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I must say, the woman has skills! I saw the British TV show (featuring Tracy) and decided to check her works out. I notice a LOT of things she mentions in superdate and it was really refreshing try out the techniques on people. More importantly, I was doing bad posing too, and that had to be worked out. The illustration was great in this book too, so this is definitely a book I've already recommended to many, and would continue to recommend to anyone needing help in this dating world. Many women don't know how to flirt, today, so they just show some skin or get overly sexy. So in the absense of females with real flirt skills, the book was a HUGE help. Now, on to the next book of hers superflirt!

The name of the book is somewhat misleading: it should be called "Body Language 101" or "Body Language Literacy Course".

I have read a dozen of books on body language but nothing comes even close to this one. This book's best feature is full-color photos that show body language in action. There are more photos than text, which is great. All other books have occasional drawings but they don't reflect the magnitude of people's poses and facial expressions; here everything is as simple as 1-2-3.

Now I can just glance across the room and see in an instant how the people around me feel and what they are up to. Incredibly powerful.

Moreover, I can pick on my own bad body language and it's easy to change it to something I'd like to communicate.

It will work not only for dating situations but in any situation where you communicate with people (including posting photos in personals or applying for a job).

If you want to be "body language literate" in an instant, get this book - you'll be glad you did!

I well remember when this book came out and caused an instant sensation and plentiful moral outrage. It was a guilty read. But also a wise, intelligent and savvy piece of work, as well as being hilarious. I think a lot of us back then thought Helen Gurley Brown was a real talent and were not surprised when she became editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan and presto chango made it the hottest magazine in the world (and a bible on college campuses). Now, in retrospect, after all these years, I'm thinking Mrs. Brown was even more talented than we knew and certainly a visionary. Her advice, which seemed so outrageous then, is above all practical and now seems totally reasonable. I own every book she's ever written and can tell you she is incapable of writing anything dull or dumb. If you don't know this classic, get it, you'll love it and it even has recipes!

Sorry y'all, if you all thought this book was a 5 star rating. Unfortunately, I barely got past the first three chapters after putting the book down. Another two more years went by and I still haven't picked up the book. One day spring cleaning came, and I had to rid myself w/hoards of collected junk around my apartment.

When I came across this book again, I jumped all the way to the last chapter, and then skimmed some pages. Finally, I decided to place the book in a very special place. The thrift store. Lol!

No, I don't regret spending a hefty penny for this book. Although, I found the contents of the material quite intersting, I most certainly don't live by Brown's philosophy about being one of those high corporate, high maintenance, highly independent "sex in the city" girl. Althoug, I am currently and happily single.

This book was like Madonna's famous photographic book of 1992 when it hit the shelves in the 1960's. This is Brown's manifesto on the liberal lifestyle which was spawned in that era. Reader beware ... choices and actions have consequence ... and ponder very carefully before being Cosmopolitan long after the expiration date. Living it up does NOT mean reckless behavior. Values are personal but when one woman's values cause her to act in ways that impose the boundaries onto another (ie - affairs with married men) it is as much an imposition as bible thumping over others' heads. People are free to do what they want but if they go down a certain road they have no right to take unwilling others down the path with them. Although now dated and updated with Sex and the City - ask yourself if you really want to be wild your whole life. Retiring one lifestyle for something stable is a rather good thing when the time is right. Helen Gurley Brown has done alot of good for women pursuing careers, enjouing the single life, and having an identity ... but too much too long has a cost. Do you really want to be like Brown and her counterpart Hefner ... 80 years old and taking hormones in some attempt at youth?

Isn't that an odd thing to say about a book whose title starts with the word "sex?"

Well, around 1964 one of my parents brought this book home, although neither of them would ever confess to the deed. Whoever it was, they did me a big favor. When the folks weren't watching, I swiped the book and devoured it in a single long sitting.

Helen Gurley Brown should have entitled this masterwork "All the Hard-Nosed Things that Young Women in the So-Called Pre-Feminist Era Need to Know about Money, Career, Independence, Women's Rights, and The Way Things Unfortunately Are. And Oh Yes, Sex. That." However, the book would undoubtedly have sold fewer copies if the title had truly reflected the contents, so it's just as well they hyped the sex part.

Under the impression that I was going to get to read some really naughty stuff, I studied Brown's book with the intensity I would later reserve for pre-calculus. Brown was the friendly, more experienced adult ("Aunt Helen," I liked to think of her) who cut the BS and told you how it really was with respect to a number of important subjects, often contradicting the messages of the dominant 60's culture, as it materialized later in the decade.

