Seneca books (36 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In her plucky new memoir, award-winning journalist Susan Orlins embraces her hang ups and faces life's imperfections with wit and grit. While her friends smoke marijuana or drink to get high, Orlins becomes intoxicated by therapy visits. Eavesdrop on her confessions as she goes through psychiatrists the same way she goes through boyfriends. Orlins takes readers on a rocky but riotous journey from her starter marriage during college to her second marriage in 1979, after which she moves to Beijing. Her years in Beijing and her effort to adopt a baby there provide a fascinating portrait of an era in which eating bitterness was a way of life for Chinese people. She worries: Will I locate a child? Will I convince the Communist government to go along with a foreign adoption? In the chapter 'I May Have Ruined the Marriage, But You're Ruining the Divorce, Orlins explores her separation with wry, wrenching self-awareness. She rebounds with a divorce party and then vibrantly portrays a cast of Mr. Wrongs, like one who--whenever he feels blue--swallows a pinch of his father's ashes. During a solo bicycle trip in Paris, Orlins tracks down a boyfriend from 42 years earlier. No one could have anticipated the crisis that occurs an hour into their reunion. With her knack for stumbling into drama, it's no wonder she worries. As Orlins ages, she misses her younger self and pictures paying her a visit. This imaginary encounter changes Orlins forever. Readers of all ages will relate to this deeply personal story, told with comical sensibility by a quirky, startlingly honest mother, daughter, ex-wife, and dog lover, who-- la Nora Ephron--will feel like a dear friend. Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Lovers, Mothers, and Others will stay with you long after you finish reading it.ReviewsA first-rate personal essayist, Susan Orlins delivers the goods time and again. Underneath her self-mocking voice, her abundant humor, her brio, there is the serious candor of a moralist who worries the problems that won't go away.-PHILLIP LOPATE, author and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay Susan Orlins is America's funniest neurotic since Woody Allen. Just be careful you don't crack a rib reading Confessions of a Worrywart.-PATRICIA VOLK, author of Stuffed Susan Orlins combines the practical with the comical. A multi-tasking mom, she knows how to show and hide her feelings simultaneously. When you have the time (the kids are out of the house and your mom is in a home), read this book You will identify and laugh.-SYBIL SAGE, writer for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Growing Pains, Magnum P.I., Northern Exposure Toxic chemicals. Tomatoes. Getting the bed by the window in her future nursing home. What's NOT to worry about? Just ask Susan Orlins, America's funniest worrywart-not because you want to wring your hands, but because you want to laugh out loud. Her offbeat take on all challenges, great and small, is a delight.- DIANE MACEACHERN, Author of Big Green Purse.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In her plucky new memoir, award-winning journalist Susan Orlins embraces her hang ups and faces life's imperfections with wit and grit. While her friends smoke marijuana or drink to get high, Orlins becomes intoxicated by therapy visits. Eavesdrop on her confessions as she goes through psychiatrists the same way she goes through boyfriends. Orlins takes readers on a rocky but riotous journey from her starter marriage during college to her second marriage in 1979, after which she moves to Beijing. Her years in Beijing and her effort to adopt a baby there provide a fascinating portrait of an era in which eating bitterness was a way of life for Chinese people. She worries: Will I locate a child? Will I convince the Communist government to go along with a foreign adoption? In the chapter 'I May Have Ruined the Marriage, But You're Ruining the Divorce, Orlins explores her separation with wry, wrenching self-awareness. She rebounds with a divorce party and then vibrantly portrays a cast of Mr. Wrongs, like one who--whenever he feels blue--swallows a pinch of his father's ashes. During a solo bicycle trip in Paris, Orlins tracks down a boyfriend from 42 years earlier. No one could have anticipated the crisis that occurs an hour into their reunion. With her knack for stumbling into drama, it's no wonder she worries. As Orlins ages, she misses her younger self and pictures paying her a visit. This imaginary encounter changes Orlins forever. Readers of all ages will relate to this deeply personal story, told with comical sensibility by a quirky, startlingly honest mother, daughter, ex-wife, and dog lover, who-- la Nora Ephron--will feel like a dear friend. Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Lovers, Mothers, and Others will stay with you long after you finish reading it.ReviewsA first-rate personal essayist, Susan Orlins delivers the goods time and again. Underneath her self-mocking voice, her abundant humor, her brio, there is the serious candor of a moralist who worries the problems that won't go away.-PHILLIP LOPATE, author and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay Susan Orlins is America's funniest neurotic since Woody Allen. Just be careful you don't crack a rib reading Confessions of a Worrywart.-PATRICIA VOLK, author of Stuffed Susan Orlins combines the practical with the comical. A multi-tasking mom, she knows how to show and hide her feelings simultaneously. When you have the time (the kids are out of the house and your mom is in a home), read this book You will identify and laugh.