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Friday, April 18, 2008

Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne by Tim LaHaye

Amidst the glitzy fanfare of a new world regime, control is unraveling for self-proclaimed god and Global Community potentate Nicolae Carpathia in Desecration, the ninth installment in the Left Behind series. It's 25 days into the Great Tribulation, and the newly resurrected Carpathia evinces an increasing fondness for gruesome killing. He's thrown into turmoil when the first two "bowls of wrath" from the biblical book Revelation are poured out on the world. Water turns into blood, and those who are branded with the mark of loyalty become covered with loathsome sores. When Carpathia commits the ultimate act of desecration against the Judeo-Christian community, chaos ensues.

Meanwhile, the Tribulation Force soldiers on, receiving visitations from heavenly messengers that prod the team to greater acts of courage. Jenkins's characters seem almost comic book-like in their actions; the author relies on pages of slangy, slapstick dialogue rather than character development or descriptive settings to flesh out his tales. It's the angst of wondering what disaster will occur next and the fascination with end times that keep loyal fans turning the pages. And there's no shortage of angst here. Chang Wong flirts with suicide. Hattie Durham risks her life in a confrontation with Carpathia. Tsion Ben-Judah inadvertently gives away a secret location. Chloe Williams uncovers a remnant of believers. There are touches of the standard Left Behind humor, and even some romance in the last days.

Order Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne (Left Behind No. 9) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Paperback) for $10.19 by clicking here

Read all the 11 books in "Left Behind" Series on Kindle, links follows

Left Behind by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) -
Tribulation Force (Left Behind Series #2) by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Nicolae: Left Behind #3 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Soul Harvest: Left Behind #4 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Apollyon: Left Behind #5 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Assassins: Left Behind #6 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Indwelling: Left Behind #7 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
The Mark: Left Behind #8 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Desecration: Left Behind #9 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Remnant: (Left Behind Series #10) by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79
Armageddon: Left Behind #11 by Tim LaHaye (Kindle Edition) - $8.79

Now, Discover Your Strengths with Marcus Buckingham

Effectively managing personnel, as well as one's own behavior, is an extraordinarily complex task that, not surprisingly, has been the subject of countless books touting what each claims is the true path to success. That said, Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton's Now, Discover Your Strengths does indeed propose a unique approach: focusing on enhancing people's strengths rather than eliminating their weaknesses. Following up on the coauthors' popular previous book, First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently , it fully describes 34 positive personality themes the two have formulated (such as Achiever, Developer, Learner, and Maximizer) and explains how to build a "strengths-based organization" by capitalizing on the fact that such traits are already present among those within it.

Most original and potentially most revealing, however, is a Web-based interactive component that allows readers to complete a questionnaire developed by the Gallup Organization and instantly discover their own top-five inborn talents. This device provides a personalized window into the authors' management philosophy which, coupled with subsequent advice, places their suggestions into the kind of practical context that's missing from most similar tomes. "You can't lead a strengths revolution if you don't know how to find, name and develop your own," write Buckingham and Clifton. Their book encourages such introspection while providing knowledgeable guidance for applying its lessons.

Order Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton (Hardcover) for $19.80 by clicking here

That's not all there are a lot of titles by Marcus Buckingham for you to read, some also available on Kindle. List follows.

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman (Hardcover) - $19.80

Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham (Hardcover) - $19.80
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham (Kindle Edition) - $9.99

The Truth About You: Your Secret to Success by Marcus Buckingham (Hardcover) - Releasing Sep 2008 - Pre-order for $19.79

The One Thing You Need to Know: ... About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success by Marcus Buckingham (Hardcover) - $19.77
The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success by Marcus Buckingham (Kindle Edition) - $9.99

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Julie and Julia : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

Julie and Julia : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen is the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One, in a period of 365 days. The result is a masterful medley of Bridget Jones' Diary meets Like Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most tales of personal redemption.

When we first meet Julie, she's a frustrated temp-to-perm secretary who slaves away at a thankless job, only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening. At the urging of Eric, her devoted and slightly geeky husband, she decides to start a blog that will chronicle what she dubs the "Julie/Julia Project." What follows is a year of butter-drenched meals that will both necessitate the wearing of an unbearably uncomfortable girdle on the hottest night of the year, as well as the realization that life is what you make of it and joy is not as impossible a quest as it may seem, even when it's -10 degrees out and your pipes are frozen.

