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SET YOUR GOALS HIGH...THEN EXCEED THEM!
Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and -- most important of all -- find greater happiness and peace of mind.
The Magic of Thinking Big gives you useful methods, not empty promises. Dr. Schwartz presents a carefully designed program for getting the most out of your job, your marriage and family life, and your community. He proves that you don't need to be an intellectual or have innate talent to attain great success and satisfaction -- but you do need to learn and understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there. This book gives you those secrets!
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Believe you can succeed and you will
- Cure yourself of the fear of failure
- Think and dream creatively
- You are what you think you are
- Make your attitudes your allies
- Learn how to think positively
- Turn defeat into victory
- Use goals to help you grow
- Think like a leader
Customer Reviews:
One of my favorite books........2007-10-18
When I ordered this book, I was hoping it would be an interesting read.
When I read the book, I was really overwhelmed. I have read the book 2 times so far. I highlighted it throughout. It is one of the finest books I have ever read for self-improvement. I am recommending the book to friends. I am a retired medical doctor.
Upbeat ode to confidence and a positive attitude.......2007-10-09
David J. Schwartz wrote this book nearly 50 years ago, but its principles are as fresh as the latest positive thinking seminar. Attitude, says the author, determines whether people embrace opportunities in life, and how they handle difficulties and challenges. He teaches that professional and personal success is rooted in self-confidence, conviction and optimism. Schwartz's advice and recommendations hold up, though you may wonder what planet you're on when he refers to $65 weekly salaries and $1,200 down payments on homes. Life obviously has changed dramatically in the past half-century and, considering the vast number of self-help books on the market, Schwartz's ideas hardly seem revolutionary, though they may have been at the time. We believe this classic retains its valuable foundation: A basic, useable approach to pursuing a happy, purposeful life.
Think BIG is BIG.......2007-09-20
Highly reccommended! Not just for the aspiring business person..this book is for everyone. This is the secret before there was "The Secret". A must read, insightful for everyone who wants to have a better life.
Great Stuff/ Timeless Priciples.......2007-09-06
This is an all time classic. But if you buy this book you better not be looking for a contemporary book on cutting edge material. This is a classic like "How to Win Friends and Influence People", with solid moral and ethical principles of business and how to live your life.
I would say that this is a must read, except for the fact that you have to get past some pretty dated anecdotes and the fact that the writer does not reference who these anecdotes are about. I can't imagine a contemporary writer getting away with what was polite and respectful writing in 1959 & 1965 when Schwartz uses anonymous examples to make his point. If a writer does that today they would seem to be writing fiction.
I may have offended some and I apologize. This is a great book and I don't mean to take away from the very sound principles in it. My only warning is that it was originally written in 1959 and that doesn't make it any less than excellent.
Great book.......2007-09-06
A must read book for everyone. There are so many things a person can learn from this book.
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Playing Loteria / El juego de la loteria
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fae, great scource book.......2007-08-07
This book had me hooked on the fae and learning as much as i could about them.its a fantastic read, with awesome artwork and a graphical breakdown thats very easy to read through. it gives you a break down of two different kinds of fae, the mountain folk and the fae of the wylds. it has a font of information if your intrested in bringing any of the wyld ones into your game. the biggest downside to the book are the charms. they seem very vague and not a lot of information to assist in the imagination.the charms themselves leave you wondering what the hell they really do, but luckily, not all the charms are that way. some you can figure out pretty easily. Other then that, its a wonderfull source book that will leave you wanting to expand the game bounderies to the wyld itself.
Happy Shoppen..
Solid overall but a little complicated.......2005-01-31
Let me first say I was extremely excited to get my hands on this book. I have loved every bit of Exalted I have read and was anxious to see what was in store with "The Fair Folk".
Overall I am pleased and I think it can certainly bring a new level of play to anyone who purchases the book. However, as previous critics have stated, it is difficult to understand. Shaping is abstract, as are most things in the Wyld. But abstract notions are not easily given to rules. So any rules guiding shaping and the environment can be hard to wrap your head around.
Next is the fact that while they are masters of the Wyld, Creation is a tough place for Raksha. Not enough of their Charms or powers effect the "real world". Those that do can be seen through, as glamour is mere illusion. It becomes easy for higher essence and ability characters, villains, etc. to run over what power a Raksha does have. On the flip side of this notion is that if the Raksha are the bad guys in your campaign, your players will be challenged and will eventually outstrip their adversaries (which is after all, the point).
