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I like this book cause the girl who got teased got revenge on the other girls. It had a lot of action in the book. You've got to read it!

I like this book cause the girl who got teased got revenge on the other girls. It had a lot of action in the book. You've got to read it!

This extraordinary book is the most important book on women and congressional elections ever published. No other scholars have taken such a detailed and longitudinal look at women's fortunes running for the U.S. Congress and have posed so many essential, timely and important questions all in one place. This book is extremely well written and will be of interest to practitioners and academics alike.

The book is remarkable in a number of ways. First, Palmer and Simon's emphasis on the different campaign experiences of Democratic and Republican women running for Congress is long overdue and much needed. Second, their investigation of primary elections is key. By looking at women's experiences in both the primary and general elections, Palmer and Simon fill an important gap and are sure to spawn a great deal of additional research. Finally, their analysis of woman-against-woman races and their conclusion that female incumbents tend to stimulate female competition is quite astute. They quite convincingly demonstrate that female incumbents are perceived as being weaker than they really are, both by the opposing party and by potential challengers within their own party. This finding is important because it underscores just how uneven the playing field is for female politicians.

Palmer and Simon have set a new standard for scholarship on women running for Congress with this book. A must read!

This book presents the most comprehensive data to date about women running for political office in the United States. This is a must-read not only for political science types, but also for the average person interested in women and politics. Palmer and Simon did a great job combining statistics and analysis with personal anecdotes that make the material personal and meaningful. Hopefully, women reading this book will find motivation to take steps to run for office themselves and help this country achieve electoral equality. 51% of the population, 14% of the representation is not enough.

John D. Bell provides perhaps the best account of the history of the Bulgarian Communist Party available in English. Together with Richard Crampton's history of Bulgaria, it is also the best scholarly source of more general Bulgarian history in the 20th century. A must for anyone studying Bulgaria. The book uses interviews of dissidents who fled Bulgaria during the years of communist domination to supplement available archival sources. The result is a magnificently documented narrative that brings to light some controversial and unclear episodes in the history of Bulgarian communism. The book demonstrates, for example, that Zhivkov's power was not unchallenged and that internal dissent, even if it came from the Party or the armed forces, existed even here, in the country widely considered to have been the closest Soviet ally and follower. The book also demonstrates the reciprocity of alliance politics within the Soviet bloc. Challenging the existing convention, John Bell demonstrates that relations within the Warsaw pact were not unidirectional. The Soviet Union responded to various interests of the Bulgarian leadership and often helped their advancement. In addition, the book is thoroughly readable and, provides impartial insight into the almost century-old history of the Bulgarian labor movement and its political organizations.

John D. Bell provides perhaps the best account of the history of the Bulgarian Communist Party available in English. Together with Richard Crampton's history of Bulgaria, it is also the best scholarly source of more general Bulgarian history in the 20th century. A must for anyone studying Bulgaria. The book uses interviews of dissidents who fled Bulgaria during the years of communist domination to supplement available archival sources. The result is a magnificently documented narrative that brings to light some controversial and unclear episodes in the history of Bulgarian communism. The book demonstrates, for example, that Zhivkov's power was not unchallenged and that internal dissent, even if it came from the Party or the armed forces, existed even here, in the country widely considered to have been the closest Soviet ally and follower. The book also demonstrates the reciprocity of alliance politics within the Soviet bloc. Challenging the existing convention, John Bell demonstrates that relations within the Warsaw pact were not unidirectional. The Soviet Union responded to various interests of the Bulgarian leadership and often helped their advancement. In addition, the book is thoroughly readable and, provides impartial insight into the almost century-old history of the Bulgarian labor movement and its political organizations.

What an excellent way of expressing parents thoughts and concerns. As parents we have either said these things or thought them. Very easy to read (kind of like David Letterman's TOP TEN). My teenagers enjoyed reading this book. It created many family conversation and help see things threw the other persons eyes. Written with a touch of humor. EXCELLENT!

I'm a 13-year-old female and this book has tips that helped me get along better with my parents and friends. It even helped me feel closer to God. If you are a teenager buy this book and read it now! If you're a parent or even just a kind adult, buy this book for a teenager (or pre-teen) you love. It helps them in ways that you can and cannot see.

My six and three year old fight over who gets to take this book to bed. Thanks to all the outstanding food, game, craft and treat ideas in this book, we've survived (and enjoyed) a rodeo round-up, dinosaur dig and super hero invasion. It's the best party planning book out there, for kids or adult parties (the holiday party ideas are low stress, high fun!). If you have kids, you have to have this book! Order your copy now!

I absolutely love the creative ideas Celebrate has to offer. If you have children or just want fun ideas for your family get-togethers this is a must have!

When I picked up the book Celebrating Perfection in Administration, I was expecting to find a few points on how to administer in a more perfect way,
something that in my role as an administrator I was eager to know. When I opened the cover and saw the subtitle, "Politics is a pious profession," I was curious--this sounded like an oxymoron, yet I was intrigued.

By the time I finished the book, my awareness had been expanded from the trivia of day-to-day administration to the perfect administration that takes
place in our cosmos at every second through automation in administration through Natural Law. I was inspired to have a glimpse of what national administration could be--to see the beautiful results that a government could provide for its people. Not only did I now see that there is the possibility
to simplify everything and have ideal administration of every area of life, but I realized that I could easily adopt and implement these principles myself.