Money? Girl, Woodstock or not, you will need it when you are no longer "pristinely young," so get a career and earn it. You will appreciate the freedom and self-respect it brings you. Do the very best you can with whatever abilities you have and the education you can get, and the rewards will carry you through the inevitable bad times that everybody faces. Beauty? Even if you are gorgeous, don't put all your eggs in that basket, because your beauty will fade, and then where will you be if that's the only card you ever played? Love? It is NOT all you need, no matter what the Beatles say. Marriage? Fine, fabulous (Brown herself has been married over forty years), but don't pin all your reasons for living - or your financial survival -- on a guy. Guys are just fallible human beings. Don't give up your ability to stand on your own two feet when you fall in love, because there are no guarantees in life, ever. As Brown eloquently put it, in middle age (or at any time before) a man can leave a woman "like dishes in the sink" if he wants to badly enough. Exercise and a healthy diet? Essential to self-respect. Property ownership (or at least having a fine apartment)? Also essential, particularly when you get older; living in a garage apartment furnished with orange crates is cute when you're twenty, but pathetic when you're forty.

I came of age in the late 60's and early 70's, when the culture was telling us to tune in, turn on, and drop out. Don't conform, don't join the establishment, don't become the man or the woman in the gray flannel suit, don't throw away your life working and forget to smell the roses. Follow your dreams and the universe will magically provide.

This was good advice as far as it went. It sounded so great, and it really was well meant and idealistic and heartfelt...if only it had been true. Unfortunately, it should have been taken with a small but healthy dose of skepticism. Such as, yes, do follow your dreams, but along the way learn some marketable skills, okay? However, the cultural mindset discouraged us from planning for the future, or thinking seriously about money, financial issues, and practical things. We might have known with our minds that the Woodstock generation would eventually get much, much older, but we didn't believe it.

I, however, had Aunt Helen whispering in my ear, so around age thirty I finally rolled up my sleeves, quit hanging out in Austin drinking dark beer and swimming in Barton Springs, and got an advanced degree and a good job -- but did plan things so I still had some time to smell the roses. I couldn't have done it without her advice. At the end of the day, although Brown was not considered a "real" feminist, and in fact came in for a great deal of scorn on that account, she helped me every bit as much as the rest of them.

She wasn't into rhetoric, ideology, or internecine wars with the sisters, she just gave good hardheaded advice about the way things were, like it or not, that's city hall so just deal with it. She liked men. They were people, they had their problems, but generally they were pretty nice. This was quite a relief to those of us who liked them too, even though there were times when it wasn't politically correct to dwell on it. She just didn't believe that liking men required her to give up everything else worthwhile in life, or her ability to provide for herself.

Yeah yeah, like just about everybody else I take issue with her rather Darwinian attitude about carrying on with married men. However, as the writer Molly Ivins would say, she had the guts to tell young women how the cow ate the cabbage. I honor her for that.

When you consider that this book was written well before the 60's started swinging it is truly a wonder. Helen Gurley Brown gives some very sound advice on how to really LIVE as a single woman at a time when if you weren't married by age 25 you were doomed. You have to watch your finances and buy quality items of clothing and above all don't be afraid to be fabulous. Let a married man take you out for dinner and cocktails or buy you lovely things if it makes him happy. Most shockingly, you can have intimate relations with several men and not end up a sad and broken woman! Some advice is amazingly current: She describes what is essentially a low-carb diet as the road to health. Some ideas are also jarringly outdated: The idea that homosexuality was the result of arrested emotional development. But for most of it you can just hear the collective AAaaahhhhh of women being freed from the restrictions of the 1950's and being told "Yes, you CAN have just as much fun as the boys!"

I read parts of this book and was thrilled. I immediately bought three copies for my teen-agers and will recommend it to other parents and teens. The questions are classics, and answers written in straight-forward, direct ways. They're written from one adult to another. I'm so pleased that this book was written and only wish I'd had it as a teen.