The primary concept behind any storyteller driven book has always been, take what you want, make up what you can and throw out what you don't care for. This book is no exception. All in all this is a solid book with great springboard material to get your game moving and villains fleshed-out. As to an all Raksha game, I think it is best left to mature players who have the patience to understand the abstract and are not looking for a "pick-up game". Just my opinion.
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Drawing on her many years as an analyst for the ETS (Educational Testing Service), which develops and administers these exams, educator Rebecca Zwick offers the first balanced overview of the many-headed debate about the usefulness and reliability of standardized tests. Amidst the hysteria, pressure, and fear that surrounds college admissions, Fair Game? demystifies the world of testing to present a commonsense view of the system, warning that eliminating the tests -- as recently proposed in California -- may not level the playing field for minorities.
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- A pure romance for animal lovers and hunters alike.
- Fair Game is a fair novel
- Sorry it had to end..........
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A pure romance for animal lovers and hunters alike........2007-09-27
Returning home to her Mississippi roots, Jana Cutrere has just finished vet school. She's hoping her grandfather will give her his land to start a wildlife refuge center. She's had a rough past and a seriously lacking pair of parents. She knows it isn't going to be easy fulfilling her dream with two small kids. But she believes God has called her to rescue animals.
We're on familiar ground when she runs into Grant, a handsome old flame who also wants the land, only he wants it to start a hunting lodge. The chemistry between them is still in tact after all these years. But they couldn't possibly be farther apart philosophically in their attitudes and beliefs about animals, the foundation for each of their aspirations. Jana is repulsed by Grant's head mounts and decoys, while he finds her squirrel and bird rehabilitations ridiculous.
Jana's children are led by their hearts to this kind hearted man, while Jana and Grant are each held back by their adult baggage. Jana learns Grandpa isn't planning to give her the land. He's already promised to sell it to Grant. So she begins her veterinary career working with Heath, who would like nothing better than to land Jana himself.
The story opens with a bang, as Jana drives to Mississippi, hitting a cow on the road. But things slow to a crawl in the middle as the two men compete for her. Nonetheless, this gives us a chance to see the day to day difficulties of a single mother trying to take care of her small children and the aging grandfather who raised her. We see her come to grips with her past, reconciling it with her future.
All the main characters are Christians, battling their weaknesses and struggling for higher ground. Heath is probably the least committed, as he only seems to be coming to church to sit with Jana. On a men's camping trip, Grant has an opportunity to share the Lord with Heath, knowing that if Heath does get serious about God, he could easily win Jana. He already resents Heath's place in Jana's life. Should he help Heath grow spiritually, even though doing so could bring Heath and Jana together?
White finishes by taking care of everyone, even the minor characters. Jana learns to tolerate, even understand the other side of things, and she opens her heart for her children's sake to her ex-mother-in-law, her community, and her grandfather. A pure romance for animal lovers and hunters alike.
--Reviewed by Carol Kurtz for TitleTrakk
Fair Game is a fair novel.......2007-05-22
Jana is moving back home to her Grandpa's place in Mississippi. She has just earned her doctorate in veterinary medicine and would like to open a wildlife rescue center. She wants to ask her Grandpa for the land he offered her when she was younger. The trouble is, she doesn't think she deserves it because her Grandfather offered her the land to keep her away from Richie Cutrere - a bribe that didn't work since Jana ran off with Richie as a teenager and is now returning home with his two children.
Grant Gonzalez never knew Jana had a crush on him in school, but her return to town has left him feeling a bit unsettled. He wants to buy her Grandpa's land to create a profitable hunting preserve. But he also wants Jana to be happy.
This is a nicely written, but rather ordinary, story. There's nothing really powerful about it.
Sorry it had to end.................2007-05-20
I was in such a huury to finish this book that I was sad to get to the end! I fell in love Jana and Grant......I eagerly anticipated how the two would resolve their conflict. I love it when a book makes me wish I knew the characters! It is also a joy to read a book that so honors Gods plan for our lives. Can't wait till the next one!!!
Great Read for a Lazy Afternoon.......2007-04-13
Elizabeth White's, Fair Game, is an entertaining journey between two people, who are new in their faith and in direct conflict over 1,000 acres of land.