Powell is a natural when it comes to connecting with her readers, which is probably why her blog generated so much buzz, both from readers and media alike. And while her self-deprecating sense of humor can sometimes dissolve into whininess, she never really loses her edge, or her sense of purpose. Even on day 365, she's working her way through Mayonnaise Collee and ending the evening "back exactly where we started--just Eric and me, three cats and Buffy...sitting on a couch in the outer boroughs, eating, with Julia chortling alongside us...."

Inspired and encouraging, Julie and Julia is a unique opportunity to join one woman's attempt to change her life, and have a laugh, or ten, along the way.

Order Julie and Julia : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell (Hardcover) for $9.99
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell (Kindle Edition) is also available for $8.99

Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (Paperback) is her most recent book that's mostly the paperback edition of the above title. Order this title for $11.19

A number of titles (books/DVDs) by Julia Child are listed below

Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Fortieth - 40th - Anniversary Edition) by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck, and Sidonie Coryn (Hardcover) - $26.40

Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 2 (Paperback) by Julia Child (Paperback) - $21.40

Julia Child - The French Chef by Julia Child (DVD) - $35.99

The Way to Cook by Julia Child (Paperback) - $26.34

My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme (Paperback) - $10.17

Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking by Julia Child (Hardcover) - $14.28

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

I once stumbled across a joke on "How to earn Six-figure income by blogging". Simple first get a job that offers you six-figure income and then blog from work...

Earning six-figure income may not be an easy task to achieve, but it's definitely not a matter for joke at least not if you follow the examples of Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett of highly read blog Problogger.

Many blogger are working full-time earning a decent income and many many more are sure to find their way ahead after reading ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett (Paperback) which can be yours for $16.49 or less by 5% if you act now and pre-order before the book actually releases. Order it now!

The book covers many topics including ones given below

* How Bloggers Make Money
* Direct Income Earning vs. Indirect Income Earning methods
* Why Niches are Important
* Using 20 critical blogging tools
* 20 Ingredients for a successful blog post
* Optimizing advertising
* Which advertising platforms work best
* Expert analysis of Technocrat's Top Blogs - why they work

Earning a six-figure income takes patience, hard work and guidance from probloggers Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett. Don't miss this highly important title ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income which comes to you for just $16.49.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Confessions of a Video Vixen - Karrine Steffans

Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life—to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling.

Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life.

Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood—all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticised industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered. If they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand
to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair.

Order Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans (Paperback) for $10.17.

Hardcover edition is also available for $16.47 and so is the Confessions of a Video Vixen (Kindle edition) available for $9.56

The Vixen Diaries followed Confessions of a Video Vixen. This titillating expose chronicles the personal and professional adventures of this tabloid-laden socialite, dispelling some rumors, while confirming others. Diaries unveils the heavily shrouded Hollywood backrooms and its coveted secrets. Offering her ardent fans answers to burning questions and presenting lessons learned, this book will surely not disappoint. Karrine draws you in to get an up-close and personal look at the Hollywood life of fast money, drugs, and sex; all the things that make for a great movie. She discusses her interactions with people after the release of Confessions of a Video Vixen and how she copes with it all.

Purchase The Vixen Diaries by Karrine Steffans (Hardcover) for $16.49. The Vixen Diaries (Kindle Edition) also available for $9.99

Other similar titles :

Insatiable: The Rise of a Porn Star by Heather Hunter and Michelle Valentine (Hardcover
Have You Met Miss Jones?: The Life and Loves of Radio's Most Controversial Diva by Tarsha Jones (Hardcover) - $14.93
Celebrities Between the Sheets by Savannah Jahvall (Paperback) - $10.39
It's No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal--a Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells All by Carmen Bryan (Paperback) - $11.20

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

The Comfort Table by Katie Lee Joel

Nothing is more comforting than a home-cooked meal. And the best home cooking starts with fresh ingredients found close to home with foods that are local, seasonal, and organic. Raised in her grandmother's Southern kitchen, Katie Lee Joel comes from a "family of great cooks and big eaters." And she knows exactly what appeals to the home cook: recipes that are delicious, easy to follow, quick to prepare, and made with readily available seasonal ingredients. The Comfort Table is a perfect example of how the table becomes this gathering place where ideas, laughter, memories and love are shared and brought together by fantastic dishes like the ones you'll find in this book.