This is the second novel in the "Rainbow Boys" triology, and it's as great as the first. Author Alex Sanchez has created three such distinct and likable characters who you can relate to and sympathize with, and enjoy their triumphs. He treats the many issues caused by their homosexuality with great care and honesty. I was particularly impressed with how Sanchez dealt with the issue of coming out as a member of a team sport, not with just one character but two, and with two sports that carry very different dynamics (Jason on the high school basketball team and Kyle on the swim team). This is a book that does a great service for gay teens, and it's eminently readable for people of all ages. It's compelling and inspiring, tender and fun. It's also upsetting at times--there are a number of situations caused by homophobia that stir genuine outrage. But it's these situations that cause the boys to grow--and their handling of the situations cause the readers to love the characters all the more. "Rainbow High" is another gay coming-of-age classic. And I'm looking forward to finishing the trilogy as I dive into "Rainbow Road."

This is a fantastic book. I found it very moving and it shows what we have to go through in life. It talks about being yourself and hiding because that is what all of closeted cases tend to do. I have discussed this with my friends and family and they still care about me no matter what my sexual orientation.

This book started off slow really. Then it got really good in the end. I was happy I kept reading it because the ending was so good. Jason comes out to his team and the school loves him for it while Kyle's life in school is the total opposite from his boyfriends. Nelson is thankfully over Kyle and he has a boyfriend. But as we all know, life isn't perfect now that you have a boyfriend. It was really good just not as good as the first book.

Finally, a story about gay teens, while told with honesty and realism, where no one dies. Author Sanchez has a great feel for teen language and motivation. He is also spot-on with the parental and other adult characterizations. The plot teaches without being pedantic and without ceasing to entertain. There's also a couple of scenes that steam lightly with the mildest, yet warm eroticism, but it's certainly not gratuituous in the least and written tastefully and without prurience. As a former young adult librarian, I've so often needed gay fiction to recommend to struggling teens for a bit of bibliotherapy. Until Sanchez, there's been a definite dearth of such literature. Looking forward to reading his other books and highly recommend this one. The eye candy covers are fun, but the content is far more than fluffy hotties looking bored.

Rainbow High is a very inspirational book. Especially for the Lesbians, Bisexuals, Gays and Queers. An inspiration because alot of homosexuals are very uncomfortable with the way they look and how they would fit in with the world, and why won't the world except them for who they are. Sanchez shows all of the difficulties and hardships homosexuals endure in the "normal" community, including high school. He also expresses how other people react to their homosexuality, including there very own relatives.

I love this book because it inspires me personally.Alot of people dont except me for being bisexual and its hard. But as long as i stand up for myself and not let anyone control what I want to do and be in life, i'll have alot of respect after words.

I orignially got this for my fiance but I started reading it before I saw him and I had to finish it. I bought another 2 for my co-workers who will be getting married soon as well. It's a fun book and it talks about things that as a bride I wouldn't necessarily have thought of.

This is a great book. It's funny, so it can be a gag gift, but it also has some helpful information. I got it for my fiance and he's been dutifully reading it and seemingly enjoying it. He seems to be particularly interested in the section about who is this financee and what happened to the woman I love. I like the part where it tells him that his finacee is always right.
The one drawback...the opening section is on proposing, and it would have been a bit forward to give it to him before he proposed.

This book by Shandon Fowler is not only humorous but it is a first rate guide to good manners & social customs which are often ignored or unknown until they have caused conflict in the wedding events!! The groom's life will be much better & he will survive marriage as well!! Knowing how differently men & women approach events & life issues is half the battle! A must read!

I do not know Fowler. I have never met the man. Yet his work speaks to me in a way that Conrad, Gogol, and Pushkin never have. I salute you, Mr. Red, White, and Blue. Long may you run, Fowler, long may you run.

I received this book as an engagement gift and wish I had bought it two years ago. This book touches on everything from buying the perfect ring to dealing with mother in laws. It adds a humorous narrative of the journey into marriage. A must-have for any groom-to-be or any bloke who has suddenly found himself madly in love. Whether you are just thinking about proposing or already planning a wedding, you need this book.
-NF

I bought this book because it was packaged with a book by M. Scott Peck,
"The road less travelled". This book SHOULD NOT be package with any of M.Scott Peck's work, since it leads one to believe that the above book was co-authored by him. "The love you deserve..." is a light weight bit of fluff that is not anywhere near the caliber of the work of M.Scott Peck,and the advice in this book is simply not practical.

Scott and Shannon Peck believe that genuine love between couples is a spiritual right. The goal of this book is to raise consciousness about how to make decisions that lead to a richer and more satisfying special love experience. 10 key ideas about love are discussed.

