books about: porcupines     books:       Welcome to the World of Porcupines (Welcome to the World Series) Diane Swanson Walrus Books, 1999 Watch out! With 30,000 quills, the porcupine is one sharp animal. But prickles aren't the only interesting thing about this creature. Did you know that porcupines are born with all their quills? Or that they clatter their teeth, warning enemies to stay away? To discover more, flip through Welcome to the World of Porcupines -- but look out for the quills! About the series: Each book in the Welcome to the World of Series introduces ...             Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas7 reviews Deborah Luepnitz, Deborah Anna Luepnitz Basic Books, 2003 Insightful, compassionate and accessible With great grace and empathy, Luepnitz traces five divergent routes through the sometimes difficult process of analysis. Luepnitz' considerable training and erudition illuminate not just psychoanalytic history and theory, but the relationships of patients and their families as they evolve through analysis. The stories of her patients' progress are as richly rewarding in analytic terms as any ...             How to Hug a Porcupine: Dealing With Toxic & Difficult to Love Personalities10 reviews John L. Lund Granite Pub & Distribution, 1999 Great Find This book is great when dealing with all kinds of personalities. But what I liked most was being able to identify and cope with the different types. And yes even finding that there were tough to love spots in my reflection. Really a good book for relating to parents, children, spouses and self and anyone you have a close working relationship with.             A Porcupine Named Fluffy21 reviews Helen Lester Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 1989 A sure fire giggler Whenever we have guests over who are willing to read books to our kids (relatives and close friends!) we always put this one in the stack. It's such a fun book to read outloud, and fun to listen to others read it for the first time as they can't help but laugh as they turn through it. We'll save it for our kids to read to their own some day.             Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska12 reviews Seth Kantner Milkweed Editions, 2008 READ THIS BOOK!!! Seth Kantner's writing has a way of awakening something inside me that I don't even have words or ways to reach on my own. His storytelling prose is thoughtful, true -- it's more than words -- it's like an unnamed emotion all its own. "Flower of the Fringe," is one of several chapters in the book that highlights characters in the writer's life...Kantner connects you with these people, ...             The Delicate Art of Dancing With Porcupines: Learning to Appreciate the Finer Points of Others3 reviews Bob Phillips Regal Books, 1989 a book worth re-reading over and over dancing.... is more than an entertaining book. It's scope and insight that your behavior style +behavior orientaton and how they reveal your personal social style is very insightful. One of the few books that I would not only recommend to my friends but one of the few I find worth buying and giving as a help.             Little Porcupine's Christmas1 review Joseph Slate HarperCollins, 2003 Our family's favorite children's Christmas story. Simple yet profound, clever, yet touching, this masterful little story is a gem. To a heartbroken young porcupine who doesn't get a part in the Baby in the Manger play because the other animals taunt that a prickly porcupine is unsuitable for such an honor, the mother's oft-quoted words, "You are the light of my life!" are consoling. The surprise ending is touching and beautiful. The story ...             What to Say to a Porcupine: 20 Humorous Tales That Get to the Heart of Great Customer Service4 reviews Richard S. Gallagher AMACOM, 2008 Porcupines worth remembering I have been a management consultant and psychologist for over 15 years. As I am constantly looking for memorable and humorous ways to help clients remember valuable psychological principles, I applaud Rich Gallagher and his porcupines. Gallagher's fables are fun and, ahem, to the point. They are based on solid psychology and excellent common sense. I especially appreciate Gallagher's ...             How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years2 reviews Julie Ross McGraw-Hill, 2008 An extraordinary book This is an extraordinary book which will change the way that I think about and relate to my child. The book's premises are that pre-adolescents and adolescents in the years of middle school are like the chrysalis of a butterfly, struggling to change but susceptible to damage if handled too much or in the wrong way, and that communication which creates a trusting relationship enables the ...             