Lasára Allen » Ms. Allen Reviews http://lasaraallen.com …author, educator, activist, coach. Sun, 13 May 2012 03:01:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Book review: The Face Behind the Veil http://lasaraallen.com/articles/news-and-reviews/ms-allen-reviews/book-review-the-face-behind-the-veil/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/news-and-reviews/ms-allen-reviews/book-review-the-face-behind-the-veil/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:01:14 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=2187 The Face Behind The Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America by Donna Gehrke-White

Great read on American Musalimahs. Amazing bios on Muslim women from all walks of life by a highly qualified journalist who is also a very fluid and engaging author.

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One amazing, full size travel kit like the one above, valued at $125 One set of seven Fairy Dust bath salts, valued at $32. One container of Hydrating Eye Cream,

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David Patchcell-Evans’s new book, The Real Sexy, Smart, and Strong, is another one of those messages that the universe delivered to me right on

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/news-and-reviews/review-day-spa-ukiah-ca-lillians-medical-spa-rocks/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEW: The Won Thing; the latest from amazing bestseller Peggy McColl http://lasaraallen.com/articles/news-and-reviews/ms-allen-reviews/book-review-the-won-thing-the-latest-from-amazing-bestseller-peggy-mccoll/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/news-and-reviews/ms-allen-reviews/book-review-the-won-thing-the-latest-from-amazing-bestseller-peggy-mccoll/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:00:20 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=645 While Peggy McColl’s The Won Thing may sound like a “Rah rah!” guide to the entrepreneurial pursuit, like many of the books on the entrepreneurial life, this is a much more comprehensive guide to finding, creating and living the life you want -  the whole life.

Peggy talks about her confusion about relationships in a real

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She healed my heart with tears.

SO good. I read this in a 3-hour time span on a Pacific – Atlantic flight, cover to cover. I laughed, I cried, I didn’t care that I was in public.

Francesca Lia Block has offered reading I lusted for since Weetzie Bat. I’m ashamed to say

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What seems to be a recent revamp has made More even MORE fun.

The

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