In The Comfort Table, Katie dips into her archive of family recipes and updates all the classics from her childhood growing up in West Virginia, and also creates some inventive new favorites. This mouthwatering assortment of more than 125 recipes includes Southern staples like Fried Green Tomatoes, Chicken and Dumplings, Peach Cobbler, Meatloaf, and the quintessential Pulled Pork BBQ, which stand alongside contemporary classics like Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup, Citrus-Tarragon Mahi-Mahi, and Dijon and Pistachio-Crusted Rack of Lamb.

But The Comfort Table is about more than just good old-fashioned home cooking. It's about sharing delicious, healthful meals -- made with love -- for friends and family. Katie's rich assortment of recipes for starters, salads, soups, entrees, side dishes, breads, breakfast, desserts, and drinks, is accompanied by entertaining tips and anecdotes to delight the modern foodie. The Comfort Table is a comprehensive, unpretentious, refreshingly accessible guide to creating unforgettable meals for occasions big and small.

Get The Comfort Table (Hardcover) by Katie Lee Joel, Paula Deen, and Miki Duisterhof from Amazon for $16.50. Click here to Order.

Other Cooking related recommended titles

Y'all Come Eat by Jamie Deen, Bobby Deen, and Melissa Clark (Hardcover) - $16.47
The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great by Pam Anderson (Hardcover) - $17.82
The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life by Ellie Krieger (Hardcover) - $16.80
Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine) by Martha Stewart Living Magazine (Paperback) - $14.97
Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist by Ingrid Hoffmann and Raquel Pelzel (Hardcover) - $21.45
Top Chef by Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Shauna Minoprio, and Rich Buhrman (Video Downloads) - $1.99 per episode

Also coming up this April is Yum-o! The Family Cookbook by Rachael Ray (Hardcover) for $15.30 Pre-Order Now to get an additional 5% discount.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Digest Post for March 2008

Talking of Digest Post, first thing that comes to me is the posts that weer themselves of Digest Nature

Looking for Computer Accessories and other Electronic Gadgets?

What everyone dream of? Money Money Money

What's hot, rather Red Hot! Baseball

And what's relevant for this day!

The Complete April Fools' Day RFCs

For Men

How to Tie a Tie

For Women

Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, ...

For Health conscious

Cooking

Junior's Cheesecake Cookbook: 50 To-Die-For Recipe...

Reading, Listening & Viewing at Liesure

For Movie Watchers

Cool music for ears as well also that survived for years

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The Complete April Fools' Day RFCs

What do IEFT (Internet Engineer's Task Force) do? Come out with Web Protocols Standards? They make fool of you and play pranks on you, though for a single day in a year, the April Fool's Day. Don't believe me? Read The Complete April Fools' Day RFCs (Paperback) by Thomas, A. Limoncelli, Peter, H. Salus

This is a compilation of the best April Fools jokes created by the IETF, the group that creates the standards for how the Internet works. The best humor for the geek in your life, or a great conversation starter at a lan party. Also has commentary from Limoncelli and some other internet gods. Worth many geek points

Order The Complete April Fools' Day RFCs (Paperback)
from Amazon for $24.95. Don't miss the day! Otherwise you will have to wait for full year reading which pranks played on you were from this book!!

Some more selection on April Fools' Day to keep yourselves busy enough to keep away from others fooling you.

April Fools by Obba Babatunde, Aaliyah Franks, Daya Vaidya, and Jeff Brown (DVD) - $13.99
April Foolishness (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback) by Teresa Bateman and Nadine Bernard Westcott (Paperback) - $6.95
April Fool's Day by Taylor Cole, Mark D. Headen, David Lowe (VIII), and Dave Blamy (DVD) - $19.99
Michael Le Souffle and the April Fool by Peter J. Welling (Hardcover) - $14.35
Father of Lies by Clyde Jones, Clifton Powell, Vivica A. Fox, and DMX (DVD) - $15.99
April Fool's Day (Rookie Read-About Holidays) by Melissa Schiller (Paperback) - $5.95
Arthur's April Fool (Arthur Adventure Series) by Marc Brown (Paperback) - $6.99
April Fool Dead by Carolyn Hart (Kindle Edition) - $5.59
April Fool's Day by Josip Novakovich (Kindle Edition) - $8.76
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Coming of the Fairies by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Kindle Edition) - $0.99

Tales from the Dugout : The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told

If baseball from a fan's perspective is the answer to a lazy summer day, then Tales from the Dugout is the answer to lazy days the rest of the year. Pick it up and open to any page and you'll find the delightful yarns, quotes, foibles, and folklore that wrap the grand old game like so much twine around the innards of a baseball. Bobby Brown, Yankee third baseman of yore, explains why teammate Yogi Berra had such an unconventional strike zone; an unassuming North Carolina pitcher named Jimmy Hunter reveals the truth behind his nickname, "Catfish"; and major-league prankster Ken Griffey Jr., in a rare turn of the tables, plays the April Fool. With more than 150 anecdotes from America's national pastime, this memorable collection is the perfect antidote to rainouts and winter blues.