A young widow, Jana Cutrere, returns home to make a new start for her family. After a bad marriage, the death of her husband, graduating from vet school, and raising two small children, Jana is ready to pursue her dream, opening a wildlife rescue center on a thousand acres owned by her grandfather. Things immediately happen on the day she arrives, starting with coming face-to-face with her high school crush, Grant Gonzales
Grant Gonzales has also returned home leaving the corporate world and a bad business partnership. His intentions - buy the land owned by Jana's grandfather and open a hunting reserve and he has the investor backing. But being with Jana and her children has him longing for other things.
Fair Game is an enjoyable read about Jana and Grant, two souls in direct conflict with their idea on how a thousand acres of land should be used. I found White's characters well developed and instantly recognizable and the reader will connect with each one. Her ability to work family values into the story is flawless. I found the book hard to put down. If you are looking for a good read on a lazy afternoon or standing in line at the store, I highly recommend Fair Game.
Great Title...Great Book.......2007-03-28
I just finished Fair Game and what a wonderful story filled with some interesting characters. The story centers around Jana and Grant. Both grew up together. Grant came from a stable, loving family while Jana grew up in a sad, disfunctional family. She became wild and married a wild school mate. Had two beautiful children. Now widowed she comes back home to pursue her dream of researching wildlife while caring for sick ones. She plans to ask her grandfather for some of his property to put this wildlife sactuary.
Enter Grant Gonzales. He has returned home after a bad business experience and has talked Jana grandfather into selling him the land for a hunting camp.
Sparks fly between these two. They have a strong attraction but are so different in their views concerning wildlife.
Their relationship becomes strained but because they are believers they try to handle it in a Godly way. Her children fall in love with Grant and he falls in love with them too.
The story is filled with zippy dialog, great characters and kept me turning page after page to find out how it all comes out. You feel like you know the families when you get done with the story.
I highly recommend this book if you like a light read with fun characters but a very real message. Great job Elizabeth!
Looking forward to "Off the Record".
Book Description
Youth sports aren't just about fun and games anymore. What should be a pleasurable experience is often marred by poor sportsmanship, trash talking, win-at-all-cost attitudes, and, in the worst cases, violence. But World Cup soccer champion and Olympic gold medalist
Brandi Chastain has a solution. In
It's Not About the Bra, Chastain draws on lessons learned in her phenomenal career and in her experience as a parent to illuminate "the beautiful game" and provide creative answers to the challenges that face young athletes and their parents.
Chastain emphasizes the importance of developing leadership skills, finding (and becoming) role models, and giving back to one's team and community. She offers a blueprint for kids and parents alike on how to play fair, win (and lose) with grace, and, above all, have a good time doing it.
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Pretty Good- emily-.......2007-05-29
I very much enjoyed this book because of the variety of advice you receive while reading it. It's very interesting to see an Olympian and World Cup winner's view on youth sports today. She raises some different points about how youth soccer is today which I hadn't thought of before. Another aspect of the book which I liked is how she included excerpts written by her teammates, families, and friends. These portions help to vary the book's contents and portray more people's views on soccer techniques. Since I'm a soccer player, I found the advice given on teamwork, sportmanship, technique, and finding a team to be very helpful. However, I believe that all athletes could benefit from the advice given in this book because many aspects of sports are similar and needed in all games. Lastly, I enjoyed hearing stories about her soccer career and life because these experiences provide insight about the game of soccer. I suggest that parents of athletes should read this book because it gives instructions on how to behave and be a good sport at children's games. Aditionally, coaches may benefit from the advice given about soccer in this book.
This is a GREAT book...from an inspiring athlete that knows and has been there........2007-01-14
Brandi Chastain did a wonderful job of informing people about what really goes on behind the scenes of an inspiring athlete. If you have never played soccer, there is no way you can disagree with what she has to say in this book. Brandi Chastain has been my favorite soccer player since i was 7 years old and I am now 16. She explains the difficulties of making it as a professional female athlete (in soccer especially). Soccer is not as monumental as it is in other countries but it is becoming a world wide infatuation. Because of the woman like Brandi Chastain, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Julie Foudy, Carla Overbeck, Joy Fawcett and many others. This is why "soccer mom" is officially becoming an american symbol. Of what the "91'ers" have set up as a way for female athletes to have a chance in history. People can say how much soccer will never be a big deal but rather they like it or not it is growing rapidly throughout the United States. I had the chance of meeting Brandi Chastain at a soccer convention as one of her skills demonstrators. She was the most inspirational person I have ever met. I can say that my entire team would be happy with just meeting her. But Brandi did not stop at that she scrimmaged with us and made our lives complete. If I had to meet anyone in the world it would be that woman. But I could have anything in the world it would have been to be able to have a team picture with her (all of us in our sports bra's) just to show that it's not about politics or rich people that think showing a bra in the heat of the moment while celebrating is a big deal. I would like to disagree, she had to "guts" to do so and I respect her for that. The woman is an amazing individual that will go down in history for being the one individual that steped up infront of millions of people and scored the winning goal. She should atleast deserve a celebration for all of her hard work.
