Once upon a time there was a great king who was very ill. He sent his three sons to find some water from a magic fountain which would cure his illness. The first two sons failed but the youngest son succeeded. Find out how the youngest son had to overcome many obstacles to find true happiness.
Dating Big Bird by L Zigman This friendly, enthusiastic audiobook will appeal to anyone who has ever felt the pressures of a "biological clock." Hicks introduces the listener to Ellen, a single, successful career woman who believes that happiness can be found shopping at BabyGap and reading Madeline for the tenth time. Alas, many obstacles stand in the narrator's way. Witnessing the journey through, over, and around these obstacles is made entertaining by Hicks's account of Ellen's friends. The only drawback is the nasal lisp affected for the voice of Ellen's niece, "The Pickle." The book is best when it avoids over- emphasized sentimentality and simply shares a good story.
Over his twenty-plus year tenure in Hollywood, Spike Lee has produced a number of controversial films that unapologetically confront sensitive social issues, particularly those of race relations and discrimination. Through his honest portrayals of life's social obstacles, he challenges the public to reflect on the world's problems and divisions.
The Psychology of Women at Work: Challenges and Solutions for Our Female Workforce. Volume 2: Obstacles and the Identity Juggle
The book examines the benefits and costs of our increasing female workforce, to women, their families and society. Volume 2: Obstacles and the Identity Juggle, offers reviews on the double standard for women in the workplace; sexual harassment; women and leadership; the glass ceiling; pay inequalities; incivility toward women in the workplace; women in the sciences, technology, engineering, and math; and the economics of women in the workplace.
Added by: badaboom | Karma: 5364.29 | Fiction literature | 26 September 2010
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Here is the highly anticipated second installment of Philip Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy, begun with the critically acclaimed The Golden Compass. Lyra and Will, her newfound friend, tumble separately into the strange tropical otherworld of Cittàgazze, "the city of magpies," where adults are curiously absent and children run wild. Here their lives become inextricably entwined when Lyra's alethiometer gives her a simple command: find Will's father.