Founder and longtime editor of SPITBALL: THE LITERARY BASEBALL MAGAZINE, Shannon offers more than 150 of the "greatest true baseball stories ever told." All the stories involve the great and the not-so-great on and off the field. Patrick Cullen reads the stories well enough. Almost too well, at times. His diction is occasionally a bit too precise for tales told by athletes who, especially in the past, were not always known for their articulation. But he maintains the perfect breezy tone for a book of sports anecdotes.

Order Tales from the Dugout : The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told (Paperback) by Mike Shannon for $10.85
More Tales from the Dugout by Mike Shannon (Paperback) also available for $11.66

Other books from Mike Shannon :
Baseball Books: A Collector's Guide by Mike Shannon (Paperback) - $29.95
Tales From the Ballpark by Mike Shannon (Kindle Edition) - $9.99
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Cincinnati Reds: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Cincinnati Reds History (The Good, the Bad, ... the Ugly) (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) by Mike Shannon and Dusty Baker (Hardcover) - $13.57
Everything Happens in Chillicothe: A Summer in the Frontier League With Max McLeary, the One-Eyed Umpire by Mike Shannon (Paperback) - $24.95
Willie Mays: Art in the Outfield by Mike Shannon (Hardcover) - $22.76
Coming Back to Baseball: The Cincinnati Astros and the Joys of Over-30 Play by Mike Shannon (Paperback) - $24.95

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Unlike professional football and basketball, Major League Baseball has no cap on the amount of money a team can spend on its players, which makes it nearly impossible for "small market" clubs to compete with the behemoths in Gotham and L.A. On the other hand, as Lewis shows us in his engaging saga of the Oakland Athletics, there are always ways to win on the cheap. The hero of Lewis' tale is Oakland General Manager Billy Beane, a bust as a player but a deft judge of talent. Lewis was granted what appears to be unlimited access--he often found himself in the Oakland executive offices when a big trade was going down--and his book reads like it. He also does a wonderful job of picking the brains and explaining the motives of the baseball statistics geeks who are helping redefine the way the game will be played in the twenty-first century. With so many baseball books to choose from, it is difficult to single out a few as must-haves, but this one comes pretty close.

Order this must-read book on Baseball from Amazon. You have many editions to choose from, popular ones listed below
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Hardcover) - $16.47
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Paperback) - $11.16
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Kindle Edition) - $7.96

Other books from Michael Lewis

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis (Paperback) - $11.16
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (Revised) by Michael Lewis (Kindle Edition) - $7.96
The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics by Michael Lewis (Hardcover) - $19.77
Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis (Paperback) - $10.20
Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis (Kindle Edition) - $8.76
Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life by Michael Lewis (Paperback) - $9.56
Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life by Michael Lewis (Kindle Edition) - $7.16
The Money Culture by Michael Lewis (Paperback) - $10.20
The Money Culture by Michael Lewis (Kindle Edition) - $7.96
Losers: The Road to Everyplace but the White House by Michael Lewis (Paperback) - $10.17
Losers by Michael Lewis (Kindle Edition) - $7.96
Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future by Michael Lewis (Paperback) - $16.95
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein (Paperback) - $10.17
Next: The Future Just Happened by Michael Lewis (Kindle Edition) - $7.96
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis (Kindle Edition) - $7.96

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Catch Me If You Can

Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail, Catch Me If You Can stars Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio and two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks in one of the year's most acclaimed hits! From three-time Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg, Catch Me If You Can follows Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. as he successfully passes himself off as a pilot, a lawyer and a doctor - all before his 21st birthday!

