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Photography Books

January 13, 2010 books January 13, 2010

A few of my friends on Facebook have asked what books I’m reading to learn how to use my new camera. The “Understanding Exposure” book was recommended by many photographers. The Dummies series was my idea – I love the Dummies series and have already learned SO much and I’m on chapter 3 of ONE of those books ! The Photoshop Elements 8 book was recommended by my BFF who is a photographer. I’ll also write back and let you know what I think of them after reading them if I don’t like any of them but SO FAR they all look GREAT! I’ll be taking these with me and reading them on the beach soon! My tote bag (as shown in another post today) ...

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Class Action North Country

January 9, 2010 books January 9, 2010

Yeah yeah, I’m supposed to be working on my Masters Paper today but I’m writing it on hostile work environment sexual harassment cases and I pulled out the book “Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law” and thought I’d be sure to let you all know what a GREAT read it is! Above is the movie poster from the movie that was written based on the same book. I, personally, liked the book better, but then I always do (except for The Notebook…sorry Nicholas Sparks). The book was assigned reading in one of my Political Science classes….still love ya Prof. Sterett!! I couldn’t put the book down. The book is a quick read and it’s SO ...

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Eating Well Magazine

December 21, 2009 books December 21, 2009

I am SO impressed with this magazine and the recipes in it! I can’t wait til I’m done w/ comp prep and I can experiment with fun, healthy recipes! There are tons of recipes available online also without a subscription, though of course I recommend the subscription! There are beautiful photos of the recipes. They offer great recipes that are normal food and baking but instead of butter or flour they’ll sweeten with applesauce and use canola oil instead of butter. It’s great! They have menus on their site also…. http://www.eatingwell.com/

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Robin McGraw: Inside my heart (Choosing to live with passion and purpose)

November 22, 2009 books November 22, 2009

I got tired of typing and didn’t finish all of the great quotes from her book so please go get it!!! I really enjoyed Robin’s book and I think many of you will too. I try to find something to learn in every moment in my life and certain people have a lot to offer, especially people who have been through different phases in life ahead of me. Robin shares advice and personal experience about being a wife and mother. She shares what worked for her and I found a lot to learn from her experiences. She is a more old-fashioned wife than we are used to seeing and hearing from today. Many modern women, I believe, are afraid to care for their husbands. I ...

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Uncovered

August 7, 2009 books August 7, 2009

I saw the author, Jordan Matter, on the news the other day promoting the release of his new book, “Uncovered” and the part of his interview that caught my attention was not that he was photographing naked, topless women in public, but rather what he was saying about how the women felt about their bodies.Jordan Matter is a photographer and usually photographs models, who, as he said, are supposed to be the epitome of beauty in our society, right? We all, meaning women, look at these women and aspire to be like them? Or at least at some point in our lives we have done this. And, he said that it made an impact on him that these women, the epitome of beauty …

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Body For Life

June 7, 2009 books June 7, 2009

I know I have posted on BFL before but I am re-reading it again this time for my BFL Fitness Challenge that I’m doing for the wives in our squadron!!! As I was re-reading it last night, I realized that I didn’t do a great Book Review or “Cliffs Notes” post (as my BFF calls my book posts) so I thought I would b/c there are some GREAT “cliffs notes” pages in his book that give an idea of what you’ll get if you buy this book. I plan to get used copies for each girl who participates in the BFL Challenge…they’re as low as $4 online at Amazon.com!!! You can’t beat that!Life I said before about BFL, it has all you …