Jim Carroll – författare

From the stars of WE tv’s Marriage Boot Camp, a definitive guide to creating and maintaining a healthy marriage. Marriage is hard work. After the fairy-tale “I Dos” come chores, bills, fights, and plain weariness. Many couples are unsure how to fix their problems and wonder if their relationships really have what it takes to go the distance. (Hint: They do!) Luckily, relationship experts Elizabeth and Jim Carroll have created a program proven to mend marriages, revive relationships, and make the happily-ever-afters come true. After twenty years of resuscitating thousands of marriages, the Carrolls bring their wisdom directly to readers through this do-it-yourself relationship bible. Filled with advice, exercises, quizzes, and games, Marriage Boot Camp will teach couples to fight the Top Ten Marriage Killers by: *Keeping the heat in the bedroom *Arguing effectively instead of fighting dirty *Managing money *Creating—or rebuilding—trust *And much more! Through each time-tested exercise, couples will discover what matters to them as individuals and as part of a pair, and learn why marriage is not 50/50 but 100/100 at all times. With the right skills, any couple can create the marriage they’ve always dreamed of.From the Trade Paperback edition.

A moving, vividly rendered novel from the late author of The Basketball Diaries. When poet, musician, and diarist Jim Carroll died in September 2009, he was putting the finishing touches on a potent work of fiction. The Petting Zoo tells the story of Billy Wolfram, an enigmatic thirty- eight-year-old artist who has become a hot star in the late-1980s New York art scene. As the novel opens, Billy, after viewing a show of Velázquez paintings, is so humbled and awed by their spiritual power that he suffers an emotional breakdown and withdraws to his Chelsea loft. In seclusion, Billy searches for the divine spark in his own work and life. Carroll''s novel moves back and forth in time to present emblematic moments from Billy''s life (his Irish Catholic upbringing, his teenage escapades, his evolution as an artist and meteoric rise to fame) and sharply etched portraits of the characters who mattered most to him, including his childhood friend Denny MacAbee, now a famous rock musician; his mentor, the unforgettable art dealer Max Bernbaum; and one extraordinary black bird. Marked by Carroll''s sharp wit, hallucinatory imagery, and street-smart style, The Petting Zoo is a frank, haunting examination of one artist''s personal and professional struggles.

Dusty is a spunky cat imitating the behavior of others he sees from his window. At first he wants to be an attack cat, attacking animals and people who come into his garden. He discovers that no one likes him when his behavior is unacceptable. Dusty learns that good deeds get rewarded and he becomes likeable. Lastly, when he sees a dog on a fire-engine truck, he wants to be a fire-engine CAT. Dusty is an excellent model for young children. He learns no one likes unacceptable behavior and he becomes likeable when he does good things. Also, wanting to be something other than yourself can be non-ending.

Over 20 Great Projects for the Home from Woodworking's Top Experts! This book is for any woodworker that loves to be in the shop, but doesn't always have the time or materials to tackle that large project. Selected from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, these 22 practical and beautiful projects are small in size, but big on design and will satisfy woodworkers of all skill levels. Among the projects featured are a walnut burl humidor, a bird's-eye maple lamp, jewelry boxes, picture frames, and an Irish parlor clock. Each project is accompanied by inspiring images, detailed plans, expert instructions, and helpful tips to ensure the hand-crafted project will be treasured forever.

A GRIPPING CONCLUSION TO THIS 3-BOOK SERIES "We''re transferring funds to your Shia friends at a rate of more than two billion dollars a month. I''ve been ordered to do so by the Supreme Leader. Given our current economic situation, we cannot afford this, but I have no choice. The money is transmitted to an offshore account in the Caymans…" Although he is still entrenched in the Kuwaiti Parliament, Yusef is finally home in Kuwait and at peace, or so it seems…until he is ordered to follow the money. Hurtled into the limelight by forces he cannot control, he finds himself, yet again, in conflict and danger. A Christian of influence in a staunchly Muslim world, he faces political, moral, and legal strife at every turn. Before he knows it, he is meeting Tahara, the beautiful Qatari reporter again, hopeful that she may be the "one," but even then, sinister forces threaten his bliss. Only "Allah" knows who will become prince of the sand. A deadly game is in play, and winner takes all!