Let's B Safe: A safer world, one child at a time

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Feeling safe-r with "LET'S B SAFE"

Let's B Safe: A safer world, one child at a time

Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
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ASIN: 159457832X
Release Date: 2005-05-02

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Feeling safe-r with "LET'S B SAFE".......2006-09-24

Brenda Zofrea has found a unique way to "gently" introduce the threat of sexual abuse to children; yet at the same time the book delivers a powerful message.
My kids fell in-love with "Bumblebee", a colorful character that leads them through this delightful--but informative, childrens book.
I would recommend "LETS B SAFE" to parents (and grandparents!) everywhere, and also to any child-care facility. Makes a great gift!

Safe Passage: Words to Help the Grieving Hold Fast and Let Go

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Safe Passage - A Lifeline
Penetrating and Practical
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Safe Passage

Safe Passage: Words to Help the Grieving Hold Fast and Let Go
Molly Fumia
Manufacturer: Conari Press
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ASIN: 0943233399

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My special little book.......2005-09-19

Can't find this small book on bookstore shelves; immense help to me through the stages of grieving..first for the death of my spouse, then my mom.

Safe Passage - A Lifeline.......2001-05-26

When my mother was diagnosed with terminal stages of colon cancer, our family was literally innundated with "grief coping" books. Being an avid reader, and desperate for anything to help make sense of the chaos and pain, I read them all. SAFE PASSAGE is the only one I have kept and have recently ordered several to have on hand to share with friends. This book is composed of short meditations that are appropriate for all stages of griefwork. I continue to refer to my copy, some nine months after her death. I find that this is a "living" book, with certain passages speaking exactly what I'm feeling, every time I read it - be it a week after her death or months after. Moreover, it is not specifically geared towards the loss of a parent, spouse, child, etc - my stepfather has found it as wonderful as I have. This book has been a lifeline to our family.

Penetrating and Practical.......2000-02-11

I do not know Molly Fumia, but I do know the subject of grief. I wrote THE JEWISH WAY IN DEATH AND MOURNING. I have never read so profound and beautiful a work on this subject. I underlined it all, and ordered another clean copy. It is memorable; a work of art, a Divine inspiration.

Very Helpful.............2000-01-30

This was one of the first books on Griveing I had bought. It was a Great "pick". The everyday "passages" hit right how I felt. The words were very comforting and like the author was writing this book for me to try to understand all the feelings and the "loss" I was going though. I Highly recommmend this book for a person who is going through a Loss of a Loved one.

Safe Passage.......2000-01-07

This book was given to me by a good friend after the death of my husband. It got me through that first year. I have given this book to several of my friends who have been widowed. I intend to give it to another friend who just lost her husband. It helps ... it really helps. It is short and to the point. One page a night was what I could handle but it made all the difference. This is a book that every widow or widower should recieve.... it helps you to not feel so alone.

How Animal Babies Stay Safe (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science)

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Sweet and educational

How Animal Babies Stay Safe (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science)

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ASIN: 0064452115
Release Date: 2001-12-18

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A baby scorpion rides on its mother's back.

A baby alligator hides in its mother's mouth!

What about a baby leopard? A baby elephant?

Read and find out how animal babies stay safe.

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Sweet and educational.......2006-04-12

My 4 year old daughter loves this book. She loves animals and she also likes hearing about mother-child bonds. She asks for this one over and over. Theres age-appropriate simple information about animal behavior and a lot to discuss together. Highly recommended.

A Safe Home for Manatees (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science. Stage 1)

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A Safe Home for Manatees (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science. Stage 1)
Priscilla Belz Jenkins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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Only three months old, a baby manatee nuzzles under his 1200-pound mother's flipper for a drink of her rich milk. Soon they will migrate to find more food and a warm place to spend the winter. but, on the way, they will have to dodge speedboats, swim through locks, and endure polluted waters. These gentle giants have roamed tropical lagoons and rivers for almost fifty million years, yet today there are fewer than 3,000 Florida manatees. The reason? Their habitat is disappearing.