Throughout the book Scott and Shannon Peck tell all. They are the joint voice of experience, and most chapters include their personal insights and stories. They both had first marriages that ended in divorce, they both went through an internal process of "being love," trusting in love, and envisioning a more loving mate. Then, as if on cue, the Pecks found each other. They claim to be "the happiest couple in the universe." Their authenticity and personal commitment to the path of love is deeply moving.

That said, The Love You Deserve sometimes misleads by attempting to make the earthly experience of special love divine. Statements such as "the fusing of your Light with another's Light is what creates eternal love" and the notion that "perpetual intimacy" is something valued or willed by God is not accurate or helpful.

This book received a score of 6.5 out of 10 from The Spiritual Reviewer.

'Genuine love?' What's that? Wow! An actual, authentic road map for the one and only true love. This book breaks through the most stubborn cynicism. I could not put it down I was so starved for the real thing."

I just finished reading your book and it is fabulous! I feel it goes beyond any other self-help or relationship book I have read. You have IT - you are not searching for IT.

I haven't read this book, but I have read the reviews. This is not the M. Scott Peck of the The Road Less Travelled. I just finished reading M. Scott Peck's "Glimpses of the Devil" in which he made reference to his first wife, Lily, as if they were still married so I am assuming that he is still married. If you enjoyed the Road Less Travelled and found it to be a challenging and helpful book, this is NOT the same author and you will very likely be disappointed.

This is a very short and concise book. It is a very good read and provides very helpful information. The author has many years experience as a marriage therapist. Every married couple should have a copy of this.

Something must happen. You need immediate results. You have to be able to actually realize the recipes. This hands on classic is for your.

Yes, it is not always easy to realize Kirshenbaums recipes. Yes, it is not always pleasurable. But you find steps you can actually go. You find steps that lead to outright positive results.

Kirshenbaum demonstrates ten different basic problems in relations. She starts from simple ones and ends with the difficult. It is enough for the beginning to identify exactly one problem. Help for other problems comes as a side effect.

A beautiful first aid and an excellent book. A must read.

Mira Kirshenbaum truly illuminates the meaning of a loving relationship. A "no nonsense" sort of person, she methodically lists what might be causing pain in a loving relationship, and teaches the reader to fix the problems and rekindle the joy in loving.

In a negative way, it was extremely helpful to me. It showed me how far my marriage had strayed from a working ideal and gave me the courage to change. From the Diagnosis of Love Killers, Routine Maintenance, Criticism, Distancing, Not Communicating, Needs, Sexual Depression, Difference Sickness, Problem People, to Low Expectations; she helped me see what a marriage should be.

This was one more of her books that gave me what I needed to initiate changes in my life. I have bought many copies for friends and patients, and I am sure that I will buy many more. A truly worthwhile book by a brilliant author.

This book, the paperback version of "Our Love...", did for me what no advice from friends or family could do. It gave me real tools to work out my problems with my husband. We can talk to each other in a clear way, and love each other in a healthy way. With all my heart I want to thank Ms. Kirshenbaum for writing this book!

Kirshenbaum spends a lot of time repeating that your problems are very simple to solve, when really she is just over-simplifying the problems. Most of the book can be summed up as "talk to each other" (which I'd already figured out) or "just let it go if you don't want to lose your relationship" I got nothing of help from the book.

I was very impressed. While the book is intended for those with troubled relationships, which mine is (thankfully) not, I still found it very helpful. It kind of gives you a new perspective on your relationship; you'll look at day-to-day problems in different ways. Most of the advice is not revolutionary, but in the same way that cars need tune-ups, the book is helping me keep my relationship running well.

I would happily have given it 5 stars, only I don't really know how well it would work if one's relationship was really in trouble.

I have read countless books on finding Mr.Right - but after 5 years of singlehood, Enchanted Love is the ONLY book that managed to cut through all the self-help jargon and pierce my very soul. Marianne's words and affirmations gave me a new perspective regarding the search for love - and the meaning of love - and totally changed my approach towards dating. I was in tears as I read some chapters, but because of this book, I learned to stop some heart-wrenching patterns in my love life. Things have changed drastically for me (for the better) and now I constantly lend this book to my single/heartbroken friends. Read this book. It truly is enhanting.

MS WILLIAMSON HAD A SLOW START BUT WARMED UP VERY QUICKLY. SHE GAVE A LOT OF INSIGHT ON GETTING OVER PAST HURTS AND BECOMING WHO YOU REALLY ARE. THANKS TO HER, I REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PREPARE FOR A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE (I'VE BEEN DIVORCED 3 TIMES). I EXPERIENCED A VERY DEEP SENSE OF SERENITY THROUGH HER STRONG BUT GENTLE SPIRIT.

