Vicki's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 11 Dec 2017 07:45:15 -0800 60 Vicki's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Mud Pies and Silver Spoons: A Cookbook]]> 798504 338 Erma Bombeck 0961416904 Vicki 0 to-read 4.91 1985 Mud Pies and Silver Spoons: A Cookbook
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.91
book published: 1985
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Timeless Erma 2000 Calendar 4860182 0 Erma Bombeck 0836203917 Vicki 0 to-read 4.64 1999 Timeless Erma 2000 Calendar
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.64
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Eat Less Cottage Cheese And More Ice Cream Thoughts On Life From Erma Bombeck]]> 432287 48 Erma Bombeck 0740721275 Vicki 0 to-read 4.20 2003 Eat Less Cottage Cheese And More Ice Cream Thoughts On Life From Erma Bombeck
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2003
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Erma Bombeck 11798216 0 Erma Bombeck 0449281086 Vicki 0 to-read 4.38 1984 Erma Bombeck
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1984
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> When God Created Mothers 432284 48 Erma Bombeck 0740751085 Vicki 0 to-read 4.36 2005 When God Created Mothers
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise (Children Surviving Cancer)]]> 432291 192 Erma Bombeck 0061099058 Vicki 0 to-read 4.18 1989 I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise (Children Surviving Cancer)
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1989
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Erma Bombeck: Giant Economy Size]]> 569038 535 Erma Bombeck 0385183941 Vicki 0 to-read 4.43 1965 Erma Bombeck: Giant Economy Size
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1965
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression]]> 432292 192 Erma Bombeck 0345467590 Vicki 0 to-read 4.09 1970 I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1970
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned In Loehmann's Dressing Room]]> 569035 Erma Bombeck 0061092738 Vicki 0 to-read 4.04 1995 All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned In Loehmann's Dressing Room
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1995
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Marriage Made in Heaven: Or Too Tired for an Affair]]> 432285 Erma Bombeck 0061092029 Vicki 0 to-read 4.04 1993 A Marriage Made in Heaven: Or Too Tired for an Affair
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1993
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!]]> 808420 CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Remember the things Mother used to say? Erma Bombeck remembers them all and now she's using them on her own kids! With clever illustrations by Bil Keane, these really funny, too-true observations on family and kids and why it shouldn't work but does, is a wonderful antitdote to the daily problems and crises that every family faces. With Erma Bombeck in your corner, laughter is the best coach you can have....]]> 176 Erma Bombeck 0449208346 Vicki 0 to-read 4.18 1971 Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1971
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> At Wit's End 996552 THE BOSTON GLOBE

Madcap, bittersweet humor in classic Erma Bombeck-style. You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet, he's treading water. What do you mean you're a participle in the school play and you need a costume? Those rotten kids. If only they'd let me wake up in my own way. Why do they have to line up along my bed and stare at me like Moby Dick just washed up onto a beach somewhere?"]]> 224 Erma Bombeck 0449211843 Vicki 0 to-read 4.16 1965 At Wit's End
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1965
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Family - The Ties That Bind...And Gag!]]> 569033 267 Erma Bombeck 0449215296 Vicki 0 to-read 4.07 1987 Family - The Ties That Bind...And Gag!
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1987
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession]]> 569043 177 Erma Bombeck 9990516367 Vicki 0 to-read 4.03 1983 Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1983
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home]]> 432290 0 Erma Bombeck 0517105284 Vicki 0 to-read 4.08 1991 When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1991
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank]]> 432288 256 Erma Bombeck 0345471725 Vicki 0 to-read 4.06 1976 The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1976
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?]]> 432283
Ever since she was a child, Erma Bombeck has been an expert worrier, and married life has only honed that skill. She gets anxious about running out of ball bearings; about snakes sneaking in through the pipes; about making meaningful conversation on New Year’s Eve. Married life, she realizes, is an unpredictable saga even when you know exactly how loud your husband snores every night—and she wouldn’t have it any other way. In this crisp collection of essays, Bombeck shows off the irresistible style that made her one of America’s favorite humorists for more than three decades. When she sharpens her wit, no family member is sacred and no self-help fad is safe.]]> 224 Erma Bombeck 0449208397 Vicki 0 to-read 4.04 1971 If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1971
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How To Get From Monday to Friday... in 12 Days]]> 996551 224 Erma Bombeck 0449209377 Vicki 0 to-read 4.13 1979 Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How To Get From Monday to Friday... in 12 Days
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1979
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing from America's Favorite Humorist]]> 235068 Forever, Erma gives readers around the world a classic way to hold on to this most gifted writer and her cherished columns.