Priscilla Belz Jenkins and Martin Classen clearly explain what makes up a habitat and what is happening to the manatees as their habitat is destroyed.

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This is a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. It is packed with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography. This book offers a wide variety of wholesome reading for children.

Let s Explore Chemistry: the Hows and Whys of Chemistry 200 Safe Experiments

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Let s Explore Chemistry: the Hows and Whys of Chemistry 200 Safe Experiments
Nathan. Feifer
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Let's be healthy and safe!
Nancee McClure
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An inspiring self-portrait of a world-renowned African American vocal artist
This is a fascinating account of a gifted woman's coming of age and rise to success at a time when black classical musicians faced barriers at every turn. Shirley Verrett possessed a talent and ambition so dazzling she could not be denied?and she became one of the most celebrated artists of her time. I Never Walked Alone draws the reader into the world of this graceful, fiery artist, dramatically telling the story of her childhood and her brilliant international career. The book is filled with behind-the-scenes tales of this diva?s great performances, roles, and collaborations, offering insight into her stormy personal relationships as well as her private struggles and critical decisions. Featuring forewords and afterwords by such figures as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Zubhin Mehta, and Claudio Abbado, this richly detailed book paints a vivid picture of a magnificent survivor and an indelible artist known around the world as the black Maria Callas.
Shirley Verrett (Ann Arbor, MI, and New York, NY) is currently Professor of Voice at the University of Michigan School of Music.
Christopher Brooks is a biographer and award-winning musicologist.

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An inspiring & revealing look at a Diva of strength & class.......2005-04-06

"[My husband] Lou [Lo Monaco] and I invited Leontyne Price over for dinner at our apartment in New York City one evening [in 1965], before our upcoming engagement in La Scala. The other soloists were Leontyne; a young and upcoming tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, and bass Nicolai Ghiaurov...When we arrived in Italy, we found a whole 'can of worms'...When I look back on it, I must have made a terrible impression on Maestro [Herbert] von Karajan...but I felt I had good cause..."

"Performing contemporary music was my next challenge...starting with OEDIPUS REX...The maestro [Igor Stravinsky] was very cordial at our first meeting and also liked what I did musically...In fact, he called me his 'ideal Jocasta,' a real compliment coming from a great living composer...

"I recalled Stravinsky's comment[s]...he told me 'All of those notations that I put in the score are for idiots...You're [singing Jocasta] with your soul, and because you are musical...let your mind, body and senses tell you the way the music is supposed to go..."

"The costume designer of the SAMSON AND DELILAH production wanted to explore the 'sensuality' of Delilah...the costumer wanted me in a sheer, see-through body stocking...I also wore two diamond shaped silver breast plates with nipples in the center of each plate. And that wasn't the worst of it..."

"I gave up organized religion, although my spiritual beliefs remained rooted in the teachings of my parents...I remain a spiritual person...I still pray every day, sometimes four or five times a day...I never leave the house without a prayer. Never."

Shirley Verrett
I NEVER WALKED ALONE
From "Turning Points,"
"An Actor's Life," and
"Transfigurations" respectively

This is the ultimate biography for someone who has little to no interest in opera. Masterfully written, candid, informative and exciting, it reads like a well crafted novel, music history lesson and self-help book all rolled into one. When people look to female heroes in this "post-feminist" world of ours, we somehow are trained to not look at the divas of this fascinating world: Leontyne Price; Maria Callas; Joan Sutherland; Freni; Tebaldi; and so on. This scratches the surface as to what makes Shirley Verrett's autobiography so powerful, so enjoyable, and so important. When a woman of such amazing integrity--musical and life-wise--and such extraordinary gifts can reveal the aspects of her personality that could make her the enemy of many people (or at least get on the nerves of great Divas like Grace Bumbry) before she transforms her way out of them, you have the makings of a great life, and a great story about a great life.

I highly reccommend this magnificent autobiography and suggest you pick a up a few of her recordings as well.

