Books by M. J. Ryan and Complete Book Reviews
Nicholas J. Higham and Martin J. Ryan. Yale Univ., $45 (480p) ISBN 978-0-300-12534-4
For a field of history as obscure and shrouded in myth as that of Anglo-Saxon England (from the 400s to the late 11th century), Higham and Ryan, both professors at the University of Manchester, do an excellent job of delving as deep as possible into
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M. J. Ryan, Author Broadway Books $16.95 (226p) ISBN 978-0-7679-2008-7
Fast forward a few months (or a few weeks) into any given new year, and most peoples' resolutions have been either forgotten or abandoned. As one of the creators of the bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series, author and life coach Ryan outlines...
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M. J. Ryan, Author Crown Archetype $14.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7679-1490-1
Everyone feels overwhelmed by life's increasingly dizzying whirlwind, believes Ryan: we all worry that we can't keep up with our to-do lists or avoid the messages from media and advertising telling us that our homes aren't fancy enough, our teeth...
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M. J. Ryan, Author Stackpole Books $12.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8117-2106-6
The two common denominators of the 150-odd recipes here are easy preparation and low cost. But in these days of creative cuisine and idiosyncratic inventions, these dishes are so solidly in the middle of the road as to seem throwbacks to another era.
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M. J. Ryan, Author, Daphne Rose Kingma, Foreword by Conari Press $14.95 (199p) ISBN 978-1-57324-765-8
Conari Press cofounder M.J. Ryan admits that while it's easy to be grateful for sun, rain and good food, it's much harder to practice gratitude in intimate relationships. But adding gratefulness to a relationship can help remind people why they ...
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