In the pages of this book readers can delight again in their favorite selections. Here is Erma's first column, "Children Cornering the Coin Market," which ran in January 1965, as well as her last one, "Let's Face It," from April 1996. I88 other columns are also collected here, on her favorite subjects, organized by topic.

]]> 288 Erma Bombeck 1567313655 Vicki 0 to-read 4.25 1996 Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing from America's Favorite Humorist
author: Erma Bombeck
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1996
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Wind in the Willows 29224925 158 Kenneth Grahame Vicki 0 to-read 3.33 1908 The Wind in the Willows
author: Kenneth Grahame
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.33
book published: 1908
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Importance Of Being Earnest]]> 7164067
Set in England during the late Victorian era, its primary source of humour is based upon the main character Jack's fictitious younger brother Ernest.

Wilde's plays had reached a pinnacle of success, and anything new from the playwright was eagerly awaited. The press were always hungry for details and would pursue stories about new plots and characters with a vengeance. To combat this Wilde gave the play a working title, Lady Lancing. The use of seaside town names for leading characters, or the locations of their inception, can be recognised in all four of Wilde's society plays (Jack's surname, Worthing, is itself taken from the town where Wilde was staying when he wrote the play). (Quote from wikipedia.org)

About the Author

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labour after being convicted of the offence of "gross indecency."

Oscar Wilde was the second son born into an Anglo-Irish family, at 21 Westland Row, Dublin, to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane Francesca Elgee (her pseudonym being Speranza). Jane was a successful writer, being a poet for the revolution]]> 110 Oscar Wilde 1606800078 Vicki 0 to-read 4.05 1895 The Importance Of Being Earnest
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1895
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Siddhartha 29613965 All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book.

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.� � Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Siddhartha is an inspirational novel about a young man who seeks wisdom, peace and understanding.

]]> 102 Hermann Hesse 1681958961 Vicki 0 to-read 4.10 1922 Siddhartha
author: Hermann Hesse
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1922
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Great Expectations 21177798 415 Richard Parsons 1847624839 Vicki 0 to-read 3.79 1861 Great Expectations
author: Richard Parsons
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1861
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Les Misérables 28416784 Free Audiobook
Illustrations included
Unabridged

Les Misérables (pronounced /leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb/ or /leɪ ˈmɪzəˌrɑːb/; French pronunciation: ​[le mizeʁabl(ə)]) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including The Miserables, The Wretched, The Miserable Ones, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims and The Dispossessed. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. Examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of France, the architecture and urban design of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, antimonarchism, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love. Les Misérables has been popularized through numerous adaptations for the stage, television, and film, including a musical and a film adaptation of that musical. The appearance of the novel was highly anticipated and advertised. Critical reactions were diverse, but most of them were negative. Commercially, the work was a great success globally.]]> 466 Victor Hugo Vicki 0 to-read 3.64 1862 Les Misérables
author: Victor Hugo
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1862
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> A Tale of Two Cities 30985793 324 Charles Dickens Vicki 0 to-read 3.63 1859 A Tale of Two Cities
author: Charles Dickens
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1859
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Sense and Sensibility 29859618 All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book.

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!� � Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen’s novel, Sense and Sensibility, is the story of two sisters trying to find happiness when society dictates the rules of love.

]]> 738 Jane Austen 1681959747 Vicki 0 to-read 3.78 1811 Sense and Sensibility
author: Jane Austen
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1811
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Huckleberry Finn 20448918 270 Mark Twain Vicki 0 to-read 3.83 1884 Huckleberry Finn
author: Mark Twain
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1884
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Wuthering Heights 35059822
Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres (as an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather). The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.This is a great romantic novel.]]> 148 Emily Brontë 8826082855 Vicki 0 to-read 3.65 1847 Wuthering Heights
author: Emily Brontë
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1847
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Chat Room 36227672

I was taken through a love affair of two people who met online. Within a matter of days they were married. What should have been a happy union turned into a dysfunctional setting and the truth of an unlawful marriage bubbled to the surface. The woman had a sordid past and soon it caused turmoil in the room. She had bouts of rage caused by jealousy and eventually we saw the words we never wished to see from a couple in this position; she was pregnant. But there is more to the story.