It is about the Bra.......2005-02-28
The only person in the world who has been trying to make a big deal of Brandi Chastain's Bra is Brandi Chastain
Good! .......2005-02-04
I was impressed with the book. It was a good read - I read it in one night. There was good life advice in it - but what I probably liked more were the stories about things that had happened to Brandi or to her teammates and the other anecdotes. I also liked the pictures and wished there were more. The guest essays by Mia, Lily, Shannon Boxx etc. were great.
learning about the game and life.......2004-12-15
Its Not About the Bra: How to Play Hard, Play Fair and Put the Fun Back into Competitive Sports by Brandi Chastain.
If you want to learn how to deal with pain, struggle, heartache and how to love life or love a sport you play this is the book for you! Its Not About the Bra is an autobiography of Brandi Chastains Life. Brandi Chastain is a member of the Womens National Soccer Team and has been a member for over a decade. Shes won Gold medals; World Cups and still has the want to play the game she loves. Its Not About the Bra demonstrates why soccer and sports, in general, are good for both girls and boys to play sports because they are able to interact with others and it teaches them to be a better person, even though you may not think so. Soccer or any other sports, but soccer in this book, is a way to teach you life lessons and ways to help you through life tragedies. This book also taught you if for some reason you lose the love of the game, give it time and if you truly love it, you will have the need to play sooner or later, hopefully sooner. A few important aspects of this book were to be a team player, sportsmanship versus gamesmanship and that you must try your hardest and be able to inspire to your dreams!
Its Not About the Bra was a great book to read because it taught me about how to deal with curve balls that are thrown at you both in life and in soccer. From learning to decide if you should play with the boys, or how have better sportsmanship, learning how to deal with all the distractions that occur while playing on the field, learning the love the game and learning to play aggressively but not too aggressively and everything you would ever want to learn. Its Not About the Bra made me think more before stepping onto the field and just doing what I usually do, rather to do the same routine because it makes you play better and to learn how to help people but to not be mean or criticize them. The book taught me that if challenges or road blocks to your path are given to you to become a better person you must be able to work around them. Brandi got hurt and had to have multiple surgeries on her knee and she still would not stop playing soccer, she worked through the pain, the heartache and the depression. She worked very hard at training and trying to practice and even being the great sport she is cheered her teammates on no matter what, even though she was not able to play. That shows heart and I wish I would be able to do that! To be a great leader you may think you have to be loud, like Julie Foudy, who is the captain of the womens national team or you could lead by example, like Joy Fawcett, who is the assistant captain. Being a leader or a captain comes from within, but can also come from desire or striving to do your best and helping others on your team and Its Not About the Bra taught me that!
If you are interested in sports, especially soccer or are a young female athlete that would like to be able to learn a lot from a book you need to read this book! This book is also a must read for parents who want only the best for their child because they might push the child too far and make the child hate playing soccer. I would also recommend this book for any youth coaches or soccer or other sports because it shows the coaches that they need to help everyone and not try to be the perfect coach because it is unrealistic. Overall I would recommend anyone who has ever played sports, watched their children grow up with sports and want to learn more about what the children go through or just any sports fanatic, especially a soccer fanatic!
Book Description
Hunting and outdoor enthusiasts will relish in the tales of hunting the big game animals that North America has to offer and glean tips for making their next hunt successful. Originally published as a regulars series in Boone and Crockett Club's quarterly magazine, Fair Chase, this collection will both inspire hunters young and old and bring to light the reasons many of us hunt today.
Join Boddington as he writes about all aspects of the hunting experience, whether it's the special charm of being in caribou country in the early fall, with the low scrub turning golden and crimson and the ptarmigan shifting to white or techniques for hunting the elusive, unpredictable, and adaptable black bear.
Reading this book may just inspire readers to book that once-in-a-lifetime hunt they have always dreamed about.