Order Catch Me If You Can (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Features) for $6.99

Catch Me If You Can (Full Screen Two-Disc Special Edition) also available for $9.98

When this true-crime story first appeared in 1980, it made the New York Times bestseller list within weeks. Two decades later, it was re-released in conjunction with the film version produced by DreamWorks. In the space of five years, Frank Abagnale passed $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in every state and 26 foreign countries. He did it by pioneering implausible and brazen scams, such as impersonating a Pan Am pilot (puddle jumping around the world in the cockpit, even taking over the controls). He also played the role of a pediatrician and faked his way into the position of temporary resident supervisor at a hospital in Georgia. Posing as a lawyer, he conned his way into a position in a state attorney general's office, and he taught a semester of college-level sociology with a purloined degree from Columbia University.

Order the Paperback edition of Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake for $10.17. Kindle edition of Catch Me If You Can also available for $7.96.

Truth, in Frank Abagnale's autobiography, is more entertaining than fiction.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Junior's Cheesecake Cookbook: 50 To-Die-For Recipes for New York-Style Cheesecake

Baking quite possibly (I have no doubts about it) the best cheesecakes in the universe, Junior's Restaurant is a legend in its own right. Located in downtown Brooklyn, Times Square and Grand Central Station in New York, this home away from home (but I don't need to pay for food at home!) has been wooing New Yorkers since it first opened its doors on Election Day, 1950. And now, finally, they are willing to offer up the recipes that have had Brooklynites double-parking on Flatbush Avenue for generations (Parknig problems!! But they could have home delivered :) ). Included are 50 recipes for Junior's New York-style cheesecakes, from the cheesecake that started it all (Junior's Original New York Cheesecake), to flavor twists like Banana Fudge, Rocky Road, and Pumpkin Mousse, to little cheesecakes meant just for one, to Junior's newest creation, Skyscraper Cheesecakes (think alternating layers of cheesecake and layer cake) in flavors like Boston Cream Pie, Lemon Coconut, and Carrot Cake. It's a cheesecake lover's delight!

Didn't your mouth watered! Yes I knew it... Order Junior's Cheesecake Cookbook: 50 To-Die-For Recipes for New York-Style Cheesecake (Juniors) by Alan Rosen and Beth Allen (Hardcover) from Amazon for $14.96

And if you think 50 recipes is too low in number here is another from Juniors' Welcome to Junior's! Remembering Brooklyn With Recipes and Memories from Its Favorite Restaurant by Marvin & Walter Rosen (Hardcover). Order it for $17.82

And if you are looking for more recipes from other than juniors' here are a few suggestions

2nd Avenue Deli Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Abe Lebewohl's Legendary Kitchen - $17.13

125 Best Cheesecake Recipes - $13.57

The 50 Best Cheesecakes in the World: The Winning Recipes from the Nationwide "Love that Cheesecake" Contest - $9.95

Friday, March 28, 2008

True Stories of Law & Order

True Stories of Law & Order by Kevin Dwyer & Jure Fiorillo the fascinating and shocking facts behind 25 of the hit show's most popular episodes-from the incredible account of how a woman's repressed memory leads to the solving of a 30-year-old cold case to the high-profile investigation of transvestite millionaire Robert Durst, and the case of a fatal San Francisco dog mauling January 2001 killing Diane Whipple. And just like in Law & Order, the actual crime is just the beginning, as you follow these cases from the initial stages of the investigation through the trial and up to the often controversial verdicts.

NOTE: This book was not authorized, prepared, approved, licensed, or endorsed by any entity involved in creating or producing the Law & Order television series.

Order True Stories of Law & Order for $11.20 .

Also Available True Stories of Law & Order: SVU by Kevin Dwyer for $11.20

True Stories of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit focuses on twenty-five of the scandalous true crimes that real detectives have grappled with- the facts behind the fictionalized stories on the phenomenally popular TV show. Beyond the actual crimes, the entire criminal process is covered-from investigation and arrest to trial and verdict. This book reveals in-depth accounts of some of the most monstrous offenses recreated on the hit series, including the gripping story of a teenage love triangle that led to the murder of a young girl and the deadly confrontation between the FBI and David Koresh's cult that made national headlines.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers

From fashion magazines to taboo Web sites, curious young women have access to tons of old wives’ tales about and thousands of airbrushed and inaccurate images of the female body—misinformation and harmful portrayals that can lead to low self-esteem, self-destructive acts, or even disturbing plastic surgery procedures. Teaming up with a leading physician specializing in adolescent health issues, Harvard graduate and former Miss Virginia Nancy Redd now offers a down-to-earth, healing, and reassuring response to those damaging myths. In Body Drama, Redd gives girls insight into the issues they’re often too ashamed to raise with a doctor or parent. She also reveals her own experiences with the culture of “American beauty,” and shows readers all the many versions of “normal.” From body hair and bras, to acne and weight issues, along with crucial issues such as the importance of a healthy self image, Body Drama is a groundbreaking book packed with informative fast facts, FYIs, how-tos, and moving personal anecdotes as well as hundreds of un-retouched photographs. A highly visual book, it’s the first of its kind for women: filled with real information and real photographs of real bodies, to celebrate all our different shapes and sizes.

