Blogs Posts in Relationships category; 39 blog posts

Relationship Between US, Northeast Asia

The Beijing Olympics is several weeks away. The dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over rocky islets has flared once again. Candlelights had been burning for months on the streets of Seoul. The Northeast Asian region is a compelling picture of [...]

Posted On : Aug, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Dramatic tale of love, betrayal

Title: Trouble Tree Author: John Hill Porter Publisher: Macmillan Caribbean Reviewer: Barbara Nelson 'Trouble tree don' bear no blossom', Grandma Dora (Eudora Glenville) an old Bajan redleg woman, tells her young grandson, Ben Cumberba [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Lover Enshrined

As Primale of the Chosen, the fiercely loyal Phury has sacrificed himself for the good of his race. But his first mate, the Chosen Cormia, wants not only his body but his heart for herself. As tragedy looms over the Brotherhoodâ€ [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

James Frey's 'Bright Shiny Morning': the reaction

Does it surprise anybody that James Frey's novel "Bright Shiny Morning" is attracting so much attention? Even though this book has nothing to do with the scandal around "A Million Little Pieces," and even though there i [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Book gives women scoop on how men think in business

What Men Don’t Tell Women about Business: Opening up the Heavily Guarded Alpha Male Playbook (John Wiley & Sons) would appear to be another eye-rolling self-help business book that tries to teach women how to understand men in bus [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Where are the good parenting books for fathers?

A friend of mine e-mailed me recently and said her brother is going to become a father soon, and could I recommend any good books on parenting for fathers? Now, when I was pregnant I remember my husband looking for the same thing, and even [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion

From one of America's iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage --- and a life, in good times and bad --- that will speak t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

LOVE AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE PURSUITS by Ayelet Waldman

From the moment Emilia Greenleaf, a brand-new associate at a high-powered New York City law firm, first set eyes on Jack Woolf, she knew he was her bashert --- her soulmate. Never mind that Jack was married with a small son; Emilia knew tha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle By Haruki Murakami

Having quit his job, Toru Okada is enjoying a pleasant stint as a "house husband", listening to music and arranging the dry cleaning and doing the cooking — until his cat goes missing, his wife becomes distant and begins act [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Plot Summary of The Last Mermaid

Bantam, Jun 2004 ISBN: 0553584979 In 531 on the island Kelmere of the Kingdom of Isles, Picts ambush the royal party as they near their keep. Prince Aedan, heir to the High King throne, is stabbed trying to save his younger sister. When A [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Title: The Relationship Problem Solver for Love, Marriage, a...

Wow. Finally someone has written a relationship book that even a MAN can love. This book is chock full of practical solutions to the most intricate problems in everyoneÆs relationships. I suppose if I had owned this book years ago, I& [...]