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Hunters will love reading these vivid descriptions and will learn from the many tips within.......2006-06-24
Outdoor writer Craig Boddington's works have earned him fans for his anecdotes, descriptions, and vital tips on hunting all species of North American big game: here he examines North American big game hunting today, providing readers with the same straight-ahead approach which made his Boone and Crockett Club magazine writings so popular. Chapters cover hunting tricks for different kinds of terrain, use Boddington's background to chart changing times in the hunting world, and pair black and white photos of hunts with biographical background. Hunters will love reading these vivid descriptions and will learn from the many tips within.
Diane C. Donovan
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Nobody Does It Better.......2004-11-05
Boddington proves once again why he is the best general hunting writer alive today. In his usual style, he covers nearly all of the huntable species in North America, blending together information about the game, the method of hunting it, appropriate rifles, and his personal experiences hunting that species. Not only is it informative and useful as a reference work, it is simply enjoyable to read.
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A young woman of unearthly beauty. Her unscrupulous mother. A powerful womanizer demanding repayment of a large debt. All amount to a most peculiar sojourn in the country, a tangle with a hat pin, and a shocking barter that leaves everyone fair game...
Winner of the Golden Leaf Award for best first historical romance...
"[p]ut this writer's name on your list of authors to watch."--Romantic Times
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Another winner from Diane Farr.......2005-06-29
Diane Farr is like the best race horse-always a good bet. Even her earliest work is of exceptional quality and should not be missed. Fair Game is the delightfully entertaining story of a wealthy ladies man who meets his match in an intelligent and highly principled innocent with exceptional qualities.
As with all Farr novels, summarizing the plot does not do justice to the reading experience. The plot may not be unique but Farr's style is. She writes deftly with exceptional grace and beauty about very appealing and well-drawn characters whom she puts in high stakes emotional situations that ring true and completely capture the reader's interest.
In Fair Game, handsome and powerful Trevor Whitlatch forgives a huge debt an infamous harlot owes him in exchange for taking possession of the harlot's extraordinarily beautiful twenty-one year old daughter, Clarissa Feeney. Unfortunately for him, his new exotic lady of the night turns out to be an innocent reared at a ladies' boarding school who has no intention of giving her virtue to any man.
Clarissa will either be a governess or a wife, and Trevor, who has high social aspirations, is not in the market for either, at least not for a bastard whose mother is a harlot. However, he cannot resist Clarissa's honesty, frankness, kindness, and goodness, which is in stark contrast to all his previous mistresses.
And so begins an intense battle of wills and hearts as Trevor can neither get nor give up on his quest to make Clarissa his mistress, and Clarissa has sworn to never follow in her hateful mother's footsteps, yet she cannot resist falling in love with Trevor.
When Trevor cannot get Clarissa to agree to become his mistress, he positions her as his ward, while still doing all he can to wear down her willpower. However, everything changes when Clarissa's position as ward brings on a young and very ardent suitor.
Don't miss this beautiful story of two people who learn to discover the best in themselves and the best in each other as they come to love and cherish one another. This fast-paced, moving, and sensual story will please every romance lover.
most degrading love story.......2003-11-12
I see most ot the reviews are flattering , but I think as love stories go this is the most insulting I've come across. Here is a man who is supposed to be a GENTLEMAN and all he wants is to take a innocent and turn her into a prostitute for his own carnal lusts. Through the whole story this is the theme , become my mistress because for no other reason, but her mother is one. I would think if you loved or liked someone you would want to help them and offer them something better than that. The ending I felt was kind of put together, she was always telling him she wanted something better for herself in life and I thought that was wonderful how she stood up against him and then at the end she tells him she would rather be his mistress than be married to someone she doesn" love. Give me a break , this is a man that looked at you and said he was offering you a most wretched life and you love him? That when he got tired of you he would just walk away? They want to say it is the time peroid and thats what women had to face. That may be but when I read a love story thats what I want . Your best romance writters are as far as I'm concerened are Stephanie Laurens, Amanda Quick. Julie Garwood Julia Quinn ang Josie Litton. Now those ladies know how to write LOVE stories.
