

  by mahsdad

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: Dorie Mccullough Lawson

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Tags: history people gift

2005-10-03

  by kingkool68 & 3 users

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Type: educational

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Status: I recommend

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Authors: Keith Ferrazzi Tahl Raz

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Tags: guide networking social communication people how-to

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Description: The youngest partner in Deloitte Consulting's history and founder of the consulting companyThe youngest partner in Deloitte Consulting's history and founder of the consulting company Ferrazzi Greenlight, the author quickly aims in this useful volume to distinguish his networking techniques from generic handshakes and business cards tossed like confetti. At conferences, Ferrazzi practices what he calls the "deep bump" - a "fast and meaningful" slice of intimacy that reveals his uniqueness to interlocutors and quickly forges the kind of emotional connection through which trust, and lots of business, can soon follow. That bump distinguishes this book from so many others that stress networking; writing with Fortune Small Business editor Raz, Ferrazzi creates a real relationship with readers. Ferrazzi may overstate his case somewhat when he says, "People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses," but his clear and well-articulated steps for getting access, getting close and staying close make for a substantial leg up. Each of 31 short chapters highlights a specific technique or concept, from "Warming the Cold Call" and "Managing the Gatekeeper" to following up, making small talk, "pinging" (or sending "quick, casual" greetings) and defining oneself to the point where one's missives become "the e-mail you always read because of who it's from." In addition to variations on the theme of hard work, Ferrazzi offers counterintuitive perspectives that ring true: "vulnerability... is one of the most underappreciated assets in business today"; "too many people confuse secrecy with importance." No one will confuse this book with its competitors....

2005-09-03