In Her Own Words: The Life Of An American Opera Singer.......2005-03-24

Shirley Verrett has written a profound, candid autobiography of her life and career as opera singer. Many singers write their own autobiographies and memoirs, among them include Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavoratti, Beverly Sills, Marilyn Horne and Joan Sutherland. Renee Fleming has also recently released her autobiography. Each singer provides us with an in-depth look at the elements that compose the opera business- from rehearsals, to facing reviews by critics, fandom, scandals, rumors, rivalries, recording sessions, the ups and downs of their careers and their personal lives. In the case of Shirley Verrett, we are treated to an uplifting and inspiring account of her life, and struggles. She's passionate, conversational, down-to-earth and very humble. I could never see her as the stereotypical diva raging and giving orders. Verrett was a classy lady, with artistic integrity, work ethics, morals and a lot of heart. From the first page to the last, we are in for a great ride and she lavishes the book with candid details and her inner thoughts on EVERYTHING. She opens up to us and we experience her life right along with her.

Shirley Verrett was raised as a Seventh-Day-Adventist, a strict and religious Christian denomination which is very active in America. As such, she was raised with the idea that a career in opera, and for that matter any public career, was sinful and shallow. Though perhaps Verrett had issues with her parents, she seems to have reconciled and even made them proud, for indeed she broke barriers in the opera scene. Opera is not rock and roll. It's the highest of all the arts, since it combines music, drama, art and poetry all in one. During the early 60's, it was extremely hard for a black woman to get into opera. Nowadays, it's a field they are experts in- we have seen the success of Jessie Norman, Kathleen Battle and Denyce Graves. But in a time of racial segregation and the desperate struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, it was difficult for a black woman to make it as an opera singer, and moreover, make it to the top as a leading soprano. Verrett tells us about these times. Her idol was contralto Marian Anderson, the first black woman to break the barrier, and tells us of how she met her in person and received great advice. Leontyne Price was on the rise as a dramatiac soprano and so was Grace Bumbry, who like Verrett, started off as a mezzo-soprano. Like Bumbry, Verrett did not want to remain constricted to the mezzo-soprano repertoire, which is actually quite limited and harldy the "star" role in any opera- (Azucena in Verdi's Trovatore, Ulrica in Un Ballo, Cherubino in Mozart's Nozze Di Figaro, Amneris in Verdi's Aida, Princess Eboli in Don Carlo and of course, the inevitable Carmen). Verrett provides us with anecdotes about performing these roles.

These roles Shirley Verrett mastered well, but singing the villain, or the vamp was not something she wanted to stick to. Other mezzo-sopranos, like Marilyn Horne (whom she talks about in her book, clarifying any rumors concering their clash of temperaments) got famous for using tricks to remain mezzos but still be a star- i.e. sticking to the Rossini heroines (most prominently in Semiramide but also L'Assedio Di Corinto, La Cenerentola and many other mezzo-coloratura roles. Dame Janet Baker used her mezzo voice to effectively convey religiosity and grace, while today's Cecilia Bartoli has made the mezzo voice a new form of dramatic soprano by coloring the voice with dizzying coloratura and highs as well as low notes. After making it to the top as a mezzo-soprano, it was time to move on. Like her peer, Grace Bumbry (with whom she was never really a rival, simply a rumor circulated by the media) she began training for the repertoire of dramatic soprano. Now, at last, she was ready to take on the same roles as her other idol, Maria Callas. Though Leontyne Price had already mastered the roles of Aida, Tosca, Leonora in Trovatore and Forza Del Destino, etc, Verrett was ready to hold her own.