Absolutely Fabulous.......2001-11-10
Just finished this extraordinary book and had to write a review. All I can say is Wow. I didn't want it to end. This is romantic fiction at its best. When you close the book you close it with a smile on your face and then turn back and reread your favorite parts. Farr writes with flair and wit which added terrifically to my enjoyment of her characters, but it was the characters that really made this book for me. What's great about these two people is that they are so different from each other, and they are genuinely at odds with each other, but you see immediately that they are perfect for each other, too, and you really root for them to find a way to be together. Clarissa is a pure sweetheart, but she's a sweetheart with brains and courage. Trevor is fascinating. He's a brilliant, complex man and the thing that makes him most interesting is that his view of himself is way off the mark. He thinks he's a ruthless, forceful, cutthroat businessman who is always in charge of every situation he encounters and doesn't care what anybody thinks of him. If you pay attention to his words instead of his actions he's funny but exasperating. His actions, however, give the lie to his own view of his character. He is consistently honorable, almost in spite of himself, which eventually clues us in to the fact that he's a genuine hero at heart. He argues with Clarissa but never uses his power over her, or his brute strength for that matter, to force her to his will, which in those days he might have done. I got a kick out of the fact (in retrospect) that Farr gives a clue in chapter one about this guy: we learn that he had a gorgeous courtesan completely at his mercy for several days and never touched her, precisely because she was at his mercy - so taking advantage of her would have been dishonorable. This is a true historical novel in the sense that the hero and heroine are people of their times with the mindset of their times, and the conflict they struggle with would be no struggle at all today. To them, it is very real and their struggle is riveting. These two strong-willed people are plunged into a situation so poignant that it didn't need any trumped-up conflict, mysteries to solve, or any other kind of extra junk to make it a page-turner. This book honestly surprised me, I think because the cornball cover art does it a disservice. Many readers will pass it by (and that's a shame) because people actually DO judge a book by its cover. If Fair Game had a different cover I believe more people would pick it up and word of mouth would do the rest, and it would turn up on the New York Times list eventually. It's that good.
A good story, but lacking.......2001-10-30
First, I concede that Farr is one of the top five Regency authors currently writing. But of her four published books (including "The Nobody," "Falling for Chloe," and "Once Upon a Christmas") "Fair Game" is her worst book. The story plot is fine (although I admit I don't like the force-to-be-the-mistress-till-we-fall-in-love plots), but the characters are lacking. The heroine, Clarissa, is sweet and poignant, but it takes awhile to really develop her beyond a passive ninny. However, the "hero," Trevor, is a jerk. He is dishonorable, unlikable, and unattractive. Thus, the attraction between the two was unbelievable: she falls for this guy even though he has so little respect for her that he cannot stop scheming to get her into bed regardless of the number of times she tells him she's not interested. What part of "no" don't you understand, Trevor?
Although I never liked (or respected) Trevor, I did grow fond of Clarissa by the end of the book. That, well-drawn secondary characters, and the very smooth writing moved this book up to 3 stars. However, I recommend any of Farr's other books or short stories over this one.
Softer more serious approach to Romance.......2001-06-27
What I have always loved in Diane Farr is her ability to write wonderfully humourous stories - in Fair Game I feel she has departed to a more sensitive and almost sensuous story, but leaving out some of the lighter moments. Farr is such a competent writer that this probably isn't such a great draw back, but I do have a preference for lighter comedy. (Her Novella in the Regency Collection "A Regency Christmas Eve" has to rate as my absolute favourite piece of writing - but on to Fair Game....
In this story I think Farr has taken slightly more serious themes, and treats them with a bit more respect. The famous courtesan, La Gianetta, has stolen some valuable property of Trevor Whitlatch's in the past and has now embroiled his friend in trouble. Whitlatch is determined to get reparation. La Gianetta ends up bartering her daughter, Clarissa, to clear the debts.
Unfortunately, Trevor's ambitions for Clarissa are not quite realised. While he thinks she is La Gianetta's daughter and so might be used in the same way, and as easily as her mother, in fact it turns out to be a quite a different matter. Clarissa has had a sheltered upbringing in a girls school - first as a pupil and then later teaching. She must now make her way in the world and she is determined not to do it as her mother has - Trevor Whitlatch's ambitions or not!
This is a lovely story of the attraction between these two people, of Trevor's growing realisation of his feelings for Clarissa, and how he must reconcile that with the need to keep her reputation and his need to exact revenge against her mother. Its a very clever little story.
There are light points in this book of course - Clarissa's escape from Trevor in London being one of great fun. However if you are looking for quite a tender serious romance than this is definitely the one to try.
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