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Learn to COOK - A Week at the Beach: 100 Life-Changing Things You Can Do by the Seashore

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Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.083
EAN: 9781569244913
ISBN: 156924491X
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2003-04
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press

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A Week at the Beach is a unique and beautifully packaged collection of activities and enjoyable trivia to encourage beach visitors to seek an extra dose of renewal, inspiration, or just plain fun during their time at the beach. One hundred thought-provoking activities gently nudge readers to examine their lives, ask important questions, let go of habitual patterns, and grow closer to others. Watch the clouds, read the want ads in the local paper, take pictures of your favorite beach smells, and talk to a lifeguard: each activity is designed to fit naturally into the beach vacation experience. Alternating with these 100 activities are surprising, thoughtfully chosen beach-related trivia, quizzes, tips, and quotations, as well as line drawings throughout. A Week at the Beach is an ideal gift for anyone visiting the beach for a long weekend, a week, or the whole summer, and will make a beloved companion for the tens of millions of devoted beachgoers everywhere.

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Summary: A week at the beach
Comment: I loved this book! It has lots of great ideas to keep you at the beach.

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Summary: a lovely and fun book
Comment: This book isn't going to change your life.. but it really is a nice, light, fun book. It's a nice book for families or anyone heading for the beach. I bought it as a fun summer read and added it to my special bookshelf for decoration.

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Summary: The Perfect Beach Read
Comment: The Hubals' book could easily be subtitled "How to Get the Most Pleasure, Joy, Growth, and Unadulterated Fun Out of Your Beach Vacation." It is really three books in one: 1) a guide to making any beach vacation the vacation of a lifetime, 2) an entry-level self-help book that focuses on fun, and 3) a collection of funny, fascinating, sometimes useful, and sometimes wonderfully bizarre beach trivia. Buy it and read it (it takes perhaps an hour) twice a year: once when planning your beach vacation, and again when you first arrive at the beach and kick off your shoes. At worst, this book will make for a better vacation; at best, it will change your life.

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Summary: Week at the beach?? or a week anywhere?
Comment: First, I am fiftyish and intend to retire in northern Minnesota where summer is short and winter is deep and long. Still the message here is applicable to that environment. Beaches have the reputation for soulful activities outlined in this book, but the lessons can be applied anywhere you feel comfortable with the nature around you. I found the trivia informative and the thought behind the activities to be provoking. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: You Must Be Kidding
Comment: I, too, live by the beach and appreciate the fun and beauty and solace it offers beyond measure. And while I'm sure that the Hubals are wonderful people, this book is unbelievably trite and oozes with over-the-top sentimentality. For example, #88 titled Cry or #93, "Make a wish and write in the sand with a feather." Entries also lean to the bizzare: #87 "Let a child take pictures of you"--the Hubals suggest "borrowing a child from a friendly family" if you don't have a child of your own. And #83--I agree watching dogs play at the beach is entertaining, but the mention that your dog will be delighted that there are "dead things to smell"is just too too much. And #79: "Give some money away" never even mentions the beach or the ocean--were editors sleeping during this tangent? For those of you who are Saturday Night Live fans, this book puts "Deep Thoughts" to shame. Unless you're looking for a good laugh or enjoy the sappiest of sappy books, pass this one up.

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