Indeed, her stamina and committment served her well. A hard-working and talented artist, she nailed the soprano roles of Bellini's Norma (in a much acclaimed San Francisco Opera performance in 1978 which is also under a live recording) and Tosca which unfortunately was never captured on recording or video/film. As Norma she is passionate, intense, majestic and appropriately dramatic. She tells us of visits to Maria Callas' Paris apartment she inhabited in the late 70's shortly before her highly publicized death. Callas adviced her and Montserrat Caballe not to overdo Norma. Verrett took the advice to heart and was harks back to Callas in her performance, but with a lot more fluidity and better diction to the text. Caballe would do Norma much more than Verrett ever did. As Tosca, she is equally as passionate and intense. I personally dislike that the Italian press in Milan dubbed her "La Negra Callas" when she performed in La Scala, as if color was something people just had to point out. Verrett would go on to master the role of Aida and the heroine in Dialogue De Carmelites. She sang at least 3 times with Beverly Sills, with whom she had a great friendship (as the Lady Jane Seymour in the recording of Anna Bolena, as Adalgisa opposite Sill's Norma and as Neocle in Sill's Met debut in L'Assedio Di Corinto. She worked with the great Leyla Gencer, an underrated but outstanding dramatic diva (as Queen Elizabeth I in Maria Stuarda) and also with Caballe in Lucrezia Borgia. She sounded rather good opposite Placido Domingo in operas as Samson And Delilah and L'Africaine. Her last great role was as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana. Retired, she looks back at her impressive career. She now coaches voice, is a great doner to charitable causes and a spokesperson for opera. This was a truly great book and I loved reading about her experience, which proved how persistence and integrity are eventually rewarded. My favorite moment- her parents, previously rejecting the "material world" and opera too, finally come to see their daughter in a performance of Carmen.

La Nera Callas.......2004-09-21

Having read biographies of Sutherland and Caballe, I was happy to add Shirley Verrett's to the collection. Unlike some other opera memoirs, this is a very quick read. Verrett is not the kind to mince words, nor dramatize a situation. Sure, there were some details about certain stagings and colleagues that I would have liked to have learned more about, but the brevity of the writing allows you to read the entire book in just a couple of sittings.

Of all the stories she tells about relationships with other singers, most interesting of all is her "rivalry" with Grace Bumbry. Verrett hits it on the mark when she compares the much-hyped rivalry as being the equivalent of two black racehorses. It is an apt analogy, even if Verrett undermines the parallels between her career vis-a-vis Bumbry's. We're not just talking about two black opera singers. We are talking about two mezzos who often switched fachs, were as comfortable singing bel canto as they were singing Verdi, and whose signature roles overlapped (Eboli, Amneris, etc.) So, by default, controversy was bound to happen. In the end, they became friends, but the story of the rivalry is very compelling.

There are a couple of things that I don't like about this memoir. First, Verrett (and/or Mr. Brooks) has a bad habit of repeating information that you just read about a page or two earlier. The most blatant example is how she describes the increasing difficulty to pack opera houses. She mentions that even Joan Sutherland had trouble filling a house to capacity. Then, a couple of chapters later, she mentions that even Joan Sutherland had trouble filling a house to capacity(!)

Speaking of Sutherland, she also slights her in a paragraph where she gives her opinions of how critical acting is to a role, especially Norma. Verrett talks about how one critic faulted her diction when she sand Norma in San Fransisco. Verrett opines that the critic must have "another" soprano in mind that he preferred, which we understand is Sutherland, although Shirley never mentions her by name. Shirley declares that diction was this soprano's great weakness, and dismisses her acting ability by saying she acted "from the neck up". This is a valid point to make, but I am a Sutherlandphile, and feel that the Sutherland temperment was often underestimated.

All in all, this is a wonderful autobiography, of an artist hailed by the Italians as "La Nera Callas". She is very frank about the opportunities she let go by, including an exclusive contract with RCA. Funny how so many of the opera recordings we treasure were almost cast differently; if Verrett hadn't walked out on her contract, she would have recorded Preziosilla and Amneris opposite Leontyne Price, instead of Cossotto and Bumbry.

An Exercise in Honesty.......2004-01-23

You no doubt know the basics of what the book is about and you've read that Ms. Verrett is utterly honest and candid in every sentence of the book.