I HAVE ANOTHER OF HER BOOKS ON THE WAY AND CAN'T WAIT UNTIL IT ARRIVES.

DON'T LIKE BOOKS ON AUDIO SO I RETURNED THE CD IN EXCHANGE FOR THE BOOK.

THANKS

MOLLIE ARCHER
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478-237-0933

Marianne Williamson makes some important points about how love, and relationships in particular, can help us in our spiritual growth. Relationships, whether we see them as negative or positive experiences in our lives, teach us a lot about ourselves. And isn't this what life is all about?

Williamson really can put her pen to task with heart-touching words woven to get your heart stirring. Enchanted Love is quite the achivement of a literary celebration of mystical love thanks to insipirations from Marianne's interpretations of A Course in Miracles. Although the content is endearing I must ask the question ... why is Williamson preaching such lovely tones of enchanted romance ... and not achieving it herself. the proof is in the pudding. No one is perfect but if you're looking for love advice, ask Joanne Woodward or another successfully married woman who been with her best pal a long time through ups and downs. Would you ever get diet advice from someone who is obese or still walking around at least 10 pounds overweight? Williamson openly admits that numerous men have left her, she is a single mother, and was apparently once married for under 6 months years ago. She may be a true warrior in the love and romance trenches but if her whole life is dedicated to L-O-V-E ... why does she attract but not hold the romantic love she finds? Enchanted Love makes for beautful prose but that's about it. The material is very fantastical at times with lyrical verbage but if you're seeking romantic results in your favor ... keep seeking elsewhere. Enjoy this book for what it can provide because it is positive. If you want to access advice from someone who writes about love and is successful in love ... try Drs. Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks. They have been married over 22 years and have used their marriage as a testing ground for conscious relationships. The Hendricks must be doing soemthing right because they are still together with children and grandchildren to boot.

I am now reading this book for the second time and I love it just as much now as I did the first go around. Marianne Williamson really understands how spiritual contact with a Higher Power influences and shapes the kinds of love we initiate and sustain in our lives. I particularly like the way she describes the relationship dynamics between men and women in the midst of intimate relationships and just how much spiritual work needs to be done. The prayers that she intersperses through the book are beautiful and moving.

As for those who try and insult her work just because she hasn't been married to 'Joe Schmoe' for 25 years with a whole troop of kids and grandkids...might I remind those that true love does not always take the traditional conventional route. Some of the greatest loves of my life have been men I never married and never would, the real point is that they were all still worthwhile and valid experiences that contributed to my growth and knowledge as a person. Also just because someone manages to stay married for 25 years in no way means that relationship is healthy, happy or worth emulating.

With that being said this book has to be one of her more underrated works yet in my opinion I found it to be the most poignant and moving. It has definitely deepened my emotional and spiritual capacity to feel and accept love into my life.

This book had its good points, but I would suggest assessing your situation and going from there. A lot of the things mentioned in the book did not apply to me, so I am sure everyone is in a different situation. Considering children involved, the divorce will take longer; and even longer if there are a lot of assets. Good book to reference, but don't live by it.

This book gives practical and down to earth advice about dating a divorced man. I really enjoyed the book, it helped me to realize where to set my priorities.

I highly recommend this book to any woman that is contemplating this roller coaster ride of a relationship.

I lost out. I put our relationship "on-hold" and it didn't work out. He found another girl. It truly broke my heart because he was the best thing that ever happened to me and I miss him every day of my life. He was the love of my life that got away. I was scared to death that he would leave but I was emotionally drained. I realized that I could no longer stay in it. I needed some space. I told him that I could not see him any longer till his divorce was finalized. I wanted to maintain communication but it was too late. He was looking for my replacement. I had no idea what he was going through till I read this book after he broke my heart. I thought he was "crazy" The book was very, very helpful but I will never get over losing the love of my life. I am so jealous of the new girl.

This book is great. Fortunitly, I bought it the day things started to get hairy in my relationship, and it was a LIFESAVER. The humor is great, and you cant beat the honesty. It does seem confusing at first, but that is because you have to choose to move foward with your relationship or stick it out, and they help you to decide that without making the choice for you. You know its a good book when you highlight the key sections and review it later and almost all of the book is highlighted. It also touches on other items like attachement, needy, and a few others that play into meeting a un-divorced man. Kudos to this book!