The Porcupine Year4 reviews HarperCollins, 2008 Not a bit prickly Louise Erdrich writes The Birchbark House. It becomes a National Book Award Finalist. No surprises there. Louise Erdrich writes The Game of Silence. It does slightly better than its predecessor and wins the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Very good, but still not surprising. Now the third book in Erdrich's "Birchbark House books" (surely there's a better name for them, right?) is ...             The Bear and the Porcupine: The U.S. and Mexico2 reviews Jeffrey Davidow Markus Wiener Publishers, 2007 A must-read insight into today's immigration crisis. With wry wit and self-effacing humor, Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow's memoir, 'The Bear and the Porcupine,' reveals an intriguing behind-the-scenes story of the leaders on both sides of the border who shaped our current immigration policy. It's an inner-circle look at the bartering, banter, posturing, and power games of U.S. and Mexican politicos including George W. Bush, Vicente Fox, Colin Powell, ...             Porcupine Tree: Deadwing Porcupine Tree Alfred Publishing Company, 2005 Arranged for Guitar Tablature & Standard Notation With Lyrics. Titles: Deadwing, Mellotron Scratch, Open Car, Start Of Something Beautiful, Glass Arm Shattering. Includes photo section.             Porcupine Mountains: Wilderness State Park, A Backcountry Guide for Hikers, Backpackers, Campers, and Winter ...3 reviews Jim DuFresne Thunder Bay Press, 1999 Porcuipine Mountains Wilderness State Park: A Backcountry Guide Great book.It provides a detailed description of the entire park. All the information is very useful.             How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy Ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life (Little Book. Big Idea.) Hatherleigh Press, 2009 How to Handle the Prickly People in Your Life Most everybody has people in their lives who tend to cause them difficulty or stress. Consequently, it?s no surprise that dealing with these tiresome personalities can pose challenges in our daily lives. How to Hug a Porcupine provides readers with over 100 simple, easy-to-use tips to getting along with difficult people. With its concise and straightforward format, this title is an ...             Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine2 reviews D. H. Lawrence Indiana University Press, 1963 Fascinating and funny D.H. Lawrence's non-fiction is as good as his best fiction and these essays I would recommend for any curious and intelligent teenager (or adult if you missed them). They are about feminism, equality, democracy, art and travelling and every single one is worth reading. I read them when I was 20 and they have stayed with me ever since.             The U.S. and Mexico: The Bear and the Porcupine3 reviews Jeffrey Davidow Markus Wiener Publishers, 2004 the us and mexico; the bear and the porcupine Foreign Affairs, Volume 83, no. 3 Review of The U.S. and Mexico: The Bear and the Porcupine by Jeffrey Davidow Davidow, U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 1998 to 2002, witnessed the end of 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the successful election of opposition candidate Vicente Fox to the presidency in 2000. This at times indiscreet memoir provides not only ...             Never Hit a Porcupine: 2 Williams Dutton Juvenile, 1977 A little fox leaving home to seek his fortune receives some valuable advice from his father.             Porcupine-man Sam Toperoff Saturday Review Press, 1974             There's a Porcupine in My Outhouse: Misadventures of a Vermont Mountain Man Wannabe Michael Tougias On Cape Publications, 2006             Theres a Porcupine in My Outhouse: Misadventures of a Mountain Man Wannabe (Capital Discoveries) (Capital ...5 reviews Michael Tougias Capital Books, 2003 Cover to Cover , a Smile on Every Page After putting my three year old to bed for the night, I collapsed into my favorite chair, picked up "There's a Porcupine in My Outhouse", and found myself welcoming the morning sun with a smile on my face, memories my own misadventures, and thoughts of childhood friends. A thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining book. Michael Tougias has the uncanny nack of combining an extensive knowlege of the ...              search for books appreciate, backcountry, backpackers, christmas, customer, dancing, deadwing, delicate, difficult, dilemmas, discoveries, humorous, intimacy, learning, misadventures, mountain, mountains, negotiating, outhouse, personalities, porcupine, porcupine-man, porcupines, reflections, schopenhauer, service, shopping, visitors, welcome, wilderness books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places we recommend A sure fire giggler leave a comment home  impressum - about us