-SYBIL SAGE, writer for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Growing Pains, Magnum P.I., Northern Exposure Toxic chemicals. Tomatoes. Getting the bed by the window in her future nursing home. What's NOT to worry about? Just ask Susan Orlins, America's funniest worrywart-not because you want to wring your hands, but because you want to laugh out loud. Her offbeat take on all challenges, great and small, is a delight.- DIANE MACEACHERN, Author of Big Green Purse.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Edited by Geoffrey Babbitt and David Weiss. FIVE PLOTS is a debut essay collection by Erica Trabold, winner of the inaugural Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize, selected by John D'Agata. FIVE PLOTS delves into notions of how we are shaped by the land every bit as much as we shape it. This is a book that eschews easy ways of understanding and experiencing the world by investigating place as a malleable psychological and phenomenological force.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. A very nice, library withdrawal with the back page (a blank) slightly ripped in the protective, plastic covers.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. PRESENTABLE LARGE PRINT! library withdrawal hard covered edition with the front cover having a slight forward lean. Slight scuff to the covers and page edge. USEFUL.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Useful large print edition. Just a bit of shelf wear to the covers. Slight tanning to the pages. A bit of corner wear to the covers. Text flows clearly. Large print.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. RELIABLE LARGE PRINT library withdrawal in the sturdy covers. Stamped at the page edge with a card pocket page on the inside. Shelf wear and a bit of scuff to the reinforced covers. The text flows clearly. This edition is PRESENTABLE.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Reliable LARGE PRINT! Withdrawn from the library in the hard cover. Some glue marks are showing on the inside covers. These are from the plastic protective cover applied by the library. Some shelf wear and scuff to the covers and the page edge. Useful, large print text. Enjoy this presentable edition. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. RELIABLE LARGE PRINT library withdrawal in the sturdy covers. The front cover has a slight forward lean. Stamped at the page edge with a card pocket page on the inside. Shelf wear and a bit of scuff to the reinforced covers. The text flows clearly. This edition is PRESENTABLE.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. LARGE PRINT library withdrawal in the plastic protective cover. Some glue remainder marks from the plastic. Clean text and page edge. Book continues to be useful and presentable.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Library withdrawal in the protective, plastic covers. LARGE PRINT. Last page still has the card pocket pasted inside. Some light dust and soil to the page edge, but in general, pages are clean and good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Very clean library withdrawal in LARGE PRINT in the plastic, protective covers with the last blank page clipped by the library. PRESENTABLE.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Acceptable library withdrawal in the reinforced covers. LARGE PRINT stamped discard in a few places.some scuff mark to the page edge. Still VERY USEFUL.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Not perfect but pretty good! Withdrawal from the library sturdy shape. Large print. Some scuff to the page edge. Some glue marks on the inside plastic protective covers. The covers are slightly misshapen. Fine large print edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Reliable library withdrawal copy in the plastic, protective covers. Nice.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. LARGE PRINT. PRESENTABLE and CLEAN hardcovered book in a full dust jacket preserved in a plastic, protective cover. This edition looks attractive and USEFUL.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. LARGE PRINT library withdrawal in the plastic protective cover. Some glue remainder marks from the plastic. Clean text and page edge. Book continues to be useful and presentable.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Clean yes, from the library. Binding is coming off the volume but not enough to interrupt your pleasure.

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page. Slightly dampstained. (Canoeing, Maryland, Delaware).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: New. The item is brand new, never used or read. It's in perfect condition and may include supplements and/or access codes or come shrink-wrapped.

paperback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. 180 clean, unmarked, tight pages; light soiling on outer edges of textblock; very light shelf and corner wear on cover.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Seneca Books, 2005. 4th edition. Softcover. Limited edition. Clean pages, creased cover. A nice copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Large print edition. 426pp. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. Lightly bumped spine ends. Cocked. Free endpaper missing, soiling to front paste down, lender's stamps on copyright page; initials' on rear endpaper. Signs of use on outer text block edge. Internally clean, neat, bright and tight. 8vo.…