As a group of friends, we lost one to cancer along the way. Our dear Annie departed after a surgical procedure to rid her body of one of the worst killers known to man. Seconds after she passed away, her husband had a heart attack and crumpled to the floor by his wife's bed. But, there is more to the story.


From deaths of loved ones to being dubbed the mafia, The Chat Room runs the gamut of emotional turmoil, all through words on a screen.]]> Vicki Perry 1370466706 Vicki 5 to-read 4.80 The Chat Room
author: Vicki Perry
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.80
book published:
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World]]> 29496453 Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.

The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet.

From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: their own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal. Now that they are both in their eighties, they especially want to spread the core message that to have joy yourself, you must bring joy to others.

Most of all, during that landmark week in Dharamsala, they demonstrated by their own exuberance, compassion, and humor how joy can be transformed from a fleeting emotion into an enduring way of life.]]> 354 Dalai Lama XIV 0399185046 Vicki 0 to-read 4.37 2016 The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
author: Dalai Lama XIV
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny]]> 43877 Wisdom to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Peace.

This inspiring tale provides a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance, and joy. A wonderfully crafted fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he discovers powerful, wise, and practical lessons that teach us to:

Develop Joyful Thoughts, Follow Our Life's Mission and Calling, Cultivate Self-Discipline and Act Courageously, Value Time as Our Most Important Commodity, Nourish Our Relationships, and Live Fully, One Day at a Time.]]> 208 Robin Sharma 0062515675 Vicki 0 to-read 3.88 1996 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
author: Robin Sharma
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1996
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life]]> 261069 208 Dalai Lama XIV 0316989797 Vicki 0 to-read 4.16 2001 An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
author: Dalai Lama XIV
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2001
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires]]> 244383 314 Esther Hicks 1401904599 Vicki 0 to-read 4.19 2004 Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
author: Esther Hicks
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2004
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World]]> 7579
The radical and compelling message of Buddhism tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, love, and power of the Buddha within; yet most of us are too often like sleeping Buddhas. In Awakening the Buddha Within, Surya Das shows how we can awaken to who we really are in order to lead a more compassionate, enlightened, and balanced life.It illuminates the guidelines and key principles embodied in the noble Eight-Fold Path and the traditional Three Enlightenment Trainings common to all schools of Buddhism:

Wisdom Training: Developing clear vision, insight, and inner understanding—seeing reality and ourselves as we really are.

Ethics Training: Cultivating virtue, self-discipline, and compassion in what we say and do.

Meditation Training: Practicing mindfulness, concentration, and awareness of the present moment.

With lively stories, meditations, and spiritual practices, Awakening the Buddha Within is an invaluable text for the novice and experienced student of Buddhism alike.]]> 414 Surya Das 0767901576 Vicki 0 to-read 4.19 1997 Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
author: Surya Das
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1997
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Autobiography of a Yogi 639864
Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. The author clearly explains the subtle but definite laws behind both the ordinary events of everyday life and the extraordinary events commonly termed miracles. His absorbing life story thus becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence.

Considered a modern spiritual classic, the book has been translated into more than twenty languages and is widely used as a text and reference work in colleges and universities. A perennial bestseller since it was first published sixty years ago, Autobiography of a Yogi has found its way into the hearts of millions of readers around the world.]]> 503 Paramahansa Yogananda 0876120834 Vicki 0 to-read 4.22 1946 Autobiography of a Yogi
author: Paramahansa Yogananda
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1946
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams]]> 773038
Filled with timeless wisdom and practical steps you can apply right away, this pocketbook edition of Chopra’s classic bestselling book makes it easy for you to read and refer to again and again. Carry it with you in your purse or your pocket, and in less than one hour, learn the seven powerful principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life.]]> 115 Deepak Chopra 1878424114 Vicki 0 to-read 4.16 1994 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
author: Deepak Chopra
name: Vicki
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Jonathan Livingston Seagull 71728
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is no ordinary bird. He believes it is every gull's right to fly, to reach the ultimate freedom of challenge and discovery, finding his greatest reward in teaching younger gulls the joy of flight and the power of dreams. The special 20th anniversary release of this spiritual classic!]]> 112 Richard Bach 0743278909 Vicki 0 to-read 3.87 1970 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
author: Richard Bach
name: Vicki
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1970
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/12/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>