by Darrell Roberts ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2013
Relatively sound advice for the lovelorn, energetically and economically packaged.
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Pithy analogies punctuate this largely sober self-improvement missive that aims to help men and women in the dating world.
How do you find Mr./Ms. Right? What is true love? Why do we keep falling for the wrong people? Tomes tackle these thorny questions, but in his debut work that addresses those issues, as well as many others, Roberts prefers a more rapid-fire approach. The result is a fast-paced foray into the human heart that never really slows until the last conundrum is dressed down and squared away. Roberts doesn’t have a wall of degrees to support his observations, but what he does have is a kind of pointed earnestness, perhaps born out of his military background and religious upbringing. That training, along with experience filled with life lessons learned, has allowed him to parachute deep behind Cupid’s lines. “Half-stepping is for half-steppers, lovers should prefer stomping the yard,” he says. That type of heavy language is consistent throughout, only pausing now and then for some biblically inspired advice that actually comes off a lot less dogmatic than one might expect. Roberts does succumb to a few bothersome double standards, however. Many women will no doubt feel that the author puts too much of the onus for a successful relationship on their shoulders. But even here, he manages to skirt away relatively unscathed, largely by acknowledging from the outset the inequity he perceives. For as much time as he spends on interpersonal communication, he devotes an almost equal amount of time to focusing on the individual psyche and how past hurts can impact future opportunities. Love hurts, as the song goes, but you write the lyrics.
Relatively sound advice for the lovelorn, energetically and economically packaged.Pub Date: June 12, 2013
ISBN: 978-0989215800
Page Count: 204
Publisher: Full Spectrum Industries Publishing
Review Posted Online: Aug. 30, 2013
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 15, 2013
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
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by William Strunk & E.B. White ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 15, 1972
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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