A goodman is hard to find but with The Spotter's Guide to the MaleSpecies, your chances of recognizing one are greatly improved. It'sfull of valuable information about men and their appearances,habitats, mating styles, behavior patterns, and feeding habits.("Who in their right mind, other than a lazy man, peels a foil lidoff a plastic cup, pours boiling water inside, waits two minutesfor the dust to grow into lumps, and then eats it, and actuallyenjoys it?") Packaged in a slim, old-fashioned hardcoverwith more than 50 full-color photographs and written in a charmingBritish voice for an extra air of erudition The Spotter's Guidewill help you pinpoint a man's best and worst traits withinminutes. Boy-watching will never be the sameagain!
The Ultimate Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Dorm Dorm life offers you a great chance to meet new people and trynew things. But leaving the comforts of home for the first time toenter the roommate-having, small-room-sharing,possibly-coed-bathroom-using world of the dorms can be overwhelmingand intimidating. The College Dorm Survival Guide offers expert advice and theinside scoop on: ? Choosing the right residence hall for you ? Getting along with your roommate (and handling conflict) ? Bathroom, laundry, and dining hall survival ? Dealing with stress, depression, and safety issues From avoiding the dreaded Freshman 15 to decorating your space,this informative and funny guide gives experts' advice oneverything you need to know to enjoy dorm living to thefullest.
“Tell anyone who asks that you’re half-black and half-white,just like David Hasselhoff from Knight Rider.”–Angela’smother “Love has no color,” insist Angela Nissel’s parents, but does ithave a clue? In this candid, funny, and poignant memoir, Angelarecounts growing up biracial in Philadelphia–moving back and forthbetween black inner-city schools and white prep schools–where herracial ambiguity and doomed attempts to blend in dog her teenyears. Once in college, Angela experiments with black activism(hoping to find clarity in extremism), capitalizes on her “exotic”look at a strip club, and ends up with a major case of the blues(aka, a racial identity problem). Yet Angela is never down for thecount. After moving to Los Angeles, she discovers that beingmultiracial is anything but simple, especially in terms of datingand romance. By turns a comedy of errors and a moving coming-of-age chronicle,Mixed traces one woman’s unforgettable journey to self-acceptanceand belonging.
Michael Massing describes the American press coverage of thewar in Iraq as "the unseen war," an ironic reference given thenumber of reporters in Iraq and in Doha, Qatar, the location of theCoalition Media Center with its $250,000 stage set. He argues thata combination of self-censorship, lack of real information given bythe military at briefings, boosterism, and a small number ofreporters familiar with Iraq and fluent in Arabic deprived theAmerican public of reliable information while the war was goingon. Massing also is highly critical of American press coverage of theBush administration's case for war prior to the invasion ofIraq: US journalists were far too reliant on sources sympathetic to theadministration. Those with dissenting views--and there were morethan a few--were shut out. Reflecting this, the coverage was highlydeferential to the White House. This was especially apparent on theissue of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction .... Despite abundantevidence of the administration's bra