How? The key concept seemed to be consciousness--collective consciousness and
individual consciousness. By handling that, everything else could be managed. How to do it? The Transcendental Meditation technique (TM) was the key. The
knowledge in the book was empowering, but the knowledge I gained of myself by learning TM was a whole other level of power. I could see that if everyone had access to this, that all administration could be perfect, and, yes, politics could really be a pious profession!

Whether one administers a nation, a state, a city, or a few people, the knowledge in this book is essential, and the secret to living the knowledge is practicing Transcendental Meditation.

Celebrating Perfection in Administration provides a practical handbook for how to align human administration with the perfection of Nature's administration.

Think about it. (Maharishi inspires you think about things in ways you've never thought about them before.) Do the planets collide in space? What maintains them in their perfect orbits? What governs the cycles of day and night so reliably? Every day we take for granted the perfect orderliness of Nature's functioning.

Throughout the book, Maharishi demonstrates how each area of government administration-education, health, etc.-can be made vastly more successful by aligning the awareness of the administrators (and the people they are administrating) with Nature's own unlimited intelligence. He presents the example of the Indian Government today. India is not utilizing this key secret of Nature's functioning, even though this knowledge is available in India's own Vedic heritage.

Maharishi's insights have sliced through centuries of the loss of Vedic Knowledge--the oldest and most complete tradition of knowledge in the world--and brought this timeless wisdom of totality of life into the present, where it is sorely needed. He provides a practical formula here to make the administration of modern India perfect--a formula so universal that it could easily be applied to every other nation.

Even if, like me, you're not directly involved in government administration, the book is still fascinating and relevant. Maharishi defines administration much more broadly than most of us would. After reading Celebrating Perfection in Administration, I realized that each of us--whatever our walk of life--is involved in administration every day. We administer every aspect of our own lives, and how perfectly we do this determines how successful and efficient we are in fulfilling our desires.

Seeing Maharishi's vision of how perfect every kind of administration can be, I felt deeply motivated to apply this wisdom to administer my own life more and more perfectly--and I felt deeply grateful that someone living on earth today is bringing out knowledge that can restore perfection to human life.

This is an excellent book full of interesting ideas. You not only learn circumstances of being "cheap" but also how to adapt your own ideas to cut expenses.

This seems to be good for those who entertain, and those who want to do catering and need some ideas.

A book for people who want to entertain with efficiency, shortcuts, and bargains. Many good suggestions, especially for unique gatherings and kids' parties and games. I loved her instructions for making piñatas. Includes resources for where to buy items and easy recipes.

CG3: Block Party is just as good as the first two. Love the carrying case.

This is a great card game to play. It's addictivem and completely humorous. The whole point of this wonderful card game is do things and buy things (slack) that relieve you from the stress of your job. The cards range from wholesome things, like a cat, and cup-of-noodles to more wild things like nookie, beers, and "significant others". This game is a laugh riot to play with a group of friends, I prefer to play it by spouting out the hilarious quotes from each card as I play them. This game is a must for people in their late teens through their twenties, a complete blast!

I bought this book about 3 years ago now and have used it for several occasions. I originally bought it to plan my wedding but found it very useful for other events, such as the wedding shower, baby shower, christening, etc. The book is very informative and correctly depicts each of the locations according to my experience. If you want to plan a different kind of paty for any occasion, this book is very useful.

My fiance and I bought this book to help plan for our wedding, and were really impressed by the range of locations that it provided. We highly recommend this book to anybody getting married in the Chicago area, straight, gay, or otherwise.

Wolfe wants Archie to drive him to a meeting with an orchid hybridizer. Archie begs off, showing Wolfe a marriage license. Archie tells Wolfe that he (Archie) must attend a Christmas party at which his impending marriage will be announced. Wolfe charters a limousine and leaves for the meeting, and Archie goes to the party. Before anything can be announced, the host drops dead of poisoning, and the chief suspect becomes a bartender dressed as Santa Claus. Santa disappeared shortly after the death and long before the police arrived on the scene. Wolfe must solve the murder before Santa's identity is discovered--Wolfe's very freedom may depend on it.

In "Man Alive," the second story on the tape, a beautiful designer is suspected of murdering a homeless man. She hires Wolfe to keep her out of jail. This murder is the last in a string of strange deaths that have bedeviled the designer's existence. Unraveling the tangle of greed, jealousy, and vengeance is no easy task, but Wolfe is up to it.

The CBC produced 13 Nero Wolfe radio plays, and Durkin Hayes Audio has published six of them on three cassettes. The production values are excellent, the stories well acted, and the CBC plays provide a medium for enjoying Nero Wolfe that is every bit as entertaining as the current A&E television series.

In 1982, CBC Radio (the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) decided to adapt 13 of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe short stories and novellas for radio. This tape contains two of these 1-hour long shows.

In general, the series was excellent, true to the character of the original stories and the original characters, with strong production values, good music, nicely integrated sound-effects, and good casting.

Mayver Moore, as Nero Wolfe, initially doesn't seem quite right (he doesn't sound fat enough), but soon overcomes any objections. Don Franks, as Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant, is the perfect Archie, ably portraying this pivotal character, and it is hard to imagine any better Archie than we have here.

It is a shame that the CBC only did 13 episodes in total. Keep an eye out for other CBC radio plays, such as their excellent "Midnight Cab" series.