Brandt Books

I don't trust anyone who says they don't like gossip. It's just not normal. For the rest of us, the vast majority who take secret pleasure in the titilating faux pas of the rich and famous - Lisa Brandt has something for you! Celebrity Tantrums is the most entertaining read you're gonna find - without having to delve into the "adults-only" section anyway! So many stories of how stars get away with the most unusual (and down right naughty) behaviour. I don't know where the author dug all this stuff up from? Either she's a genius at research, or perhaps she has celebrity stalking issues?
If you want to be the hit of your next social engagement, this is a must have. Finally, a book that's as entertaining as any prime-time celebrity gossip show on network televison. Whether you read it all at once, or pick your favourite star's story first, you will eat up every juicy detail from each one of these sordid moments in lives of Hollywood's elite. Lisa has uncovered events that must be certainly turning the hair of the celebrity PR folks gray.
For those of you who claim you don't like gossip - bookstores sell dust jackets in a variety of different designs. Who are you trying to kid anyway?

Shocking, silly, stupid, scandalous. With a subject like Celebrity Tantrums, who needs fiction? This book is well researched and thoroughly entertaining. The author's playful sense of humour makes even the most obnoxious celeb an entertaining subject. A great read!

My Children love this book, they have made many of it's recipes, and they enjoy it a lot. It's fun to read and easy to use.

Recetas super divertidas. Consejos excelentes, la mayor parte aportados por otros niños. Bellísimos gráficos.
Super Fun recipes. Excellent advice, most of them by other children. Beautifull graphics.

Charming story of Daphne's adjustment to a move; a fine reflection of the stresses faced by this child-equivalent. Very helpful in eliciting our children's fear to a move, and providing comfort for their adjustment. Wonderful characters and illustrations.

This is a sweet book about the trama a dog feels when her family puts her in her crate and moves her to Hawaii. Her whole world is turned upside down. Kids can easily relate to the cute little Daphne and her dog buddy porkchop! The pages that feature all the Hawaiian animals that Daphne meets are very funny and so well drawn. The whole book will make you want to go to Hawaii or maybe move there! My daughter loved this book and we aren't even moving!

When you mention Michael Frayn's name in theatre circles, you'll likely conjure up images of his classic metatheatrical farce "Noises Off." But his recent dramatic works, including this, his current, have the potential to be more powerful, more influential and more epoch-making in the world of comtemporary theatre.

Based on the rise of Germany's first left-of-center coalition government since the Weimar Republic, headed by the legendary, painfully conflicted Willy Brandt, and his collapse in the wake of a Societ-bloc spy scandal, this play lays bare the fragility of international relations at the height of the Cold War. Structurally, it's a memory play from the point of view of the East German spy, Gunter Guillaume, with scenes shifting as his personal narrative demands. No specified set, few props, and only a handful of required light and sound cues make this a fairly easy staging.

Unless you count the actors and the director.

The director and the ten-member, all-male cast needs to research the history of divided Germany, the personalities of highly esoteric public figures, and even at one point the Norwegian language. Thankfully large portions of the information necessary to savvy the background for the play are found in a lengthy and detailed afterword, saving a great deal of headache in the creative process. But that doesn't take care of everything; these figures loom large in the history of the Twentieth Century, and recreating them on stage is work.

But the play is accessible, discussing technical aspects of German history without getting bogged down in dull repetitive detail. The characters are engaging and humanely rounded. The events happened nearly forty years ago, but they feel like they're happening right now.

This play is not for general audiences; its slow, contemplative pace and its interest in a political figure most Americans have never heard of will put of casual theatre-goers. But for dedicated fans of history, politics, and theatre, this articulate and thoughtful play will leave you with plenty to chew on long after the final curtain has wrung down.

A riveting play about the nature of representative democracies, human relationships and the cold war. Michael Frayn's best play.

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The book was in great condition. By mistake I purchased a class room activities Manual instead of the book needed for the school class I am enrolled in. I need to return the book for a refund. Sorry, Patrick

Very enjoyable read for all those interested in aviation archaeology or wreck hunting. I'm not familiar with any of the crashes mentioned in the book but found the writeups to be well detailed with lots of photos. Of special interest were the crashes where the survivors returned to the site and shared their thoughts on what had happened to them. Will sit very nicely on my shelf with my other 'wreck' books.

Trey Brandt's storytelling style is both engaging and informative. He uses historical detail to paint a vivid picture of the events that took place on the fateful day of each wreck he has discovered. I'm not a history buff but, I found this book to be quite an enjoyable read.

This book is totally based on Scripture that God will use to change your life if you let Him. There is an amazing peace and freedom that comes from repentence. I know it sounds cliched, but this book really did help change my life.

