A Week at the Beach: 100 Life-Changing Things You Can Do by the Seashore | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jim Hubal, Joanne Hubal
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 38946
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 156924491X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.083
EAN: 9781569244913
ASIN: 156924491X
Publication Date: April 2003
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Condition: Softcover. Covers show minor wear to corners, edges and spine. Interior unmarked. Covers may be lifting, creased, curling, scratched, scuffed. May contain crimped, curling pages. A must have for any library.
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Product Description
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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a lovely and fun book August 8, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 The Perfect Beach Read September 9, 2003
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
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.
Week at the beach?? or a week anywhere? September 2, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
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.
 You Must Be Kidding July 22, 2003
27 out of 34 found this review helpful
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.
Enchanting! April 28, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
In "A Week at the Beach", the Hubals have captured the essence of the sun and sea. Some of the suggested activities took me back to childhood experiences -- things I did in youthful innocence and had long since forgotten. Bits of wisdom, obscure facts, silly puns and occasional challenges are nestled between the mix of fun and inspirational activities. (Do you know the history of the bikini or why the Peruvians call the warm Pacific current El Nino?) Inspiring and well-written, this book will be a permanent part of our beach trips as I look forward to re-creating some of those childhood memories!!
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