Named by Glamour magazine as one of America’s top-ten college women “most likely to succeed—at anything,” Redd has spent the most recent years of her life on a mission to tackle the issues least discussed but most significant in young women’s lives. Celebrating the many versions of “normal,” and replacing seriously erroneous information with the honest, medically proven truth in a language all girls can understand, Body Drama dares to empower a new generation—with facts instead of fantasies, and the priceless gift of self-knowledge.

Get Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers by Nancy Amanda Redd (Paperback) from Amazon for $13.60. To order click here

Here are a few other titles of interest to women

Eat This Not That: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-or More! by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding (Paperback) - $10.97

How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better by Charla Krupp (Hardcover) - $15.59

The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz (Hardcover) - $16.47

Don't Be That Girl: A Guide to Finding the Confident, Rational Girl Within by Travis L. Stork and Leah Furman (Hardcover) - $13.57

The Digital Photography Book

Scott Kelby, tackles the most important side of digital photography--how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks today's top digital pros use.

This entire book is written with a brilliant premise, and here’s how Scott describes it: "If you and I were out on a shoot, and you asked me, 'Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, but I want the background out of focus?' I wouldn't stand there and give you a lecture about aperture, exposure, and depth of field. In real life, I'd just say, 'Get out your telephoto lens, set your f/stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away.' You d say, 'OK,' and you'd get the shot. That's what this book is all about. A book of you and I shooting, and I answer the questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I've learned just like I would with a friend, without all the technical explanations and without all the techno-photo-speak."

Here's another thing that makes this book different: each page covers just one trick, just one single concept that makes your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you'll learn another pro setting, another pro tool, another pro trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. There's never been a book like it, and if you're tired of taking shots that look "OK," and if you’re tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, "Why don't my shots look like that?" then this is the book for you.

Get The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1 by Scott Kelby (Paperback) for $13.59.

Kindle Edition of The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1 is available for $9.99. To order click here.

When you are finshed learning tips and tricks from this book, get started with the volume 2.

The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2 by Scott Kelby (Paperback) is available for $14.99. Kindle edition for this book is not available currently.

Here are few other recommendations of the subject.

The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography (Amphoto Guide Series) by Jim Miotke (Paperback) - $16.47

Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition) by Bryan Peterson (Paperback) - $16.47

Complete Digital Photography, Fourth Edition (Graphics Series) by Ben Long (Paperback) - $26.39

Digital Photography: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks by Gregory Georges (Paperback) - $13.59

The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Nature Photography (Better Photo Guide to) by Jim Miotke (Paperback) - $16.47

Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by David D. Busch (Paperback) - $26.39

Digital Photography Pocket Guide, Third Edition (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) by Derrick Story (Paperback) - $10.17

Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope

Whitney Cerak and Laura Van Ryn were traveling with seven other people when the unfortunate accident took place. A truck whose driver had fallen asleep while driving ran over them on April 26, 2006. Only one person from Whitney Cerak and Laura Van Ryn survived but She spent five weeks in a coma. Since their blond hair and even some facial features were similar, their identity was mistaken.

This book is an unprecedented story of two traumatized families who describe their ordeal and explore the bond sustaining and uniting them as they deal with their bizarre reversal of life lost and life found.

Don and Susie Van Ryn wrote of how they spent five weeks at the bedside of a woman they believed to be their 22-year-old daughter. Their story is mingled with that of Newell and Colleen Cerak, who thought they buried their 18-year-old daughter, only to discover she survived the crash.

Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope is available at Amazon for $14.95. To purchase click here.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Tracey Ullman - Live and Exposed

Tracey Ullman is a British-born, comedienne, actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter, and author, who is most famous for being the host of her eponymous variety television show from 1987 until 1990.

Her early appearances were on such British TV sketch comedy shows as A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). She emigrated to the U.S. and ended up having her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989. She later found even greater success producing programs for HBO, including Tracey Takes On..., for which she has won numerous