If you are struggling with a sin that won't go away, this book is for you. Herny Brandt and Kerry Skinner use scripture to show us how to get the cure for sin. Many of us have found temporary relief from sin, but this book will guide you to Scripture that gives the cure. There is a workbook that is for a discipleship class, I took the class-very worthwhile.

Good overview for the general reader how cosmological observational data is obtained, in this reference in the context of the cutting-edge Hubble space telescope.

One of the greatest achievements in the history of humanity with regard to observational astronomy has to be the Hubble Space Telescope, our first real opportunity to see the universe 'up close and personal', in the visual light spectrum (among other spectra) without the interference of the earth's atmosphere. Launched in 1990, there was a collective gasp when it was discovered that this remarkable achievement needed specs (not the construction-data kind, but the old-fashioned kind - eyeglasses)! Not long thereafter, a shuttle mission set forth to do the needed repairs, and since then the results have been stunning.

Carolyn Collins Petersen, an award-winning science writer with some specialty in astronomy, together with John C. Brandt, a researcher at the University of Colorado (he's even had an asteroid named for him), put together this early major book on the Hubble achievements. Their first chapter gives a brief history of the HST (Hubble Space Telescope) project, from concept to launch. They recount a narrative history of the first indications that there were problems, the excitement and the disappointment, as well as the correction. The sections on the history of observation and the technical specifications of the HST are interesting, as well, but the real glory is in the pictures.

Throughout the rest of the text, the authors put pictures from the HST of the major objects in the sky together with composite pieces and partial images. For some of the planetary images, the authors show side-by-side comparisons with some of the planetary exploration missions (Voyager, etc.), and even against the close-up images, HST fares well. The photography of stars in all their various life-stages, gaseous formations to final supernovae, are glorious and informative. The galaxy images give great and stunning detail of some of the most distant structures. Alas, even the HST has trouble discerning in detail objects such as quasars, which remain a mystery, but more data has been obtained than ever before.

The final chapter discusses topics such as distances, universal expansion, dark matter, and how the HST plays an observational role in collecting evidence in support of or variance to current theories on the universe. Petersen and Brandt discuss the general trends in cosmological thinking, accessible to the non-scientist and interesting to the scientifically trained.

The epilogue is a bit moot at this point, as the text written in the early 1990s only covered the time period up to 2002; however, the HST project is a big-budget item, which means it is a political item, and the budgetary concerns, both institutional (NASA-related) and governmental (will Congress and Presidential administrations support it?) are always a concern. Hubble continues to be a source of pride for the NASA community, and a source of great information for the astronomical community around the world.

This is a coffee-table book as well as an interesting scientific text.

This book is invaluable for all parents. It truly helped me learn to enjoy my children more and there is so much to learn from its wise author. I highly recommend this book to all parents. It is very well thought out and well written.

One of my pet peeves is when a parenting book is general, and I'm left asking "But what should I do in *this* situation?" Dr. Brandt gives lots of examples of how his principles work in specific situations, with stories from various families he's worked with. It was refreshing to get such clear advice from someone who was telling me that first and foremost I need to love my children and treat them with the respect they deserve just because God made them. Thank you, Dr. Brandt! I gave away my "Growing Kids" book years ago. I read the Sears sitting on my shelf, but Brandt's book is one that I have gone out and raved about to all my family and friends! It's off my shelf and on my table right next to Shepherding a Child's Heart!

It is a good book for people who have been enough disappointments in life and want to create changes as a result from series of disappointments.

Is your life one disappointment after another, even when get what you thought you wanted? If so, Dr. David Brandt's latest book, Is That All There Is? Balancing Expectation & Disappointment in Your Life, is for you.

Dr. Brandt, a psychologist, has studied disappointment for more than 20 years. He lectures nationally and appears frequently on radio and television. His goal is to "unwrap the mysteries of [disappointment], show the variety of human responses to it, and reveal, surprisingly, how each of us can use disappointment for our own gain."

He say that disappointment is simply an unmet expectation. "We expected something to happen; it did not; we are disappointed." He adds that "expectation is simply the anticipation of an outcome." Wishes underlie expectations, and also serve as motivators. "It is the wish within each expectation that hooks us and maintains our emotional investment."

Dr. Brandt defines the various causes of disappointment and offers tips and techniques for learning how to minimize their impact on your life. He also describes personality styles, such as the acquiescent person who gives up personal desires to please others, and how they lead to disappointment. He uses case studies from his clinical practice to illustrate his concepts. Dr. Brandt provides six practical principles for developing realistic expectations and then teaches readers steps to overcome disappointment when it does occur.

The final chapter, "Making Disappointment Work For You" focuses on making disappointment "an ally in the search for contentment and personal happiness."

Readers wanting to learn how to avoid depression and energy loss resulting from disappointment will find Is That All There Is? teaches the skills they need to convert disappointment to a positive force in their lives.