What this means to me -- this is not only a book that is nearly impossible to put down (if you're interested in operatic performance and the personalities therein), it is also a book that lingers in the mind. Also, I can't remember a book that has generated so much conversation among friends. If you're of a certain age, this book will call up memories of gossip and legends that were hot topics in the 70's and 80's and will give you new insights on the truth behind them.

I will enjoy keeping this book on my shelf to refer back to as we talk about our memories for a long time.

NOW WHAT WE NEED ARE MORE OF HER RECORDINGS!.......2003-12-08

Shirley Verrett, now 70 and teaching voice at U Michigan, had one of the most beautiful and best trained mezzo voices I've ever heard. And she was able to sing many soprano roles as well. Her book is a delight. It contains Ms. Verrett's frank remarks about her career, her fellow singers, and those involved in the production side of great music. Her views on the way many productions of CARMEN mistakenly focus the audience's attention on Don José (which I fully agree with) were already known to me from a bio-pic of her which I already owned, but I was very pleased to see them restated in print. Readers will learn about her relationship with Maria Callas, her supposed rivalry with Grace Bumbry, and much, much more. Well-chosen photos grace this book, and a good index helps one follow whatever threads one chooses. One thing that I would like to have seen is a complete listing of her recordings, even though they were released on LPs and most have not been reissued on CDs--yet. If I could have TWO wishes, the other would be that a CD with even two or three tracks had been included with the book so that readers would have a chance to hear her marvelous, rich voice.

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H P Lovecraft, one of the greatest obsessive writers of the 20th century, naturally chose the pulp genre of "weird horror" in which to exorcise his acute anatomical alienation and existential torment.

An indispensable chronological collection of this unique writer's best work; from his distinctive collaborative pieces, prose-poems and early tales of the gruesome and bizarre, through to maturation and efflorescence of his personal cosmology, the Cthulhu Mythos. With an introduction by Colin Wilson, Crawling Chaos is essential to the library of every horror/ fantasy fan.

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First and last book I shall ever get rid of..........2002-06-29

This I am serious. This is just about the first Lovecraft book I ever got. If I were to go broke or die I will certainly not get rid of this one. In this book are all of Lovecrafts finest works. Though I must say to read them at first you will not understand quite fully,especially if for the first time reading Lovecraft. I recommend reading: The Loved Dead, The Hound, The Rats in the Walls and, Nyarlathotep.

A must for Lovecraft collectors.......1999-04-27

An excellent compilations of many of the short stories that did not make it into many of the mass market anthologies of recent years. Though yes, it also has a few of the old standbys like the Call of Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness. The small font and two-column layout means that there is a good deal more material in this book than the page count might tend to imply.

The best work of a great horror writer.......1998-11-07

This is the definitive collection of Lovecraft; if you've never read his work, but want to check him out, this is the place to start.

Horror as it should be........1997-06-14

King and Koontz don't stand-up to Lovecraft. This sampling ofhis definitive work, "The Cthulhu Mythos" as well as other stories,shows pure, definitive horror, twisted and convulsed beautifully. A definite must for the horror fan, filled with dark Gothic delights and terror.

Perfect Compilation of Lovecraft's work........1996-12-03

If you are a fan of Lovecraft, or just yearn for the dark side of imagination, this is your book. For those new to Herbert Lovecraft's work, he is one of the pioneers of horror writing. During his short lifetime, Lovecraft created dark mythos out of which he carved his apocalyptic tales. CRAWLING CHAOS is compilation of his most important works along with some very intersting biological info.

Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935

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Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935
H. P. Lovecraft
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Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935.
H.P. Lovecraft
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Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935.
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Public Employees, Unions, and the Erosion of Civic Trust
Randolph H. & Heldman, Dan C. Boehm
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Public Employees, Unions, and the Erosion of Civic Trust
Randolph H. Boehm , and Dan C. Heldman
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Public Employees, Unions, and the Erosion of Civic Trust: A Study of San Francisco in the 1970's
Randolph H. Boehm , and Danc Heldman
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Public Employees, Unions, and the Erosion of Civic Trust.
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